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India need 7 wickets, SA need 320 runs

The day started with the Indian team looking to put a huge score on the board with only 2 wickets down. Kaliis got Pujara on 153 on the 1st ball of the 16th over of the day. He was struggling a bit in the last over, he went for the cut and top edged it through to the keeper, the ball didn't do anything special, Pujara made a mistake. He could add just 18 runs to his overnight score of 135, taking it to 153. After being hit for a four on the previous delivery, Kallis took his revenge by getting the crucial wicket of out of form Rohit Sharma when he was on an individual score of 6 runs. The ball kept low, jagged back in wildly and demolished Rohit's stumps. The cracks finally had their say and Rohit had a "why, me" look on his face as the fullish ball ducked under Rohit's bat as he looked to defend. Ajinkya Rahane arrived to the crease after that scary little ball with India at 325/4. In the very next over, part time bowler, Duminy got the wicket of Kohli who missed yet another hundread and got out on 96. He was caught behind, four runs short of becoming the first No. 4 batsman from India to get a ton in each innings. It was short, it was wide, but it got a tiny bit more bounce than Kohli thought. His late cut resulted in a fine nick and AB made no mistake. Kohli Slapped his bat against his helmet as he walked off, leaving India at 327/5 and this meant the arrival of the man to watch out for in such situations, MS Dhoni. This also meant that finally a wicket to a spinner after 277 overs at the Wanderers in this test. Just at the stroke of lunch, Duminy got the wicket of Rahane. It was a fullish ball which went along with the arm, Rahane was reaching out with his forward defensive, which resulted in a thick outside edge and Smith pouched it quite well at 1st slip. Rahane could manage just 15 runs. After lunch, the proteas also got the wicket of World's current no. 1 test all rounder, Ashwin who could manage just 7 runs to his name. Ashwin prodded forward and looked to clip the back of a length ball on off through the leg side. But he looked up to see Faf fu Plessis snap up the simplest of catches. Dhoni's 39 minute stay at the crease came to an end by a Vernon Philander delivery. Dhoni slapped the ball hard, but straight to Elgar, the substitute fielder at deep point. It was short. It was wide, It was possibly the poorest ball Philander had bowled in this match but MSD was looking for some quick runs and he absolutely nailed the cut, but the man in the deep judged it well and picked up a good catch. Khan hit some lusty blows to take India's total past 400. I Sharma was out lbw by Tahir, who took his 1st wicket of the match after toiling too hard. Tahir came back in his next over to seal the Indian innings by getting Shami bowled out. Thus, India was all out at 421.

With South Africa needing 458 runs to win this one, Graeme Smith and Alviro Pietersen came to the crease and looked unmoved by the huge target in front of them and scored a fluent century partnership for the 1st wicket before Smith got run out in the 31st over of the innings. Smith pushed the ball towards mid-on and set off, he had taken a couple of paces down the track to play the shot, perhaps that encouraged him to go for the tight run, a direct hit from Ajinkya Rahane, Smith was caught short and that was not the smartest cricket from the vastly experienced Smith. Amla walked in with South Africa at 108/1. But his innings didnt last long as Shami got his wicket with another freak ball. It was the second freak dismissal in the match for Amla. He was leaving the ball again having seen it pitched short, but this one kept so low that it hit top of off stump. Amla was ducking low, pulling his bat, gloves and helmet away from the ball, which allowed a clean path for the ball to crash into the stumps. Amla couldnt believe it as he went off shaking his head. The ball sneaked under his chin as he was ducking.
Faf and Petersen took the proteas to stumps on day 4 without any further hiccups.

South Africa now require another 320 runs with 7(as morkel wont come out to bat as he is injured) wickets remaining on the last day of the test.

Morne Morkel goes, SA woes

Philander went to fifty off the very first ball of the day and what a shot it was. Got up nice and tall and punched the short ball with some width off through the covers. The 1st breakthrough of the day for India came pretty early as Khan got Philander caught at 1st slip. It was a good sharp take from Ashwin at first slip. It was terrific line and length from Zaheer just outside off and short of length, making the batsman play, the edge resulted and Ashwin took that a bit low to his right, for a moment Vijay at second slip looked interested in going for that one but didn't, Philander had done his bit though, a vital 59 for him. I Sharma on the other end, also bowling a tight line got Steyn caught at slip. The short ball worked, Steyn couldn't get out of the way of that one, tried to fend that away, but it only looped towards Rohit at slip, so both the fielders who put down slip catches yesterday had taken one today. In the very next over Khan saw the back of the main man, Faf Du Plessis. It was a length ball outside off, du Plessis hasn't looked at his best this innings, looking to defend off the front foot, nicked through to the keeper. Khan came back in his next over to get the wicket of Morkel after being hit for a four on the previous ball. He bowled a yorker that took out the off stump and India thus managed a lead of 36 runs. Morkel was going for an almighty swing over the off side, but the ball sneaked under his blade and cannoned into the base of off stump.

So, just as South Africa knocked over India's tail end yesterday morning, India returned the favour securing a rather vital little lead.

Dhawan and Vijay started off the Indian innings and Dhawan got out in just the 8th over for a mere 15. Pujara came in, with India once again in a difficult position at 23/1. South Africa suffered a big setback in the 12th over as Morkel injured his ankle and will not be able to bowl in the rest of the match. Morne Morkel has a grade 1 ligament tear on his ankle and will be out for seven to ten days. He will not take the field for this game and his fitness might be in doubt for the next Test as well Pujara and Vijay showed solidarity in the middle but after a good stand of 93 runs, Vijay was quite unfortunate to get out. Kallis bowled a simple length ball, sent down the leg side and he got a tickle to it as AB dived to his left and clinged on. It meant frustration for Vijay again after working so hard to set himself up for a big score, and then falling to a delivery without any threat. He'd been rather solid with balls far better than that. This meant that India's new No. 4, Virat Kohli had to stride out to the middle with India at 93/2. Pujara got to his fifty off 127 balls in the 46th over. Kohli got to his fifty off just 74 balls. Pujara got to his century off 168 balls with a classy drive off the bowling of Steyn for four runs. India ended the day at 284/2 with both Pujara and Kohli growing from strength to strength, not out at 135 and 77 respectively. India now lead by 320 runs with 8 wickets remaining.

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Match in balance after Day 1

India won the toss and chose to bat 1st. MS Dhoni said that it looked like a good wicket. The important thing for him was that the batsmen gave themselves some time and got themselves set. India went in with three seamers and a spinner as Ajinkya Rahane and Zaheer Khan came into the XI. He insisted the changing-room atmosphere was good, and it needed to be so whether they won or lost. Graeme Smith wanted to bat as well, but he was hopeful that his bowlers could execute their plans well and lay down a marker at the start of the tour. The pitch looked a little dry to him and he thought there could be some cracks coming into play as the match weared on. He was looking forward to South Africa getting some rhythm after a few stop-start tours.

Vijay opened his and India's account by hitting a lovely punch down the ground of an overpitched ball which was on the middle stump, Steyn striving to get the ball to move away, but that was too full and eased between the bowler and mid-on for four. The 1st wicket for the Proteas came on the last ball of the 9th over in the form of Dhawan (S Dhawan c Imran Tahir b Steyn 13 runs). The short-ball tactic worked for Dale Steyn. Dhawan went for the pull and he could't middle it, a bit of a top edge as the ball looped towards fine leg, where Tahir snapped it up rather easily. In came Pujara on whom all the onus lied to save India from yet another collapse on this tour of South Africa. Vijay's (M Vijay c †de Villiers b Morkel 6 runs) solid and calm stay ended as his patience to leave balls finished. Morkel bowled a full length ball just outside off stump, Vijay had been letting those go mostly, but he reverted back to old habits of fishing at the ball with no feet, giving Straight forward nick to the keeper. This meant the arrival of India's new no. 4, Virat Kohli with the scoreboard reading 24/2. Kohli raced to his half century in 76 balls with 9 classy fours. Pujara's (CA Pujara run out 25 runs) watchful stay at the crease ended in a most unlikely manner. Kohli sold him down the river and he knowed it. It was a length ball on middle and the batsman tucked it gently towards midwicket and called for the single and took a couple of steps down the pitch before he changed his mind. By that time Pujara had motored his way past the half-way mark and despite Tahir's overly excited throw, the stumps were broken with Pujara nowhere in the frame. Rohit Sharma walked in, with India at 113/3. Sharma (RG Sharma c †de Villiers b Philander 14 runs) lost his patience in the 54th over after a patient innings till then and once again threw away his wicket at a crucial time taking India to 150/4. In came Rahane hitting a magnificent shot to the ropes on the 3rd ball he faced off the bowling of Vernon Philander. Kohli brough up his centrury in the 63rd over of 140 balls only. It was a huge innings for Kohli, he also became the 8th Indian to score a century in South Africa and just the 3rd to score one in Johannesburg. Kallis got Kohli (V Kohli c Duminy b Kallis 119 runs) after some time and this decimated India to 219/5. Kohli was absolutely gutted as he drived the ball straight to Duminy, who wasn't entirely sure if that was out. "Catch," he asked. So against the run of play was that dismissal. It seemed to be a slower ball and Kohli was onto his drive a little too early and the ball simply lobbed to cover. There was warm applause for Kohli from the Indian dressing room as MS Dhoni walked out to the middle. Dhoni and Rahane saw the rest of the overs through and India ended the day at 255/5 with Rahane not out at 43, 7 runs away froma well deserved half-century and Dhoni not out at 17 at the other end.

Hopefully we have a day as competitive as this one tomorrow.

Australia seal the Ashes in style

The morning started with England at 251/5 needing 253 more runs to win their 1st match of the series with only 2 established batsmen left to get out- Ben Stokes and Prior who were on the crease before the close of play on Day 4. It took Australia 18 overs to get their 1st breakthrough of the day, not before Prior and Stokes had added 45 runs to their overnight score. Jhonson bowled a good length ball, wide of the stumps, Prior swished at it and nicked it. There was an audible noise, the ball was just too quick for him, didn't need to play out there but those attacking instincts got the better of him. Bresnan walked in with England still having 72 overs more to play a draw. Ben Stokes brought up England's first century of the series earlier in the day. At lunch England were looking good at 332/6 with Bresnan and Stokes providing the resistance England needed to atleast avoid a defeat if not win the match. Lyon got Stokes caught behind in the 3rd over after lunch and thus ended a marathon knock from Stokes who made 120 runs after spending 256 minutes at the crease. Swann came in with England at 336/7 and chances of avoiding a defeat almost vanished for England. Soon after, Lyon got the better of his rival counterpart Swann. There was a little turn, the ball took the inside edge onto pad and it looped to short leg for a pretty easy dismissal, easy catch it was for Smith and Lyon chipped in again with a useful wicket. This meant the arrival of Stuart Broad , braving his well-strapped boot. In the very next over, Jhonson got the wicket of Bresnan. It was a slower ball, 82mph, Bresnan went forward, pushing hard and presented a chance to Rogers at mid-off who dived and took a fine catch to his right, that was a perfect example of how well Australia have fielded in this series, a marvellous catch it was. So, this took Australia just one wicket away from getting the Urn back at the earliest opportunit, just James Anderson to knock over. Anderson couldnt provide much resistance either getting out in Jhonson's next over completing a 4-wicket inning haul for Jhonson. It was a back of a length ball on the stumps, Anderson squared up and popped up a chance into the leg side which Bailey dived forward to take and hence Australia regained the Ashes. Pace did it for Anderson who got it high on the bat and presented a straightforward catch to Bailey and fittingly it was Mitchell Johnson who finished it off.

Australia have completed the turnaround and a 150-run victory has put them 3-0 up and enough to regain the Ashes for the first time since 2006-07. Mitchell Johnson has a tear in his eye as his celebrates, he has been the difference between these sides and the reason why almost the same teams have produced a markedly different result from the last series.

Man of the Match went to Steve Smith for that century on day one which set the game up for Australia. He described the knock as the innings of his life.

So before Christmas, the Ashes are done and dusted and now Australia have the chance to push for another whitewash. But Melbourne and Sydney are two grounds where England have traditionally been more comfortable and they will be desperate to respond having been totally outplayed so far. Australia are on a roll and head to Boxing Day in fine fettle with players in form and confidence high. 

India VS South Africa 1st Test Preview

The first of two Test matches starts at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on Wednesday, a ground which should suit South Africa's formidable fast bowling attack.
On a tour controversially shortened to the minimum three one-day internationals and two Tests,India have had minimal opportunity to adjust to South Africa's fast, bouncy pitches. They were bowled out for 217 and 146 in the first two one-day games and did not bat in the final match because of rain.
A planned two-day match against a South African Invitation XI was abandoned without a ball bowled.
Under the original itinerary announced by South Africa, but rejected by India, the tourists would have played in two Twenty20 internationals, seven one-day internationals and two two-day games before playing the first Test.

INDIA

India have won their most recent six Test matches but all were played at home. They have not played a Test outside India since January 2012 when they were beaten 4-0 in Australia to extend to eight their losing streak away from home. Before that they lost by the same margin in England. India's highest-ranked batsman is Cheteshwar Pujara, at six, while Virat Kohli and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni are 20th and 21st. Kohli is the favourite to fill the number four batting slot held for the better part of two decades by Tendulkar. The only Indian bowlers in the top 20 are spinners Ravichandran Ashwin (fifth) and Pragyan Ojha (ninth). Spin bowlers are unlikely to play a major role at the Wanderers and Ashwin was ineffectual in the one-day games, with his solitary wicket coming at a cost of 169 runs, while he conceded 6.03 runs an over. One of India's selection dilemmas will be whether to play the recalled left-arm fast bowler Zaheer Khan. The 35-year-old Khan has not played an international match since the third Test against England in Kolkata in December last year but he has an excellent record against South African captain Smith, who he has dismissed six times in Tests and six times in one-day internationals.

South Africa

South Africa have gone unbeaten in 13 series in their ascent to the top of the International Cricket Council rankings but their most recent two series against second-ranked India, away in 2009/10 and at home the following season, have ended tied at 1-1. South Africa boast a stable batting order and a formidable pace attack. AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla are first and second in the Test batting rankings, with Graeme Smith and veteran Jacques Kallis also in the top 12. in the bowling rankings, where South Africa's Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander fill the top two spots with Morne Morkel, the third member of a feared fast bowling trio, at number 12. Smith has a patchy record against left-arm pace bowlers but in his most recent Test innings he scored 234 in Dubai against a Pakistan attack spearheaded by left-armers Mohammad Irfan and Junaid Khan.

Squads:

South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), AB de Villiers (vice-captain, wkt), Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Imran Tahir, Jacques Kallis, Rory Kleinveldt, Morne Morkel, Alviro Petersen, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Thami Tsolekile (wkt)

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain, wkt), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha (wkt), Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha

Australia 5 wickets away from regaining Ashes

Australia started the day at their overnight score of 235/3. Jonny Bairstow came on the field for the injured Stuart Broad. Watson signalled his early intent by carting Swann for 2 fours and a six of the 1st over of the day which was bowled by swann. Then again after a few overs, Watson hit 3 sixes and  1 four and once again it was Swann who was at the receving end of some excellent power hitting by Watson. Just One over before the new ball was due, Stokes got the wicket of Smith. The ball was dug in short and Smith picked out deep midwicket on the pull. Smith connected with the shot pretty well but didn't keep it down and sent the ball straight to the man coming in off the fence. This meant the arrival of George Bailey, coming in with Australia at 301/3 looking to make some fast runs and give their bowlers some extra overs to get England out again in the 2nd innings. Watson completed his century off the bowling of Anderson by hitting a four. It was his fourth century and a second in four Ashes Tests. Cook did a bowling change for the next over, bringing in Tim Bresnan, replacing Stokes and Tim Bresnan did what his captain would have wanted. Watson top-edged, high into the sky, but Bell dropped it and then Watson was run out. He'd already given up on the cause when his swipe across the line went almost perpendicular, Bell had ages to settle under it but butchered the catch, only for the alert Bresnan to snatch the ball up, shrug off the disappointment of missing out on a wicket and throw down the stumps at the non-striker's end. Brad Haddin joined Bailey. Bresnan got the better of Haddin in his next over. He bowled a length ball, Haddin hacked across the line, it went a bit further, over the head of point but Swann took a decent catch on the run. Mitch Johnson joined Bailey who was looking calm till now with 11 runs of 24 balls. In the next over, Bailey smashed Anderson for 28 runs with 3 sixes, 2 fours and a double, equalling Brian Lara's Test record and that was enough for Michael Clarke, who called his batsmen in, thus setting England 504 to win.

Ryan Harris had the new ball in hand with Cook facing and Harris did something which no one could have imagined. He bowled the 'Technically Correct' Cook on the 1st ball of the innings. The ball shaped back and flipped the off bail. Cook played a little inside the line, hoping the bounce would save him but it was a terrific ball, hinting at inswing and then nibbling a fraction to ping the bails. It was also Cook's first golden duck in Tests. England seemed to go along weel with a 61 run partnership between Root and Carrberry but then Clarke did a bowling change and like it has been in this whole test, the change worked and Watson produced the goods his captain wanted. The ball was full at the pads, it deflected up to the keeper, there was another appeal and Bowden gave it out. The ball angled in, was very full, and Carberry was late coming down on it and trapped in front of off stump. Another decent little innings from Carberry but no evidence so far that he can take his starts further. It would have been umpire's call on hitting in line, so it was a decent decision from Billy Bowden. Soon afterwards, Jhonson got Root caught behind with England left reeling at on from Billy 76/3. The ball was full and wide, Root chopped down on it and there was a thin edge. It was taken brilliantly by the diving Haddin and Erasmus gave it but the batsman immediately asked for the review. Root possibly thought it was a bump ball, or the effect of the bat thumping into the ground confused him but there was a clear deflection and the decision was upheld. Just when a partnership was budding between Pietersen and Bell, Lyon got Pietersen out. Pietersen came down the wicket and whacked down the ground and it went, high up in the air, Harris was at long-on and he clinged onto a fine catch, that was a right old steepler and Pietersen had gone trying to play another big shot. Yet again, Lyon complimented the Australian seamers really nicely. A good partnership developed between Bell and Stoken before Bell tried to ramp A Peter Siddle ball over the slips and there was a thin sound. Australia were convinced but it was not given by Erasmus and they had to resort to the DRS. There was no visible deflection, nothing on Hot Spot either but Real-Time Snicko detected a small blur of noise in the frame after the ball passes the bat and that was enough for Tony Hill, who overturned the decision. Bell's spritely resistance was thus over. Well, whether there was enough evidence to overrule the on-field call is one for better men/furious online debate. I should say there was a definite sound.  Prior and Stokes saw through the day without any further hiccups with England's score reading 251/5 with the tail going to start afterr the dismissal of any one of the batsmen currently on the crease plus England dont have Broad so they are left with wickets in total to bat with. England now require another 253 runs with 5 wickets remaining

3rd win in sight for Australia

The day started with Bell and Stokes on the crease facing Harris 1st up. Harris got the wicket of Bell in his very second over of the day. Bell was hit on the front pad but Erasmus shook his head but Australia decide to review and Hawk-Eye had it clattering into the top of middle stump. That was the wicket Australia would have wanted and England's best hope of pulling off a pre-Christmas miracle disappeared. Matt Prior came in to join Stokes at the scoreboard reading 190/5. Soon afterwards, Jhonson got the prized wicket of Stokes,caught behind. The ball was pitched up and invited the drive, Stokes edged it and was gone. Stokes wasn't forward enough to play that shot, swishing away from his body at a wide delivery and that was catching practice for Haddin. Just when it seemed Prior and Bresnan were going well, Clarke's bowling change to replace Jhonson by Siddle worked as he got Prior on the 3rd ball of his spell,caught behind. The ball was slightly back of a length, Prior pulled across the line and got a thin bottom edge. Siddle got the better of Prior for the 11th time in Tests. It was not a shot he needed to attempt, particularly after playing and missing twice, and his woes continued. As did England's. Stuart Broad came in at No. 9 With the new ball due in less than three overs. After a flurry of fours from Bresnan of the bowling of Watson, Clarke did another bowling change, bringing back Jhonson in place of Siddle and once again the bowling change worked as he got Broad lbw with a toe crushing yorker. The ball was full, fast and pinning Broad in front. Swann joined Bresnan with the score reading 229/8. Clarke brough Harris into the attack and in his 2nd over of the spell he got Bresnan caught behind. The ball was pitched at good length, seaming a touch and Bresnan feathered through to Haddin, trying to take his bat away. He got caught on the back foot, hanging his bat out and there was a fatal tickle before he realised the danger. This meant the arrival of the last man, James Anderson with England reeling at 233/9. Siddle cabe back in replacing Jhonson and ended the last wicket stand of 18 runs. The ball was pitched short, Anderson turned his head and spooned the ball off the shoulder of the bat, straight to the man at short leg giving Australia a 1st innings lead of 134 runs.

David Warner started the innings in fashion, getting off the mark with a four off the bolwing of Bresnan in the 2nd ove of the innings. Some excellent display of stroke and temperament from Warner and Rogers took Australia to 104/0 in just 26 overs. They stitched together an opening stand of 157 runs before Bresnan got the better of Rogers in the 44th over of the Australian innings. It was a length ball wide of off stump,Rogers slapped it to point where Carberry dived to his left to take a smart catch. It was a loose stroke by Rogers, trying to carve it away but not getting right into the stroke, flashing the ball in the air and Carberry pouched it easily. Warner got to his century in just 127 balls by hitting a ball past point for four and he celebrated in typical reserved style, a four-pace run-up before a leap into the air with his helmet in the right hand. Finally, Swann took the wicket of Warner, giving England supporters some cheer. A total miscue of a slog sweep and it went a long way up but not very long and Stokes had to shuffle in a few yards to steady himself for the chance, which he took easily ending another blistering innings from Warner. Clarke joined Watson at the crease but was bowled by Stokes when he was at an individual score of 23. Stokes hit the seam and brought the ball back a fraction as Clarke went for an expansive drive down the ground but was done through the gate and sent on his way with a crash of ash. Steven Smith appeared in the middle with Australia's lead above 350 with seven wickets still in hand. Australia ended the day at 235/3 with Smith and Watson fighting out the last few overs with much ease.

It was a familiar tale of England's underperformance followed by a lot of hard yakka in the field. The bowlers would be feeling stiff tomorrow - particularly as England were without Stuart Broad, another Johnson victim in the morning - and they may have to take some more punishment before Australia are done. They could probably bat another session and a half and still be confident of seeing England slip down a crack in the WACA wicket, though given Clarke's attacking instincts, it may come down to a quick thrash to get up above the 414 chased by South Africa here five years ago, then unleash hell (part III).

England move to 180/4 at the end of Day 2

The day started with Broad getting Johnson caught behind on the second bowl of the second over of the day. People said the pitch would be quicker today and we as evidence of that as a length ball fizzing off the pitch from middle and leg brushed the shoulder of the bat of Johnson and went into the safe hands of Prior. Peter Siddle came in at No. 9 with the scoreboard reading 326/7. Just 3 overs after Johnson's dismissal, England got the main man, Steve Smith caught behind off the boling of James Anderson. The ball  cut through Smith as he propped forward, there was a thin sound, Anderson went up immediately but Umpire Marais Erasmus wasn't convinced but England asked to review straight away. Smith stood his ground, unruffled, but there showed a tiny mark on the Hot Spot, quite faint though, on the inside of the bat. Real Time Snicko suggested a little scrape of wood too. Smith wasn't happy but the decision was overturned and he was out fo Nelson (111) after an excellent knock lasting 295 minutes. This was Smith's 1st Test hundred on home soil. Siddle brought up the 350 for Australia with a four off Broad's bowling in the very next over. Anderson got Harris just when things were looking positive for Australia. He pushed at a length ball in the channel and this one went into the hands of the gully fielder, Root. Harris was cut down before he could do too much damage. Nathan Lyon was the last man in coming in at a score of 354/9 to join Siddle. After a sticky partnership of 31 runs for the last wicket which was looking to get more and more dangerous with both Lyon and Siddle hitting England bowlers for boundaries, Bresnan got the wicket of Siddle, caught behind and thus sealed Australia's innings. Having been held up for 40 minutes by the last pair, England would consider that as another unsatisfactory passage of play but the ease with which even Lyon managed to stroke a few handy runs should have encouraged England's batsmen too.

Alastair Cook and Michael Carberry added a determined 85 for the first wicket but, after Carberry dragged one of the bowling of Harris onto the stumps. Carberry attempted to leave the ball but it hit the toe and then the stumps. Next to go was Root was given out to what the umpire Marais Erasmus considered the faintest of edges through to Brad Haddin from a Shane Watson outswinger. Reviewing the decision immediately, Root was ultimately sent on his way back to the pavillion after video evidence could not mount a strong enough case to overrule the on-field call. England snailing along when Lyon got the wicket of Cook to end an important partnership between him and Pietersen. Cook went back and cut and found point with Warner diving forward to take a low chance. The England captain threw it away after a lot of hard work. Trying to replicate the stroke of two balls ago, he couldn't get on top of this and floated a catch low to Warner who took it well. Clare brough Siddle back for the 52nd over and the bowling changed worked as Siddle got the wicket of Pietersen. The ball was slightly short, Pietersen went after it but he couldn't quite clear mid-on, where Johnson took a brilliant leaping catch. With this,Peter Siddle has now dismissed Kevin Pietersen ten times in Tests. England ended the day without any further hiccups at 180/4 with Stokes and Bell going strong.

10 for Bolt as New Zealand beat hapless West Indies

Trent Boult delivered career-best figures of 10 for 80 as New Zealand thrashed West Indies by an innings and 73 runs inside

three days. It wasa West Indies' third innings defeat in four Tests, collapsing twice to lose 16 wickets in a day to New

Zealand's swing and pace. In the first innings, they lost their last six wickets in 35 deliveries to crumble to 193. In the

second, they stumbled from 74 for 0 to be dismissed for 175 about an hour after tea. It was New Zealand's first win in 11

Tests in 2013 and also Brendon McCullum's first as captain. Nine of the 16 wickets on the third day were taken by Trent

Boult, who put on an exhibition of fast, accurate inswing bowling. McCullum enforced the follow-on again after the

unsuccessful attempt in Dunedin and Tim Southee then captured three second innings wickets in quick succession after lunch to

put the home side into a strong position to win the test before The left-armer, who scored 38 not out while batting at number

11 in New Zealand's 441, completed a remarkable match when he dived full length to his left to a full-blooded cut shot from

Denesh Ramdin that sparked the second innings collapse after tea.

Starting the day on 158 for 4, West Indies lasted just 12.5 overs, unable to adjust their approach to tackle Boult. Four of

Boult's five victims in the morning were right-hand batsmen who insisted on driving at the original line despite the inswing.

Boult ended with his best innings figures of 6 for 40, his final four wickets coming in just six balls.

Narsingh Deonarine started the collapse after being worked over by Boult and prodded a straightening delivery to first slip.

Marlon Samuels, who'd timed a couple of fours down the ground, kept on trying the off-drive without much foot movement, and

succumbed to Boult's inswing inducing a thick inside edge to the wicketkeeper. The visitors were 135 for 5 when they resumed

after tea with Chanderpaul (18) and Ramdin (15), still 113 runs from making the hosts bat again. Ramdin's dismissal for 19

shortly after they returned when Boult pulled in the catch, seemingly behind himself as he dived to take it, left the

visitors on 146 for 6 and the New Zealand bowlers with their tails up. Darren Sammy was trapped in front by Boult for a duck,

giving the West Indian captain a pair for the match, before Shane Shillingford was caught by Ross Taylor at first slip for

one off Neil Wagner.The next three batsmen were all bowled, refusing to adapt to the swing and not even managing an inside

edge on their attempted drives. Darren Sammy lasted two balls, leaving a gaping distance between bat and pad as he drove

weakly. Best then produced an entertaining innings before Boult had him caught at second slip by Peter Fulton then he bowled

Gabriel to end the match and give him his first 10-wicket haul in tests.

The third match in the series begins at Seddon Park in Hamilton from December 19.

South Africa v India: 3rd ODI Preview

South Africa routed India by huge margins at Johannesburg and Durban, and they now travel to Centurion with new found confidence. Much needed confidence that was lacking in them, before this assignment happened. India’s much famed batting line up, on the other hand, has been caught napping – humbled to the very end. The dead rubber on Wednesday isn’t quite dead, as South Africa now have the chance of clean-sweeping this series and getting back at all the off-field bullying that they faced by the cash rich BCCI, before the series started. And the Indian players have an opportunity to get their act together and hope that they manage to salvage some pride out of the final one-dayer.

India

India’s performances at Johannesburg and Durban were disappointing to say the least. It was rather disheartening to see such timid displays of performance, after all the flat-track domination against Australia and West Indies during the home season. With the top three consistently performing, and claiming to have had the experience of playing fast bowlers (albeit in the IPL), there were high hopes of them pulling off an ODI series win in South Africa, that has been long overdue.
However, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan haven’t been able to put first wicket stands like the South Africans have. Add to that, Virat Kohli’s inability to stay at the wicket for a longer duration has ensured that the pressure has been on the likes of Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina, who haven’t quite been in their best of form lately.
India now need to keep a check on the runs scored by the opposition in the death, and to try and get an early breakthrough in an attempt to end the Quinton de Kock juggernaut. Batting wise, the middle order badly needs to perform, with the spotlight being on how MS Dhoni manages to keep his team’s morale up, in the wake of such defeats.

South Africa

The South Africans have done a far superior job which has managed to rubbish all the pre-series talks of them being the underdogs. By exposing the weaknesses of the Indian batting against fast paced and short bowling, they have inflicted such terrible psychological wounds that it’s sure to haunt Team India even during the Test matches. Their opening batsmen have done a fantastic job in ensuring huge stands in both the games while the fast bowlers led by Dale Steyn have not allowed the Indian top order to settle down. What concerns South Africa though is the middle-order that faced a collapse in the 2nd ODI and the search for a batting position that utilizes Jacques Kallis’ experience. Since the series is done and dusted, it would be a good time for South Africa to test its bench strength.

Likely Teams

India: MS Dhoni (Capt), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh / Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma and Mohammad Shami

South Africa: AB de Villiers (Capt), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Jacques Kallis, JP Duminy, David Miller, Ryan McLaren, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and L Tsotsobe

Key Players

Virat Kohli: Belonging to the Kevin Pietersen brand of Cricket, India’s number three, simply loves adversity. So it’s been a surprise to see him not perform, especially considering his past performances overseas. Back in 2011/12 during the tour to Australia, when the Indian team was in shambles, this young gun from Delhi stood out with some astute knocks. He might just be a game away from breaking the shackles against South Africa’s fast bowling.

Quinton de Kock: It seems impossible to reign in this twenty-something wicketkeeper batsman, and considering how well he has performed at the top of the order, it would be some time till Graeme Smith gets his usual spot back. One won’t be surprised really if de Kock puts forward another class act and records a hat-trick of ODI centuries, a feat very few have achieved in the past.

Prediction: Unless something extraordinary happens, South Africa begin as favourites in this encounter. Although Team India would love to get a win under their belt before the Test matches start, expect them to go all out and prevent yet another overseas whitewash.

218 run win in Adelaide gives Australia 2-0 lead

As expected, Australia notched up their 2nd consecutive win in the ongoing Ashes test series, by dismissing England within 10 overs on the 5th day morning at Adelaide on Monday. England had to bat out the entire day to salvage a draw but couldn’t manage something even close to that as they were bundled out for 312, losing the match by 218 runs.

Day 5 was always going to be about Stuart Broad and Matt Prior’s resistance as they resumed their innings on 29 and 32 respectively. But that was not going to be, as Broad fell in the very first over of the day, getting caught by Nathan Lyon off the bowling of Peter Siddle. Broad's wicket was followed by Graeme Swann's wicket for just 6 runs. Prior at the other end tried to pose as much trouble for the Australians as possible with a flurry of boundaries that raced him to his fifty but played one shot too many, as he holed out to Ryan Harris in the deep. At 301/9, the English fans knew that the end was near. And the moment came in the 102nd over of the match, James Anderson had hit two confident fours in the previous over and all that Monty Panesar had to do was rotate the strike and hand it over to Anderson, but he slapped a length ball into the hands of short-extra cover.

2-0 down, if England lose even one out of the upcoming three Ashes tests, the Urn is sure going to make its way back down under and pose some huge disappointment for all the fans back home in England. 

Kock and Amla set up another huge win for Proteas

Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla shared a record-breaking day to set up the Proteas for another massive victory by 134 runs over India in the second Momentum ODI at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead and a series triumph with a match to spare. Question marks over Team India’s abilities to play in overseas conditions resurfaced as South Africa routed the Men in Blue. In a match that was shortened by rain, the Indian batsmen never seemed to be in command while going about their chase. South Africa on the other hand, came back strongly after their mediocre showing against Pakistan in the last series and notched up a series victory that was scripted by a certain Quinton de Kock. Kock, barely 20 years of age followed up his century at Johannesburg with another one today – signaling his arrival in world cricket. De Kock completed back-to-back ODI centuries to match the performances of Amla and Herschelle Gibbs while Amla notched up his 12th ODI century and in the process became the quickest batsman to score 4 000 ODI runs, doing so in four matches and seven innings faster than the legendary Sir Vivian Richards.
 De Kock became the fourth batsman – the others are Peter Stirling of Ireland and Shahriah Nafees and Tamim Iqbal, both of Bangladesh – to score three ODI centuries before his 21st birthday. He comes of age on Tuesday week. The partnership of 190 between De Kock and Amla was also a ground record, beating the 170 by Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist for Australia in 2002. To cap it all De Kock won his second successive Man-of-the-Match award.

Indian skipper, MS Dhoni opted to bowl first after winning the toss, on a track that he suggested seemed drier than the one his team played on, in Johannesburg, the other day. After Team India’s inept showing in the previous one-dayer, the captain hoped that a slightly different looking Indian XI could bring an end to India’s dismal run in overseas tours. So, Yuvraj Singh missed out due to a niggle and was replaced by Ajinkya Rahane, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit Sharma made way for Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav. But hope was something Dhoni could actually hope for as Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock seemed to have taken a liking towards any kind of Indian bowling. The duo put up a 194 run opening stand, which happened to be the first hundred run partnership in ODIs at Durban since 2002. And had de Kock not lost his wicket during the run of play, the two of them could have piled on India’s miseries further. By the time Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed de Kock, the batsman had already scored 106 from 118 deliveries, bringing up his second consecutive one-day international hundred. The century that took two hours to come, came with the help of some glorious shots – there were some lovely drives down the ground, some flicks to fine leg, the occasional cut-shots square of the wicket and that one shimmy down the track to hit Suresh Raina for a four. Soon after de Kock, AB de Villiers came and went, without troubling the opposition much but South Africa’s run machine, Hashim Amla seemed unfazed by the fall of two wickets in quick succession. He went on to score his 12th ODI century with Zen-like calmness. India got to see Amla’s back immediately after he reached his ton, thanks to some good bowling by Mohammad Shami. The Bengal fast bowler purchased some extra bounce from the wicket and got the better of Amla in the process, with the South African opener nicking it to Dhoni, behind the stumps. South Africa were 233/3 at that stage. It was after Amla’s dismissal that India managed to stem the flow of runs, with wickets at regular intervals. Mohammad Shami got rid of David Miller and Jacques Kallis while JP Duminy got himself run out, attempting a second run when it wasn’t there. However, it was the ultimate over of South Africa’s innings that allowed the Proteas to carry some momentum into the dressing room, as Vernon Philander and Ryan McLaren delivered some meaty blows to make the most of the run-scoring opportunities, Umesh Yadav provided them with. Twenty runs off the last over, propelled South Africa to a commanding 280/6.

Coming out to bat, a lot was expected from the Indian openers after their poor showing in Johannesburg and especially considering that 281 runs had to be chased down in difficult conditions. But Dale Steyn reaffirmed what he had said in a pre-match press conference, about Durban being very different from Mumbai, by dismissing Shikhar Dhawan for 0. The Indian opener slashed hard at a length ball, outside off, but failed to keep it down as it went straight into the hands of Duminy, standing at backward point. Soon after that, Virat Kohli too, fell without troubling the scorers while attempting to steer the ball down to third man. Lonwabo Tsotsobe, who often plays under the shadow of his more illustrious bowling colleagues, provided two crucial blows by not only dismissing Kohli but by following it up with the wicket of Rohit Sharma. The Mumbai batsman who came into the series with a lot of hype surrounding his recent performances, failed to keep a pull shot down and got caught at short-midwicket by Hashim Amla. The capitulation continued with Rahane’s wicket off Morne Morkel’s bowling (and a dubious decision). So when India’s crisis man, MS Dhoni walked into the middle, his team was tottering at 34/4. On any given day, you could expect the Indian skipper to pull off a coup and save India from the jaws of an inglorious defeat. But today was not that day, as Dhoni scratched around before getting out for 19. In fact, his Chennai Super Kings team mates couldn’t do much either as the team got bowled out for 146 runs within 36 overs.

With the series in South Africa’s kitty, the Proteas would want to try out their bench strength in the Dead Rubber 3rd ODI in Centurion on December 11th. But for India, the dead-rubber would be a chance to redeem any kind of pride that one usually associates with World Champions.

Australia just 4 wickets away from 2-0 Ashes lead

Australia are on the brink of a huge victory thanks to a strong showing on the 4th day of the Adelaide Test. Australia's declaration, first thing in the morning ensured that England had to either chase down a mammoth 500 plus score or bat out the next six sessions. Neither of which seems possible now, with the top six of the English line up, back in the pavilion. Matt Prior and Stuart Broad are holding fort, trying to delay the inevitable.

The possibility of showers and an impending Australian victory kicked off the 4th day of the 2nd Ashes test match being played at the Adelaide Oval, here on Sunday. With just ten minutes to go for the start of the day’s play, Michael Clarke declared the Australian innings at the overnight score of 132/3. This declaration not only meant that David Warner would miss out on a probable century but also ensured that England faced the most daunting task of batting out the two remainder days to salvage a draw and save themselves from a second consecutive defeat.

The man responsible for England’s 1st innings collapse, Mitchell Johnson was handed the bowling responsibilities in the second over of the day and he produced instant results. The English skipper, Alistair Cook attempted a pull off a short & fast delivery from Johnson, the extra pace got the top edge and the ball went safely into the hands of the fielder at long-leg. Cook’s wicket, in just the second over of the morning seemed to give a psychological edge to the Australians, while the Poms geared up for a long hard day in the middle. But what happened after that was beyond anyone’s imagination, as in the twelfth over, with just 20 runs on the board, Michael Carberry tried pulling a Peter Siddle delivery and instead helped it along to Nathan Lyon, who took a low catch at long-leg. That delivery wasn’t as quick enough as Johnson’s was (that got rid of Cook), and seemed to be anything but a wicket-taking one. England entered into lunch on Day 4 with the scoreboard reading 26/2. In the post-lunch session, the onus was on Kevin Pietersen and Joe Root to stabilize the innings, which they did fairly well, putting on 111 runs for the third wicket. Pietersen who was the more dominant out of the two, scored 53, before getting bowled-inside edged by a Siddle in-swinger. In the process of scoring those runs, Pietersen treated the Adelaide crowd to some brilliant batting – hitting leggie, Steven Smith for three sixes, the best of them being the one hit straight down the ground, bringing up Pietersen’s half century. Just an over before tea, Smith got lucky as Ian Bell gifted his wicket away to the Australian bowler for the third time in his career. The ball was a low full toss, which was there to be hit, but all Bell did was to chip it up to mid-on, where Johnson took a comfortable catch. At tea, England were 143/4, facing an uphill task of saving the Test match. Of all the English batsmen, Joe Root seemed to be the most comfortable, his patient and well-paced innings lasted for over four hours and saw decisive footwork, against both the fast and the slow bowlers. His innings ended with on 87 and with that, the signs of an English capitulation grew stronger. However, Ben Stokes, Matt Prior and Stuart Broad provided some kind of resistance after Root’s exit and scored 76 runs between them with the sole wicket of Stokes as England survived to fight out another day of what’s turning out to be a disastrous Ashes campaign.

With no rain eventually taking place, the match is firmly now under Australia's control as Michael Clarke's boys would look forward to seal the victory before lunch.

India vs South Africa : 2nd ODI Preview

South Africa beat India in fine style to seal a comprehensive 141-run victory in the first ODI at the New Wanderers Cricket Stadium in Johannesburg on Thursday. India's bowlers faced heavy punishment, most severely from opening batsman Quinton de Kock, who went on to score an impressive 135 and help the Proteas post 358-4 in their alloted 50 overs. India were bowled out for 217 in reply, and were unable to threaten South Africa's dominance at any stage of the first ODI. The second of the three ODI matches is scheduled to take place on Sunday at Durban.

India
India's performance at Johannesburg was disappointing following their recent dominance and string of victories in the shorter format of the game, but it highlighted the importance of match practice for the Indian team on foreign pitches. Skipper MS Dhoni summed up the defeat in a press conference following the game, saying that none of the players in the side were in their best mental preparatory state, having just landed in South Africa a mere 48 hours before the first ball was bowled. India's bowling was poor, with every bowler, barring off-spinner R Ashwin, going for plenty. Dhoni was forced to use 7 bowlers in the game, and was not impressed with the teams's performance at the  New Wanderers being equally critical of both the batsmen and the bowlers.
India were equally disappointing in their run chase at the Wanderers, capitulating for a total of 217 in 41 overs. MS Dhoni top-scored for India with 65, well ahead of the next highest Virat Kohli (31). Yuvraj Singh's poor run of form continued as he fell for yet another duck, while two of India's finest ODI batsmen, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina, were both run-out before either reached 20. Overall, India looked un-prepared and were lackluster on the field, and with a must win game ahead at the Kingsmead Stadium in Durban this Sunday, the onus would be on the Indian players to lift their game in their respective departments against a strong South African team.

South Africa
South Africa played some fabulous cricket in the 1st ODI, dominating from the very start and seeing the game through to the very end. Wicket-keeper and opening batsman Quinton de Kock led the way for the Proteas with a blistering innings of 135 at the top of the innings, a knock which included 21 boundaries, and had shots played all over the ground. de Kock put on an opening stand of 152 inside 30 overs with Hashim Amla, but it was two further blitzes, by skipper AB de Villiers 77 (47) and JP Duminy 59* (29) that saw South Africa through to post a massive total of 358. While the pitch and out-field were favourable to the batting side, it would be wrong to take away anything from South Africa's quality batting performance at the Wanderers.
Dale Steyn led the South African charge with the ball, ending with figures of 3-25 from his 8 overs, but it was Ryan McLaren, with three crucial wickets including those of Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh to his name, who was the pick of the South African bowlers in the first ODI. South Africa brought on Morne Morkel as the first change bowler and Morkel too did a fine job, going at just over 3.50 runs/over from his 8 overs. India scored at the brisk pace right through their innings, but the South African bowlers had the game under control for most part, something AB de Villiers would hope to see his team repeat in the up-coming games against a strong Indian batting line up. South Africa's other big strength has been their fielding, and those standards were there to be seen during the first ODI at Johannesburg, with two run-outs and numerous runs saved with some tight ground-fielding.

Likely Teams

India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c)(wk), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami.

South Africa: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers (c), JP Duminy, David Miller, Ryan McLaren, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

Prediction: India would be looking to rectify their mistakes and come back stronger in the second ODI, but playing on home soil and with all their top players in great form, South Africa look clear favourites to win the second ODI too. Though, we can expect a better performance from the Indians.

Johnson takes 7 as England face huge defeat

Australian quick Mitchell Johnson proved too much for England to handle for the second test match in a row as Australia took a giant leap towards regaining the Ashes by decimating England in their first innings in Adelaide. Figures of 7-40 from Johnson tell the tale of another England batting collapse with only three men making their way into double figures as England capitulated for 172, conceding a first innings lead of nearly 400 runs.
Australia chose not to impose the follow on, presumably because they had already got a lot of mileage out of their fast bowlers at a warm Adelaide Oval, and hoped to be even quicker in their dissection of England in the second innings when the pitch should deteriorate a tad more. The hosts hence came out to bat with 398 runs in the pocket already and pushed that advantage to 530 with David Warner smashing his way to an unbeaten half century.
Resuming from their overnight score of 35-1 there was little indication of the carnage that was going to follow over the course of the day as Michael Carberry (60) and Joe Root (15) continued from where they left off last night. Root made 15 before he was snared by Nathan Lyon in the 9th over of the day. Peter Siddle removed Kevin Pietersen for 4 a few overs later and England took drinks in a spot of bother at 66-3.
England made some headway after the break with Carberry joined in the middle by Ian Bell. The duo counter-attacked, adding 45 runs in just 7 overs before Australia tightened their grip on proceedings and threw down 4 maidens in a row. Carberry got excited by a short ball from Shane Watson and smashed it down to square leg where David Warner completely a stunning one handed catch. Carberry's dismissal resulted in the unleashing of Johnson who cleaned up the rest of the batting order on his own, refusing to allow anyone else from getting into double figures. Ian Bell waged a lone war out in the middle, making an unbeaten 72 before he ran out of partners.
Australia came out to bat a second time in the match and soon found themselves in a bit of trouble with James Anderson removing Chris Rogers (2) and Shane Watson (0) in just the third over. At 4-2, there was hope for England, but David Warner produced a typical innings to dent the morale of the English bowlers, and though he lost his skipper Michael Clarke for 22 who was bowled by Panesar, the little left-hander plundered runs to reach 83 from just 117 balls by the close of play. Steve Smith showcased his usual promise, reaching 22 as the day ended with Australia firmly on top at 132-3.
Australia will probably look to bat for somewhere between an hour and a session tomorrow before they give themselves at least 5 sessions to bowl England out and take a 2-0 lead in this 5 test Ashes series.

Rain saves West Indies as 1st test between New Zealand and West Indies ends in a draw

Shane Shillingford sent a few shivers through the New Zealand batting lineup before rain and their opponents’ cautious approach combined to earn West Indies a draw in the first Test today here. Shillingford, who opened the bowling, collected 4-26 from 15 overs, as the New Zealanders, chasing 112 for victory, reached 79 for 4 in their second innings when rain prompted the tea break five minutes earlier than scheduled on the final day at University Oval.
The players never returned to the field, although there was excellent effort by ground-staff and security officers about half-hour past the scheduled close to mop up and allow the Black Caps a chance to complete their first Test win for the year but it was not to be.
The result meant that the three-Test series remains level at 0-0.

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