So finally you noticed it 
Sehwag suffers arm injury
Sehwag suffers arm injury
Sehwag is due to play for Leicestershire in the English domestic season
Dhaka triangular, match 6: India 184-6 (43 overs) v South Africa
Match scorecard
India produced an undistinguished batting performance after opener Virender Sehwag was forced to retire hurt.
Vice-captain Sehwag had reached 14 not out when he was hit on the right forearm by a ball from paceman Makhaya Ntini.
Team manager Gautam Dasgupta said the batsman had suffered "soft tissue injury" but Sehwag returned to the middle at the fall of the fourth wicket.
He took his score to 25 but was then caught off Andrew Hall as India struggled to 184-6 after 43 of their 50 overs, with Ajit Agarkar unbeaten on 17 and Parthiv Patel on one not out.
India welcomed back skipper Sourav Ganguly after overcoming a sore back, and he opted to bat after winning the toss.
They lost Gautam Gambhir for two early on, but Ganguly steadied the innings by making 61 off 83 balls, including a six and six fours, before he was dismissed by spinner Paul Adams.
Allan Dawson picked up the wickets of Mohammed Kaif (30) and Dinesh Mongia (29), with Sanjay Bangar trapped lbw by Ntini for nine.
India innings (50 overs maximum) R M B
V Sehwag c Smith b Hall 25 50 30
G Gambhir c Hall b Ntini 2 15 11
*SC Ganguly c Pollock b Adams 61 116 83
M Kaif b Dawson 30 65 49
D Mongia c McKenzie b Dawson 29 46
SB Bangar lbw b Ntini 9 21 21
AB Agarkar c Hall b Ntini 17 23 26
+PA Patel run out (Gibbs/Boucher) 6 6
Harbhajan Singh c Boucher b Dawson 1 4 2
Sarandeep Singh c Smith b Dawson 19 20
AM Salvi not out 4 9
Extras (lb 2, w 2, nb 8) 12
Total (all out, 49.1 overs) 215
FoW: 1-7 (Gambhir, 3.2 ov), 2-96 (Kaif, 23.2 ov),
3-124 (Ganguly, 30.1 ov), 4-146 (Bangar, 35.4 ov),
5-160 (Sehwag, 37.3 ov), 6-182 (Mongia, 42.3 ov),
7-184 (Agarkar, 43.3 ov), 8-186 (Harbhajan Singh, 44.1 ov),
9-192 (Patel, 45.6 ov), 10-215 (Sarandeep Singh, 49.1 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Pollock 10 1 48 0 (3nb, 1w)
Ntini 10 0 37 3 (4nb)
Dawson 9.1 1 49 4
Hall 10 0 36 1 (1nb, 1w)
Adams 10 0 43 1
South Africa team:
HH Gibbs, *GC Smith, HH Dippenaar, ND McKenzie, JA Rudolph,
AJ Hall, +MV Boucher, SM Pollock, PR Adams, AC Dawson, M Ntini.
11.2 Harbhajan Singh to Dippenaar, OUT: tossed up and outside the off,
Dippenaar plays a big booming drive, leaving a huuuuge gap between
bat and pad, Harbhajan could have driven his car through that gap,
but decides to send a wicket offspinner through instead, stumps
shattered!
India 215 (49.1 ov)
South Africa 92/3 (27.0 ov)
Neil McKenzie's calculated 80 wins SA the final, India loses. Congrats to SAns.
was it Final?
South Africa all the way!!!!!!!!
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was it Final?
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It was not the final. :) I think Final is on Sunday.
South Africa record morale-boosting win](http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/APR/171030_TVS_18APR2003.html)
The least important match of the tournament produced the most excitement, but South Africa got over their early jitters and chased the target of 216 with five wickets and eight balls to spare. It avenged their humiliating loss to India earlier in the tournament, and set up the prospect of a fascinating final on Sunday.
It was the hottest day of the tournament, with temperatures reaching the mid-40s (Celsius), but South Africa put in a disciplined performance in the field after losing the toss to restrict India to 215. Then, they survived a collapse at the start of their innings to romp home with plenty to spare.
The hero of the day was Neil McKenzie. Coming to the crease with South Africa tottering at 42 for 3 and Harbhajan Singh on the rampage, he compiled two partnerships - 63 with Jacques Rudolph, and 107 with Mark Boucher - which snatched the match away from India. By the time McKenzie was out for an excellent 80, South Africa were just five short of victory.
South Africa’s run-chase encountered early roadblocks, in the form of India’ s opening bowlers. Avishkar Salvi’s disconcerting bounce and Ajit Agarkar’s consistent line and awayswing asked plenty of questions of Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs. Smith succumbed early, nicking a drive off Avishkar Salvi to the wicketkeeper for 2 (11 for 1). Gibbs got a lucky escape when he edged a no-ball from Salvi to Virender Sehwag at slip, but the reprieve was shortlived.
Harbhajan came into the attack in the 12th over and struck twice in his first four balls. The second one sneaked between Boeta Dippenaar’s bat and pad and knocked back the bails (41 for 2), while two balls later, Gibbs shouldered arms to an offspinner and was trapped plumb in front (42 for 2).
Rudolph and McKenzie began the fightback with a carefully constructed stand. Rudolph was especially impressive, with crisp drives down the ground and through cover. McKenzie, on the other hand, plonked his front foot outside off and swept whenever in doubt.
Virender Sehwag ended the partnership when Rudolph (37) edged a flick to Mohammad Kaif at cover (105 for 4), but Boucher scotched any hopes of an Indian fightback. Both he and McKenzie consolidated with plenty of well-run singles, never allowing the asking rate to climb beyond six-and-a-half an over.
Then, when South Africa were sufficiently close to the target, McKenzie and Boucher stepped it up. The 41st over, bowled by Agarkar, went for 13, while Sehwag was tonked for 12 in the 43rd. The asking rate came down to under four-and-a-half, and from there the winner was never in doubt.
India’s effort with the bat was characterised by plenty of batsmen getting starts, but apart from Ganguly - who top-scored with 61 - none of them topped 30. Mahkaya Ntini was the pick of the bowlers, bowling with plenty of hostility on a pitch which had a sprinkling of live grass. His returns of 3 for 37 from 10 overs were richly deserved. Allan Dawson had a profitable day too, picking up four scalps.
In a scorching opening spell, Ntini first had Gambhir edging to Andrew Hall at first slip (7 for 1), and then dealt the Indian innings a huge blow, striking Sehwag on his right forearm with a wicked short delivery and forcing him to retire.
Ganguly was peppered by plenty of short stuff - especially by Ntini - but he responded in style, pulling Ntini for a couple of fours and cracking him though point when offered the width. His 64-run second-wicket stand with Kaif was the best phase of the Indian innings. Kaif ran the ones and twos with usual urgency, and laced a couple of gorgeous cover-drives when Dawson pitched it up.
Dawson got his revenge, though, when Kaif, inside-edged a slower ball onto his stumps for 30 (96 for 2). Ganguly kept the innings going, bringing up his half-century off 74 balls, and then tonking Adams over his head for the first six of the match.
A century seemed there for the taking, but Ganguly threw it away, hammering a full-toss from Adams straight down Shaun Pollock’s throat at long-off (124 for 3). The Indian innings unravelled after that, as six wickets fell for just 68 runs.
Sehwag made a return to the crease at the fall of the fourth wicket after x-rays revealed no broken bones, and even managed a rousing front-foot six over point off Andrew Hall, but it was too good to last. Next ball, an attempted across-the-line short-arm jab took the top edge and presented Smith with a dolly (160 for 5).
Four wickets then fell in a heap, and it needed a 23-run last-wicket partnership for India to top 200. For a brief period, it seemed sufficient. Then, McKenzie got his act together.
Good job, McKenzie. :)
Final will be an interesting game.
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*Originally posted by Pakistani Tiger: *
Good job, McKenzie. :)
Final will be an interesting game.
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Yep..Probably Zaheer and Yuvraj will be in action and hope sehwag's injury is not serious.
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South Africa played well today and good to see McKenzie wasn't struggling... I wish South Africa wins in the final... Good Luck to them...
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I predict 60%-40% [India-South Africa] winning chance. Whoever wins the toss, will most likely to bat first. With India having strong batting line-up in the shape of Veeru, Ganguly, Kaif, Mongia, they will definitely eye score around 250+.
South Africa's batting department has been disappointing. Dippenaar, Gibbs and McKenzie can do damage. Smith has been average. Advantage of South Africa over India comes in the bowling department in the shape of Nithi and Polluck, though, in the first match, by looking at the score cards, Indian Batsmen have smashed them all over the ground.
Good Luck to both teams.
P.S. Don't worry akb, hopefully, Veeru will be in action. :)
**Ganguly, Smith confident ahead of three-nation final **](http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/030419/323/dy3b0.html)
DHAKA (AFP) - Indian captain Sourav Ganguly put behind him his team’s loss to South Africa in the last league match of the three-nation tournament here and kept his focus on the final.
“One-day cricket is all about who plays well on a particular day,” Ganguly said Saturday. “South Africa played better and were deserving winners, but then the final is going to be a different game.”
Favourites India had won their first three matches of the double-league format tournament, also featuring hosts Bangladesh, but lost to a resurgent South Africa by five wickets.
“Ours is a fairly inexperienced side and the players are just about getting a hang of things,” Ganguly said of his team, which is here without five main players – Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble and Ashish Nehra.
Added to that have been some injuries to key players, including Ganguly, who has recovered fully from a strained back.
Paceman Zaheer Khan, who has been nursing a pulled hamstring, has recovered from that injury but has caught a virus and is not certain to play the final.
However, vice-captain Virender Sehwag, who was struck on the forearm by a delivery from paceman Makhaya Ntini in the last match, is sure to play. And Yuvraj Singh has recovered from a flu.
South Africa had no injury worries and captain Graeme Smith was confident ahead of the final.
“We are getting things right and if we do the things we are speaking about, we should be really pushing India,” Smith said. "I would still say that India are the favourites but they now know that we mean business.
“We took time settling down, but the win over India has made us a more confident team,” said 22-year-old Smith, the youngest-ever one-day captain and the youngest to lead South Africa.
The retirements from international cricket of paceman Allan Donald and batsman Jonty Rhodes, and from one-day cricket of opener Gary Kirsten have left a void in the South African side.
Also, star all-rounder Jacques Kallis could not make it for this tournament because of an illness in the family, while experienced players Lance Klusener and Nicky Boje were not picked.
Smith was named captain of a new-look side, replacing Shaun Pollock, who could not take South Africa beyond the first round of the World Cup.
“I would have made mistakes during the tournament but I think I’m learning my lessons fast,” said Smith, who gave Pollock the new ball only in the last two matches.
“Pollock has been really hungry with the new ball,” Smith said.
The all-rounder himself was happy to have opened the bowling for South Africa.
“I really enjoy bowling with the new ball,” said Pollock, who became the highest wicket-taker for South Africa during the course of the tournament and now has 275 wickets in his kitty.
Donald held the previous mark at 272.
“Having opened the bowling almost right through my career, that is what I enjoy most. I was happy at being entrusted with the job once again,” said 29-year-old Pollock.
South Africa stay back for a two-Test series against Bangladesh. The first Test will be held in the eastern port city of Chittagong from April 24 while the second match will be held here from May 1.
final washed out.
Rain has stopped play with India struggling:
India innings (50 overs maximum) R M B
V Sehwag c Dawson b Pollock 8 30 18
G Gambhir c McKenzie b Ntini 11 53 33
*SC Ganguly not out 11 36
M Kaif c Rudolph b Ntini 5 18 8
Yuvraj Singh not out 2 10
Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 6) 9
Total (3 wickets, 17.1 overs) 46
To Bat: D Mongia, +PA Patel, AB Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh,
Z Khan, A Mishra.
FoW: 1-19 (Sehwag, 6.5 ov), 2-35 (Gambhir, 11.2 ov),
3-41 (Kaif, 13.3 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Pollock 6 0 15 1 (1w)
Ntini 8.1 2 26 2 (2nb)
Dawson 3 1 3 0
South Africa team:
HH Gibbs, *GC Smith, HH Dippenaar, ND McKenzie, JA Rudolph,
AJ Hall, +MV Boucher, SM Pollock, PR Adams, AC Dawson, M Ntini.
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Finally South Africa won the match now this will put pressure on the indian team… and also the game is cancelled for today also… so South Africa is having a gud opportunity to finish it off and take the cup…:k:…