Aaron Finch with the help of the Watson’s all-round prowess has made Australia to end the winning streak of England, which lasted for eight matches. Local player Finch has scored an unbeaten half-century to take the Australia score to 147. Towards the end of the match Australians seamers held their nerve to hand over first victory for skipper Cameron White.
Morne Van Wyk might not be picked in IPL season 4 auctions held at Bangalore by any of the franchisee teams but he has essayed a fine innings to send them a message with his finely hit 67 from just 37 balls that worth his selection, His gritty fifty threatened India’s fortune in the T20 match in Durban’s beautiful Moses Mabhida Stadium. Van Wyk’s departure in the 11th over of the match triggered the South African collapse from which India finished the game in jiffy. Proteas has chosen three spinners in a slow pitch, but Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina have set a good total for South Africans.
The emergence of ODI in cricket has changed the way of test matches being played those days. Most of the test matches played before the emergence of ODI was very slow in scoring rate and always favored a draw. But after the limited over one day international was introduced, the approaches of test matches were changed dramatically. Tests matches were no longer boredom and even more than four runs maintained per over.
A powerful and aggressive batting from Virendra Sehwag and birthday boy Yuvraj Singh helped India to successful chase down of 206 set by Sri Lankans in the final T20 in Mohali and set up a record for highest successful run chase in T20 international. Indians thus leveled the T20 series 1-1.
England Cricket Board in a press release told that the neutral matches between Pakistan and Australia would be played in Lords and Headingley next year. These two countries would also play Twenty20 matches in Edgbaston and Cardiff.
