India clinch memorable win in Chennai

Sachin Tendulkar hit his 41st Test century and along with Yuvraj Singh took India to a historic six-wicket victory in the first Test against England at the M.A. Chidambaram stadium in Chennai.

Sachin Tendulkar while talking to TV channel just after the win said the victory is dedicated to all those who laid down their lives in the Mumbai siege.

The pivot around which the Indian batting revolved around was Tendulkar who hit 9 fours in his match-winning knock and hit the winning shot for India with a paddle sweep to fine leg for four off Graeme Swann.

The West Indies hold the record for the highest run chase of 418 for 7, against Australia at St. John's in 2003. India is second in the list for successfully chasing 406 against the West Indies at Port of Spain in 1976. The only other team to score more than 400 runs in the fourth innings is Australia, who scored 404-3 against England at Leeds in 1948.

Sachin Tendulkar become No. 1 in ICC ranking

Batting Maestro Sachin Tendulkar has overtaken Australian captain Ricky Ponting as No 1 in the International Cricket Council (ICC)'s one day international batsmen ranking.

The latest ICC rankings for the ODI batsmen were declared after India's thrilling win in the Commonwealth Bank tri-series against Australia .

The rankings are as follows:
No 1 Sachin Tendulkar (India), No 2 RT Ponting (Aus), No 3 GC Smith (South Africa), No 4 Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan), No 5 ML Hayden (Aus), No 6 AC Gilchrist (Aus), No 7 MEK Hussey (Aus), No 8 KP Pietersen (Eng), No 9 HH Gibbs (South Africa) and No 10 MS Dhoni (India).

Commonwealth Bank Series 2008

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February 3 ,2008 at Brisbane
Australia v India, Brisbane
Match abandoned due to rain (2 pts each)
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February 5 ,2008 at Brisbane
Sri Lanka v India, Brisbane
Match abandoned due to rain (2 pts each)

• Sachin Tendulkar added another feather to his cap on Tuesday when he became the first man to aggregate 16,000 runs in one-day internationals (ODI).
  Tendulkar, 34, reached the milestone during his 35-run knock against Sri Lanka in the rain-marred Commonwealth Bank Triangular Series at the Gabba. He now has a tally of 16,007 at an average of 44.21 in 409 matches. He has hammered 41 centuries and 87 half-centuries.

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February 8, 2008
3rd ODI
Venue: Sydney
Toss: Australia elected to bat
Australia beat Srilanka by 128 runs in the third oneday of commonwealth Bank cricket series.

The highlight of the day is the impressive performance of Nathan Bracken,whose bowling figure is 8.3 overs ,1 maiden,47 runs and 5 wickets.