Bangladesh vs South Africa 1st Test, Day 1: Bangladesh trail by 241 runs

RSA tour of Bangladesh 2015

 

The first Test match between Bangladesh and South Africa is being played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong. Today was the first day of the match. RSA, while batting first scored 248 runs for loss of 10 wickets. Bangladesh scored 7 runs in 2 overs with loss of no wicket.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat, but they probably regretted the decision later as the entire team was bowled out for 248 runs in just 83.4 overs. Temba Bavuma (54) was the highest scored for RSA. Not any other player could score even a fifty.

Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman took 4 wickets for his team while Jubair Hossain got 3 wickets.

South Africa First Innings Score Card

Bangladesh was trailing by 248 runs after RSA's first innings. The hosts played 2 overs of match today and scored 7 runs. Both openers are still at the crease and will continue the game tomorrow.

Bangladesh Day 1 Innings Score Card

India vs Zimbabwe, 2nd T20: Zimbabwe won by 10 runs

India tour of Zimbabwe 2015

 

Ending the long series of defeats, Zimbabwe has won the second T20 match against India. The match was played at Harare Sports Club, Harare on Sunday, July 19. Zimbabwe, while batting first, scored 145 runs in 20 overs while India could score 135 runs and lost by 10 runs. The T20 series ended in a tie (1-1).

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat first. The team started well with the opener Chamu Chibhabha scored 67 runs of 51 balls. Zimbabwe team scored 145 runs with the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit Sharma, each took 2 wickets for India.

Zimbabwe Innings Score Card

India was given a target of 146 runs to be chased in 20 overs, which didn't seem very big seeing the recent performances of the team, but the luck probably was not in the favour of the team. India lost first 5 of their wickets for just 69 runs. Only Robin Uthappa did a respectable job and scored 42 runs for 25 balls before he was caught by Seam Williams. Indian team could only score 135 runs in 20 overs and lost 9 wickets.

Graeme Cremer took 2 wickets for his team.

India Innings Score Card

England vs Australia 2nd Test, Day 3: Australia lead by 362 runs

The Ashes, 2015

On third day of the 2nd Test match between England and Australia, England scored 227 more runs and lost their remaining 6 wickets. Australia is now playing their 2nd innings and have already scored 108 runs in 26 runs with no wicket loss. The guests are now leading by 362 runs.

England continued its first innings match from where they left off after 2nd day. Cook was playing at 21 and Stokes at 38 runs. England was 85 for 4. Both Alastair Cook (96) and Ben Stokes (87) played for long and contributed runs for their team, but none other player could play noticeable innings for England. The whole team collapsed for 312 runs.

Both Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Johnson got 3 wickets each for Australia.

England Score Card

When Australia started playing for their second innings, they were already leading by 254 runs. In 26 overs, Australia scored 108 runs and lost no wicket. Both openers Chris Rogers (44) and David Warner (60) are at the crease. The team is now leading by 362 runs.


Australia Score Card

 

England vs Australia 2nd Test, Day 2: England trail by 481 runs

The Ashes 2015

The 2nd Test match of the Ashes, 2015 Test series is being played at Lord's stadium, London. The second day of the match is officially over and England (85/4) is trailing by 481 runs behind Australia. Australia scored 566 runs in its first innings.

Australia continued from their first day match with Chris Rogers (158) and Steven Smith (129) at the crease and 337 runs at the scoreboard. The second wicket of Australia fell in the form of Chris Rogers at 362. Rogers and Smith contributed a partnership of 284 runs. Steven Smith, however remained at the crease for longer and scored 215 runs in 346 balls. Australia declared their innings at 566 runs after 149 overs.

Stuart Broad took 4 wickets for England.

Australia 1st Innings Score Card



England was trailing by 566 runs after Australia's first innings. Adam Lyth and Alastair Cook (c) started England's first innings. Lyth was caught out for 0 runs in the very first over of the game. Cook, however is still batting. England has already lost 4 of their wickets and are now playing at 85 runs. Cook (21) and Ben Stokes (38) are at the crease.

Mitchell Johnson took two wickets while Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood got one wicket each.

England 1st Innings Day 2 Score Card

India vs Zimbabwe, 1st T20: India won by 54 Runs

India tour of Zimbabwe 2015

 

After winning the ODI series with 3-0, India has also won the first T20 International match against Zimbabwe played on Friday, 17th July. While batting first, India scored 178 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Zimbabwe could only score 124 runs in 20 overs and lost 7 wickets.

Axar Patel has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 3/17 in 4 overs.

The first T20 match of the two T20 match series between India and Zimbabwe was played today at Harare Sports Club, Harare. India won the toss and chose to bat and scored 178 runs with the loss of 5 wickets in its innings. Ajinkya Rahane (c) scored 33 of 32 balls, Murali Vijay 34 of 19 balls and Robin Uthappa (wk) 39 of 35 balls. The team lost 5 of its wickets and jotted down 178 runs in 20 overs.

Chris Mpofu took 3 wickets for Zimbabwe.

India Innings Score Card

Zimbabwe was given a target of 179 runs to be chased in 20 overs, but it could only score 124 runs and lost 7 wickets. Hamilton Masakadza scored highest 28 runs of 24 balls.

Axar Patel took 3 wickets for India.

Zimbabwe Innings Score Card

 

Notable Points:

1. This is Zimbabwe's 9th successive T20 defeat at Harare

England vs Australia 2nd Test, Day 1: AUS 337/1

The Ashes, 2015

Source: cricbuzz.com

The first day of the 2nd Test match between England and Australia is over. Australia has scored 337 runs with the loss of just one wicket in 90 overs played today. Chris Rogers is playing at 158 while Steven Smith is not out at 129 runs.

The 2nd Test match in the ongoing Ashes series started on Thursday, 16th July. Australia won the toss and chose to bat. Opener David Warner scored 38 runs of 42 balls and was caught by Anderson. Chris Rogers (158) and Steven Smith (129) are still batting and will continue the Australia Innings tomorrow. 90 overs of match were played today.

Australia 1st Day Score Card

The wicket of Warner was taken by Moeen Ali.

Check out the score card in the left side panel.

Champions League T20 (CLT20) tournament discontinued

The Champions League T20 tournament has been discontinued with immediate effect because of the poor demand and user base. BCCI, on Wednesday confirmed that an agreement has been reached by the Governing Council of CLT20 to discontinue the tournament with immediate effect.

CLT20, which was a joint venture of BCCI, Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Cricket Australia (CA), could not find enough sponsors or fans to be continued any longer. The fan base was poor since the very beginning of this tournament in 2009 and now, the hosts are even struggling to find sponsors. The decision was taken unanimously by all three host associations.

Anurag Thakur, Secretary of the BCCI said, “This has been a difficult decision as the Champions League T20 provided added context to a number of domestic Twenty 20 competitions around the world such as the IPL in India, Big Bash League in Australia and South Africa’s Ram Slam T20. "

After this decision, the upcoming edition of CLT20, scheduled in September and October, will be discarded.

CLT20 was not reportedly drawing enough attraction of audience from any country other than India and this was not good for the business. BCCI, though gave a hint of organizing a 'mini-IPL' to be played in the UAE to replace the discontinued CLT20.