Ind vs Sl Second Test Begins from Today...

India put a Score 214 runs at end of first day of 2nd Test Match

Again, Rain disturbs the second test match also. Indian players are good start for first wicket. Gambhir made a 56 runs in this match. He and Sehwag made a 167 runs partnership for first wicket. But, Again failed three senior batsmen are Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly. Still batting Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman. Sehwag made a 128 runs(his 15th Century) and Laxman scored 13 runs notout. At the end of first day stumps, India scored 214 runs for 4 wickets.

Ajantha Mendis & Chaminda Vaas are taken a two wickets each.

Already SriLanka lead 1-0 in their big victory by an innings and 239 runs in First Test at Colombo.

India loses first test match & Srilanka leads test series 1-0.

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs

India started overnight score with 159/6. VVS Laxman scored 56 runs. He is the top scorer of india's first innings. At last, India first innings completed 223 runs. And continued for follow-on.

Murali & Mendis took indian wickets

In Indian second innings, Gautam Gambir scored 43 runs. He is the top scorer of second innings. All Batsmen failed once again. Coach Kristen says "Batsmen played poor shots". No batsmen impressed.
Muttiah Muralitharan took 11 wickets and Ajantha Mendis took 8 wickets in this match.

Brief Scores of this Test Match
Srilanka First Innings: 600/6
Malinda Warnapura - 115 (202)
M Jayawardene (c) - 136 (259 )
Thilan Samaraweera - 127 (224 )
Tillakaratne Dilshan - 125 (170) not out

Indian First Innings: 223 (All Out)
VVS Laxman - 56 (118)
Indian Second Innings: 138 (All Out)
Gautam Gambhir - 43 (90)

Man of the Match winner: Muttiah Muralitharan

SL vs IND First Test Match on Third Day .....

Srilanka declared innings at 600/6
In Srilankan innings, Thilan Samaraweera scored 127 runs and Tillakaratne Dilshan made 125 runs. Four Srilankan batsman scored centuries in this test match. Srilanka declares their innings at 600/6.

Indian top batsman collapsed by Muttiah Muralitharan
In indian innings, Gambhir is top scorer now. He scored 39 runs only. Other batsman are failed.
Indian batsman falling wickets as follows.
1-36, 2-79, 3-79, 4-123, 5-138, 6-147.
VVS Laxman and Captain Anil Kumble still batting. At the end third day of the stums, India scored 159/6. Till, India trail by 441 runs. To escape follow-on india will require 242 more runs.

Srilanka Vs India First Test, 2nd day....

Three Srilanka Batsman scored Centuries

In Second day, Srilankan batsman shows very professional & energitic play. Malinda Warnapura, M Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera are today's match century heros. Thilan Samaraweera still batting at 114 runs and Tillakaratne Dilshan is at 20 runs. At end of 2nd day stumps, Srilanka scored 422/4.

Brief Score of Srilanka:

Malinda Warnapura - 115 runs
M Jayawardene - 136 runs
Thilan Samaraweera - 111 runs (notout)
Tillakaratne Dilshan - 20 runs (notout)

India Vs Srilanka First Test Match Starts from Today

Rain disturbs the first test match between IND VS SL.

Toss win Srilanka and elected bat first.
Malinda Warnapura scored 50 runs still at notout, and M Jayawardene (c) scored 16 runs also notout. Play was stopped due to bad light with 20 overs remaining. At the end of the day1, Srilanka at 85/2 in 22 overs.
Indian Side, Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma are taken each one wicket.

Indian Test Cricket Team for Srilankan Tour

Anil Kumble (captain),

Virender Sehwag,

Rahul Dravid,

Sachin Tendulkar,

Saurav Ganguly,

Vangipurappu Laxman,

Gautam Gambhir,

Harbhajan Singh,

Ishant Sharma,

Zaheer Khan,

Rudra Pratap Singh,

Munaf Patel,

Rohit Sharma,

Dinesh Karthik,

Pragyan Ojha,

Parthiv Patel

India will be played three test matches with Srilanka

First Test Match: July 23-27 at Colombo

Second Test Match: July 31-Aug 4 at Galle

Third Test Match: Aug 8-12 at Colombo

Asia Cup 2008 winner is Srilanka

Srilanka won by 100 runs against in the final match, Asia Cup 2008

India restricted srilanka at 273 runs. Sanath Jayasuriya scored 125 runs in 114 balls. Tillakratne Dilshan made 56 runs in 74 balls. Both are build 131 runs good partnership. At one stage, Srilanka at 66 for 4 wickets in 12 Overs. Jayasuirya made his 27th century helped srilanka made 273 runs. Other batsman failed to get runs.

India started good. Gambhir is out in early. Sehwag scored 60 runs in 36 balls. This time india progress in well. Suddenly lost sehwag wicket, Middle order collapsed. Only Dhoni tried and failed. He scored 49 runs in 74 balls. Other Batsman failed to score runs. At last, India is all out at 173 runs in 39.3 Overs. Ajantha Mendis taken 6 wickets for 13 runs in 8 Overs.

Man of the Match Winner is Ajantha Mendis

Srilanka is the four times winner of Asia Cup. India was lost in the final matches second time in this year. First one is Tri-series Kitply cup in Bangladesh, Second one is Asia Cup.

Pakistan won the 6th Super Four match

Pakistan restricted Bangladesh at 116 runs in 38.2 Overs
Bangladesh batsman failed to set a big score in this match. Tamim Iqbal is a highest run scorer. He made 26 runs in 41 balls. All Other Batsman are failed. Lastly, Bangladesh scored 116 runs only.

Pakistan won by 10 wickets comportably
Pakistan reached the target 117 runs in 19.3 Overs. Salman butt and NasirJamshed are made half centuries.

Asia Cup 2008 Final Match between India and Srilanka

Don't Miss to see the final Match, Asia Cup 2008

6th July,2008
India Vs Srilanka
Final Match, National Stadium, Karachi (Day/Night), Pakistan

India won by 6 wickets crucial match against Srilanka

India had compulsory win this match. Lot of pressure, Srilanka already reached berth in the final match.

Srilanka won the toss and elected bat first. K Sangakkara failed in this match. Jayasuriya made 43 runs in 37 balls. He was out at Srilanka 71 score. Jawardane, Kapugedera and Chamara Silva are made half centuries. In last 5 Overs, Kaushalya Weeraratne and Thilan Thushara played very well. Finally, Srilanka Scored 308 runs in 50 Overs.

India started good begining. Confidently played batsman Gambhir and Sehwag in early Overs. All batsman for India are played very well. Suresh Raina, M S Dhoni, Yuraj Singh and Rohit Sharma are played professionally. At last, India reached target 309 runs in 46.5 Overs. Man of the Match Winner is M S Dhoni.

Now a days above 300 runs is not a big target. In Asia Cup, India chased above 300 runs target 2 times and Pakistan chased above 300 runs target one time. 20-20 matches changed one day match scores.

Pakistan won by 8 wickets against India in 4th Super Match

India Won the toss and choose batting. Gambhir and Sehwag partnership for first wicket is 88 runs. At this time India batting is good trend continuing. Gambhir was out at 88 in 10.3 Overs.
Sehwag was out at 90 in 11.1 Overs. Last three man of matches hero, Suresh Raina was out at 91 in 12 Overs. Yuvarj Singh was also out at 129 score in 18.2 Overs. Above Four stroke batsman were out below 20 Overs. Pressure is came for India, At this stage, Rohit Sharma and M S Dhoni build a 112 runs partnership for 5th wicket. Run rate was down at this time. Again raised in last Overs. Finally, India scored 308 runs in 50 Overs.

Salman Butt and Nasir Jamshed are started batting very well. Salman Butt was run out for unlucky. Nasir Jamshed scored 53 runs in 43 balls. He was retired hurt. Shoaib Malik was absent of became a new captain for Pakistan is Misbah-ul-Haq. He and Younis Khan build a partnership end of the match. Pakistan chased the target 309 runs in 45.3 Overs.
Man of the Match winner is Younis Khan.

Pakistan Batsman Played very well do or die situation. This match is crucial for Pakistan. In case lost this match, They are in out of the tournament. Till, some chances are live.
India was failed in bowling and fielding.

Next Super Four Match is between India and Srilanka on 3rd July,2008 at Karachi. This match is crucial for India.

Newzealand won by huge 290 run margin against Ireland

Associates Tri-Series (in Scotland), 2008 - Ist One Day International

Newzealand is given a huge target 403 runs to Ireland

James Marshall and Mc Cullum made a strong and record partnership 274 runs for first wicket done in this match. Both are made 161 (141 balls) and 166(135 balls) runs. Ross Taylor also played very well in last Overs. He made 59 runs in just 25 balls. Finally, Newzealand set 403 runs target.

Ireland played very dull. Lack of experience and lack of talented batsman very clearly shown.
At least they can't made above 200 runs. At last, Ireland made 112 runs in 28.4 Overs. Ireland lost by 290 runs.