London: Ravindra Jadeja produced the best bowling figures by an Indian in the ICC Champions Trophy and Shikhar Dhawan collected his second ODI century in as many matches as India became the first team to reach the semi-finals following an eight-wicket drubbing of West Indies at The Oval on Tuesday. Jadeja's career-best 5 for 36 helped keep West Indies to 233 for 9 and Dhawan's unbeaten 102 hastened an eight wicket victory with 65 balls remaining.
Having been asked to bat, West Indies were cruising at 103 for 1 in the 20th over but Jadeja's introduction sparked a collapse to 114 for 4 by the half-way mark. Johnson Charles had played positively for his 60, awakening form a sedate start to crash six fours in the space of nine balls, but moments after he struck R Ashwin for six over long-on the opener was beaten for pace by Jadeja. Playing back and across to a straight ball on middle stump, Charles was struck in front.
Jadeja then had an lbw shout against Marlon Samuels overturned, after Aleem Dar initially ruled it not out. His third success was just around the corner, as Ramnaresh Sarwan's poor run at ODI level continued. Looking to turn the ball off his pads, Sarwan ticked a catch to Dhoni for 1.
West Indies struggled to recover from Jadeja's first spell (5-1-10-3) and the innings panned out in a haze of indecisiveness. Darren Bravo's laboured innings came to an end courtesy
07:11 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Birmingham: All-rounder Darren Sammy says the West Indies are genuine contenders to win the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy which features the eight top ODI teams in the world. Sammy, the former ODI captain, was speaking as the Caribbean side prepared to put up a better showing in their second warm-up match Tuesday against Sri Lanka, reports CMC. The Windies lost to Australia by four wickets last Saturday at Swalec Stadium...
12:13 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: Brad Hodge showed how important a player he is in the shorter version of the game as his counter-attacking half-century helped Rajasthan Royals eke out a four-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Feroz Shah Kotla here on Wednesday. When Hodge came to the wicket, Rajasthan were tottering at 57 for 5 in 10 overs chasing 133. And while rest of the batsmen from both sides were unable...
11:43 PM, May 22, 2013
Hyderabad: West Indies captain Darren Sammy says he was ecstatic after scoring the winning hits that propelled Sunrisers Hyderabad into the playoffs of the Indian Premier league. Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets to secure the final playoff spot at the expense of Chris Gayle's Royal Challengers Bangalore. Sammy hit KKR's most successful bowler on display Iqbal Abdulla for two sixes in two balls to hasten Hyderabad's entry....
03:29 PM, May 21, 2013
Hyderabad: They stuttered a little at the end, but Sunrisers Hyderabad eventually defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets, thus ensuring them a play-off berth and knocking Royal Challengers Bangalore out of IPL 6. Chasing 131 could have been tricky on a slow Uppal wicket but Parthiv Patel (47) and Shikhar Dhawan (42) didn't give KKR much chance. The two left-handers kept up with the required rate. Parthiv was the...
11:33 PM, May 19, 2013
Hyderabad: After losing a hard-fought contest to Mumbai Indians on Wednesday, Rajasthan Royals were jolted by a spot-fixing scandal the next day which involved three of its players being arrested on allegations of illegal activity. To recover from something as big as this requires a lot of effort but Rajasthan is just the team that has the capability to do it and maintain the bar they have set in this...
07:42 PM, May 16, 2013
Darren Sammy has ofcourse impressed one and all with his 'pacifier sucking' mode of celebration, but his contribution with the bat and ball this season can not be undermined. After joining the team in the middle of the tournament, Sammy has six wickets and 105 runs to his tally. After his impressive showing against the Kings XI Punjab which helped Sunrisers Hyderabad move up to 16 points from 13 games,...
09:39 AM, May 12, 2013
Mohali: Sunrisers Hyderabad overcame the thrashing they had against Chennai Super Kings a few days earlier with a 30-run victory over Kings XI Punjab on Saturday. The win, their eighth in 13 matches, at Mohali also brought them into the contention of reaching the top four. The wicket at the PCA Stadium had a greenish look to it and the Punjab bowlers exploited it to good effect. While Praveen Kumar...
11:30 PM, May 11, 2013
Live updates from game 59 of IPL 6 between Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad played at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. Kings XI Punjab innings: End of over 20 - KXIP 120 for 9: Very sloppy end to the innings. Harmeet Singh is run out by Ishant Sharma off the first ball. Luke Pomersbach hits the second over Ishant at long-off for six. Sammy ends up getting a fourth...
07:10 PM, May 11, 2013
Hyderabad: After Chris Gayle invented the 'Gangnam' celebration mode during West Indies' triumphant campaign in ICC World T20 last September, this year's IPL has witnessed Dwayne Bravo show his dancing skills more often than not. The Caribbean allrounder has done moonwalks, impersonations of Spartan, and at times was even caught doing tamil dance with his team-mate Dirk Nannes. Keep all that aside, as Darren Sammy seems to have followed suite...
10:45 AM, May 05, 2013
Hyderabad: Delhi Daredevils needed to continue their winning momentum against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday, but another humiliating defeat, their eighth in eleven matches, put paid to their hopes of reaching the playoffs of this season of the IPL. The Hyderabad bowlers were accurate as they bowled out Delhi for just 80 in 19.1 overs. While the Hyderabad spinners never allowed the Delhi batsmen to get going, their pacemen picked up...
10:58 PM, May 04, 2013
Rajasthan: Shane Watson scored a brilliant unbeaten 53-ball 98 as Rajasthan Royals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets with 13 balls to go at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Saturday. This was Rajasthan's fifth win in eight matches, while Hyderabad suffered their fourth defeat in nine matches. In pursuit of 145, Rajasthan lost Ajinkya Rahane to Dale Steyn in the third over for one. Watson then joined Rahul Dravid...
07:11 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Port of Spain: Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara says his decision in the past to select Darren Sammy as a member of the West Indies team was based more on the player's passion for the game and his dependability than cricketing ability. Lara has revealed that Sammy was one of the last two players he decided to select in a 14-man squad after ignoring suggestions to pick two other...
03:28 PM, Apr 10, 2013
West Indies selectors have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the second and final Test against Zimbabwe. ...
06:02 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Offspinner Shane Shillingford took six wickets in the second innings to lead the hosts to a convincing win on day three. ...
11:35 PM, Mar 14, 2013
In the final hour, the West Indies bowlers further deflated the visitors, who slumped to 41-3 by the close. ...
04:40 AM, Mar 14, 2013
West Indies skittled out Zimbabwe for 211 in 76.3 overs but lost two wickets of their own in reply when stumps were drawn on day one. ...
05:04 AM, Mar 13, 2013
West Indies captain Darren Sammy says he wants to see more West Indies victories similar to the 41 run win over Zimbabwe in the final T20 International. ...
02:49 PM, Mar 05, 2013
West Indies crush Zimbabwe by 41 runs and clinched Twenty 20 series 2-0 at Antigua. ...
11:30 PM, Mar 03, 2013
Riding on a scintillating half-century by Lendl Simmons, West Indies crushed Zimbabwe by eight wickets in their first Twenty20. ...
11:38 PM, Mar 02, 2013
