Pakistan vs Australia 

1st Test

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first.

Pakistani openers got out early but partnership between Azhar Ali and Younis Khan was great. And gave a start to Pakistan innings. Later 

Misbah ul Haq and Sarfaraz Ahmed also scored good runs. 

Pakistan played 145 overs with 454 all out.

Australian openers were strong. David Warner was a beast. But he wasn't supported by other batsmen.

In 103.1 overs they australian team scored 303 runs.

In second inning of Pakistan, they scored 286 runs with contributions of Younis Khan (103 runs) and Ahmed Shahzad (131 runs). 

Pakistan declared at 286 runs for 2 wickets.

This time Australia could not get a good start and at end of day their score was 59 for 4 wickets

Scorecard

Ajmal attempts  to come up in a new action

Saeed Ajmal had delivered 18887 balls in his 2251-day long international career before he was banned for an illegal action. Forced to undertake remedial work, Ajmal has been rigorously practising bowling with a straight elbow to get his arm used to it, and by his own admission, has repeated a drill around 7000 times in the last three weeks.

ESPNcricinfo observed the drill at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore where Ajmal has been working with Saqlain Mushtaq to remodel his action. Bowling with a slightly side-on action, Ajmal rolls his arm over but does not release the ball. The idea is to swing his arm and reduce the flexion of the elbow. The routine has been followed for two sessions every day, with two cameras recording the movements from the front and the back and a speed gun installed to measure his arm speed.

Ajmal is likely to continue working at the NCA with Saqlain for the next three weeks before he is sent to England for an independent bio-mechanical assessment and further remedial work. Based on the results, Ajmal can apply to the ICC for a reassessment. Although the ICC ban does not stop Ajmal from bowling in domestic cricket, the bowler had skipped the start of the season to focus on reworking his action.

Ajmal was reported after the first Test of Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka in Galle this August. The subsequent testing of his action at an ICC-accredited facility at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane found his average elbow extension was more than twice the permissible limit.

Pakistan vs Australia 

2nd ODI

Match Summary

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first.

Pakistan had a great opening partnership but after 1st wicket the upcoming batsmen couldn't play very well and Pakistan gave a target of 216 runs.

In return Australia completed the target in 43.2 overs. Maxwell played important inning of 74 runs. After this win they won the series of three matches by 2-0 up till now.

Scorecard

Final Result

Australia won 5 wickets with 40 balls remaining

1st ODI

Match Summary

Australia won the toss and chose to bat first.

Australia gave a target of 256 runs.

Steven Smith played a knock of 101 runs. He scored his career's maiden century.

Pakistan in return were only able to score 162 runs. They got all out in 36.3 overs.

Scorecard

Final Result

Australia beat Pakistan by 93 runs

Cricket World Cup 2015

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will be the 11th ICC Cricket World Cup. 

It will be hosted by Australia and New Zealand.

49 matches will be played in 14 venues. It would be the world's largest international tournament, with 14 teams  competing and more than 400 accredited players.

India are the defending champions , having won the tournament in in 2011 when it was held in Subcontinent, defeating Sri Lanka in finals.

Qualified Teams

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Schedule 

Group A - New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Christchurch, NZ 

14, Fabruary , 2015 

2015 Group A - Australia vs England Melbourne 15,  February 2015

Group B - South Africa vs Zimbabwe Hamilton 15, Fabruary 2015

Group B - India vs Pakistan Adelaide 16, February 2015

Group B - Ireland vs West Indies Saxton Oval, Nelson 17, Fabruary 2015 

Group A - New Zealand vs Scotland Dunedin   18, Fabruary 2015

Group A - Afghanistan v Bangladesh Canberra 19,  Fabruary 2015 Group B - Zimbabwe vs 

UAE Saxton Oval, Nelson 20, February 2015

Group A - New Zealand vs England Wellington 21, Fabruary 2015

Group B - Pakistan vs West Indies Christchurch 21, Fabruary 2015

Group A - Australia vs Bangladesh Brisbane 22, Fabruary 2015 

Group A - Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka Dunedin 22, Fabruary 2015

Group B - India vs South Africa Melbourne 23, Fabruary 2015 

Group A - England vs Scotland Christchurch 24, Fabruary 2015

Group B - West Indies vs Zimbabwe Canberra 25, Fabruary 2015

 Group B - Ireland vs UAE Brisbane 26, Fabruary 2015

Group A - Afghanistan vs Scotland Dunedin 26, Fabruary 2015

 Group A - Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka  Melbourne 27, Fabruary 2015

Group B - South Africa vs West Indies Sydney 28, Fabruary 2015 

Group A - New Zealand vs Australia Auckland 28, Fabruary 2015

Group B - India vs UAE  Perth 01, March 2015

 Group A - England vs Sri Lanka Wellington 01, March 2015

Group B – Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Brisbane 03, March 2015 

Group B - Ireland vs South Africa Canberra  4, March 2015

Group B - Pakistan vs UAE Napier 04, March 2015

Group A - Australia vs Afghanistan Perth 05, March 2015

Group A - Bangladesh vs Scotland Saxton Oval, Nelson 06, March 2015 

Group B - India vs West Indies Perth 07, March 2015

Group B - Pakistan vs South Africa Auckland 07, March 2015 Group B - Ireland vs Zimbabwe Hobart 08, March 2015
 

Group A - New Zealand v Afghanistan Napier 08, March 2015

Group A - Australia vs Sri Lanka Sydney 09, March 2015

Group A - England vs Bangladesh Adelaide 10, March 2015

Group B - India vs Ireland  Hamilton   11, March 2015

Group A - Sri Lanka vs Scotland Hobart 12, March 2015 Group B - South Africa vs UAE 

Wellington  13, March 2015

Group A - New Zealand vs Bangladesh Hamilton13, March 2015 

Group A - Afghanistan vs England Sydney 14, March 2015 

Group B - India vs Zimbabwe Auckland 14, March 2015

Group A - Australia vs Scotland Hobart 15, March 2015

Group B - West Indies vs UAE Napier 15, March 2015

Group B - Ireland v Pakistan Adelaide Oval 18, March 2015

1st Quarter-Final Sydney19, March 2015

2nd Quarter-Final Melbourne 20, March 2015

3rd Quarter-Final Adelaide21, March 2015

4th Quarter-Final Wellington 24, March 20151st 

1st Semi-Final Auckland 26, March 2015

2nd Semi-Final Sydney 29, March 2015

Final Melbourne 29th March 2015

ICC Cricket World Cup History 

1975 World Cup in England - West Indies beat Australia

1979 World Cup in England - West Indies beat England

1983 World Cup in England - India beat West Indies

1987 World Cup in India and Pakistan - Australia beat England

1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand - Pakistan beat England

1996 World Cup in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka beat Australia

1999 World Cup in England - Australia beat Pakistan

2003 World Cup in South Africa - Australia beat India

2007 World Cup in the Caribbean - Australia beat Sri Lanka

2011 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh - India beat Sri Lanka

New Captain Target Winning Start

Big Picture

A one-off Twenty20 match might have some relevance in the lead-up to the World T20, but with the next world tournament not scheduled until 2016, this is a game with little riding on it. Still, with a one-day series to follow and then Tests between the two countries, it is a chance for either Pakistan or Australia to begin their tour on a positive note. And both teams will be led by new captains, providing a chance for a regeneration of sorts after neither side made it past the group stage of the World T20 in Bangladesh earlier this year.

The resignation of Mohammad Hafeez has allowed Shahid Afridi to regain charge of Pakistan, having last led their T20 side in 2011, while Aaron Finch is taking over from George Bailey as captain of Australia. There have also been plenty of changes for both teams from the World T20 squads, and most notably Pakistan will sorely miss offspinner Saeed Ajmal, who is the leading wicket taker in T20 international history but has been banned from bowling due to an illegal action. In 11 T20s against Australia, Ajmal has taken 19 wickets at 14.26.

Australia's squad has been compromised by the priority given to the Champions League T20 final, with Pat Cummins still in India instead of having the chance to play his first international for two years. There could be as many as five debutants in Australia's outfit as they search not only for a team that can take them through to the next World T20, but more immediately and practically, for 11 fit players.

Form guide

Pakistan LWWLL
Australia WLLLW

In the spotlight

Raza Hasan took 2 for 15 off four overs on his T20 international debut against Australia at this venue two years ago. However, he has not played for his country since October 2012 and now faces the prospect of playing as the frontline spinner instead of support act to Ajmal. It is a wonderful opportunity for Hasan, but equally, the expectations on him will be great.

Australia's long list of post-Warne spinners in Test cricket has been well documented, but the catalogue of T20 tweakers used is also growing rapidly. In the past two years alone, Xavier Doherty, Fawad Ahmed, Brad Hogg and James Muirhead have been used as frontline spinners, with Glenn Maxwell the slow-bowling allrounder. Now, Cameron Boyce will be added to the list. The legspinner will make his debut after his Hobart Hurricanes failed to reach the CLT20 final, and it is a big opportunity for Boyce. The previous captain George Bailey said on his departure that finding a world class T20 spinner was the one thing that over the next couple of years could lift Australia to the elite level in the short format.

Team news

A shake-up to Pakistan's T20 squad could mean barely half the men who played in their most recent game will feature in this match. Awais Zia and Raza Hasan look set to make their first T20 appearances in more than two years, while Wahab Riaz is back in the squad having not played a T20 international since April 2011. The loss of Mohammad Hafeez to a hand injury sustained at training is a blow.

Pakistan (possible) 1 Ahmed Shahzad, 2 Awais Zia, 3 Umar Amin, 4 Umar Akmal (wk), 5 Shahid Afridi, 6 Sohaib Maqsood, 7 Bilawal Bhatti, 8 Raza Hasan, 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Wahab Riaz, 11 Mohammad Irfan.

Australia named a 13-man squad for this match, but have only 10 men from that group available. Shane Watson was withdrawn due to his calf injury, Mitchell Marsh is sidelined with a hamstring problem and Pat Cummins is still in India with Kolkata Knight Riders for the Champions League final. It has forced the selectors to add Phillip Hughes, Nathan Lyon and Steve O'Keefe to the squad from the ODI and Test groups. Allrounder Sean Abbott, legspinner Cameron Boyce and fast bowler Kane Richardson are all likely to make their debuts.

Australia (possible) 1 Aaron Finch (capt), 2 David Warner, 3 Phillip Hughes, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Steven Smith, 6 Brad Haddin (wk), 7 James Faulkner, 8 Sean Abbott, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Kane Richardson, 11 Cameron Boyce.

Pitch and conditions

Australian Tony Hemming, the curator of the Dubai ground, has already foreshadowed some reasonable pace and bounce for the Test at the venue, so there may not be as much spin in this T20 as might have been expected. The forecast for Sunday is 37C, although the temperature should drop to the lower 30s by the time the game starts.

Stats and trivia

• Australia have beaten Pakistan only four times from 12 meetings in this format
• Aaron Finch will become Australia's seventh captain in the format, after Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Cameron White and George Bailey
• The two leading wicket takers of all time in T20 internationals are Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul, but neither will be playing in this game

Quotes

"With Ajmal gone out, things are different now and we have to really think hard as a bunch and not as one individual like Ajmal winning us games"
Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach

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Chennai Super King Beat Kolkota Knight Rider In Final of Champions League 

Champions League came to an end today. CSK beat KKR in the final of CLT20 and made the title second time. 

Chennai Super Kings captain M.S. Dhoni collects the winners cheque

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir gets runners-up award

Oppo man-of-the-series also goes to Suresh Raina

Best bowler to Sunil Narine

Powerplay of the series: Most sixes award in the tournament goes to Suresh Raina and he also gets golden bat award

Fairplay award goes to Cape Cobras

Awards were presented to the officials i.e. umpires, match-referee

Oppo man-of-the-match went to Pavan Negi for his 5 for 22.

Sixes award went to Suresh Raina for his eight sixes in this match

 

 

 

 

Narine withdraw from India tour

The WICB has decided to withdraw offspinner Sunil Narine from the entire India tour. The West Indies board later sent a press release stating that Narine had been withdrawn to allow him "the opportunity to have his action assessed and plan his return to cricket". The decision to stand down Narine leaves West Indies with no specialist spinner for the one-dayers against India. A replacement player is yet to be named.

Clive Lloyd, the West Indies chairman of selectors, was unhappy with the Champions League T20's procedure for dealing with suspect actions. "I am disappointed that our best bowler could suddenly be out of the tour," he said. "I am quite disappointed about the procedure that surrounded the 'calling' of Sunil in the Champions Trophy tournament. These things have the potential to disrupt the team's preparation for a critical series against India but we will have to overcome this hurdle."

From October 8, West Indies will play five ODIs and a T20 against India, before three Tests. Narine's bowling ban is restricted only to the Champions League and other BCCI-run tournaments like the IPL, but the decision to remove him from the tour means scrutiny on him has now extended into international cricket as well.

Narine's absence will be more immediately felt by his IPL team, Kolkata Knight Riders, who will be without their best bowler in Saturday's CLT20 final against Chennai Super Kings. The Knight Riders management was surprised with the umpires' ruling on Narine, particularly the fact that two days after his faster delivery was reported, his action for several deliveries was termed suspect.

However, Venky Mysore, Knight Riders' CEO, said that the franchise would comply with the measures recommended by BCCI, so that Narine can bowl in BCCI-run tournaments like the IPL. Mysore said he did not want to question the authority of the umpires. "Those are the rules. We accept that. We will be very supportive of everything that Sunil wants to do," Mysore said. "If WICB reaches out, we are always there to support them. We are going to miss him in the final, but we are there to do everything to support him as we don't want his career to get affected.

"I have to say the timing is surprising and so is the fact that he was the only one called twice in the tournament. But we will do everything to help him to put this behind him."

Hand injury sidelines Hafeez for two weeks

Mohammad Hafeez, the Pakistan allrounder, has been ruled out for two weeks after sustaining a hand injury. He injured the webbing between the thumb and index finger on his left hand during fielding practice and will miss both the T20 and ODI series against Australia.

"While playing the second practice game at Sharjah on Oct. 3, Hafeez received an injury in his left palm webbing which required five stitches," a PCB media release said. "The physio's report suggested minimum two weeks rest, which ruled him out of the limited-overs part of the series against Australia. The team management had thus unanimously decided that there was no point in retaining him on the tour."

Hafeez's absence means Pakistan will be without two key spinners, with Saeed Ajmal already banned from bowling in international cricket. They will also miss his top-order batting, prompting the PCB to name two replacements for him in the squad.

Sami Aslam, the opener who captained Pakistan at the Under-19 World Cup earlier this year, and 35-year-old left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar have been added to the squad. Aslam is already in the UAE with the Pakistan A squad and will join the senior team immediately while Babar, who is currently in Pakistan, is likely to miss Sunday's one-off Twenty20 and be available for the one-dayers.

While Aslam is yet to make his international debut, Babar played a couple of Tests in 2013 and was part of the squad for the World Twenty20 earlier this year.

The series against Australia begins with a Twenty20 on Sunday, followed by three ODIs over the next week.