Pakistan did well both with the bat and ball in winning the first Test against South Africa at the Abu Dhabi, in UAE.
The hosts used the conditions of the pitch well in restricting South Africa in the first innings. Hashim Amla together with JP Duminy put up a 95 run partnership for the fifth wicket in the first innings total of 249.
Pakistani bowlers completely dominated the South Africa batting line up with some good bowling.
Pakistan in the first innings dominated with the bat with a big century from opening batsman Khurram.
Pakistan won the series in UAE against England in 2012 with similar tactics.
Abdur Rehman, the spinner, is missing from the Pakistani bowling line up, who along with Saeed Ajmal bowled Pakistan to victory in the series against England.
South Africa going down without giving a fight shows the way in which Pakistan dominated the match.
South Africa should now focus to think slightly different in match tactics and team composition.
Valleyz.Blog
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Ind/Aus 2013 Third ODI: Mohali - Match Analysis
After the first two matches between India and Australia, the two sides now stand 1-1 in the series with the third match scheduled in Mohali.
Both the teams have did well in showing their strength, particularly with the bat. Putting up 300 plus totals in the first two games show, how well the teams are producing the consistent batting display.
Australia have reasonably did well while batting against India. It is to be noted that Australia opened the batting in both the earlier fixtures at Pune and Jaipur. Which means Australia were not under pressure chasing the total in the second innings.
It will be interesting to see how the teams perform at Mohali, which is a more balanced pitch than we have seen in the earlier matches. Pitch at Mohali usually carries pace and bounce, assists bowlers and batsman evenly.
A score of around 300 would be a challenging one on this surface. Also the match being a day and nighter, there would be dew factor in the second innings of the game.
So the team winning the toss will probably look to bat first as it would be difficult to grip the ball under the lights. And it will not be a free run scoring pitch that we have seen in Jaipur.
India need to look at its bowling options again as it has conceded 300 plus totals in both the outings.
It is particularly harsh on the part of the bowlers in this age of big hitting cricket, with more and more T20 Cricket, the bowlers are always under pressure.
Ashok Dinda should be considered in place of Vinay Kumar, if team think tank is expecting nip and bounce from the wicket.
Pitches in the sub continent particularly are not favourable for seamers in particular, where they do not have the nip and bounce found in green wickets in other parts of the world.
It is difficult to select the Australian bowling lineup, as all of the bowlers were taken to task by inform Virat Kohli. The strategy should be to bowl in good areas consistently.
Mohali match could assist Australia slightly in the bowling department as the track is not as flat as it was in Jaipur.
Team batting first and scoring around 300 will have a distinct advantage and any total around 270 would be difficult to defend.
Valleyz.Blog
Both the teams have did well in showing their strength, particularly with the bat. Putting up 300 plus totals in the first two games show, how well the teams are producing the consistent batting display.
Australia have reasonably did well while batting against India. It is to be noted that Australia opened the batting in both the earlier fixtures at Pune and Jaipur. Which means Australia were not under pressure chasing the total in the second innings.
It will be interesting to see how the teams perform at Mohali, which is a more balanced pitch than we have seen in the earlier matches. Pitch at Mohali usually carries pace and bounce, assists bowlers and batsman evenly.
A score of around 300 would be a challenging one on this surface. Also the match being a day and nighter, there would be dew factor in the second innings of the game.
So the team winning the toss will probably look to bat first as it would be difficult to grip the ball under the lights. And it will not be a free run scoring pitch that we have seen in Jaipur.
India need to look at its bowling options again as it has conceded 300 plus totals in both the outings.
It is particularly harsh on the part of the bowlers in this age of big hitting cricket, with more and more T20 Cricket, the bowlers are always under pressure.
Ashok Dinda should be considered in place of Vinay Kumar, if team think tank is expecting nip and bounce from the wicket.
Pitches in the sub continent particularly are not favourable for seamers in particular, where they do not have the nip and bounce found in green wickets in other parts of the world.
It is difficult to select the Australian bowling lineup, as all of the bowlers were taken to task by inform Virat Kohli. The strategy should be to bowl in good areas consistently.
Mohali match could assist Australia slightly in the bowling department as the track is not as flat as it was in Jaipur.
Team batting first and scoring around 300 will have a distinct advantage and any total around 270 would be difficult to defend.
Valleyz.Blog
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Ind/Aus 2013 Second ODI - India beats Australia in a thrilling encounter
India won the match in great style after Australia put up a huge total of 360 to chase. The pitch had nothing to assist the bowlers and it was evident in the way the batsmen from both the sides were able to dominate the bowling.
Earlier Australia won the toss and elected to bat first and made most of the opportunity. Skipper George Bailey and all the top 5 Aussie batsmen showed lot of grit and determination to put another challenging total against the hosts.
But when India resumed it's innings first few overs were kept tight by the Australian bowlers. But after that India's batsmen showed tremendous skills to overcome some aggressive bowling.
Once the batsmen were in the groove they were easily able to rotate the strike. The match was thoroughly entertaining through out. Specially the brilliant knock by Virat Kohli breaking record of sorts.
He has proved that time and again, and Australia know how important a player he is to the Indian batting line up.
With the second match, the two sides draw level 1-1.
Valleyz.Blog
Earlier Australia won the toss and elected to bat first and made most of the opportunity. Skipper George Bailey and all the top 5 Aussie batsmen showed lot of grit and determination to put another challenging total against the hosts.
But when India resumed it's innings first few overs were kept tight by the Australian bowlers. But after that India's batsmen showed tremendous skills to overcome some aggressive bowling.
Once the batsmen were in the groove they were easily able to rotate the strike. The match was thoroughly entertaining through out. Specially the brilliant knock by Virat Kohli breaking record of sorts.
He has proved that time and again, and Australia know how important a player he is to the Indian batting line up.
With the second match, the two sides draw level 1-1.
Valleyz.Blog
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Live Updates:India/Australia 2013 ODI match evenly poised after Aussie score 304/8 in the first innings
Australia have done well in reaching 300 plus total on not so fast a pitch, main contributions from Bailey(85) and Finch(72) with good supporting knocks from Hughes and Maxwell.
If the Australia take a couple of early wickets, then Aussie's have a very good chance of going one up in a long seven match series.
It is a power packed Indian batting line up with Yuvraj Singh returning to the side after good outings, scoring match winning knocks.
It remains to be seen how the Australian bowling lineup comprising of Mckay, Jhonson, Faulkner, Doherty and Watson will show up in this match.
Australia in the recent past is being tested in both the departments. But anything could happen in a one day game of Cricket, all that counts is the performance on a single day.
India has the home advantage on it's side with a huge crowd support that could unsettle the best of oppositions.
Match is evenly poised.
Live Updates:
Pitch seems to be little bit on the slower side, Mckay is holding up with some tight bowling, the first few overs are good from the Australian opening bowlers.
Indian batsmen should win singles to keep the score board ticking.
Some tight opening spell from the Aussie bowlers pays off with the wicket of Dhawan.
Both the opener's of the Indian side back into the pavillion.
Virat Kohli, the vital cog in Indian batting line up looks comfortable at the crease, rotating the strike pretty well.
Half way down the match India is marching ahead towards victory.
Inform Yuvraj Singh is out.Couple of wickets down India is put under pressure by Australia.
From a winning position half way through the innings, India is staring at the defeat in the first ODI against Australia.
If the Australia take a couple of early wickets, then Aussie's have a very good chance of going one up in a long seven match series.
It is a power packed Indian batting line up with Yuvraj Singh returning to the side after good outings, scoring match winning knocks.
It remains to be seen how the Australian bowling lineup comprising of Mckay, Jhonson, Faulkner, Doherty and Watson will show up in this match.
Australia in the recent past is being tested in both the departments. But anything could happen in a one day game of Cricket, all that counts is the performance on a single day.
India has the home advantage on it's side with a huge crowd support that could unsettle the best of oppositions.
Match is evenly poised.
Live Updates:
Pitch seems to be little bit on the slower side, Mckay is holding up with some tight bowling, the first few overs are good from the Australian opening bowlers.
Indian batsmen should win singles to keep the score board ticking.
Some tight opening spell from the Aussie bowlers pays off with the wicket of Dhawan.
Both the opener's of the Indian side back into the pavillion.
Virat Kohli, the vital cog in Indian batting line up looks comfortable at the crease, rotating the strike pretty well.
Half way down the match India is marching ahead towards victory.
Inform Yuvraj Singh is out.Couple of wickets down India is put under pressure by Australia.
From a winning position half way through the innings, India is staring at the defeat in the first ODI against Australia.
Monday, July 4, 2011
India tour of the Carribean 2011
It is good the tour of Caribbean has so far been a pleasant one for the Indian Cricket team, who are without the regular team this series. After the win in the Jamaica Test, the Indian team was looking to wrap up the series at the Kensington Oval. But play lost due to the rains had effectively tightened up things for both the teams. West Indies slenderly holding on to knocks by Marlon Samuels and Darren Bravo put some resistance to onslaught by Ishant Sharma and co.
The third test starts on July 6th, where both the teams will look to keep things in check rather going all out for a win. Batting has been a cause of worry for West Indies team particularly where both Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul failing to bat out for West Indies on crucial occasions. Sarwan has now been dropped for the third and final test in the series.
Indian team has positives to take from the Tour with performances of Praveen Kuman, Ishant Sharma and Suresh Raina particularly very good. With England Tour to follow the team will now see the return of Sachin, Sehwag( Expected after third test), Zaheer, Yuvraj, Gambhir back into the team. Virat Kohli and Murali Vijay will have to accept some tough decision in their budding careers. And take positives from the Tour into the future.
The umpiring saga involving Daryl Harper and the Indian Team has shown how the game is dependent on technology, and hopefully DRS will ease out some badly needed shortcomings in umpiring. Particularly looking at the decisions with Indian team this series, there's too lot to be desired.
ICC making some calls on batsmen without runners and other issues ought to have looked into some more issues. The umpiring decision involving Raina where the batsman haven't made any contact with the bat or glove was specially very bad. I have noticed that umpires should do away with sun glasses as it definitely blurs vision, some close calls like these could easily change the game.
Umpires should not be allowed to make sunglasses since they are there to make these decisions and wearing sunglasses definitely obscures one's vision in one or the other way and things are not crystal clear. Did we see any batsman wearing sunglasses, we might put a question here, Why not?
Hope fully the England Tour will be free of the Umpiring blunders where a long tour awaits the full strength Indian team. Hopefully the world champions will try and consolidate the World No 1 Rankings.
The third test starts on July 6th, where both the teams will look to keep things in check rather going all out for a win. Batting has been a cause of worry for West Indies team particularly where both Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul failing to bat out for West Indies on crucial occasions. Sarwan has now been dropped for the third and final test in the series.
Indian team has positives to take from the Tour with performances of Praveen Kuman, Ishant Sharma and Suresh Raina particularly very good. With England Tour to follow the team will now see the return of Sachin, Sehwag( Expected after third test), Zaheer, Yuvraj, Gambhir back into the team. Virat Kohli and Murali Vijay will have to accept some tough decision in their budding careers. And take positives from the Tour into the future.
The umpiring saga involving Daryl Harper and the Indian Team has shown how the game is dependent on technology, and hopefully DRS will ease out some badly needed shortcomings in umpiring. Particularly looking at the decisions with Indian team this series, there's too lot to be desired.
ICC making some calls on batsmen without runners and other issues ought to have looked into some more issues. The umpiring decision involving Raina where the batsman haven't made any contact with the bat or glove was specially very bad. I have noticed that umpires should do away with sun glasses as it definitely blurs vision, some close calls like these could easily change the game.
Umpires should not be allowed to make sunglasses since they are there to make these decisions and wearing sunglasses definitely obscures one's vision in one or the other way and things are not crystal clear. Did we see any batsman wearing sunglasses, we might put a question here, Why not?
Hope fully the England Tour will be free of the Umpiring blunders where a long tour awaits the full strength Indian team. Hopefully the world champions will try and consolidate the World No 1 Rankings.
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