Player | For | 100s | HS |
Mahela Jayawardena | Kings XI Punjab | 1 | 110* v Kolkata Knight Riders |
Yusuf Pathan | Rajasthan Royals | 1 | 100 v Mumbai Indians |
Murali Vijay | Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 127 v Rajasthan Royals |
David Warner | 1 | 107* v Kolkata Knight Riders |
04 May 2010
IPL3- Centuries Makers
IPL3 : HIGHEST WICKET KEEPER DISMISSALS
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Australia take on Bangladesh in quest for Super-Eight berth
Determined to win the only trophy missing from their cupboard, formidable Australia face potential giant-killers Bangladesh in their second and final Group A match for a place in the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup in Bridgetown on Wednesday.
With a morale-boosting win over defending champions Pakistan under their belt in the tournament-opener, Australia are aiming to shed the tag of being Twenty20 duds.
Skipper Michael Clarke, leading the team in his first major international tournament, has claimed that the Aussies have improved a lot over the past one year and the results here would reflect that.
"There's extra motivation from within the squad, we want to perform better in Twenty20 cricket then we have in general. I think our form has improved over the last 12 months and we've started really well," Clarke has said.
"The key is going to be adapting to conditions and I think we've got a really good squad to do that."
But having lost by a run to Zimbabwe in a practice match, Clarke is well aware of the pitfalls of taking Bangladesh lightly.
The Tigers, as Bangladesh are popularly known, have a history of upstaging big teams in big tournaments.
"We certainly would not be taking Bangladesh lightly. They've got some wonderful Twenty20 players who are very aggressive with the bat," said a cautious Clarke.
On paper, however, Australia are hands down favourites.
A batting line-up studded with Twenty20 specialists and a bowling attack that has the variety to unsettle any team, Australia seem to be finally finding their foothold in a format that they didn't take too seriously till a few years ago.
The intimidating trio of David Warner, Shane Watson and David Hussey is capable of ripping apart any attack in the world and Bangladesh can hardly claim to have the bowling to keep them in check.
Bangladesh go into Wednesday's match after losing their tournament opener against Pakistan but they can heart from the fact that their top batsmen Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib Al Hasan seemed in good touch in the match.
But their bowling is a major worry as it conceded 172 runs against Pakistan.
Australia, on the other hand, have a quality line-up in both the pace and spin departments. The in-form Doug Bollinger and Ryan Harris have more then made up for Brett Lee's absence from the pace attack.
The spin department has useful part-timers like Clarke himself.
With a morale-boosting win over defending champions Pakistan under their belt in the tournament-opener, Australia are aiming to shed the tag of being Twenty20 duds.
Skipper Michael Clarke, leading the team in his first major international tournament, has claimed that the Aussies have improved a lot over the past one year and the results here would reflect that.
"There's extra motivation from within the squad, we want to perform better in Twenty20 cricket then we have in general. I think our form has improved over the last 12 months and we've started really well," Clarke has said.
"The key is going to be adapting to conditions and I think we've got a really good squad to do that."
But having lost by a run to Zimbabwe in a practice match, Clarke is well aware of the pitfalls of taking Bangladesh lightly.
The Tigers, as Bangladesh are popularly known, have a history of upstaging big teams in big tournaments.
"We certainly would not be taking Bangladesh lightly. They've got some wonderful Twenty20 players who are very aggressive with the bat," said a cautious Clarke.
On paper, however, Australia are hands down favourites.
A batting line-up studded with Twenty20 specialists and a bowling attack that has the variety to unsettle any team, Australia seem to be finally finding their foothold in a format that they didn't take too seriously till a few years ago.
The intimidating trio of David Warner, Shane Watson and David Hussey is capable of ripping apart any attack in the world and Bangladesh can hardly claim to have the bowling to keep them in check.
Bangladesh go into Wednesday's match after losing their tournament opener against Pakistan but they can heart from the fact that their top batsmen Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib Al Hasan seemed in good touch in the match.
But their bowling is a major worry as it conceded 172 runs against Pakistan.
Australia, on the other hand, have a quality line-up in both the pace and spin departments. The in-form Doug Bollinger and Ryan Harris have more then made up for Brett Lee's absence from the pace attack.
The spin department has useful part-timers like Clarke himself.
England through to Super Eights after Ireland no result
England qualified for the second round Super Eights of the World Twenty20 following a no-result washout with Ireland on Tuesday.
Although both sides lost to Group D table-toppers the West Indies, England went through on superior run-rate, with minnows Ireland paying dearly for their 70-run defeat by the hosts on Friday when they were skittled out for a record tournament low of 68.
Crucially, rain meant the match failed to reach the five-overs-played minimum in the second innings for a result to be declared, with Ireland 14 for one off 3.3 overs when the game was abandoned.
It was tough on Ireland, who had given themselves a shot of qualifying and more glory in the Caribbean, having knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, by restricting England to 120 for eight.
Former Ireland batsman Eoin Morgan top-scored with 45.
When rain fell early in Ireland's reply, England were left fearing a second dose of Duckworth-Lewis misery in as many days after they made 191 against the West Indies only to lose by eight wickets after a downpour left the hosts with a far less imposing target of 60 in six overs here on Monday.
But this time the weather and the rules worked in their favour, after Morgan had once again repaired the early damage, as he had done with a 55 against the West Indies.
No other England batsman made more against Ireland than Luke Wright's 20, with South Africa-born Kevin Pietersen (nine) and Collingwood (nought) both falling cheaply.
Ireland's Australia-born paceman Trent Johnston took one wicket for 14 and seamer Kevin O'Brien two for 22 while teenage left-arm spinner George Dockrell conceded a mere 19 runs from his full quota of four overs.
As against the West Indies, England lost the toss and found themselves being sent into bat.
They struggled to 49 for four as Johnston and Dockrell choked off the supply of runs.
But Morgan, in a stand of 41 with Wright, revived the innings with some typically innovative shots before his 37-ball knock featuring five fours ended in the last over.
Earlier, England's South Africa-born top three failed to get on top of Ireland's attack.
Michael Lumb fell first, clipping O'Brien's first ball straight and low to Boyd Rankin at backward square leg.
England then suffered another setback when wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter was run out going for a rash single.
Collingwood exited in the same Johnston over, caught at slip for a third-ball duck before Pietersen, in a replay of his dismissal on Monday, was caught at deep mid-wicket off an attempted pull.
Morgan and Wright kept Ireland at bay before Wright, who had just struck the only six of the innings, was caught off a Rankin full-toss he toe-ended to extra cover.
England can now look forward to starting their Super Eight campaign against either defending champions Pakistan or Australia in Barbados on Thursday.
Although both sides lost to Group D table-toppers the West Indies, England went through on superior run-rate, with minnows Ireland paying dearly for their 70-run defeat by the hosts on Friday when they were skittled out for a record tournament low of 68.
Crucially, rain meant the match failed to reach the five-overs-played minimum in the second innings for a result to be declared, with Ireland 14 for one off 3.3 overs when the game was abandoned.
It was tough on Ireland, who had given themselves a shot of qualifying and more glory in the Caribbean, having knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, by restricting England to 120 for eight.
Former Ireland batsman Eoin Morgan top-scored with 45.
When rain fell early in Ireland's reply, England were left fearing a second dose of Duckworth-Lewis misery in as many days after they made 191 against the West Indies only to lose by eight wickets after a downpour left the hosts with a far less imposing target of 60 in six overs here on Monday.
But this time the weather and the rules worked in their favour, after Morgan had once again repaired the early damage, as he had done with a 55 against the West Indies.
No other England batsman made more against Ireland than Luke Wright's 20, with South Africa-born Kevin Pietersen (nine) and Collingwood (nought) both falling cheaply.
Ireland's Australia-born paceman Trent Johnston took one wicket for 14 and seamer Kevin O'Brien two for 22 while teenage left-arm spinner George Dockrell conceded a mere 19 runs from his full quota of four overs.
As against the West Indies, England lost the toss and found themselves being sent into bat.
They struggled to 49 for four as Johnston and Dockrell choked off the supply of runs.
But Morgan, in a stand of 41 with Wright, revived the innings with some typically innovative shots before his 37-ball knock featuring five fours ended in the last over.
Earlier, England's South Africa-born top three failed to get on top of Ireland's attack.
Michael Lumb fell first, clipping O'Brien's first ball straight and low to Boyd Rankin at backward square leg.
England then suffered another setback when wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter was run out going for a rash single.
Collingwood exited in the same Johnston over, caught at slip for a third-ball duck before Pietersen, in a replay of his dismissal on Monday, was caught at deep mid-wicket off an attempted pull.
Morgan and Wright kept Ireland at bay before Wright, who had just struck the only six of the innings, was caught off a Rankin full-toss he toe-ended to extra cover.
England can now look forward to starting their Super Eight campaign against either defending champions Pakistan or Australia in Barbados on Thursday.
New Zealand into Super Eights as more rain strikes
New Zealand qualified for the second round Super Eights of the World Twenty20 with a seven-run victory over Zimbabwe in a rain-shortened match on Tuesday.
The Black Caps shot out Zimbabwe for just 84 and were then ahead of the par score they required under the Duckworth-Lewis method when rain cut short their reply at 36 for one in 8.1 overs and meant no further play was possible.
Victory meant New Zealand qualified out of Group B alongside Sri Lanka, who defeated Zimbabwe in another rain-affected match here on Monday.
Earlier, off-spinner Nathan McCullum took three wickets for 16 runs, including three for one in an over, and medium-pacer Scott Styris three for five in two overs as Zimbabwe collapsed in spectacular fashion.
"We fought back well in the middle stages with Nathan and Scott Styris," said New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori, who won the toss and fielded.
"We knew it would be a difficult track to bat with Zimbabwe having so many spinners and we did well to come back in the middle overs."
In a game they had to win to have a chance of getting into the second phase, Zimbabwe - who'd beaten defending champions Pakistan and Australia in the warm-ups, - made a relatively sound start to be 58 for one in the seventh over when opener Hamilton Masakadza was run out.
Andy Blignaut followed soon afterwards, bowled trying to slog sweep left-arm spinner Vettori.
And any hope of a Zimbabwe fightback was then wrecked by a dramatic ninth over, McCullum's third.
The bowler who'd starred by hitting the winning six in New Zealand's opening two-wicket victory over Sri Lanka, had the dangerous Elton Chigumbura (three), caught at long-on off the over's first ball.
Two balls later, Charles Coventry was out for nought offering a simple caught and bowled chance after being beaten in the flight by a slower delivery.
And off the over's last ball Craig Ervine (one), drawn out of his crease and then beaten by a ball that dipped and turned, was stumped by wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins.
Zimbabwe, who'd been 62 for three at the start of the over, were 63 for six when it finished.
"It is disappointing," said Zimbabwe captain Prosper Utseya. "We had a good start but we didn't play well in the middle. There is potential no doubt. But some guys have to mature as cricketers."
Styris followed up with three wickets for five runs in two overs to compound the damage.
Tatenda Taibu top-scored with 21, with only fellow opener Masakadza also making it to 20. Greg Lamb was 14 not out, with 11 extras the fourth best score of the innings.
The Black Caps shot out Zimbabwe for just 84 and were then ahead of the par score they required under the Duckworth-Lewis method when rain cut short their reply at 36 for one in 8.1 overs and meant no further play was possible.
Victory meant New Zealand qualified out of Group B alongside Sri Lanka, who defeated Zimbabwe in another rain-affected match here on Monday.
Earlier, off-spinner Nathan McCullum took three wickets for 16 runs, including three for one in an over, and medium-pacer Scott Styris three for five in two overs as Zimbabwe collapsed in spectacular fashion.
"We fought back well in the middle stages with Nathan and Scott Styris," said New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori, who won the toss and fielded.
"We knew it would be a difficult track to bat with Zimbabwe having so many spinners and we did well to come back in the middle overs."
In a game they had to win to have a chance of getting into the second phase, Zimbabwe - who'd beaten defending champions Pakistan and Australia in the warm-ups, - made a relatively sound start to be 58 for one in the seventh over when opener Hamilton Masakadza was run out.
Andy Blignaut followed soon afterwards, bowled trying to slog sweep left-arm spinner Vettori.
And any hope of a Zimbabwe fightback was then wrecked by a dramatic ninth over, McCullum's third.
The bowler who'd starred by hitting the winning six in New Zealand's opening two-wicket victory over Sri Lanka, had the dangerous Elton Chigumbura (three), caught at long-on off the over's first ball.
Two balls later, Charles Coventry was out for nought offering a simple caught and bowled chance after being beaten in the flight by a slower delivery.
And off the over's last ball Craig Ervine (one), drawn out of his crease and then beaten by a ball that dipped and turned, was stumped by wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins.
Zimbabwe, who'd been 62 for three at the start of the over, were 63 for six when it finished.
"It is disappointing," said Zimbabwe captain Prosper Utseya. "We had a good start but we didn't play well in the middle. There is potential no doubt. But some guys have to mature as cricketers."
Styris followed up with three wickets for five runs in two overs to compound the damage.
Tatenda Taibu top-scored with 21, with only fellow opener Masakadza also making it to 20. Greg Lamb was 14 not out, with 11 extras the fourth best score of the innings.
Sachin Tendulkar joins Twitter
After conquering the cricket field, India's ace batsman Sachin Tendulkar has stepped on to a new field to win the hearts of his fans. The master blaster has joined Twitter, an online social platform.
It is a platform where his fans can communicate directly with him. But Twitter, which is a hub of celebrities, will never be the same again after having the Little Master on board. A fan inspired by Pt Nehru's speech of independence, wrote, " At the stroke of the midnight when most Indians were sleeping, Sachin joined Twitter.
Sachin, whose Twitter ID is http://twitter.com/sachin_rt, made his presence public in his first tweet. It said, "Finally the original SRT is on twitter n the first thing I'd like to do is wish my colleagues the best in the Windies".
Sachin got a warm welcome on Twitter. Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty said: "Finally on twitter, The God of cricket himself. A big welcome shout for SACHIN TENDULKAR himself @sachin_rt spread the word".
His friend, Atul Kasbekar tweeted: "Ladies n Gentlemen it is my proud privilege to introduce Finally to Twitter, SACHIN TENDULKAR, @sachin_rt, follow the King now, go go go !!!"
It is a platform where his fans can communicate directly with him. But Twitter, which is a hub of celebrities, will never be the same again after having the Little Master on board. A fan inspired by Pt Nehru's speech of independence, wrote, " At the stroke of the midnight when most Indians were sleeping, Sachin joined Twitter.
Sachin, whose Twitter ID is http://twitter.com/sachin_rt, made his presence public in his first tweet. It said, "Finally the original SRT is on twitter n the first thing I'd like to do is wish my colleagues the best in the Windies".
Sachin got a warm welcome on Twitter. Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty said: "Finally on twitter, The God of cricket himself. A big welcome shout for SACHIN TENDULKAR himself @sachin_rt spread the word".
His friend, Atul Kasbekar tweeted: "Ladies n Gentlemen it is my proud privilege to introduce Finally to Twitter, SACHIN TENDULKAR, @sachin_rt, follow the King now, go go go !!!"
New Zealand vs Zimbabwe
Nathan McCullum takes a return catch to send back Charles Coventry
Tatendra Taibu plays a shot.
Gareth Hopkins runs out Hamilton Masakadza
Scott Styris celebrates the wicket of Prosper Utseya.
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