CWC World T20 July 2013: Media Centre (First Practice Match News)

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IRELAND DOMINATES AGAINST INDIA IN FIRST PRACTICE MATCH
Written by: Venky Balboa

It was said that the underdogs going to meet the heavy weights before the match started but it wasn't the same feeling once the match reached its end when the underdogs Ireland defeated the Mighty Indians in the First Warm Up Match By 18 Runs.

It was Team India Who won the toss and decide that they will put Ireland into bat. It all started well for them when Sanjay and Rishabh (Captain) Departed Early . I.Pathan strikes early as It Helped The other Indian Bowlers to capitalize on it .The Irish Men tried to Recover form the early Blows With Joyce and Stirling Helping Them But N.Pandey Striked In his 1st over ang got the Important Wickets of Stirling (27) , Joyce (22) . Sri Ganesh Showed Resistance But was then Feel to N.pandey for 35 .It was Then the Show of Arjun Who rattled Through the Tail enders Cusack (14), Mooney (4) , Kevin O Brien (2) . Viresh Got a wicket of Trent to make his Day Not that bad. Ireland were able to put only 157 on this dry pitch.

It was all Looking Good for India When Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj singh Started The innings well for India but once They departed, it all Looked Upside down. White Got the wicket of Sachin (19) And Trent got Yuvi (18) . With some Pressure put On India They Fumbled with the bat Gambhir Departed when tried to Accelerate to Dockrell (19) And Pujara Fell For 12 to White who got his Second wicket of the day . It was Important for India to Have Experienced Batsman to have in Crease T handle the Pressure . Viru at Number 5 Showed No Form and Fell for 9 .Ms Dhoni Who looked good to Take India over the line got Run out Too. The only Man to Hope was I.Pathan who was the Only Better batsman Among the Tail Enders . But with Dockrell Bowling it was all done As Arjun did for India it was Dockrell for Ireland . He scaled 3 wickets at the death overs getting Viresh (2) , Pathan (20) and N.Pandey (0) . In the End The Irish Men who was considered as the Underdogs Got over India By 18 runs And won their 1st Practice Match .

The Spinner Who dominated The Indian Batsman (George Dockrell) Was awarded the Man of the match For his 5 Wicket Haul .

SOUTH AFRICA TOO GOOD FOR BANGLADESH
Written by: Venky Balboa

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CWC World T20 July 2013: Media Centre (First Practice Match News) - Page 13 Bangladesh+v+South+Africa+Group+B+2011+ICC+DLALeHtx-E2l

Once the 1st practice match came to an End , the people were gearing up for the second match between Bangladesh and South Africa. It was Bangladesh who won the toss and put South Africa to bat first.

The South African Openers got them to s great start with Fahad getting Blastering a 50 but soon Fell to Ismail for 58 . Mean While Kallis was also run out By Fardin Kibria for 23 .The Batsmen who Followed them did not capitalize on the start given By The openers with Ashraf Chohan (8) and the batsman Ab De Villers (0) Departed in quick Successions . As Bangladesh was getting over South Africa, the consistent batsmen Hashim Amla and Faf Put on a Solid Partnership. Faf smoked the Bangladeshi Bowlers But soon Shakib got him for 43 runs and Amla (23) on the other end fell to Razzak.The Tail Enders did not show much of resistance and they fell Quickly to the Bangladeshi Bowlers It was the partnership Of Amla and Faf Which helped South Africa to Reach the Total of 168. The Bangladesh Bowlers did a Fare job with the ball. Shakib (3), Ismail, (3) and Razzak (3) were the stars In the Bowling.

To chase a Target like this They would have loved to see the openers firing . It happened so With Tamim Smoking the Bolwers But on the other hand wickets were falling at regular interval . Fardin (11) and Shakib (19) fell for Morkel and Mclaren Respectively. The middle Order Was Rattled By SteynGun dismissing Rahim (2) and Nasir (0) in quick successions . Tamim who was handling it alone fell to M.Ismail for 55 . It was Nothing to do for Bangladesh as the Required Run rate climbed High and also with less wickets in hand It was the end for them . Styen came back again and picked the wickets of N.Hossain(2) and I.Ismail(2). The Bangladesh Team at the end of 20 overs were 131-9. The South African players really dominated the Bangladeshi Players after winning the match by 37 runs.

Dale Steyn was Awarded as the Man of the Match for His 4 wicket haul .