South Africa v England | Cricket news live scores fixtures Cricket Highlights MyCricketHighlights 2016

South Africa v England | Cricket news live scores fixtures Cricket Highlights MyCricketHighlights 2016.South Africa and England will square-off in the second and final Twenty20 international (T20I) on Sunday at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Hosts won the first match played on Friday by three wickets. It was a nail-biting encounter as South Africa pulled it off on the very last ball of the match. The Proteas cannot lose the series whereas the English team can just hope to level it. 

Visitors will come out hard at the South Africans after the former’s loss in the one day international (ODI) series and the first T20I. South Africa would want to remain ruthless and continue their winning spree having won the last four international matches on a trot (three ODIs and the recently concluded first T20I).Kyle Abbott stole a single to get Morris on strike. The tall Morris struck the next two balls for four and six. After a dot delivery, he hit twos off the last two balls. Topley had a chance to run out Abbott to force a tie and a super over but fumbled a throw from long-off.Morris finished with 17 not out off seven balls. A week earlier his 62 off 38 balls was a match-winner in the fourth one-day international.

The man of the match, though, was leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who took four for 21 to restrict England to 134 for eight after the tourists were sent in to bat."We let ourselves down with the bat," said England captain Eoin Morgan. "It is a huge credit to the bowling unit that we came close to defending that score."England looked set for a big total as opening batsmen Jason Roy and the in-form Alex Hales hit 38 off the first 3.3 overs before Roy clipped Kagiso Rabada to Hashim Amla at mid-wicket.
Tahir came on to bowl after the six-over power play had yielded 50 runs for Roy?s wicket. He struck with his fourth ball when Hales top-edged a sweep to backward square leg. JP Duminy held the catch despite being knocked to the ground by Rabada, who was also running for the ball.
Tahir followed up by dismissing Ben Stokes, Morgan and Moeen Ali. The latter two wickets were off successive balls and he narrowly missed a hat-trick when a googly went over Chris Jordan's middle stump.
South Africa made a confident start, with Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers putting on 31 for the first wicket. But England bowled well on a slow pitch and no batsman was able to dominate.All-rounder Ben Stokes and leg-spinner Adil Rashid were impressive in the middle overs, taking one for 19 and one for 24 respectively.
It seemed to be England's match when Jordan dismissed David Miller and David Wiese in the penultimate over. But that merely set the stage for Morris. The Delhi Daredevils, who paid over US$1-million for his services in the 2016 Indian Premier League, will feel they have made a good purchase.The visitors, though, had a chance to tie the scores and send the match to a ‘super over’ when paceman Reece Topley fluffed a straightforward opportunity to run out Kyle Abbott off the last delivery.
Having earlier compiled a modest total of 134 for eight, England strangled the run-rate on a wicket that both sides found difficult to score on and looked set to win after leaving South Africa needing 15 runs from Topley’s last over.
Number eight batsman Morris, however, clubbed a six and a four to lead the home team over the line.
The all-rounder also hit a swashbuckling half-century in the fourth game of the one-day series last Friday to help his side scramble a one-wicket triumph.England were put in to bat in the opening match of a series of two Twenty20s and blazed their way to 50 in six overs for the loss of opener Jason Roy (15).
The in-form Alex Hales (27) was then caught by JP Duminy at deep square-leg, despite a sickening collision with a charging Kagiso Rabada that thankfully left both fielders unhurt, and his dismissal sparked a slump to 81 for six.Leg-spinner Imran Tahir was the chief destroyer for South Africa as he equalled career-best figures of four for 21.
Jos Buttler top-scored with an unbeaten 32 from 30 balls.
Captain Faf du Plessis (25) led South Africa’s reply from the front but excellent bowling spells from Chris Jordan (3-23) and Moeen Ali (2-22) appeared to swing the contest England’s way until Morris produced his late cameo.The second game in the series, which is serving as a warm-up for the World Twenty20 in India next month, is in Johannesburg on Sunday.

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Asia Cup 2016 Match fixtures schedule time results dates news highlights.The Bengal bowler played last year’s World Cup with a dodgy knee. Subsequently he pulled out of IPL last year. He went under the scalpel and spent the next two months recuperating from surgery. It was a slow and painful road and the fast bowler, who sent batsmen scurrying in the past, could not move even between the rooms in his house.The rehabilitation included a prolonged use of crutches. It was only after he kicked them away and gingerly started walking and jogging that he could even think about playing the game.

Shami, in an interview had stated that it was one of the most difficult phases of his life and he needed to be mentally very strong and committed to be able to think positively about playing the game again.
There is no denying that at his peak Shami was hugely successful for India. He might have played just a dozen Tests (47 wickets), 47 ODIs (87 wickets) and a mere 4 T20Is (5 wickets @ 25 and an economy rate of 8.92) but was already looked upon as India’s best fast bowler, ahead of Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav and others.

He was quick, could move the ball both ways and delivered a useful yorker that tested batsmen at the death. But his career almost came to an abrupt end because of his bad knee.Shami had not proved his fitness at the time of the announcement of the squad, on February 5, for the two tournaments.

 However senior selection committee chairman Sandeep Patil had claimed at a press conference during the announcement of the team that "Shami had started bowling" and expressed his confidence that the bowler will be fit in time for the big event.The BCCI medical team confirms that Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of Asia Cup, 2016. The decision has been taken to give him more time to recover from the Grade II injury to his left hamstring," BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said in a statement. Shami had not proved his fitness at the time of the announcement of the squad, on February 5, for the two tournaments.
However senior selection committee chairman Sandeep Patil had claimed at a press conference during the announcement of the team that "Shami had started bowling" and expressed his confidence that the bowler will be fit in time for the big event.

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Asia Cup 2016 live scores schedule and results Crickettigers highlights 2016

Asia Cup 2016 live scores schedule and results Crickettigers highlights 2016.Time to recover“The decision has been taken to give him more time to recover from the Grade II injury to his left hamstring,” stated a BCCI statement.Despite the cloud over his fitness hovering around, the selectors have decided to wait for at least another week to assess Shami’s availability for the next month’s World Twenty20.

Shami marked his return to competitive cricket during the group stage of domestic one-day competition and was selected for India’s ODI series in Australia last month.However, he broke down hours after the team’s arrival Down Under and was withdrawn from the squad.Nothing.  He’s done nothing of consequence to warrant selection.
The Bengal bowler played last year’s World Cup with a dodgy knee. Subsequently he pulled out of IPL last year. He went under the scalpel and spent the next two months recuperating from surgery. It was a slow and painful road and the fast bowler, who sent batsmen scurrying in the past, could not move even between the rooms in his house.

The rehabilitation included a prolonged use of crutches. It was only after he kicked them away and gingerly started walking and jogging that he could even think about playing the game.Shami, in an interview had stated that it was one of the most difficult phases of his life and he needed to be mentally very strong and committed to be able to think positively about playing the game again.
There is no denying that at his peak Shami was hugely successful for India. He might have played just a dozen Tests (47 wickets), 47 ODIs (87 wickets) and a mere 4 T20Is (5 wickets @ 25 and an economy rate of 8.92) but was already looked upon as India’s best fast bowler, ahead of Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav and others.
He was quick, could move the ball both ways and delivered a useful yorker that tested batsmen at the death. But his career almost came to an abrupt end because of his bad knee.A 23-year-old Barinder Sran showed character and majority when he played his very first match on India’s recent tour of Australia. When Indians faced Western Australia (WA) in their first tour match, Sran opened bowling for the visitors. He took no more than an over to announce his arrival when he dismissed D’Arcy Short in his second over. That wasn’t the end; he struck again in his next over, removing WA skipper William Bosisto before finishing his quota of 4 overs with 2 wickets at a decent economy 6 an over. A good spell in the second tour match, in the 50-over format, ensured his place in the playing XI in the first 3 ODIs against Australia at WACA, The Gabba and MCG respectively.Though Sran managed wickets only in the first match, he was very economical when compared to the other bowlers. Despite Sran not playing all matches, only Ishant Sharma (9) and Umesh Yadav (7) finished with more wickets than him among the Indian bowlers. Pace bowler Mohammed Shami has been withdrawn from the squad for the Asia Cup, thus prolonging his wait to return to international cricket since suffering a knee injury during last year’s World Cup.The national selection panel, headed by Sandeep Patil, has replaced Shami with Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

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Asia Cup T20 2016 Schedule - Asia Cup 2016 Fixtures Highlights

Indian cricket has a definite dearth of fast bowlers. But selecting an unfit player in Mohammed Shami in the hope that he’d fire on all cylinders in next month’s ICC World T20 championship is either taking a huge leap of faith or scraping the bottom of a barrel. Take your pick.

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Consider the facts: The last Test Shami played was in January last year (Vs Australia at SCG). His last ODI was in the World Cup, also against Australia and at the SCG last March. And his T20 international was against England in September 2014.India fast bowler Mohammad Shami has been ruled out of the Asia Cup 2016 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been named as his replacement. Shami was named in India’s squad for Asia Cup 2016 and ICC World T20 2016. He was also named in the squad for the tour of Australia, but he suffered a hamstring injury just ahead of the warm-up matches there. Shami has not played international cricket since India lost to Australia at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at the hands of Australia. India and Shami will hope that he returns for the ICC World T20 2016, which begins from March 8. India however play their first match in the competition much later. New Delhi: Pacer Mohammad Shami was yesterday ruled out of India's squad for the upcoming Asia Cup, raising doubts about his participation in the marqee ICC World Twenty20 that follows the continental tournament.

Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been named as replacement for Shami by the selection committe.
After a long injury layoff, post last year's World Cup, Shami was recalled to the national squad for the tour Down Under, only to be ruled out again by a hamstring injury.
"The BCCI medical team confirms that Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of Asia Cup, 2016. The decision has been taken to give him more time to recover from the Grade II injury to his left hamstring," BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said in a statement.

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