England vs South Africa 3rd Test Live Score at Edgbaston

3rd test match between host England and South Africa is going to start from Wednesday, 30th August, 2008 to Sunday, 3rd August, 2008 at Edgbaston, Birmingham. South Africa leading the 4 match series by 1-0 after winning the 2nd test match at Headingley.

England recalled Paul Collingwood despite poor form and he hasn't made a Test century since West Indies visited his home ground of Chester-le-Street in June 2007. England lost the 2nd match and will try to win this match to level the series.

South Africa is in total command after winning the 2nd test and will try to win the series in England as they never won after taking the lead in the middle of the series. Dale Steyn is injured and out of the series and that is the big blow for the South African.

England Squad for the 3rd Test:

Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Michael Vaughan (capt), Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Tim Ambrose (wk), Andrew Flintoff, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson, Monty Panesar.

South Africa Squad for the 3rd Test:

Graeme Smith, Neil McKenzie, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher (wk), Morne Morkel, Paul Harris, Makhaya Ntini, Andre Nel.

India and Sri Lanka Team, Squad for 1st Test starts from 23rd July

Find the team, squad for the 1st test match between India and Sri Lanka, starting from Wednesday, 23rd July to Sunday, 27th July, 2008 at at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo.

Indian Team, Squad for 1st Test Match:

Anil Kumble (c)
Rahul Dravid
Gautam Gambhir
Sourav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar
Harbhajan Singh
Dinesh Karthik (wk)
Zaheer Khan
VVS Laxman
Pragyan Ojha
Munaf Patel
Parthiv Patel (wk)
Virender Sehwag
Ishant Sharma
Rohit Sharma
RP Singh

Sri Lanka Team, Squad for 1st Test Match:

Mahela Jayawardene (c)
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Prasanna Jayawardene (wk)
Chamara Kapugedera
Nuwan Kulasekara
Ajantha Mendis
Muttiah Muralitharan
Thilan Samaraweera
Kumar Sangakkara
Chamara Silva
Thilan Thushara
Chaminda Vaas
Michael Vandort
Malinda Warnapura

England vs South Africa 2nd Test Live Score - Flintoff back

2nd test match og the 4 match series between host England and South Africa is going to start today, Friday 18th July, 2008 at Headingley, Leeds. South African captain Graem Smith won the toss and elected to bat first.

England will be happy as all rounder Andrew Flintoff has come back in the test time after a long injury. England dominated the first three days of the 1st test match due to fine batting by Pietersen and Ian Bell and good bowling by Monty Panesar.

Darren Pattinson who has just 11 first-class matches will make his test debut as Ryan Sidebottom hasn't recovered from his back problems, while Paul Collingwood's run of 33 consecutive Tests has come to an end.

South Africa bounced back strongly in the 2nd inning of 1st test after follow on thanks to brilliant batting by 3 top order batsman, Graem Smith, Neil McKenzie and Hashim Amla all scored centuries.

England Squad for the 2nd Test:

Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Michael Vaughan (capt), Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Tim Ambrose (wk), Andrew Flintoff, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Monty Panesar, Darren Pattinson.

South Africa Squad for the 2nd Test:

Graeme Smith, Neil McKenzie, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher (wk), Morne Morkel, Paul Harris, Makhaya Ntini, Dale Steyn.

England were 26/1 after 11 overs.

2008 India Tour of Sri Lanka Schedule, Fixture, Time Table

Find the complete schedule / time table / fixture of 2008 India tour of Sri Lanka. India will play 3 test matches followed by five (5) One Day International - ODI. India Tour of Sri Lanka will start from 23rd July 2008 to 29th August 2008.

India vs Sri Lanka Test Series Schedule:

1st Test Match:
Wednesday, 23rd July - Sunday, 27th July 2008
at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

2nd Test Match:
Thursday, 31st July - Monday, 4th August 2008
at Galle International Stadium

3rd Test Match:
Friday, 8th August - Tuesday, 12th August 2008
at P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo

One Day International - ODI Series Schedule:

1st ODI - D/N
Monday, 18th August 2008
at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

2nd ODI - D/N
Wednesday, 26th August 2008
at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

3rd ODI - D/N
Sunday, 24th August 2008
at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

4th ODI - D/N
Tuesday, 26th August 2008
at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

5th ODI - D/N
Friday, 29th August 2008
at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Eng vs South Africa 1st Test Ended in a Draw - Amla hit ton

Hashim Amla's fifth century helped South Africa drawn first test easily against England on the 5th and final day of test match at Lords, on Monday, 14th July, 2008. South African batsman batted brilliantly for 2 days after follow-on in the 1st inning thanks to centuries by top 3, Graem Smith, Neil McKenzie and Hashim Amla.

England dominated the 1st 3 days, but South Africa bounced back strongly and survived two days to save the test match. South Africa trailing 346 runs in the 1st inning made 393/3 dec. in the 2nd inning thanks to centuries by captain Graem Smith, made 107 runs off 207 balls, Neil McKenzie, made 138 off 447 balls and Hashim Amla scored 104 runs off 242 balls.

Ian Bell is the Man of the Match for his 199 in the first innings.

Match Summary:

England 1st Inning - 593/8 dec. in 156.2 overs.

South Africa 1st Inning - 247 allout in 93.3 overs.

South Africa 2nd Inning - 393/3 dec. in 167 overs.

Toss - South Africa, who chose to field first.

Man of the Match -Ian Bell (England

Result - Match drawn

Series - 4 match series level 0-0

England force follow-on to South Africa in 1st Test, SA - 247 all out

A fine bowling performance by England bowlers forced South Africa to follow-on in the 1st inning of first test match on the third day at Lords, on Saturday, 12th July, 2008. South Africa bowled out on 247 runs chasing England's 593 runs trailed by 346 runs in the 1st inning, South Africa were 13/0 in the 2nd inning at the stump of day 3.

Monty Panesar took the bowling honours with four wickets for England, Ryan Sidebottom and Chris Broad took 2 wickets each.

For South Africa, only Ashwell prince shown some resistance with fine century 101 runs off 181 balls with 13 fours and 1 six.

Match Summary:

England 1st Inning - 593/8 dec. in 156.2 overs.

South Africa 1st Inning - 247 allout in 93.3 overs.

South Africa 2nd Inning - 13/0 in 4 overs.

England vs South Africa 1st Test - Bell's 199 help Eng 593

Ian Bell's 199 runs and Pietersen's 152 runs helped host England to declare their 1st inning on 593 runs for 8 wickets against South Africa on the 2nd day of first test match at Lords, on Friday, 11th July, 2008. South Africa made 7/0 at the stumps of day 2.

Both Bell and Pietersen continued their overnight form and made a record partnership of 286 runs for the fourth wicket. Pietersen out on 152 runs off just 181 balls with 20 fours and 1 six. Bell then made a partnership of 152 runs with Broad for the 8th wicket as Bell out on 199, and Broad a pleasing 76 runs.

Bell just missed his 1st double hundred as out on career-best 199 runs off 336 balls with 20 fours and 1 six.

For South Africa , its again a tough day on the field as Morkell took 4 wickets and Paul Harris took 3 wickets. South Africa were 7/0 on the stumps of day 2 with Smith and McKenzie played out 20 deliveries before light was offered.

2008 South Africa Tour of England Schedule / Time Table

Find the complete schedule / time table / fixture of 2008 South Africa tour of England. South Africa will play 4 test matches followed by Only Twenty20 International and five (5) One Day International - ODI.

Test Series Schedule:

1st Test Match:
Thursday, 10th July - Monday, 14th July 2008
at Lord's, London

2nd Test Match:
Friday, 18th July - Tuesday, 22nd July 2008
at Headingley, Leeds

3rd Test Match:
Wednesday, 30th July - Sunday, 3rd August 2008
at Edgbaston, Birmingham


4th Test Match:
Thursday, 7th August - Monday, 11th August 2008
at Kennington Oval, London

Only Twenty20 International:

D/N
Wednesday, 20th August 2008
at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

One Day International - ODI Series

1st ODI - D/N
Friday, 22nd August 2008
at Headingley, Leeds

2nd ODI - D/N
Tuesday, 26th August 2008
at Trent Bridge, Nottingham

3rd ODI - D/N
Friday, 29th August 2008
at Kennington Oval, London

4th ODI - D/N
Sunday, 31st August 2008
at Lord's, London

5th ODI - D/N
Wednesday, 3rd September 2008
at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

England vs South Africa 1st Test Live Score at Lords

South African captain Graem Smith won the toss and invited host England to bat 1st in the first test match of the 4 test match series at Lords, on Thursday, 10th July, 2008. England reached 268 runs for the loss of three wickets in 80 overs.

Alastair Cook (60 runs) and Andrew Strauss (44 runs) pushed England to 114 without loss before three wickets tumbled in 13 balls. England's openers overcame South Africa's pace attack to dominate the opening session of the first test but after the quick wickets, Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen put some resistance and manged to avoid collapse.

South Africa came back strongly in the second session of the day with 3 quick wickets as Dale Steyn and Morkel took 1 and 2 wickets respectively. Morkel removed openers and Steyn cleaned up England captain Michael Vaughn on 2.

England Squad for the 1st Test:

Michael Vaughan (Captain), Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Tim Ambrose (wk), Stuart Broad, Monty Panesar, Ryan Sidebottom.

South Africa Squad for the 1st Test:

Graem Smith (Captain), Hashim Amla, Jaque Kallis, Niel McKenzie, Ashwell Prince, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher (wk), Morell Morkel, Paul Harris, Dale Steyn, M Ntini.

England were 268/3 after 80 overs with Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen playing on 85 and 56 runs respectively.

2008 Asia Cup Final - India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Karachi

In the Grand Finale of 2008 Asia Cup will be played between the two most successful team of the Asia Cup history, India and Sri Lanka, won 7 cups out of 8 tournament s0 far, at National Stadium, Karachi, on Sunday, 6th July, 2008 at 3.30 PM IST. India and Sri Lanka have played against each other in five Asia Cup finals - India won 3 and Sri Lanka won 2 Asia Cup.

All the matches of 2008 Asia Cup were high scoring game thanks to excellent batting pitches and no body is sure which score is safe to win the tournament. As 300 plus runs were easily chased by each team.

India won the last game against Sri Lanka convincingly, as they chased 308 runs with 19 balls remaining, and all their batsman are in great form. Four Indian batsman already scored more than 250 runs in this tournament.

Sri Lanka, having not lost in six previous finals in all competitions between the two teams, including the final of the previous edition in 2004 Asia Cup.

India Playing Eleven for 2008 Asia Cup Final:

Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt and wk), Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh.

Sri Lanka Playing Eleven for 2008 Asia Cup Final:

Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Chamara Kapugedera, Chamara Silva, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando.

Aus vs West Indies 5th ODI Live Score - Aus lead by 4-0

In the 5th and final ODI between host West Indies and Australia will be played at at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts, on Sunday, 6th July, 2008. Australia looking for the clean sweep after a thrilling 1 run win on the last ball of the inning in the 4th ODI at some ground.

West Indies tried hard to bounced back in the 4th ODI and chased well until last ball, and now they will avoid clean sweep of the series at home ground. WI replaced Jermain Taylor with debutant Nikita Miller.

Australia leading the series by 4-0 and looking for clean sweep. They won the nail bitting 4th ODI in the absence of captain Ricky Ponting.

West Indies Playing Eleven:

Chris Gayle (capt), Xavier Marshall, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Fletcher, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy, Daren Powell, Sulieman Benn, Fidel Edwards.


Australia Playing Eleven:

Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Andrew Symonds, James Hopes, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Bracken.

India reaches Asia Cup Final, beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets

India reaches the Final of 2008 Asia Cup, in style by chasing a target of 308 runs against against Sri Lanka in the 5th match of Super Four round, at National Stadium, Karachi, on Thursday, 3rd July, 2008. Both India and Sri Lanka are in final will be played on 6th July, 2008.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat 1st and scored 308 runs in 50 overs, due to fine batting by Jaysuriya, Jaywardene and Kapugedera, scored 43, 50 and 75 runs respectively.

In reply, India chased successfully 308 runs with 19 balls remaining, thanks to brilliant batting by Sehwag, Gambhir, Raina and Dhoni, scored, 42, 68, 54 and 67 runs respectively. This is the same scored which Pakistan chased against India in the previous match.

Final of Asia Cup will be played between India and Sri Lanka on Sunday, 6th July 2008.

Match Summary:

Sri Lanka - 308/8 in 50 Overs.

India - 310/4 in 46.5 Overs.

Toss - Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first

Man of the Match - MS Dhoni (India)

Result - India won by 6 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)

India vs Sri Lanka - Asia Cup Super Four 5th Match Live Score

2008 Asia Cup is an interesting stage, as India has to win today's match against Sri Lanka at National Stadium, Karachi, on Thursday, 3rd July, 2008 at 3.30 PM IST, in order to qualify for the Finals on Sunday 6th July, 2008.

India lost to Pakistan in a high profile game on Wednesday, as Pakistan successfully chased 308 runs in 45 overs. Its last match for India before final, If they win they will play with Sri Lanka in Final on Sunday, but if they loss they have to wait for the result of Pakistan and Bangladesh match's result on Friday.

Sri Lanka already qualified for the Final of Asia Cup but they will try to go into final with winning all the matches in the tournament.

India Playing Eleven:

Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt and wk), Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh.

Sri Lanka Playing Eleven:

Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Chamara Kapugedera, Chamara Silva, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando.