India vs Australia 1st Test Match Result - India Win by 1 Wicket

VVS Laxman overcame his sore back to become the hero of a nail-biting one-wicket victory for India, who retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in dramatic fashion, on the 5th day of the 1st Test at Mohali. on Tuesday, 5th October 2010. Zaheer Khan best performance by Man of The Match collects a stump after taking his 8 wicket and sealing India win Beat Australia.

Australia were in control. Laxman and Ishant had other ideas, and the rest is history. The great shame is that this is only a two-match series.

India began the day needing 161 runs and for an hour they were cruising, as Tendulkar and Laxman brought the target down with a rapidity that alarmed Ponting.

Match Summary:
Australia 1st Innings 428/all out; 151.4 overs (Watson 124, Paine 92, Khan 5-94)

India 1st Innings 405/all out; 108.1 overs (Tendulkar 98, Raina 86, Johnson 5-64)

Australia 2nd Innings 192/all out; 60.5 overs (Watson 56, Sharma 3-34, Khan 3-43)

India 2nd Innings 216/9 in 58.4 overs (Laxman 73, Hilfenhaus 4-57, Bollinger 3-32)

Toss - Australia, who chose to bat.

Man of the Match - Zaheer Khan (India)

Series - India led the 2-match series 1-0

Result - India won by 1 Wicket.

England vs Pakistan 1st T20 Match Result - England won by 5 Wicket

England nerves with a game-breaking stand of 67 in 7.1 overs, as Pakistan succumbed to a five-wicket defeat in the first Twenty20 at Cardiff. on Sundsy, 5th Septymber, 2010, Man of The Match Michael Yardy who made 1 Wickets and 35 runs not out.

England Chasing a meagre total of 127 after Graeme Swann had bossed the contest with a sharp-turning and incisive spell of 2 for 14 in four overs, England were at one stage in some strife at 62 for 5 at the halfway mark of their innings.

Pakistan However Shoaib Akhtar undermined a feisty bowling spell with a dreadful fielding performance, as Pakistan's bid for on-field redemption after a week of grim allegations floundered at the first attempt.

Match Summary:

Pakistan mode 126/4 in 20 overs (Umar 35*, Swann 2-14)

England mode 129/5 in 17.1 overs overs (Morgan 38*, Yardy 35*)

Toss - England, who chose to field.

Man of the Match - Michael Yardy (England)

Series - England led the 2-match series 1-0

Result - England won by 5 Wicket with 17 balls remaining.

England vs Pakistan 4th Test Match Result - England won by an innings and 225 runs

England duly completed an overwhelming innings-and-225-run victory over Pakistan, before lunch on the fourth day at Lord's, to take the series 3-1 but that faded into insignificance following the spot-fixing revelations which broke on Saturday evening and sent the game spiralling into another crisis.

For the record, Graeme Swann claimed his ninth five-wicket haul, and his first at Lord's, while Umar Akmal biffed a late half-century.

Even the not-out batsmen, Azhar Ali and Umar Akmal, couldn't have a quick hit before resuming their innings and the contest was never going to last very long.

Match Summary:

England 1st Innings 446/all out; 139.2 overs (Trott 184, Broad 169, Amir 6-84)

Pakistan 1st Innings 74/all out; 33 overs overs (Butt 26, Swann 4-12, Finn 3-38)

Pkistan 2nd Innings 147/all out; 36.5 overs (Umar Akmal 79*, Swann 5-62)

Toss - Pakistan, who chose to field.

Man of the Match - Stuart Broad (Pakistan)

Man of the Series - Mo Amir (Pakistan) and Jonathan Trott (England)

Series - England won the 4-match series 3-1

Result - England won by an innings and 225 runs.

England vs Pakistan 3rd Test Match Result - Pakistan won by 4 Wicket

Pakistan secured their Thard overseas series victory with a convincing 4 Wicket win on the 4th day of the 3rd Test at the Oval. on Saturday, 21st August 2010. Mohammad Amir best performance by Man of The Match collects a stump after taking his 6 wicket and sealing Pakistan win Beat England.

Pakistan Amir having played a match-winning role with the ball as he claimed 5 for 52, showed calmness beyond his 18 years as he and Umar, a player not known for his restraint, struck a pressure-relieving boundary apiece after England had suffocated the scoring.

England During a tension-filled afternoon session outstanding bowling from James Anderson and Graeme Swann threatened to turn the match of its head, in an example of Test cricket at its compelling best, before Umar Akmal and Mohammad Amir carried their side over the line.

Match Summary:

England 1st Innings 223/all out; 62.3 overs (Prior 84*, Riaz 5-63, Asif 3-68)

Pakistan 1st Innings 308/all out; 100.2 overs (Ali 92*, Yousuf 56, Swann 4-68)

England 2nd Innings 222/all out; 77 overs (Cook 110, Amir 5-52, Ajmal 4-71)

Pkistan 2nd Innings 148/6 in 41.4 overs (Butt 48, Umar Akmal 16*, Swann 3-50)

Toss - England, who chose to bat.

Man of the Match - Mohammad Amir (Pakistan)

Series - England led the 4-match series 2-1

Result - Pakistan won by 4 Wicket.