ENGLAND’S TOUR OF SRI LANKA
SQUADS
VENUES
FIXTURES
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Published on: April 1st, 2012 by
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Published on: March 29th, 2012 by
TvChaska.Net The second day of the exciting contest between Sri Lanka and England saw complete domination by some artful spin bowling by both the teams. The opening session started with Captain Mahela Jayawardene on the crease playing at 168 after his masterful shot making and his well placed classy innings on the opening day put Sri Lanka in a commanding position. Though there was not much support at the other end as Sri Lanka hurried things and could only add 29 runs before being bowled out for 318. It took only 6.3 over’s for the visitors to wrap up the Sri Lankan innings. Jayawardene (180) was the last man to be ……..
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Published on: February 28th, 2012 by
TvChaska.Net England ended their UAE tour against Pakistan on a high note by winning a breath taking t20 match on the last ball. A brilliant performance by Kevin Pietersen and bowler Jade Dernbach helped the English Team to seal the three match t20 series against Pakistan in their last game. Kevin Pietersen played a glittering knock of 62 off just 52 balls, not only to pull his team out from the trouble but also to take the teams score to a competitive total of 129. His innings were composed of aggression and composure which also earned him the…………….
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Published on: February 26th, 2012 by
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England bounced back by leveling the three match t20 series against Pakistan in the second match played at Dubai International cricket Stadium, Dubai. It was wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow who made a brilliant maiden international fifty under the flood lights at Dubai International cricket stadium to help England. His innings of an unbeaten 60 off 46 balls was a show of composure and judgment that also earned him Man of Match award in his debut match. England won the toss and Captain Stuart Broad elected to bat first. England got off to a flyer by getting boundaries in quick succession and scored 35 runs in the first four over’s. It was Kevin Pietersen who made 17 off just 13 balls before getting out off Saeed Ajmal in the 5th over. Pakistan came back strongly to dismiss ……………
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Published on: February 19th, 2012 by
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Many of his own fans wrote him off, but Kevin Peterson ended his three years century drought by hitting a theatrical ton as England beat Pakistan in the third One Day and also sealing the four match series. Kevin Peterson looked to make a mark and silenced his critics by hitting an impressive ton of 111 runs that came off just 98 balls at a strike rate of 113.26. Meanwhile England Captain Alastair Cook was out on 80 and narrowly missed …………….
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Published on: February 17th, 2012 by
TvChaska.Net England Captain Alastair Cook’s second consecutive ton helped England snatch another victory against Pakistan. England put up a challenging target of 251 for Pakistan as reliable combination of Alastair Cook and Ravi Bopara came together to ensure the task was never easy for Pakistan. Pakistan were on course for a victory at 207-5 in 44 over’s with Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi at the crease. However …………….
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Published on: February 14th, 2012 by
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Alastair Cook’s mammoth knock of 137 runs was enough to dismantle Pakistan’s advantage they had so far in the series and sent them crushing by 130 runs. Such was the measure of destruction at Abu Dhabhi that Cook single handedly scored more runs than whole Pakistan team, which in fact were exactly half of …………………
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Published on: February 4th, 2012 by
TvChaska.Net Cricket fans at Dubai’s International cricket stadium wouldn’t have asked for more drama. Although this may not sound like a Test match score but too much shock and surprise, as many as 16 wickets fell on the Day 1 of the third Test. Pakistan dream of going for a whitewash over got a big blow as they were bundled out for a mere 99. But they came back strongly to destroy England’s batting line up ……………..
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Published on: January 29th, 2012 by
TvChaska.Net It was a big miracle come true for Misbah-ul-Haq’s Pakistan team, who successfully defended a modest target of 145 and bowled out the World best test team for just 72 to gain an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three match series. On Day 4, as Pakistan was all out for 214, they gave England a relatively easy target of 145 to chase. But Abdur Rehman and Saeed Ajmal bowled out of their skin to reduce England from 56-4 to 72 all out to win the match by 72 runs. England lost the first Test at Dubai by 10 wickets.
Winning the toss, Pakistan decided to bat first on a good batting pitch at Sheikh Zayed Stadium. Both teams made one change to their team. Pakistan brought in Junaid Khan in place of Aizaz Cheema while Chris Tremlett made way for spinner Monty Panesar. Mohammed Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar got to a cautious start……………
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Published on: January 19th, 2012 by
TvChaska.Net Dubai: Pakistan made an impressive comeback to the International Cricket by beating World’s No.1 Test Team by 10 wickets at Dubai International Stadium. England, who dethroned India from top of the rankings last year made a disappointing start in the series and were at the verge of an Innings defeat at one stage.
England Captain Andrew Strauss won the toss on a 17 degrees chilly morning, chose to bat first. 37 year old Misbah-ul-Haq, who is now the Captain of Pakistan, suddenly had a responsibility of bringing Pakistani cricket back on track
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Published on: May 5th, 2011 by
TvChaska.Net Posted by nair_ottappalam on (May 05 2011, 09:07 AM GMT)
Cook is not suited for ODI. How could he lead the side?
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Published on: May 5th, 2011 by
TvChaska.Net Alastair Cook has been named England’s new one-day international captain and Stuart Broad has been handed the leadership of the Twenty20 side in a major shake-up of the limited-overs teams. Andrew Strauss announced his decision to stand down as ODI captain to focus on his Test career, while Paul Collingwood’s run
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