India vs Sri Lanka in India, Nov-Dec 2009

Sri Lanka in India Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series

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.

England vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008

Schedule

England vs New Zealand Fifth ODI at Christchurch

NZ vs ENG, 5th ODI, Christchurch: New Zealand seal series win(3:1)

New Zealand clinched a 3-1 series victory with a 34-run win over England in the fifth and final ODI in Christchurch.
The five-match series was delicately poised at 2-1 to the home side after a thrilling tie in Napier in game four, but the Black Caps made sure that England failed to come back from 2-0 down. Having been asked to bat first, England made 242-7 from their 50 overs, although no batsman passed fifty, with Luke Wright's quickfire 47 the highest contribution.
Alastair Cook (42) and Kevin Pietersen (39) also played useful knocks, while Dimitri Mascarenhas smashed 22 off the final over of the innings to boost England's total. Seamer Kyle Mills impressed in taking 4-36, while Daniel Vettori was typically frugal in conceding just 28 runs from his ten overs, taking two wickets in the process.
The Black Caps' reply got off to a flying start as Brendon McCullum dismantled the England attack, hitting five fours and six sixes in blasting 77 from a mere 43 balls faced. Ryan Sidebottom slowed the charge by taking three wickets, but rain then intervened to leave New Zealand to be declared winners by 34 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method, having reached 213-6 from just 37 overs.

NZ vs ENG, 5th ODI, Christchurch: New Zealand 213-6 (37 ovs) bt England 242-7 (50 ovs) by four wickets (D/L)

England vs New Zealand Fifth ODI at Christchurch

Scores

England Innings 242 for 7 (50.0 overs)

New Zealand Innings 213 for 6 (37.0 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Cook	lbw	b Vettori	42	70	4	0
Mustard	c How	b Mills	2	8	0	0
Bell	c Flynn	b Mills	24	34	4	0
Pietersen	c Ryder	b Patel	39	55	3	0
Collingwood	st McCullum	b Vettori	14	27	0	0
Shah	c McCullum	b Mills	29	48	2	0
Wright	c Taylor	b Mills	47	40	2	4
Mascarenhas	not out		29	12	1	2
Broad	not out		11	8	1	0
Extras		2nb 3lb	5
Total		for 7	242	(50.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Mills 10.0 2 36 4 Martin 4.0 0 23 0 Oram 6.0 1 32 0 Styris 7.0 0 37 0 Vettori 10.0 1 28 2 Patel 8.0 0 33 1 Ryder 5.0 0 50 0

Fall of wicket   5 Mustard 57 Bell 105 Cook 119 Pietersen 128 Collingwood 197 Wright 201 Shah

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Ryder	run out		24	32	3	0
McCullum		b Collingwood	77	43	5	6
How	c Mustard	b Sidebottom	24	43	3	0
Taylor	not out		41	52	7	0
Styris	c Broad	b Anderson	25	35	4	0
Flynn	lbw	b Sidebottom	0	3	0	0
Oram		b Sidebottom	0	1	0	0
Vettori	not out		6	13	0	0
Extras		9w 7lb	16
Total		for 6	213	(37.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Anderson 8.0 0 64 1 Sidebottom 10.0 0 51 3 Broad 6.0 0 41 0 Collingwood 8.0 1 26 1 Mascarenhas 5.0 1 24 0

Fall of wicket   103 Ryder 118 McCullum 147 How 196 Styris 197 Flynn 197 Oram

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Umpires: Asad Rauf, B F Bowden
New Zealand: Ryder, McCullum, How, Taylor, Styris, Flynn, Oram, Vettori, Mills, Patel, Martin
England: Cook, Mustard, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Shah, Wright, Mascarenhas, Broad, Sidebottom, Anderson

England vs New Zealand Fifth ODI at Christchurch

Venue

AMI Stadium, formerly Jade Stadium and Lancaster Park, is a sports stadium situated in Christchurch, New Zealand. It has hosted various sports, including rugby union, rugby league, cricket, soccer, athletics, trotting, and non-sporting events such as concerts by U2 in 1989 and Billy Joel in 1987.
It is, however, primarily a rugby and cricket ground. Its current capacity is 36,500 and is the home of the Crusaders rugby union team, who compete in the Super 14. In 1998 Jade Stadium became the new name of Lancaster Park after naming rights were sold to Jade Software Corporation Limited. In 2007 AMI Stadium became the new name after naming rights were sold to AMI Insurance Limited.
Cricket has long been played at AMI Stadium. Day/night cricket was made possible after the lighting towers were added in 1996 - the first in a major New Zealand stadium. These were put to use in 1997 when New Zealand played England in front of a crowd of 25,000.

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