Moon Cricket – 2nd Test – Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka Tour of Bangladesh

2ND TEST MATCH AT THE SHERE BANGLA STADIUM, DHAKA, BANGLADESH

Sri Lanka 222 & 226 (Silva 70*)

Bangladesh 110 (Hasan 38*) & 123 (Dananjaya 5-24)

SRI LANKA WIN BY 215 RUNS

SRI LANKA WIN THE SERIES 1-0

There was no second escape as in the first test for Bangladesh as Sri Lanka won the match and two game series in Dhaka. Bangladesh’s terrible batting was there downfall failing to make more than 130 in either innings. Sri Lanka’s first innings was nothing special either with Kusal Mendis (68) and Roshen Silva (58) top scoring in a total of 222 with Abdur Razzak and Tajul Islam taking four wickets each for the hosts. However Sri Lanka had a handy first innings lead after skittling Bangladesh all out for 110 with Mehidy Hasan’s 38 Not Out the only score of note, but his partners just kept falling giving him no support.

Sri Lanka added another 226 in the second innings with Silva’s 70 the highest score of the whole match and setting Bangladesh an unlikely 339 to win. They got nowhere near with nobody getting a half century as the hosts were again dismal with the bat being bowled all out for 123. Akila Dananjaya ended with figures of 5-24 with the ball with Rangana Herath also taking 4 wickets as the visitors dominated. Bangladesh held on well for a shock draw in the first game, they never came close this time as Sri Lanka deserved the victory. The experience of Sri Lanka, who also won the Dhaka one day Tri-Series earlier in the year, told and they have some momentum going into more difficult contests ahead.

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Akila Dananjaya (Sri Lanka)

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Moon Cricket – 3rd Test – South Africa v India

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India Tour of South Africa

3RD TEST MATCH AT THE NEW WANDERERS, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

India 187 (Kohli 54) & 247

South Africa 194 (Bumrah 5-54) & 177 (Elgar 86* Shami 5-28)

 INDIA BY 63 RUNS

SOUTH AFRICA WIN THE SERIES 2-1

India won a low scoring final Test to take some consolation from their series against South Africa. India only scored 187 batting first with Virat Kohli’s 54 being the top score. South Africa scraped together a 7 run lead for the first innings with hasim Amla top scoring with 61 and Jasprit Bumrah taking five wickets for India.

India got above 200 in their second innings reaching 247 despite nobody making a half century. Contribution from Ajinkya Rahane (48) and Kohli with 41 enabled India to have a reasonable target to defend on a wicket clearly favouring the bowling side. Despite the best efforts of Dean Elgar with 86 Not Out, it proved to be the case that the India’s score was too much. An excellent spell of seam bowling from Mohammad Shami taking 5 wickets for just 28 runs was the key as South Africa were all out fr 177, 63 runs short of the target.

The slower than normal wicket in Johannesberg favoured the Indians as it was a pitch more like what they are used to at home as opposed to a normal South African wicket. The Indians took full advantage, though South Africa had already secured the series win.

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Mohammad Shami (India)

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Moon of Liberty Cricket – 4th Test Match Eng v SA

Test Cricket

4th Test Match – England v South Africa at Old Trafford

Moeen Ali was the hero for England as they wrapped up a 3-1 series victory over South Africa. England batted first and put enough on the board to leave South Africa chasing. Jonny Bairstow fell one short of his century top scoring as England set up their win with a total of 362. In reply nobody made a half century for the visitors as the collapsed to 202. James Anderson took four wickets to help England to a commanding first innings lead.

The Moeen Ali took over, first with the bat scoring 79 not out as England added 243 to set a target of 380 for South Africa to win. Rain took the game into the fifth day and the only real question was could England take the wickets. Haseem Amla put up resistance with 83 but Ali took the key wicket and went on to take 5 second innings wickets to seal the win and the series for England against what has been a depleted South African side.

England will now move on to face the West Indies in their final test series before heading to Australia in the winter for the Ashes.

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4th Test Match – At Old Trafford, Stretford, Trafford

England v South Africa

England – 1st Inns – 362 – (Bairstow 99, Stokes 58, Root 52, Rabada 4-91)

South Africa – 1st Inns – 226 – (Bavuma 46, Anderson 4-38)

England – 2nd Inns – 243 – (Ali 79*, Morkel 4-41)

South Africa – 2nd Inns – 202 – (Amla 83, du Pleesis 61, Ali 5-69)

England win by 177 runs

England Win the series 3-1

MOON OF LIBERTY STAR MAN – Moeen Ali (England)

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Moon of Liberty Cricket – 2nd Test – SL v Ind

Test Cricket

2nd Test Match in Colombo – Sri Lanka v India

India put 600 on the board for the second game in a row as they continued their domination in Sri Lanka. Cheteshwar Pujara (133) and Ajinkya Rahane (132) both got centuries and four other got 50+ including Ravinda Jadeja who was unbeaten on 70 not out as India declared having put a mammoth total of 622 for Sri Lanka to chase.

The first innings reply was a total collapse by Sri Lanka who were bowled all out for just 183 with Ravichandran Ashwin taking 5 wickets. Sri Lanka put more of a fight up in the second inning after India enforced the follow on. Dimuth Karanaratne hit an impressive 141 and Kusal Mendis also hit a century with 110. The size of the total was too much though with the hosts finally dismissed for 386 with 5 wickets for the excellent Jadeja for a big innings and 53 run victory.

India now only have to avoid defeat in one of the next two games to take their eight test series win in a row.

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2nd Test Match – At the Sinahlese Spots Club, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka v India

India – 1st Inns – 629/9 Dec (Pujara 133, Rahane 132, Jadeja 70*, Saha 67, Rahul 57, Ashwin 54, Herath 4-154)

Sri Lanka – 1st Inns – 183 (Dickwella 51, Ashwin 5-69)

Sri Lanka – 2nd Inns – 386 (Karunaratne 141, Mendis 110, Jadeja 5-152)

India win by an Innings & 53 Runs

India lead the series 2-0

MOON OF LIBERTY STAR MAN – Ravinder Jadeja (India)

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Moon of Liberty Cricket – Eng v SA 3rd Test

Test Cricket

3rd Test at The Oval – England v South Africa 

Debutant Toby Roland-Jones took 5 wickets in the first innings to leave South Africa well behind England first up score of 353 and set the tone for England to bounce back after their poor showing at Trent Bridge. Ben Stokes hit 112 and Roland-Jones took 5-57 as the visitors could only make 175.

63 from Jonny Bairstow and a captain’s 50 from Joe Root took the game away from South Africa in the second innings. However rain meant it went to day five and England went into the final day still needing 6 wickets. It was finished off with a hat-trick from Moeen Ali to seal a comfortable 239 run win. Roland-Jones also took 3 more wickets in the second innings to claim a haul of eight for the match.

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CRICKET RESULT

3rd Test Match – At The Kennington Oval, Kennington, Lambeth, London

England v South Africa

England – 1st Inns – 353 – (Stokes 112, Cook 88, Morkel 3-70)

South Africa – 1st Inns – 175 – (Bavuma 52, Roland-Jones 5-57)

England – 2nd Inns – 313/8 Dec – (Bairstow 63, Westley 59, Root 50, Maharaj 3-50)

South Africa – 2nd Inns – 252 – (Elgar 136, Ali 4-45)

England win by 239 runs

England Lead the series 2-1

MOON OF LIBERTY STAR MAN – Toby Roland-Jones (England)

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Moon Of Liberty Cricket – 1st Test Match India v Australia

Test Match Cricket

1st Test in Pune – India v Australia

Aussie spinners at home on Indian soil

Australia have won a huge victory rolling back the years to a performance that looked like one of past glories as they thrashed India in Pune. Australia’s first innings score of 260 look precarious with Matt Renshaw top scoring with 68 and Umesh Yadav taking four wickets. The bowling star however was to come from the Australians as Steve O’Keefe took India apart taking 6 wickets as India collapsed to 105 all out.

The second innings was almost de ja vous. Steve Smith got a century but there was not much support As Australia added 285 and Ravichandran Ashwin this time took 4 wickets. It was far too much for India as O’Keefe took 6 more wickets and Nathan Lyon joined in the fun0 taking the other four.as the Aussie spinners dominated with India only getting 2 more than their first innings. A huge 333 run win for Australia on a pitch that was later criticised by the ICC. India were very confident going into this series, it will have been dented after this poor batting showing.

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Test Match Cricket Results

1st Test Match – At Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India

India v Australia

Australia – 1st Inns – 260 – (Renshaw 68, Starc 61, Yadav 4-32)

India – 1st Inns – 105 – (Rahul 64, O’Keefe 6-35)

Australia – 2nd Inns – 285 – (Smith 109, Ashwin 4-119)

India – 2nd Inns – 107 – (Pujara 31, O’Keefe 6-35, Lyon 4-53)

Australia win by 333 runs

Australia Lead the series 1-0

MOON OF LIBERTY STAR MAN –Steve O’Keefe (Australia)

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Moon Of Liberty Cricket – Test Match updates

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3rd Test in Johannesburg – South Africa v Sri Lanka

South Africa secure whitewash with an inning thrashing of Sri Lanka

South Africa secured a 3-0 whitewash over Sri Lanka with an emphatic victory by an innings and 118 runs in Johannesburg. South Africa batted first with Jean Paul-Duminy (155) and Hashim Amla (134) helping South Africa to a total of 426. They then skittled out Sri Lanka for just 131 with Vernon Philander taking 3 wickets for just 28 runs. In a move used less often these days South Africa enforced the follow on ruthlessly exploiting their opponents lack of confidence. Only Dimuth Karunaratne with 50 put up any resistance as South Africa coasted to victory with Wayne Parnell taking four wickets to finish the series in style.

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1st Test Match in Wellington – New Zealand v Bangladesh

Williamson guides New Zealand to victory in run fest

New Zealand secured an extraordinary victory against Bangladesh despite the visitors putting a huge total of 595 on the board. Shakib Al Hasan with 217 and Mushfiqur Rahim with 159 were the catalyst for the huge opening score. New Zealand hit back however, Tom Latham hit 177 and Mitchell Santner supported with 73 as New Zealand scored 539 to put themselves back in contention. Bangladesh then collapsed in their second innings bowled out for 160 with Trent Boult taking three wickets. This gave New Zealand the chance of what looked an unlikely victory and Kane Williamson with a fine 104 not out led the way with support from Ross Taylor (60) to eventually coast home with seven wickets to spare

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Cricket scores

3rd Test Match – At The New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa

South Africa v Sri Lanka

South Africa – 1st Inns – 426 – (Duminy 155, Amla 134, Pradeep 4-78, Kumara 4-107)

Sri Lanka – 1st Inns – 131 – (Mendis 41, Philander 3-28, Rabada 3-44)

Sri Lanka– 2nd Inns – 177 – (Karunaratne 50, Parnell 4-51)

South Africa win by an innings & 118 runs

South Africa Win the Series 3-0

MOON OF LIBERTY STAR MAN –Jean-Paul Duminy (South Africa)

1st Test Match – At The Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand

New Zealand v Bangladesh

Bangladesh – 1st Inns – 595/8 Dec – (Al Hasan 217, Rahim 159, Haque 64, Rahman 54*, Wagner 4-151)

New Zealand – 1st Inns – 539 – (Latham 177, Santner 73, Williamson 53, Rabbi 3-87)

Bangladesh– 2nd Inns – 160 – (Rahman 50, Boult 3-53)

New Zealand– 2nd Inns – 217/3 – (Williamson 104*, Taylor 60)

New Zealand win by 7 Wickets

New Zealand Lead the Series 1-0

MOON OF LIBERTY STAR MAN –Kane Williamson (New Zealand)

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Moon Of Liberty Cricket – Australia v Pakistan 3rd Test

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Australia v Pakistan 3rd Test Match

Power batting sets up Australia to take the Whitewash

Three first innings centuries from Matt Renshaw, David Warner and Peter Handscombe enabled Australia to put a dominant 538 on the board taking advantage of the best of the batting time that left Pakistan chasing. Younis Khan’s class 175 not out was not enough to stop Australia taking a 200 plus first innings lead helped by Josh Hazlewood’s four wicket haul. The home side then added a high speed 241 batting Pakistan totally out of the game. Hazlewood took 3 more wickets in the second innings as Pakistan got nowhere near their target. The win means Australia take the series by a whitewash 3-0 scoreline.

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3rd Test Match – At The SCG, Sydney, New South Wales

Australia v Pakistan

Australia – 1st Inns – 538/8 Dec – (Renshaw 184, Warner 113, Handscombe 110, Riaz 3-89)

Pakistan – 1st Inns – 315 – (Khan 175* Ali 71, Hazlewood 4-55)

Australia – 2nd Inns – 241/2 Dec – (Khawja 79*, Smith 59, Warner 55)

Pakistan – 2nd Inns – 244 – (Ahmed 72*, Hazlewood 3-29)

Australia win by 220 Runs

Australia Win the Series 3-0

MOON OF LIBERTY STAR MAN – Matt Renshaw (Australia)

Moon of Liberty Cricket – SA v SL 1st Test

Cricket

Cook the difference as Sri Lanka fail to take their chance

Stephen Cook’s second innings 117 helped South deliver a 2nd innings score that enabled them to get away with a poor first innings as Sri Lanka failed to take advantage. The hosts only posted 286 first up with Cook getting 59 of those, however Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 205 with Vernon Philander taking 5 wickets. South Africa did not reject the second opportunity post a score of 406 finishing any Sri Lankan hopes and easing through the visitors order in the 2nd innings to post in the end a big 206 run win.

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1st Test Match – At St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth

South Africa v Sri Lanka

South Africa – 1st Inns – 286/10 – (Dumint 63, Cook 59, Lakmal 5-53)

Sri Lanka – 1st Inns – 205/10 – (de Silva 43, Philander 5-43)

South Africa – 2nd Inns – 406/6 Dec – (Cook 117, de Koch 69, du Plessis 67* Elgar 52)

Sri Lanka – 2nd Inns – 281/10 – (Mathews 59, Mendis 58, Rabada 3-77)

South Africa win by 206 Runs

South Africa Lead the Series 1-0

MOON OF LIBERTY STAR MAN – Stephen Cook (South Africa)

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Moon Of Liberty Cricket – Aus v Pak 1st & 2nd Tests

Cricket

1st Test Match – Australia v Pakistan

1st Inning centuries set the tone in thriller

1st Innings centuries from Steve Smith and Peter Handscomb set the tone for Australia to take a 1-0 lead against Pakistan at the Gabba. Superb bowling spells from Jackson Bird and Josh Hazlewood then ensured Pakistan collapsed to 142 all out and despite a spirited fight in the 2nd innings including a century from Sharfraz Ahmed, They fell just 39 runs short of an incredible comeback and what would have been a record final inning total.

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2nd Test Match – Australia v Pakistan

Smith and Warner put Pakistan’s bowling to the sword

Despite scoring over 400 in their first innings and a double century from Azhar Ali, Pakistan could not stop the power of Australia as Steve Smith (165 not out) continued his brilliant for to hit another century aided by David Warner (144) and Mitchel Starc (83) as the Aussies hit 624. Starc then delivered with the ball with four wickets to help bowl Pakistan out for a mere 163 to take a 2-0 lead and a win by an innings and 19 runs.

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1st Test Match – At The Gabba, Brisbane, Queensland

Australia v Pakistan

Australia – 1st Inns – 429/10 – (Smith 130, Handscomb 105, Renshaw 71, Amir 4-97)

Pakistan – 1st Inns – 142/10 – (Ahmed 59*, Hazlewood 3-22, Bird 3-23)

Australia – 2nd Inns – 205/5 Dec – (Khawaja 74, Smith 63)

Pakistan – 2nd Inns – 450/10 – (Shafiq 137, Ali 71, Khan 65. Starc 4-119)

Australia win by 39 Runs

Australia Lead the Series 1-0

MOON OF LIBERTY STAR MAN – Steve Smith (Australia)

2nd Test Match – At The MCG, Melbourne, Victoria

Australia v Pakistan

Pakistan – 1st Inns – 443/9 Dec – (Ali 205*, S Khan 65, Shafiq 50, Hazlewood 3-50)

Australia – 1st Inns – 624/8 Dec – (Smith 165*, Warner 144, Strac 84, Handscomb 54, S Khan 3-131)

Pakistan – 2nd Inns – 163-10 – (Ali 43, Ahmed 43, Starc 4-36)

Australia win by an Innings & 18 runs

Australia Lead the Series 2-0

MOON OF LIBERTY STAR MAN – Steve Smith (Australia)

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