Sri lanka holds its nerve and win a thrilling game by 2 runs(D/L) against Australia in the rain affected  2nd and last t20 here on melbourne.With this victory Sri lanka win the t20 series 2-0.After being thrashed in the test they have come back greatly in the shorter formats.The match was rain affected and the target was revised to  122 and overs was cut off to 15.

Bells wonderful ton leads england a niceful victory

England gets a consolation win with the help of bell; terrific ton,which guided england to a dominating 7 wicket victory in the last ODI against India here on Dharmasala.This was the first ODI in this venue but unfortunately results not in the favour of the hosts.But still indians have bagged the airtel ODI series 3-2. After winning the crucial toss Cook decided to bowl.The new bowl bowlers Steven Finn and Tim

India vs england 5th odi .England won the toss and elected to ball first.india didin't get a good partnership from their top order batsmans.rain83 put india a chasable total.india 226

Srilanka overpowered Australia by 5 wickets here on the 1st t20 at Homebush bay,Sydney.The win made Sri lanka go up 1-0 in the 2 match series.After winning the toss Bailey decided to have a bat.Aaron finch once again dissapointed departing 1 short of a duck.The top 3 went back to the dressing room including captain george Bialey when the australian score was just  53.In-form David Warner and adam voges steadied the ship,they added 84 for the 4th wicket but lack of aggression of adam voges costed the australians some runs.

David Warner's spirited effort was in vain

                                  Warner was brilliant and blasted 3 sixes and 5 fours in his crucial 90 not out which took aussies to 137/3.

MATHEWS AND PERERA STEAL THE SHOW

mathews and perera were crucial in lankans win

One would expect more in a t20 match when only 3 wickets are down,but voges was always in slow mode and was unable to accelerate,he remained not out for 25 of 29 balls with a strike rate of 86.21,he remained not out but was of no use in the end phase he did not even hit a single boundary.The lankan bowlers bowled with discipline,only kulasekara and perera took wickets but others bowled economically to restrict the hosts under 140.Kushal perera and dilshan started the sri lankan pursuit well but felt a uncomfortable when the slower bowlers came into play.X.Doherty and Glenn Maxwell applied brakes to the srilankan innings by taking wickets at regular intervals.But srilanka got back in the game with the help of Angelo Mathews and thisara perera who put a match winning partnership of 35.Perera finshed the job in fantastic style as he bulged Ben laughlin for a couple of sixes.The win makes lankans 1-0 up in the 2 match series and ensured that they would'nt lose the series from here on,whereas the aussies are under pressure of another defeat.It was a miserable day for the hosts,they were not able to captilise on the dominating test series win,after the test Srilanka was the one who showed much more promise.They will hope to level the series like the odi series in which they were in a similar situation and they managed to level the series.The next match is on 28 january at Melbourne Crciket Ground.

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

Srilanka in Australia 2012-2013

aus vs sri 1st t20

Venue:Homebush Bay,Sydney 26 jan 2013

toss:Australia won the toss(elected to bat)

Aus:137/3(20)

sri:139/5(18.5)

srilanka won by 5 wickets

MOM:David Warner (90 of 62 balls).

 

The former indian captain and top order batsman Rahul dravid got the Padma bhushan2012..He is the only cricketer got the padmabhushan in this time.The 40 years old rahul dravid has very good past with indian teams.He is retired from the international cricket in last year.He scored close to 25,000 runs before announcing his retirement.He is very special and finest batsman of indian cricket and he is also

The 3rd and last odi between newzeland and southafrica in senwas park,Potchefstroom.Southafrica win by 1wickets with 0ball remaining.Last ball six get southafrica overcome from the whitewash against newzeland in friday.Earlier newzeland won the toss and elected to bat first.Once again newzeland

Did you miss the action in the 4th odi of india vs england 4th odi 2013 at mohali,Here is the full  highlights of the game.India won the toss and elected to field first.england put put 257/7 riding on cook's and pietersen's 76 each.India new opening batsman Rohit sharma and man of the match played the crucial role in india's 5 wicket victory. 


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The England tour of newzeland 2013,newzeland 14 players announced.former newzeland captain ross taylor added in this squed.At currently newzeland in the tour of south africa and england in the tour of india.Consider their current position newzeland are in top,because Newzeland won the 3match series against

New zealand done it once again as they outclassed the africans by 27 runs.After the proteas won the toss they decided to have a bowl.Thanks to williamson's 145 along with elliot's 48.The duo added 127 for the 3rd wicket,the kiwis put up a formidable score on the board one which could challenge the proteas batting line-up 278.The proteas lost de cook early but then on it was south africa all the way.Colin ingram and greame smith added 137 for the 2nd wicket.Just as the africans were confident of winning the game smith fell which triggered the collapse.

NO PARTNERSIP AFTER SMITH AND INGRAM

                                            After the depart of smith and ingram the new zealanders got back in the game,the africans are also to blame themselsves as the bowlers totally took only 5 wickets the rest was only run-outs and some of them in successive overs.There were no signifiacant partnershps after the depart of smith and ingram which allowed the kiwis to get back in the game.The effected run uots also helped them greatly.New Zealand have fought admirably. Credit to them for keeping up the pressure and bowling and fielding brilliantly. They have proven yet again that catches and sharp fielding can help win you a match. But it has to be said that it was South Africa's match to lose. They were 167/1 at one stage, cruising along with Smith and Colin Ingram at the crease. But thanks to 5 run outs, they eventually fell 27 run short. Mills was the pick of the NZ bowlers with 2/28 in 9 overs, while Nathan McCullum and Guptill impressed in the field. The visitors win the series 2-0 with one ODI to go.

MATCH DETAILS

New Zealand tour of South Africa 2012-13 January 22, 2013                                  south africa vs new zealand 2nd odi

VENUE:De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, South Africa
toss:South Africa won the toss, and elected to field

South Africa: 252-all out (49.1 Ovs)
New Zealand: 279/8 (50.0 Ovs)
New Zealand won by 27 runs

MOM:Kane Williamson

India once came up with the goods here on the 4th odi at mohali with a dominating 5 wicket win over the englishmen.Suresh Raina and Rohit sharma played a key role in the emphatic win.The series win ensured that India will stay in the top position in the ICC rankings.The series willl be great relief for India with all the crictisism over the team about the recent dissapointments.

                                                         After winning the toss the Indians put the english to bat first.They were rocket early as Ian Bell departed when bhuvaneshwar kumat took his catch of Ishant Sharma.The captain cook and petersien played brilliantly to put up and 2nd wicket stand of 95 until cook was trapped in front by Ashwin.After that England lost wickets regularly and was dragged to 257/7.They were not not able to capitalize on the good start provided.Pietersen was a unable to accelerate and was cleaned up by Ishant.The others perished cheaply with Jadeja once again ripped through the english batting line up.Young joe root batted brilliantly to help england to get 100 in the last 10.The others were a dissapointed except pietersen,cook and root.

INDIA WAS VERY BRILLIANT

Any score is not enough to contain the Indian batting line up,they have such a reputation.They can chase 320 and lose chasing 200,that is India the unpredictable side.Rohit promoted to opening slot delivered for the captain after the lucky depart of gambhir.Kohli who was ready to get settled was castled by tredwell to hit it straight to him.Yuvraj was troubled by tredwell throughout the series was out missing the ball trying to sweep it fine.Rohit played some magnificent strokes with Suresh raina who also get going immediately.The duo added 50+ runs until Rohit was unluckily given to a finn delivery which was sliding down leg side but steve davis thought it was going to hit the stumps.Dhoni was out trying to cut ashort and wide delivery from dernbach.Jadeja then fineshed the job easily with Raina who became the man of the match.Finn was the only threat for the Indians,Tredwell also bowled well but others dissapointed.They will hope to make a consolation win the last odi on dharamsala.