India snatch 48-run victory as West Indies crumble under pressure in 2nd ODI

October 12, 2014

Oct 12: Mohammad Shami‘s career-best four for 36 led India to a 48-run victory over West Indies in the second One-Day International (ODI) played at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on Saturday.

India snatchWest Indies who were put to bowl by Indian skipper MS Dhoni had a task to chase a total of 264 runs in the allotted 50 overs. The West Indies chase started cautiously, the two openers Dwayne Smith and Darren Bravo were in full attention in early four overs and only collected 7 runs of it. But the fifth from Bhuvaneshwar Kumar broke the strict monitoring from Indian bowlers as it went for costly 12 runs.

Both batsmen faced no issues playing the the Indian bowling attack which was deficient in pace and bounce. After 10 overs West Indies had reached 45 runs without any damages. The first break for the Indian bowlers came in the 14th over which was bowled by Mohammed Shami. Bravo missed a delivery pitched in from around the stumps which knocked off his off-stump. The wicket saw Kieron Pollard make his way towards the Kotla pitch to bat at No. 3.

Indian bowlers bowled few tight overs when they had a new batsmen in. Five overs just went for 11 runs. Pollard announced his arrival with a 88 meter six from the last ball of the 19th over bowled by Ravindra Jadeja. The hundred came up in the 23rd over and both the West Indies batsmen easily steamed the lose deliveries across the short Delhi boundary. Pollard gave away his wicket soon after when he tried to hoick a flatter delivery floated outside off by Amit Mishra for a thunderous six but instead inside edged it onto the stumps.

Marlon Samuels joined Smith at the crease but his stay at the wicket was painful for the West Indies team. The centurion from last match hogged too many balls. In a crunch situation when the asking rate was climbing with every ball, Samuels defended two overs from Mishra which poisoned the West Indies innings. The 32nd over by Virat Kohli went for 14 runs soaked some pressure from tense West Indies faces. Smith who was nearing his hundred took the ultimate charge to Shami and smacked him for a six over long-on. And like previous match, he was cleaned up after hitting the six. That was the changing corner of the match.

Things changed quickly after. Samuels was caught by Kohli at cover when he attempted to flash his bat at a short delivery. He took 38 golden deliveries to scratch 16 runs from his bat. Jadeja who bowled the 43rd over and ensured the match doesn’t stem further. His first victim was Andre Russell who was stumped after he failed to spot the turn. Darren Sammy was bowled by Jadeja in the last ball of the over .

The only hope, Dwayne Bravo was grabbed by Shami in the next over. At one point West Indies looked pretty at 170 for 2 but in the end the whole team was just caked away by the Indian bowlers in a jiffy. The West Indies innings ultimately ended on 216 runs from 46.3 overs.

Earlier, India scored 263 runs after losing seven wickets. India had a wobbly start to their innings as Shikhar Dhawan walked back to the pavilion only in the second over of the match. Ajinkya Rahane played few handsome looking shots before he too perished as he played a upish drive straight to the cover fielder. Ambati Rayudu came in to bat at No. 3 in place of Virat Kohli and played sensibily enough for his 32 runs. India achieved stability under a 100 plus partnership between Kohli and Suresh Raina. Dhoni came in with a composed half-century in the end which took India to a respectable score

Jerome Taylor was the most successful bowler for the West Indies team as he picked three wickets giving away 54 runs.

Brief scores:

India 263 for 7 in 50 overs ( Suresh Raina 62, Virat Kohli 62; Jerome Taylor 3 for 54) beat West Indies 215 in 46.3 overs (Dwayne Smith 97, Kieron Pollard 40; Mohammad Shami 4 for 36) by 48 runs.

Man of the match: Mohammed Shami

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July 8,2020

New Delhi, Jul 8: After a hiatus of 116 days, international cricket will be resuming today as England and West Indies lock horns in a three-match Test series.

Since March, no international cricket has been played due to the coronavirus pandemic. Because of this virus, whole sporting action across the world came to a standstill.

Australia and New Zealand had played the last international cricket match on March 13 behind closed doors, but the remaining two ODIs of this particular series were cancelled due to COVID-19.

India and South Africa's ODI series also met the same fate due to the pandemic.
It was looking as if it will take a while for sports to come back, but slowly and steadily, all different sports have managed to get into gear and provide fans some respite in these turbulent times.

German football league Bundesliga was the first one to come back, and the organisers set the template as to how to go about conducting tournaments behind closed doors, keeping all safety protocols in check.

Soon after, La Liga, Premier League, and Serie A followed and all major football leagues came back on the television screens across the globe. Formula One kickstarted last week with the Austrian Grand Prix and now it is the time for cricket to resume.

The series between England and West Indies will be played behind closed doors and the matches will be played in Southampton and Manchester. This will be the first time in the 143-year long history of Test cricket that the matches will be played without no crowds.

The England-Windies Test series will be held at Hampshire's Ageas Bowl and Lancashire's Emirates Old Trafford, which have been chosen as bio-secure venues. After the series against West Indies, England would also lock horns with Ireland in three ODIs and Pakistan in three ODIs and as many T20Is.

However, the series against West Indies will be followed closely across the world as all other boards would be looking to see as to how cricket series can be scheduled in their own backyard with the current scenario regarding coronavirus.

The dates for three Tests against West Indies are:

First Test: July 8-12 at Ageas Bowl
Second Test: July 16-20 at Emirates Old Trafford
Third Test: July 24-28 at Emirates Old Trafford

Windies side had arrived in the UK in mid-June and the entire camp had to quarantine themselves for 14 days at Manchester.

For the entire tour, the West Indies squad will live, train and play in a 'bio-secure' environment in England as part of the comprehensive medical and operations plans to ensure player and staff safety.

The bio-secure protocols will also restrict movement in and out of the venues.
Both England and West Indies have played intra-squad practice matches to get some cricketing form back.

While England played their practice match in Southampton, Windies played theirs at Manchester.

West Indies will be led by Jason Holder, while Ben Stokes would captain England in the first Test as regular skipper Joe Root has left the bio-secure bubble to attend the birth of his second child.

England squad for the first Test: Ben Stokes (captain), James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Joe Denly, Ollie Pope, Dom Sibley, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

West Indies squad for the first Test: Jason Holder (captain), Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, Kraigg Brathwaite, Shamarh Brooks, John Campbell, Roston Chase, Rahkeem Cornwall, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Chemar Holder, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Raymon Reifer, and Kemar Roach.

As safety precautions against the coronavirus, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has also brought about some changes to the playing conditions. The new guidelines include the ban of saliva to shine the ball and allowing replacement of players displaying symptoms of COVID-19 during a Test match.

Players will not be permitted to use saliva to shine the ball. If a player does apply saliva to the ball, the umpires will manage the situation with some leniency during an initial period of adjustment for the players, but subsequent instances will result in the team receiving a warning.

A team can be issued up to two warnings per innings but repeated use of saliva on the ball will result in a 5-run penalty to the batting side. Whenever saliva is applied to the ball, the umpires will be instructed to clean the ball before play recommences.

Also, the requirement to appoint neutral match officials has been temporarily removed from the playing conditions for all international formats owing to the current logistical challenges with international travel. The ICC will be able to appoint locally based match officials from the ICC Elite Panel of Match Officials and the ICC International Panel of Match Officials.

Moreover, teams will be allowed to replace players displaying symptoms of COVID-19 during a Test match. In line with concussion replacements, the match referee will approve the nearest like-for-like replacement. However, the regulation for COVID-19 replacements will not be applicable in ODIs and T20Is.

The ICC had also confirmed an additional unsuccessful DRS review for each team in each innings of a match, keeping in mind that there may be less experienced umpires on duty at times.

This will increase the number of unsuccessful appeals per innings for each team to three for Tests and two for the white-ball formats.

The first Test between England and West Indies gets underway later today from 3:30 PM IST.

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June 13,2020

Islamabad, Jun 13: Pakistan cricket team’s former captain Shahid Afridi, who has tested positive for coronavirus,  appears to have contracted the virus during his recent visit to Muzaffarabad city of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) where Pakistan has been sending its corona positive patients.

The former Pakistan cricketer was seen attending gatherings in Muzaffarabad last month without wearing a mask and not maintaining social distancing. He spewed venom against India during his rallies. 

Afridi visited PoK to also express his solidarity with the people there who have been left to fend for themselves in combating COVID-19 as Pakistan has refused to provide any COVID fighting equipment like PPE kits and ventilators to the area’s handful of hospitals. 

In fact, Pakistan has been using the PoK as a “dumping ground” for COVID-19 affected persons from all across the country as authorities want to keep Punjab province free of corona positive persons. 

The locals held massive protests against Pakistan for setting up quarantine centres and shifting patients from parts of Pakistan to PoK. 

People are immensely suffering in Pakistan occupied Kashmir due to spread of coronavirus as the region lacks proper medical facilities and has a handful of COVID-19 testing labs. There is also lack of expert medical staff to conduct COVID-19 tests. 

A large number of people here are presumed asymptomatic and they are fast spreading the virus because of lack of medical care. 

Pakistan has reported over 1,25,000 coronavirus cases and 2,463 casualties. In Pakistan occupied Kashmir, the COVID-19 cases have increased to 534, whereas in Gilgit-Baltistan 1,030 have been  reported. 

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April 14,2020

Melbourne, Apr 14: As all sporting action across the world has come to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, Australian bowlers are pondering as to how Indian skipper Virat Kohli might play in front of no spectators.

India and Australia are scheduled to play a four-match Test series later this year, and it is being speculated that the series might end up taking place without any crowds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australian spinner Nathan Lyon on Tuesday said that it would be interesting to see how Kohli goes about it if he does not get a chance to get the audience behind him.

"He is probably good enough to adapt to any scenario. But I was talking to Mitch Starc the other day and we actually said that if we are playing with no crowd, it'll be quite amazing to see Virat trying to rev up the empty seats," cricket.com.au quoted Lyon as saying.

"It is going to be a little bit different, but Virat is a superstar. He will be able to adapt to any climate that we are able to play in," he added.
During the 2018-19 series, India managed to defeat Australia in Australia for the first time in a Test series.

Australia, at that time were without the services of David Warner and Steve Smith. However, the series later this year promises to be a mouth-watering prospect.

"I am excited about the prospect of India coming out to Australia, it's up there with the biggest series alongside the Ashes. They are an absolute powerhouse of the cricket world, and to have those guys out here is going to be fantastic. Playing in front of crowds or no crowds is out of our control, we have got to follow the advice of all the amazing medical people around the world," Lyon said.

"I have not thought about no crowds or massive crowds, it is just about the opportunity of playing against India again. They had the wood over us last time they came over here but we are a much stronger Australian cricket side at the moment, and I am just unbelievably excited about playing them here at home," he added.

Lyon was slated to represent Hampshire in County Championship this year, however, his stint was called off last week due to COVID-19.
He is Australia's third-highest wicket-taker in the longest format of the game as he has total of 390 wickets in Test cricket.

Lyon was last seen in action in the Big Bash League for Sydney Sixers.

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