Australia Vs India 2nd Test Result

Sydney 06 Jan 2012: Australia won the match by an innings and 68 runs.From the beginning to the end Australia dominated the match in all aspects,batting bowling and fielding.Captain Michael Clarke had a fantastic test with a triple century and the wicket of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar.Michael Clarke was really awesome as he lead the team from the front,great batting,bowling and captaincy.The Australian fast bowlers did extremely well to break the powerful Indian batting line up at the beginning  itself and that was the key to their win.A short summary of the match is given below.

India : 1st innings  191/10
Ms Dhoni 57   Sachin Tendulkar 41.Pattinson took 4 wickets,Hilfenhaus and Siddle took3 wickets each.

Australia : 1st innings 659/4d
Michael Clarke 329*  Mike Hussey 150  Rickey Ponting 134

India : 2nd innings 400/10
Gautam Gambhir 83   Sachin Tendulkar 80 VVS Laxman 66 Ashwin 62.Hilfenhaus took 5 wickets.

Man of the match : Michael Clarke

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South Africa Vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Resullt

Cape Town 06Jan 2012: South Africa won the match by 10 wickets.A short summary of the match is given below.It includes the score of both the teams in the two innings along with important batting and balling performances.

South Africa : 1st innings 580/4d
Jacques Kallis 224  Ab Devilliers 160*  Alviro Petersen 109  Jacques Rudolph 51*

Sri Lanka : 1st innings 239/10
Tilakaratne Dilshan 78   Dale Steyn and V Philander took 3 wickets each

Sri Lanka : 2nd innings 342/10
Samaraweera 115 and Angelo Mathews 63.Philander,Kallis and Tahir took 3 wickets each.

South Africa : 2nd innings 2/0

Man of the match : Jacques Kallis

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Australia Vs India Boxing Day Melbourne Test Result

Melbourne 29Dec2011:Australia won the test by 122 runs with one day to spare.Here I will provide a short summary of the match.Australia scored 333 in the first innings,two main batting performances were by Ricky Ponting(62) and Ed Cowan(68).Indian bowlers Zaheer Khan,Umesh Yadav and Ashwin took 4,3 and 3 wickets respectively.In the first innings Indian team were all out for just 282,giving Aussies 51 runs lead.Indian innings included 3 half century performances by Sachin(73),Sehwag(67) and Dravid(68).Australian fast bowlers Pattinson(2),Hilfenhaus(5) and Siddle(3) shared the Indian wickets.Australia scored 240 in the 2nd innings with the help of Ponting(60),Hussey(89) and Pattinson(37).Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav took 3 and 4 wickets respectively.The Indian team were all out for 169 in the fourth day and the game ended with 122 runs win for Australia

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South Africa Vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Result

Durban : Sri Lanka won the match by 208 runs.A very short summary of the match is given below.The scores of both the teams in the two innings along with important batting and bowling performances are given below.

Sri Lanka : 1st innings 338/10
Samaraweera  102 and Chandimal 58

South Africa : 1st innings 168/10
Welegedara 5 wickets and Herath 4 wickets

Sri Lanka : 2nd innings 279/10
Kumar Sangakkara 108 and Chandimal 54


South Africa : 2nd innings 241/10
Ab Devilliers 69 and Herath 5 wickets

The Match ended in the 4th day with 208 run win for Sri Lanka

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