England vs South Africa, 3rd ODI Highlights

South Africa in England, 2008, NatWest Series
England vs South Africa, 3rd ODI; Highlights
The Oval, London, August 29, 2008
Another clinical performance by the Englishmen. They lost the toss today and had to bat. The openers gave them a great start and they finished brilliantly despite a bit of a wobble in the middle overs. Flintoff played a fine knock and was well supported by Samit Patel who rounded off his cameo with a five wicket haul. The two remaining games are now dead but South Africa will like to come up with something good to end the tour.
England win by 126 runs and win the Natwest series 3-0 with 2 games to spare

Samit Patel is the Man of the Match for his all round performance. He scored 31 runs and picked up 5 for 41 to become the first England spinner in 7 years to take a five wicket haul in ODIs.

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India Vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI Highlights Video, Idea Cup

Idea Cup, 2008; Sri Lanka vs India,
5th ODI Highlights; R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, August 29, 2008
This has been an amazing tour which has witnessed some high quality cricket. After being trampled in the Test series, the Indians came back strongly with their young brigade putting up a brilliant show. It was the Mendis and Murali show in the Tests and surprisingly enough, they failed to perform in the one-dayers. Young India played them a lot better and hence the positive result. Mahendra Singh Dhoni led his side from the front with a few good knocks, Suresh Raina glittered with the bat and young Kohli showed a lot of promise about him as well. Zaheer Khan is back to his best too by performing like a real spearhead for his side. For the Sri Lankans, it was Kulasekara, Thushara, Mendis and the skipper himself who performed very well. Despite these efforts, it was India who walked away with the Idea Cup.

Result Sri Lanka won by 112 runs (D/L method)

Nuwan Kulasekara is the Man of the Match for his outstanding spell of 4 for 40 from 9 overs.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the Man of the series for his consistent run with the bat. He stacked up a brilliant 193 runs from the 5 games.

India Vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI Main Highlights

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Final Presentation Ceremony of Idea Cup 2008

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England Vs South Africa 2nd ODI Highlights

South Africa in England, 2008

England vs South Africa, 2nd ODI, Highlights
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, August 26, 2008

This was all England barring the toss and England will feel it was a good toss to lose. Broad produced an amazing spell to demolish South Africa completely. Then the two openers came out and finished the job without any hiccups whatsoever. A score of 83 was never going to be any problem without early wickets and that didn't happen for South Africa.

Stuart Broad is the Man of the Match for his career best figures of 5/23 in 10 overs during which he ripped through the South African top order and gave England an unassailable advantage.

England win by 10 wickets and lead the series 2-0
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India Vs Sri Lanka 4th ODI Highlights Video

Idea Cup, 2008, Sri Lanka vs India,
4th ODI, Highlights
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, August 26, 2008

What a clinical performance by the Indians, they would be a satisfied lot after what they all went through during the lost Test series and the horrendous first ODI. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has led his side to yet another win and he has once again done that with a resounding example. His team got off to a good start and he took up the charge alongwith Raina to ensure that their team got to a par total. It was always going to be one of those challenging run chases where Sri Lanka needed a good start. Warnapura was patchy but the dangerous Jayasuriya was firing from the other end. Wickets kept tumbling at crucial periods and the spinners were responsible for all that. The pitch assisted them and even a part-timer like Yuvraj dictated terms to the genuine batsmen. Sri Lanka never looked like winning and the Indians were the clear favourites.

Result: India win by 46 runs and alongwith it, they win the Idea Cup 3-1 with 1 game to spare.

Suresh Raina is the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock of 76 which played a crucial part in the 4th wicket stand with Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Chaminda Vaas receives a special award. He joined the elite club of 400 wickets in this match.

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India Vs Srilanka,4th Odi, Wickets Of Indian Inninngs


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England Vs South Africa 1st ODI Highlights

South Africa tour of England
1st ODI: England vs South Africa at Leeds, Highlights Aug 22, 2008

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 5-match series 1-0
Player of the match KP Pietersen (England)

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India Vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Highlights Video

Idea Cup, 2008; Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd ODI; highlights; R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, August 24, 2008

Splendid victory for the Indians after they piled up a good fighting total on the board. The Sri Lankans never helped themselves by losing early wickets and were once again under a threat of being skittled out under 100. But the age old problem of the Indians came to the surface again as they allowed Thushara and skipper Jayawardene to settle in and pile on a fabulous partnership late in the innings. Once the partnership was broken, it was all over for the Sri Lankans. Mahela went down fighting but one needs to accept that the Lankans never batted well to chase this total down.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the Man of the Match for his fine knock of 76 which enabled India post a challenging total.

Match Status: India won by 33 runs
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Series India led the 5-match series 2-1
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India Vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI Highlights Video

Idea Cup, 2008, Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd ODI Highlights, Rangiri International Stadium, Dambulla, August 20, 2008
The Indian bowlers bowled their hearts out but once again the age old Indian problem of not being able to skittle an opposition out came to the surface as the Lankan tail wagged to propel them to 142. The Indian batsmen failed once again and not having a specialist opening bat is going to hurt them badly in this series. The middle order was a bit shaky as well and the Indians need to do something to come out of this mess. However, one good thing is that, today the batters played Murali and Mendis much better. The end result is something that India will gladly take and they will hope that things get only better from here.

Zaheer Khan is the Man of the Match for his stupendous bowling figures of 4 for 21.

Result India won by 3 wickets (with 62 balls remaining)
Toss India, who chose to field first
Series 5-match series level 1-1
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India Vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Highlights Video

Idea Cup, 2008;Sri Lanka vs India, 1st ODI
Rangiri International Stadium, Dambulla, August 18, 2008

The new look Indian side didn't really do any better. India won the toss, elected to bat but their batting fell apart big time. The bowlers did well initially but then Kapugedera and Mahela got together in an unbeaten and match winning partnership. It turned out to be a one sided affair.

Ajantha Mendis is the Man of the Match for his bewitching spell of 3 for 21 off nine overs with 4 maidens.

Result Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 91 balls remaining)
Toss India, who chose to bat first
Series Sri Lanka led the 5-match series 1-0
India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Main Highlights Video

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India Vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Day 4 Highlights Video

Idea Cup, 2008, Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test Day 4 Highlights Video
P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, August 8-12, 2008

Sri Lanka: Michael Vandort , Malinda Warnapura , Kumar Sangakkara , Mahela Jayawardene (c) , Thilan Samaraweera , Tillakaratne Dilshan , Prasanna Jayawardene (w) , Chaminda Vaas , Dammika Prasad , Ajantha Mendis , Muttiah Muralitharan , Chamara Kapugedera (sub) , Nuwan Kulasekara (sub) , Chamara Silva (sub) , Thilan Thushara (sub)

India: Virender Sehwag , Gautam Gambhir , Rahul Dravid , Sachin Tendulkar , Saurav Ganguly , VVS Laxman , Parthiv Patel (w) , Anil Kumble (c) , Harbhajan Singh , Zaheer Khan , Ishant Sharma , Rudra Pratap Singh (sub) , Munaf Patel (sub) , Pragyan Ojha (sub) , Rohit Sharma (sub)

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India Vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Day 3 Highlights Video

Idea Cup, 2008, Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test Day 3 Highlights Video
P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, August 8-12, 2008

Sri Lanka: Michael Vandort , Malinda Warnapura , Kumar Sangakkara , Mahela Jayawardene (c) , Thilan Samaraweera , Tillakaratne Dilshan , Prasanna Jayawardene (w) , Chaminda Vaas , Dammika Prasad , Ajantha Mendis , Muttiah Muralitharan , Chamara Kapugedera (sub) , Nuwan Kulasekara (sub) , Chamara Silva (sub) , Thilan Thushara (sub)

India: Virender Sehwag , Gautam Gambhir , Rahul Dravid , Sachin Tendulkar , Saurav Ganguly , VVS Laxman , Parthiv Patel (w) , Anil Kumble (c) , Harbhajan Singh , Zaheer Khan , Ishant Sharma , Rudra Pratap Singh (sub) , Munaf Patel (sub) , Pragyan Ojha (sub) , Rohit Sharma (sub)

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India Vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights Video

Idea Cup, 2008, Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights Video
P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, August 8-12, 2008

Sri Lanka: Michael Vandort , Malinda Warnapura , Kumar Sangakkara , Mahela Jayawardene (c) , Thilan Samaraweera , Tillakaratne Dilshan , Prasanna Jayawardene (w) , Chaminda Vaas , Dammika Prasad , Ajantha Mendis , Muttiah Muralitharan , Chamara Kapugedera (sub) , Nuwan Kulasekara (sub) , Chamara Silva (sub) , Thilan Thushara (sub)

India: Virender Sehwag , Gautam Gambhir , Rahul Dravid , Sachin Tendulkar , Saurav Ganguly , VVS Laxman , Parthiv Patel (w) , Anil Kumble (c) , Harbhajan Singh , Zaheer Khan , Ishant Sharma , Rudra Pratap Singh (sub) , Munaf Patel (sub) , Pragyan Ojha (sub) , Rohit Sharma (sub)

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India Vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Day 1 Highlights Video

Idea Cup, 2008, Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test Day 1 Highlights Video
P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, August 8-12, 2008

Sri Lanka: Michael Vandort , Malinda Warnapura , Kumar Sangakkara , Mahela Jayawardene (c) , Thilan Samaraweera , Tillakaratne Dilshan , Prasanna Jayawardene (w) , Chaminda Vaas , Dammika Prasad , Ajantha Mendis , Muttiah Muralitharan , Chamara Kapugedera (sub) , Nuwan Kulasekara (sub) , Chamara Silva (sub) , Thilan Thushara (sub)

India: Virender Sehwag , Gautam Gambhir , Rahul Dravid , Sachin Tendulkar , Saurav Ganguly , VVS Laxman , Parthiv Patel (w) , Anil Kumble (c) , Harbhajan Singh , Zaheer Khan , Ishant Sharma , Rudra Pratap Singh (sub) , Munaf Patel (sub) , Pragyan Ojha (sub) , Rohit Sharma (sub)

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