Jacobs, bowlers help Warriors outplay Victoria

Warriors 158 for 6 (Jacobs 59, Boucher 31, McDonald 2-22, Nannes 1-25, McKay 1-27) beat Victoria 130 for 9 (Hussey 29, Theron 3-22, Ntini 2-33) by 28 runs
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	The one-man army called Davey Jacobs put it beyond Victoria, with the bat and then in the field © Getty Images
Matches: Warriors v Victoria at Port Elizabeth Series/Tournaments: Champions League Twenty20 Teams: Australia | South Africa | Victoria | Warriors

Davey Jacobs began with a blitz filled with audacious enterprise, followed up with two sensational catches inside the circle, and finished off with perceptive bowling changes to lead Warriors to a 28-run win over pre-tournament favourite Victoria. Jacobs charged out of the blocks with 59 off 39 balls and, though his batsmen let him down, his bowlers responded in clinical fashion as Warriors became the first side to register two wins in the Champions League.

Pursuing a middling target of 159, Victoria held all the aces despite the early loss of Rob Quiney. Warriors had lost the momentum following Jacobs' assault in the Powerplay overs, and Brad Hodge was settling in to put the chase on course. And then Victoria ran into the one-man army for the second time in the match: in the fifth over, Jacobs back-pedalled furiously at mid-on before leaping up and back to pluck Hodge's mow that was headed to the boundary, reducing Victoria to 20 for 2 after 4.1 overs.

Aaron Finch tried to counterattack, launching the spinners for two sixes as things looked up, but Jacobs was not done. In the ninth over, he flew across from extra-cover towards wide mid-off to intercept Finch's carve in acrobatic fashion. With nine overs gone and the score 59 for 3, Victoria had seen enough of Jacobs for a lifetime.

David Hussey and Andrew McDonald searched desperately for an escape route. The Warriors bowlers, though, were not about to repeat the mistakes of their batsmen. Nicky Boje and Johan Botha, two of the best spinners to have emerged from South Africa, rose to the occasion with a series of tight overs as the pressure mounted.

Things tipped over in the last ball of the 14th over, Justin Kreusch pinging Hussey's stumps with a yorker. Rusty Theron effectively ended the game in the next over, removing McDonald and Matthew Wade as Victoria slunk to 94 for 6. The lower order did not come in the way as Theron and the remaining seamers hit the stumps with monotonous regularity as Victoria finished well short.

Right through the game, Jacobs sported the mentality of someone who knew he was up against a team with serious Twenty20 pedigree. He set the tone early in the piece, and came out throwing punches in all directions: after Dirk Nannes sprayed the first ball of the game down the leg side for four leg-byes, Jacobs drilled him through point, pulled uppishly past square-leg and punched on the up through the covers to loot 17 from the first over. Shane Harwood also began in wayward fashion and Jacobs crashed two more boundaries to pick 12 from the second.

Nannes' reworked lengths and Clint McKay's close-to-unpickable slower balls allowed Victoria to slip in two quiet overs before the mayhem resumed. Jacobs, who had initially bristled with nervous energy - on a couple of occasions, he had exposed all his stumps against Nannes operating at 145+ kph - settled down to play the bowling on merit. What followed was a series of explosive and well-placed cover-drives along the ground, as Harwood bled 31 from two overs. The Powerplay overs had gone for 62, and round one to Warriors.

With the field spreading out, Hussey resorted to Plan B - taking the pace off the ball - and it helped Victoria switch the momentum around. McKay, McDonald and John Hastings proved tougher to get away, and the pressure led to a run-out. Jacobs was caught short at the striker's end after responding late to Ashwell Prince's call for an impossible single.

Victoria had found an opening into Warriors' castle, and three overs later, they claimed full ownership. Prince could not compensate for the run-out, succumbing to a clumsy paddle-scoop off McDonald in the 11th; Colin Ingram holed out in the 12th; Justin Kreusch over-balanced in the 13th and Warriors had lost 4 for 35 in 39 balls following the Powerplay.

Mark Boucher and Johan Botha ensured the Warriors innings was not a complete failure and salvaged them to a fighting score. All the same, the dice was still loaded in Victoria's favour and a total of 159 should not have bothered their experienced line-up. However, one Warrior had completely different plans and that made all the difference.

Innings Dot balls 4s 6s PP 16-20overs NB/Wides Warriors 40 17 1 62/0 40/2 0/3 Victoria 45 7 4 31/2 34/2 0/4

Dhoni, Kumble, Hazare in India's all-time XI

 

	The presence of Sehwag, Tendulkar and Dravid in the XI gives India a formidable batting line-up
Players/Officials: Sunil Gavaskar | Virender Sehwag | Rahul Dravid | Sachin Tendulkar | Vijay Hazare | Vinoo Mankad | Kapil Dev | MS Dhoni | Anil Kumble | Javagal Srinath | Erapalli Prasanna Teams: India Other links: India all-time XI home

MS Dhoni has made it to ESPNcricinfo's India all-time XI, beating record-holding wicketkeepers Syed Kirmani and Kiran More, by virtue of his superior batting. Dhoni was picked by seven members of the 11-person jury, which was unanimous in voting Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Vinoo Mankad into the XI.

The No. 5 spot divided the jury the most, and Vijay Hazare, who played only eight innings in that position (one of them in the Adelaide Test of 1948, where he made two centuries), was preferred over the likes of Gundappa Viswanath, MAK Pataudi, Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohinder Amarnath and VVS Laxman.

The opening positions are taken by Virender Sehwag (10 votes) and Gavaskar, a blend of attack and defence, while the presence of Rahul Dravid (nine votes) and Tendulkar at Nos. 3 and 4 makes India's the only batting line-up among the eight leading countries, for which ESPNcricinfo has picked all-time XIs, to have over 42,000 Test runs between the top four.

Only one bowler from India's legendary spin quartet of the 70s makes it to the XI. Offspinner Erapalli Prasanna, with 189 wickets in 49 Tests, joins Anil Kumble (nine votes), Javagal Srinath and Kapil to form the bowling line-up. Allrounder Mankad, who took 162 wickets at 32.32 with his slow left-armers, completes the spin-dominated attack.

India's XI is the only one to feature just two fast bowlers. Australia had fast-bowling allrounder Keith Miller to back Dennis Lillee and Glenn McGrath, and South Africa had Mike Procter to help Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald.

Among the notable omissions, who did not make it to the XIs of any of the jury members, were former captain Mohammad Azharuddin; Bishan Bedi, perhaps the most highly rated of the spin quartet; and wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer.

ESPNcricinfo readers were invited to vote on the shortlists and their XI matched the jury's in all but one: Laxman was the readers' choice for No. 5 instead of Hazare.

The jury included former Test players Sanjay Manjrekar and Arun Lal, former Mumbai player and coach Vasu Paranjape, sports journalists Pradeep Magazine, Ayaz Memon, R Mohan and Suresh Menon, cricket historian Ramachandra Guha and television commentator Harsha Bhogle.

Read more about the XI here.

The XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Vijay Hazare, Vinoo Mankad, Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Erapalli Prasanna.

Readers' XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Vinoo Mankad, Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Erapalli Prasanna.

Nominees

Openers: Sunil Gavaskar, Vijay Merchant, Virender Sehwag, Navjot Sidhu.

Middle order: Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Gundappa Viswanath, Vijay Hazare, MAK Pataudi, Mohinder Amarnath, Polly Umrigar, Sourav Ganguly, CK Nayudu, Mohammad Azharuddin, Dilip Vengsarkar.

Allrounders: Kapil Dev, Dattu Phadkar, Vinoo Mankad, Manoj Prabhakar.

Wicketkeepers: Naren Tamhane, Kiran More, Syed Kirmani, Nayan Mongia, MS Dhoni.

Fast bowlers: Javagal Srinath, Kapil Dev, Zaheer Khan, Mohammad Nissar, Amar Singh.

Spinners: Anil Kumble, Bishan Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna, Subhash Gupte, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, Harbhajan Singh, Dilip Doshi, S Venkataraghavan, Vinoo Mankad.

PCB won't suspend any players

	Salman Butt will be part of the Pakistan squad travelling to Taunton on Monday

Ijaz Butt, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, has insisted none of the players at the centre of spot-fixing allegations will be suspended until the police investigation comes up with some solid evidence. That throws open the possibility that they could appear in the Twenty20 internationals, which begin next week in Cardiff, despite the severe controversy hanging over them.

Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, the three players who have had mobile phones confiscated, arrived with the squad in Taunton on Monday afternoon where there was a heavy police presence outside the team hotel. Pakistan's tour match against Somerset on Thursday will go ahead as planned, but the board is coming under increasing pressure to keep the implicated players out of the limited-overs matches.

"There is a case going on over here with the Scotland Yard," Ijaz told Cricinfo. "This is only an allegation. There is still no charge or proof on that account. So at this stage there will be no action taken."

He refused to say whether conversations had taken place with Shahid Afridi, who returns as captain for the one-day matches in place of Salman Butt, over who should play in the remaining games. "This is an internal matter and I don't want to speak about it," he said.

Following the conclusion of the Test on Sunday, Pakistan's team management insisted that the one-day series will go ahead as planned next week and Sharad Pawar, the ICC president, said that was also the feeling of the governing body. "It's the desire of the ICC England and Pakistan that the series should continue," he said.

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, told BBC Radio Five Live, that they were working hard towards a resolution, with the first Twenty20 international at Cardiff set to take place on Sunday. "We're busy with the Metropolitan Police and hopefully before the weekend arrives we can get to some sort of a conclusion, but this is a live issue which moves with the hour, every hour and it's an individual's right that you're innocent until proven guilty.

"At the moment, it is also appropriate that the game continues," Lorgat added. "We shouldn't let everyone suffer because of a couple of individuals that might have got caught up in corrupt practices. The vast majority of players are not guilty of any such behaviour. They play the sport in the right spirit, and there are many fans who want to watch the game."

Several Pakistan fans outside the team hotel in London shouted "thieves" at the players as they boarded the coach while police also removed a number of eggs from people waiting for the coach to leave. Originally the tourists weren't due to leave London until Tuesday, but the four-day finish to the final Test at Lord's means they have brought forward their departure.

Richard Gould, the Somerset chief executive, said the county was preparing as normal for the team's arrival. "They are due to train on Wednesday, but if they need anything before then they'll have the use of the indoor school and gym," he said. "We hope to give them the best chance to prepare for the one-day series."

Gould added that the club would be implementing the security plans they used during the World Twenty20 last year when Taunton hosted the women's group matches, but that wasn't a response to events of the last 24 hours.

"We aren't looking at increasing the security presence," he said. "We had already decided to implement the plans from last year because it was a high-profile side visiting and the model we used at the World Twenty20 was drawn up to cater for such events."

There are a number of fresh faces joining up with the squad for the one-day leg of the tour, including Shoaib Akhtar, who arrived separately at the hotel, and Afridi. Six players who aren't involved are returning to Pakistan - Imran Farhat, Raza Hasan, Shoaib Malik, Tanvir Ahmed, Umar Amin and Yasir Hameed were not included for the Twenty20s and ODIs.

Andrew Strauss admitted to mixed feelings about the series of five ODIs and two Twenty20s and said that he and his team needed to come to terms with the current issue before turning their attention to the rest of the tour.

"I honestly think that the best thing to do is let the dust settle on this," said Strauss, when asked about the feasibility of the tour continuing. "It's all new and raw and it's easy to get quite emotional about things right at the moment. For all of us, it's better to see how things pan out - clearly the ICC, ECB and Pakistan Cricket Board have to sit down and put their heads together, and decide what the best way forward is, and we as a cricket team we have to take stock as well.

When asked if he was happy to carry on playing against a team that has been accused of deliberately underperforming, Strauss offered a response that was non-committal at best. "It's just so hard to say with incomplete information at this stage," he said. "From our point of view we are going to sit down and have a couple of drinks and celebrate the fact that we won the series tonight. And then in the next few days I'm sure a lot of things will become a lot clearer."

The ultimate decision, he added, would be made at boardroom level. "That's something for the ICC, the ECB and the PCB to sit down and decide what the best way forward is. Clearly there are going to be some very strong reasons for the series to go ahead, but they've also got to sit down and think about what the right thing to do is, going forward, and that's their decision."

Bookie approached Shane Watson twice

August 31, 2010

	Shane Watson discusses his brief run-ins with an illegal bookmaker

Shane Watson, who reported two approaches by an illegal bookmaker in England last year, said he was in "complete shock" at the allegations levelled at Pakistan. Watson and Brad Haddin confirmed they were spoken to by the man during the tour and immediately told Australia's team manager Steve Bernard.

Watson was invited for drinks by the bookmaker, who the allrounder initially thought was a fan. "I didn't think too much more of it until I found out a bit more information and that he was actually one of the illegal bookmakers," Watson said in Sydney. "It was just a little bit different to what normal fans are." The approach occurred at the Royal Gardens hotel in London, which was the venue of a complaint reported by Cricinfo last year.

Watson was stunned by the revelations from the fourth Test between England and Pakistan at Lord's. "When I first heard about it I was in complete shock, there's no doubt about that," Watson said. "If the allegations are true then they will unfortunately get a lifetime ban."

The claims surrounding the no-balls delivered by Mohammad Amir, the 18-year-old fast bowler, surprised and upset Watson. "I probably feel for him more than anyone because he's only a young, naive and innocent young guy," Watson said. "Unfortunately he's caught up with something.

"Whether it's in their culture I don't know, I don't know how deep it runs, but it's unfortunate that someone of his skill has got tied up with something that is damaging to cricket and to the individuals. I found him to be a brilliant competitor on the field."

Mohammad Amir earns sympathy amid scandal

August 30, 2010

 

	Mohammad Amir is in the eye of the storm after the weekend revelations

Former Pakistan captain, Ramiz Raja, and the former coach, Geoff Lawson, have both spoken out in defence of Mohammad Amir, Pakistan's 18-year-old fast bowler whose alleged involvement in the Lord's spot-fixing scandal is threatening to destroy his burgeoning career.

Amir was a revelation during the recent four-Test series against England, in which he collected 19 wickets at 18.36 and proved unplayable at times in helpful swinging conditions. He picked up consecutive five-wicket hauls in the final two Tests, including a career-best 6 for 84 in England's only innings at Lord's.

However, on the eve of the final day of the series, he was one of four players - along with his captain Salman Butt and fellow new-ball bowler Mohammad Asif - to be named by The News of the World in an alleged scam involving bowling no-balls to order, a situation that has led many commentators, including England's former captain, Michael Vaughan, to call for a life ban.

However, Ramiz and Lawson both expressed sympathy for Amir, and believed the greater blame lay with the men who had led him astray so early in his career. "To see an 18-year old boy being dragged into the controversy is the worse part," Ramiz told Cricinfo. "He had the world, everyone was raving about the talent and praising him. It is such a sad moment in cricket.

"Amir comes from a humble background," Ramiz said. "He is 18, with an impressionable mind, and if he has been keeping bad company, it's possible he could have been drawn [into wrongdoing]. But if that's the case, then the guys who got him in should be put behind bars because they've spoilt a grand career. They've infiltrated and spoilt a young mind, and it's such a shocking state of affairs."

Lawson, who coached Pakistan for 15 months between July 2007 and October 2008, said: "For me, it would be a great tragedy if a young man such as Amir, a shining light of hope, has been led astray." But he also added that Pakistan's socio-economic situation needed to be taken into account before rushing in to judge the alleged actions of its cricketers.

"We must remember that we are judging these guys by the standards of our own country, when their situations are vastly different," Lawson told The Age in Melbourne. "The first time I met Mohammad Amir was when he was 16, coming to an Under-19s camp. He comes from a small village near the Swat valley and was delayed by three hours because the Taliban had closed the highway. That doesn't happen in this country."

"One thing that struck me about Amir was his constant smile, his zest for the game," he said. "That has not changed. I will never condone any form of fixing, but we should consider that a cricketer might not be thinking of personal gain but of getting money to buy a generator for his village because they don't have electricity.

"I don't think Pakistan should be banished, we have seen it survive some incredible on and off-field turmoil," Lawson said. "But I will say that the present Pakistan administration cannot escape some of the blame for this. What they need right now is positive leadership and they don't have it.

"When I was there the board did not have people with vested interests, they were business people who treated people fairly, remunerated the players well. The first-class players were looked after and paid well and it made a difference.The [current] Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt is not a leader, he should not have the job, he is incapable."

Final

Bowlers call the shots in underwhelming tournament

The series was oddly scheduled, and the bowler-friendly conditions didn't allow for riveting cricket

Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

August 29, 2010

 

	The emergence of Thisara Perera is a big step for Sri Lanka's World Cup plans Live Images
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Dambulla is a bit of a strange place to host international cricket - despite being in a Test-playing country, it is a town with no major local team or much of a cricketing culture. It hosted a strange one-day tournament too. At a time when scores in the region of 300 are the norm, in most matches of the tri-series, teams struggled to reach 200.

When three-day breaks between Tests are becoming the rule, the series had two rest days between each ODI, though all matches were played at the same venue. The oddness of the schedule was highlighted when a rained-out league match meant New Zealand didn't have a bat in the middle for 12 days during the tournament; the previous one-day competition in Dambulla, the Asia Cup in June, lasted 10 days in its entirety.

The series was billed as a tune-up for the World Cup, but the overwhelmingly bowler-friendly conditions were a marked contrast to the flat tracks expected at next year's showpiece tournament, which meant teams could take few pointers from the tri-series.

Sri Lanka will be the most satisfied of the teams, not just because they won the title, ending a run of home series defeats to India, but also because the likes of allrounder Thisara Perera and middle-order batsman Chamara Silva have heated up the competition for World Cup berths.

Perera couldn't showcase his power-hitting in the two matches he got but worked up some decent pace to unsettle the Indian batsmen on his way to eight wickets. Silva remained unbeaten in the two opportunities to bat, a quick 41 in the washed-out match against New Zealand and a 21-ball 26 to guide Sri Lanka to 299 in the final.

For India, the disappointment will be that none of their new generation of batsmen were able to withstand the scrutiny on difficult tracks. "This was an ideal scenario where anybody could have stood up and said, 'I'll be the hero today,' said MS Dhoni, but in none of the matches did any of the youngsters grab that chance. Ravindra Jadeja didn't either, his dipping batting form leaving the management to ponder over who India's best bet at No. 7 is.

	Virender Sehwag was a class apart, especially given how others struggled to pile on the runs Live Images

It was the seniors, Virender Sehwag and - to a lesser extent - Dhoni, who steered India towards the finals. Sehwag was the outstanding batsman of the tournament, sculpting two utterly different match-winning innings to overshadow his team-mates in the league phase, and yet again silence doubters questioning his technique. During his unbeaten 99, he adopted a wait-and-watch approach early on against the moving ball, curbing his natural aggression to shore up a wobbly India. Against New Zealand, he reverted to his everything-must-go batting philosophy, battering them with a 93-ball 110 despite India faltering at 66 for 4 at one stage.

Strangely, the only other century-maker in the tournament and second highest run-maker was also not one renowned for his watertight technique, but another up-and-at-'em opener, Tillakaratne Dilshan. After frittering a string of starts, and losing his match fee for his role in the Suraj Randiv no-ball controversy, Dilshan made amends by cracking his maiden home one-day century to set up Sri Lanka for the title.

Though two openers were the most successful batsmen, the new-ball bowlers of all sides had an enjoyable tournament, repeatedly deceiving the batsmen instead of being the usual Powerplay fodder.

The third team in the tournament, New Zealand, had few gains to show from the first leg of their three-stage subcontinental build-up for the World Cup despite starting off with a 200-run hammering of India. Ross Taylor had a difficult time in his first extended captaincy stint as his depleted batting unit struggled to cope with the conditions, with Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson picking up two ducks each. And there was the demoralising news of Jacob Oram needing yet another knee surgery, which will rule him out for nearly four months.

New Zealand didn't make Saturday's full-house final, which was the 14th one-dayer in three months in Dambulla, a surfeit of international cricket the town is unlikely to witness again. With three floodlight international stadiums wholly owned by Sri Lanka Cricket coming up for the World Cup, Dambulla will have plenty of competition ahead of forthcoming tours to the country.

Sri Lanka Triangular Series - final

Sri Lanka v India

Sri Lanka won by 74 runs

• ODI no. 3040 | 2010 season
• Played at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
• 28 August 2010 - day/night (50-over match)

	Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Karthik b I Sharma	39	97	67	5	0	58.20
	20.2 139.2 kph, Mahela is gone. Just like that. Against the run of play. He reached forward and tried to wrist it across the line. It flew of the leading edge towards sweeper cover. Pouched! It was a short-of-length delivery that straightened around the off stump. Mahela tried to whip it across the line and got a leading edge 121/1
	TM Dilshan	c I Sharma b Kumar	110	182	115	12	1	95.65
	39.5 129.0 kph, DIlshan falls after an entertaining and very valuable knock. It was the bouncer, around head-high, around the off and middle stump line and DIlshan couldn't keep the pull down. Neither could he clear the boundary. Ishant collected it at deep backward square-leg region. Very fine innings. 217/3
	WU Tharanga	c †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh	6	16	9	1	0	66.66
	23.4 82.4 kph, But he is gone now! Yuvraj strikes. It landed outside the off stump and straigthened, Tharanga went for the cut shot again but edged this one! 132/2
	KC Sangakkara*†	c RG Sharma b Patel	71	96	62	7	1	114.51
	44.4 108.9 kph, runs down the track for the big hit but is beaten by the change of length (Munaf shortened the length); he tried to go through with the shot, go through the line of the delivery but ended up chipping it high towards covers. Fine knock but it's over now. Five overs left. Crucial wicket this. 261/6
	CK Kapugedera	c Karthik b Nehra	12	14	10	2	0	120.00
	42.3 126.2 kph, Fine catch from DK at deep backward square-leg. Kapu had swung the full length delivery rather well actually but DK rushed to his left and tumbled down to take it inches off the turf. 242/4
	AD Mathews	c RG Sharma b I Sharma	1	9	4	0	0	25.00
	43.6 140.5 kph, full in length around the off stump line, Angelo wanted it to go over mid-on but ended up dragging it straight to midwicket. 258/5
	LPC Silva	not out	26	29	21	2	0	123.80
	NLTC Perera	c †Dhoni b Patel	6	21	8	0	0	75.00
	49.1 111.9 kph, All too simple! A short of length delivery around the off stump. A big swing to the leg side. Dhoni takes the catch. He throws the ball back to Munaf. The batsman walks away. Munaf walks back to the top of the bowling mark. 294/7
	S Randiv	run out (Patel)	4	3	4	1	0	100.00
	49.5 from Patel, shuffles right across the stumps and misses the flick. the ball bounds off the pad and they try to steal a leg bye. Munaf picks the ball and runs to remove the bails at the non-striker's end 298/8
	KMDN Kulasekara	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(lb 12, w 12)	24
	Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 237 mins)	299	(5.98 runs per over)

Did not bat SL Malinga

Fall of wickets1-121 (Jayawardene, 20.2 ov), 2-132 (Tharanga, 23.4 ov), 3-217 (Dilshan, 39.5 ov), 4-242 (Kapugedera, 42.3 ov), 5-258 (Mathews, 43.6 ov), 6-261 (Sangakkara, 44.4 ov), 7-294 (Perera, 49.1 ov), 8-298 (Randiv, 49.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	P Kumar	10	0	72	1	7.20	(5w)
	39.5 to Dilshan, 129.0 kph, DIlshan falls after an entertaining and very valuable knock. It was the bouncer, around head-high, around the off and middle stump line and DIlshan couldn't keep the pull down. Neither could he clear the boundary. Ishant collected it at deep backward square-leg region. Very fine innings. 217/3
	MM Patel	9	1	43	2	4.77	(1w)
	44.4 to Sangakkara, 108.9 kph, runs down the track for the big hit but is beaten by the change of length (Munaf shortened the length); he tried to go through with the shot, go through the line of the delivery but ended up chipping it high towards covers. Fine knock but it's over now. Five overs left. Crucial wicket this. 261/6 49.1 to Perera, 111.9 kph, All too simple! A short of length delivery around the off stump. A big swing to the leg side. Dhoni takes the catch. He throws the ball back to Munaf. The batsman walks away. Munaf walks back to the top of the bowling mark. 294/7
	A Nehra	10	0	60	1	6.00	(5w)
	42.3 to Kapugedera, 126.2 kph, Fine catch from DK at deep backward square-leg. Kapu had swung the full length delivery rather well actually but DK rushed to his left and tumbled down to take it inches off the turf. 242/4
	I Sharma	8	0	54	2	6.75	(1w)
	20.2 to Jayawardene, 139.2 kph, Mahela is gone. Just like that. Against the run of play. He reached forward and tried to wrist it across the line. It flew of the leading edge towards sweeper cover. Pouched! It was a short-of-length delivery that straightened around the off stump. Mahela tried to whip it across the line and got a leading edge 121/1 43.6 to Mathews, 140.5 kph, full in length around the off stump line, Angelo wanted it to go over mid-on but ended up dragging it straight to midwicket. 258/5
	Yuvraj Singh	8	0	37	1	4.62
	23.4 to Tharanga, 82.4 kph, But he is gone now! Yuvraj strikes. It landed outside the off stump and straigthened, Tharanga went for the cut shot again but edged this one! 132/2
	V Sehwag	5	0	21	0	4.20

	India innings (target: 300 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	V Sehwag	run out (Kapugedera)	28	30	22	6	0	127.27
	5.6 from Kulasekara, Huge shout for lbw but Sehwag is run out ! It was the wonderful inswinger from Kula that seemed to have trapped Sehwag right in front. Shout for lbw but Ashoka says not out. Sehwag tries to steal a leg bye but there was no run in it. He tried to turn back but it was too late by then to meet a direct hit. The lbw appeal looked so good, don't know why that's want given out, and the ball rolled towards backward point And he couldn't beat the direct hit from Kapugedera! 38/2
	KD Karthik	c †Sangakkara b Malinga	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
	0.6 144.5 kph, Karthik walks back disappointed, bowled it short just outside leg and he went after it, trying to work it down fine, there was a deviation and Sangakkara clasped it diving to his left, we're not sure if he gloved it but the umpire Rauf was certain, India suffer their first bowler 9/1
	V Kohli	c Mathews b Perera	37	98	57	5	0	64.91
	21.1 128.3 kph, Perera, the Indian Specialist, strikes. It was the short-of-length delivery cutting away like a leg cutter and Virat went for the pull. Too late. The ball flew of the edge to third man. Gone! Vital vital moment this 109/4
	Yuvraj Singh	c †Sangakkara b Perera	26	46	31	4	0	83.87
	15.2 131.0 kph, Gone this time! It kicked up from short of length and also straightened around middle. That straightening did Yuvraj in. He tried to adjust to it by attempting an awkward whip across the line and seems to have got the inner edge. Yuvraj stood in the dressing room and waited to watch the replays. Does it mean he thinks he didn't get an edge? Or does it mean he just wanted to see what was the ball and what he played? No snickometer replay shown yet 88/3
	MS Dhoni*†	b Randiv	67	140	100	5	1	67.00
	46.5 88.5 kph, And that's it. Sri Lanka have completed a crushing win. Fine spirited performance from Sri Lanka. The end came when the Indian captain Dhoni went down the track for the big hit but ended up dragging it to his stumps. Randiv roared. Sanga, Mahela, Randiv enveloped each other with a hug. The rest of the team-mates converged. 225/10
	SK Raina	c Dilshan b Randiv	29	37	28	1	2	103.57
	30.4 89.0 kph, Now then.. now then... raina has combusted! He charged down the track for the big hit but Randiv did him in flight and then by the turn. Fine bowler this man. Raina was trying to swing it over long-on but it dipped on him and flew right up of the top edge. Dilshan back pedaled at covers and for a while it seemed he had misjudged it. However, he cupped his palms over and behind his head to pouch the catch! Sri Lanka scream for joy. Enter Rohit Sharma. 158/5
	RG Sharma	st †Sangakkara b Randiv	5	16	9	0	0	55.55
	34.1 84.7 kph, Stumped! Rohit's failures continue. A touch bizzare dismissal! This is what happened: It was a lovely off break outside the off stump, Rohit lunged forward to defend but the ball dipped and turned through the bat and pad gap (not sure whether there was an inside edge) It dropped just short of Sanga who failed to collect it cleanly but it hit his boot and re bounded on to the stumps. Rohit had stretched his back leg outside the crease in trying to push out at that ball. Another fine delivery from Suraj 177/6
	P Kumar	b Malinga	14	20	16	1	1	87.50
	37.6 144.4 kph, Clatter! What a yorker. Straight, pacy and inswinging. Gone! PK had a waft but had no chance to stop that. 201/7
	I Sharma	b Perera	0	17	12	0	0	0.00
	41.5 128.3 kph, Yorked! It was full and on the off stump line. Ishant pushed inside the line and the off stump was pegged back. 210/8
	A Nehra	c Perera b Mathews	2	16	7	0	0	28.57
	45.5 129.0 kph, Nehra leans forward to try lofting it over mid-off but ends up lobbing it to mid-off. And then they were one. Sri Lanka are closing in on a crushing win here 224/9
	MM Patel	not out	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 8, nb 4)	17
	Total	(all out; 46.5 overs; 217 mins)	225	(4.80 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-9 (Karthik, 0.6 ov), 2-38 (Sehwag, 5.6 ov), 3-88 (Yuvraj Singh, 15.2 ov), 4-109 (Kohli, 21.1 ov), 5-158 (Raina, 30.4 ov), 6-177 (RG Sharma, 34.1 ov), 7-201 (Kumar, 37.6 ov), 8-210 (I Sharma, 41.5 ov), 9-224 (Nehra, 45.5 ov), 10-225 (Dhoni, 46.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	SL Malinga	9	0	49	2	5.44	(2nb, 1w)
	0.6 to Karthik, 144.5 kph, Karthik walks back disappointed, bowled it short just outside leg and he went after it, trying to work it down fine, there was a deviation and Sangakkara clasped it diving to his left, we're not sure if he gloved it but the umpire Rauf was certain, India suffer their first bowler 9/1 37.6 to Kumar, 144.4 kph, Clatter! What a yorker. Straight, pacy and inswinging. Gone! PK had a waft but had no chance to stop that. 201/7
	KMDN Kulasekara	9	0	47	0	5.22	(2w)
	AD Mathews	10	0	48	1	4.80	(2nb, 2w)
	45.5 to Nehra, 129.0 kph, Nehra leans forward to try lofting it over mid-off but ends up lobbing it to mid-off. And then they were one. Sri Lanka are closing in on a crushing win here 224/9
	NLTC Perera	9	2	36	3	4.00	(2w)
	15.2 to Yuvraj Singh, 131.0 kph, Gone this time! It kicked up from short of length and also straightened around middle. That straightening did Yuvraj in. He tried to adjust to it by attempting an awkward whip across the line and seems to have got the inner edge. Yuvraj stood in the dressing room and waited to watch the replays. Does it mean he thinks he didn't get an edge? Or does it mean he just wanted to see what was the ball and what he played? No snickometer replay shown yet 88/3 21.1 to Kohli, 128.3 kph, Perera, the Indian Specialist, strikes. It was the short-of-length delivery cutting away like a leg cutter and Virat went for the pull. Too late. The ball flew of the edge to third man. Gone! Vital vital moment this 109/4 41.5 to I Sharma, 128.3 kph, Yorked! It was full and on the off stump line. Ishant pushed inside the line and the off stump was pegged back. 210/8
	S Randiv	9.5	1	40	3	4.06	(1w)
	30.4 to Raina, 89.0 kph, Now then.. now then... raina has combusted! He charged down the track for the big hit but Randiv did him in flight and then by the turn. Fine bowler this man. Raina was trying to swing it over long-on but it dipped on him and flew right up of the top edge. Dilshan back pedaled at covers and for a while it seemed he had misjudged it. However, he cupped his palms over and behind his head to pouch the catch! Sri Lanka scream for joy. Enter Rohit Sharma. 158/5 34.1 to RG Sharma, 84.7 kph, Stumped! Rohit's failures continue. A touch bizzare dismissal! This is what happened: It was a lovely off break outside the off stump, Rohit lunged forward to defend but the ball dipped and turned through the bat and pad gap (not sure whether there was an inside edge) It dropped just short of Sanga who failed to collect it cleanly but it hit his boot and re bounded on to the stumps. Rohit had stretched his back leg outside the crease in trying to push out at that ball. Another fine delivery from Suraj 177/6 46.5 to Dhoni, 88.5 kph, And that's it. Sri Lanka have completed a crushing win. Fine spirited performance from Sri Lanka. The end came when the Indian captain Dhoni went down the track for the big hit but ended up dragging it to his stumps. Randiv roared. Sanga, Mahela, Randiv enveloped each other with a hug. The rest of the team-mates converged. 225/10

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat Series Sri Lanka won the 2010 Sri Lanka Triangular Series

Player of the match TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka) Player of the series V Sehwag (India)

Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and EAR de Silva TV umpire TH Wijewardene Match referee AG Hurst (Australia) Reserve umpire SH Sarathkumara

Match notes

Sri Lanka innings Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (56 balls), Extras 8 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 14, TM Dilshan 29, Ex 8) Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 Drinks: Sri Lanka - 94/0 in 15.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 31, TM Dilshan 49) TM Dilshan: 50 off 36 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6) Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 15.4 overs (97 balls), Extras 14 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 97 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 32, TM Dilshan 55, Ex 14) Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 27.3 overs (169 balls), Extras 15 Drinks: Sri Lanka - 171/2 in 32.0 overs (TM Dilshan 95, KC Sangakkara 16) 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (TM Dilshan 24, KC Sangakkara 25, Ex 1) TM Dilshan: 100 off 107 balls (11 x 4, 1 x 6) Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 37.1 overs (229 balls), Extras 17 Power Play 3: Overs 39.1 - 44.0 KC Sangakkara: 50 off 51 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6) Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 43.3 overs (269 balls), Extras 20 Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 299/8 in 50.0 overs (LPC Silva 26, KMDN Kulasekara 0) India innings India: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (55 balls), Extras 3 Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (V Kohli 22, Yuvraj Singh 26, Ex 2) Drinks: India - 88/2 in 15.0 overs (V Kohli 29, Yuvraj Singh 26) India: 100 runs in 19.3 overs (122 balls), Extras 5 India: 150 runs in 29.3 overs (182 balls), Extras 6 Drinks: India - 158/5 in 30.4 overs (MS Dhoni 32) India: 200 runs in 37.4 overs (234 balls), Extras 13 MS Dhoni: 50 off 67 balls (4 x 4)

Sri Lanka Triangular Series - 6th match

India v New Zealand

India won by 105 runs
ODI no. 3039 | 2010 season
Played at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium (neutral venue)
25 August 2010 - day/night (50-over match)

India innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR KD Karthik c †Hopkins b Mills 0 3 0 0 0.00 0.3 130.2 kph, That doesn't help him! Edge and gone! Another failure. It was a length delivery outside the off stump and DK has a lame poke at it. He fished out and got an edge. DK's time as opener (at least on tracks where the ball moves) has to come under immense scanner. Here, he seemed to shape for an on-the-up drive before just wafting softly at it. Just pushed weakly. Limply. 0/1 V Sehwag c Watling b McCullum 110 93 16 1 118.27 32.2 81.0 kph, He has holed out at deep midwicket. He picked the flighted delivery from outside off and swung it straight to the fielder. Out after another fine knock. Valuable and entertaining. 173/5 V Kohli c †Hopkins b Southee 8 16 1 0 50.00 5.4 134.7 kph, Virat is stunned. He doesn't move. He stares at the umpire Ashoka. He looks at his partner. Now he stirs into action and walks away slowly. Very slowly. This is what happened: It was a length delivery just outside off stump and Virat pushed out at it, bat away from the body. The keeper went up straight away. The fatal finger went up. Got to see the replays to confirm the edge. Replays in: There was some noise plus the snickometer shows there was a nick! 27/2 Yuvraj Singh c †Hopkins b McKay 6 19 1 0 31.57 11.3 139.5 kph, And he is gone now. Again the balance was all awry. It was a shortish delivery outside the off stump and he went for the pull but only top edged it and the keeper jogged back to collect it. It climbed just below chest high and Yuvraj tried to pull it from well outside off stump. That did him in. 61/3 SK Raina c Williamson b Southee 1 3 0 0 33.33 12.6 132.1 kph, he has had problems with the short delivery and the pull shot. He falls to another faulty pull. This one wasn't even that short .. Raina was quick to get on to the back foot but pulled it to short midwicket fielder who lunged to his right to take a good catch. It was not a short ball, just back of a length, but Raina perhaps was anticipating a short ball and went back for the pull. He made contact with the top half of the bat. 66/4 MS Dhoni*† c †Hopkins b McCullum 38 75 3 0 50.66 38.3 89.7 kph, Nathan takes out Dhoni. It was a flighted delivery outside off that didn't turn in. Dhoni lunged out for the square drive and edged it behind! Hopkins caught it on the rebound. It had popped out but he crouched quickly to take it again 199/6 RA Jadeja c Taylor b Southee 17 26 3 0 65.38 39.2 133.6 kph, The readers' curse strikes! Done in by the bouncer. It reared up sharply at Jadeja who had no clue;. he hopped, took his eyes of the ball and fended it in an ungainly manner. The ball popped up for a easy catch behind the stumps. 199/7 P Kumar c Mills b Southee 6 12 1 0 50.00 43.1 133.9 kph, And PK too combusts spontaneously.. He moved outside the leg stump and top-edged the intended flat-batted pull to mid-on. Gone! 207/9 A Nehra c & b McCullum 0 12 0 0 0.00 42.4 85.4 kph, What a soft dismissal! It was flighted really full and Nehra scooped it straight back to the bowler. A golf putt. 207/8 I Sharma not out 8 12 1 0 66.66 MM Patel c McKay b Mills 7 10 1 0 70.00 46.3 110.4 kph, Munaf rushes down the track for the big lofted hit. But he didn't pick the slower one. He ended up lobbing it straight up. It went really high before it came down at mid-on. India all out 223 223/10 Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 14, nb 2) 22 Total (all out; 46.3 overs) 223 (4.79 runs per over) Fall of wickets1-0 (Karthik, 0.3 ov), 2-27 (Kohli, 5.4 ov), 3-61 (Yuvraj Singh, 11.3 ov), 4-66 (Raina, 12.6 ov), 5-173 (Sehwag, 32.2 ov), 6-199 (Dhoni, 38.3 ov), 7-199 (Jadeja, 39.2 ov), 8-207 (Nehra, 42.4 ov), 9-207 (Kumar, 43.1 ov), 10-223 (Patel, 46.3 ov)  Bowling O M R W Econ KD Mills 8.3 1 42 2 4.94 (2nb, 1w) 0.3 to Karthik, 130.2 kph, That doesn't help him! Edge and gone! Another failure. It was a length delivery outside the off stump and DK has a lame poke at it. He fished out and got an edge. DK's time as opener (at least on tracks where the ball moves) has to come under immense scanner. Here, he seemed to shape for an on-the-up drive before just wafting softly at it. Just pushed weakly. Limply. 0/1 46.3 to Patel, 110.4 kph, Munaf rushes down the track for the big lofted hit. But he didn't pick the slower one. He ended up lobbing it straight up. It went really high before it came down at mid-on. India all out 223 223/10 TG Southee 10 2 49 4 4.90 (2w) 5.4 to Kohli, 134.7 kph, Virat is stunned. He doesn't move. He stares at the umpire Ashoka. He looks at his partner. Now he stirs into action and walks away slowly. Very slowly. This is what happened: It was a length delivery just outside off stump and Virat pushed out at it, bat away from the body. The keeper went up straight away. The fatal finger went up. Got to see the replays to confirm the edge. Replays in: There was some noise plus the snickometer shows there was a nick! 27/2 12.6 to Raina, 132.1 kph, he has had problems with the short delivery and the pull shot. He falls to another faulty pull. This one wasn't even that short .. Raina was quick to get on to the back foot but pulled it to short midwicket fielder who lunged to his right to take a good catch. It was not a short ball, just back of a length, but Raina perhaps was anticipating a short ball and went back for the pull. He made contact with the top half of the bat. 66/4 39.2 to Jadeja, 133.6 kph, The readers' curse strikes! Done in by the bouncer. It reared up sharply at Jadeja who had no clue;. he hopped, took his eyes of the ball and fended it in an ungainly manner. The ball popped up for a easy catch behind the stumps. 199/7 43.1 to Kumar, 133.9 kph, And PK too combusts spontaneously.. He moved outside the leg stump and top-edged the intended flat-batted pull to mid-on. Gone! 207/9 AJ McKay 8 1 31 1 3.87 (4w) 11.3 to Yuvraj Singh, 139.5 kph, And he is gone now. Again the balance was all awry. It was a shortish delivery outside the off stump and he went for the pull but only top edged it and the keeper jogged back to collect it. It climbed just below chest high and Yuvraj tried to pull it from well outside off stump. That did him in. 61/3 SB Styris 6 0 37 0 6.16 (2w) NL McCullum 10 0 35 3 3.50 (1w) 32.2 to Sehwag, 81.0 kph, He has holed out at deep midwicket. He picked the flighted delivery from outside off and swung it straight to the fielder. Out after another fine knock. Valuable and entertaining. 173/5 38.3 to Dhoni, 89.7 kph, Nathan takes out Dhoni. It was a flighted delivery outside off that didn't turn in. Dhoni lunged out for the square drive and edged it behind! Hopkins caught it on the rebound. It had popped out but he crouched quickly to take it again 199/6 42.4 to Nehra, 85.4 kph, What a soft dismissal! It was flighted really full and Nehra scooped it straight back to the bowler. A golf putt. 207/8 KS Williamson 4 0 23 0 5.75 (3w) New Zealand innings (target: 224 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR BJ Watling b Nehra 2 11 0 0 18.18 3.4 137.6 kph, it's that big inswinger from back of a length again! Pitches around off, and jags back in, Watling plays it onto the stumps as he looks to steer clear of this delivery 6/2 MJ Guptill lbw b Kumar 0 1 0 0 0.00 0.2 129.0 kph, plumb! dead plumb! PK is celebrating and appealing at the same time. He plays for swing, and consequently down the wrong line. But this one goes straight on, and he ends up playing around the front pad and misses. Caught right in front 1/1 LRPL Taylor* c †Dhoni b Kumar 8 14 2 0 57.14 4.4 129.0 kph, four, four, and gone! PK comes back superbly. Outswinger gets the edge. Close to off, just short of driving length, Taylor hangs the bat, ball takes a healthy edge, and Dhoni dives in front of first slip to take the catch 14/3 GD Elliott lbw b Patel 11 38 1 0 28.94 20.5 129.6 kph, Munaf gets another! His accuracy works again. Pitched off and middle, moving in, and he plays across the line, missing it altogether, and is dead plumb 52/7 SB Styris b Kumar 1 15 0 0 6.66 8.5 127.7 kph, gone! played on! India on top. Back of a length, Styris looks to force it through the off side, but his feet are stuck, ends up playing away from the body, and the inside edge tickles the leg bail over 22/4 KS Williamson b Sharma 13 27 1 0 48.14 15.5 139.6 kph, big offcutter, finds the gap between bat and pad! This is the in-between length, and it cuts through Williamson's defence, getting a faint inside edge on the way through. The ball that first brought Ishant fame, the big in-dipper 41/5 GJ Hopkins† lbw b Patel 0 5 0 0 0.00 16.5 128.0 kph, Munaf is among the wickets too! Another ball that jags back n, this time from just outside off, beats his defence, and umpire Rauf has no second thoughts while ruling him out lbw. It's taking out the middle stump 42/6 NL McCullum c Karthik b Patel 5 18 0 0 27.77 22.2 123.1 kph, Munaf gets three! Short ball around off, and he plays the limp pull shot, the top edge settles peacefully with mid-off 53/8 KD Mills c Kumar b Nehra 52 35 7 3 148.57 30.1 117.9 kph, PK hasn't had to move an inch at long-on to take this catch. The slower ball does it for India, Mills looks to hit this out of the ground but finds long-on 118/10 TG Southee c Kumar b Jadeja 10 5 1 1 200.00 24.2 86.9 kph, and Dhoni's trick works! Six and out! Southee looks for another six, and this time he gets too much under it and finds long-on 80/9 AJ McKay not out 3 12 0 0 25.00 Extras (lb 5, w 8) 13 Total (all out; 30.1 overs) 118 (3.91 runs per over) Fall of wickets1-1 (Guptill, 0.2 ov), 2-6 (Watling, 3.4 ov), 3-14 (Taylor, 4.4 ov), 4-22 (Styris, 8.5 ov), 5-41 (Williamson, 15.5 ov), 6-42 (Hopkins, 16.5 ov), 7-52 (Elliott, 20.5 ov), 8-53 (McCullum, 22.2 ov), 9-80 (Southee, 24.2 ov), 10-118 (Mills, 30.1 ov) Bowling O M R W Econ P Kumar 8 2 34 3 4.25 (2w) 0.2 to Guptill, 129.0 kph, plumb! dead plumb! PK is celebrating and appealing at the same time. He plays for swing, and consequently down the wrong line. But this one goes straight on, and he ends up playing around the front pad and misses. Caught right in front 1/1 4.4 to Taylor, 129.0 kph, four, four, and gone! PK comes back superbly. Outswinger gets the edge. Close to off, just short of driving length, Taylor hangs the bat, ball takes a healthy edge, and Dhoni dives in front of first slip to take the catch 14/3 8.5 to Styris, 127.7 kph, gone! played on! India on top. Back of a length, Styris looks to force it through the off side, but his feet are stuck, ends up playing away from the body, and the inside edge tickles the leg bail over 22/4 A Nehra 6.1 1 10 2 1.62 (3w) 3.4 to Watling, 137.6 kph, it's that big inswinger from back of a length again! Pitches around off, and jags back in, Watling plays it onto the stumps as he looks to steer clear of this delivery 6/2 30.1 to Mills, 117.9 kph, PK hasn't had to move an inch at long-on to take this catch. The slower ball does it for India, Mills looks to hit this out of the ground but finds long-on 118/10 MM Patel 7 1 21 3 3.00 (3w) 16.5 to Hopkins, 128.0 kph, Munaf is among the wickets too! Another ball that jags back n, this time from just outside off, beats his defence, and umpire Rauf has no second thoughts while ruling him out lbw. It's taking out the middle stump 42/6 20.5 to Elliott, 129.6 kph, Munaf gets another! His accuracy works again. Pitched off and middle, moving in, and he plays across the line, missing it altogether, and is dead plumb 52/7 22.2 to McCullum, 123.1 kph, Munaf gets three! Short ball around off, and he plays the limp pull shot, the top edge settles peacefully with mid-off 53/8 I Sharma 6 1 27 1 4.50 15.5 to Williamson, 139.6 kph, big offcutter, finds the gap between bat and pad! This is the in-between length, and it cuts through Williamson's defence, getting a faint inside edge on the way through. The ball that first brought Ishant fame, the big in-dipper 41/5 RA Jadeja 3 0 21 1 7.00 24.2 to Southee, 86.9 kph, and Dhoni's trick works! Six and out! Southee looks for another six, and this time he gets too much under it and finds long-on 80/9 Match details Toss India, who chose to bat Points India 5, New Zealand 0 Player of the match V Sehwag (India) Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and EAR de Silva TV umpire HDPK Dharmasena Match referee AG Hurst (Australia) Reserve umpire PG Liyanage Match notes India innings India: 50 runs in 9.6 overs (64 balls), Extras 4 Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 V Sehwag: 50 off 41 balls (9 x 4) Drinks: India - 81/4 in 15.0 overs (V Sehwag 52, MS Dhoni 8) India: 100 runs in 19.5 overs (126 balls), Extras 7 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls (V Sehwag 24, MS Dhoni 19, Ex 7) India: 150 runs in 28.3 overs (182 balls), Extras 16 V Sehwag: 100 off 87 balls (14 x 4, 1 x 6) 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 115 balls (V Sehwag 58, MS Dhoni 31, Ex 11) Drinks: India - 173/5 in 32.2 overs (MS Dhoni 31) India: 200 runs in 40.3 overs (256 balls), Extras 19 Power Play 3: Overs 42.1 - 47.0 Innings Break: India - 223/10 in 46.3 overs (I Sharma 8) New Zealand innings Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 Drinks: New Zealand - 40/4 in 15.0 overs (GD Elliott 4, KS Williamson 13) New Zealand: 50 runs in 19.5 overs (127 balls), Extras 13 Power Play 3: Overs 24.1 - 29.0 New Zealand: 100 runs in 27.2 overs (172 balls), Extras 13 KD Mills: 50 off 32 balls (7 x 4, 3 x 6)