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.