International cricket in 2008–09

The 2008–09 international cricket season was between September 2008 and March 2009.[1] The season saw the security concerns for cricket in Pakistan reach a pinnacle. The ICC Champions Trophy, scheduled to be held in Pakistan in September 2008, was postponed to 2009 after five of the participating nations refused to send their teams for the event.[2] In November 2008, a Pakistani militant group launched terror attacks in Mumbai.[3] This led to India cancelling their tour of Pakistan originally scheduled for January and February 2009.[4] Sri Lanka agreed to tour Pakistan in place of India. However, the tour was jeopardised by a terror attack in Lahore where gunmen fired at a bus carrying the Sri Lankan team, injuring six team members.[5] The Champions Trophy was later relocated to South Africa. No international cricket were played in Pakistan for more than five years.[6] This period of isolation ended when Zimbabwe toured Pakistan in May 2015. After successfully hosting a few T20Is against World-XI, the Sri Lanka cricket team and the West Indians from 2017 to 2018, a few matches of the Pakistan Super League from 2017 to 2019, the whole season in 2020 as well as hosting complete tours against Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi cricket teams respectively during the 2019–20 season, built a good reputation of Pakistan. Hence, by the end of 2019, the Pakistan Cricket Board, announced that they would no longer play any of their future home matches at a neutral venue, indicating that International Cricket has returned to the country on full-time basis.[7]

Season overview

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International tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
Test ODI T20I
9 October 2008   India   Australia 2–0 [4]
9 October 2008   Bangladesh   New Zealand 0–1 [2] 1–2 [3]
31 October 2008   South Africa   Kenya 2–0 [2]
5 November 2008   South Africa   Bangladesh 2–0 [2] 2–0 [3] 1–0 [1]
12 November 2008   Pakistan   West Indies 3–0 [3]
14 November 2008   India   England 1–0 [2] 5–0 [5]
20 November 2008   Australia   New Zealand 2–0 [2] 2–2 [5] 1–0 [1]
20 November 2008   Zimbabwe   Sri Lanka 0–5 [5]
11 December 2008   New Zealand   West Indies 0–0 [2] 2–1 [5] 1–0 [2]
17 December 2008   Australia   South Africa 1–2 [3] 1–4 [5] 2–0 [2]
26 December 2008   Bangladesh   Sri Lanka 0–2 [2]
19 January 2009   Bangladesh   Zimbabwe 2–1 [3]
20 January 2009   Pakistan   Sri Lanka 0–0 [1] 1–2 [3]
27 January 2009   Kenya   Zimbabwe 0–5 [5]
28 January 2009   Sri Lanka   India 1–4 [5] 0–1 [1]
4 February 2009   West Indies   England 1–0 [5] 2–3 [5] 1–0 [1]
26 February 2009   South Africa   Australia 1–2 [3] 3–2 [5] 2–0 [2]
25 February 2009   New Zealand   India 0–1 [3] 1–3 [5] 2–0 [2]
International tournaments
Start date Tournament Winners
10 October 2008   Quadrangular Twenty20 Series   Sri Lanka
10 January 2009   Tri-Series   Sri Lanka
6 February 2009   Women's Tri-Series   Sri Lanka
Minor tournaments
Start date Tournament Winners
30 October 2008   ICC Intercontinental Cup Final   Ireland
4 October 2008   ICC World Cricket League Division Four   Afghanistan
17 October 2008   Associates Tri-Series   Zimbabwe
25 November 2008   ICC Americas Championship   United States
24 January 2009   ICC World Cricket League Division Three   Afghanistan

Pre-season rankings

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ICC Test Championship 1 August 2008
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1   Australia 26 3597 118
2   India 27 3082 115
3   South Africa 30 3394 113
4   England 31 3274 104
5   Sri Lanka 23 2364 103
6   Pakistan 19 1905 100
7   New Zealand 21 1738 83
8   West Indies 22 1791 81
9   Bangladesh 14 0 0
Reference: ICC Official Rankings List, 1 August 2008
ICC ODI Championship 31 August 2008
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1   Australia 26 3378 130
2   South Africa 25 2938 118
3   England 27 3142 116
4   New Zealand 21 2443 116
5   India 36 4051 113
6   Pakistan 25 2752 110
7   Sri Lanka 27 2838 105
8   West Indies 21 1994 95
9   Bangladesh 25 1138 46
10   Ireland 8 174 22
11   Zimbabwe 15 237 16
12   Kenya 3 0 0
Reference: ICC Official Rankings List, 31 August 2008

September

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ICC Intercontinental Cup

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Team Pts Pld W L D FI A
  Namibia 108 7 6 1 0 4 0
  Ireland 106 7 5 0 2 5 0
  Kenya 96 7 4 2 0 5 1
  Scotland 82 7 3 1 2 4 1
  Netherlands 48 7 3 4 0 1 0
  United Arab Emirates 29 7 1 5 1 2 0
  Canada 29 7 1 5 1 2 0
  Bermuda 26 7 1 6 0 2 0
  • Win – 14 points
  • Draw if more than 8 hours of play lost – 3 points (otherwise 0 points)
  • First Innings leader – 6 points (independent of final result)
  • Abandoned without a ball played – 10 points.[8]
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
First-class 3–6 September   Bermuda Irving Romaine   Namibia Louis Burger National Stadium, Hamilton   Namibia by 103 runs
First-class 3–6 October   Namibia Louis Burger   Ireland William Porterfield Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek   Ireland by 8 runs
First-class 11–14 October   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Ireland William Porterfield Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi   Ireland by innings and 65 runs
Final
First-class 30 October–2 November   Namibia Louis Burger   Ireland William Porterfield St George's Park, Port Elizabeth   Ireland by 9 wickets

Note: For matches in previous seasons, see the main article

October

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World Cricket League Division 4

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Afghanistan 5 5 0 0 0 10 1.329
2   Hong Kong 5 4 1 0 0 8 1.672
3   Italy 5 3 2 0 0 6 0.907
4   Tanzania 5 1 4 0 0 2 −0.658
5   Jersey 5 1 4 0 0 2 −0.912
6   Fiji 5 1 4 0 0 2 −2.385
Source: [citation needed]
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
1st Match 4 October   Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal   Fiji Colin Rika Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam   Afghanistan by 80 runs
2nd Match 4 October   Hong Kong Tabarak Dar   Italy Joe Scuderi University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam   Hong Kong by 46 runs
3rd Match 4 October   Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah   Jersey Mathew Hague Annil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam   Tanzania by 34 runs
4th Match 5 October   Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal   Jersey Mathew Hague University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam   Afghanistan by 122 runs
5th Match 5 October   Fiji Colin Rika   Italy Joe Scuderi Annil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam   Italy by 254 runs
6th Match 5 October   Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah   Hong Kong Tabarak Dar Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam   Hong Kong by 134 runs
7th Match 7 October   Fiji Colin Rika   Hong Kong Tabarak Dar University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam   Hong Kong by 129 runs
8th Match 7 October   Italy Joe Scuderi   Jersey Mathew Hague Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam   Italy by 29 runs (D/L)
9th Match 7 October   Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah   Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Annil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam   Afghanistan by 8 runs (D/L)
10th Match 8 October   Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal   Hong Kong Tabarak Dar Annil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam   Afghanistan by 4 wickets
11th Match 8 October   Fiji Colin Rika   Jersey Mathew Hague Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam   Jersey by 79 runs
12th Match 8 October   Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah   Italy Joe Scuderi University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam No result
Replay of
12th Match
9 October   Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah   Italy Joe Scuderi University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam   Italy by 9 wickets
13th Match 10 October   Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal   Italy Joe Scuderi Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam   Afghanistan 93 runs
14th Match 10 October   Hong Kong Tabarak Dar   Jersey Mathew Hague Annil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam   Hong Kong by 100 runs
15th Match 10 October   Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah   Fiji Colin Rika University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam   Fiji by 4 runs
Playoff matches
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
1st Place Playoff 11 October   Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal   Hong Kong Tabarak Dar University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam   Afghanistan by 57 runs
3rd Place Playoff 11 October   Italy Nicholas Northcote   Tanzania Hamisi Abdallah Annil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam   Italy by 70 runs
5th Place Playoff 11 October   Fiji Colin Rika   Jersey Mathew Hague Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam   Fiji by 27 runs

Final Placings

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Pos Team Promotion/Relegation
1st   Afghanistan Promoted to Global Division Three for 2009
2nd   Hong Kong
3rd   Italy Remained in Global Division Four for 2010
4th   Tanzania
5th   Fiji Relegated to Global Division Five for 2010
6th   Jersey

Australia in India

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Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1887 9–13 October Anil Kumble Ricky Ponting M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Match drawn
Test 1889 17–21 October Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ricky Ponting Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali   India by 320 runs
Test 1891 29 October–2 November Anil Kumble Ricky Ponting Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Match drawn
Test 1892 6–10 November Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ricky Ponting Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur   India by 172 runs

New Zealand in Bangladesh

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2763 9 October Mohammad Ashraful Daniel Vettori Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Bangladesh by 7 wickets
ODI 2764 11 October Mohammad Ashraful Daniel Vettori Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   New Zealand by 75 runs
ODI 2765 14 October Mohammad Ashraful Daniel Vettori Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong   New Zealand by 79 runs
Test series
Test 1888 17–21 October Mohammad Ashraful Daniel Vettori Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong   New Zealand by 3 wickets
Test 1890 25–29 October Mohammad Ashraful Daniel Vettori Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Match drawn

Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Pakistan 3 3 0 0 0 6 0.828
2   Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 0 4 0.315
3   Zimbabwe 3 1 2 0 0 2 −0.295
4   Canada 3 0 3 0 0 0 −0.833
Source: [citation needed]
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
Group stage
T20I 69 10 October   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City   Sri Lanka by 5 wickets
T20I 70 10 October   Canada Sunil Dhaniram   Pakistan Shoaib Malik Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City   Pakistan by 35 runs
T20I 71 11 October   Canada Sunil Dhaniram   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City Match tied;   Zimbabwe won bowl-off
T20I 72 11 October   Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan   Pakistan Shoaib Malik Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City   Pakistan by 3 wickets
T20I 73 12 October   Pakistan Shoaib Malik   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City   Pakistan by 7 wickets
T20I 74 12 October   Canada Sunil Dhaniram   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City   Sri Lanka by 15 runs
Third place playoff
T20I 75 13 October   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya   Canada Sunil Dhaniram Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City   Zimbabwe by 109 runs
Final
T20I 76 13 October   Pakistan Shoaib Malik   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City   Sri Lanka by 5 wickets

Associates Tri-Series in Kenya

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   Zimbabwe 4 1 1 2 9 0.610
2   Kenya 4 1 1 2 9 0.093
3   Ireland 4 1 1 2 9 −0.722
Source: [citation needed]
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 2766 17 October   Ireland William Porterfield   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Zimbabwe by 156 runs
ODI 2767 18 October   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Ireland William Porterfield Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Ireland by 86 runs
ODI 2768 19 October   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Kenya by 95 runs
ODI 2768a 21 October   Ireland William Porterfield   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi No result
ODI 2768b 22 October   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Ireland William Porterfield Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi No result
ODI 2768c 23 October   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi No result
Final
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 2768d 25 October   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya   Kenya Steve Tikolo Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi No result

Kenya in South Africa

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2769 31 October Johan Botha Steve Tikolo OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein   South Africa by 159 runs
ODI 2770 2 November Johan Botha Steve Tikolo De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley   South Africa by 7 wickets

November

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Bangladesh in South Africa

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Only T20I
T20I 77 5 November Johan Botha Mohammad Ashraful New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 12 runs (D/L)
ODI series
ODI 2771 7 November Johan Botha Mohammad Ashraful Senwes Park, Potchefstroom   South Africa by 61 runs
ODI 2772 9 November Graeme Smith Mohammad Ashraful Willowmoore Park, Benoni   South Africa by 128 runs
ODI 2773a 12 November Graeme Smith Mohammad Ashraful Buffalo Park, East London No result
Test series
Test 1893 19–23 November Graeme Smith Mohammad Ashraful OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein   South Africa by an innings and 129 runs
Test 1895 26–30 November Graeme Smith Mohammad Ashraful SuperSport Park, Centurion   South Africa by an innings and 48 runs

Pakistan vs West Indies in the United Arab Emirates

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2773 12 November Shoaib Malik Chris Gayle Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Pakistan by 4 wickets
ODI 2775 14 November Shoaib Malik Chris Gayle Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Pakistan by 24 runs
ODI 2776 16 November Shoaib Malik Chris Gayle Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi   Pakistan by 31 runs

England in India

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2774 14 November Mahendra Dhoni Kevin Pietersen Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot   India by 158 runs
ODI 2777 17 November Mahendra Dhoni Kevin Pietersen Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore   India by 54 runs
ODI 2778 20 November Mahendra Dhoni Kevin Pietersen Green Park Stadium, Kanpur   India by 16 runs (D/L)
ODI 2781 23 November Mahendra Dhoni Kevin Pietersen M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore   India by 19 runs (D/L)
ODI 2783 26 November Mahendra Dhoni Kevin Pietersen Barabati Stadium, Cuttack   India by 6 wickets
Test series
Test 1898 11–15 December Mahendra Dhoni Kevin Pietersen MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai   India by 6 wickets
Test 1901 19–23 December Mahendra Dhoni Kevin Pietersen Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Match drawn

New Zealand in Australia

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No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1894 20–24 November Ricky Ponting Daniel Vettori The Gabba, Brisbane   Australia by 149 runs
Test 1896 28 November – 2 December Ricky Ponting Daniel Vettori Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   Australia by an innings and 62 runs
ODI series
ODI 2811 1 February Ricky Ponting Daniel Vettori WACA Ground, Perth   New Zealand by 2 wickets
ODI 2816 6 February Michael Clarke Daniel Vettori Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   New Zealand by 6 wickets
ODI 2817 8 February Ricky Ponting Daniel Vettori Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 32 runs
ODI 2819 10 February Ricky Ponting Daniel Vettori Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   Australia by 6 wickets
ODI 2820 13 February Ricky Ponting Daniel Vettori The Gabba, Brisbane No result
Only T20I
T20I 83 15 February Brad Haddin Daniel Vettori Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 1 run

Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe

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No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2779 20 November Prosper Utseya Kumar Sangakkara Harare Sports Club, Harare   Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
ODI 2780 22 November Prosper Utseya Kumar Sangakkara Harare Sports Club, Harare   Sri Lanka by 9 wickets
ODI 2782 24 November Prosper Utseya Mahela Jayawardene Harare Sports Club, Harare   Sri Lanka by 5 runs
ODI 2784 28 November Prosper Utseya Mahela Jayawardene Harare Sports Club, Harare   Sri Lanka by 2 wickets
ODI 2785 30 November Prosper Utseya Mahela Jayawardene Harare Sports Club, Harare   Sri Lanka by 19 runs

ICC Americas Division 1 Championship

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The ICC Americas Division 1 Championship took place Fort Lauderdale in Florida from 25 November. Six nations took part: hosts USA, holders Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Argentina and debutants Suriname.[11] United States won the tournament.[12]

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   United States 5 5 0 0 0 20 2.822
2   Bermuda 5 3 1 0 1 14 1.785
3   Canada 5 3 1 0 1 14 1.714
4   Cayman Islands 5 2 3 0 0 8 −0.719
5   Argentina 5 1 4 0 0 4 −1.253
6   Suriname 5 0 5 0 0 0 −3.698
Source: [citation needed]
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
Match 1 25 November   Argentina Esteban MacDermott   Canada Umar Bhatti Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale   Canada by 1 wicket
Match 2 25 November   Bermuda Irving Romaine   Cayman Islands Pearson Best Central Broward Regional Park, Fort Lauderdale   Bermuda by 73 runs
Match 3 25 November   United States Steve Massiah   Suriname Deoraj Sewanan Central Broward Regional Park Artificial Ground, Fort Lauderdale   United States by 305 runs
Match 4 26 November   Bermuda Irving Romaine   Suriname Deoraj Sewanan Central Broward Regional Park, Fort Lauderdale   Bermuda by 224 runs
Match 5 26 November   Canada Umar Bhatti   Cayman Islands Pearson Best Central Broward Regional Park Artificial Ground, Fort Lauderdale   Canada by 206 runs
Match 6 26 November   Argentina Esteban MacDermott   United States Steve Massiah Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale   United States by 7 wickets
Match 7 27 November   Cayman Islands Pearson Best   Argentina Esteban MacDermott Central Broward Regional Park, Fort Lauderdale   Cayman Islands by 108 runs
Match 8 27 November   Canada Umar Bhatti   Suriname Deoraj Sewanan Central Broward Regional Park Artificial Ground, Fort Lauderdale   Canada by 206 runs
Match 9 27 November   United States Steve Massiah   Bermuda Irving Romaine Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale   United States by 86 runs
Match 10 29 November   Bermuda Irving Romaine   Argentina Esteban MacDermott Central Browards Regional Park Artificial Ground, Fort Lauderdale   Bermuda by 146 runs
Match 11 29 November   Suriname Deoraj Sewanan   Cayman Islands Pearson Best Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale   Cayman Islands by 8 wickets
Match 12 29 November   United States Steve Massiah   Canada Umar Bhatti Central Broward Regional Park, Fort Lauderdale   United States by 81 runs
Match 13 30 November   Suriname Deoraj Sewanan   Argentina Esteban MacDermott Central Broward Regional Park Artificial Ground, Fort Lauderdale   Argentina by 6 wickets
Match 14 30 November   Canada Umar Bhatti   Bermuda Irving Romaine Central Broward Regional Park, Fort Lauderdale No result
Match 15 30 November   United States Steve Massiah   Cayman Islands Pearson Best Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale   United States by 87 runs (D/L)

December

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West Indies in New Zealand

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No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1897 11–15 December Daniel Vettori Chris Gayle University Oval, Dunedin Match drawn
Test 1900 19–23 December Daniel Vettori Chris Gayle McLean Park, Napier Match drawn
T20I series
T20I 78 26 December Daniel Vettori Chris Gayle Eden Park, Auckland Match tied;   West Indies won by Super Over
T20I 79 28 December Daniel Vettori Chris Gayle Seddon Park, Hamilton   New Zealand by 36 runs
ODI series
ODI 2786 31 December Daniel Vettori Chris Gayle Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown No result
ODI 2787 3 January Daniel Vettori Chris Gayle AMI Stadium, Christchurch   West Indies by 5 wickets (D/L)
ODI 2788 7 January Daniel Vettori Chris Gayle Westpac Stadium, Wellington   New Zealand by 7 wickets
ODI 2789 10 January Daniel Vettori Chris Gayle Eden Park, Auckland No result
ODI 2792 13 January Daniel Vettori Chris Gayle McLean Park, Napier   New Zealand by 9 runs (D/L)

South Africa in Australia

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No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1899 17–21 December Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith WACA Ground, Perth   South Africa by 6 wickets
Test 1902 26–30 December Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   South Africa by 9 wickets
Test 1904 3–7 January Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 103 runs
T20I series
T20I 80 11 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 52 runs
T20I 81 13 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha The Gabba, Brisbane   Australia by 6 wickets
ODI series
ODI 2795 16 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   South Africa by 3 wickets
ODI 2796 18 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha Bellerive Oval, Hobart   Australia by 5 runs
ODI 2802 23 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   South Africa by 3 wickets
ODI 2804 26 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   South Africa by 8 wickets
ODI 2808 30 January Ricky Ponting Johan Botha WACA Ground, Perth   South Africa by 39 runs

Sri Lanka in Bangladesh

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No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result
Test 1903 26–31 December Mohammad Ashraful Mahela Jayawardene Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Sri Lanka by 107 runs
Test 1905 3–7 January Mohammad Ashraful Mahela Jayawardene Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong   Sri Lanka by 465 runs

January

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Tri-Series in Bangladesh

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Group Stage
Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR For Against
1   Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 1.279 357/81 231/73.5
2   Bangladesh 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 −0.039 318/73.5 352/81
3   Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 −0.920 285/100 377/100
Source: ESPNcricinfo
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 2790 10 January   Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Zimbabwe by 38 runs
ODI 2791 12 January   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Sri Lanka by 130 runs
ODI 2793 14 January   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene   Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Bangladesh by 5 wickets
ODI 2794 16 January   Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Sri Lanka by 2 wickets

Zimbabwe in Bangladesh

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No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result
ODI 2797 19 January Mohammad Ashraful Prosper Utseya Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Zimbabwe by 2 wickets
ODI 2799 21 January Mohammad Ashraful Prosper Utseya Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Bangladesh by 6 wickets
ODI 2801 23 January Mohammad Ashraful Prosper Utseya Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Bangladesh by 6 wickets

Sri Lanka in Pakistan

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2798 20 January Shoaib Malik Mahela Jayawardene National Stadium, Karachi   Pakistan by 8 wickets
ODI 2800 21 January Shoaib Malik Mahela Jayawardene National Stadium, Karachi   Sri Lanka by 129 runs
ODI 2803 24 January Shoaib Malik Mahela Jayawardene Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Sri Lanka by 234 runs
Test series
Test 1909 21–25 February Younis Khan Mahela Jayawardene National Stadium, Karachi Match drawn
Test 1912 1–5 March Younis Khan Mahela Jayawardene Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Match abandoned
  • As a result of the firing in Lahore where several Sri Lankan players were injured, the 2nd Test was abandoned and Sri Lanka immediately returned home.[13]

ICC World Cricket League Division Three

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification or relegation
1   Afghanistan 5 4 1 0 0 8 0.971 Team qualifies for 2009 World Cup Qualifier
2   Uganda 5 4 1 0 0 8 0.772
3   Papua New Guinea 5 4 1 0 0 8 0.665 Team remains in 2011 Division Three
4   Hong Kong 5 2 3 0 0 4 −0.005
5   Cayman Islands 5 1 4 0 0 2 −1.384 Team is relegated to 2010 Division Four
6   Argentina 5 0 5 0 0 0 −1.036
Source: [14]
Group Stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
1st Match 24 January   Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal   Uganda JZ Kwebiha St Albans Club, Buenos Aires   Uganda by 14 runs
2nd Match 24 January   Cayman Islands PI Best   Papua New Guinea R Dikana Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires   Papua New Guinea by 6 wickets
3rd Match 24 January   Argentina E MacDermott   Hong Kong Tabarak Dar Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires   Hong Kong by 7 wickets
4th Match 25 January   Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal   Hong Kong Tabarak Dar Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires   Afghanistan by 13 runs
5th Match 25 January   Papua New Guinea R Dikana   Argentina E MacDermott St Albans Club, Buenos Aires   Papua New Guinea by 21 runs
6th Match 25 January   Cayman Islands PI Best   Uganda JZ Kwebiha Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires   Uganda by 9 wickets
7th Match 27 January   Afghanistan Karim Khan   Argentina E MacDermott Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires   Afghanistan by 19 runs
8th Match 27 January   Hong Kong Tabarak Dar   Cayman Islands PI Best St Albans Club, Buenos Aires   Hong Kong by 49 runs
9th Match 27 January   Papua New Guinea R Dikana   Uganda JZ Kwebiha Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires   Papua New Guinea by 26 runs
10th Match 28 January   Afghanistan Karim Khan   Papua New Guinea R Dikana Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires   Afghanistan by 8 wickets
11th Match 28 January   Argentina E MacDermott   Cayman Islands SC Gordon Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires   Cayman Islands by 6 wickets
12th Match 28 January   Uganda JZ Kwebiha   Hong Kong Tabarak Dar St Albans Club, Buenos Aires   Uganda by 1 run
13th Match 30 January   Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal   Cayman Islands SC Gordon St Albans Club, Buenos Aires No result
14th Match 30 January   Uganda JZ Kwebiha   Argentina E MacDermott Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires No result
15th Match 30 January   Hong Kong Tabarak Dar   Papua New Guinea R Dikana Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires   Papua New Guinea by 9 wickets (D/L)
Replay of 13th Match 31 January   Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal   Cayman Islands PI Best St Albans Club, Buenos Aires   Afghanistan 82 runs
Replay of 14th Match Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine 31 January   Uganda JZ Kwebiha   Argentina E MacDermott Belgrano Athletic Club Ground, Buenos Aires   Uganda by 100 runs

Zimbabwe in Kenya

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 2805 27 January Steve Tikolo Prosper Utseya Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa   Zimbabwe by 109 runs
ODI 2807 29 January Steve Tikolo Prosper Utseya Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa   Zimbabwe by 151 runs
ODI 2809 31 January Steve Tikolo Prosper Utseya Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi   Zimbabwe by 4 wickets
ODI 2812 1 February Steve Tikolo Prosper Utseya Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi   Zimbabwe by 66 runs
ODI 2814 4 February Steve Tikolo Prosper Utseya Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi   Zimbabwe by 7 wickets

India in Sri Lanka

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No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2806 28 January Mahela Jayawardene Mahendra Singh Dhoni Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla   India by 6 wickets
ODI 2810 31 January Mahela Jayawardene Mahendra Singh Dhoni R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo   India by 15 runs
ODI 2813 3 February Mahela Jayawardene Mahendra Singh Dhoni R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo   India by 147 runs
ODI 2815 5 February Mahela Jayawardene Mahendra Singh Dhoni R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo   India by 67 runs
ODI 2818 8 February Mahela Jayawardene Mahendra Singh Dhoni Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo   Sri Lanka by 68 runs
Only T20I
T20I 82 10 February Tillakaratne Dilshan Mahendra Singh Dhoni R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo   India by 3 wickets

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England in West Indies

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No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1906 4–8 February Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica   West Indies by an innings and 23 runs
Test 1907 13–17 February Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua Match drawn
Test 1908 15–19 February Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua Match drawn
Test 1911 26 February–2 March Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Match drawn
Test 1914 6–10 March Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Match drawn
Only T20I
T20I 86 15 March Denesh Ramdin Andrew Strauss Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad   West Indies by 6 wickets
ODI series
ODI 2826 20 March Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana   England by 1 run (D/L)
ODI 2827 22 March Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana   West Indies by 21 runs
ODI 2828 27 March Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados   West Indies by 8 wickets (D/L)
ODI 2829 29 March Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados   England by 9 wickets (D/L)
ODI 2833 3 April Chris Gayle Andrew Strauss Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia   England by 26 runs
  • The 2nd Test was abandoned due to an unfit outfield.[15] Therefore, an extra test was arranged to be played at the Antigua Recreation Ground, starting 2 days after the abandonment.[16]

Women's Tri-Series in Bangladesh

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Team[17] P W L T NR Pts NRR
  Sri Lanka 4 3 1 0 0 15 +1.160
  Pakistan 4 2 1 1 0 10 –0.218
  Bangladesh 4 1 3 0 0 5 –0.893

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India in New Zealand

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No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result
T20I series
T20I 84 25 February Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni AMI Stadium, Christchurch   New Zealand by 7 wickets
T20I 85 27 February Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni Westpac Stadium, Wellington   New Zealand by 5 wickets
ODI series
ODI 2821 3 March Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni McLean Park, Napier   India by 53 runs
ODI 2822 6 March Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni Seddon Park, Hamilton No result
ODI 2823 8 March Brendon McCullum Mahendra Singh Dhoni AMI Stadium, Christchurch   India by 58 runs
ODI 2824 11 March Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni Westpac Stadium, Wellington   India by 84 runs (D/L)
ODI 2825 14 March Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni Eden Park, Auckland   New Zealand by 8 wickets
Test series
Test 1915 18–22 March Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni Seddon Park, Hamilton   India by 10 wickets
Test 1917 26–30 March Daniel Vettori Virender Sehwag McLean Park, Napier Match drawn
Test 1918 3–7 April Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni Basin Reserve, Wellington Match drawn

Australia in South Africa

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No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1910 26 February–2 March Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   Australia by 162 runs
Test 1913 6–10 March Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Kingsmead, Durban   Australia by 175 runs
Test 1916 19–23 March Jacques Kallis Ricky Ponting Newlands, Cape Town   South Africa by an innings and 20 runs
T20I series
T20I 87 27 March Johan Botha Ricky Ponting New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 4 wickets
T20I 88 29 March Johan Botha Ricky Ponting SuperSport Park, Centurion   South Africa by 17 runs
ODI series
ODI 2832 3 April Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Kingsmead, Durban   Australia by 141 runs
ODI 2834 5 April Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting SuperSport Park, Centurion   South Africa by 7 wickets
ODI 2839 9 April Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Newlands, Cape Town   South Africa by 25 runs
ODI 2840 13 April Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting St George's Park, Port Elizabeth   South Africa by 61 runs
ODI 2841 17 April Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   Australia by 47 runs

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Women's World Cup

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Season summary

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Result Summary

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Test ODI T20I
Matches Wins Loss Draw Tied Matches Wins Loss Tied No result Matches Wins Loss Tied No result
  Australia 12 5 5 2 0 15 5 9 0 1 5 3 2 0 0
  Bangladesh 6 0 5 1 0 11 4 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
  Canada No Test Status No Matches 4 0 3 1 0
  England 7 0 2 5 0 10 3 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
  India 9 4 0 5 0 15 12 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 0
  Ireland No Test Status 2 1 1 0 0 No Matches
  Kenya No Test Status 9 1 8 0 0 No Matches
  New Zealand 9 1 3 5 0 18 7 7 0 4 5 3 1 1 0
  Pakistan 2 0 0 2 0 6 4 2 0 0 4 3 1 0 0
  South Africa 8 5 3 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 5 3 2 0 0
  Sri Lanka 4 2 0 2 0 16 10 6 0 0 5 3 2 0 0
  West Indies 7 1 0 6 0 13 3 8 0 2 3 1 1 1 0
  Zimbabwe No Test Status 17 8 9 0 0 4 1 2 1 0
Source: Cricinfo Cricinfo Cricinfo

Stats Leaders

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T20I

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Milestones

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Test

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Records

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