India Vs Australia – Boxing Day Test Match 1

Australia looks like a team that has a slight upper hand on the first test match of the Boxing Day (Border - Gavaskar) test series between Australia and India. From the first day till the end of day 3, match has been going from one team to another. And what a wonderful test match you can see other than this one, moment one team starts looking taking the grasp on the match other team pulls it off.


Now at stumps day 3 Australia has taken a healthy lead of 230. Michael Hussey is still batting and it’d be interesting to see how much lead he can provide to the Aussie team with 2 wickets still remaining.


In case Australia got a lead of 270 plus runs then it’d be very difficult for India to win or draw this match. Only one person can win match for India in this situation and that is the opener Virendar Sehwag. Let’s hope India can wrap up the Australian inning somewhere around the score of 250.


Today it was purely bowlers day and total of 15 wickets fell today and somewhere around 241 runs were scored. Now with pitch detoriating and match entering the 4th day of play the first 2 sessions will be match decider and we can see who will win this match. A draw is not anywhere in the sight here.

India tour of Australia and Super Century

Indian team arrived in Australia well in advance this time and also has played 2 practice matches. This show that team India and BCCI is really looking forward to perform well in the test match series. Because another tour like one team Indian had in England will mean the team is good at home grounds only.

We will get to know how team India will perform against slightly inexperienced Australian squad one day after Christmas, when the first test match will begin. But one thing that has been wondering cricket fans is will Sachin Tendulkar score the super century or not. Historically Sachin has scored one century on every tour of
Australia thus we can believe that this time too he will score a century and complete his century of centuries in international cricket.

Lets wait for watch for all the live action of India Vs Australia test cricket after Christmas.

Must win Match for West Indies - India vs WI Third ODI

After defeat in the test series, West is on the verge of loosing the one day series against India as well. To keep their chances in the series West Indies need to win the third ODI match that will be played at Ahmedabad.

For India it's time to keep the momentum going and carry on the series win with a clean sweep. Let see what happens tomorrow, we will bring you updates from the match :).

For West Indies team the matter of worry is that they are unable to finish the match on winning end, both the ODI matches they lost were close matches and had the West Indies bowler been able to keep the pressure on the strong middle order batting line.

To win the third ODI west Indies strongly need a very good score to defend and make sure they can build pressure on the batsmen and not give easy singles that became the main cause of loosing the match.

One man who I think can help WI win the match in K Pollard, he definitely need to get a good start to finish the game for his team.

India look for Test Series Clean sweep against West Indies

India have won the test series against West Indies by wining the second test match and Eden gardens Kolkata. However for both the teams it is a right opportunity to improve the performance levels and go to test series with a positive frame of mind.

Specially West Indies need a draw or win in the third and the final test match that begins 22-Nov at Mumbai. We can hope to see a completely different West Indies team in the ODI series with players like K. Pollard joining the team. Yes I must mention that India will not play Yuvraj Singh in the final test match. Thus a setback for Yuvraj who wants to establish himself as a test cricketer. Perhaps he can focus on domestive test cricket for some time. He is a wonderful player for shorter version and theres no doubt about it.

For India I am not sure but a clean sweep can be little helpful for them to improve the test rankings. Still getting back the Numero Uno position is very far and difficult journey.

Now a quick summary of cricket from other parts of the world:

• South Africa Vs Australia: Match is going in interesting phase on day 4 with Australia picking 4 quick wickets and mark a comeback in the test match. Still South Africa lead by 264 runs and have 3 wickets in hand which means if they manage to take the lead for more than 300 runs match will be evenly balanced.
• Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka need to win the match number 4 of the series to stay alive in the series. Let wait and watch all the live action from few hours from now.
  

India Vs West Indies Test Match Series - First Test Match

West Indies finished the first day day of first test match against India at Delhi with socreboardh reading 256/5. Indian bowlers did a good job getting 5 wickets on the track and have it one wicket more the days was for India. However splendid century from Shivnarine Chanderpaul made sure that West Indies have the upper hand at the end of day. Chanderpual is still not out and it'd be interesting to see if West Indies manage a big first Innings score OR if India can turn things dramatically taking quick wickets.

Keep on watching the live action of the match tomorrow and we can have a clear picture after the morning session.

Another test match going on between Sri Lanka and Pakistan is all set for a draw with Sri Lanka leading by 237 runs for the loss of 5 wickets at stumps day 4.

Updates from the test cricket

I thought the first test match between Sri Lanks and Pakistan was going to be dull one after Sri Lank got our to a low total and Pakistan declared first innings at the score of 511 thus taking a first innings lead of more than 300 runs.

I thought it would be same display of batting from the Sri Lankan batsmen and they will loss the match most probablt on the first session of day 5. However Kumar Sangakkara score a century and he sill still not out at 161.

With Sri Lankan scoreboard telling 298/5 at Stumps day 4 and Sri Lanka trail by 16 runs with 5 wickets remaining. Now all Sri Lanka need is to bat more sensibly for around 2 sessions tomorrow. However the strength of Pakistan is the bowling despite dropped catches (5 today), poor umpiring they can create wickets anytime for the side.

Lets see how game progresses tomorrow.

One the other hand Bangladesh one ot best starts the team had again West Indies and have scored 255 runs for the loss of 4 wickets on day 1.

Cricket Updates & Preview of third One Day Match India Vs England

It was nice to see ex-captain Ricky Ponting opening batting for Australia along with Michael Hussey in the first ODI of the one day international cricket match series between South Africa & Australia. Ricky Ponting is playing a good knock at the position he rarely plays and currently batting not out at 61 with Australian score board saying 157/2 in 26 overs.

And the latest update is that Ponting got out at 63 runs, will update more about this live match later. Just keep and eye over scoreboard.

Sri Lanka on the other hand is on back foot after a brilliant bowling by Pakistan bowlers on first day and very brilliant batting by Pakistan batsmen on second day.

Now coming to India vs England ODI series, India is already leading the series 2-0 and may be looking to win the series in Mohali tomorrow but Mohali pitch has something to offer for quick bowlers thus if England win the toss they can keep the series alive.