ICC Awards for 2009 Presented!

The ICC Awards for the year 2009 presented at Johannesburg on Thursday night. Dhoni, Indian skipper once again missed the function, though no reasons were shared.

Gautam Gambhir won the Test Cricketer of the Year Award while Dhoni bagged the same for ODI format. Gambhir beat his own team mate and skipper Dhoni to clinch this award.

Dhoni beat off tough competition from teammates Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag as well as West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul to take the prestigious award.

Dhoni was also named the captain of the ICC's Test and ODI Team.

Sri Lankan dashing opener Tilakerethne Dilshan bagged the T20 Player of the Year award.

Australian Michele Johnson bagged the prestigeous Player of the Award. He was a good wicket taking bolwer and has a very good economy and average. He also played an useful all rounder role in the Champions Trophy match against West Indies.

Peter Siddle, another Australian, won the award for Emerging Player of the Year.

The New Zealand team bagged the Spirit of the Cricket Award. This is the second time that NZ has won this award.

Claire Taylor from England was named the Women's Cricketer of the Year, while Irishman William Porterfield was selected as the Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year.

The Awards and the Winners:

Player of the Year: M Johnson off Australia
Test Player of the Year: G Gambhir off India
ODI Player of the Year: MS Dhoni off India
T20 Player of the Year: T Dilshan off Sri Lanka
Emerging Player of the Year: P Siddle off Australia
Women Cricketer of the Year: Claire Taylor off England
Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year: William Porterfield off Ireland
Spirit of the Cricket: New Zealand
Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dhar off Pakistan

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2nd ODI: Aus v. Eng: Australia keep winning! Takes 2-0 lead!

Thanks to Johnson's heroics at the end of the innings, Australia were able to put a decent total on the board. Thought it is not a great total, Australia managed to pull of a wondreful victory and take 2-0 lead in the 7-match ODI series.

Australia fell from 62 for no loss to 73 for 3. White and Ferguson added 69 for the 4th wicket. Again, they slumped to 179 for 6. After that, Ferguson and Lee returned to pavilion putting Aussies in trouble at 208 for 8 in 45.4 overs.

Johnson added 43 in 23 balls which increased the score and also the confidence of the Aussies. The bowlers have been given a chance with a decent target to restrict.

Lee, who was punished in the last match came back strongly and finished with 2 for 22 in 8.1 overs. He had Collingwood bowled when the batsman was in good form. Collingwood scored 56 and was looking dangersous.

Bracken, Johnson, and Watson also picked two wickets each, which helped Australia to beat England by 39 runs.

Match: Ashes 2009: ODI # 2
Date: September 6, 2009
Teams: Australia v. England
Captains: M Clarke and Strauss
Toss: England, decided to field
Venue: Lord's, London
Result: Australia won by 39 runs
Series Result: Australia lead the series 2-0
Man of the Match: M Johnson off Australia

Australia Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
S Watson	c Wright b Bresnan	34	49	4	0
T Paine	c Morgan b Wright	26	44	2	0
C White	c Prior b Bopara	42	66	5	0
M Clarke	c Prior b Wright	4	11	0	0
Ferguson	b Anderson	55	58	5	0
M Hussey	b Swann	8	14	0	0
Hopes	lbw b Swann	11	19	1	0
M Johnson	not out	43	23	5	0
B Lee	c Shah b Sidebottom	0	3	0	0
N Hauritz	not out	10	13	0	0
Extras	(lb 8, w 8)	16	-	-	-
Total	for 8 wkts in 50 overs	249	-	-	-

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
S Watson	c Wright b Bresnan	34	49	4	0
T Paine	c Morgan b Wright	26	44	2	0
C White	c Prior b Bopara	42	66	5	0
M Clarke	c Prior b Wright	4	11	0	0
Ferguson	b Anderson	55	58	5	0
M Hussey	b Swann	8	14	0	0
Hopes	lbw b Swann	11	19	1	0
M Johnson	not out	43	23	5	0
B Lee	c Shah b Sidebottom	0	3	0	0
N Hauritz	not out	10	13	0	0
Extras	(lb 8, w 8)	16	-	-	-
Total	for 8 wkts in 50 overs	249	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-62 (Watson, 14.5 ov), 2-64 (Paine, 15.6 ov), 3-73 (Clarke, 19.1 ov), 4-142 (White, 33.1 ov), 5-155 (Hussey, 36.6 ov), 6-179 (Hopes, 42.1 ov), 7-201 (Ferguson, 44.4 ov), 8-208 (Lee, 45.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Anderson	9	0	57	1
Sidebottom	9	0	45	1
T Bresnan	7	0	25	1
L Wright	10	0	52	2
Collingwood	4	0	19	0
Swann	8	0	31	2
Bopara	3	0	12	1

England Innings: (target 250 runs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
A Strauss	c & b Hauritz	47	53	6	0
Bopara	lbw b Watson	27	44	3	0
M Prior	c Paine b Watson	1	5	0	0
OA Shah	run out (Clarke/Paine)	12	12	2	0
Collingwood	b Lee	56	84	3	0
E Morgan	lbw b Johnson	14	19	2	0
L Wright	c Paine b Lee	20	19	3	0
T Bresnan	c Paine b Johnson	5	13	0	0
Swann	b Bracken	14	22	0	0
Sidebottom	b Bracken	0	2	0	0
Anderson	not out	0	5	0	0
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, w 6, nb 1)	14	-	-	-
Total	all out in 46.1 overs	210	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-74 (Bopara, 14.5 ov), 2-76 (Prior, 16.2 ov), 3-85 (Strauss, 17.5 ov), 4-97 (Shah, 19.6 ov), 5-129 (Morgan, 26.4 ov), 6-157 (Wright, 32.3 ov), 7-168 (Bresnan, 36.4 ov), 8-204 (Swann, 43.3 ov), 9-204 (Sidebottom, 43.5 ov), 10-210 (Collingwood, 46.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
B Lee	8.1	0	22	2
Bracken	10	1	37	2
Johnson	9	1	50	2
Hopes	3	0	22	0
Hauritz	9	0	46	1
Watson	7	1	26	2

1-62 (Watson, 14.5 ov), 2-64 (Paine, 15.6 ov), 3-73 (Clarke, 19.1 ov), 4-142 (White, 33.1 ov), 5-155 (Hussey, 36.6 ov), 6-179 (Hopes, 42.1 ov), 7-201 (Ferguson, 44.4 ov), 8-208 (Lee, 45.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Anderson	9	0	57	1
Sidebottom	9	0	45	1
T Bresnan	7	0	25	1
L Wright	10	0	52	2
Collingwood	4	0	19	0
Swann	8	0	31	2
Bopara	3	0	12	1

England Innings: (target 250 runs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
A Strauss	c & b Hauritz	47	53	6	0
Bopara	lbw b Watson	27	44	3	0
M Prior	c Paine b Watson	1	5	0	0
OA Shah	run out (Clarke/Paine)	12	12	2	0
Collingwood	b Lee	56	84	3	0
E Morgan	lbw b Johnson	14	19	2	0
L Wright	c Paine b Lee	20	19	3	0
T Bresnan	c Paine b Johnson	5	13	0	0
Swann	b Bracken	14	22	0	0
Sidebottom	b Bracken	0	2	0	0
Anderson	not out	0	5	0	0
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, w 6, nb 1)	14	-	-	-
Total	all out in 46.1 overs	210	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-74 (Bopara, 14.5 ov), 2-76 (Prior, 16.2 ov), 3-85 (Strauss, 17.5 ov), 4-97 (Shah, 19.6 ov), 5-129 (Morgan, 26.4 ov), 6-157 (Wright, 32.3 ov), 7-168 (Bresnan, 36.4 ov), 8-204 (Swann, 43.3 ov), 9-204 (Sidebottom, 43.5 ov), 10-210 (Collingwood, 46.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
B Lee	8.1	0	22	2
Bracken	10	1	37	2
Johnson	9	1	50	2
Hopes	3	0	22	0
Hauritz	9	0	46	1
Watson	7	1	26	2

1st ODI: Aus v. Eng: Australia taste win! Beat Eng by 4 runs in 1st ODI!

Thanks to Ferguson for his unbeatan 71 and White for his 53, the touring Aussies were able to put a decent 260 on the board.

England chasing 261, lost quick wickets in the middle. From 120 for 2, they slumped to 178 for 6. Rashid and Wright brought prestige back to England with a 46-run parternship for the 7th wicket.

With 4 overs of batting powerplay in hand, England required 37 from 21 balls. Wright was run out by Paine and then Swann was bowled of a straight delivery.

32 required of last 14 balls. England couldn'd manage to reach the target and ended their innings with 4 runs short.

Match: Ashes 2009: ODI # 1
Date: September 4, 2009
Teams: Australia v. England
Captains: M Clarke and Strauss
Toss: England, decided to field
Venue: Kennington Oval, London
Result: Australia won by 4 runs
Series Result: Australia lead the series 1-0
Man of the Match: Ferguson off Australia

Australia Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
S Watson	c & b Collingwood	46	50	6	0
Paine	run out (Collingwood)	0	6	0	0
White	run out (Swann/Prior)	53	71	7	0
M Clarke	c Shah b Collingwood	45	72	3	0
Ferguson	not out	71	75	5	0
M Hussey	b Sidebottom	20	15	3	0
Hopes	not out	18	11	1	0
Extras	(lb 3, w 4)	7	-	-	-
Total	for 5 wkts in 50 overs	260	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-11 (Paine, 2.6 ov), 2-93 (Watson, 18.5 ov), 3-111 (White, 24.2 ov), 4-190 (Clarke, 42.3 ov), 5-237 (Hussey, 47.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Anderson	7	0	35	0
Broad	9	1	52	0
Sidebottom	7	0	48	1
Wright	1	0	9	0
Rashid	10	0	37	0
Collingwood	9	0	47	2
Swann	7	0	29	0

England Innings: (target 261 runs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	c White b Lee	12	14	2	0
Bopara	st Paine b Hauritz	49	88	3	0
Prior	c Johnson b Hauritz	28	47	2	0
OA Shah	hit wkt b Johnson	40	48	4	0
Collingwood	c Watson b Johnson	23	39	1	0
Wright	run out (Paine)	38	27	4	1
Broad	c M Clarke b Johnson	2	5	0	0
Rashid	not out	31	23	4	0
Swann	c Paine b Watson	4	5	0	0
Sidebottom	not out	13	7	2	0
Extras	(b 3, w 10, nb 3)	16	-	-	-
Total	for 8 wkts in 50 overs	256	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-22 (Strauss, 4.3 ov), 2-83 (Prior, 20.1 ov), 3-124 (Bopara, 28.3 ov), 4-161 (Shah, 37.3 ov), 5-168 (Collingwood, 39.5 ov), 6-178 (Broad, 41.3 ov), 7-224 (Wright, 46.4 ov), 8-229 (Swann, 47.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
B Lee	9	0	65	1
Bracken	10	0	48	0
Johnson	7	0	24	3
Hopes	5	1	14	0
Hauritz	9	0	44	2
M Clarke	4	0	18	0
Watson	6	0	40	1

South Africa win 3rd ODI by 25 runs, lead series 2-1!

Advantage South Africa in the current Aussie tour. With both sides winning one match each in the 5-match ODI series, South Africa once again beat Australia comfortably and convincingly int he third ODI to take 2-1 lead.

Batting first, Gibbs and Smith started slowly. Smith got out early, caught behind. The veteran Jacque Kallis and DeVilliers gave South Africa a comfortable position. From 50 for 2 in 14.2 overs, Kallis and DeVilliers started the recovery process.

As this is a crucial game for both the teams, nobody wanted to take chance. Both Kallis and DeVilliers added another 50 to their list. Kallis scored 70 while DeVilliers scored 80. They both added 114 runs for the 3rd wicket in 21.4 overs. Duminy (32 off 26 balls) and Morkel (29 off 25 balls) gave momentum in the final overs. Mark Boucher scored quick runs in the final overs--28 off 15 balls which helped SA to post 289 in 50 overs. South Africa added 91 runs in the last 56 balls. Micheal Johnson picked 4 wickets for Australia.

Australian start was not very convincing. Both Steyn and Parnell maintained a good line and length. This made scoring difficult and increased the required run rate.

Haddin (15 off 34), Clarke (35 off 49), Ponting (20 off 35) consumed lot of deliveries but could not score runs. The top three batsmen consumed 118 balls and scored just 70 runs.

Michael Hussey was unlucky go be given an inner edge as leg before. He scored just 1 run. Ferguson scored a good half-century which would definitely increse his confidence level.

Hopes scored another 50, but it did not help the cause. He was unbeaten on 63 and Geeves as 10 not out when Australia ended their innings at 264 for 7.

There was not big partnership as with SA's Kallis and DeVilliers. The 97-run parternship for the 6th wicket was too late for Australia. VD Merwe picked 3 wickets for 37 runs while Both and Duminy picked one each.

Score: (Toss won by SA)

South Africa 289 for 6 in 50 overs (Gibbs 26, Smith 8, Kallis 70, DeVilliers 80, Duminy 32, A Morkel 29, Boucher 28 not out, Merwe 6 not out, Extras--10 (lb 4, w 2, nb 4), Johnson 4 for 34, Bracken 1 for 58, Geeves 1 for 67, Hauritz 0 for 37, Hopes 0 for 64, Hussey 0 for 25) beat Australia 264 for 7 in 50 overs (Haddin 15, M Clarke 35, Ponting 20, D Hussey 20, M Hussey 1, Ferguson 63, Hopes 63 not out, Johnson 9, Geeves 10 not out, Extras--28 (b 5, lb 14, w 9), Steyn 0 for 44, Parnell 0 for 47, Kallis 0 for 19, A Morkel 0 for 33, Botha 1 for 59, Merwe 3 for 37, Duminy 1 for 6)

Player of the Match: Jacque Kallis of SA
Match Result: SA won by 25 runs
Series Result: SA lead 5 match series 2-1

5th ODI: Australia Erase WI! ODI Series a White Wash!

The last match of the tour also went in favor of Australia. They lost the one and only T20 and drew the 2nd test. The first and third test were won by Australia including all the five ODIs.

The last ODI victory was a big victory with huge margin. Chasing the target of 342, WI were bundled out for 172 and Findlay top scoring with 59 not out. MG Johnson picked 5 wickets.

For Australia, Andrew Symonds top scored with 66. Edwards and Sarwan picked 3 wickets each.

Match: 5th ODI
Venue: Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Date: July 6, 2008
Teams: West Indies and Australia
Captains: CH Gayle and MJ Clarke
Toss: Australia won the toss and decided to first
Result: Australia won by 169 runs
Series: Australia win the series 5-0
Man of the Match: L Ronchi off Australia
Man of the Series: SR Watson off Australia
Score:

Australia 341 for 8 in 50 overs (SE Marsh 49, SR Watson 29, L Ronchi 64, MJ Clarke 5, MEK Hussey 51, A Symonds 66, DJ Hussey 52, JR Hopes 18, B Lee 0 not out, Extras--7 (lb 3, w 1, nb 3), FH Edwards 9-0-86-3, DBL Powell 10-0-50-0, DJ Bravo 10-0-74-1, CH Gayle 2-0-33-0, NO Miller 10-0-38-1, RR Sarwan 9-1-57-3) beat West Indies 172 all out in 39.5 overs (CH Gayle 5, XM Marshall 17, RR Sarwan 7, S Chanderpaul 38, SE Findlay 59 not out, DJ Bravo 13, ADS Fletcher 1, D Ramdin 3, DBL Powell 10, NO Miller 8, FH Edwards 0, Extras--11 (lb 2, w 9), B Lee 9-0-42-0, MG Johnson 7.5-1-29-5, NW Bracken 5-0-19-0, SR Watson 5-0-23-1, MJ Clarke 6-0-34-2, A Symonds 7-0-23-2)

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1st ODI: Australia win comfortably!

Australia beat West Indies comfortably by 84 runs in the first ODI of the five match series. They bounced back from the T20 defeat and proved that West Indies is not yet an equal side for them. SE Marsh bagged the man of the match in his debut game for his 81 off 97 balls with 7 fours and a six. Sure that IPL would have given him a world of confidence in addition to the chance for playing for his nation.

Match: 1st ODI
Venue: Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent
Date: June 24, 2008
Teams: West Indies and Australia
Captains: CH Gayle and Ponting
Toss: West Indies won the toss and decided to field
Result: Australia won by 84 runs
Series: Australia leading 1-0
Man of the Match: SE Marsh off Australia
Score:

Australia 273 for 8 in 50 overs (SE Marsh 81, SR Watson 31, RT Ponting 5, MJ Clarke 9, MEK Hussey 44, BJ Haddin 50, CL White 8, JR Hopes 9, B Lee 12 not out, MG Johnson 3 not out, Extras--21 (b 3, lb 5, w 13), JE Taylor 7-0-30-1, CH Gayle 10-0-55-1, FH Edwards 3-0-22-0, DJ Bravo 8-0-54-2, SJ Benn 10-0-39-1, RR Sarwan 5-0-34-1, DJG Sammy 7-1-31-2) beat West Indies 189 all out in 39.5 overs (XM Marshall 6, CH Gayle 20, RR Sarwan 2, ADS Fletcher 26, DJ Bravo 33, KA Pollard 11, D Ramdin 31, DJG Sammy 33, JE Taylor 11, SJ Benn 7, FH Edwards 1 not out, Extras--8 (w 8), B Lee 9-1-37-2, NW Bracken 5.5-0-31-4, MG Johnson 7-0-42-1, JR Hopes 5-0-14-0, MJ Clarke 4-1-15-1)

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T20: West Indies Register their First Win of the Tour!

West Indies finally saw some happy moment of the entire series after beating Australia in the shorter version of the game! They beat the touring Australians by 7 wickets with 11 balls remaining. In the rain preventing the full quota of 20 overs, each side got a chance of 11 overs. Marshall and Bravo helped the chase with quick scoring.

Match: T20
Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Date: June 20, 2008
Teams: West Indies and Australia
Captains: DJ Bravo and Ponting
Toss: West Indies won the toss and decided to field
Result: West Indies won by 7 wickets with 11 balls remaining
Man of the Match: XM Marshall off West Indies
Score:

Australia 97 for 3 in 11 overs (SE Marsh 29, L Ronchi 36, SR Watson 17 not out, DJ Hussey 0, CL White 10 not out, Extras--5 (lb 2, w 2, nb 1), JE Taylor 2-0-23-0, SJ Benn 2-0-19-0, FH Edwards 2-0-12-0, KAH Roach 3-0-29-2, DJ Bravo 2-0-12-1) lost to West Indies 102 for 3 in 9.1 overs (XM Marshall 36, WKD Perkins 9, D Ramdin 8, DJ Bravo 28 not out, ADS Fletcher 7 not out, Extras--14 (b 6, lb 1, w 7), B Lee 2-0-26-0, MG Johnson 2-0-30-0, SR Watson 2.1-0-17-1, JR Hopes 2-0-14-0, CL White 1-0-8-0)

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