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New Zealand won the match Scotland heart..)

At the half-way stage of a match that rain reduced to a seven-over hitting contest, it looked as though there would be the second big upset of the tournament in two matches. Scotland had started in top gear and stayed there through their innings to set a challenging target, but New Zealand's array of big-hitters knocked off the runs in style with an over to spare.

The hardy fans who endured a frustrating wait for more than two hours were treated to a barrage of clean-hitting from both teams, but what stood out was the high quality of cricketing shots played. While the batsmen were aware of the pressing need for big runs, the match didn't descend into a slogfest.

Ryan Watson gave the crowd plenty to cheer by kicking off the game with a flurry of boundaries in the first over, and though he was dismissed in the third over, Kyle Coetzer and Navdeep Poonia blitzed 59 in 27 balls to keep a weakened New Zealand bowling - Daniel Vettori and Kyle Mills were injured - on the backfoot.

Coetzer was particularly harsh on Jesse Ryder, a perfectly placed cut, a powerful loft over long-off, and a punch past extra cover getting him 14 off three balls. Poonia showed off his skills with a wristy clip to fine leg followed by a swat over midwicket in the sixth over. They could have reached 100 had it not been for the three wickets that fell on the final three deliveries off the innings, bowled by Man-of-the-Match Ian Butler.

New Zealand's nerves, in the face of such a big target, were eased by stand-in captain Brendon McCullum, who slammed four off-side boundaries off the first over. Not to be outdone, Ryder gave an exhibition of his range of hitting in the third over, blasting 20 runs off the first four balls to take New Zealand past 50.

The opening onslaught left Scotland in a hole, and their bowlers made it worse by gifting a bunch of no-balls. The fielding was below-par as well, with Gordon Drummond's miss of a simple skier from Jacob Oram in the fifth over epitomising the effort. Watson had tried to get Scotland back with a tight start to that over, but not only did Drummond fluff the chance, the ball rolled over for four vital runs as well. The wicketkeeper Colin Smith dropped a tougher opportunity off Ross Taylor later in the over, and was a bit tardy in attempting a stumping as well.

Scotland could not afford such slip-ups, and New Zealand duly completed the job in the next over, plundering 22, including three sixes off the first four balls.

The shortened match also meant Scotland's run-rate took a huge hit - they are now at -2.2 - which means they will mostly need a big win against a strong South Africa on Sunday if they are to stay in the tournament.

Fabulous umpiring in indo-lanka series....

Well this was the greatest umpiring i have ever seen in a series at this level.

The gr8 sachin was given out for 3 consequenties match as"LBW" and all three were wrong.
and in the 1st ODI yuvraj was also given out(LBW) he was also not-out but what we people can do on this .Those umpires were from lanka only so we have to accept this.

In the last t-20 match 2 LBW decisions of yusuf and jadeja were not given but as viewers and hawkeye both agreed to the same.

In the 3rd over of ishant the bouncer was given as wide ball
but in the indian innings at over number 6 and 3rd ball the ball was given as 1st bounce of an lankan baller the reason is umpire were from lanka only.
but this all fact don't matter because india won the match and the series.

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Aussie downfall; SA need 153 to win

Dec 29: Spectacular can be the word for South Africa’s performance and Australia can associate themselves with disaster. What goes up comes down and that is what seems like happening to the once invincible Australian team.After an unexpected lead by South Africa over Australia’s 394 in the first innings, courtesy JP Duminy’s astounding 166, Dale Steyn gunned down Hayden, Katich, Michael Clarke and Andrew Symonds to reduce Australia to 180 for the loss of seven wickets at tea on Day 4. Ntini, Morkel and Kallis shared a wicket apiece to contribute to the team’s stupendous performance.Steyn later removed Peter Siddle as the last Australian wicket to wrap the Australian innings for 247 which meant South Africa need 183 runs to win the second Test and wrap up the series.Ricky Ponting missed out on a record when he was outclassed by Morne Morkel for 99. Had he reached the three figure mark, he would have become the first batsman to score hundreds in both the innings of a Test four times overtaking Indian Sunil Gavaskar.
Lower in the order, Mitchell Johnson, considered as the best number 10 batsman today, lived up to his name and saved Australia some grace by contributing 43 important runs.After the visitors took to batting in the second innings, skipper Graeme Smith displayed a no-nonsense attitude and added 25 runs before the day ended.Smith, along with his opening partner Neil McKenzie, reduced the victory margin as their scorecard read 30 for no loss at stumps on Day 4.South Africa won the first Test and lead the three Test series 1-0. They look good to wrap up the series in Melbourne itself as they need just 153 runs more to win.