Cricket Banter

Rew was simply brilliant with his 95. Shame he couldn't read the game that little bit more, and keep ticking over to a position where England could have accelerated (relative) through the last overs. As it stands, India 117/4 so England fighting hard, but what a difference those few unused overs could have made.......easy in hindsight -but their importance is being seen now! Not meaning to detract from his knock (or that of Sales) over all as without him, the three lions would be nowhere!! Showed a lot of nous actually that some within the senior ranks would do well to learn!

England Under 19s battled hard in the field to try & defend an under par score. At 91-7 the innings was rescued by top scorer Rew (95) & Sales 34 not out who added 93.
India took their time when they batted with no pressure to score, keeping wickets in hand. No shame to get beaten by an impressive India side. All the batsmen looked to have sound techniques, & India's dominance looks set to continue.
England have a very competitive side, with many of our players already with county experience. The general standard of the competition as a whole has been as good as I've seen from this age group.

India v West Indies 1st ODI Ahmedabad
India won the toss & elected to field
WI 176 All out (43.5 overs) Holder 57 Allen 29 Chahal 4-49 Sundar 3-30 Krishna 2-29
IND 178-4 (28 overs) Rohit Sharma 60 Surayakumar Yadav 34 no Kishan 28 Hooda 26 no Joseph 2-45
India won by 6 wickets

India v west Indies 2nd ODI Ahmedabad Feb 9
West Indies won the toss & elected to field
IND 237-9 Suryakumar Yadev 64 Rahul 49 Odean Smith 2-29 Alzarri Joseph 2-36
WI 193 (46 overs) Brooks 44 Hosein 34 Krishna 4-12 Thakur 2-41
India won by 44 runs

India v West Indies 3rd ODI
India won the toss & elected to bat
IND 265 All out (50 overs) Shreyas 80 Pant 56 Chahar 38 Sundar 33 Holder 4-34 Joseph 2-54 Walsh 2-59
WI 169 All out (37.1 overs) Smith 36 Pooran 34 Joseph 29 Krishna 3-27 Siraj 3-29
chahar 2-41 Yadav 2-51
India won by 96 runs

Australia v Sri Lanka 1st T20I Sydney Feb 11
Sri Lanka won the toss & elected to field
AUS 149-9 (19 overs) McDermott 63 Stoinis 30 Inglis 23 Hasaranga 3-38 Binuru Fernando 2-12 Karunaratne 2-22 Chameera 2-38
SL 122-8 (19 overs) Nissanka 36 Chandimal 25 no Hazelwood 4-12 Zampa 3-18
Australia won by 22 runs (D/L method)

AUS v SL 2nd T20I Sydney
SL won the toss & elected to field
AUS 164-6 Inglis 48 Finch 25 Chameera 2-3- Hasaranga 2-33
SL 164-8 Nissanka 73 Shanaka 34 Hazelwood 3-22
Australia won the eliminator Super over
SL 5-1 (1 over) AUS 9-0 (.3 over)

AUS v SL 3rd T20I Canberra
AUS won the toss & elected to field
SL 121-6 Shanaka 39 no Richardson 3-21
AUS 124-4 (16.5 overs) Maxwell 39 Finch 35 Theekshana 3-24
Australia won by 6 wickets

IND v WI 1st T20I Kolkata
IND won the toss & elected to field
WI 157-7 (20 overs) Pooran 61 Mayers 31 Pollard 24 no Bishnoi 2-17
IND 162-4 (18.5 overs) Rohit 40 Kishan 35 Surayahumar 34 no Iyer 24 no Chase 2-14
India won by 6 wickets

Glad to have watched a proper cricket match in the form of the first day of the NZ V SA series. Some may say that the conditions were too skewed against the batsman, but apply themselves with the correct technique and mental approach, and they could play! I don't think that SA batted all that well, not respecting the conditions and playing for their off stump - leaving being the MO to search for!

NZ didn't exactly tear up trees with their inns start, but a lead on this track is priceless and they are decently placed now - still with work to do! A great watch for a knowledgeable audience - remember us?? Roll on the following 4 days! Shame for only two tests to the series. This really is something that the ICC has to address.