Thursday, March 13, 2008

Tim Ambrose scores 97 not out

England managed 291/5, thanks to a great innings from the wicket keeper, Tim Ambrose ( 91 n o )

Alistiar Cook and Vaughn put on 79 for the first wicket. But the day belonged to Ambrose.

In the South African team to tour, six non-whites have been picked. Andre Nil and Botha have been excluded.

Jayasuria and Murali have been omitted from the SL ODI XI, now touring West Indies.

The Bangalore team was announced yesterday. Nicknamed the Bangalore Royal Champions, the team is skippered by Rahul Dravid. Chanderpaul, Misbah, Ross Taylor, Virat Kohli, Wasim Jaffer, Jagdish Arun Kumar and Bharat Chipli adorn Bangalore.

Dayle Stein of SA, Nathan Bracken, Anil Kumble, Sunil Joshi, Abdul Razzak, Zaheer, Praveen Kumar are the bowlers. The team is graced by allrounders Jack Kallis, Cameroon White and Vinay Kumar. Wicket keepers are Boucher, Goswami & Devraj Patil. V Prasad is the coach and Martin Crowe is the CCO, the Chief Cricket Offier ! A formidable team indeed ! The team is owned by Vijay Mallya.

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