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David Silva During A Training Session
Jackie Robinson Photos
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was the first black Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era
Jean-Paul Duminy hits a six
Jean-Paul Duminy hits a six off Jacob Oram as wicketkeeper Peter McGlashan looks on.
Duminy (29) hit a couple of sixes towards the end to prop up the South African innings but fell trying to hit one too many.
Ian Butler Celebrates
Butler celebrates after dismissing South Africa captain Graeme Smith, bowled for 33 runs.
The pace bowler pitched the ball up and Smith couldn't connect the ball as he attempted an on-drive only to see his middle and leg stumps shattered.
Dwayne Bravo in action
Dwayne Bravo tried to lead a counter-attack, smashing Jayasuriya for a boundary and six in the 12th over. The West Indies all-rounder dominated the 50-run partnership for the fifth wicket off 44 deliveries as he scored 35 of them, while Ramnaresh Sarwan had just 13.
Bravo brought up his half-century in style off just 38 deliveries when he slammed Malinga over midwicket for a six.
But he fell off the next delivery. Once again it was the slower delivery from Malinga that caused the damage. He tried another big shot through midwicket but failed to read the slower delivery and ended up lobbing a simple catch to mid-on.
He was dismissed for 51 off just 38 deliveries, inclusive of five boundaries and two sixes.
Lendl Simmons hits a boundary off Ajantha Mendis
Lendl Simmons hits a boundary off Ajantha Mendis.
The absence of Chris Gayle was clearly evident, as openers Simmons and Andre Fletcher failed to get going. Left-arm spinner Jayasuriya opened the bowling and gave away just three runs in his first over.
Gayle was rested for the match and wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin, who took over the captaincy, elected to field.
Dilshan races with Jayasuriya
Tillekeratne Dilshan hits Dwayne Bravo for a boundary.
Jayasuriya and Dilshan put on 124 runs for the first wicket in just 78 deliveries.
Dilshan took over once Jayasuriya departed and finished with 74 from 47 deliveries, inclusive of 11 boundaries and a six.
Jayasuriya sets up Sri Lanka win
Sanath Jayasuriya reverse sweeps Sulieman Benn for a boundary.
Sri Lanka warmed up for the Super Eights in style, outclassing the West Indies by 15 runs in an inconsequential Group C match of the ICC World Twenty20 in Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Wednesday.
Rohit Sharma in action
Rohit Sharma paddle-scooped Alex Cusack for a four and then chipped him to a similar effect. The opening stand had yielded 77 runs when Gambhir perished at backward point in the 11th over.
An undeterred Rohit smacked Rankin over mid-wicket for a huge six to inch closer to the target and even though Mahendra Singh Dhoni's (14) was a brief stay, India's win was just a matter of formality which Rohit and Yuvraj Singh (3 not out) completed with ease.
Gautam Gambhir in action
Gautam Gambhir hit boundaries at will on his way to 37 off 31 deliveries.
India hardly broke a sweat while chasing the 113-run target off 18 overs with Gambhir and Rohit Sharma going great guns. Gambhir cut the first ball from Boyd Rankin through covers for a four to signal his intention. The left-hander came dancing down the track to hit Kevin O'Brien through covers and then upper-cut Rankin over third man for a stunning six.
Pragyan Ohja celebrates
Pragyan Ojha celebrates the dismissal of Mashrafe Mortaza. The wicket saw him finish with superb figures of four for 21 in four overs.For his brilliant effort he was deservedly named man of the match.
Indian players celebrate the dismissal of Junaid Siddique, who became Ojha's second victim when he swept one straight to Harbhajan at the midwicket fence after a quick 41 from 22 deliveries.
Yuvraj Singh in action
Twenty20 World Cup: Season 2Yuvraj Singh provided the finishing touches to the innings with some powerful strokes in the final overs, as India posted a healthy 180 for five in their 20 overs.
An easy task for Rajasthan batters
Yusuf Pathan, who did not get a chance with the ball, played a decent cameo with the bat soon after resumption.
A cover drive off Kallis and a pull towards the long-leg boundary being the only two boundaries in his 19-ball 22.
He fell soon after hitting the second of those shots, a shorter one from Dillion du Preez, straight to Jaffer at long leg.
Ojha scores a half-century
Naman Ojha on his way to an unbeaten half-century. He scored 52 off just 38 balls.
Ojha hit Van der Merwe for a huge six over the long-off boundary as Rajasthan went into the strategic time-out at 62 for two, needing 44 more to complete an expected win.
Proteas pack the punch
Jacques Kallis celebrates after dismissing opener and South African counterpart Graeme Smith for 20 runs.
Bangalore Royal Challengers were all out for 105 runs off their 20 overs.
Lee Carseldine celebrates the dismissal of Rahul Dravid
Lee Carseldine (left) of the Rajasthan Royals celebrates the dismissal of Rahul Dravid, caught by wicketkeeper Naman Ojha for naught, during their Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match in Centurion on Thursday.
An unbeaten 38-ball 52 by Ojha enabled Rajasthan Royals thrash Bangalore Royal Challengers by seven wickets.
Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians Photos
Bowler Dwayne Bravo celebrates after dismissing Tirumalsetti Suman, who was caught by wicketkeeper Pinal Shah, for 20 off 13 deliveries, including a four and 2 sixes.
Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist celebrates with Tirumalsetti Suman after the dismissal of Bravo.
Bravo scored 13 runs before being caught by Chris Harris off Suman's bowling.
Dhawal Kulkarni (center) of the Mumbai Indians celebrates with team mates after the dismissal of Deccan Chargers' opener Herschelle Gibbs during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match in Centurion on Wednesday night.
A superb all-round effort from man-of-the-match Rohit Sharma -- 38 and 4 for 6 in two overs, including a hat trick -- enabled Deccan Chargers beat Mumbai Indians by 19 runs.
J P Duminy (in the picture) was the lone Mumbai batsman to play an innings of any worth, his 48-ball 52 containing seven boundaries. But he was desperately let down by his teammates.
This was the Hyderabad team's second successive win over Mumbai in the competition, having got the better of them in their opening match-up at Durban.
Paceman Rudra Pratap Singh celebrates after the dismissal of opener and Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar for just 2 runs.
"I thought the bowlers did a fantastic job. It was the batting in the middle stages that didn't go according to our plan. Pinal batted really well, he kept the scoreboard ticking quite nicely. But it's just that in between overs we lost wickets and didn't score many runs," Tendulkar said after the match.
Earlier Deccan Chargers scored 145 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.
Rohit Sharma celebrates with Gilchrist after the dismissal of the top scorer for Mumbai Indians J P Duminy.
Duminy's wicket made sure Sharma got his hat-trick. He dismissed Abhishek Nayar and Harbhajan Singh in his previous over.
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