Schedule of Australia's tour to West Indies

Australia is touring West Indies from mid of May till first week of June 2008. They play one three-day practice match, test matches, one 20-20, a ODI practice match and then 5 one-day internationals. Few key players from West Indies are expected to miss, but we have around a month's time to know the status of the squad.

Practice Match

May 16-18, TBD v. Australia, venue to be decided

Test Matches

May 22-26, 1st Test at Sabina Park, Jamaica
May 30-June 3, 2nd Test at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua
June 12-June 16, 3rd Test at Kensington Oval, Barbados

T20

June 20, 20-20, Kensington Oval, Barbados

Practice Match

June 21, D/N, University of Vice Chancellor's XI v. Australia at Three Ws Oval, Barbados

ODI

June 24, 1st ODI at Arnos Vale Ground, St. Vincent
June 27, 2nd ODI at National Cricket Stadium, Grenada
June 29, 3rd ODI at National Cricket Stadium, Grenada
July 4, 4th ODI at Warner Park, St. Kitts
July 6, 5th ODIat Warner Park, St. Kitts

Good luck to both the teams!

South Africa clean sweeps Bangladesh in both Test and ODI!

South Africa completed the tour with clean white wash! Bangladesh should improve their standard of cricket and be competitive in the internatinal market!

Test Matches

Match 1: Mirpur
Toss: Bangladesh
Result: South Africa won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Kallis (South Africa)
Score:
Bangladesh 1st Innings 192 in 54.4 overs (Nafees 25, Ashraful 34, Ahmed 44, Hasan 30, Mortaza 29, Steyn 3 for 27, Morkel 5 for 50, Both 2 for 57)
South Africa 1st Innings 170 in 60.3 overs (Amla 25, Botha 25, DeVilliers 46, Hossain 6 for 27, Rafique 2 for 55)
Bangladesh 2nd Innings 182 in 73 overs (Siddique 74, Steyn 4 for 48, Kallis 5 for 30)
South Africa 2nd Innings (205 to win) 205 for 5 in 67.5 overs (McKenzie 26, Smith 62, Amla 46, Prince 38, Hossain 3 for 70, Rafique 2 for 54)

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Match 2: Chittagong
Toss: South Africa
Result: South African won by an innings and 205 runs
Man of the Match: Smith (South Africa)
Man of the Series: Steyn (South Africa)
Special News: Word record for the first wicket was broken on 1st March by Smith and McKenzie. They scored 415 for the first wicket, which is now the world record. They have pushed the Indian partnership of 413 runs betwen Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Raji in 1956 against New Zealand in Chennai.
Score:
South Africa 1st Innings 583 for 7 in 161.1 overs (McKenzie 226, Smith 232, Amla 38, Kallis 39, Hossain 3 for 107, Rafique 2 for 132)
Bangladesh 1st Innings 259 in 70.4 overs (Nafees 69, Razzak 33, Hasan 40, Steyn 4 for 66, Ntini 4 for 35)
Bangladesh 2nd Innings 119 in 39.5 overs (Nafees 31, Razaak 32 not out, Steyn 3 for 35, Peterson 5 for 33)

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ODI

Match 1: Chittagong
Toss: Bangladesh
Result: South Africa won by 9 wickets with 79 balls remaining
Man of the Match: Smith (South Africa)
Score:
Bangladesh 178 in 48.2 overs (Iqbal 82, Nel 3 for 24, Langeveldt 2 for 32, Morkel 2 for 30, Harris 2 for 30) lost to South Africa 180 for 1 in 36.5 overs (Gibbs 57, Smith 103 not out)

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Match 2: Mirpur
Toss: Bangladesh
Result: South Africa won by 7 wickets with 11 balls remaining
Man of the Match: Nel (South Africa)
Score:
Bangladesh 173 in 48.2 overs (Hasan 52, Hasan 63, Nel 4 for 27, Langeveldt 3 for 31) lost to South Africa 179 for 3 in 48.1 overs (Smith 28, DeVilliers 69 not out, Duminy 49 not out, Razzak 2 for 32)

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Match 3: Mirpur
Toss: Bangladesh
Result: South Africa won by 7 wickets with 94 balls remaining
Man of the Match: JA Morkel (South Africa)
Man of the Series: Smith (South Africa)
Score:
Bangladesh 143 in 42.5 overs (Nafees 25, JA Morkel 4 for 29, Botha 3 for 34) lost to South Africa 147 for 3 in 34.2 overs (Smith 68 not out, DeVilliers 40)