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Jets crash out after thriller
Chandigarh Lions crashed Delhi Jets by four wickets, in a pulsating clash, on a misty evening, to set up a million-dollar ICL final clash with Chennai Superstars on Sunday evening
Nagraj Gollapudi in Panchkula
15-Dec-2007
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Chandigarh Lions crashed Delhi Jets by four wickets, in a pulsating clash, on a misty evening, to set up a million-dollar ICL final clash with Chennai Superstars on Sunday evening. Chris Cairns and Andrew Hall compiled an unbeaten 48-run stand for the seventh wicket to silence the mounting challenge of the Jets, who had earlier put on 148.
Needing four off the final over Hall wrapped up matters in style by stepping out and lofting JP Yadav over cover and past the chasing fielders before jumping ecstatically in the air and swing his bat like a warrior who had conquered the big prize.
Full postRazzaq and Harris help Heroes seal fifth spot
A 120-run stand between Abdul Razzaq and Chris Harris helped set up a 25-run victory for the Hyderabad Heroes over the Mumbai Champs in the fifth-place playoff match
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15-Dec-2007
Hyderabad Heroes 179 for 3(Razzaq 67*, Harris 49*, Khirid 3-29) beat Mumbai Champs 154 for 6 (Khanolkar 51, Solanki 45) by 25 runs
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An express 120-run stand between Abdul Razzaq and Chris Harris helped set up a 25-run victory for the Hyderabad Heroes over the Mumbai Champs in the fifth-place playoff match. For the Champs, captain Brian Lara failed again, managing only 15, in their unsuccessful pursuit of 180.
Opting to bat, the Heroes got off to a solid start with the openers putting on 50 at a run-a-ball. Medium-pacer Ranjit Khirid's triple-strike then rocked the Heroes, and brought to the crease Razzaq and Harris. The two set about dismantling the bowling and amassed 110 runs in the last eight overs as they put on the highest partnership in the tournament.
Full postLanger century drives strong Warriors
Justin Langer's century gave Western Australia first-innings points before their bowlers strengthened their position further with two wickets as South Australia continued to struggle at the WACA
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15-Dec-2007
South Australia 184 and 2 for 53 trail Western Australia 332 (Langer 109, Pomersbach 75, Ronchi 62, Rogers 51, Harris 4-77) by 95 runs
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Justin Langer's century gave Western Australia first-innings points before their bowlers strengthened their position further with two wickets as South Australia continued to struggle at the WACA. When the Redbacks took the offer of bad light they were 2 for 53, trailing by 95 runs after the Warriors posted 332.
Mark Cosgrove was on 15 and Callum Ferguson had 1 having only just joined Cosgrove following the run-out of Shane Deitz (26). Mathew Inness effected the run-out and he bowled Matthew Elliott for 1, continuing his outstanding match after he took five first-innings wickets.
Full postFollow-on looms for struggling Bulls
Queensland again relied heavily on Ashley Noffke but they were in danger of having to follow on against New South Wales despite his best efforts with bat and ball
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15-Dec-2007
Queensland 6 for 210 (Nye 61, Noffke 51, Bollinger 3-49) trail New South Wales 438 (Katich 86, Lambert 86, Nicholson 80, Hughes 53, Noffke 5-115) by 228 runs
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Queensland again relied heavily on Ashley Noffke but they were in danger of having to follow on against New South Wales despite his best efforts with bat and ball. At stumps the Bulls were 6 for 210, still trailing the Blues by 228 runs, with Chris Hartley on 13 and Daniel Doran on 2.
Noffke made 51 - the sixth time he has passed fifty this season - and his 98-run stand with Aaron Nye restored some order for the struggling Bulls. But Doug Bollinger ended the fightback when he grabbed his third wicket, bowling Nye for 61.
Full postTop-of-the-table Tigers take a tumble
Dirk Nannes and Bryce McGain bowled Victoria to a 26-run win against the top-of-the-table Tasmania after Rob Quiney's 78 set the Bushrangers up
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15-Dec-2007
Victoria 257 (Quiney 78, Geeves 3-49) beat Tasmania 231 (Bailey 58, Nannes 3-28, McGain 3-32) by 26 runs
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Dirk Nannes and Bryce McGain bowled Victoria to a 26-run win against the competition leaders Tasmania after Rob Quiney's 78 set the Bushrangers up. But while Victoria had a strong chance of gaining the bonus point by dismissing the Tigers for under 205 an entertaining 58 from George Bailey denied the visitors and even gave Tasmania a late sniff of victory.
They had been 5 for 100 chasing 257, before Bailey's fightback. However, three wickets each to McGain and Nannes kept Victoria on top. In his new-ball spell Nannes bowled the form batsman of the competition, Michael Dighton, and he returned to add two more victims. Nannes was fast and accurate and made up for the waywardness of his opening partner, Peter Siddle, who took 1 for 70 from ten overs.
Full postSathish heroics power Superstars to victory
Chennai Superstars steamrolled past Kolkata Tigers by 93 runs to book their place in the final
Nagraj Gollapudi in Panchkula
14-Dec-2007
Chennai Superstars 167 (Sathish 51) beat Kolkata Tigers 74 (Sathish 2-8, Harvey 2-12) by 93 runs
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Chennai Superstars steamrolled past Kolkata Tigers by 93 runs to book their place in the final on Sunday. The Tigers' 74 was the lowest team total while the margin of victory achieved by the Superstars was the biggest [in terms of runs].
Chasing 168 for victory, the Tigers, who had lost to the Superstars during the round-robin phase, never looked to be in the race as none of their batsmen could find their feet. Ironically, the individual performances that had carried the Tigers to the semi-final were completely missing on Friday evening.
Full postLanger speeds after Inness races through South Australia
South Australia's attempt for three Pura Cup victories in a row suffered a severe setback when they were dominated by Western Australia at the WACA
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14-Dec-2007
Western Australia 0 for 103 (Langer 76*) trail South Australia 184 (Gillespie 51*, Inness 5-59) by 81 runs
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South Australia's attempt for three Pura Cup victories in a row suffered a severe setback when they were dominated by Western Australia at the WACA. The Redbacks had returned to form with wins in Adelaide and Brisbane, but they were floored by Mathew Inness' 5 for 59 and slipped for 184 after winning the toss.
Further damage was inflicted by Justin Langer in the final session as the Warriors knocked 103 from the target by stumps. They will need only 82 on day two to claim first-innings points after Langer breezed to 76 from 89 balls while Chris Rogers took his time over 27.
Full postCaptain Katich leads from the front
The strong results of two of the season's best domestic performers continued as New South Wales reached 7 for 319
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14-Dec-2007
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The strong results of two of the season's best domestic performers continued as New South Wales reached a healthy 7 for 319 on the first day in Brisbane. Simon Katich, the competition's leading run-scorer with 824, picked up a crucial 86 that held the side together during the opening two sessions while Ashley Noffke took his season haul to 36 first-class wickets with 4 for 90 on a bowler-friendly surface.
Katich, who hit 14 fours and a six, was able to overcome a tight Queensland attack and he received some useful help from Phillip Hughes, the 19-year-old, who picked up 53 before giving Chris Hartley his fifth catch. The Blues were 4 for 124 when the pair combined for an 80-run partnership, after which Daniel Smith took advantage of the easier conditions with 42. Grant Lambert had 33 at stumps while Matthew Nicholson contributed with 23.
Full postPonting ton helps Australia to early honours
Ricky Ponting settled the first of several scores against New Zealand, his 24th one-day century leading Australia to a seven-wicket victory in the Chappell-Hadlee Series opener in Adelaide
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14-Dec-2007
Australia 3 for 255 (Ponting 107*, Gilchrist 51, Clarke 48) beat New Zealand 7 for 254 (McCullum 96, Taylor 50) by seven wickets
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Ricky Ponting settled the first of several scores against New Zealand, his 24th one-day century leading Australia to a seven-wicket victory in the Chappell-Hadlee Series opener in Adelaide. He dodged the rain to drive them home with 45 deliveries remaining after a 25-ball fifty from Adam Gilchrist and Michael Clarke's 48.
Ponting's run-a-ball hundred left New Zealand with no answers. He was as composed as ever, putting his bat where his mouth was, after promising to do his utmost to regain the title. He couldn't have done much more, and received decent support from Clarke before he and Andrew Symonds finished the job.
Full postRain helps England ease to safety
England eased to safety on the fifth and final afternoon at Colombo, thanks to a trio of half-centuries from Michael Vaughan, Alastair Cook and Ian Bell, a sensible fourth-wicket stand of 46 between Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood, and a tea-time del
The Bulletin by Andrew Miller in Colombo
13-Dec-2007
England 351 (Muralitharan 5-116) and 250 for 3 drew with Sri Lanka 548 for 9 dec (Jayawardene 195, Vandort 139)
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England's progress in the first two sessions was serene but Sri Lanka never sensed that the task of victory was beyond them, largely because each of the top three gave their wickets away when well set. Vaughan and Cook resumed with England on 48 for 0 overnight, and duly went on to post their second century stand of the match - the first time it had been done by the same English opening combination since Boycott and Edrich at Adelaide in 1970-71. But as in the first innings, neither man could push on to record a century of his own, and in fact England have now made 10 fifties in the series, but a highest score of 87.
Despite the threat of rain, Vaughan and Cook did not bat as if they had one eye on the heavens. Instead they set about eating into their 197-run deficit with calculated aggression, and Vaughan set the tone from the very start of the day, lacing Lasith Malinga for four fours in his first two overs. The first was a touch streaky, as it sped along the ground through the slip cordon, but the next three were shots of the highest class - two clips off the toes followed by a sumptuous and trademark drive through the covers.
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