Australia defeated England by 51 runs in the fifth ODI at Brisbane today to win the series 4-1 with still two games to go. Chasing just 250 runs, the England top order fell apart early in the chase to get reduced to 22/3. Andrew Strauss (3) and Matt Prior (14) added just 20 runs for [...]
Half centuries from Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen helped England put up 294 in the first of the seven-match ODI series that began here today at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. England won the toss and decided to bat first on a pitch that appeared to be on the slower side. England dropped Paul Collingwood who [...]
England extended their overall lead beyond 200 runs despite losing three important wickets in the session. At tea, England were 304/5, clearly 206 runs ahead of Australia. Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott completed half centuries in a session where England scored 78 runs losing three wickets. The pair put on 92 runs before Peter Siddle [...]
Ricky Ponting was involved in a finger-wagging incident with the umpire Aleem Dar over what was a controversial caught-behind decision of Kevin Pietersen on the second day of the fourth Test match at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Watch the Ponting-Aleem Dar-Pietersen incident on YouTube. The incident was triggered when Pietersen was beaten by the bowler and [...]
England continued to dominate the fourth Ashes Test, despite Peter Siddle’s double strike, to end the first session on day two on 226/2. England now lead Australia by 128 runs. Resuming on overnight score of 157/0, England lost Alastair Cook in the fifth over of the day when he edged Peter Siddle to Shane Watson [...]
Having lost the entire last session of yesterday to rain, the England batsmen scored some quick runs on the fourth day to gain an overall lead of 375 runs. At lunch on the fourth day of the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval, Australia had scored 78/0. Australia v England 2nd Ashes Test Live [...]
Kevin Pietersen’s superb double century took England’s overall lead past the 300 mark. At tea on the third day of the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval, England were placed at 551/4. England lost Paul Collingwood in the third over of the session. Collingwood scored 42 runs and more importantly put 101 runs for [...]
Kevin Pietersen scored his second double century in Test match cricket and first against Australia at Adelaide. Pietersen’s 200 that came off pushed the English side to more than 500/4 and in an impregnable position. Pietersen had begun the day on 85 and lost his overnight partner, Alastair Cook early in the day. However, Pietersen [...]
Kevin Pietersen’s first Test hundred in 18 months took England’s overall lead past the 200-run mark. The visitors were 449/3 at lunch on the third day of the second Ashes test at the Adelaide Oval. Buy your Perth Ashes tickets from at the top of the page. Resuming on the overnight score of 317/2, the [...]
Alastair Cook scored his consecutive hundred of the series to take England to 317/2 at close of play on the second day of the second Ashes test at the Adelaide Oval. Australia v England 2nd Ashes Test Live Score and Highlights The session entirely belonged to England in which the visitors scored 119 runs without [...]
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