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Mumbai, Oct 31: Powered by skipper Alastair Cook’s unbeaten century, England XI were trailing by 83 runs at stumps in their three-day match against India A.   In reply to the Suresh Raina-led India A’s first innings score of 369, the visitors posted 286 for the loss of four wickets at the end of Day 2 at the Brabourne Stadium.  Leading from the front, Cook anchored the innings with 112 not out. Although they lost opener Nick Compton for naught in the second over, Jonathon Trott who then joined the captain in the middle scored a half-century before being castled by Raina.  The duo stitched in 95-run partnership before Trott departed for 56. A while later, Kevin Pietersen, who had replaced him at the crease, scooped the ball back to Yuvraj Singh to return to the pavilion after contributing 23.  In his next over, the left-arm spinner claimed the key wicket of Ian Bell to leave the opposition on 133 for the loss of four. However, Samit Patel who then came to the crease w

India A vs England XI, Warm up - Day 1: Related Links: India A vs England XI, Warm up - Day 1: Match Report England Tour of India 2012-13 Schedule and Venues

Timely half-centuries from Manoj Tiwary, Abhinav Mukund and Yuvraj Singh helped India A end Day 1 of their three-day match against England XI at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Earlier in the day, India A skipper Suresh Raina won the toss and chose to take first strike. While Murali Vijay (7) was run-out with the score on 25, the other opener, Abhinav Mukund scored a well-compiled 73 (off 83 balls) even as Ajinkya Rahane (4) was dismissed by Tim Bresnan a while later. Vijay put together a quick 56-run stand with Yuvraj Singh, before he was finally dismissed by Graeme Swann. Yuvraj, however, continued to score freely as he brought up his half-century. The southpaw made 59 off 80 balls, which included seven fours and four big hits. He was stumped by Matt Prior off the bowling of Swann. Both Raina and Wriddhiman Saha were dismissed for individual scores of 20 by Samit Patel and James Anderson respectively. With India A struggling at 190/6, Irfan Pathan joined Manoj Tiwary

The BCCI has awarded Retainerships to the following players for 2012-13: Grade A: ` 1 crore each 1. Sachin Tendulkar 2. M S Dhoni 3. Zaheer Khan 4. Virender Sehwag 5. Gautam Gambhir 6. Suresh Raina 7. Yuvraj Singh 8. Virat Kohli 9. R Ashwin Grade B: ` 50 lakhs each 1. Harbhajan Singh 2. Ishant Sharma 3. Pragyan Ojha 4. Rohit Sharma 5. Cheteshwar Pujara 6. Ajinkya Rahane 7. Irfan Pathan 8. Umesh Yadav Grade C: ` 25 lakhs each 1. Ravindra Jadeja 2. Amit Mishra 3. Vinay Kumar 4. Munaf Patel 5. Abhimanyu Mithun 6. Murali Vijay 7. Shikhar Dhawan 8. Wriddhiman Saha 9. Parthiv Patel 10. Manoj Tiwary 11. S Badrinath 12. Piyush Chawla 13. Dinesh Karthik 14. Rahul Sharma 15. Varun Aaron 16. Abhinav Mukund 17. Ashok Dinda 18. Yusuf Pathan 19. Praveen Kumar 20. L Balaji source: bcci.tv

Highveld Lions vs Sydney Sixers Final Statistical Highlights CLT20-2012: 0 Number of matches lost by the Sydney Sixers in the tournament out of the six they played. The Sixers thus became the first team to remain undefeated during a CLT20 campaign. 1 Sydney Sixers provided the first instance of a side opening the bowling with two spinners (Nathan McCullum and Steven O’Keefe) in a CLT20 match. Incidentally Janaka Gunaratne and Sanath Jayasuriya opened the bowling for Ruhuna against Trinidad & Tobago in 2009 and against Leicestershire in 2011 respectively in Qualifier games. 9 Lions’ total at the fall of the fourth wicket – the worst start for any side in a CLT20 match. Central Districts and Mumbai Indians had lost their first four wickets with only 16 runs on the board against Wayamba in 2010 and Trinidad & Tobago in 2011 respectively. 10 Sydney Sixers’ win is the first by 10-wickets in CLT20 history. There have been three instances of nine-wicket wins in

Highveld Lions vs Sydney Sixers Final Match Report CLT20-2012: On a fabulous evening in Johannesburg, the Sydney Sixers were crowned the new CLT20 champions. In the title clash at the New Wanderers Stadium, the Sixers defeated the Highveld Lions to take home the magnificent CLT20 trophy and the winner’s cheque of USD 2,500,000. The home team, the Lions, had to be content with the runners-up cheque of USD 1,300,000. On a fantastic pitch at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, the Sydney Sixers put the Highveld Lions in, restricted them to 121 and then cruised past the finish line in 12.3 overs to register a resounding 10-wicket victory. Needing to score at just over six runs an over, the Sixers’ opening pair of Brad Haddin and Michael Lumb started cautiously. But once both batsmen had gauged the conditions and seen off the early burst from the new-ball bowlers, they opened their shoulders and sent the Lions fielders on a leather hunt. Both batsmen were let off on

Sydney Sixers vs Titans 2nd Semi Final Statistical Highlights CLT20-2012: 3 Number of times a side has chased the winning target off the last ball of a CLT20 match. Somerset beat the Deccan Chargers by one wicket in 2009 and the Mumbai Indians beat Trinidad & Tobago also by one wicket in 2011. In addition, Somerset also beat Auckland off the last ball of the match (by four wickets) during the 2011 Qualifiers. 25 Number of balls taken by David Wiese to score his fifty – fastest fifty in the CLT20 2012. Chennai Super Kings’ Faf du Plessis had raced to his fifty off 27 balls against the Mumbai Indians at Johannesburg on October 20. 72 Runs scored by Titans in last 4 overs (17th to 20th) – the most scored by a side in CLT20 history. Mumbai Indians had scored 70 runs against Guyana at Durban in 2010 edition. 100 percent – the Sydney Sixers’ win record in CLT20 2012 – five wins in five games! 164 Sydney Sixers pulled off the highest successful chase in CLT2

Sydney Sixers vs Titans 2nd Semi Final Match Report CLT20-2012: Sydney Sixers prevailed by two wickets in a last-ball thriller against the Titans to win the second semi-final of the Karbonn Smart Champions League Twenty20 2012. The Australian team will now take on the Highveld Lions in the final at the Wanderers on Sunday. While the win was a complete team effort on the part of the Sixers, Man of the Match, Steve O’Keefe stood out with his all-round performance. After returning with an economical bowling spell of 0-19 in four overs, the left-arm spinner got his team to a brisk start with the bat. He scored 32 off 21 balls with six fours during his 54-run opening stand with Michael Lumb. The Sixers were cruising along in their chase of 164 runs at 85 for 1 in 8.1 overs when O’Keefe was clean bowled by Eden Links. There were no notable partnerships thereafter and the Sixers seemed to be throwing away a game that was in their grasp. A little bit of panic set into the cha

Delhi Daredevils vs Highveld Lions 1st Semi Final Statistical Highlights CLT20-2012: 1.75 Chris Morris’ economy (4-0-7-2) is the best for any bowler in the main CLT20 matches (excluding Qualifiers). Wayamba’s Rangana Herath had also returned identical figures against Central Districts at Port Elizabeth in 2010. 3 Number of fifties scored by Gulam Bodi in this edition of CLT20 – first batsman to do so. 3 Number of batsmen, who were dismissed caught and bowled in Delhi Daredevils innings – David Warner, Ross Taylor and Naman Ojha. Never before in CLT20 history more than one batsman was out caught and bowled in a team innings. 4 Number of times the Delhi Daredevils have reached the knock-out stage in IPL/CLT20. However they have never won any event yet! Here’s a brief account of how DD have fared in various knock-out games: In 2008 they lost to the Rajasthan Royals by 106 runs, in 2009 they lost to the Deccan Chargers by 6 wickets, in 2011 they lost to the Kolkata Knig

Delhi Daredevils vs Highveld Lions Semi Final 1 Report CLT20-2012: The Delhi Daredevils bowed out of the Karbonn Smart Champions League Twenty20 after losing to Highveld Lions by 22 runs in the first semi-final at Kingsmead.  The Virender Sehwag-David Warner (21) opening pair got separated on just the third ball of the innings, as the Indian opener slogged himself out for a golden duck. The Australian left-hander combined with Kevin Pietersen for 35 runs, before top-edging Chris Morris and presenting him with a return catch. The Lions tightened the noose after dismissing both DD openers and gave away only 13 runs from the sixth to ninth overs. The pressure kept mounting and Unmukt Chand succumbed to it. Irfan Pathan was sent ahead of Ross Taylor to get a few quick runs but managed only a run. Later Dirk Nannes took a brilliant catch off his own bowling to dismiss Taylor and Naman Ojha was taken in the same fashion by Jean Symes. Delhi Daredevils stared down the barre

England tour of India 2012 Schedule England in India for a four-match Test series in 2012; followed by two T20s in December, and a five-match ODI series in January 2013 ,   Practice Matches: 30 October-1 November 3-day tour match Mumbai, CCI
 3-5 November 3-day tour match Mumbai, BKC
 8-11 November 4-day tour match Ahmedabad, SPS Navrangpura
 Date and Time Match Details and Series Thu Nov 15  -  Mon Nov 19 09:30 local | 04:00 GMT 1st Test - India vs England Sardar Patel Stadium Motera, Ahmedabad Fri Nov 23  -  Tue Nov 27 09:30 local | 04:00 GMT 2nd Test - India vs England Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Wed Dec 5  -  Sun Dec 9 09:30 local | 04:00 GMT 3rd Test - India vs England Eden Gardens, Kolkata Thu Dec 13  -  Mon Dec 17 09:30 local | 04:00 GMT 4th Test - India vs England Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Thu Dec 20 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT

Titans vs Delhi Daredevils Match 20 Report CLT20-2012: The final Group fixture of the Karbonn CLT20 2012 – between the Titans and the Delhi Daredevils – had to be abandoned without a ball being bowled because of intermittent rains. Soon after the Titans skipper Martin van Jaarsveld had won the toss and opted to field first, the skies opened up. It continued to rain until 18:45 local time, at which point the umpires decided to abandon the match. Earlier in the evening, the Perth Scorchers defeated the Auckland Aces. That result meant that this match would be restricted to being an academic engagement – the outcome not having any bearing on the semi-finals qualification. With the two points from this match, the Delhi Daredevils finish with 12 points and placed at the top of the table, while the Titans finish second in the Group A standings with 10 points. The Delhi Daredevils now take on the Highveld Lions in the first semi-final at Durban on October 25, while the Titans w