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David Warner tonight became the first man to score back-to-back Twenty20 centuries, but even more incredibly the Royal Challengers Bangalore became the first team to chase down 200-plus scores in consecutive matches

The Report by Sidharth Monga07-Oct-2011
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How they were outDavid Warner before his side was grounded. He scored a second consecutive T20 century•Associated Press

Bring the ramparts from Galle, the wall from China, the many castles from Europe. Bring all the defence buildings, tanks, experts. Place them in the Chinnaswamy Stadium, fast becoming the Wanderers of the northern hemisphere. Hide your 200-plus targets behind them. Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Virat Kolhi will still chase them down at this venue. David Warner tonight became the first man to score back-to-back Twenty20 centuries, but even more incredibly the Royal Challengers Bangalore became the first team to chase down 200-plus scores in consecutive matches, that too with nine balls to spare.Before the match, Gayle and Warner, soon to be opening partners for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League, were seen chatting with each other. When walking back, Warner took a look at Gayle’s bat. He held it sideways, and his jaw dropped looking at the thickness of the leading edge. They both had a laugh, and went their separate ways for the night. Gayle laughed the final laugh, though, as his 92 off 41 in company with Kohli’s unbeaten 84 off 49 outdid Warner’s extraordinary 123 off 68 and Daniel Smith’s 62 off 42. That leading edge was never hit on a night when clean hits tested the size of the stadium, and the half-hits managed to clear the short boundaries. Warner and Gayle dented the roof once each, but Gayle – symbolically – managed to send one out of the stadium. Records fell like crops during a hurricane, and the crowd – who must tire of this some day – matched the hitting with their incredible noise, appreciating both teams, only the home side more loudly.The Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to chase again, packing their side with an extra batsman. Clearly all their eggs were in the basket woven together by Dilshan, Gayle and Kolhi. The basket proved to be strong enough. Incredible as it may sound, it was perhaps Dilshan who made the most crucial contribution even though he managed just four off nine. On a night that the other 34.3 overs went for 397 runs, Dilshan bowled his four overs for 10 runs at the top of the NSW innings. On a night that 26 sixes and 34 fours were hit, Dilshan went for none, as the Royal Challengers registered their least expensive Powerplay overs of this tournament, going for 47 runs. That Dilshan registered the Royal Challengers’ most economic four-over figures was perhaps the most crucial record on a night that must have sent statisticians into frenzy.Daniel Vettori’s captaincy has come in for a bit of criticism in this event, mainly for under-using his part-time spinners, but he got it right when he asked Dilshan to bowl the first over of the night. It is hard to say if it was the batsmen were a touch too circumspect. The question must only arise because the contrast between his figures and the rest was stark. He did seem to do the right things, though: he didn’t give the batsmen the pace or the rank bad deliveries. That he managed to frustrate Shane Watson into the rare injudicious shot of the night, costing him his wicket, drew a bit of caution, and he rushed through his quota.Apart from that, the rest of the NSW innings – the whole match in fact – was carnage, par for the Chinnaswamy course. Daniel Smith cheeked his way to a maiden fifty, even managing to out-hit Warner for a while. He late-cut delicately, drove over cover with aplomb, slogged savagely, and enjoyed a few edges, even as Warner sized up the bowlers and the field, a time bomb ticking over.Chris Gayle’s heavy bat ended New South Wales’ tournament•Associated Press

Once he got into acceleration mode in the 10th over, hitting a full toss from S Aravind for four past long-on, there was no stopping Warner. He scored 81 off the last 33 balls he faced as NSW looted 131 from the last 10.1 overs. Of the 11 sixes that Warner hit, two stood out: the regulation slog over midwicket that hit the roof, and the switch-slog off the medium-pace of Raju Bhatkal, which cleared wide long-off with ease. Dirk Nannes, who many believe shouldn’t have been allowed to play this tournament, went for 51 in his four, reaching a tournament economy-rate of 10.42 for a solitary wicket.Even after 23 runs off the last over, once again damaging poor Aravind’s figures, there was uncertainty around the total. NSW would need to cut singles, keep twos down to one, and take miraculous catches. They dropped three of them. Dilshan’s miss didn’t hurt them much, but Kohli made them pay for two lives. One of them was a sitter dropped by Pat Cummins when Kohli was on 44. Ironically, after Cummins had taken three wickets to give NSW another life, the miraculous catch offered itself. Kohli had been under pressure then, the last 14 balls had brought nine runs, and they now needed 24 off 16. A highly unreliable lower order waited. Kohli slogged, the mis-hit went to the right and in front of long-on, Moises Henriques charged after it, but couldn’t convert the half chance.Kolhi proceeded to knock off the rest of the target with ease. Just as easy as it had earlier seemed for Kohli and Gayle. It seemed all they needed to do was raise the bat high; by some sort of design, they would hit the ball well and in the gaps. At times Gayle wouldn’t even need the back lift. He just caressed a few full deliveries for parallel sixes and fours. It was a highlights package that had to be further edited for time. A good old friend, the yorker, was sorely missed among the crowd of fancy slower balls of all varieties. The only one produced got NSW a wicket.

India captain MS Dohni has backed the decision to rest key players for the one-day series against Australia

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Oct-2010India captain MS Dhoni has backed the decision to rest key players for the one-day series against Australia, saying it gives a chance to blood younger players and add to the depth of the squad.There are just 12 more ODIs before the World Cup, hosted jointly by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, gets underway in February next year, and Dhoni wants to make sure his first-choice players aren’t hampered by fatigue or injury.”In last few series, we have not played with our strongest side and rested most players. Maybe injuries were a bit more concern, we are a bit cautious,” said Dhoni. “We don’t want our big players to get injured before a tournament especially when it’s happening in India. Hopeful everyone will get fit and for World Cup.”In the absence of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan is set to make his debut at the top of the order. Dhoni played alongside Dhawan in the Challenger Trophy in 2005 and, having seen his game develop, is keen that he gets a chance at international level.”Both of us scored in the Challengers in Mumbai. I got a chance to establish myself in the national team,” Dhoni said. “There has been ups and downs in his [Shikhar] career but he has been quite consitent. As an opener it’s quite tough, as you have Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir all at the same level. It’s good that he got a chance finally. Hope he scores and the bench will become stronger.”Coming off a resounding success in the Test series Dhoni knows his younger ODI side has a difficult to task maintain the high standards.”It will be a big learning curve for all youngsters. It’s very important to live in the present. Small and basic things that needs to be done correctly to make a mark at the big level. I won’t put extra pressure on them. Take one game at a time and give it your best shot.”While Dhoni can easily call for calm, his opposite-number Michael Clarke has a few worries after scoring just 35 runs from four innings in the 2-0 defeat in the Test series.Clarke admitted that he was below-par but denied feeling any extra pressure ahead of the final three games of the ODI series. “My performance in the Test series wasn’t good enough so I deserved that criticism and I am very disappointed about that,” he said. “I am not at all under pressure. Everybody is entitled to voice their opinion. I can’t change that. I’m training very hard as possibly as I can. I’m really excited about these two one-day games. My main priority is to win the two ODIs. We are really excited about the bright weather, hope it continues tomorrow.”The washed-out opening match at Kochi meant Doug Bollinger had a longer period to rest before the series got underway. Bollinger picked up an abdominal injury in the narrow defeat in the first Test and Clarke revealed that despite Bollinger’s good progress, no decision had been made on whether he’ll play.”He is going well, though he has not done enough bowling. It’s an important day for him today, he will have to bowl at the nets. Physio is happy with his improvement. But we need to make sure he bowls 10 overs for us tomorrow, otherwise I don’t think it’s worth a risk.”

Doug Bollinger has been reported by the match referee Chris Broad

Brydon Coverdale at Adelaide Oval07-Dec-2009Doug Bollinger has escaped with a reprimand after he was reported by the match referee Chris Broad for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision. Bollinger was charged under level 1.3 of the ICC’s code of conduct after he kicked the ground following an lbw decision going against him.Bollinger has made no attempt to mask his displeasure at unfavourable umpiring calls in Adelaide and his frustration peaked with a violent kick when Asad Rauf turned down an lbw appeal against Brendan Nash. Replays suggested the ball would have hit the stumps after Nash padded up, but Australia had burned both their reviews during the morning, including one when Bollinger was convinced he had Adrian Barath caught behind. The offence carries a maximum punishment of 50% of the match fee, but Bollinger pleaded guilty during the hearing on Monday night and was let off with a reprimand by the match referee.Prior to the match, Bollinger described himself as “loud and obnoxious” and he has certainly proved it, wearing his emotions on his sleeve during his second Test. His fast-bowling colleague Mitchell Johnson said Bollinger was a passionate character who was clearly thrilled to be playing for his country.”He’s pretty fiery I guess, as you can see,” Johnson said. “He was a little bit frustrated at times there, he thought he had his man. Dougie’s pretty excited about playing for Australia and he wants to do well. It’s only his second game and he’s pretty fired up. He’s playing for his country [with] his hand on his heart and he’s really going out there and playing tough cricket.”

Tilly Corteen-Coleman and Prisha Thanawala shared seven wickets between them to bowl New Zealand out for 89

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Jan-2025England registered a comprehensive win over New Zealand to join India, Australia and South Africa in the semi-finals of the Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup.Fast bowler Tilly Corteen-Coleman (4-0-8-4) and offspinner Prisha Thanawala (4-1-19-3) shared seven wickets between them as they knocked New Zealand over for 89 in Kuching, Malaysia.Openers Davina Perrin and Jemima Spence – who have the best strike rates in the tournament – then ensured a comfortable chase, despite England losing four wickets.Related

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It marked the end of a forgetful campaign for New Zealand, who managed just two wins from their five matches. Only two players got into double-digits on Monday.Opener Kate Irwin gave New Zealand a good start, making 35 off 26 before being dismissed by quick Trudy Johnson in the ninth over. Johnson struck again in her next over before Phoebe Brett had Emma McLeod stumped.That’s when Thanawala got in on the action. She dismissed Eve Wolland in the 15th over before taking two in her next. Corteen-Coleman cleaned up the rest of the line-up with a wicket off the last ball of the 18th over and then three in the final over.Perrin gave England a quick start, hammering two fours and a six in the first two overs. England were 34 for 1 in 3.2 overs when Sophie Court dismissed her. Perrin’s 15-ball 21 saw her go on top of the competition’s run charts.Even as England lost Johnson and captain Abi Norgrove in the space of ten balls, Spence ensured the scorecard kept ticking along. When she fell to Hannah Francis in the ninth over, England were only 16 runs away and Charlotte Stubbs and wicketkeeper Katie Jones took care of the rest to seal the win in 11.4 overs.

But title ambitions set the tone for batter’s World Cup performances

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Root on Stokes’ injury

Joe Root has slipped back into the rhythms of ODI cricket during the last 10 days. A month ago, he finished a series against New Zealand with 39 runs in four innings but has started this tournament with scores of 77 and 82, becoming England’s leading World Cup run-scorer in the process.Root looked badly out of form at the end of the home season. He was so desperate for time in the middle that he cut short a brief period of rest to train with England’s second-string squad before their series against Ireland, and would have played in the first ODI at Headingley but for rain.Yet he remained quietly confident that he would be fine when it mattered – in no small part due to his previous success on the subcontinent. He has now made five half-centuries in eight ODI innings in India, as well as averaging over 50 in both Tests and T20Is in the country.Related

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He made 77 off 86 balls against New Zealand in Ahmedabad, anchoring the innings from No. 3 as England lost regular wickets, then had the platform to play more expansively against Bangladesh in Dharamsala. He made 82 off 68, adding 151 with Dawid Malan; his first boundary was a reverse-scooped six, but he was particularly dominant down the ground.”I do enjoy playing cricket in India,” Root said on Saturday night, ahead of England’s fixture against Afghanistan in Delhi. “It suits my game quite nicely… It’s something that’s nice to have in the bank when you come to a tournament like this: knowing you’ve done well previously gives you a little bit of confidence.”Root has always thrived against spin, scoring at a run a ball against spinners in this World Cup to date. “The way people bowl spin out here, [it’s about] finding different ways of manoeuvring the field and trying to rotate strike… finding your boundary options, and weighing up whether there’s a little less bounce or whatever.”He found the series against New Zealand “frustrating” but, at 32, Root has experienced enough quiet passages that he retained his belief: “You want to have a lot of runs going into it… but it’s about turning up when it matters. In the crux of the tournament, that’s when you need to really deliver.”When you get here and you’re in that tournament mentality – ‘this is what it’s about, this is where you stand up and deliver’ – it’s a different frame of mind. That’s really helped me coming out here, giving real focus to what we’re doing. It’s been nice to contribute in the first couple of games.”When you play for a long period of time, you’re always going to have passages of games when you don’t perform and have a little bit of a lull. Can you be good enough to make that a really short period of time? That’s the mentality you’ve got to have if you want to be around for a long time.”And Root wants to be around for a while yet. England’s golden generation of white-ball players are now in their early-to-mid 30s, and they are expected to make sweeping changes after this tournament as they build towards the 2025 Champions Trophy and the 2027 World Cup beyond.Joe Root notched up another quick half-century against Bangladesh•Getty Images

Root will be 36 by the time that World Cup is staged in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, but said: “I’d like to go on a safari; it would be nice to tie that in. I’d love to still be playing in four years’ time. The cricket landscape is forever changing, isn’t it? But I can’t see myself not being there unless I’m not good enough and guys have gone past me… I’ll get pushed before [I retire].”If he does play for another four years, Root will surpass Eoin Morgan as England’s all-time leading run-scorer in this format; with up to nine matches left in this World Cup, it is just about feasible that he could score the 553 runs he needs to overtake him during this tournament.That status is unlikely to mean much to him. Root went past Graham Gooch as England’s leading World Cup run-scorer during his innings against Bangladesh, but said the achievement would mean nothing without another trophy.”It’d be nice if we win a World Cup at the end of it, because we’d have had two World Cups and I’d be the leading run-scorer,” Root said. “But it’s got to stand for something: the only way it does is if we go on and win this thing, which we know we can.”

Buttler suffers setback as dramatic collapse undermines Lancs’ hopes

ECB Reporters Network01-Jul-2022Jos Buttler suffered disappointment in his first match since being appointed England’s new white-ball captain after an astonishing Lancashire Lightning batting collapse in a 29-run defeat against bottom-placed Worcestershire Rapids at New Road.Eoin Morgan’s replacement was dropped before he had scored but then smashed 42 off 29 balls with three sixes and two fours and he and Phil Salt plundered 85 from 8.2 overs in pursuit of a 179 target.The Lightning looked well on course to seal the victory that would have booked their place in the quarter-finals.But then Club Captain Brett D’Oliveira’s career-best T20 return of 4-20 was the centre part of a dramatic reversal in fortunes for the Lightning.Ten wickets went down for 64 runs in 11.1 overs to leave Lancashire’s hopes of qualifying for the last eight now hanging in the balance heading into their final game with Birmingham Bears on Sunday.It was a mixture of poor strokeplay and some inspired bowling as Worcestershire, the 2018 winners, celebrated their second win of the campaign.The Rapids made two changes with Jake Libby and Dillon Pennington replacing Ed Pollock and Adam Finch.They were put into bat and Libby and D’Oliveira gave the Rapids a solid start in contrast to their trend this summer of losing too many wickets in the powerplay.Their opening stand was worth 49 in 5.1 overs before Libby (18) skied Luke Wood to mid-wicket.D’Oliveira raced onto 33 before he fell to a catch at long on against the bowling of Luke Wells.Rapids captain Moeen Ali looked in good touch and a six over mid-wicket off Wood sailed out of the ground.He had made 31 from only 17 deliveries and added 51 in 5.2 overs with Colin Munro before the pair departed in successive overs.Moeen picked out cover off Wells and then Munro, drilled Matt Parkinson straight to long on.But then recent signing, Kashif Ali, provided some acceleration with 27 off 15 balls including two sixes before he perished at deep mid wicket off Tom Hartley.Ed Barnard (11) was caught at mid-off but then Gareth Roderick produced the shot of the innings, a six over fine leg off Gleeson.When the Lightning batted, Mitchell Stanley bowled a superb first over with plenty of pace.Buttler was fortunate to survive when he edged the second legitimate bowler from the 21-year-old with Moeen spilling a straightforward chanceHe managed only two runs off his first seven balls but then smashed Stanley for six over wide mid on and then a scoop shot against the same bowler brought another maximum.The powerplay yielded 61 runs and Buttler looked set for a major contribution until he failed to connect properly with a full-toss from D’Oliveira and holed out to backward square leg.It was the start of a dramatic change-around in fortunes for the Lightning.Steven Croft was caught behind off Barnard and then D’Oliveira dismissed Salt, 44, and Dane Vila with successive balls before Tim David holed out to long on in his next over.Moeen came into the attack and removed Danny Lamb and Luke Wells in successive overs before Pat Brown’s two wickets helped to polish off the innings.