Australia in New Zealand : 5 oneday, 2 test match series.
5th ODI : Aus retain Chappell & Hadlee trophy, series 3-2.
4th ODI : Australia secure series | 3rd ODI : Haddin ton.
2nd ODI : Aus won by 12 runs | 1st ODI : Kiwis by 2 wkts.
2nd T20 : Tied, Kiwis won in superover | Aus won 1st T20.
England in Bangladesh : 3 onedayer, 2 test match series.
1st test scorecard : Eng v BNG, ZACS stadium, Chittagong.
3rd ODI : Craig Kieswetter century completes whitewash.
2nd ODI : Morgan's ton | 1st ODI : English cruised home.
T20 World cup 2010 : starting 30th April in West Indies.
Gayle's 117 is highest individual score | Largest totals.
Yuvraj holds record of fastest T20 fifty | Best T20 bowling.
Most sixes in twenty20 match | Lowest totals | Debutants.
Highest partnerships | Most expensive spells in twenty20.
Popular records : Sachin Tendulkar versus Ricky Ponting.
Most test centuries | Highest ODI score | Fastest century.
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Scorecard : Aus vs RSA, 4th ODI, Port Elizabeth : 13 April 2009


Herschelle Gibbs's 21 ODI century took South Africans to 317, which Aussies found impossible to chase down, to keep series alive! Match : Australia vs South Africa, fourth One day International of MTN 5 ODI series.
Venue/Date : St George's cricket ground in Port Elizabeth in South Africa.. 13 April 2009.
Debuts : Shane Harwood (aged 35).
Toss : Australia, elected to field first.
Result : South Africa won by 61 runs.
Series Result : South Africa 3-1 ahead with 1 game to go.
Man of the match : Herschelle Gibbs.
Umpires : Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) & Brain Jerlins (South Africa).
Head to head : 2840th ODI overall, it was 76 Australia vs South Africa one day international and now, South Africa have won 35 in comparison to 38 won by Australians. 3 games have tied.

Most of times, when Australians win the toss, they elected to bat first. Today, Ricky Ponting chose to do otherwise. More so to change luck of his team than the conditions. Being a Day one day internationals, Australians had a point to make use of early moisture as it had rained the night before but that didn't happen. South African openers negotiated first 10 overs well, scoring only 43 runs but layed the foundation.

Then, Herschelle Gibbs show started. In partnership with AB de Villiers, Gibbs put on 136 runs from 123 balls, and brought up his 21st ODI century as well. JP Duminy hit some lusty blows towards the end to push Proteas total past 300 run mark.

Australian chase began very well. Brad Haddin and Michael Clarke put on 129 runs in less than 21 overs, but a subdued innings from captain Ricky Ponting and no help from remaining batsmen meant Aussies gave away an unassailable lead to home team.. making the final onedayer at Johannesburg a dead rubber!

21 ODI century for Herschelle Gibbs today, which came after a gap of little over an year. Gibbs scored his 20th ODI century back on 3 February 2008 against West Indies at Johannesburg.

Australia vs South Africa, 4th ODI, Port Elizabeth : 13 April 2009 : Scorecard
South Africa (invited in to bat) = 317 for 6 wickets in 50 overs
Graeme Smith c Haddin b Hopes 20 30 balls, 2x4
Harschelle Gibbs c Clarke b Backen 110 116 balls, 9x4, 2x6
Jaques Kallis c Fergusson b Harwood 17 24 balls, 1x4, 1x6
AB de Villiers c Fergusson b Johnson 84 74 balls, 6x4, 3x6
Albie Morkel b Johnson 4 6 balls
Mark Boucher not out 29* 25 balls, 3x4, 1x6
JP Duminy c M Hussey b Harwood 40 25 balls, 4x4
R van der Merwe
Johan Botha
Wayne Parnell
Dale Steyn
Nathan Bracken = 10-0-64-1 (1wd) Mitchell Johnson = 10-0-59-2 (3wd)
James Hopes = 10-0-57-1 Shane Harwood = 10-0-57-2 (2wd)
Nathan Hauritz = 7-0-51-0 (2wd) Michael Clarke = 3-0-22-0
Australia (Target=318 in 50 overs) = 255 for 10 wickets in 45.5 overs
Brad Haddin c Parnell b Botha 78 61 balls, 7x4, 4x6
Michael Clarke b Merwe 50 68 balls, 4x4
Ricky Ponting c Morkel b Steyn 53 67 balls, 4x4
Callum Ferguson st Boucher b Merwe 3 6 balls
Michael Hussey lbw b Merwe 2 9 balls
David Hussey c&b b Steyn 20 20 balls, 2x4
James Hopes c Gibbs b Parnell 31 28 balls, 3x4
Mitchell Johnson b Morkel 5 6 balls
Nathan Hauritz b Steyn 3 5 balls
Nathan Bracken not out 0 1 ball
Shane Harwood b Steyn 0 4 balls
Dale Steyn = 7.5-1-44-4 (1wd) Wayne Parnell = 9-0-64-1
Jaques Kallis = 4-0-25-0 (1wd) Albie Morkel = 5-0-25-0 (1wd)
Johan Botha = 10-0-48-1 R van der Merwe = 10-0-46-3 (2wd)
South Africa won by 61 runs, leads ODI series 3-1 with 1 more game to go..





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