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Watson breaks down as Tasmania cruise to victory
Another injury to Shane Watson added to Queensland's pain as James Hopes could not drag them out of their deep hole and Tasmania cruised to a nine-wicket win in Hobart
Cricinfo staff
24-Jan-2008
Tasmania 454 and 1 for 88 (Bailey 51*) beat Queensland 200 and 341 (Hopes 84, Perren 71, Moller 51, Krejza 3-114) by nine wickets
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Another injury to Shane Watson added to Queensland's pain as James Hopes could not drag them out of their deep hole and Tasmania cruised to a nine-wicket win in Hobart. The Tigers were left with a chase of only 88 and reached their target easily thanks to a George Bailey half-century.
The injury-prone Watson was halfway through bowling his third over when he left the field with soreness in his left hamstring. Although he completed 25 overs in Tasmania's first innings, Watson had only been back bowling in the Pura Cup for two matches after initially returning from his previous hamstring injury as a batsman only.
Full postTanvir and Jamshed seal victory
Nasir Jamshed scored his second successive half-century and Shahid Afridi notched an unbeaten 43 to guide Pakistan past Zimbabwe in the second ODI of the Mobilink Cup in Hyderabad. Pakistan lead the series 2-0 with three to play
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24-Jan-2008
Pakistan 239 for 5 in 46.2 overs (Jamshed 74, Afridi 43*, Yousuf 38*) beat Zimbabwe 238 (Masakadza 87, Taibu 81, Tanvir 4-34) by five wickets
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Nasir Jamshed scored his second successive half-century and Shahid Afridi
notched an unbeaten 43 to guide Pakistan past Zimbabwe in the second ODI of the Mobilink Cup in Hyderabad. Pakistan lead the series 2-0 with three to play.
Jamshed, after the early loss of Salman Butt, shared a 95-run
second-wicket partnership with Younis Khan to start Pakistan's chase
confidently. Jamshed began in a hurry, lofting Gary Brent over
extra cover for his first boundary of the day in only the second over. He was
dropped by Brent off his own bowling early on, but there was no respite
for the fielding side as he first cut fiercely past point and then drove Brent past mid-off. Elton Chigumbura then bore the brunt of Jamshed's bat - flicked over midwicket, edged over point and then turned past square-leg for consecutive boundaries.
Full postTendulkar ton lights up keen contest
It was less than two years ago that a small minority booed him off at the Wankhede Stadium in his home town. On Thursday at the Adelaide Oval, Sachin Tendulkar replicated his feats as an 18-year-old, scoring his second century of the series as India endea
India 5 for 309 (Tendulkar 124*, Sehwag 63, Laxman 51, Dhoni 6*) v Australia
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It was less than two years ago that a small minority booed him off at the Wankhede Stadium in his home town. On Thursday at the Adelaide Oval, he replicated his feats as an 18-year-old, scoring his second century of the series as India endeavoured to take advantage of winning the toss. Sachin Tendulkar's 39th Test hundred was one of his finest, and it rescued India from the tight corner they found themselves in when Sourav Ganguly was given out midway through the afternoon.
Tendulkar's 126-run partnership with VVS Laxman wrested the initiative, but a superlative spell of old-ball bowling from Brett Lee righted the balance on a surface where even totals in excess of 550 haven't been enough to guarantee victory in the recent past. Having batted in fairly circumspect fashion immediately before and after tea, the batsmen went on the offensive against Brad Hogg, selected ahead of home-town hero, Shaun Tait, for this game.
Full postPakistan U-19s outplay Sri Lanka U-19s in opener
After a solid performance by their batsman, Pakistan U-19s turned in a superb bowling display to beat Sri Lanka U-19s by 83 runs
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23-Jan-2008
Pakistan U-19s 256 for 5 (Amin 68, Peiris 3-43) beat Sri Lanka U-19s 173 (Peiris 62, Rameez 3-31, Wasim 3-56) by 83 runs
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After a solid performance by their batsmen, Pakistan Under-19s turned in a superb bowling display to beat Sri Lanka Under-19s by 83 runs in the first match of the pre-World Cup tri-series in Colombo.
After Sri Lanka elected to field, there were some initial jitters for Pakistan as Ahmed Shehzad and Umair Mir fell in quick succession to leave their team at 31 for 2. Umar Amin, who anchored the innings with a sedate 68, was then involved in a run-a-ball 70-run stand with Umar Akmal, who did the bulk of the scoring in the partnership. Akmal carted eight boundaries in his 40-ball 41 before being bowled by medium-pacer Ishara Jayaratne.
Full postSaqib battles hard for UAE
UAE made an excellent start to their Intercontinental Cup clash against Namibia, dismissing them for a mediocre 164 on the opening day in Sharjah. At stumps, UAE had almost closed the gap on Namibia's poor total and trail by 17
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23-Jan-2008
UAE 147 for 6 (Saqib 72*, Raza 28*) trail Namibia 164 (Burger 58, Raza 3-20) by 17 runs
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UAE made an excellent start to their Intercontinental Cup clash against Namibia, dismissing them for a mediocre 164 on the opening day in Sharjah. At stumps, UAE had almost closed the gap on Namibia's poor total and trailed by 17.
Namibia chose to bat and began solidly enough, with Jan-Berrie Burger and Dawid Botha putting on 29 for the opening wicket. But Botha's demise - he was caught by Amjad Ali off Fahad Alhashmi for 9 - prompted a dramatic mid-order collapse in which Namibia lost 5 for 52. Burger eventually found much-needed support from Tobias Verwey, the wicketkeeper, with whom he put on 69 for the sixth wicket.
After bringing up his fifty, Burger was bowled by Arshad Ali and Ahmed Raza cleaned up the tail with 3 for 20. Namibia were all out for 164 - but not down and out by any means. UAE got off to a dreadful start when they lost both their openers and Gayan Silva, the No. 3, with 16 on the board. Louis Klazinga then gave Namibia genuine hope of dismissing UAE for a paltry total by taking two further quick wickets, but UAE recovered well with Saqib Ali smacking 10 fours and a six in his combative 72.
Full postColombo fall at first hurdle
A round-up from the opening matches of Sri Lanka's Premier League
Cricinfo staff
23-Jan-2008
The 2007-08 Premier League got off to a sensational start when defending champions Colombo Cricket Club were beaten inside two days by Moors SC in a low-scoring game played at Braybrooke Place. Seventeen wickets fell on the opening day of the match and another 19 on the second as Moors wrapped up the contest to win by four wickets. The low scores might suggest that the pitch was at least partly to blame, but Sumithra Warnakulasuriya, the Colombo coach, disagreed. "I don't blame the wicket but our batsmen for batting so irresponsibly," he said. "There was a little grass but the nature of the wicket was not the reason to be bowled out for such low scores.
"What was most disappointing was that we were at full strength with national players Michael Vandort, Chamara Kapugedera and Jehan Mubarak and could not make 150 on both occasions."
Colombo were shot out for 149 and 147, falling to the left-arm spin of Rangana Herath who took nine wickets in the match.
"There was a lack of temperament from our batsmen," Warnakulasuriya said, "and I fear that some of them are not so committed when it comes to playing for their club."
Full postWarriors fall short despite Marsh hundred
Shaun Marsh's first one-day century was not enough for Western Australia to overcome a strong all-round effort from New South Wales at the SCG
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23-Jan-2008
New South Wales 7 for 244 (Hughes 42) beat Western Australia 193 (Marsh 103, Thornely 3-22, Bollinger 3-39) by 51 runs
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Shaun Marsh's first one-day century was not enough for Western Australia to overcome a strong all-round effort from New South Wales at the SCG. Marsh made 103 but only two other Warriors reached double-figures and the home side's 7 for 244 proved out of reach.
Marsh was the last man out and it would have required a one-man rescue for him to get Western Australia over the line - they needed 52 runs from just over six overs when he swept Dominic Thornely to midwicket. Marcus North, in his first match for the season, chipped in with 48 from 62 balls but he also fell to Thornely, the Man of the Match, who finished with 3 for 22.
Full postSiddle's six sets up tight final day
A career-best 6 for 57 from Peter Siddle gave Victoria hope of a final-day victory but they again let the South Australia lower order get away to set the home side a target of 264
Brydon Coverdale at the Junction Oval
23-Jan-2008
Victoria 301 and 1 for 44 need a further 220 runs to beat South Australia 320 and 244 (Christian 55, Siddle 6-57)
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A career-best 6 for 57 from Peter Siddle gave Victoria hope of a final-day victory but they again let the South Australia lower order get away to set the home side a target of 264. At the close Victoria had reached 1 for 44 to reduce the requirement to 220, with Nick Jewell on 17 and Siddle, the nightwatchman, on 5.
On a day when the one-time spearhead of Victoria's attack, Mick Lewis, announced his retirement, Siddle, 23, suggested the state's fast-bowling future was in good hands. He was the destroyer against the Redbacks for the second time this season after taking 5 for 27 against them in Adelaide in October.
Full postPerren fights but Tigers scent victory
Clinton Perren did his best to avoid an innings defeat for Queensland but the Bulls still faced a mammoth task to save the match against Tasmania
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23-Jan-2008
Queensland 200 (Hopes 87, Geeves 5-51) and 5 for 207 (Perren 60*, Moller 51) trail Tasmania 454 by 47 runs
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Clinton Perren did his best to avoid an innings defeat for Queensland but the Bulls still faced a mammoth task to save the match against Tasmania. Queensland went to stumps at 5 for 207 after being asked to follow-on, and were trailing by 47 runs with Perren on 60 and James Hopes on 24.
Luke Butterworth grabbed a pair of wickets in the second innings after Brett Geeves's 5 for 51 helped rattle the Bulls for 200 in their first effort. The clash between the Pura Cup's bottom two sides threatened to be a three-day rout when James Hopes (87) departed on the third morning and Geeves secured his second five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Full postVictoria trail despite McDonald century
Andrew McDonald's second first-class century was not enough for Victoria to earn first-innings points on a day when Brad Hodge's innings was interrupted by a family health problem
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22-Jan-2008
South Australia 320 and 0 for 20 lead Victoria 301 (McDonald 139, Hodge 64, Cleary 3-61) by 39 runs
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Andrew McDonald's second first-class century was not enough for Victoria to earn first-innings points on a day when Brad Hodge's innings was interrupted by a family health problem. McDonald made 139 and Hodge scored 64 but the Bushrangers were dismissed for 301, falling 19 short of South Australia's total.
Hodge's contribution was especially impressive considering he spent the first part of the day at hospital with his wife, Megan, who was having surgery to deal with an irregular heartbeat that had caused her to pass out several times in the past few weeks. Hodge had started his innings late on the first day but had special dispensation from the umpires to retire not out on his overnight score of 4.
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