Chennai Super Kings vs Central Districts Champions League T20

Dhoni Won the toss and elected bat first. But Hyden and Suresh Raina got out early in the innings now chennai is struggling to get the rid in the match.

Kulatunga helps as Vayamba sets 154 runs targer for Warriors

Wayamba 153/9 (20.0/20 ov)

Warriors

Wayamba won the toss and elected to bat

Innings break

	Wayamba innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Kreusch b Theron	0	2	0	0	0.00
	0.2 Got em! Rusty has picked a huge wicket early, Jayawardene is gone! Another away swinger coming from that nagging angle, wide of the crease, Mahela throws his bat at it, but the away movement does him in. The thick edge flies into the slip cordon and it is snaffled by Kreusch at second slip. Well done! 0/1
	HGJM Kulatunga	c Kreusch b Tsotsobe	59	44	6	3	134.09
	14.1 aaaand gone! Tsosobe landed that on a length outside off and Kulatunga tried to do what he has been doing all day - looks to loft it straight, but for a change, it misses the middle and hits low down on the bat. He ends up spooning it straight up and Kreusch settles down under it. Important wicket. 110/4
	ML Udawatte	c Boje b Theron	2	4	0	0	50.00
	0.6 another one bites the dust! Theron has removed two in his opening over and Wayamba are reeling here! Short ball, but not short enough to pull, Udawatte decides to take the challenge, but it was quicker on him and gets a top edge as his top hand comes off. As ungainly as they come! It balloons easily towards mid on, where the fielder tumbles across to take a good catch 2/2
	J Mubarak*	c Prince b Boje	9	16	1	0	56.25
	8.2 Eid Mubarak to Jehan Mubarak, but the party is over! Tossed up on off stump, he pranced out of his crease and looked to loft it over long off, but he got too close to it and hence could not get the elevation. Straight into long off's lap 50/3
	MDKJ Perera†	c Prince b Theron	39	24	1	3	162.50
	16.3 Gone! The frustration gets to Perera, who has not been given much to drive.. He backs away to the leg side this time, to make some room, but this one was short and outside off.. He went for the lofted drive, but could not clear long off. The canny Theron strikes again. 126/5
	KS Lokuarachchi	c Boje b Botha	14	11	0	1	127.27
	17.1 Another one bites the dust, Loku is gone looking to smash one straight.. He is down the track and Botha smartly pulls the length back and Loku can't get into any position. Still goes through with th4e shot and offers a dolly to short cover 133/6
	NLTC Perera	c Botha b Ntini	11	8	1	1	137.50
	19.1 WHOA! As I collect my breath, let me describe what happened there: It was a length ball on middle and leg, Thisara got under it and hoisted it high and it seemed headed for the long on stands.. Boucher behind the stands had his hand out to protect his eyes from the sun as he sought to trace the path of that ball... and somehow, Botha at long off, on the edge of the playing area, hauled it in. Thisara is distraught, and Ntini breaks into a smile! 144/7
	MF Maharoof	c Tsotsobe b Ntini	5	7	0	0	71.42
	19.2 two in two, again holes out in the deep! Length ball on middle and leg, Maharoof looks to send this into another planet, but gravity brings it back down to the lap of deepmidwicket. Can he get a hat-trick? 144/8
	HMRKB Herath	run out (Botha/†Boucher)	8	3	0	1	266.66
	19.6 from Ntini, and a run-out to finish, bizarre I must say. Herath stayed in the crease and swung it to deep wicket, picked a single, and then seemed to take for ever to turn back and go for the second.. Seemed like a relay race where he was waiting for his partner to come over and pass on the baton. The throw was smartly sent to the striker's end and Boucher removed the bails before Herath could dive in. 153/9
	BAW Mendis	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 3, w 2)	5
	Total	(9 wickets; 20 overs)	153	(7.65 runs per over)

To bat UWMBCA Welegedara

Fall of wickets1-0 (Jayawardene, 0.2 ov), 2-2 (Udawatte, 0.6 ov), 3-50 (Mubarak, 8.2 ov), 4-110 (Kulatunga, 14.1 ov), 5-126 (MDKJ Perera, 16.3 ov), 6-133 (Lokuarachchi, 17.1 ov), 7-144 (NLTC Perera, 19.1 ov), 8-144 (Maharoof, 19.2 ov), 9-153 (Herath, 19.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	J Theron	4	0	23	3	5.75	(1w)
	0.2 to Jayawardene, Got em! Rusty has picked a huge wicket early, Jayawardene is gone! Another away swinger coming from that nagging angle, wide of the crease, Mahela throws his bat at it, but the away movement does him in. The thick edge flies into the slip cordon and it is snaffled by Kreusch at second slip. Well done! 0/1 0.6 to Udawatte, another one bites the dust! Theron has removed two in his opening over and Wayamba are reeling here! Short ball, but not short enough to pull, Udawatte decides to take the challenge, but it was quicker on him and gets a top edge as his top hand comes off. As ungainly as they come! It balloons easily towards mid on, where the fielder tumbles across to take a good catch 2/2 16.3 to MDKJ Perera, Gone! The frustration gets to Perera, who has not been given much to drive.. He backs away to the leg side this time, to make some room, but this one was short and outside off.. He went for the lofted drive, but could not clear long off. The canny Theron strikes again. 126/5
	LL Tsotsobe	4	0	31	1	7.75	(1w)
	14.1 to Kulatunga, aaaand gone! Tsosobe landed that on a length outside off and Kulatunga tried to do what he has been doing all day - looks to loft it straight, but for a change, it misses the middle and hits low down on the bat. He ends up spooning it straight up and Kreusch settles down under it. Important wicket. 110/4
	M Ntini	4	0	34	2	8.50
	19.1 to NLTC Perera, WHOA! As I collect my breath, let me describe what happened there: It was a length ball on middle and leg, Thisara got under it and hoisted it high and it seemed headed for the long on stands.. Boucher behind the stands had his hand out to protect his eyes from the sun as he sought to trace the path of that ball... and somehow, Botha at long off, on the edge of the playing area, hauled it in. Thisara is distraught, and Ntini breaks into a smile! 144/7 19.2 to Maharoof, two in two, again holes out in the deep! Length ball on middle and leg, Maharoof looks to send this into another planet, but gravity brings it back down to the lap of deepmidwicket. Can he get a hat-trick? 144/8
	J Botha	4	0	21	1	5.25
	17.1 to Lokuarachchi, Another one bites the dust, Loku is gone looking to smash one straight.. He is down the track and Botha smartly pulls the length back and Loku can't get into any position. Still goes through with th4e shot and offers a dolly to short cover 133/6
	N Boje	2	0	22	1	11.00
	8.2 to Mubarak, Eid Mubarak to Jehan Mubarak, but the party is over! Tossed up on off stump, he pranced out of his crease and looked to loft it over long off, but he got too close to it and hence could not get the elevation. Straight into long off's lap 50/3
	JP Kreusch	2	0	19	0	9.50

It's Depends on Players to Stop Spread Of Corruption - Dhoni

Cricketers must take more responsibility for their actions to prevent the spread of corruption, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Tuesday.

He was speaking in the light of the suspension last week of Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif following spot-fixing allegations levelled against them in Britain's News of the World newspaper. "It is crucial to keep the game clean," Dhoni told a news conference in Durban.

"Personally I think it is up to the individual. You don't need someone to guide you or restrict you. If you are playing for, or representing, your country you should feel pride in doing that."

In the wake of the allegations against the Pakistan trio the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) has come under fire for not doing enough to prevent the spread of corruption in cricket.

But Dhoni, who is in South Africa with the Chennai Super Kings to play in the Champions League Twenty20 which starts on Friday, believes that the ACSU is doing a decent job.

"As far as the corruption unit and their functioning are concerned I think that they are doing a good job," he said, adding that if the ACSU was given more power it could infringe on players' human rights.

"I think that if they (ACSU) become stricter they will start intruding on the privacy of players."

England vital victory over Pakistan in 2nd T20

World champions England profited from an abject batting display by Pakistan on Tuesday to win the second Twenty20 international in Cardiff by six wickets. After Pakistan had collapsed to 89 all out from 18.4 overs, England romped to 90 for four with six overs to spare to win the series 2-0. The teams will now meet in a five-match 50 overs series.

Pakistan could not cope with either a barrage of short-pitched bowling from the England pacemen or the slow bowling of Graeme Swann and Michael Yardy.

Umar Akmal hit Swann for two straight sixes into the sightscreen but was bowled for 17 when the England off-spinner kept his nerve and floated up another tempting delivery. Yardy was again economical, conceding 10 runs from his four overs.

An early wicket to Shoaib Akhtar and a brilliant run-out by Umar Akmal who hit the stumps at the bowler's end to account for Craig Kieswetter for 16 temporarily lifted Pakistan's morale.

But Paul Collingwood, who led England to victory in the Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean this year, scored 21 from 25 deliveries and Eion Morgan made 18 not out from 14 balls.

Pakistan are playing without test captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif who have been suspended from all cricket by the International Cricket Council under its anti-corruption code after an investigation into incidents in the fourth test at Lord's.

England were exceptional bowling attack in T20: Collingwood

The Twenty20 world champions completed an emphatic 2-0 series triumph against Pakistan in Cardiff, dismissing the visitors for just 89 and then reaching their target with six wickets and six overs in hand.

It was Pakistan's lowest total in Twenty20 cricket, and they now head to Durham for the start of a one-day, 50-over series against England which has further humiliation stamped all over it.

England though, are in no mood to start offering sympathy for Pakistan's plight as the tourists continue playing like a team haunted by the spot-fixing crisis that has crippled international cricket.

"In this form of the game it can be tough to win consecutively," said Collingwood, who top-scored with 21 as England cruised home in front of a two-thirds' empty SWALEC Stadium.

"To have that 'World Cup', you can have added pressure on you as well. But the way we've played over the last two games, the boys are enjoying that added pressure.

"It's a special achievement, and we obviously did it during the best time - which was during the World Cup. "To continue with that form, even though we've lost a couple of players, I'm delighted in the response of the dressing room - and the bowlers as a unit are doing fantastically well.

"I think in the last seven games they haven't conceded more than 148 runs, which is fantastic in the Twenty20 format. "It was exceptional again. I'm absolutely delighted with what was another strong performance. "I'm going to sound like a broken record, but the bowlers again adapted to the conditions very well."

Pakistan never recovered from slumping to 22 for four after winning the toss and batting, as seamers Tim Bresnan (three for 10) and Stuart Broad (two for 18) did much of the damage before some typically tight bowling by England's immaculate spinners Graeme Swann and Michael Yardy.

It all left Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi in no mood to offer excuses.

"We were very bad, inexperienced and immature. I thought we played very bad cricket," he said.

"We are not enjoying ourselves in the field - we need to forget everything, I know it's difficult, but we should be professional cricketers and focus on cricket. "I said England are united because they are winning continually, and victory brings unity to the team.

"At this stage I know our morale is very down, but one victory and it will be very high. We are just trying to find victory at this stage. "It will be a big challenge to compete in the one-dayers, but we have some time, and me, my coach and the team, we will sit together and talk."