India vs South Africa Test Series

INDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA TEST SERIES in India, FEB 2010

India will play two-match Test series against South Africa at Nagpur and Kolkata, and also three one-day internationals during the tour starting February.

England vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08

Schedule

England vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08

First test at Kandy

SL vs ENG, 1st Test : Sri Lanka beat England by 88 runs

Muttiah Muralitharan bowled two magical deliveries when it mattered most to hand Sri Lanka an 88-run win over a fighting England in the first Test on Wednesday.
The off-spinner, who became Test cricket's most successful bowler in the first innings, got out Matt Prior and Ian Bell in the space of three deliveries with the second new ball to end England's spirited challenge. The tourists, needing to bat out the final day for a draw after being set an improbable victory target of 350, were bowled out for 261 in the last hour of the match at the Asgiriya stadium.
Sri Lanka took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series going into the second Test, which opens at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo on Sunday. Sangakkara was named man of the match for his match-winning 152 in the second innings.

SL vs ENG, First Test, Kandy: Sri Lanka 188 & 442-8d beat England 281 & 261 by 88 runs

England vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08

First test at Kandy

Scores

Sri Lanka 1st Innings 188 all out (59.4 overs)	Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 442 for 8 (130.0 overs)
England 1st Innings 281 all out (93.1 overs)	England 2nd Innings 261 all out (94.0 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Vandort	c Vaughan	b Hoggard	8	22	1	0
Jayasuriya	c Pietersen	b Sidebottom	10	12	2	0
Sangakkara	c Collingwood	b Anderson	92	159	13	0
M Jayawardene	c Prior	b Hoggard	1	12	0	0
Silva	c Prior	b Hoggard	2	6	0	0
Mubarak	c Prior	b Hoggard	0	5	0	0
P Jayawardene	c Cook	b Panesar	51	102	9	0
Vaas		b Panesar	12	22	2	0
D Fernando	c Vaughan	b Panesar	0	11	0	0
Malinga	not out		1	7	0	0
Muralitharan	run out		1	1	0	0
Extras		2nb 8lb	10
Total		all out	188	(59.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Sidebottom 15.0 1 58 1 Hoggard 14.0 3 29 4 Anderson 15.4 3 39 1 Bopara 1.0 0 8 0 Panesar 14.0 4 46 3

Fall of wicket   11 Jayasuriya 29 Vandort 40 M Jayawardene 42 Silva 42 Mubarak 148 P Jayawardene 180 Vaas 182 D Fernando 186 Sangakkara 188 Muralitharan

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Cook	lbw	b Vaas	0	3	0	0
Vaughan	c Silva	b Muralitharan	37	108	5	0
Bell	c Silva	b Muralitharan	83	125	12	0
Pietersen	lbw	b Muralitharan	31	57	6	0
Collingwood		b Muralitharan	45	121	3	0
Bopara	c P Jayawardene	b Muralitharan	8	22	0	0
Prior	c Mubarak	b D Fernando	0	6	0	0
Sidebottom	c P Jayawardene	b Malinga	31	81	3	0
Hoggard	st P Jayawardene	b Muralitharan	15	23	2	0
Anderson	lbw	b Vaas	9	17	0	0
Panesar	not out		2	6	0	0
Extras		11nb 2w 6b 1lb	20
Total		all out	281	(93.1 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Vaas 18.1 3 76 2 Malinga 20.0 2 86 1 Muralitharan 35.0 14 55 6 Jayasuriya 2.0 0 9 0 D Fernando 18.0 2 48 1

Fall of wicket   0 Cook 107 Vaughan 132 Bell 170 Pietersen 182 Bopara 185 Prior 242 Sidebottom 266 Collingwood 272 Hoggard 281 Anderson

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Vandort	c Bell	b Anderson	49	143	3	0
Jayasuriya	lbw	b Hoggard	78	106	10	1
Sangakkara	c Vaughan	b Collingwood	152	269	19	0
M Jayawardene	c Prior	b Hoggard	65	108	9	0
Silva	lbw	b Panesar	37	48	7	0
Mubarak	c sub	b Panesar	9	32	2	0
P Jayawardene		b Collingwood	20	46	2	0
Vaas	not out		6	17	0	0
Malinga		b Panesar	2	2	0	0
D Fernando	not out		9	9	0	0
Extras		5b 10lb	15
Total		for 8	442	(130.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Hoggard 18.0 5 55 2 Sidebottom 25.0 5 65 0 Panesar 45.0 5 132 3 Anderson 23.0 4 128 1 Bopara 8.0 3 16 0 Vaughan 3.0 0 6 0 Collingwood 8.0 0 25 2

Fall of wicket   113 Jayasuriya 166 Vandort 288 M Jayawardene 359 Silva 387 Mubarak 423 P Jayawardene 426 Sangakkara 429 Malinga

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Cook	c Silva	b Vaas	4	4	1	0
Vaughan	c P Jayawardene	b Vaas	5	25	1	0
Anderson		b Vaas	11	36	1	0
Bell		b Muralitharan	74	209	6	0
Pietersen		b D Fernando	18	33	4	0
Collingwood	c Sangakkara	b D Fernando	16	27	1	0
Bopara	lbw	b Jayasuriya	34	42	7	0
Prior		b Muralitharan	63	147	8	0
Sidebottom	lbw	b Muralitharan	1	15	0	0
Hoggard		b Malinga	8	28	1	0
Panesar	not out		2	9	0	0
Extras		11nb 5b 9lb	25
Total		all out	261	(94.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Vaas 17.0 3 56 3 Malinga 15.0 3 39 1 Muralitharan 36.0 12 85 3 Jayasuriya 14.0 6 28 1 D Fernando 12.0 1 39 2

Fall of wicket   4 Cook 22 Vaughan 27 Anderson 55 Pietersen 90 Collingwood 139 Bopara 248 Prior 249 Bell 253 Sidebottom 261 Hoggard

Umpires: Aleem Dar, Asad Rauf
Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya, Vandort, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Silva, Mubarak, P Jayawardene, Vaas, D Fernando, Malinga, Muralitharan
England: Cook, Vaughan, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Bopara, Prior, Sidebottom, Hoggard, Anderson, Panesar