Sri Lanka will be looking for the elusive test match and series win when they tour India for a Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series from November to December 2009. The team arrive in India on November 8th for the 55-day tour.
Indian Premier League - IPL
Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings at Jaipur
RR v CSK, IPL Match 24, Jaipur: Royals thrash Super Kings by 8 wickets
May 04, 2008
Rajasthan Royals scored a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League match at Jaipur yesterday and moved into the top of the table.
Chasing just 110 to win, the Rajasthan team reached the target for the loss of only two wickets and with 5.4 overs to spare.
The win was the Shane Warne-led team’s fifth straight after their opening loss at the hands of Delhi. The Chennai team, meanwhile, suffered their second straight reverse, after the loss against Delhi in their last match, after winning their first four matches.
South African captain Graeme Smith (35 not out) and Swapnil Asnodkar (32) put on 78 runs for the opening wicket to put the result beyond doubt, if any.
Earlier, a sensational best ever bowling spell of Twenty20 cricket by Pakistani left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir (6/14) helped Rajasthan Royals skittle Chennai Super Kings for a paltry 109.
Tanvir’s unbelievable 4-0-14-6 figure was also the best of the IPL so far.
He was ably supported by Munaf Patel (two for 16), Shane Watson (one for 19) and captain Shane Warne (one for 29) in completely destroying the Super Kings batsmen after their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat.
Tanvir started on a sensational note removing Parthiv Patel (0) LBW from his first ball with the visiting opener plumbed in front of wicket.
RR v CSK, IPL Match 24, Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals 110 for 2 in 14.2 ovs beat Chennai Super Kings 109 in 20.0 ovs by 8 wickets
Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings at Jaipur
Scores
Toss: Chennai Super Kings.
Chennai Super Kings innings P Patel lbw b Sohail Tanvir 0 (1) S Fleming lbw b Sohail Tanvir 0 (2) S Vidyut c Warne b Sohail Tanvir 5 (10) S Raina c Sohail Tanvir b Patel 27 (27) S Badrinath c & b Watson 15 (14) MS Dhoni c Smith b Warne 1 (7) J Morkel b Sohail Tanvir 42 (33) Joginder Sharma c Sohail Tanvir b Patel 0 (1) M Gony not out 1 (4) M Muralidaran b Sohail Tanvir 0 (3) M Ntini b Sohail Tanvir 11 (12) Extras 7 Total (19 overs) All out 109 (5.73 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-1, 3-11, 4-38, 5-44, 6-88, 7-91, 8-96, 9-96, 10-109
Bowling Sohail Tanvir 4-0-14-6 SR Watson 4-0-19-1 M Patel 4-0-16-2 S Trivedi 2-0-17-0 S Warne 3-0-29-1 Y Pathan 2-0-9-0
Rajasthan Royals innings G Smith not out 35 (44) S Asnodkar c Ntini b Vidyut 32 (30) Y Pathan c Raina b Muralitharan 8 (5) S Watson not out 14 (8) Extras 21 Total (14.2 overs) 2 wkts for 110
Fall of wickets: 1-78, 2-92
Bowling M Ntini 3-1-17-0 M Gony 3-0-25-0 J Morkel 1-0-10-0 M Muralidaran 4-0-20-1 S Raina 1.2-0-0-10 S Vidyut 2-0-22-1
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
