Match no.8 , AUS v NZ - current updates

Match 8 of world cup and arch rivals New Zealand and Australia facing each other.

Both the teams have registered impressive victories in their last match of world cup.Australia after lossing the toss , asked for bowling first by Vittori.Opener B.Mc Cullum started the inning in his own fashion but not for a long time. He was caught by kreza on the bowling of Shawn Tait.Martin Guptil then tried to build a strong partnership with Rider. After devolping a small partnership Rider edged a Beauty by Johnson who is the pick of bowler for Australia till now.

After lossing the wicket of Rider ,the New Zealand middle order collapsed with Styris and Franklin dismissed for duck.



The lower order then show some spirit and added valuable runs. Nathen McCullum and Vittori added 52(3 fours) and 44(5 fours) respectively.But when both were looking good, Ricki Ponting bring Johnson back to attack and equations changed dramatically.

The New Zealand team put up a total of 206 runs in 45.1 overs and credit goes to Australian pace bowling attack.

Johnson picks 4 wickets in his 9.1 overs on 33 runs while Tait picks 3 wickets in his 7 overs for 35 runs.

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MATCH-6 , PAKISTAN VS KENYA

Another day in world cup but same result . Again a big team of tournament just rolled over another minnows and fruitless journey of world cup 2011 is continuous.








Match 6 of world cup was between Pakistan and Kenya, where Pakistan register a big win of 205 runs. Pakistan after choose to bat first ,lost its opener in quick succession and seems crumbling but then came Yunis khan and Misbah ul Haq .Both these middle order batsmen then start snailing their team, using their vast experience and completed their half-centuries in quick succession.

Akmal brothers also contributed with half centuries each. Umar Akmal was top scorer with 71 runs on 52 balls, including 8 fours and 1 six.

Chasing a total of 318 in 50 overs , the game turn out to be a practice session for Pakistani bowlers. It was a fair chance for Pak bowlers to improve their bowling figures and so captain Afridi did. Afridi claimed 5 wickets and became the best bowler of world cup 2011 so far.

Collins obuya was top scorer for Kenya team with 47 runs on 58 balls including 3 fours and 4 sixes.

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'Shocked' Younus says wouldn't hesitate to quit if feels so

Karachi: Pakistan skipper Younis Khan said he would not tolerate the slur of match-fixing levelled against him and his teammates and would resign from the captain's job if he felt so.

Younus was stunned by allegations levelled by Chairman of the National Assembly standing committee on sports MNA Jamshed Dasti that Pakistan tanked matches against Australia and New Zealand, a statement which the parliamentarian later back-tracked from.

"It came as a shock to me that such allegations have been made without any evidence or concrete proof to back them up," a hurt Younis said, adding he would speak to Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ejaj Butt about the issue and would have no problem quitting the captain's job if he felt so.

"I have struggled all my life, so I am not bothered about losing the captaincy or not being able to play for the team. I am always prepared to face any situation," he said.

Insisting that there was no lack of commitment on the players' part, he said, "I don't know how anyone can make such baseless allegations without realising how much it affects the players and their fans. The team did its best in the tournament and there is no question of deliberately losing any match. The players gave 100 percent in every match."

And even though Dasti claimed that the Younis, coach Intikhab Alam and Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaj Butt would be summoned before the assembly committee to explain the debacle, a defiant Younis also said he had not decided as yet whether he would go to attend the hearing.

"So far I have received no summons or invitation and at the moment I have not made up my mind whether to go and attend such a hearing," he said.

The Pakistan skipper, however, conceded that dropping New Zealand's in-form batsman Grant Elliot at a crucial stage hurt Pakistan's chance in the semifinal and he was not at his best because of a fractured finger.

"I played with a fractured finger and maybe that affected my performance," he said on his own dismal batting form in the tournament that saw him score just 53 in four matches. Younis said he had offered not to play because of his injury but the tour selection committee insisted he must play.

Responding to the statement of former captain Shoaib Malik that the team management should not have shuffled the batting order too much in the tournament, Younis said every player was now required to play at any position in modern day cricket.

Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam also agreed and said that Malik should not be complaining as anyone who wanted to play for Pakistan would have to bat according to team requirements.

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There's a place for both T20 and 50-50 cricket: Ponting

Centurion: Elated after leading his team to a second successive Champions Trophy title, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said the "devalued" event has been revived in this edition, giving a much-needed boost to one-day cricket.

On a few previous occasions, I felt there were a lot of other associate nations and it had kind of devalued the Champions trophy. But this time a couple of weeks and it was over. The little changes which ICC made here, the players really enjoyed it," Ponting said after the six-wicket win over New Zealand in the final last night.

The Champions Trophy had been dubbed meaningless by quite a few former cricketers like Shane Warne but Ponting felt having a shorter tournament minus the minnows has helped make it exciting.

Ponting said the event produced some excellent cricket and proved a good advertisement for one-dayers, which are struggling to pull in the crowds in the face of a Twenty20 storm.

"There's certainly place for both Twenty20 and 50-over cricket. Tournaments like this would certainly help the game. 50 over cricket gets full endorsement from me," he said.

On Monday's win, Ponting lavished praise on all-rounder Shane Watson, who struck his second successive hundred to steer Australia to victory after a wobbly start.

"In the last couple of months we have started to see the real Watson. He wasn't accustomed to opening the innings but given an opportunity in the Ashes, he played brilliantly and shown everybody how good a cricketer he can be," said Ponting.

Ponting was delighted how two young members of his side, Watson and Cameron White, who produced a match-winning 128-run stand for the third wicket, came good in the finals.

"It doesn't get any harder. A big game, chasing a low score, being down on 2 for 6 and with two young guys at the crease. It's one of the strengths of the Australian team that when big names don't produce the goods, somebody else puts up his hand," he said.

"I am ecstatic. It's a great reward for all, whether coaches or guys. We have been five months on the road and to be able to finish off in this manner¿there sure would be some good celebrations tonight," he added.

Ponting said winning the Champions Trophy is the high point of a tumultuous 18 months during which the Aussies lost the coveted Ashes series to England.

"Looking at the last 18 months, this has been a real positive for us. The way we have performed is a really good sign for us," he said.

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