Asia Cup, Match 5: Sehwag's Century help India beat Pakistan!

Sehwag's wonderful quick fire century helped India to chase the 300 target with 47 balls remaining. Though Gambhir got out cheaply for 9, the 198 run second wicket partnership between Sehwag and Raina helped India win this match easily. Sehwag scored 119 off 95 balls with 12 fours and 5 sixes and Raina scored 84 off 69 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes.

Earlier, Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik lead by an example by scoring a century. He scored 125 off 119 balls with 16 fours and a six. He was retired hurt due to cramps.

Tournament: Asia Cup
Match: 5
Group: B
Venue: National Stadium, Karachi
Date: June 26, 2008
Teams: India and Pakistan
Captains: MS Dhoni and Shoaib Malik
Toss: Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
Result: India won by 6 wickets with 47 balls remaining
Points: India 2; Pakistan 0
Man of the Match: SK Raina off India
Score:

Pakistan 299 for 4 in 50 overs (Salman Butt 35, Shoaib Malik 125 retired hurt, Younis Khan 59, Mohammad Yousuf 30, Misbah-ul-Haq 31 not out, Shahid Afridi 9, Sohail Tanvir 3 not out, Extras--7 (b 1, lb 1, w 5), P Kumar 10-0-56-0, RP Singh 10-2-44-1, I Sharma 10-0-69-0, PP Chawla 7-0-52-1, YK Pathan 9-0-52-1, Yuvraj Singh 4-0-24-0) lost to India 301 for 4 in 42.1 overs (G Gambhir 9, V Sehwag 119, SK Raina 84, Yuvaraj Singh 48, MS Dhoni 26 not out, RG Sharma 0 not out, Extras--15 (b 1, lb 6, w 7, nb 1), Umar Gul 1.2-0-6-0, Sohail Tanvir 9-0-55-1, Iftikhar Anjum 9.4-0-61-2, Shahid Afridi 10-0-64-1, Fawad Alam 7-0-64-0, Salman Butt 1-0-13-0, Younis Khan 4.1-0-31-0)

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Asia Cup, Match 4: India thrash Hong Kong! Dhoni and Raina score century!

Dhoni and man of the match Raina's century helped India to put a huge score and thrash Hong Kong by 256 runs. The first wicket partnership was 127 between Gambhir (51) and Sehwag (78). India lost two quick wickets and were 159 for 3 in 25 overs. Then Dhoni (109 not out off 96 balls with 6 fours and 6 sixes) and Raina (101 off 68 balls with 7 fours and 5 sixes) added 166 for the 4th wicket in 123 balls.

Tournament: Asia Cup
Match: 4
Group: B
Venue: National Stadium, Karachi
Date: June 25, 2008
Teams: India and Hong Kong
Captains: MS Dhoni and Tabarak Dar
Toss: India won the toss and decided to bat
Result: India won by 256 runs
Points: India 2; Hong Kong 0
Man of the Match: SK Raina off India
Score:

India 374 for 4 in 50 overs (G Gambhir 51, V Sehwag 78, RG Sharma 11, MS Dhoni 109 not out, SK Raina 101, RV Uthappa 15 not out, Extras--9 (b 6, lb 1, w 2), Afzaal Haider 6-0-72-1, Irfan Ahmed 6-0-53-0, JPR Lamsam 2-0-27-0, Nadeem Ahmed 8-0-52-0, Najeeb Amar 10-0-40-2, Munir Dar 10-0-55-0, Skhawat Ali 8-0-68-0) beat Hong Kong 118 all out in 36.5 overs (Tabarak Dar 21, Skhawat Ali 0, JJ Atkinson 23, KH Butt 4, CK Kruger 3, Irfan Ahmed 25, JPR Lamsam 16, Munir Dar 4, Najeeb Amar 13 not out, Afzaal Haider 0, Nadeem Ahmed 0, Extras--9 (lb 2, w 7), P Kumar 5-0-21-0, RP Singh 4-0-19-1, M Gony 5-1-11-0, PP Chawla 10-2-23-4, YK Pathan 10-0-37-1, V Sehwag 2.5-0-5-2)

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Asia Cup, Match 3: Sri Lanka thrash Bangladesh! Sangakkara scores Century!

Sri Lanka beat the minnows Bangladesh in the Group A match very easily. They thrashed them by 131 runs with Sangakkara scoring 101 in 91 balls with 16 fours. Jayasuriya who scord quick fire 72 off 47 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes put on 116 for the first wicket in 89 balls with Sangakkara.

Tournament: Asia Cup
Match: 3
Group: A
Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Date: June 25, 2008
Teams: Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Captains: Mohammad Ashraful and DPMD Jayawardane
Toss: Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field
Result: Sri Lanka won by 131 runs
Points: Sri Lanka 2; Bangladesh 0
Man of the Match: KC Sangakkara off Sri Lanka
Score:

Sri Lanka 357 for 9 in 50 overs (ST Jayasuriya 72, KC Sangakkara 101, DPMD Jayawardene 6, CK Kapugedera 74, LPC Silva 19, TM Dilshan 29, WPUJC Vaas 13, KMDN Kulasekara 1, BAW Mendis 15 not out, M Muralitharan 5, CRD Fernando 0 not out, Extras--22 (lb 4, w 18), Mashrafe Mortaza 10-0-53-2, Shahadat Hossain 7-0-62-2, Dolar Mahmud 3-0-49-0, Mahmudullah 10-0-62-1, Abdur Razzak 10-0-55-3, Alok Kapali 10-0-72-1) beat Bangladesh 226 for 7 in 50 overs (Tamim Iqbal 28, Nazimuddin 1, Mohammad Ashraful 8, Raqibul Hasan 35, Mushfiqur Rahim 44, Alok Kapali 30, Mahmudullah 4, Mashrafe Mortaza 34 not out, Abdur Razzak 22 not out, Extras--20 (b 4, lb 6, w 8, nb 2), WPUJC Vaas 6-1-16-1, KMDN Kulasekara 7-0-33-1, CRD Fernando 8-0-53-1, BAW Mendis 10-1-34-0, M Muralitharan 10-0-37-2, ST Jayasuriya 5-0-22-1, LPC Silva 4-1-21-1)

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Asia Cup, Match 2: Pakistan beat Hong Kong by huge margin!

Pakistan beat minnows Hong Kong by a huge margin of 155 runs. No one scored a century and the highest score of the match was 63 not out by Fawad Alam.

Tournament: Asia Cup
Match: 2
Group: B
Venue: National Stadium, Karachi
Date: June 24, 2008
Teams: Pakistan and Hong Kong
Captains: Shoaib Malik and Tabarak Dar
Toss: Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
Result: Pakistan won by 155 runs
Points: Pakistan 2; UAE 0
Man of the Match: Sohail Tanvir off Pakistan
Score:

Pakistan 288 for 9 in 50 overs (Salman Butt 0, Shoaib Malik 35, Younis Khan 67, Mohammad Yousuf 28, Misbah-ul-Haq 2, Fawad Alam 63 not out, Shahid Afridi 4, Sarfraz Ahmed 7, Sohail Tanvir 59, Umar Gul 8, Iftikhar Anjum 3 not out, Extras--12 (lb 2, w 10), Afzaal Haider 7-0-51-1, Irfan Ahmed 10-0-59-2, Zain Abbas 6-0-56-1, Nadeem Ahmed 9-1-51-4, Najeeb Amar 10-0-35-0, Munir Dar 8-1-34-0) beat Hong Kong 133 all out in 37.2 overs (Tabarak Dar 24, Skhawat Ali 8, Irfan Ahmed 0, KH Butt 4, CK Kruger 0, Zain Abbas 26 retired hurt, JJ Atkinson 18, Munir Dar 14, Najeeb Amar 21, Nadeem Ahmed 2, Afzaal Haider 0 not out, Extras--16 (b 1, lb 2, w 13), Umar Gul 6-1-19-0, Sohail Tanvir 6-1-20-2, Iftikhar Anjum 6-1-18-2, Shahid Afridi 8-0-31-2, Shoaib Malik 8-0-31-0, Fawad Alam 2.2-0-8-1, Younis Khan 1-0-3-1)

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Asia Cup, Match 1: Bangladesh beat UAE Comfortably!

Bangladesh won their first encounter of the 2008 Asia Cup. They beat another minnows UAE comfortably by 96 runs. Bangladesh skipper Ashraful scored a wonderful century, his second and highest in ODI. He scored 109 off 126 balls with 8 fours. Raquibul Hasan who scored 83 off 63 balls with 9 fours. They added 141 for the 3rd wicket in122 balls.

Tournament: Asia Cup
Match: 1
Group: A
Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Date: June 24, 2008
Teams: Bangladesh and UAE
Captains: Mohammad Ashraful and Saqib Ali
Toss: Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat
Result: Bangladesh won by 96 runs
Points: Bangladesh 2; UAE 0
Man of the Match: Mohammad Ashraful off Bangladesh
Score:

Bangladesh 300 for 8 in 50 overs (Tamim Iqbal 40, Nazimuddin 2, Mohammad Ashraful 109, Raqibul Hasan 83, Alok Kapali 1, Mashrafe Mortaza 3, Mahmudullah 8 not out, Mushfiqur Rahim 16, Dolar Mahmud 20, Extras--18 (lb 2, w 16), Zahid Shah 10-0-49-3, Fahad Alhashmi 5-1-21-0, Amjad Javed 2-0-24-0, Mohammad Tauqir 3-0-6-0, EHSN Silva 7-0-33-0, Saqib Ali 3-0-13-0, Khurram Khan 10-0-78-2, Arshad Ali 10-0-74-0) beat United Arab Emirates 204 all out in 45.4 overs (Amjad Javed 10, Arshad Ali 41, IPP Batuwitarachchi 0, Amjad Ali 19, Saqib Ali 10, Khurram Khan 78, V Shetty 7, Mohammad Tauqir 17, EHSN Silva 7, Zahid Shah 5 not out, Fahad Alhashmi 0, Extras--10 (lb 2, w 8), Mashrafe Mortaza 7-1-46-1, Shahadat Hossain 4.5-0-24-1, Abdur Razzak 10-2-20-3, Dolar Mahmud 6.1-0-47-1, Mahmudullah 10-0-38-2, Alok Kapali 7.4-0-27-2)

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4th ODI: Australia win the last over Thriller by 1 run!

Michael Clarke held is nerve and chose his bowlers very well in the thirlling 1 run victory against West Indies and to take 4-0 lead in the 5 match ODI Series.

West Indies needed 28 in the last five overs. With experienced Chandrapaul in the crease and 6 wickets in hand, any team would have won it, in fact, West Indies would have won it 9 out of 10 times.

Lee's over costed 6 and Hopes next over added 9 to the total. Findlayhit a huge six over long on and that reduced the tension in the West Indies camp.

Lee got Findlay caught brilliantly by Michael Hussey bowled and more importantly gave away just 1 run.

Last two overs 12 runs, 5 wickets in hand. Bracken bowled the penultimate over and had Chanderpaul clean bowled through a slow off cutter in the last ball. West Indies scored 4 runs in that over.

Last over, 8 runs needed, 4 wickets in hand. Shane Watson gave single in all the ball. The last ball required 3 runs and they scored a single of the last ball.

The surprise was that no one tried to slog it because they had the wicket anyway. They didn't take the risk and lost the match in hand.

In the presentation ceremony, Gayle said, "We thought we could have got it. I should have carried on and saw the team home. The support was very good. I apologise for the loss."

Clarke said, "Ricky can get it [captaincy] back! The guys did a fantastic job. Gayle played really well but full credit to the guys who hung in there. Every body who gets a chance to play to Australia love it and cherish it."

Match: 4th ODI
Venue: Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Date: July 4, 2008
Teams: West Indies and Australia
Captains: CH Gayle and MJ Clarke
Toss: West Indies won the toss and decided to field
Result: Australia won by 1 run
Series: Australia leading 4-0
Man of the Match: A Symonds off Australia
Score:

Australia 282 for 8 in 50 overs (SE Marsh 16, SR Watson 20, MEK Hussey 37, MJ Clarke 36, A Symonds 87, DJ Hussey 50, JR Hopes 0, L Ronchi 12, B Lee 7 not out, MG Johnson 0 not out, Extras--17 (lb 7, w 7, nb 3), FH Edwards 10-0-53-2, DBL Powell 10-1-66-2, DJ Bravo 10-0-57-1, DJG Sammy 4-0-18-1, MO Miller 10-1-56-1, CH Gayle 6-1-25-1) beat West Indies 281 for 6 in 50 overs (CH Gayle 92, XM Marshall 0, RR Sarwan 63, S Chanderpaul 53, DJ Bravo 31, SE Findlay 9, D Ramdin 5 not out, DJG Sammy 3 not out, Extras--25 (lb 6, w 17, nb 2), B Lee 10-0-64-3, NW Bracken 10-0-50-1, MG Johnson 10-0-40-0, JR Hopes 10-0-63-1, DJ Hussey 2-0-20-0, SR Watson 7-0-33-1, MJ Clarke 1-0-5-0)

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Kumble Supports Dhoni!

Indian Test Skipper Anil Kumble has come out openly and supported the ODI captain Dhoni's view that back-to-back matches are not good for players. The back-to-back game will definitely take a toll on players' bodies.

It's never easy to play back-to-back one-day games," Kumble told reporters when his reaction was sought on Dhoni's comments.

"I have done that it my (one-day) career. It's quite tough and demanding on the players", he said on the last day of a week-long camp here for Test specialists as part of the preparations for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour.

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