Cricket: "Three different captains in England for three different formats"

As expected ECB (England Cricket Board) announced three different captains for three formats. Andrew Strauss had earlier said that he would step down as England captain for One Day Internationals to prolong her career in tests. On this note ECB has announced Alastair Cook as the new captain for England One Day Internationals. This was on expected lines after Alastair Cook's exceptional form in the recent Ashes against the Australians. Alastair Cook had captained England against a series with Bangladesh and won all the matches and had scored in all matches to top it.

There was another change which ECB announced, that was of T20 International captain. Stuart Broad has been named captain for T20 Internationals. He will replace Paul Collingwood, who will under fire to perform to retain his place in starting XI for atleast T20 Internationals. After being overlooked for One Day Internationals and quitting test matches. This will be first of a kind for Stuart Broad at captaincy level and will improve his chances to succeed one day as the leader in all formats.

So wishing all the three captains the best in their respective formats and hope to see some great cricket coming ahead.

Captain	Format	Replacing
Andrew Strauss	Tests	Retained his Captaincy
Alastair Cook	One Day Internationals	Andrew Strauss
Stuart Broad	T20 Internationals	Paul Collingwood

Cricket: "Ravi Rampaul helps West Indies win against Pakistan"

Hello and Welcome to the 5th One Day International between Pakistan and West Indies. Pakistan have already won the series, West Indies after loosing first three matches have pulled one back with the help of rain. What interest remains in this dead rubber is whether West Indies can maintain their momentum after winning the 4th One day International.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. For Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar opened the batting, for West Indies R Rampaul opened the bowling. R Rampaul bowled brilliantly for West Indies and gave a great start when he got the wicket of Taufeeq Umar for 3. DJG Sammy joined R Rampaul and destroyed the middle order with 2 quick wickets of Ahmed Shehzad and Misbah-ul-Haq. D Bishoo too joined the party when he got rid of Usman Salahuddin for 8. Mohammad Hafeez and Umar Akmal tried to build a partnership but DJG Sammy castled well set Mohammad hafeez and Pakistan kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. Pakistan managed to score 139 all out in little more than 41 overs. For Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez scored 55 and Umar Akmal scored 24, for West Indies R Rampaul too 4 wickets and DJG Sammy took 3 wickets.

In reply West Indies opened the batting with LMP Simmons and KA Edwards, for Pakistan Shahid Afridi opened the bowling. LMP Simmons continued his good form in this series and played his shots with ease and KA Edwards who was under no pressure settled down initially and played his shots once he settled down. Pakistan bowlers where wayward and gave away 23 extras in 23 overs and further helped West Indies chase down the low total really fast. LMP Simmons and KA Edwards didnt took much chances and played their shots with ease and took West Indies home with 10 wickets in hand. For West Indies LMP Simmons scored 77* and KA Edwards scored 40*.

Man of the Match is given to LMP Simmons for his 77*.

Man of the series was given to Mohammad Hafeez for his Allround performance.

Score : West Indies 140 for 0 (LMP Simmons 77*, KA Edwards 40*) beat Pakistan 139 (Mohammad Hafeez 55, R Rampaul 4/45, DJG Sammy 3/30) by ten wickets

Cricket: "Rain helps West Indies win against Pakistan"

Hi and Welcome to the fourth One day International between Pakistan and West Indies. Pakistan has already won the One Day International series and will try to test their bench strength, on the other hand West Indies is struggling to win a single game against strong teams. Is this the time for West Indies to prove they are settling down or will they go down, lets see what happens.

West Indies won the toss and opted to bowl first. For Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad opened the batting and KAJ Roach opened the bowling for West Indies. Pakistan lost Ahmed Shehzad early to Roach. Mohammad Hafeez and Asad Shafiq then played brilliantly and scored 153 runs of 34 overs. After Asad Shafiq was out for 71 to DJ Bravo pakistan crumbled under D Bishoo spin web. Mohammad Hafeez who was batting superbly and scored a century too was bowled by D Bishoo. In no time Pakistan where 220 for the loss of 7 wickets. Late strikes from Tanvir Ahmed took pakistan score to 248 for the loss of 9 wickets in their alloted 50 overs. For Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez top scored with 121 and Asad Shafiq scored 71, for West Indies D Bishoo took 3 wickets.

In reply West Indies opened the batting with LMP Simmons and KA Edwards, for Pakistan Junaid Khan opened the bowling. KA Edwards was out of the very second ball to Junaid Khan. LMP Simmons and DM Bravo played brilliantly and scored 56 runs of 8 overs. Junaid khan took his second wicket in the form of DM Bravo. RR Sarwan gave good support to LMP Simmons and both of them scored 75 runs of 16 overs. Then West Indies lost RR Sarwan and LMP Simmons to Mohammad Hafeez and Tanvir Ahmed respectively. Rain was in the air and west indies where well ahead with the par score. In the 30th over bowled by Shahid Afridi west Indies where little short of the par score, for which DJ Bravo hit a match winning six and the very next moment rain arrived and West Indies win by 1 runs under D/L method. For West Indies LMP Simmons scored 76, for Pakistan Junaid Khan took 2 wickets.


Man of the Match was given to Mohammad Hafeez for his brilliant 121 and for his spell of 1/26.

Score : West Indies 154 for 4 (LMP Simmons 76, Junaid Khan 2/26) beat Pakistan 248 for 9 (Mohammad Hafeez 121, Asad Shafiq 71, D Bishoo 3/37) by one run under D/L method.