Triangular ODI Series 2013 in West Indies Live

After the conclusion of ICC Champions Trophy 2013, now its time for a tri-nation ODI cricket series. West Indies will host the triangular series with the other two teams being India and Srilanka. The series embarks on from 28th June 2013 and will continue till 11th July 2013. Every team will play two matches against each opposition with one final in the end.

Indian team continued its supremacy on the ODI cricket by winning Champions Trophy. They looked unbeatable right from the warm up matches till the finals! Shikhar Dhawan is in exceptional form with his bat as he scored loads of runs in the whole Champions Trophy. Ravindra Jadeja is doing a brilliant job with bat and ball and winning matches for the team. He moves up in top three rankings of ICC ODI bowlers and All-rounders’ rankings. MS Dhoni has been the most successful captain for India and also becomes the only captain to have won all three ICC events viz. ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy.

West Indies were doing good in the Champions Trophy until they played a rain affected match against South Africa and were eliminated. Their players have also done a good job in the recently concluded IPL. Especially Dwayne Bravo, Pollard, Gayle and Smith shined in the IPL. This team is full of potential with other players like Sammy, Rampaul, Samuels, Darren Bravo, etc.

Srilanka is observing a bad patch of form. They did good in patches during the Champions Trophy. None of the Srilankan players could impress this time in the IPL. Sangakkara played a good knock against England and he has to continue his form in the tri nation series. Jayawardene, Mathews, Kulasekara, Malinga and many more to name need to click in tandem if Srilanka has to impress in this tournament.

Have a look at the schedule below:

Jun 28 2013 – Srilanka vs West Indies at Kingston
Jun 30 2013 – India vs West Indies at Kingston
Jul 2 2013 – India vs Srilanka at Kingston
Jul 5 2013 – West Indies vs India at Port of Spain
Jul 7 2013 – West Indies vs Srilanka at Port of Spain
Jul 9 2013 – India vs Srilaka at Port of Spain
Jul 11 2013 – FINAL at Port of Spain

Pakistan Vs England Test Live Scores and Updates

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Cricket fans have got an opportunity to enjoy test cricket finally. India Vs Srilanka 2nd test has been ended in a draw. Pakistan vs England test series has got an exciting start.

England scored 354 in their first innings. In reply Pakistan is in a very difficult situation with 147 for 9. James Anderson celebrated his birthday with a 5 wicket haul. Earlier Mohammad Asif from Pakistan also took a 5 wicket haul. The day belonged to the bowlers.

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Gautam Gambhir says “It was my best ODI knock”

Elated after guiding India to a facile, series-clinching win against Sri Lanka, star batsman Gautam Gambhir said he would rate the unbeaten 150 as the best innings of his career so far. He also expressed satisfaction of staying till the end and guiding the team to victory.

“This is the first time I finished a game remaining unbeaten. It was important for me to get going and convert it into a big one. It feels great that I finished the game,” Gambhir said after being named as the man of the match for the Kolkata contest. It was a brilliantly paced innings by the left-hander who added 224 runs with Virat Kohli (107) for the third wicket to put India’s chase back on track.

Gambhir said the series-clinching victory was made possible by the team’s impressive bench strength.

“We have enough guys in the bench who can prove themselves even in the absence of great players like Dhoni and Yuvraj,” Gambhir said.

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Dhoni banned for two one day matches

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been suspended for two ODIs for slow over-rate in the second One-dayer against Sri Lanka, according to television reports.

Match referee Jeff Crowe awarded the ban to Dhoni after the match got delayed by about an hour due to recurrent deliberations among the Indian players in the field when Lankans were closing in to the target.

Owing to the ban, Dhoni might miss the next two One-dayers of the five-match series, to be played in Cuttack and Kolkata. The Indian skipper will hence return to play the final ODI in Delhi.

Though reports say that opening batsman Gautam Gambhir is likely to take over the leadership in Dhoni’s absence, there has not been any confirmation from the BCCI in teh matter.

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Virendar Sehwag: It’s the best ODI innings I’ve played

Indian opener Virender Sehwag described his match-winning blistering 102-ball 146 in the first ODI against Sri Lanka as his best knock in one-day internationals.

“It is my best knock in one-day internationals. It is better than the 130 I made earlier,” the Delhi dasher said in the post-match press conference after India beat Sri Lanka by three runs.

“When Tendulkar and I were batting we thought we could reach 350 as the wicket was that good. But then when I and MS Dhoni got together to raise the 300 in the 32nd over we felt we could get 400,” he said.

“I could not have won the match alone. It was a team effort,” he declared.

A modest Sehwag also did not agree to suggestions that his batting was as destructive as that West Indian legend Vivian Richards.

“I don’t think I am anywhere near Sachin or Vivian Richards. It’s you media people who are making this up,” he said.

Source:  Cricket Nirvana

Sehwag hits unbeaten 284 in a single day of Test Cricket!

Test cricket does something inexplicable to Virender Sehwag. There’s no visible sign, but it all comes beautifully together with deadly affect.

Even after a decade of international cricket, he has remarkably managed to retain his free-spirit and what he seems to add to his repertoire while playing Test is discretion. Whether the entire process occurs by merely donning the white flannel or he consciously makes the adjustment is something only Viru could explain. Though there are chances even he may not know for batting comes so naturally to him. And it often means playing shots.

With Sehwag in sublime form, the patrons of Brabourne stadium, where Test cricket returned after 36 years, couldn’t have asked for more. Runs came like torrential rain, as Sehwag scored a magnificent 284 not out, which included 40 fours and 7 sixes. This was his sixth double century. At stumps, India scored a record 443 for one. Incidentally, this was India’s second 400-plus runs in a day in as many Tests.

World’s highest wicket-taker, Muttiah Muralitharan has rarely been so decisively dominated by any other batsman, as Sehwag did on day-two. In his five spell of 20 overs, Murali conceded 119 runs and went wicketless. Tried from both ends by captain Kumar Sangakkara, the off-spinner never looked so hapless and ineffective before. Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath was treated with utter disdain, as Sehwag clobbered him for four towering sixes. He conceded 112 runs from 22 overs for lone wicket of Murli.

Test cricket is changing decisively. It may be played over five days, but it’s fast changing into five days of One-day cricket. Or else how does one explain 366 runs on day-one and 443 runs coming off in 79 overs from India on day-two.