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.

Asia Cup Cricket 2008

Asia Cup Cricket 2008 in Pakistan

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Sri Lanka v UAE at Lahore

SL v UAE, Asia Cup 2008: Mendis spins Lanka to win against UAE

Ajantha Mendis shined for Sri Lanka taking career-best figures of 5 for 22 as his team cruised to a big 142-run win over United Arab Emirates in the Asia Cup cricket tournament at the Gaddafi stadium at Lahore.
Mendis spun out UAE for 148 in 36.3 overs with the minnows losing their last six wickets for only 15 runs. Sri Lanka had set a target of 291 for the UAE team after electing to bat first with Mahela Jayawardene (61) and opener Mahela Udawatte (67) sharing a second-wicket stand of 114 runs after opener Kumar Sangakkara fell for a first over duck to Zahid Shah.
Shah finished with 3 for 49 while Mohammad Tauqir and Fahad Alhashmi, both UAE locals, took two wickets each. UAE made a good start through wicketkeeper opener, Amjad Ali who hails from Lahore.
Ali smashed 77 from 79 balls with 12 fours to give UAE a solid start of 95 for one. He eventually fell to part-time offie Tillakratne Dilshan, which triggered a batting collapse. Mendis sent down only 6.3 overs to take his flattering figures that exposed the inexperience of the UAE team at the top level.
The Sri Lanka total underwent several hiccups after the first over dismissal of Kumar Sangakkara for a duck before Udawatte and Jayawardene made fifties in a second wicket stand of 114 from 82 balls. But from the strong position of 114 for one they lost wickets regularly to slip to 180 for 5 and eventually 209 for 7 before some fine rearguard action by Kaushal Weeraratne (40) and Nuwan Kulasekera (37) took them to a total that was beyond the inexperienced emirates side.
For the UAE outfit playing in their second Asia Cup, their local player, Fahad Alhashmi took two wickets while nother local Mohammad Tauqir in his fourth game also bowled well.

SL v UAE, Asia Cup 2008: Sri Lanka 290 for 9 (50.0 overs) beat UAE 148 all out (36.3 overs) by 142 runs

Sri Lanka v UAE at Lahore

Score Card

Sri Lanka Innings 290 for 9 (50.0 overs)

United Arab Emirates Innings 148 all out (36.3 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Sangakkara	lbw	b Shah	0	6	0	0
Udawatte	c Tauqir	b Alhashmi	67	74	6	0
M Jayawardene	run out		61	43	9	0
Kapugedera	c Amjad	b Tauqir	11	7	2	0
Silva	c Batu'chi	b Tauqir	6	9	0	0
Dilshan	c Amjad	b Alhashmi	24	30	1	0
Weeraratne	c Batu'chi	b Saqib	40	54	2	0
Thushara	c Amjad	b Shah	10	15	1	0
Kulasekara	c Khuram	b Shah	37	51	0	0
Mendis	not out		15	11	1	0
D Fernando	not out		0	0	0	0
Extras		11w 1b 7lb	19
Total		for 9	290	(50.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Shah 10.0 1 49 3 Alhashmi 5.0 0 39 2 Ali 2.0 0 22 0 Saqib 7.0 0 44 1 Tauqir 10.0 0 47 2 Khuram 10.0 0 55 0 Arshad 6.0 0 26 0

Fall of wicket   0 Sangakkara 114 M Jayawardene 131 Kapugedera 142 Silva 180 Udawatte 189 Dilshan 209 Thushara 262 Weeraratne 286 Kulasekara

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Amjad	c Weeraratne	b Dilshan	77	79	12	0
Arshad	run out		6	10	0	0
Batu'chi	c Sangakkara	b Thushara	14	46	0	0
Saqib	lbw	b Mendis	19	32	1	0
Khuram	c Sangakkara	b Thushara	2	7	0	0
Tauqir	lbw	b D Fernando	9	15	2	0
Fernandes	st Sangakkara	b Mendis	5	13	0	0
Shukri	c M Jayawardene	b Mendis	1	3	0	0
Shah	not out		6	11	1	0
Alhashmi	lbw	b Mendis	0	3	0	0
Ali	lbw	b Mendis	0	2	0	0
Extras		2nb 5w 1b 1lb	9
Total		all out	148	(36.3 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Kulasekara 5.0 2 25 0 Weeraratne 4.0 1 23 0 D Fernando 7.0 0 40 1 Mendis 6.3 1 22 5 Dilshan 7.0 2 14 1 Thushara 7.0 0 22 2

Fall of wicket   25 Arshad 95 Batu'chi 107 Amjad 114 Khuram 133 Tauqir 139 Saqib 141 Shukri 142 Fernandes 148 Alhashmi 148 Ali

Umpires: I J Gould, S J A Taufel
Sri Lanka: Udawatte, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Silva, Dilshan, Kapugedera, Thushara, Kulasekara, Mendis, Weeraratne, D Fernando
United Arab Emirates: Amjad, Arshad, Shukri, Fernandes, Batu'chi, Khuram, Saqib, Tauqir, Ali, Shah, Alhashmi