Pakistan v Bangladesh (2nd Test): Match Summary -- Abdur Rehman's Best Sets Up Series Sweep

MIRPUR, Bangladesh (Dec. 20) – Pakistan brutally crushed the hosts Bangladesh today in the second and final Test of the series here at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. 

Abdur Rehman's Best Sets Up Series Sweep

Pakistan achieves the triumph by 7 wickets on the final day of the second Test, squaring the tally of number of Test matches won in 2011 with England.

Match Summary is given below:

• Bangladesh (First Innings) 338/10 in 107.2 overs
          Shakib Al Hasan 144
          Shahriar Nafees 97
          Mushfiqur Rahim 44
Pakistan (Bowling)
         Aizaz Cheema 3/73
         Umar Gul 3/102
         Saeed Ajmal 2/64
• Pakistan (First Innings) 470/10 in 154.5 overs
         Taufeeq Umar 130
         Misbah-ul-Haq 70
         Azhar Ali 57
Bangladesh (Bowling)
         Shakib Al Hasan 6/82
         Nazmul Hossain 2/61
         Robiul Islam 1/78
• Bangladesh (Second Innings) 234/10 in 82.1 overs
         Nasir Hossain 79
         Mushfiqur Rahim 53
         Mahmudullah 32
Pakistan (Bowling)
         Abdur Rehman 4/51
         Umar Gul 2/34
         Saeed Ajmal 2/55
• Pakistan (Second Innings) 107/3 in 20.5 overs
         Muhammad Hafeez 47
         Azhar Ali 34
         Younis Khan 16*
Bangladesh (Bowling)
         Elias Sunny 1/7
         Nazmul Hossain 1/19
         Shakib Al Hasan 1/47

Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Player of the series: Younis Khan (Pakistan)

Video Highlights: New Zealand claimed dramatic and historical victory over Australia in Hobart Test

HOBART, Pakistan (Dec. 12) – Doug Bracewell, the promising Kiwi pacer, grabbed six wickets in a destructive spell of bowling to lead New Zealand to a spectacular first test victory over mighty Australian since 1993. They won the second test by just seven runs on Monday.

New Zealand pacer claimed 6-40 in his devastating spell

This is not only the first Test victory for New Zealand against Australia since 1993 but the first on Australian soil since 1985. Most importantly they squared the 2-Test series after the hosts won the opening Test in Brisbane by huge margin of nine wickets.

The Black Caps claimed last eight Australian wickets for 74 runs to claim a sensational victory midway through the fourth day of an extraordinary Test match at Bellerive Oval.

Australia, requiring 241 for victory on the day four of the 2nd test, had appeared to be approaching te target quite easily courtesy to the maiden Test ton by David Warner until Bracewell (6-40) helped send them tumbling from 159 for two to 233 all out. David Warner stood unbeaten on 123 at the end.


Full match summary ................. HERE.

Watch below the video highlights of the Test match between Australia and New Zaland at Hobart.

Virender Sehwag (Veru): Runs 219, Balls 149, Boundaries 25, Sixes 7 -- Video Highlights of the World Record

INDORE, India (Dec. 08) - India crsuhed West Indies by 153 runs in the fourth ODI today here at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.

Veru stunned the world with another record breaking innings

The victory of India might be routine news in cricketing world but a blistering, world record innings played by Indian skipper Virender Sehwag would be remembered for long. India piled up gigantic 418 runs for the loss of five wickets courtesy to 219-run innings by super Sehwag.

Today is certainly a stunning and memorable day in the history of cricket as India's blazing opener Virender Sehwag played a historical ODI innings of 219 runs off just 149 balls. He broke the record (200 not out) of his own teammate, the little master Saching Tendulkar.

Virender Sehwag smashed 25 boundaries and 7 sixes during his world record innings spanned over 149 balls.

Watch video highlights of the stunning innings by Virender Sehwag (aka VERU) below:

India v West Indies, Fourth ODI -- India outshine West Indies as Sehwag enters into record books

INDORE, India (Dec. 08) – India won the fourth ODI by 153 runs against West Indies today here at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore. West Indies just managed to score 265 in reply to India’s mammoth 418.

Sehwag's ODI record as India take the series by 3-1

Ravindra Jadeja and Rahul Sharma played a key role with the ball to temper the hopes of West Indies to square the series. Now India has 3-1 decisive lead in theis 5-match ODI series.

The victory of India might be a routine news in cricketing world but a blistering, world record innings played by Indian skipper Virender Sehwag would be remembered for long. India piled up gigantic 418 runs for the loss of five courtesy to 219-run innings by super Sehwag.

Today is certainly a stunning and memorable day in the history of cricket as India's blazing opener Virender Sehwag played a historical ODI innings of 219 runs off just 149 balls. He broke the record (200 not out) of his own teammate, the little master Saching Tendulakar.

India finishes their brilliant batting piling up gigantic 418 runs for the loss of five wickets.

Earlier batting first after winning the toss; Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Guatam Gambhir gave the hosts a flying start in the fourth ODI gainst West Indies at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.

Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina also scored healthy knocks of 67 (67) and 55 (44). Rohit Sharma (27) and Virat Kohli (23) blazed in the last moments to lead India to get past 400-mark.

Denesh Ramdin was the top scorer with his 96-run innings with Lendl Simmons (36), Marlon Samuels (33), Andre Russell (29) and Sunil Narine (27*) as the other significant contributors for India.

Virender Sehwag Made 219 and Becomes The Highest Runs Gettter in ODI History

INDORE, India (dec. 08) – Today is certainly a stunning and memorable day in the history of cricket as India's blazing opener Virender Sehwag played a historical ODI innings of 219 runs off just 149 balls. He broke the record (200 not out) of his own teammate, the little master Saching Tendulakar.

Virender Sehwag hit blazing 219 to set new world record in ODI history

India finishes their brilliant batting piling up gigantic 418 runs for the loss of five wickets.

Earlier batting first after winning the toss; Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Guatam Gambhir gave the hosts a flying start in the fourth ODI gainst West Indies at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.

Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina also scored healthy knocks of 67 (67) and 55 (44). Rohit Sharma (27) and Virat Kohli (23) blazed in the last moments to lead India to get past 400-mark.

India v West Indies (4th ODI) at Indore -- Team News, Match Preview, Live Streaming, Updates and Probable Squads

INDORE, India (Dec. 08) – Rampant West Indies will take on the hosts India in the fourth ODI of the 5-match series today here at Holkar cricket Stadium, Indore. Windies are set to go all out to level the series and the wary Indian side doesn’t look really in the mood to stop the storm.

India v West Indies (4th ODI): Darren Bravo ruled out due to hamstring injury

West Indies have certainly played a better cricket gradually than the hosts in this tour, especially in ODI series; but unfortunately they took extra bit of time to taste their first victory until the last ODI.

India are 2-1 up in the series and need only one win before they lock series triumph; but this one victory seems a lot farther after the visitors came back strongly in the third ODI to win by 16 runs and made their chances bright to fight back before the series was handed over to India.

Team news

A bad news for West Indies is that their best batsman on the tour, Darren Bravo, is out with a hamstring injury. Two possible replacements are available in the shape of Adrian Barath Kieran Powell. Although Powell had an impressive performance in Test series; but Barath has more chances to replace Bravo in today’s match.

• West Indies (probable squad) 

1 Lendl Simmons, 2 Adrian Barath / Kieran Powell, 3 Marlon Samuels, 4 Danza Hyatt, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 7 Darren Sammy (capt), 8 Andre Russell, 9 Ravi Rampaul, 10 Kemar Roach, 11 Sunil Narine

Due to an early leaving of Umesh Yadav to Australia, Varun Aaron will get another chance to return to the final squad with Irfan Pathan, Abhimanyu Mithun and Vinay Kumar are also in the queue. Let’s see who will be called by Virender Sehwag for a crucial outing against the tourists.

• India (probable squad)

1 Parthiv Patel (wk), 2 Virender Sehwag (capt), 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Rohit Sharma, 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Irfan Pathan, 9 R Ashwin, 10 R Vinay Kumar, 11 Varun Aaron / Abhimanyu Mithun

India v West Indies (4th ODI) at Indore – Live Streaming 

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Umar Akmal: Star of the Show as Pakistan Seals Clean Sweep against Bangladesh

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Dec. 06) – Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 58 runs today in another low-scoring match at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong. Pakistani spinners played the key role bringing this victory to Pakistan’s side. Muhammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik claimed three wickets each while Saeed Ajmal and Abudur Rehman shared two wickets each.

Umar Akmal named as man of the match and man of the series 

With this victory Pakistan whitewashed the ODI series winning all three matches comprehensively. The tourists had already registered two convincing victories in the series, winning by five wickets chasing just 92 at Dhaka before triumphing by 76 runs at the same venue on Saturday.

Earlier Pakistan decided to bat after winning the toss but lost the tempo in the very first over losing inform Muhammad Hafeez without disturbing the scorers. Asad Shafiq and Younis Khan couldn’t last long as well and Pakistan went deep in trouble 39/3. Then the best partnership of 94 runs between Skipper Misbah ul Haq and Umar Akmal led Pakistan out of trouble a bit.

Then came Abdur Razzak and struck twice in 36th over leaving the visitors at 133/5. Two wickets, Misbah ul Haq and Shoaib Malik, in two balls again left Pakistan struggling to get past 200. Pakistan lost last 7 wickets for adding only 44 runs.

Pakistan just managed to score 177 before getting all out in 47th over. Umar Akmal was the highest scorer for Pakistan with his 57 runs off 84 balls. Misbah ul Haq (47) and Younis Khan (26) were the other significant contributors in Pakistan’s total. None of the remaining batsmen succeeded to get a double figured score.

Bangladesh bowlers bowled superbly to curtail Pakistan under 200-mark and created a real chance to amuse the home crowd. Abdur Razzak and Mahmudullah claimed 3 wickets each while Elias Sunny grabbed two wickets. One each shared by Shafiul Islam and Shakib Al Hasan.

Chasing a moderate total of 178; Bangladesh had not the greatest of starts as well and lost Tamim Iqbal on very first ball of their innings. Mahmudullah (35) and Shahriar Nafees (25) strengthen the innings with a steady partnership of 69 runs. But once Nafees was trapped by Saeed Ajmal at total score of 69; the Bangladesh innings tattered again and they lost last eight wickets for just adding 49 runs. Bangladesh got all out for 119 in 38th over leaving a gap of 58 runs.

Umar Akmal was named man of the match and man of the series for his consistent batting performance.

Breaking Updates: Spinners helped Pakistan to whitewash the ODI series against Bangladesh

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Dec. 06) – Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 58 runs in another low-scoring match at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong.

Spinners helped winning a low-scoring match against Bangladesh

With this victory Pakistan whitewashed the ODI series winning all three matches comprehensively. Pakistani spinners played the key role bringing this victory to Pakistan’s side. Muhammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik claimed three wickets each while Saeed Ajmal and Abudur Rehman shared two wickets each.

Batting first, after winning the toss, Pakistan just managed to score 177 before getting all out in 47th over. Umar Akmal was the highest scorer for Pakistan with his 57 runs off 84 balls. Misbah ul Haq (47) and Younis Khan (26) were the other significant contributors in Pakistan’s total. none of the remaining batsmen succeeded to get a double figured score.

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Umar Akmal: Star of the Show as Pakistan Seals Clean Sweep

Pakistan v Bangladesh (3rd ODI) at Chittagong: Live Streaming -- Will Bangladesh survive a whitewash at home soil?

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Dec. 06) – Bangladesh will be playing to save their pride of being whitewashed at their home soil by the hands of Pakistan when they face the visitors today in the last ODI of the 3-match series.

Pakistan v Bangladesh (3rd ODI): Will Bangladesh survive a whitewash at home soil?

The tourists have already scored two convincing victories in the series so far, winning by five wickets chasing just 92 at Dhaka before triumphing by 76 runs at the same venue on Saturday.

Pakistan team is playing like a winning combination and a composite bunch of players under the captaincy of cool and calm Misbah ul Haq. Boom boom Afridi is in a good nick and has been continuously performing with bat and ball since his comeback to the national side. Not only Shahid Afridi but Umar Gul, Muhammad Hafeez and Umar Akmal are also performing with consistency. Saeed Ajmal is a bit underdone in Bangladesh tour until now but certainly will play a key role in the Test series ahead.

On the other hand Bangladesh seems like under pressure, especially their batting, and struggling to produce any threatening effect for the visitors. Bangladesh top order batsmen are continuously lacking the ability to cop the superb form of Pakistan bowlers. Bangladesh batting performance depends a lot on their blazing opener Tamim Iqbal who seems to have been going through a bad patch. Bangladesh are supposed break the shackles once Tamim Iqbal and other top order batsmen will be able to perform a lot better.

The only player who has performed for Bangaldesh with the bat effectively is young all rounder Nasir Hossain. From T20I, the series opener, to last ODI at Dhaka he has exhibited some extraordinary batting skills and scored his maiden century in last ODI and named as man of the match. If Bangladesh want to make their presence feel then couple of players will come forward to follow the footsteps of young Nasir Hossain.

The match is schedule to be played at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong and will begin at 13:30 local time (07:30 GMT).

Probable squads for both teams are given below:

Bangladesh squad

Mushfiqur Rahim*†, Mahmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Alok Kapali, Elias Sunny, Farhad Reza, Imrul Kayes, Naeem Islam, Nasir Hossain, Nazmul Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Shahriar Nafees, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal

Pakistan squad

Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Aizaz Cheema, Asad Shafiq, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Khalil, Saeed Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Younis Khan

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India v West Indies (3rd ODI), Ahmedabad: Live Streaming - Will Windies break the shackles?

AHMEDABAD, India – India set to take a decisive lead in 5-match ODI series against West Indies tomorrow in the 3rd ODI at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad. India have already won the first two ODIs.

West Indies yet to taste a victory in the recent tour to India

India will be certainly eyeing to lock the series win with another victory; while West Indies will go all out to make their presence feel after losing the Test series and first two of the One Dayers. It's been more than a month since West Indies landed in India but they are yet to win a game despite offering a cut-throat competition in most of the matches.

Match is scheduled to begin at 14:30 local time (09:00 GMT).

The probable squads of the both teams are given below:

India squad

V Sehwag*, VR Aaron, R Ashwin, G Gambhir, RA Jadeja, V Kohli, A Mithun, PA Patel†, AM Rahane, SK Raina, R Sharma, RG Sharma, MK Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, U Yadav

West Indies squad

DJG Sammy*, AB Barath, DM Bravo, DP Hyatt, A Martin, JN Mohammed, SP Narine, KA Pollard, KOA Powell, D Ramdin†, R Rampaul, KAJ Roach, AD Russell, MN Samuels, LMP Simmons

India v West Indies (3rd ODI) at Ahmedabad, India – Live Streaming

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Live Cricket: Ravi Rampaul leads West Indies to a challenging total of 269 in 2nd ODI against India

VISAKHAPATNUM, India – Ravi Rampaul played a real cameo to lead West Indies to a challenging total of 269/9. The last wicket stand brought 99 runs in last 16 overs.  

India v West Indies (2nd ODI): Ravi Rampaul  scored 86 (66) to lead West Indies to 269/9

Earlier India took the West Indies’ innings under control after winning the toss and invited the the visitors’ to bat first. West Indies kept on losing wickets from the second over of their innings and at one point were struggling at 63/5 in 17^th over.

West Indian opener Lendl Simmons played an anchor innings until he got run out at 170 in 36^th over. He made 78 runs off 102 balls. Kieron Pollard also played a handy knock of 35 runs off 30 balls; but the pick of West Indian innings was Ravi Rampaul, who played an unbeaten knock of 86 (66) with an amazing strike rate of more than 130. Kemar Roach support Rampual with his 24-run innings.

Umesh Yadav picked up three wickets; while Vinay Kumar and Raviindra Jadeja claimed two wickets each. Ravichandran Ashwin also claimed one wicket for India.

The West Indies have set a great platform to level the series and will certainly take the field with sky-high confidence. The target would really be challenging for India as they faced a lot of problems achieving the target of 211 in the first ODI.

Let’s see how India will respond to tailed-up West Indies. For live score updates ....... CLICK HERE

Shahid Afridi named man of the match as Pakistan posted victory in low-scoring thriller

DHAKA, Bangladesh (Dec. 1) – Shahid Afridi again emerges as rescuer in a low scoring nail-biting thriller against Bangladesh as Pakistan posted a 5-wicket victory in the first ODI here at Dhaka.

Shahid Afridi named as man of the match in first ODI against Bangladesh 

Afridi took the innings in his control after Pakistan was about to lose their way at 63/5 despite a reasonable start of 36 runs provided by openers and then Pakistan lost 5 wickets for an addition of just 27 runs courtesy to some poor shot selection by Pakistani batsmen and impressive bowling by Bangladesh bowlers.

Afridi top scored with his little cameo of 24 runs of 23 balls. Muhammad Hafeez also played a handy knock of 22 runs, while Imran Farhat scored 12. Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq was unbeaten at 16.

Shakin Al Hasan bowled brilliantly and picked up two important wickets in his 9.3 overs conceding just 42 runs. Rubel Hussain also bowled impressive for his two wickets while Nasir Hossain chipped in with one wicket.

Shahid Afridi picks his fifth wicket on the last ball of Bangladesh innings as the host got all out cheaply under 100.

Nasir Hossain is again the top scorer for Bangladesh with his 21-run innings while Mushfiqur Rahim (11) and Shakib Al Hasan (15) are the only other to get a double figure score. The longest partnership of 36 runs was between Shakib and Nasir Hossain. Bangladesh is sent back to pavilion for just 91 in 30.3 overs.

All Pakistani bowlers among the wickets as Umar Gul, aizaz Cheema, Shoaib Malik, Saeed Ajmal and Muhammad Hafeez sharing one wicket each.

Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first in first ODI against touring Pakistan. The hosts lost their blazing opener Tamim Iqbal in the very first over to Muhammad Hafeez who is now regulary opening the bowling, as well, along with Umar Gul and doing absolutely well for Pakistan.

Shahid Afridi was named man of the match for his five-wicket haul and match winning unbeaten innings of 24 runs. 

Pak v BD (1st ODI) Live -- Shahid Afridi Completes 5-wicket haul as Bangladesh crumbled at 91

DHAKA, Bangladesh (Dec. 1) – Shahid Afridi picks his fifth wicket on the last ball of banglades innings as the host got all out cheaply under 100.

Shahid Afridi Completes 5-wicket haul as Bangladesh crumbled at 91

Nasir Hossain is again the top scorer for Bangladesh with his 21-run innings while Mushfiqur Rahim (11) and Shakib Al Hasan (15) are the only other to get a double figure score. The longest partnership of 36 runs was between Shakib and Nasir Hossain. Bangladesh is sent back to pavilion for just 91 in 30.3 overs.

All Pakistani bowlers among the wickets as Umar Gul, aizaz Cheema, Shoaib Malik, Saeed Ajmal and Muhammad Hafeez sharing one wicket each.

Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first in first ODI against touring Pakistan. The hosts lost their blazing opener Tamim Iqbal in the very first over to Muhammad Hafeez who is now regulary opening the bowling, as well, along with Umar Gul and doing absolutely well for Pakistan.  

Pakistan has made two changes in the team that won T20I just a couple of days ago. Asad Shafiq has been replaced with veteran Younis Khan while wicket keeper Sarfaraz Ahmad has made his way back to team replacing the vacuum created by the Sohail Tanvir.

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Pakistan v Bangladesh (1st ODI) -- Live Score: Winning Toss Bangladesh Struggling on 20/2 after 9 Overs

DHAKA, Bangladesh (Dec. 1) – Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first in first ODI against touring Pakista. The hosts lost their blazing opener Tamim Iqbal in the very first over to Muhammad Hafeez who is now regulary opening the bowling, as well, along with Umar Gul and doing absolutely well for Pakistan.

Pakistan made two changes in the team that won T20I just a couple of days ago. Asad Shafiq has been replaced with veteran Younis Khan while wicket keeper Sarfaraz Ahmad has made his way back to team replacing the vacuum created by the Sohail Tanvir.

Right now, at the time of writing these few lines, Bangladesh has already lost Naeem Islam and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and Shahriar Nafees are trying their best to repair the damage. Bangladesh is 20/2 after 9 overs.

Final squads for both the teams are given below:

Bangladesh Squad:

Tamim Iqbal, Naeem Islam, Shahriar Nafees, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (c & wk), Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Farhad Reza, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam

Pakistan Squad:

Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema

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Match is being supervised by Johanes Cloete (RSA), Enamul Haque (Ban) in the field while Sharfuddoula (Ban) and Javagal Srinath (Ind) are serving as third umpire and match referee respectively.