India hard-hitter batsman Virender Sehwag has moved to the top of the ICC Test Player Rankings after his heroics during the second Test against South Africa at Eden Garden in Kolkata. He smashed 165 in the first innings and has gained five places in the latest rankings displacing team-mate Gautam Gambhir at the top.

India’s other centurions in the match, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman, have also made significant gains in the batting rankings. Off the back of some excellent recent form Tendulkar has moved up a further three places and now sits in equal sixth position while Laxman’s 143 not out has earned him six places, up to 14th spot.

Bowlers have also made an impression with off-spinner Harbhajan Singh gaining five place to number seven. Zaheer Khan has maintained his place at number six in the latest chart.

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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has taken back the top spot in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsman as his see-saw battle with Australia’s Michael Hussey continues.

Hussey, who had been top of the log briefly following the recent series against Pakistan, scored 23 in the fourth ODI and didn’t play in the fifth and final match of the series and so drops below Dhoni, who now embarks on a three-ODI series against South Africa.

The news is better for Hussey’s captain Ricky Ponting, who has gained four places in the latest rankings and regains a position in the top five, sitting as he does now in fourth spot, just behind South Africa’s AB de Villiers.

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Melbourne: Australia Vs West Indies 2nd ODI Live Streaming, A brilliant all-round performance by Shane Watson helped Australia beat West Indies by a huge margin of 113 runs in the first ODI here on Sunday.

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The win gave Australia 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI series.

After being put into bat, Australia posted a reasonably good total of 256/8 in allotted 50 overs.

Opener Shane Watson played a good knock of 59 off 74 balls with the help of 3 fours. Apart from him, Ricky Ponting scored 49 to give Australia a sense of solidity in the middle overs.

For West Indies, Keiron Pollard picked up 3 crucial wickets to put a check on the Australian batsmen.

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In reply, West Indies never got going and were bowled out for a meager 143, conceding a 113-run defeat.

For Australia, Rayan Harris and Nathan Hauritz claimed three wickets each.

MELBOURNE: Pakistan ended their disappointing tour losing all matches in the series of three Tests, five One-day Internationals and a Twenty20 match as Australia also won their last match by two wickets on the last ball of the match here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.

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Chasing an easy target of 128 runs, Pakistan started disastrously by losing both their openers, Imran Nazir (naught) and Imran Farhat (8), for just 10 runs on the board.

However, wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal came to rescue to take his team out of trouble. He held the one end intact as other batsmen were being dismissed at regular intervals.

Pakistan were well on the way to success as long as Kamran was at the crease but his ouster changed the whole scenario and the tourists who were needing only 30 runs from 35 balls to win the match managed only 27 runs with one wicket remaining to give Australia their first T20 win against Paksitan.

Kamran blasted 64 off only 33 balls with seven fours and two sixes while the second top scorer was his younger brother Umar with 21. The only other batsman reaching double-figure was Umar Gul (10).

Shaun Tait was the most successful bowler with three wickets for 13 runs, supported by Shane Watson and Steve Smith claiming two wickets each.

Earlier, Michael Clarke who was leading the Aussies in the absence of Ricky Ponting, won the toss and elected to bat but his team could not make any big score and were all out for 127 in 18.4 overs.

Except Michael Hussey (40 not out), Clarke (32) and David Warner (24), no batsman could enter into double figures as three batmen were run out by alert Pakistani fielders.

For Pakistan, Umar Gul captured three wickets for 20 runs while Malik claimed two for 31. Pacers Mohammad Asif and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan took one wicket each.

Shoaib Malik led Pakistan as their T20 captain Shahid Afridi was banned for playing two T20 matches for ball tampering.

Imran Nazir returned to Pakistan lineup and Imran Farhat made his T20 debut.

Australia also included two debutants – legs-pinning allrounder Steve Smith and left-handed batsman Travis Birt.

PERTH: Pakistan openers Salman Butt and Khalid Latif lost wickets without adding a runs in the overs of Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson as Shahid Afridi won the toss and opted to bat first in the final one dayer of the five matches series against Australia here at Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) ground on Sunday.

Mohammad Yousuf, the designated captain, pulled out with a troublesome knee, and Afridi leading Pakistan in an ODI for the first time.

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Pakistan has also made two other changes in the team dropping wicketkeeper batsman Kamran Akmal and leg spinner Saeed Ajmal.

Teams:

Pakistan: Salman Butt, Khalid Latif, Younis Khan, Umar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Shahid Afridi(Capt), Shoaib Malik, Naved-ul-Hasan, Iftikhar Anjum, Mohammad Asif, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper)

Australia: SE Marsh, BJ Haddin†, Ricky Ponting (Capt), CL White, AC Voges, MEK Hussey, JR Hopes, NM Hauritz, CJ McKay, RJ Harris, MG Johnson

ADELAIDE: Australia Win Toss, Batting Against Pakistan in 3rd ODI, Australia was 44 without loss in third one dayer against Pakistan in 10th over of the match at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.

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Ricky Ponting won the toss and chose to bat first at the Adelaide Oval. Australia are looking to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series against Pakistan, who have made two changes.

Mohammad Aamer was ruled out with a groin injury and was replaced by Mohammad Asif, who missed the second game in Sydney with a hand problem. The visitors also left out Shoaib Malik, who made way for the batsman Fawad Alam to play his first game since the three-day warm-up match at the start of the tour.

Pakistan must win to keep the series alive with a double-header still to be played in Perth.

Australia will be without Peter Siddle, who reported back soreness following Sunday’s win at the SCG and has been rested. That has allowed Ryan Harris to come in for his second appearance in Australian colours.

Pakistan: Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal (wk), Younis Khan,  Mohammad Yousuf (capt), Umar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Shahid Afridi, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Saeed Ajmal.

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Australia: Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting (capt),  Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Ryan Harris, Nathan Hauritz, Clint McKay, Doug Bollinger.

SYDNEY: Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf won the toss and put Australia into batting in the second One-day International here at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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Australia retained the same eleven that took a 1-0 lead in Brisbane whereas Pakistan made one change as seamer Umar Gul replaced Mohammad Asif, who could not play due to hand injury.

Weather forecast says there would be a light showers in Sydney and Yousuf will go to take advantage of the seam-friendly conditions in the hope of giving his side a small chase.

Teams:
Australia: Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting (captain), 4 Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Nathan Hauritz, Clint McKay, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger.

Pakistan: Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal (wk), Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf (captain), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Umar Gul, Mohammed Aamer, Saeed Ajmal.

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BRISBANE: Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf won the toss and elected to bat first against Australia in the first One-day International of the five-match Commonwealth Bank Series here at Gabba stadium on Friday.

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The Australian team have a good amount of advantage since they are playing in their home ground and they have got a lot of practice. Although the Australian team is pretty high on confidence after bundling off Pakistan in the Test series, the One-day Internationals are a different ball game all together. Pakistan will surely want to make a good comeback by winning the One-day series and taking home the trophy for themselves.

Things are not going right for the Pakistan team for quite some time now; since none of the players got hired in the IPL team’s things are looking really sordid to say the least. A win in the ODI series can lift the moods of the Pakistan Cricket enthusiasts and rejuvenate or rather boost the team morale.

Pakistan have been boosted by the inclusion of Younis Khan and Shahid Afridi while Kamran Akmal has been restored at the top of the order.

Kamran was dropped from the Test team for his poor keeping during the Sydney Test but he will take the gloves and Sarfraz Ahmed will watch from the sidelines.

The pace bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, who has been playing Twenty20 games for Tasmania, has been preferred to Umar Gul and joins Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer in a pace attack that should enjoy the evening conditions.

Australia are carrying a 12-man squad and left out James Hopes, the Queensland allrounder, who is only with the team for this match. Ricky Ponting would have liked to have batted on a hard pitch with green tinges, but will be forced to chase under lights in steamy conditions.

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Australia: Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Brad Haddin (wk), Nathan Hauritz, Clint McKay, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger.

Pakistan: Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal (wk), Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf (captain), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammed Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Saeed Ajmal.

Pakistan Vs Australia First ODI  Live Stream, Pakistan will be taking on Australia in the first match of the ODI Commonwealth Bank Series that starts on Friday at Brisbane Cricket Ground. Pakistan lost all the matches of the Test series to Australia.

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Pakistan has lost four matches of the five matches that they have played recently, while Australia has won three of them. Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi, fawad Alam and Kamran Akmal are in the team that will be playing against Australia tomorrow.
Pakistani squad includes Kamran Akmal (w), Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf (c), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Aamer, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Asif, Fawad Alam, Imran Farhat, Umar Gul, Iftikhar Anjum, Khalid Latif and Sarfraz Ahmed. Australian squad includes Shaun Marsh, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Brad Haddin (w), James Hopes, Nathan Hauritz, Doug Bollinger, Peter Siddle and Clint McKay.

Pakistan vs Australia :- Pakistan 4 for 94.
Salman Butt 34, Shoaib Malik 4
Pakistan is at 94-4 against 519-8 on the 2nd day of Hobart Test.
Earlier Australia declared the innings at 519-8. Kangaroos started the 2nd day with 302-3 with Ricky Ponting ‘s remarkable 209 innings. Michael Clarke made 166. In the third session of the game, Ponting declared the innings at 519-8. Pakistan started the game with Opener Imran Farhat got out at 38 while Khurram Manzoor ducked. Captain Muhammad Yousuf and Umar Akmal made 7 and 8 runs respectively. Partners Shoaib Malik, 34 and Salman Butt, 5 are not-out. Peter Siddle took two wickets.