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Duminy to play in second ODI
JP Duminy has been given the all-clear by the fitness team to resume his international career for the Proteas' Standard Bank ODI squad in the second MTN ODI against Zimbabwe at SuperSport Park on Tuesday.
There is the possibility that Jacques Kallis will play in this match as a specialist batsman as well although he won't be ready to fill an all-rounder's role until the weekend when the Proteas play their two-match Standard Bank International Pro20 series against England.
"JP has had a mild dose of shin splints," commented Proteas' physiotherapist Brandon Jackson. "We thought it advisable to rest him for a couple of days and he is now clear to resume full activity."
Duminy had a net session on Sunday afternoon.
"Jacques has been batting for a few days now without any problems," added Jackson, "and he bowled five light overs during the lunch break of the MTN ODI at Sahara Willowmoore Park. "He came through that symptom free and should be ready for full activity by the weekend.
"Wayne Parnell started jogging on Sunday and also had a batting session in the nets and is still suffering some discomfort of his right ankle. He is probably still 10 days' away from a return to full activity," concluded Jackson.
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ICC World Twenty20 2009 wins tourism award
The ICC World Twenty20 England 2009 won the prestigious BT Visit London Award for the Best Sports Tourism Event at a glittering ceremony in London on Thursday evening.
Tournament Director Steve Elworthy collected the latest accolade for the event from Great Britain Paralympian Ade Adepitan at London's Westfield as ICC World Twenty20 England 2009 beat off competition from Premier League giants Arsenal and Chelsea as well as a host of other high profile events
Steve Elworthy said: ?This is another fantastic success for the team at the England and Wales Cricket Board, who delivered the event for, and with the assistance of, the ICC. The venues, Lord's, The Brit Oval, Trent Bridge and Taunton, deserve great credit for making this event such a triumph. I thank them and all their staff for their support and desire to ensure the tournament was so successful.'
'Hundreds of thousands of people watched the matches with many of them travelling from overseas and from all corners of the United Kingdom. Anyone who witnessed the scenes in the streets of London after the final at Lord's when Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in the men's final will be in no doubt about the global importance of the event and the multicultural reach and impact of cricket'
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Australia beat India by three runs in fifth ODI
HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - Australia beat India by three runs in the fifth one-day international on Thursday to take a 3-2 lead in the seven-match series.
Scores: Australia 350-4 in 50 overs (S. Watson 93, S. Marsh 112, C. White 57) v India 347 in 49.4 overs (S. Tendulkar 175, S. Raina 59)
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Tendulkar extends ODI run record to 17,000
Hyderabad, Nov 5 (IANS) Sachin Tendulkar, two weeks short of completing his two decades in international cricket, scored a brilliant 175 as he crossed his personal milestone of 17,000 ODI runs in the fourth One-Day International against Australia here Thursday.
Tendulkar crossed the 17,000-run mark while taking three runs off Ben Hilfenhaus in 4.6 overs. Tendulkar now has 17,168 runs from 435 matches since making his debut in 1989. The 175 against Australia here was Tendulkar's 45th ODI century.
Against Australia, Tendulkar has scored 2,995 runs, including nine centuries and against Sri Lanka he has amassed 2749 runs with eight centuries. Tendulkar also has an impressive record against arch-rivals Pakistan, against whom he has scored 2,389 runs including five centuries.
Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, the second highest scorer in ODIs with 13,377, and Australian captain Ricky Ponting, the third with 12,241 runs, are way behind Sachin.
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Australia beat India to take 3-2 lead in series
Hyderabad, Nov 5 (IANS) Australia defeated India by three runs in the fourth One-day international and took a 3-2 lead in the series at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at the Uppal here Thursday.
Chasing 351, India were all out for 347 with two balls remaining. Sachin Tendulkar scored a stunning 175 en route to his personal milestone of crossing 17,000 ODI runs.
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MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh lead India to victory
India 230 for 4 (Yuvraj 78, Dhoni 71*) beat Australia 229 for 5 (Hussey 81*, Ponting 59, Watson 41) by six
Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni shared a serene 148-run stand to help India win a battle of attrition on a sluggish track at the Feroz Shah Kotla and take a 2-1 lead in the seven-ODI series. Australia would perhaps rue the fact that they settled for 229 when they batted after winning an important toss.
"A total of 220 should be a good score on this pitch," Ponting had said and Australia's approach while batting reflected his mindset. Their bowlers did pick up three quick top-order wickets to leave India wobbling at 53 for 3 but Yuvraj and Dhoni batted with the knowledge that sufficient time spent at the crease would ensure a risk-free victory. The pitch was slow and not conducive to stroke making but it did not spin treacherously, despite the visibly dramatic wear and tear.
The game was evenly balanced mid way during the chase with India in consolidation mode at 101 for 3, but Yuvraj and Dhoni slowly and surely pulled India ahead. They batted with restraint while settling in on this track because, as Michael Hussey proved earlier during an unbeaten 81, batting got easier with more time spent on it.
They scored largely in singles and twos before Yuvraj attacked in the 34th over with 94 needed in 17 overs. He flicked for six and hit an extra-cover drive off Moises Henriques before he repeated the sequence next over with a bludgeoned six over long-on and a square-driven boundary against Adam Voges. The momentum shifted permanently after that and Yuvraj played several exquisite drives. He fell 29 runs short of the target but Dhoni struck a couple of boundaries to ward off any hiccups.
Australia had tried their best to apply the squeeze in the middle overs of the chase with the spin-seam combo of Nathan Hauritz and Doug Bollinger. The fast-improving Hauritz slowed his pace and punctuated his offbreaks with the one that went on with the arm. Dhoni chose to play Hauritz off the back foot while Yuvraj pressed forward. Bollinger, who replaced Ben Hilfenhaus, bowled a nagging line and length to strangle the batsmen. Peter Siddle, too, was economical and Australia's bowling, in the absence of Brett Lee and a quality spinner, was as tight as Ponting could hope for but perhaps they had erred in their conservative estimate of a total on this sluggish track.
Once Australia decided not to play specialist opener Shaun Marsh, and possessing a thin middle-order inexperienced in such conditions, they were going to depend heavily on Ponting, Hussey and Shane Watson to reach a competitive total. Their approach seemed to indicate wariness that a collapse was never too far away on a demanding surface. Ponting, who opened only for the second time in his 327-ODI career in Tim Paine's absence, and Watson didn't try anything fancy during a sedate but solid start before Hussey took charge of seeing Australia through to the finish.
Hussey's innings was tailored to the situation. He played numerous little dabs and nudges, cut and swept whenever he could, and never got ahead of himself at any stage. He did play a reverse sweep against Yuvraj but it wasn't a shot of flamboyance but one that exploited the gap in the field. He only hit three more boundaries - the first was a result of a misfield, the second came in the 48th over when he finally heaved one across the line and the highlight was the last, when he charged out to clatter Ashish Nehra over long-on in the 50th over.
Before Hussey played his characteristic innings, Ponting and Watson played uncharacteristic ones to give the innings a steady start. With swing out of the question, the Indian seamers tried to win lbw decisions by bowling as straight as possible and the spinners slowed their pace and kept to an off and middle stump line. Ponting began cautiously, taking care to get his bat in front of the pads, and dealt in singles. Watson also batted in a similar vein and just when he was beginning to cut loose, he fell to Yuvraj after he was beaten by flight and turn and dragged his back foot out of the crease. Hussey came to Australia's rescue with an assured knock but it wasn't enough to stop India from going ahead in the series.
Sriram Veera is a staff writer at Cricinfo
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'We floundered in batting powerplay'
'We floundered in batting powerplay'
Vadodara, Oct. 26 -- Praveen Kumar and Harbhajan Singh's batting heroics took India agonisingly close to a sensational win before the hosts slumped to a four-run defeat against Australia in the first ODI in Vadodara. Atreyo Mukhopadhyay reports. SEE SCORECARD
It was a case of so near yet so far, but India had probably lost the match well before the last over. With due credit toHarbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar, the match was half in Australia's pocket when they plucked out the heart of the Indian batting order during the batting powerplay.
India opted for those five overs that the batting side can choose after the 34th over with seven wickets in hand and 126 needed. They lost the three remaining specialist batsmen in the next 3.2 overs for the addition of 19 runs. Despite heaping praise on the unlikely duo, M.S. Dhoni blamed the defeat to this period.
"Given the amount of T20 we play, the task was quite achievable when we took the powerplay. 35-40 runs in that phase would have eased the pressure. It didn't work in this game but we're quite happy with that strategy. We lost too many wickets in the period."
Ricky Ponting said he was delighted that a youngster like Peter Siddle finally pulled it off at a time when Brett Lee couldn't bowl because of an elbow injury. "Happy that we won. It would have been disappointing had we not won from the position." He said it was a good lesson for some of his inexperienced players. "Peter hasn't been in that situation before and it was a new situation for quite a few of the guys. We didn't bowl well in the last five-six overs, but I'm happy to have crossed the line. We take plenty of positives out of this game." "He came close and played well, but not well enough."
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