Sussex v Indians

Indians won by 6 wickets (with 25 balls remaining) (D/L method)

List A match | 2011 season

 Played at County Ground, Hove 

 25 August 2011 (45-over match)

Sussex innings (45 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR

LWP Wells c †Dhoni b Kumar 2 8 10 0 0 20.00

CD Nash* c Kohli b Singh 24 49 33 3 0 72.72

L Vincent c †Dhoni b Singh 14 14 11 2 1 127.27

JS Gatting b Ashwin 46 51 48 6 1 95.83

MW Machan c & b Raina 56 71 62 5 0 90.32

BC Brown† c Raina b MM Patel 48 78 66 3 0 72.72

KO Wernars c Ashwin b Mishra 21 38 25 0 1 84.00

WAT Beer c †Dhoni b Singh 2 11 4 0 0 50.00

A Khan run out (†Dhoni) 6 4 7 1 0 85.71

Naved Arif not out 5 6 2 1 0 250.00

CJ Liddle c Sharma b Singh 3 2 3 0 0 100.00

Extras (lb 3, w 5, nb 1) 9

Total (all out; 45 overs) 236 (5.24 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-6 (Wells, 2.4 ov), 2-27 (Vincent, 5.5 ov), 3-58 (Nash, 12.1 ov), 4-105 (Gatting, 19.4 ov), 5-170 (Machan, 33.3 ov), 6-218 (Brown, 41.5 ov), 7-221 (Wernars, 42.3 ov), 8-228 (Khan, 43.5 ov), 9-232 (Beer, 44.2 ov), 10-236 (Liddle, 44.6 ov) 

Bowling O M R W Econ

P Kumar 8 0 28 1 3.50 (2w)

RP Singh 9 0 45 4 5.00

MM Patel 7 0 52 1 7.42 (1nb)

A Mishra 9 1 45 1 5.00 (1w)

R Ashwin 7 0 37 1 5.28 (1w)

RG Sharma 2 0 17 0 8.50

SK Raina 3 0 9 1 3.00

Indians innings (target: 235 runs from 45 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR

PA Patel b Nash 55 77 65 9 0 84.61

SR Tendulkar c Naved Arif b Liddle 21 34 17 4 0 123.52

V Kohli c Machan b Naved Arif 71 105 83 6 1 85.54

RG Sharma not out 61 87 65 8 1 93.84

SK Raina b Khan 12 15 12 1 1 100.00

MS Dhoni*† not out 1 7 6 0 0 16.66

Extras (b 4, w 10, nb 3) 17

Total (4 wickets; 40.5 overs) 238 (5.82 runs per over)

Did not bat A Mishra, 

R Ashwin, 

RP Singh, 

MM Patel, 

P Kumar 

Fall of wickets1-41 (Tendulkar, 7.4 ov), 2-104 (PA Patel, 17.1 ov), 3-208 (Kohli, 34.6 ov), 4-231 (Raina, 38.3 ov) 

Bowling O M R W Econ

A Khan 9 1 33 1 3.66 (1nb, 3w)

Naved Arif 8 0 55 1 6.87 (5w)

CJ Liddle 5 0 36 1 7.20 (2nb)

KO Wernars 2 0 18 0 9.00 (1w)

WAT Beer 9 0 55 0 6.11

CD Nash 5 0 18 1 3.60

LWP Wells 2.5 0 19 0 6.70

Match details

Toss Indians, who chose to field

Umpires MA Eggleston and 

RK Illingworth

Match notes

Sussex innings

Rain Stopped Play: Sussex 6 for 0 (2.1 overs), 1 over lost

Rain Stopped Play: Sussex 27 for 2 (6.2 overs), 4 overs lost

MW Machan 50 off 53 balls, 58 mins, 5x4, 0x6

Indians innings

Parthiv Patel 50 off 54 balls, 66 mins, 9x4, 0x6

V Kohli 50 off 64 balls, 88 mins, 3x4, 1x6

Rohit Sharma 50 off 48 balls, 58 mins, 6x4, 1x6

Indians ease to first win of tough tour

Indians :238 for 4 (Kohli 71, Rohit 61*, Parthiv 55) beat Sussex 236 (Machan 56, Brown 48, RP Singh 4 for 45) by 6 wickets (D/L method)
Scorecard

Forty-five days into this most arduous of tours, the Indians secured their maiden victory. Half-centuries from Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Parthiv Patel and a four-wicket haul from RP Singh helped them to a six-wicket win over a Sussex side missing several of its senior players. Rain breaks revised the target to 235, and the Indians won with 4.1 overs to spare.

 The win will be a relief to MS Dhoni and Duncan Fletcher, who had run out of reasons trying to explain India's sudden slump to a demanding media. Today, they were helped by the infusion of some freshness in the squad - the likes of Kohli, Parthiv and Rohit, who weren't at the receiving end of England's ruthless domination in the Tests.

 Dhoni rushed midway through the warm-up routine in the morning for the toss and showed no hesitation asking Sussex to bat under cloudy conditions. By the time the openers, Sachin Tendulkar and Parthiv, walked in to bat for the chase, the County ground was bathed in sunshine. And the pitch was flat.

 Tendulkar didn't face the local tearaway Amjad Khan during his stay at all. Instead, he happily dealt with the left-armer Naved Arif who faltered in his lines. Trying for pace Arif pitched short and angled wide off the off stump but Tendulkar instantly upper cut him for four. His best shot came in Arif's third over, when he played a powerful drive that sliced through a thick off-side field manned by a gully, point, cover, silly mid-off and mid-off. Unfortunately, after having flicked Chris Liddle, who replaced Arif, for another four, Tendulkar tried to clear mid-off but failed and was caught.

 By then, Parthiv, who was overwhelmed by Amjad's pace and movement in the early overs - he was forced to replace a broken bat as he tried to dig out a yorker - had gradually started to find his rhythm against the medium-pace duo of Liddle and Kirk Wernars. He played well on both sides against the slower pace and cut Wernars to the point boundary. He reached his half-century with a pull that got him a single, but mis-read the length and spin of Chris Nash's first delivery, his off bail displaced. If Gautam Gambhir, who did some light jogging with a strained face during the lunch break, fails to take field during the ODI series, Parthiv is a contender and would want to show a more settled technique in tomorrow's match against Kent.

 If anybody showed assurance, it was the pair of Kohli and Rohit. Both played with a straight bat and without any fuss. They reached their teens by running hard singles and then cleared the boundaries with ease as Sussex tried to lure them by using spinners at both ends. Virat looked solid in defence, and when he was offered width by Liddle he pulled him hard for an easy four, his first. He repeated the same stroke with an identical result when Liddle repeated the mistake.

 Rohit cut one hard between gully and point for his first four against Will Beer, who posed no hurdles for the Indians. When Nash challenged him with flight, he took the offer and cleared the long-off boundary, his team's first six.

 In their effort to post a competitive target, the Sussex middle order regrouped after the top order faltered in the morning when play was interrupted by rain on a couple of occasions. The lights came on immediately after the first over as Brighton woke up under a huge blanket of dark cloud and intermittent drizzle. The first stoppage occured after 2.1 overs and play was interrupted again four overs later by a thin drizzle.

 Luke Wells walked off early, edging to Dhoni off Praveen Kumar. Lou Vincent, the former New Zealand batsman, hit a muscular six, the first of the day, over deep square leg but then played casually against RP's angled delivery, giving Dhoni his second catch.

 On resumption, Chris Nash, the Sussex captain, took a fancy to Munaf Patel, hitting couple of straight fours, but seemed desperate to charge every ball and paid the price when he cut RP straight to Kohli at point. After 12 overs Sussex were 58 for 3, but Joe Gatting ensured the hosts didn't lose the plot so easily.

 He opened his account with a neat, square-driven four off RP. He then took advantage of the short straight boundaries by lofting Munaf, who had an ordinary day, over mid-off for a one-bounce four. Gatting followed up, slogging Munaf over the deep square leg; the ball bounced off the roof of the marquee tent into the first story of the neighbouring apartment building.

 The introduction of R Ashwin, though, immediately put doubts in Gatting's mind as he tried to sweep the offspinner against the spin and was bowled. It was the turn of Matt Machan to take over from Gatting and he played resolutely in the middle overs. His 65-run stand with Ben Brown lent respectability to the Sussex score. Machan was the top-scorer with 56 and Brown was unlucky to miss his own fifty by two runs.

 But the partnership didn't hurt the Indians, who enjoyed the better of the battle, as the Sussex batsmen increasingly found it hard to play boldly and take chances.

Sun pictures and Cloud Nine Jointly Release Mankatha

For the very first time in the tamil film industry two film making giants combined together to release mankatha. So it is confirmed that Sun pictures and Cloud nine movies together release mankatha on 31st August 2011. Earlier there was a confusion were they made a statement that studio green will release the film. But finally truth has come out. Sun pictures gets back on track with mankatha along with cloud nine movies. Udhayanidhi stalin played a important role for this surprise combination. Raadan Media Works India Ltd Releases this movie in Tamilnadu

'Mankatha' on August 31!

Finally a guessing game has ended on the release date of Ajith starrer 'Mankatha', as Ayngaran International has officially announced the worldwide release date of 'Mankatha' as August 31!

August 31, although a Wednesday will mark important festivals and the 'Mankatha' team seems to want to utilize this to the fullest.

Mankatha' that is directed by Venkat Prabhu has Ajith, Arjun, Trisha, Lakshmi Rai, Andrea, Anjali, Mahat, Premgi Amaren and many other stars, with music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Ajith plays a baddie in this film who doesn't spare even his 'girlfriend' Trisha, and cheats her for money, all to achieve his goal, whilst Arjun plays a rough-touch cop, chasing Vinayak Mahadevan and his gang.

It's all the way 'Mankatha da...' this August 31!

Rahul Dravid recalled to India's ODI squad after two years

India have handed Rahul Dravid a surprise recall to the one-day squad after a two-year absence, but will be without the injured Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh for the NatWest Series against England.

Dravid, who has scored 10,765 runs from 339 ODIs, has not played an ODI since September 2009 against West Indies during the Champions Trophy in South Africa, and missed out on a place in the squad which won the World Cup on home turf four months ago.

But the 38-year-old has been one of the few positives for India in the ongoing npower Test series against England, scoring a century in each of their two defeats so far.

"We have selected the team on basis of the conditions in England. We have selected the team after a lot of deliberation and I am sure it is a very good side," selection committee chief Krishnamachari Srikkanth told reporters.

Off-spinner Harbhajan and batsman Yuvraj were excluded from the squad after they suffered injuries during India's 319-run defeat in the second test at Trent Bridge.

Left-hander Yuvraj fractured his index finger after he was hit by a short-pitched delivery from England seamer Tim Bresnan while Harbhajan suffered an abdominal muscle strain.

"Yuvraj Singh is one of our main players but unfortunately when you have a fracture in the finger, you cannot do anything about it," Srikkanth said after the selection committee meeting in Chennai.

Fast bowler Shantha Sreesanth, recalled to India's Test side in Nottingham in place of the injured Zaheer Khan, does not figure in the 16-man squad with India opting for Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel and R. Vinay Kumar as the five pacemen. Zaheer, hoping to be back from hamstring trouble to face England in the forthcoming third Test at Edgbaston, is included - but there is no place for fit-again fellow left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra.

ODI world champions India will play a Twenty20 match on August 31 followed by five ODIs starting on September 3.

Squad: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Rahul Dravid, Parthiv Patel, Amit Mishra, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, R. Vinay Kumar, Munaf Patel.

Independence Day

India Before and After the Independence.

With the decision by Britain to withdraw from the Indian subcontinent, the Congress Party and Muslim League agreed in June 1947 to a partition of India along religious lines. Under the provisions of the Indian Independence Act, India and Pakistan were established as independent dominions with predominantly Hindu areas allocated to India and predominantly Muslim areas to Pakistan.

After India's independence on August 15, 1947, India received most of the subcontinent's 562 widely scattered polities, or princely states, as well as the majority of the British provinces, and parts of three of the remaining provinces. Muslim Pakistan received the remainder. Pakistan consisted of a western wing, with the approximate boundaries of modern Pakistan, and an eastern wing, with the boundaries of present-day Bangladesh.

The division of the subcontinent caused tremendous dislocation of populations; inter-communal violence cost more than 1,000,000 lives. Some 3.5 million Hindus and Sikhs moved from Pakistan into India, andabout 5 million Muslims migrated from India to Pakistan. In Punjab, where the Sikh community was cut in half, a period of terrible bloodshed followed. Overall, the demographic shift caused an initial bitterness between the two countries that was further intensified by each country's accession of a portion of the princely states.

Adding to the tensions, the issue of the polities Kashmir, Hyderabad, and the small and fragmented state of Junagadh (in present-day Gujarat), remained unsettled at independence. Later, the Muslim ruler of Hindu-majority Junagadh agreed to join to Pakistan, but a movement by his people, followed by Indian military action and a plebiscite (people's vote of self-determination), brought the state into India.

The nizam of Hyderabad, also a Muslim ruler of a Hindu-majority populace, tried to maneuver to gain independence for his very large and populous state, which was, however, surrounded by India.

After more than a year of fruitless negotiations, India sent its army in a police action in September 1948, and Hyderabad became part of India.

The Hindu ruler of Kashmir, whose subjects were 85 percent Muslim, decided to join India. Pakistan, however, questioned his right to do so, and a war broke out between India and Pakistan. A cease-fire was arranged in 1949, with the cease-fire line creating a de facto partition of the region.

The central and eastern areas of the state came under Indian administration as Jammu and Kashmir state, while the northwestern quarter came under Pakistani control as Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas. Although a UN peacekeeping force was sent in to enforce the cease-fire, the dispute was not resolved.This deadlock has intensified suspicion and antagonism between the two countries.

In 1971, Pakistan was itself subdivided when its eastern section broke away and formed Bangladesh. Border disputes continue to embitter Pakistani-Indian relations, as Pakistan has produced a series of autocratic military rulers, while India maintained a parliamentary democracy.

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