Icc Cricket World Cup 2011 All Matches Highlights

[Norine Wiltshire]

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A comprehensive win for India, but more than the win, the Men in Blue will be happy about the takeaways from this warm-up match. Rishabh Pant scored a brisk fifty at No. 3, Hardik Pandya smashed three back to back sixes and was at his destructive best with the bat, having put his woeful IPL form behind him, and Arshdeep Singh was spot-on with the new ball in the PowerPlay. Other than that, it was good to see Shivam Dube bowling three overs, and also picking a couple of wickets, albeit at the death.

Bumrah is back for his second over. Around the wicket to Shakib. Short and dragged to deep midwicket by Shakib for a single. FOUR! Full just outside off and Mahmudullah reaches out for it and squeezes it behind to find the boundary. A quick single next ball after Mahmudullah stabs this to mid-off. OUT! Short, Shakib looks to uppercut it but gets some glove on it as Pant takes an easy catch behind the stumps.

Arshdeep comes back for his third. Starts off with a scorching yorker to Shakib. Another good yorker to Mahmudullah. Just two singles off the first two balls. Short and pace off now and Shakib misses it completely. Shakib gets the ball to balloon high in the air as he looks to whip this on leg-side but only gets a single as the ball lands just away from the man at long-on. FOUR! In the slot and outside off and Mahmudullah with a lofted drive over extra-cover to find the boundary. Wide yorker attempted next ball but called a wide. Wide yorker attempted again and put away to deep point for a single by Mahmudullah.

Dube to bowl his second over. Shortish and put away in the deep at square-leg for a single by Mahmudullah. Slower one angling away outside off and Shakib is too early into the cut and misses. Yorker length this time and squeezed out for a single by Shakib. Pulled away to deep square for one more by Mahmudullah. Shakib shuffles across and flat-bats this for a single at through midwicket. Mahmudullah goes for a scoop and misses to end the over. Dube goes for just eight in two overs.

Jadeja will continue. Pulled to deep square by Shakib for a single. Mahmudullah now pulls this to square-leg for one more. FOUR! Hammered down the ground by Shakib for a boundary. Beaten! Shakib looks to slog this away too but this is pushed wider outside off and he cannot connect. Single at deep midwicket for him next ball. Mahmudullah misses a sweep off the last ball of the over.

Kuldeep will continue. A couple of dot balls to start the over as Kuldeep follows Shakib after the latter looks to make room outside off. This is heaved away to long-off by Shakib for a single. This is turning away outside off and called wide. Cut away through point by Mahmudullah for a single. Shakib steps out and pushes this to long-on for one more. A bit of a bottom edge for Mahmudullah to end the over.

Shivam Dube will now have a bowl. Mahmudullah steps out but Dube darts it in full on his pads and the batter misses the flick. After two dot balls, Dube goes short and Mahmudullah hooks it away for a single. Shakib misses a cut outside off. He clips the next one off his pads for a single. Mahmudullah rides the bounce and cuts this away behind point for a couple to end the over. Time for a drinks break!

Hardik is back for his second over. OUT! Tanzid ends up slicing this in the air and taken by the mid-off fielder just outside the circle. Mahmudullah the new man in. He is off the mark with a single off his second ball. Hardik surprises Shakib with some extra bounce as the batter comes forward to defend. Leading edge for Shakib to end the over.

Hardik Pandya with the ball now. In the slot just outside off and Hridoy swings his bat and collects a couple in the midwicket region. Beaten! Hridoy swings his bat across the line and misses as the ball flies just over the stumps. This is hoicked away in the deep midwicket area again for a couple of runs by Hridoy. Similar shot but the ball stays low on the occasion and Hridoy misses. FOUR! This is flicked away to the square-leg boundary by Hridoy as Hardik bowls a length ball on the stumps.

Mohammed Siraj into the attack, replacing Bumrah. Cut away behind point by Tanzid for a single. Back of a length and angling away just outside off, and Shanto punches this to the cover-point fielder. Pushed off the backfoot to point by Shanto for one more dot ball. Extra bounce has Shanto missing his flick and the ball goes off his thigh pad to the slip cordon.

Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto is the next man in. He is first greeted by one that keeps low and then he gets hit in the rib after stepping out to a short ball and missing. Steals a leg-bye though. Tanzid looks to go over the mid-on fielder can can only collect a single off the last ball of the over.

Bumrah is now back to bowling outside off-stump and Litton lets the ball go through. Cut away now by Litton for just a single. Full toss and Tanzid stabs it to the cover fielder to end the over with a dot ball.

Shoriful Islam to bowl the last over. Hardik carves the full ball on off at cover for a single. Jadeja tried to whip down the leg ball, and WIDE called. Pandya returns on strike after Jadeja manages only a single. Shorfiul follows it up with a beautiful slow bouncer. Shoriful to Hardik, FOUR! Short ball, targetted into the body, a mistimed pull from Hardik still manages a boundary. Shoriful walks out after splitting his webbing while trying to stop the hit from Hardik. Tanzim Hasan Sakib will complete the over. He gets away with a dot ball as India manages 182/5 in 20 overs.

Rishad Hossain to bowl the penultimate over of this innings. An anxious Jadeja runs for a single and the direct would have cut down his stay in the middle but he survives, once again. Hardik tries for a heave but he misses his and could have been stumped but manages to set his foot back. Rishad to Hardik, SIX! Quicker delivery and slammed over extra cover with ease.

Tanvir Islam with his second over. Tanvir to Hardik, SIX! Full on leg and Hardik finds it easy to deposit in the stands towards long-on.Tanvir to Hardik, SIX! Another biggie, this time over long-off. Bowler is finding it tough against Pandya who now looks very dangerous. Tanvir to Hardik, SIX! Make it three off three! Tad short from Tanvir and Hardik slams it over deep midwicket. A single follows as SKY gets the strike. Tanvir to Suryakumar, OUT! Good intent from SKY who looked to hit another boundary but he ended up holing out to Towhid Hridoy at long-on.

Shakib Al Hasan will complete his quota. Shakib to Hardik, FOUR! Hardik walks down the ground and hits his first boundary over extra cover. Shakib to SKY, FOUR! A risky cut from Suryakumar gives him another boundary.

Mahedi Hasan with his fourth over. Mahedi to Dube, SIX! Finally, this is the Dube we know! A full wide ball, Dube reached the line and hit it long over long-off. Mahedi to Dube, OUT! Hits hard by Dube but boundary rider Mahmudullah takes a wonderful catch to limit his stay in the middle. It was sailing over long-on but Mahmudullah covers good ground on his right to keep the ball inside.

Tanvir Islam into the attack. Tanvir to Dube, DROPPED! Dube middles the full-length delivery but could not clear the long-on region, but none of that mattered as Bangladesh puts down a dolly. Tanvir to SKY, FOUR! Suryakumar punishes Tanvir for bowling too full by bringing out his ferocious sweep. 10 from this over.

Mahedi Hasan replaces Tanzim Hasan Sakib. FOUR BYES! Dube swings hard but misses, and so does the keeper as the ball runs away to the fence, giving four free runs to India. Still just six runs of this over.

Shakib Al Hasan comes back into the attack. Shakib to Pant, FOUR! And Pant gets to his cracking half-century and has also been retired out. Shivam Dube is the new batter. He gets off the mark with a single off the last delivery as seven comes from this over.

Tanzim Hasan Sakib comes into the attack. Tanzim to Sukryakumar, FOUR! Poor delivery from Tanzim who bowls short and down the leg, allowing SKY to scoop it past fine leg fielder for a boundary.

Rishad Hossain in place of Soumya Sarkar. Rishad to Suryakumar, FOUR! This time SKY opens his arms. slams the full ball for a straight boundary. Both batters are keeping themselves busy with singles. A boundary and five singles fetch India off this over.

Soumya Sarkar in place of Shakib Al Hasan. Four singles including a leg bye in the first four deliveries. Sarkar to Pant, FOUR! Clever from Pant. He waited long before playing the shot over the short fine leg. FOUR! Another boundary for the left-hander as he moves near the 40s.

Mahmudullah comes into the attack. A couple of singles and a quick couple in the first three deliveries. Mahmudullah to Rohit, OUT! A tempting full delivery in the slot for Rohit, who goes for an aerial route but did not get the distance this time. Rishad Hossain takes a clean catch near the fence at long-on. Suryakumar Yadav is the new man in at no. four.

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