Auction, loss to Pak not linked: Vettori Hamilton, Jan 10: New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori insisted that the Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions had nothing to do with his team's humiliating 10-wicket loss against Pakistan inside three days in the first cricket Test here yesterday.Vettori clarified that the ...
Pak thrash New Zealand by 10 wickets Resuming on their overnight score 235/4, Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul-Haq, not out on 50 and Asad Shafiq, unbeaten on 75, took their side forward with ease. In the 90th over, Misbah slapped Kiwi fast bowler Brett Arnel for two consecutive fours - ...
Pak in control on Day 2 Vs NZ Pakistan wrested back control of the first Test against New Zealand, at Hamilton by first bowling out the hosts for 275 and then giving their own first innings some impetus and substance to recover from 104/4 to 235/4.Tim Southee, who was ...
Dhoni distraught by toothless bowling After the first Test at Centurion, it was quite clear where India's Achilles' Heel lay. While the batting was shoddy, it almost came together in the end. But it was the visitors' bowling efforts that left much to be desired. India's ...
SA crush India with innings win South Africa made short work of bowling out India, which they accomplished for the addition of 5 runs and within 6 overs on the final day of the 1st Test, at Centurion. Proteas fast bowler Dale Steyn began proceedings by finishing ...
Kept a blank mind: Sachin on making 50th ton He had to work through an overwhelming deficit, he had to stifle and smother the charge of an hostile pace attack and he had to keep up his end as wickets tumbled around him. How in heaven's name did the Little ...
50-ton man stranded in a losing cause On the fourth Day of the first Test against South Africa at Centurion, the Little Master tore away from the rest of the pack to establish himself in a class apart. He had pulled off another mean feat, another century. ...
Sachin reaches 50x100, but India face defeat Sachin Tendulkar and M S Dhoni looked good to play out the last session of play on Day 4. Resuming batting on 394/6, they took India past 400 and pressed on. The batsmen were negotiating the spin of Paul Harris and ...
Tendulkar, Dhoni defy SA with century stand After suffering much destruction in Day 4's first session of play where 4 wickets went down, India replied with a far more fruitful post-lunch passage. Sachin Tendulkar and M S Dhoni put on a 100-plus runs stand for the 7th wicket ...
SA have India on the ropes at lunch on Day 4 India put up a lacklustre display of batting in Day 4's first session of play, losing a flurry of wickets for low scores with only Tendulkar holding fort amidst the ruins. The Little Master was not out on 38 as India ...