England vs New Zealand 1st Test, 2nd day Update, Rain stops match

Rain washed out 2nd day of the first test between England and New Zealand, at Lords, on Saturday, 17th May, 2008. England were 89 without loss.

Ryan Sidebottom took 4 wickets for 55 runs as New Zealand all out on 277 runs in 1st inning. Brandon McCulum hit run a ball 97 runs and captain Vettori contributed 48 runs

In reply England started safely and reached 89 without loss until rain interrupts the match. Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss playing on 53 and 31 respectively.

Match Summary

New Zealand - 277 All Out

England - 89/0

IPL live Score - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders

The opening match of IPL will be played between Vijay Mallya's Bangalore Royal Challengers and Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday, 18th April, 2008 at Chinnaswami Stadium, Bangalore at 8.00 PM IST.

Teams (likely)

Bangalore Royal Challengers:

Praveen Kumar, Wasim Jaffer, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid (capt), Virat Kohli, Cameron White, B Akhil, Mark Boucher (wk), Zaheer Khan, Ashley Noffke, R Vinay Kumar

Kolkata Knight Riders

Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly (capt), Ricky Ponting, Brendon McCullum (wk), David Hussey, Debabrata Das, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda.

Ind vs SA - India win 3rd Test by 8 wickets to Level Series

India have leveled the series against South Africa by winning third and final test easily on the third day of the match. India wrapped up an eight-wicket win within three days at Green Park in Kanpur.

The hosts were set a target of just 62 runs after a spectacular collapse in the evening session saw the tourists skittled out for 121 in their second innings.

And although India lost the wickets of Wasim Jaffer and Virender Sehwag in their chase, the result never looked in doubt as India claimed the win they needed to draw the series 1-1.

In the morning India took 1st inning lead of 60 runs with the help of tail-enders Ishant Sharma and Sreesanth batted beautifully for the last-wicket stand of 46 runs.

The series has been drawn 1-1 which means that India retain No 2 status in the ICC Test Rankings.

The Man of the Match is Sourav Ganguly for his invaluable 87 in the first innings.

Harbhajan Singh is the Man of the Series and he gets a SUV for his 19 wickets in the series.

Match Summary:

South Africa 1st Inning - 265 All Out in 87.3 overs.

India 1st Inning - 325 All Out in 99.4 overs.

South Africa 2nd Inning - 121 All Out in 55.5 overs.

India 2nd Inning - 64/2 in 13.1 overs.

Toss - South Africa, who chose to bat first

Man of the Match - Sourav Ganguly (India)

Man of the Match - Harbhajan Singh (India)

Result - India won by 8 wickets.

Series - Series 3-match series drawn 1-1.

India vs South Africa 3rd Test Score - India take lead of 23 runs

The third and final test match between India and South Africa is in interesting stage as India took lead of just 23 runs with 1 wicket remaining on Saturday, the 2nd day of the match at Green Park, Kanpur.

Half centuries from Sourav Ganguly (87) and VVS Laxman (50) helped India reach 288 for nine and surpass the South Africa's 265 runs.

Tomorrow morning is important for India as well as South Africa as host try to take as much lead as possible with Sreesanth (nine not out) and Ishant Sharma (0no) at the crease.

As the day passes pitch will become difficult to play so 1st inning lead is crucial.

India vs South Africa 3rd Test - SA bowled out for 265 runs in 1st inning

India bounced back strongly to dismiss South Africa for 265 runs on the stump of day 1 of the third and final test match at Green park, Kanpur on Friday.

At one stage, the South Africans were 152 /1 before the hosts hit back with three wickets as Smith, Amla and Jacques Kallis out for the loss of just nine runs shortly before tea.

Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma finished with three wickets each while Piyush Chawla two wickets.

For South Africa only Captain Smith and Hashim Amla contributed well with half centuries, scored 69 and 51 runs respectively.

Tomorrow morning, India's batsmen, will have to apply themselves for run-scoring won't be easy with South Africa's disciplined attack and sharp fielding outfit. A first-innings lead will be precious.