Scoreboard: Pune Warriors vs Kings XI, IPL

Pune, April 9 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter between Pune Warriors and Kings XI Punjab at the newly inaugurated Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium here Sunday.

Pune Warriors:
Jesse Ryder run out (Kumar) 8
Sourav Ganguly c Valthaty b Mascarenhas 20
Marlon Samuels b Harmeet 46
Robin Uthappa b Harmeet 40
Calum Ferguson c&b Harmeet 3
Steven Smith b Faulkner 25
Manish Pandey not out 12
Rahul Sharma not out 0
Extras (lb 7, w 3, nb 2) 12
Total (for six wickets in 20 overs) 166
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Ganguly, 3.6 overs), 2-32 (Ryder, 4.5), 3-113 (Samuels, 14.6), 4-121 (Ferguson, 16.3), 5-132 (Uthappa, 18.2, 6-166 (Smith, 19.4)
Bowling:
Praveen Kumar 4-0-27-0
James Faulkner 4-0-31-1
Dimitri Mascarenhas 4-0-23-1
Bipul Sharma 2.4-0-40-0
Piyush Chawla 2-0-14-0
Harmeet Singh 3.2-0-24-3
Kings XI Punjab:
Adam Gilchrist run out (Smith/Uthappa) 6
Paul Valthaty run out (Smith/Kartik)
Mandeep Singh c Uthappa b Ryder 24
Abhishek Nayar c Ganguly b Nehra 24
David Hussey b Sharma 18
Piyush Chawla c Pandey b Sharma 16
Dimitri Mascarenhas c Ryder b Samuels 5
Bipul Sharma not out 35
James Faulkner c Ganguly b Dinda 3
Praveen Kumar not out 1
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 4, nb 1) 11
Total (for eight wickets in 20 overs) 144
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Valthaty, 2.1 overs), 2-9 (Gilchrist, 3.2), 3-50 (Mandeep, 9.4), 4-75 (Nayar, 12.5), 5-84 (Hussey, 13.6), 6-99 (Chawla, 15.1), 7-106 (Mascarenhas, 16.4), 8-131 (Faulkner, 18.6)
Bowling:
Ashok Dinda 3-0-13-1
Marlon Samuels 4-0-23-1
Ashish Nehra 3-0-20-1
Rahul Sharma 4-0-34-2
Murali Kartik 3-0-23-0
Jesse Ryder 3-0-25-1
Toss Pune Warriors, who chose to bat
Result: Pune Warriors won by 22 runs
Umpires: Subroto Das and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire Sudhir Asnani
Match referee: Rajendra Jadeja

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Pune Warriors stroll to 22 runs win over Punjab

Pune, April 9 (IANS) Pune Warriors recorded their second successive victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL) beating Kings XI Punjab convincingly by 22 runs at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium here Sunday.

Electing to bat at the packed Sahara Stadium, Pune Warriors scored an impressive 166 for six in 20 overs. Punjab managed only 144 for eight in their 20 overs.
Pune Warrior's bowlers for the second time in the competition put in a good all round performance as all bowlers barring Murali Kartik got their names in the wickets column. Leg-spinner Rahul Sharma was the pick of the bowlers bagging two for 34.
But the star of the show was West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels (46), who along with Robin Uthappa (40) brought back Pune Warriors to track with their 81-run stand after a slow start. Australian Steven Smith came up with a cameo of 12-ball 25.
The Warriors lost two wickets in quick succession after a cautious start. Captain Sourav Ganguly (20) was the first to go, caught at mid-off while opening partner Jesse Ryder (8) got run out in a silly mix up with Samuels.
The big-hitting West Indian then forged a crucial partnership with Robin Uthappa (40) to take the total to 113 for two before falling victim to Harmeet Singh's slower ball.
Good bowling by Harmeet and James Faulkner stemmed the run flow. Australian import Callum Ferguson (3) in trying to break the shackles, lobbed an easy catch to Harmeet off his own bowling.
Uthappa lost his middle stump to become Harmeet's third victim. Turning point of the match came soon after Harmeet Singh's good spell was cut short by the umpire for bowling two successive beamers.
Smith (25) and Manish Pandey (12 not out) took full advantage as they smashed Bipul Sharma, the man replacing Singh, for three sixes as 27 runs came off the penultimate over.
Smith hit Faulkner another six the next over to take the score to 166 before being castled by his compatriot.
Punjab had themselves to blame for the loss as both openers Adam Gilchrist (6) and Paul Valthaty (1) got run out with the score on nine.
Mandeep Singh (24) and Abhishek Nayar (24) tried to mend the innings with a 41-run partnership. But Singh's innings ended prematurely, falling prey to Ryder.
Nayar was the next to go as a string of wickets followed. David Hussey (18), Piyush Chawla (16) and Dimitri Mascarenhas (5) all failed to impress as Punjab slumped to 106 for seven.
Some lusty blows towards the end by Bipul Sharma (35 not out) only delayed the inevitable as Punjab fell to their second straight loss in the tournament.

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West Indies declare on 449-9 after Chanderpaul century

REUTERS - Shivnarine Chanderpaul completed his 25th test century on Sunday to put West Indies in a strong position against Australia at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday.

Chanderpaul made an unbeaten 103 before West Indies captain Darren Sammy declared his team's first innings closed at 449 for nine on the second day of the first test.
Australia made a confident start to their reply, reaching 44 without loss when rain forced an early end to play in Bridgetown.
Every single West Indian batsmen made it to at least double figures with Kirk Edwards (61), Kraigg Braithwaite (57) and Darren Bravo (51) all making half-centuries.
The Australian bowlers struggled to make regular inroads on a good batting wicket after the home team resumed at 179-3.
Chanderpaul started the day on eight and batted patiently to reach his hundred off 235 balls.
It took him to third on the list of West Indies centurions, behind only Brian Lara (34) and Gary Sobers (26).

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We need to train hard: Gilchrist

By Indo Asian News Service

Pune, April 9 (IANS) Kings XI Punjab needs to train harder to get their campaign back on track, captain Adam Gilchrist said after his team's second successive loss in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Sunday night.

Kings XI suffered a 22-run defeat at the hands of the Pune Warriors at the newly inaugurated stadium Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium here.
Gilchrist felt that in a long tournament there was scope to make a comeback and their main focus would be on addressing that issues.
'We need to train hard and turn it around. We can go through a form slump in this kind of long tournament and our prime purpose is to arrest it and make a comeback,' said Gilchrist.
The former Australian wicketkeeper felt that giving away too many runs towards the end and a poor start was the cause for their loss.
'We gave away 30 runs too many, the ten minutes of madness towards the end of our bowling and bad calls towards the start of our batting cost us the game,' he said.
Meanwhile, a happy captain of the Pune Warriors, Sourav Ganguly, was delighted with his team's performance.
He praised both the bowlers and the batsman for a job well done but felt that there was still a lot of time left in the tournament and that anything could happen.
'We bowled well and also batted well towards the end. The late onslaught took us to 160 plus but it was certainly a 150 pitch. The crowd was fantastic as it has been the case in the IPL. Still a long way to go in the tournament,' he said.

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Pak cricketers to undergo fitness trials under coach Whatmore's supervision

By ANI

Karachi, Apr 9(ANI): Pakistan cricket's foreign coach panel will kick off plans to improve the team's performance in all departments of the game, including players' fitness levels.

Pakistan head coach Dav Whatmore and fielding coach Julien Fountain have summoned all the players to the National Cricket Academy where they will undergo fitness trials.
The aim is to identify and assess weak areas in the fitness department, as the coaching panel is eyeing improvement in the team's fielding performance.
"The process will take two to three days to complete. All the players including the seniors and juniors will have to undergo the fitness test," the Express Tribune quoted Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director Intikhab Alam, as saying.
The former Pakistan coach and manager said that the trials will be supervised by Whatmore and assessed by Fountain besides other members of the coaching panel.
Meanwhile, the PCB's top brass, including the coaching panel and selection committee, have also discussed arranging practice matches, featuring upcoming youngsters to identify new talent. (ANI)

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Veteran Chanderpaul's patient ton puts Windies in control of Barbados Test

By ANI

Barbados (West Indies), Apr 9(ANI): Veteran West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored a patient 103 not out on Sunday to put his team in command of the first Test match at Kensington Oval, with the Windies declaring their first innings at 449/9.

At the end of day two, Australia had scored 44 without loss, with David Warner playing on 27 not out, and Ed Cowan at 13 not out.

Chanderpaul anchored the West Indies from an overnight 179/3 to a good total in Barbados, Sports24 reports.

He struck nine fours and one six in notching his 25th century, and fifth against the Aussies. He faced 248 balls and batted for 381 minutes.

Kraigg Brathwaite (57), Kirk Edwards (61) and Darren Bravo (51) also scored half centuries to help Windies reach a decent score. A counter-attacking 41 off 36 balls from captain Darren Sammy also aided their final score. (ANI)

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Injured Broad keeping fingers crossed over his 'money-spinning' IPL future

By ANI

London, Apr 9(ANI): England fast bowler Stuart Broad, who flew back home from their tour of Sri Lanka with a calf injury, has his fingers crossed over whether he will be fit enough to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) this season.

Broad will come to know this week whether he could join his IPL team Kings XI Punjab for just four weeks of work, and which would earn him 140,000 pounds.
England head coach Andy Flower has revealed that it isn't decided yet whether Broad will play in the IPL or not, and it solely depends on his fitness.
"It's not definite that he will miss the IPL. Nick Peirce, our chief medical officer will be seeing Stuart on Monday, and we will have a clearer picture of his progress," The Sun quoted Flower, as saying
"Stuart is contracted to his IPL side so, if he's fit, he will go and return for one first-class game prior to the West Indies series," he added. (ANI)

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