Captain Mohammad Ashraful hit a sparkling century to help Bangladesh crush United Arab Emirates by 96 runs in their Asia Cup Group A match at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Tuesday.
Ashraful hit a 126-ball 109 for his second one-day hundred and added 141 runs for the second wicket with Raqibul Hasan (83) to take his team to 300-8 before the bowlers bundled UAE out for 204 in 45.4 overs.
UAE were never really in the hunt, losing wickets at regular intervals. Only opener Arshad Ali (41) and Khurrum Ali (78) offered any resistance before the Bangladesh bowlers who unleashed tight line and length.
The 37-year-old Multan-born Khurrum hit eight boundaries during his 81-ball knock for his maiden fifty in his third one-day international.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak was the pick of Bangladeshi bowlers with 3-20.
But it was Ashraful who lit up Bangladesh's campaign in the Asia Cup, a title they have never won.
Ashraful smashed eight boundaries to overcome a long slump in form. His first one-day hundred came in Bangladesh's famous win over world champions Australia at Cardiff in 2005.
Hasan hit nine boundaries during his 63-ball knock.
Ashraful said he was delighted at his return to form.
"I knew it was matter of time that I return to form and I hope this form remains with me in the tougher games to come because we want to do well in this Asia Cup," said Ashraful, whose team take on title holders Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Ashraful ensured Bangladesh made full use of a placid pitch after losing opener Nazimuddin for two in the third over.
But he found an able ally in opener Tamim Iqbal (40) with whom he added 95 runs for the second wicket to steer Bangladesh on course for a big total.
UAE captain Saqib Ali used as many as eight bowlers in an effort to dislodge the Ashraful-Hasan stand.
Once Ashraful and Hasan were dismissed within two runs of each other, Bangladesh had a minor slump, losing Alok Kapali (one) and Mashrafe Mortaza (three) in quick succession.
Paceman Zahid Shah was the pick of the UAE bowlers with 3-49.
Sri Lanka are the other team in Group A. Pakistan, India and Hong Kong are placed in Group B. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super League where every team plays three matches to decide the July 6 finalists.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Asia Cup, 2008-----Sangakkara hundred helps Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh
Wicket-keeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara hit a brilliant century to help Sri Lanka down Bangladesh by 131 runs in their Group A Asia Cup match here on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old left-hander notched 101 for his seventh one-day hundred to propel the defending champions to 357-9 in their 50 overs before restricting Bangladesh to 226-7 in 50 overs.
Bangladesh were never on target as they lost opener Nazimuddin (one) and captain Mohammad Ashraful (eight) by the 10th over. Only Mushfiqur Rahim (44) and Raqibul Hasan (35) offered some resistance during their fourth wicket 78-run stand in an otherwise disappointing batting display.
Mashrafe Mortaza (34) and Abdur Razzak (22) added 49 for the unbroken eighth wicket stand but it was too little and too late.
Sri Lanka play United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday to decide who tops the Group. Bangladesh beat UAE by 96 runs on Tuesday.
Pakistan, India and Hong Kong are placed in Group B. The top two teams qualify for the Super League stages in which all teams play each other once to decide July 6 finalists.
Sri Lanka, who won the toss and batted, were indebted to Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya, who made 72. Chamara Kapugedera smashed a 67-ball 74.
Sangakkara hit 16 boundaries during his 91-ball knock and shared a 116-run stand for the opening wicket with Jayasuriya as the Islanders went on the rampage right from the word go.
The left-handers matched each other stroke for stroke as Sri Lanka completed 100 runs by the 14th over before left-arm spinner Abdur Razak ended Jayasuriya's innings, bowling him with a straighter one.
Jaysauriya hit 10 boundaries and three sixes during his fiery 47-ball knock.
Sangakkara, who hit five boundaries in Dolar Mahmud's third over, added 54 runs for the second wicket with Mahela Jayawardene but so one-sided was his domination during their partnership that his skipper managed just six.
Sangakkara finally holed out off medium pacer Mahmudullah Riyad in the 28th over and passed the baton to Kapugedera.
Kapugedera and Chamara Silva (19) added 53 more runs for the fourth wicket before Bangladesh stopped the run rampage, taking three wickets in the space of 33 runs.
Kapugedera hit five boundaries and two towering sixes.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak finished with 3-55. Mahmud conceded 49 runs off just three overs
The 30-year-old left-hander notched 101 for his seventh one-day hundred to propel the defending champions to 357-9 in their 50 overs before restricting Bangladesh to 226-7 in 50 overs.
Bangladesh were never on target as they lost opener Nazimuddin (one) and captain Mohammad Ashraful (eight) by the 10th over. Only Mushfiqur Rahim (44) and Raqibul Hasan (35) offered some resistance during their fourth wicket 78-run stand in an otherwise disappointing batting display.
Mashrafe Mortaza (34) and Abdur Razzak (22) added 49 for the unbroken eighth wicket stand but it was too little and too late.
Sri Lanka play United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday to decide who tops the Group. Bangladesh beat UAE by 96 runs on Tuesday.
Pakistan, India and Hong Kong are placed in Group B. The top two teams qualify for the Super League stages in which all teams play each other once to decide July 6 finalists.
Sri Lanka, who won the toss and batted, were indebted to Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya, who made 72. Chamara Kapugedera smashed a 67-ball 74.
Sangakkara hit 16 boundaries during his 91-ball knock and shared a 116-run stand for the opening wicket with Jayasuriya as the Islanders went on the rampage right from the word go.
The left-handers matched each other stroke for stroke as Sri Lanka completed 100 runs by the 14th over before left-arm spinner Abdur Razak ended Jayasuriya's innings, bowling him with a straighter one.
Jaysauriya hit 10 boundaries and three sixes during his fiery 47-ball knock.
Sangakkara, who hit five boundaries in Dolar Mahmud's third over, added 54 runs for the second wicket with Mahela Jayawardene but so one-sided was his domination during their partnership that his skipper managed just six.
Sangakkara finally holed out off medium pacer Mahmudullah Riyad in the 28th over and passed the baton to Kapugedera.
Kapugedera and Chamara Silva (19) added 53 more runs for the fourth wicket before Bangladesh stopped the run rampage, taking three wickets in the space of 33 runs.
Kapugedera hit five boundaries and two towering sixes.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak finished with 3-55. Mahmud conceded 49 runs off just three overs
Asia Cup, 2008-----Tanveer stars in Pakistan win over Hong Kong in Asia Cup
All-rounder Sohail Tanveer shone with both bat and ball to steer Pakistan to a 155-run win over Hong Kong in their Group B match in the Asia Cup at National Stadium here on Tuesday.
Tanveer hit a 55-ball 59 and added an invaluable 100-run eighth wicket stand with Fawad Alam (63 not out) to lift Pakistan from 161-7 after left-arm spinner Nadeem Ahmed had hit the home team hard with a burst of four wickets.
Tanveer then took 2-20 to bundle the qualifiers out for 133 in 37.2 overs.
Hong Kong never seriously challenged the imposing target, with only skipper Tabarak Dar (24) and Zain Abbas (26 retired hurt) looking comfortable against a strong Pakistan bowling line-up.
Earlier, Younus Khan (67) and captain Shoaib Malik (35) had put Pakistan in a strong position before Nadeem chipped in with four wickets off 21 balls in the space of 40 runs.
Nadeem, who finished with 4-51, was surprisingly kept away from the attack early on, allowing Alam and Tanveer to do their worst. Tanveer hit six boundaries before holing out in the 47th over.
Alam hit three boundaries during his steady knock and created a new eighth-wicket record in the Asia Cup, beating 54 set by Indian batsman Ajay Jadeja and Ajit Agarkar at Dhaka eight years ago.
Malik said the middle order collapse was not unique.
"It happens in cricket and at times you have to trust on the lower order. The situation was never out of hand and Alam and Tanveer doing well is a good sign for future," said Malik.
Dar blamed lack of fitness for his team letting Pakistan off.
"There were stages when we had an upper hand, but we lack match fitness and that allowed Pakistan to escape," said the Hong Kong captain.
Pakistan, who beat India to lift the tri-series cup in Bangladesh on June 14, got off to a disastrous start here when opener Salman Butt edged Afzaal Haider to wicket-keeper Jamie Atkinson off the third delivery of the match.
Malik, who opened the innings, added 67 runs for the second wicket with Younus before he cut straight into the hands of cover off paceman Irfan Ahmed.
Nadeem then came into his own, breaking a 54-run third-wicket stand by removing Yousuf (28) and Younus in successive overs. He had Yousuf caught sweeping at square-leg and then lured Younus out of his crease for a stumping.
Nadeem, who made his debut as a 16-year-old against Pakistan in the Asia Cup four years ago, then trapped Misbah-ul Haq (two) and caught Shahid Afridi (four) off his own bowling to leave Pakistan reeling at 150-6.
Nadeem's figures were the best by any Hong Kong bowler in their short three-match one-day international history, beating the previous best of 3-46 by Ilyas Gul against Bangladesh in the 2004 Asia Cup in Colombo.
India, three-time winners of the Asia Cup, are the third team in Group B.
Titleholders Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates are in Group A, based in Lahore.
The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super League where each team plays three matches to decide the July 6 finalists
Tanveer hit a 55-ball 59 and added an invaluable 100-run eighth wicket stand with Fawad Alam (63 not out) to lift Pakistan from 161-7 after left-arm spinner Nadeem Ahmed had hit the home team hard with a burst of four wickets.
Tanveer then took 2-20 to bundle the qualifiers out for 133 in 37.2 overs.
Hong Kong never seriously challenged the imposing target, with only skipper Tabarak Dar (24) and Zain Abbas (26 retired hurt) looking comfortable against a strong Pakistan bowling line-up.
Earlier, Younus Khan (67) and captain Shoaib Malik (35) had put Pakistan in a strong position before Nadeem chipped in with four wickets off 21 balls in the space of 40 runs.
Nadeem, who finished with 4-51, was surprisingly kept away from the attack early on, allowing Alam and Tanveer to do their worst. Tanveer hit six boundaries before holing out in the 47th over.
Alam hit three boundaries during his steady knock and created a new eighth-wicket record in the Asia Cup, beating 54 set by Indian batsman Ajay Jadeja and Ajit Agarkar at Dhaka eight years ago.
Malik said the middle order collapse was not unique.
"It happens in cricket and at times you have to trust on the lower order. The situation was never out of hand and Alam and Tanveer doing well is a good sign for future," said Malik.
Dar blamed lack of fitness for his team letting Pakistan off.
"There were stages when we had an upper hand, but we lack match fitness and that allowed Pakistan to escape," said the Hong Kong captain.
Pakistan, who beat India to lift the tri-series cup in Bangladesh on June 14, got off to a disastrous start here when opener Salman Butt edged Afzaal Haider to wicket-keeper Jamie Atkinson off the third delivery of the match.
Malik, who opened the innings, added 67 runs for the second wicket with Younus before he cut straight into the hands of cover off paceman Irfan Ahmed.
Nadeem then came into his own, breaking a 54-run third-wicket stand by removing Yousuf (28) and Younus in successive overs. He had Yousuf caught sweeping at square-leg and then lured Younus out of his crease for a stumping.
Nadeem, who made his debut as a 16-year-old against Pakistan in the Asia Cup four years ago, then trapped Misbah-ul Haq (two) and caught Shahid Afridi (four) off his own bowling to leave Pakistan reeling at 150-6.
Nadeem's figures were the best by any Hong Kong bowler in their short three-match one-day international history, beating the previous best of 3-46 by Ilyas Gul against Bangladesh in the 2004 Asia Cup in Colombo.
India, three-time winners of the Asia Cup, are the third team in Group B.
Titleholders Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates are in Group A, based in Lahore.
The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super League where each team plays three matches to decide the July 6 finalists
Asia Cup, 2008-----Mendis career-best helps Sri Lanka down UAE
Unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis took a career-best 5-22 to help Sri Lanka overcome a fighting United Arab Emirates by 142 runs in the final Group A match played at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Thursday.
Mendis triggered a collapse in the UAE batting ranks as the qualifiers lost eight wickets for 41 runs to slump from a threatening 107-2 to be bowled out for 148 in 36.3 overs chasing Sri Lanka's 290-9.
For the UAE left-handed opener Amjad Ali topscored with a brilliant 79-ball 77 but once the Lahore-born batsman fell, wickets tumbled like nine pins with Mendis running through the middle and lower order with his beguiling action.
Amjad hit 13 boundaries and added 70 for the second wicket with Indika Batuwitarachchi who made just 14.
Mendis, playing in only his fifth one-day, had a previous best of 3-39 against the West Indies at Port of Spain earlier this year.
Sri Lanka, who also beat Bangladesh by 131 runs on Wednesday, topped Group A and qualified for the next stage of Super Four. Bangladesh, who beat the UAE by 96 runs on Tuesday also qualified for the next phase.
Earlier Sri Lanka rode on half-centuries from Mahela Udawatte and Mahela Jayawardene against a disciplined UAE bowling.
Udawatte hit 67 while skipper Jayawardene made 61 during their 114-run second wicket stand after Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat in the day-night match.
But once the duo left, the UAE bowlers took four wickets in the space of 75 runs before Kaushal Weeraratne (40) and Nuwan Kulasekara (38) added 53 invaluable runs for the eighth wicket to give impetus to the innings.
Sri Lanka got off to a disastrous start when they lost opener Kumar Sangakkara, trapped leg-before by paceman Zahid Shah off the last ball of the first over.
Sangakkara scored 101 in Sri Lanka's emphatic 131-run win over Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Jayawardene and Udawatte steadied the innings as the UAE bowlers uleashed tight line and length. Udawatte hit six boundaries during his 74-ball knock, while Jayawardene hit nine in his 43-ball innings.
UAE's new-ball pairing of Zahid Shah (3-49) and Fahad Alhashmi (2-39) then dismissed Chamara Kapugedera (11), Tillakaratne Dilshan (24) and Chamara Silva (six) to restrict the Sri Lankans to 189-6 before the late order batsmen got their team to a respectable total.
Pakistan and India also qualified for the Super League. India take on Bangladesh in the first match of the Super League phase on Saturday.
All four teams play each other once in the Super League stage to decide the July 6 finalists
Mendis triggered a collapse in the UAE batting ranks as the qualifiers lost eight wickets for 41 runs to slump from a threatening 107-2 to be bowled out for 148 in 36.3 overs chasing Sri Lanka's 290-9.
For the UAE left-handed opener Amjad Ali topscored with a brilliant 79-ball 77 but once the Lahore-born batsman fell, wickets tumbled like nine pins with Mendis running through the middle and lower order with his beguiling action.
Amjad hit 13 boundaries and added 70 for the second wicket with Indika Batuwitarachchi who made just 14.
Mendis, playing in only his fifth one-day, had a previous best of 3-39 against the West Indies at Port of Spain earlier this year.
Sri Lanka, who also beat Bangladesh by 131 runs on Wednesday, topped Group A and qualified for the next stage of Super Four. Bangladesh, who beat the UAE by 96 runs on Tuesday also qualified for the next phase.
Earlier Sri Lanka rode on half-centuries from Mahela Udawatte and Mahela Jayawardene against a disciplined UAE bowling.
Udawatte hit 67 while skipper Jayawardene made 61 during their 114-run second wicket stand after Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat in the day-night match.
But once the duo left, the UAE bowlers took four wickets in the space of 75 runs before Kaushal Weeraratne (40) and Nuwan Kulasekara (38) added 53 invaluable runs for the eighth wicket to give impetus to the innings.
Sri Lanka got off to a disastrous start when they lost opener Kumar Sangakkara, trapped leg-before by paceman Zahid Shah off the last ball of the first over.
Sangakkara scored 101 in Sri Lanka's emphatic 131-run win over Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Jayawardene and Udawatte steadied the innings as the UAE bowlers uleashed tight line and length. Udawatte hit six boundaries during his 74-ball knock, while Jayawardene hit nine in his 43-ball innings.
UAE's new-ball pairing of Zahid Shah (3-49) and Fahad Alhashmi (2-39) then dismissed Chamara Kapugedera (11), Tillakaratne Dilshan (24) and Chamara Silva (six) to restrict the Sri Lankans to 189-6 before the late order batsmen got their team to a respectable total.
Pakistan and India also qualified for the Super League. India take on Bangladesh in the first match of the Super League phase on Saturday.
All four teams play each other once in the Super League stage to decide the July 6 finalists
Asia Cup, 2008-----Sehwag runs rampage as India beat Pakistan
Earlier, Malik added 90 for the opening wicket with Salman Butt (35) and another 129 for the second wicket with Younus Khan (59) to propel Pakistan who won the toss and decided to bat.
Butt and Pakistan were slow off the mark, managing just 58 runs off the first 15 overs. Once Butt went, caught off leg-spinner Piyush Chawla in the 22nd over, Younus and Malik upped the tempo.
Malik reached his sixth century, third against India, in one-day internationals off 104 balls. His last one-day century came against India at Lahore two years ago.
The Indians were scrappy in the field as they let off Malik twice in one over from Yusuf Pathan, first when Chawla grassed one with the batsman on 116 and then Gautam Gambhir five runs later.
Malik finally retired hurt after suffering cramp in his leg. He hit 16 boundaries and a six during his 119-ball knock.
Younus followed him in the next over when he holed out off Yusuf in the deep. He hit five boundaries during his 60-ball knock.
Virendar Sehwag punished Pakistan's bowling with an aggressive hundred to lead India to a comfortable six-wicket win in the final Group B Asia Cup match here on Thursday.
Sehwag smashed a 95-ball 119 and Suresh Raina hit a 68-ball 84 during their 198-run second wicket stand to help India overhaul Pakistan's 299-4 with 7.5 overs to spare.
Earlier, Shoaib Malik hit his first century as captain to help Pakistan post a challenging target.
However it proved a cake walk for India who were indebted to some lusty batting by Sehwag and Raina as the duo tore apart the home bowling which lost its bite after frontline paceman Umar Gul broke down with a side strain.
Without Gul, who limped off in the third over, the Pakistani bowling looked a shadow of the side which beat India by 25 runs in the final of the tri-series held in Bangladesh earlier this month.
Sehwag hit five boundaries and five towering sixes in his ninth one-day century before he holed out at long-off with just 68 runs left. Yuvraj Singh with a 47-ball 48 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni with unbeaten 26 saw the home team through in the 43rd over.
Raina was as ruthless as Sehwag, hitting 10 boundaries and three sixes during his 69-ball innings before he miscued a drive off paceman Rao Iftikhar and was caught at covers. The duo took just 149 balls for their partnership.
Raina made his maiden hundred in India's 256-run win over Hong Kong on Wednesday.
Both India and Pakistan reached the Super League stages of the tournament but India carry two points into the next stage by virtue of this win.
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh also qualified from Group A. The Super Leage starts from Saturday with India taking on Bangladesh.
Indian captain Dhoni said his batsmen clicked on "world's flatest track."
"It was a big total but the wicket was very placid and there was nothing for the bowlers. We were quite optimistic about chasing and Pakistan lost Gul and after that had not much to do," said Dhoni.
Malik agreed the loss of Gul was a blow.
"A target of 300 was defendable and we could have defended that but it was hard to come back after losing Gul," said Malik.
Butt and Pakistan were slow off the mark, managing just 58 runs off the first 15 overs. Once Butt went, caught off leg-spinner Piyush Chawla in the 22nd over, Younus and Malik upped the tempo.
Malik reached his sixth century, third against India, in one-day internationals off 104 balls. His last one-day century came against India at Lahore two years ago.
The Indians were scrappy in the field as they let off Malik twice in one over from Yusuf Pathan, first when Chawla grassed one with the batsman on 116 and then Gautam Gambhir five runs later.
Malik finally retired hurt after suffering cramp in his leg. He hit 16 boundaries and a six during his 119-ball knock.
Younus followed him in the next over when he holed out off Yusuf in the deep. He hit five boundaries during his 60-ball knock.
Virendar Sehwag punished Pakistan's bowling with an aggressive hundred to lead India to a comfortable six-wicket win in the final Group B Asia Cup match here on Thursday.
Sehwag smashed a 95-ball 119 and Suresh Raina hit a 68-ball 84 during their 198-run second wicket stand to help India overhaul Pakistan's 299-4 with 7.5 overs to spare.
Earlier, Shoaib Malik hit his first century as captain to help Pakistan post a challenging target.
However it proved a cake walk for India who were indebted to some lusty batting by Sehwag and Raina as the duo tore apart the home bowling which lost its bite after frontline paceman Umar Gul broke down with a side strain.
Without Gul, who limped off in the third over, the Pakistani bowling looked a shadow of the side which beat India by 25 runs in the final of the tri-series held in Bangladesh earlier this month.
Sehwag hit five boundaries and five towering sixes in his ninth one-day century before he holed out at long-off with just 68 runs left. Yuvraj Singh with a 47-ball 48 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni with unbeaten 26 saw the home team through in the 43rd over.
Raina was as ruthless as Sehwag, hitting 10 boundaries and three sixes during his 69-ball innings before he miscued a drive off paceman Rao Iftikhar and was caught at covers. The duo took just 149 balls for their partnership.
Raina made his maiden hundred in India's 256-run win over Hong Kong on Wednesday.
Both India and Pakistan reached the Super League stages of the tournament but India carry two points into the next stage by virtue of this win.
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh also qualified from Group A. The Super Leage starts from Saturday with India taking on Bangladesh.
Indian captain Dhoni said his batsmen clicked on "world's flatest track."
"It was a big total but the wicket was very placid and there was nothing for the bowlers. We were quite optimistic about chasing and Pakistan lost Gul and after that had not much to do," said Dhoni.
Malik agreed the loss of Gul was a blow.
"A target of 300 was defendable and we could have defended that but it was hard to come back after losing Gul," said Malik.
Australia tour of West Indies, 2008-------Ponting and Dyson slam crowd behaviour
Australia captain Ricky Ponting and West Indies coach John Dyson have condemned Tuesday's unruly crowd behaviour towards the end of their first One-day International.
An unfortunate bottle-throwing incident overshadowed Australia's 84-run victory in the match contested at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex.
A section of the near capacity crowd became incensed, when Nathan Bracken bowled Darren Sammy behind his back for 33.
Sammy needed confirmation from umpire Asad Rauf as to the method of his dismissal, since he did not know whether the ball came off wicketkeeper Brad Haddin's pads, or had hit the stumps directly.
But the crowd piped up, when Sammy waited near the boundary while the video umpire reviewed the decision before the final verdict was given.
When he left the field, the crowd in the new double-deck stand in the south-eastern corner of the ground started to rain plastic pep bottle and rubbish onto the field.
Play was delayed for close to 15 minutes before police and army officers moved in and regained control of the situation.
"I'm not really sure what tipped them over the edge," Ponting said. "The dismissal of Sammy bowled had a lot of confusion.
"He didn't have any idea what was going on, and I immediately went to the umpires to make certain he was out, and if not, to check and make sure he was out.
"It has happened to us over here before as well. We have had the crowd get involved like this towards the end of a game, and it is not what you want. But now that the batsman and the West Indies have seen the replays, I am pretty sure they would be happy with the decisions that were made."
Fortunately, no Australian players were injured in the fracas, but James Hopes, who was fielding near to the stand, quickly joined his teammates on the pitch to preserve himself.
"He was out there and he came in off the boundary pretty quickly," Ponting said. "Actually, he was standing in the middle even before I decided we could not continue.
"I told the umpires about it, and they got the security over there straightaway, and as it turned out, he only had to be out there for a couple of balls.
"There were bottles thrown out there, and you do not want this in international sport. Luckily, they missed James. Otherwise, it could be a bit nasty."
Ponting praised the security officials for their swift intervention, but he was more concerned that this incident would overshadow his side's win.
"At the end of the day, talking about it is taking the gloss off of another good performance from Australia," he said.
"We dominated the game from very early on. Shaun and Shane got us off to a great start, after we lost the toss, and we got a score that we thought would be good enough to win the game. That's how it turned out.
"As I said at the toss, I would have batted anyway, since I felt the pitch would get more difficult to bat on, and this was probably the case."
Dyson was also disappointed by the incident.
"I don't like to see bottle-throwing or anything thrown on the field at all," Dyson said.
"I like to see enthusiasm from the crowd and I like to see the crowd support both teams, but I don't like to see anything thrown onto the field anywhere in the World.
"I can't tell what the crowd could see from where they are. The reaction was 'wait, hang on'. At the instance of the decision being made, there was some doubt, and it was not instantaneous.
"There was consultation between the umpires, and it was just reaction what people saw. Once the umpire said Sammy was out, he left."
The second and third One-day Internationals will be contested on Friday and Sunday at Queen's Park Stadium in the Grenada capital of St. George's.
An unfortunate bottle-throwing incident overshadowed Australia's 84-run victory in the match contested at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex.
A section of the near capacity crowd became incensed, when Nathan Bracken bowled Darren Sammy behind his back for 33.
Sammy needed confirmation from umpire Asad Rauf as to the method of his dismissal, since he did not know whether the ball came off wicketkeeper Brad Haddin's pads, or had hit the stumps directly.
But the crowd piped up, when Sammy waited near the boundary while the video umpire reviewed the decision before the final verdict was given.
When he left the field, the crowd in the new double-deck stand in the south-eastern corner of the ground started to rain plastic pep bottle and rubbish onto the field.
Play was delayed for close to 15 minutes before police and army officers moved in and regained control of the situation.
"I'm not really sure what tipped them over the edge," Ponting said. "The dismissal of Sammy bowled had a lot of confusion.
"He didn't have any idea what was going on, and I immediately went to the umpires to make certain he was out, and if not, to check and make sure he was out.
"It has happened to us over here before as well. We have had the crowd get involved like this towards the end of a game, and it is not what you want. But now that the batsman and the West Indies have seen the replays, I am pretty sure they would be happy with the decisions that were made."
Fortunately, no Australian players were injured in the fracas, but James Hopes, who was fielding near to the stand, quickly joined his teammates on the pitch to preserve himself.
"He was out there and he came in off the boundary pretty quickly," Ponting said. "Actually, he was standing in the middle even before I decided we could not continue.
"I told the umpires about it, and they got the security over there straightaway, and as it turned out, he only had to be out there for a couple of balls.
"There were bottles thrown out there, and you do not want this in international sport. Luckily, they missed James. Otherwise, it could be a bit nasty."
Ponting praised the security officials for their swift intervention, but he was more concerned that this incident would overshadow his side's win.
"At the end of the day, talking about it is taking the gloss off of another good performance from Australia," he said.
"We dominated the game from very early on. Shaun and Shane got us off to a great start, after we lost the toss, and we got a score that we thought would be good enough to win the game. That's how it turned out.
"As I said at the toss, I would have batted anyway, since I felt the pitch would get more difficult to bat on, and this was probably the case."
Dyson was also disappointed by the incident.
"I don't like to see bottle-throwing or anything thrown on the field at all," Dyson said.
"I like to see enthusiasm from the crowd and I like to see the crowd support both teams, but I don't like to see anything thrown onto the field anywhere in the World.
"I can't tell what the crowd could see from where they are. The reaction was 'wait, hang on'. At the instance of the decision being made, there was some doubt, and it was not instantaneous.
"There was consultation between the umpires, and it was just reaction what people saw. Once the umpire said Sammy was out, he left."
The second and third One-day Internationals will be contested on Friday and Sunday at Queen's Park Stadium in the Grenada capital of St. George's.
Australia tour of West Indies, 2008-------Clarke's all-round game sets up Aussie win
Not for the first time during Australia's trip to the Caribbean, the start of play was delayed for close to 15 minutes because of issues with the sightscreen at the northern end of the ground.
It's hard to determine if the mollycoddle affected the two Australian openers, but they were dismissed within five overs of each other.
Shane Watson was adjudged lbw playing across to Taylor for a duck with the last ball of the first over, and Shaun Marsh was caught behind edging a stiff grope at a rising ball from Daren Powell in the sixth over to leave Australia 19 for two.
After another issue with the sightscreen at the southern end of the ground, Australia were wobbled further.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting, appearing in his 300th ODI, fell to Jerome Taylor for the eighth time in international cricket (Tests and ODIs), and he was caught at short, straight mid-wicket for 13 in the ninth over.
But Hussey and Clarke, drawing on their experience, navigated Australia through choppy waters, and they later reached "the promised land." Taylor took two for 47 from his allotment of 10 overs for West Indies.
The Aussies made one change with wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi coming into their side for his ODI debut to replace Brad Haddin, who has been ruled out for the rest of the series with an injury to his right ring finger.
West Indies made three changes with key batsman Chanderpaul, wicketkeeper/batsman Browne, and fast bowler Powell replacing Ramnaresh Sarwan, Denesh Ramdin, and Fidel Edwards
Scoreboard
Australia
S. Marsh c Browne b Powell 12
S. Watson lbw b Taylor 0
R. Ponting c Gayle b Taylor 13
M. Clarke lbw b Benn 56
M. Hussey c Marshall b Bravo 62
C. White not out 40
J. Hopes not out 17
Extras b3, w9, nb1 13
Total for 5 wkts 213
Fall of wkts 1-3, 2-19, 3-35, 4-135, 5-175
Bowling
Bowling
Taylor 10-2-47-2 (nb1, w1), Powell 10-2-29-1, Bravo 10-2-35-1 (w2), Sammy 5-0-18-0, Pollard 2-0-11-0, Benn 10-0-54-1 (w5), Gayle 3-0-16-1
West Indies
X. Marshall c Ronchi b Lee 0
C. Gayle c Ponting b Johnson 10
A. Fletcher b Hopes 19
S. Chanderpaul not out 46
D. Bravo c Hussey b Watson 3
P. Browne c White b Clarke 1
K. Pollard c Watson b Clarke 0
D. Sammy c Johnson b Clarke 9
D. Powell b Watson 21
S. Benn not out 23
Extras lb1, w5, nb2 8
Total for 8 wkts 140
Fall of wkts 1-0, 2-23, 3-41, 4-49, 5-53, 6-53, 7-74, 8-105
Bowling
Lee 7-1-26-1 (nb1, w1), Bracken 9-0-32-0 (w1), Johnson 4-0-14-1 (nb1, w2), Watson 7-1-22-2, Hopes 8-3-19-1 (w1), Clarke 6-0-26-3
Result Australia win by 63 runs
Man of the match Michael Clarke
The two Michaels added exactly 100, after Australia courted early strife at 35 for three in the ninth over.
Clarke reached his landmark in the 34th over, when he drove his 87thdelivery from Sulieman Benn to long-on for a single.
But he fell in the 38th over, when Benn had him adjudged lbw after the batsman got too far inside the line to turn a delivery into the leg-side.
Hussey reached his 50 in the 41st over, when he edged a loose drive at his wide, 94th ball from Jerome Taylor to third man for the last of his two fours, and seemed prepared to carry the Aussies through until the end.
But he tried to clear long-on with a delivery from Bravo and was caught inside the boundary in the 45th over leaving Hopes and Cameron White to carry Australia the rest of the way.
The third ODI in the series will be contested on Saturday also at the Queen's Park Stadium.
Clarke, bowling his uncomplicated left-arm spin, snuffed the life out of any ideas West Indies had of a fightback, after they subsided to 49 for four in the 21st over.
He removed Patrick Browne for one, Kieron Pollard for a duck, and Darren Sammy for nine either side of a near hour-long stoppage for rain to leave West Indies 74 for seven in the 31st over.
Australia had set West Indies back from the very first ball of the innings, when Brett Lee had Xavier Marshall caught behind for a duck.
Lee and new-ball partner Nathan Bracken kept up the pressure with mean, purposeful bowling in their opening spells that starved West Indies of a rapid response from the top order.
But Australia had to wait until the eighth over for the second breakthrough, when West Indies captain Chris Gayle was caught at mid-off off Mitchell Johnson for 10 miscuing a cross-batted stroke at a short, rising ball.
Johnson and the other Australia support bowlers made sure that the work of Lee and Bracken was not wasted, and they too, bowled steadily, if not menacingly to keep runs at a premium, and as the pressure mounted, the Windies' batsmen wilted.
James Hopes bowled hometown boy Andre Fletcher for 19 with the second ball after the first drinks break, and Shane Watson added the scalp of Dwayne Bravo caught at deep mid wicket for three to leave West Indies in tatters.
Earlier, the two Michaels - Hussey and Clarke - helped Australia recover from a shaky start.
Hussey hit the top score of 62 from 105 balls, and with Clarke shared a crucial fourth wicket stand, as Australia reached 213 for five from their allocation of 50 overs after choosing to bat on a hard, true pitch.
Michael Clarke enhanced his reputation with a handy all-round performance that gave Australia a 2-0 lead in their five-match one-day international series with West Indies, when they won the rain-affected second match by 63 runs on Friday.
The Australia vice-captain followed up a vital innings of 56 from 98 balls with three wickets for 26 runs from six overs, as the visitors successfully defended a revised victory target under the Duckworth-Lewis Method of 204 from 41 overs.
Clarke earned the man-of-the-match award, as the Australians restricted West Indies to 140 for eight from their allocation of 41 overs.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul's 45 not out from 77 balls was the top score for West Indies, but no other West Indies batsman suggested substance or stability.
Australia won the opening match by 84 runs last Tuesday at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex just outside the St. Vincent & the Grenadines capital of Kingstown.
It's hard to determine if the mollycoddle affected the two Australian openers, but they were dismissed within five overs of each other.
Shane Watson was adjudged lbw playing across to Taylor for a duck with the last ball of the first over, and Shaun Marsh was caught behind edging a stiff grope at a rising ball from Daren Powell in the sixth over to leave Australia 19 for two.
After another issue with the sightscreen at the southern end of the ground, Australia were wobbled further.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting, appearing in his 300th ODI, fell to Jerome Taylor for the eighth time in international cricket (Tests and ODIs), and he was caught at short, straight mid-wicket for 13 in the ninth over.
But Hussey and Clarke, drawing on their experience, navigated Australia through choppy waters, and they later reached "the promised land." Taylor took two for 47 from his allotment of 10 overs for West Indies.
The Aussies made one change with wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi coming into their side for his ODI debut to replace Brad Haddin, who has been ruled out for the rest of the series with an injury to his right ring finger.
West Indies made three changes with key batsman Chanderpaul, wicketkeeper/batsman Browne, and fast bowler Powell replacing Ramnaresh Sarwan, Denesh Ramdin, and Fidel Edwards
Scoreboard
Australia
S. Marsh c Browne b Powell 12
S. Watson lbw b Taylor 0
R. Ponting c Gayle b Taylor 13
M. Clarke lbw b Benn 56
M. Hussey c Marshall b Bravo 62
C. White not out 40
J. Hopes not out 17
Extras b3, w9, nb1 13
Total for 5 wkts 213
Fall of wkts 1-3, 2-19, 3-35, 4-135, 5-175
Bowling
Bowling
Taylor 10-2-47-2 (nb1, w1), Powell 10-2-29-1, Bravo 10-2-35-1 (w2), Sammy 5-0-18-0, Pollard 2-0-11-0, Benn 10-0-54-1 (w5), Gayle 3-0-16-1
West Indies
X. Marshall c Ronchi b Lee 0
C. Gayle c Ponting b Johnson 10
A. Fletcher b Hopes 19
S. Chanderpaul not out 46
D. Bravo c Hussey b Watson 3
P. Browne c White b Clarke 1
K. Pollard c Watson b Clarke 0
D. Sammy c Johnson b Clarke 9
D. Powell b Watson 21
S. Benn not out 23
Extras lb1, w5, nb2 8
Total for 8 wkts 140
Fall of wkts 1-0, 2-23, 3-41, 4-49, 5-53, 6-53, 7-74, 8-105
Bowling
Lee 7-1-26-1 (nb1, w1), Bracken 9-0-32-0 (w1), Johnson 4-0-14-1 (nb1, w2), Watson 7-1-22-2, Hopes 8-3-19-1 (w1), Clarke 6-0-26-3
Result Australia win by 63 runs
Man of the match Michael Clarke
The two Michaels added exactly 100, after Australia courted early strife at 35 for three in the ninth over.
Clarke reached his landmark in the 34th over, when he drove his 87thdelivery from Sulieman Benn to long-on for a single.
But he fell in the 38th over, when Benn had him adjudged lbw after the batsman got too far inside the line to turn a delivery into the leg-side.
Hussey reached his 50 in the 41st over, when he edged a loose drive at his wide, 94th ball from Jerome Taylor to third man for the last of his two fours, and seemed prepared to carry the Aussies through until the end.
But he tried to clear long-on with a delivery from Bravo and was caught inside the boundary in the 45th over leaving Hopes and Cameron White to carry Australia the rest of the way.
The third ODI in the series will be contested on Saturday also at the Queen's Park Stadium.
Clarke, bowling his uncomplicated left-arm spin, snuffed the life out of any ideas West Indies had of a fightback, after they subsided to 49 for four in the 21st over.
He removed Patrick Browne for one, Kieron Pollard for a duck, and Darren Sammy for nine either side of a near hour-long stoppage for rain to leave West Indies 74 for seven in the 31st over.
Australia had set West Indies back from the very first ball of the innings, when Brett Lee had Xavier Marshall caught behind for a duck.
Lee and new-ball partner Nathan Bracken kept up the pressure with mean, purposeful bowling in their opening spells that starved West Indies of a rapid response from the top order.
But Australia had to wait until the eighth over for the second breakthrough, when West Indies captain Chris Gayle was caught at mid-off off Mitchell Johnson for 10 miscuing a cross-batted stroke at a short, rising ball.
Johnson and the other Australia support bowlers made sure that the work of Lee and Bracken was not wasted, and they too, bowled steadily, if not menacingly to keep runs at a premium, and as the pressure mounted, the Windies' batsmen wilted.
James Hopes bowled hometown boy Andre Fletcher for 19 with the second ball after the first drinks break, and Shane Watson added the scalp of Dwayne Bravo caught at deep mid wicket for three to leave West Indies in tatters.
Earlier, the two Michaels - Hussey and Clarke - helped Australia recover from a shaky start.
Hussey hit the top score of 62 from 105 balls, and with Clarke shared a crucial fourth wicket stand, as Australia reached 213 for five from their allocation of 50 overs after choosing to bat on a hard, true pitch.
Michael Clarke enhanced his reputation with a handy all-round performance that gave Australia a 2-0 lead in their five-match one-day international series with West Indies, when they won the rain-affected second match by 63 runs on Friday.
The Australia vice-captain followed up a vital innings of 56 from 98 balls with three wickets for 26 runs from six overs, as the visitors successfully defended a revised victory target under the Duckworth-Lewis Method of 204 from 41 overs.
Clarke earned the man-of-the-match award, as the Australians restricted West Indies to 140 for eight from their allocation of 41 overs.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul's 45 not out from 77 balls was the top score for West Indies, but no other West Indies batsman suggested substance or stability.
Australia won the opening match by 84 runs last Tuesday at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex just outside the St. Vincent & the Grenadines capital of Kingstown.
Australia tour of West Indies, 2008-------Injured Haddin returns home from WIndies tour
Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin will return home from Australia's tour to the West Indies after not recovering sufficiently from a broken finger, Cricket Australia said Saturday.
Haddin broke the ring finger on his right hand during the first Test of Australia's tour and played on with the injury through the final two Test matches and the first one-day international.
CA said Haddin will leave Grenada on Friday to continue his recovery in Australia.
Luke Ronchi, who made his international debut in Australia's Twenty20 game against the West Indies last week in Barbados, will remain with the squad until the end of the tour, CA said.
"Brad's injury has now got to the point where it is limiting his capabilities as a player and therefore he is going home to seek appropriate further treatment," Australian team physiotherapist Justin Steer said in a statement
Haddin broke the ring finger on his right hand during the first Test of Australia's tour and played on with the injury through the final two Test matches and the first one-day international.
CA said Haddin will leave Grenada on Friday to continue his recovery in Australia.
Luke Ronchi, who made his international debut in Australia's Twenty20 game against the West Indies last week in Barbados, will remain with the squad until the end of the tour, CA said.
"Brad's injury has now got to the point where it is limiting his capabilities as a player and therefore he is going home to seek appropriate further treatment," Australian team physiotherapist Justin Steer said in a statement
Australia tour of West Indies, 2008-------Ponting fined for dissent
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has been fined 30 percent of his match fee for dissent during Friday's second one-dayer win over hosts West Indies.
An International Cricket Council (ICC) statement said Ponting appeared to make a comment to the umpire after he had turned down a caught-behind appeal against Patrick Browne.
Although Ponting pleaded not guilty at the post-match hearing, ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama punished the player after viewing video footage of the incident.
Australia won the rain-hit game in Grenada by 63 runs, taking a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
An International Cricket Council (ICC) statement said Ponting appeared to make a comment to the umpire after he had turned down a caught-behind appeal against Patrick Browne.
Although Ponting pleaded not guilty at the post-match hearing, ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama punished the player after viewing video footage of the incident.
Australia won the rain-hit game in Grenada by 63 runs, taking a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
New Zealand tour of England, 2008------New Zealand win last ball thriller against England
Elliott's exit was followed by the run out of Tim Southee and New Zealand needed 12 runs off the last 12 balls.
Mills hoisted Collingwood for six to make the target six off nine and that became three off the last over.
Mills took a single off the first ball. Gillespie couldn't do anything with the next four before making decisive contact with the last.
It had looked as if veteran all-rounder Scott Styris, dropped three times on his way to a man-of-the-match winning 69, was going to see New Zealand home before he was run out needlessly.
That England made as many as 245 owed much to Owais Shah's 63. Together with Ravi Bopara (58) he put on 75 for the fifth wicket.
Teenage pace bowler Southee was the pick of New Zealand's attack with three for 47 in 10 overs.
Both innings followed a similar pattern with England declining to 101 for four and New Zealand slumping to 106 for four.
But the experienced duo of Styris and fellow all-rounder Jacob Oram (38), playing his first match of the series following a hamstring injury, swung the match back New Zealand's way with a stand of 67.
New Zealand should have been 24 for three when Styris, on nought, was dropped by second slip Shah, at second slip off fast bowler James Anderson.
The all-rounder was missed again, in quick succession, on 27 and 28.
Collingwood dropped a difficult diving catch at backward point before paceman Stuart Broad floored a caught and bowled chance.
But his luck ran out after he failed to beat Swann's throw to Collingwood.
Shah, who made a rapid 49 in England's 114-run win in the series opener, again showed his class with a 63 ball fifty.
But England, as they had done during Saturday's defeat at Bristol, lost after Pietersen went cheaply.
This time he fell for nought, toe-ending a pull off Gillespie to Southee at mid-on.
Afterwards, Collingwood apologised for not withdrawing his appeal. "You have to make a split decision at the time and maybe it was not the correct one," he told Sky Sports.
"The umpire asked me if I was upholding the decision and I said 'yes'.
"Obviously the apologies go out to the New Zealand team over the decision - I made a split-second decision on the issue and that was the wrong one."
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori, who shouted some angry words at the England dressing room when the appeal was upheld and again at the conclusion of the match, added: "I think we were a little bit contrite ourselves with the raw emotion so I apologise to Paul and his team.
"We hope we can move on - we can appreciate Paul words and we want to move on," said Vettori ahead of Saturday's finale at Lord's.
It was the second flashpoint of this series following last week's washout at Edgbaston, which saw the match finish one over short of a result being declared with New Zealand in sight of victory.
That match saw England take 83 minutes to bowl 19 overs but escape any action at all over a slow over-rate.
However, after this fixture a spokesman for match referee Javagal Srinath said he'd held a hearing attended by Collingwood dealing with the issue of England's over-rate. The spokesman added the ICC would announce Srinath's decision on Thursday. No mention was made of the Elliott incident.
New Zealand won a dramatic last-ball victory to beat England by one wicket in the fourth one-day international at The Oval here Wednesday to take an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
With two needed off the final ball, last man Mark Gillespie hit Luke Wright to extra-cover.
But Graeme Swann's fierce throw to the bowler's end wasn't backed up by several England fielders - had he lobbed it in, Gillespie might have been run out by a distance - and this allowed New Zealand the winning second on the over-throw as they reached their target of 246.
Kyle Mills was 25 not out off just 27 balls.
The match threatened to be overshadowed by controversy when New Zealand, closing in on victory, saw Grant Elliott run out after what appeared an accidental shoulder charge by England quick bowler Ryan Sidebottom, who'd veered off a straight course in an attempt to regather the ball.
With Elliott flat out, Ian Bell threw to Kevin Pietersen at the bowler's end and Elliott was dismissed with New Zealand 220 for eight in the 44th over.
Although England captain Paul Collingwood could have withdrawn the appeal and there is also provision within the laws for the umpires to call dead ball in the event of a serious injury, Elliott was ruled run out.
Mills hoisted Collingwood for six to make the target six off nine and that became three off the last over.
Mills took a single off the first ball. Gillespie couldn't do anything with the next four before making decisive contact with the last.
It had looked as if veteran all-rounder Scott Styris, dropped three times on his way to a man-of-the-match winning 69, was going to see New Zealand home before he was run out needlessly.
That England made as many as 245 owed much to Owais Shah's 63. Together with Ravi Bopara (58) he put on 75 for the fifth wicket.
Teenage pace bowler Southee was the pick of New Zealand's attack with three for 47 in 10 overs.
Both innings followed a similar pattern with England declining to 101 for four and New Zealand slumping to 106 for four.
But the experienced duo of Styris and fellow all-rounder Jacob Oram (38), playing his first match of the series following a hamstring injury, swung the match back New Zealand's way with a stand of 67.
New Zealand should have been 24 for three when Styris, on nought, was dropped by second slip Shah, at second slip off fast bowler James Anderson.
The all-rounder was missed again, in quick succession, on 27 and 28.
Collingwood dropped a difficult diving catch at backward point before paceman Stuart Broad floored a caught and bowled chance.
But his luck ran out after he failed to beat Swann's throw to Collingwood.
Shah, who made a rapid 49 in England's 114-run win in the series opener, again showed his class with a 63 ball fifty.
But England, as they had done during Saturday's defeat at Bristol, lost after Pietersen went cheaply.
This time he fell for nought, toe-ending a pull off Gillespie to Southee at mid-on.
Afterwards, Collingwood apologised for not withdrawing his appeal. "You have to make a split decision at the time and maybe it was not the correct one," he told Sky Sports.
"The umpire asked me if I was upholding the decision and I said 'yes'.
"Obviously the apologies go out to the New Zealand team over the decision - I made a split-second decision on the issue and that was the wrong one."
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori, who shouted some angry words at the England dressing room when the appeal was upheld and again at the conclusion of the match, added: "I think we were a little bit contrite ourselves with the raw emotion so I apologise to Paul and his team.
"We hope we can move on - we can appreciate Paul words and we want to move on," said Vettori ahead of Saturday's finale at Lord's.
It was the second flashpoint of this series following last week's washout at Edgbaston, which saw the match finish one over short of a result being declared with New Zealand in sight of victory.
That match saw England take 83 minutes to bowl 19 overs but escape any action at all over a slow over-rate.
However, after this fixture a spokesman for match referee Javagal Srinath said he'd held a hearing attended by Collingwood dealing with the issue of England's over-rate. The spokesman added the ICC would announce Srinath's decision on Thursday. No mention was made of the Elliott incident.
New Zealand won a dramatic last-ball victory to beat England by one wicket in the fourth one-day international at The Oval here Wednesday to take an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
With two needed off the final ball, last man Mark Gillespie hit Luke Wright to extra-cover.
But Graeme Swann's fierce throw to the bowler's end wasn't backed up by several England fielders - had he lobbed it in, Gillespie might have been run out by a distance - and this allowed New Zealand the winning second on the over-throw as they reached their target of 246.
Kyle Mills was 25 not out off just 27 balls.
The match threatened to be overshadowed by controversy when New Zealand, closing in on victory, saw Grant Elliott run out after what appeared an accidental shoulder charge by England quick bowler Ryan Sidebottom, who'd veered off a straight course in an attempt to regather the ball.
With Elliott flat out, Ian Bell threw to Kevin Pietersen at the bowler's end and Elliott was dismissed with New Zealand 220 for eight in the 44th over.
Although England captain Paul Collingwood could have withdrawn the appeal and there is also provision within the laws for the umpires to call dead ball in the event of a serious injury, Elliott was ruled run out.
New Zealand tour of England, 2008------England captain Paul Collingwood risked pitching cricket into one of its most serious crises in years over a ch
New Zealand all-rounder Grant Elliott's controversial run-out in the fourth one-day international here at The Oval on Wednesday is not the first time England have found themselves involved in a memorable cricket collision.
1964: England v Australia, Trent Bridge
During an Ashes Test match, England's Fred Titmus was accidentally knocked over by bowler Neil Hawke and left stranded. The ball was thrown to wicket-keeper Wally Grout but one of Australia's most competitive players refused to run Titmus out.
1973-74: West Indies v England, Port-of-Spain
Alvin Kallicharran, having made 142 on the first day of this Test, saw Bernard Julien play the last ball of the day to Tony Greig at silly point and then set off for the pavilion.
But Greig threw down the stumps at the non-striker's end and Kallicharran was given out by umpire Douglas Sang Hue only to be reinstated next morning because of the ill-feeling his dismissal had generated.
2007: England v South Africa, Newlands
England's Kevin Pietersen, back in the land of his birth, was run out when after tripping in a collision with bowler Shaun Pollock, unwittingly in his way, he lost his grip on his bat and was in the air when Makhaya Ntini's throw hit the stumps
1964: England v Australia, Trent Bridge
During an Ashes Test match, England's Fred Titmus was accidentally knocked over by bowler Neil Hawke and left stranded. The ball was thrown to wicket-keeper Wally Grout but one of Australia's most competitive players refused to run Titmus out.
1973-74: West Indies v England, Port-of-Spain
Alvin Kallicharran, having made 142 on the first day of this Test, saw Bernard Julien play the last ball of the day to Tony Greig at silly point and then set off for the pavilion.
But Greig threw down the stumps at the non-striker's end and Kallicharran was given out by umpire Douglas Sang Hue only to be reinstated next morning because of the ill-feeling his dismissal had generated.
2007: England v South Africa, Newlands
England's Kevin Pietersen, back in the land of his birth, was run out when after tripping in a collision with bowler Shaun Pollock, unwittingly in his way, he lost his grip on his bat and was in the air when Makhaya Ntini's throw hit the stumps
New Zealand tour of England, 2008------Collingwood out of his ground over run-out, press says
England captain Paul Collingwood risked pitching cricket into one of its most serious crises in years over a chaotic one-day run-out against New Zealand, newspapers said Thursday.
The collision involving England bowler Ryan Sidebottom and New Zealand all-rounder Grant Elliott which led to Elliott being run out cast a shadow over the Black Caps' one-wicket win in the fourth one-dayer at The Oval, they said.
"Oh, the folly of Capt Colly!" was the Daily Mail's headline. The paper said the incident was the worst involving an England captain since Mike Gatting argued with Pakistani umpire Shakoor Rana 21 years ago.
"Paul Collingwood's reputation may be sullied forever," it added.
The Guardian compared the incident to the furore involving former captain Michael Atherton over alleged ball-tampering 14 years ago.
Atherton himself wrote in The Times that England lost "a good deal of self-respect" over the incident but praised Collingwood's "outstanding" honesty and contrition in apologising.
"Cricket became a contact sport here yesterday as England's win-at-all-costs attitude saw them beaten off the last ball by New Zealand in a game soured by the run-out of Grant Elliott at a crucial stage," wrote former England bowler Derek Pringle in the Daily Telegraph.
But Pringle concluded that "justice was eventually served" with New Zealand's victory, which puts them 2-1 up in the series with one game left to play.
Collingwood was, though, defended by ex England captain Nasser Hussain.
"All his life he has trained to be a fighter, a scrapper, a winner and suddenly he had to make a snap decision -- spirit of the game or victory?
"He did what he has always trained to do," Hussain wrote in the Mail, while noting his decision was wrong and praising Collingwood's subsequent apology
The collision involving England bowler Ryan Sidebottom and New Zealand all-rounder Grant Elliott which led to Elliott being run out cast a shadow over the Black Caps' one-wicket win in the fourth one-dayer at The Oval, they said.
"Oh, the folly of Capt Colly!" was the Daily Mail's headline. The paper said the incident was the worst involving an England captain since Mike Gatting argued with Pakistani umpire Shakoor Rana 21 years ago.
"Paul Collingwood's reputation may be sullied forever," it added.
The Guardian compared the incident to the furore involving former captain Michael Atherton over alleged ball-tampering 14 years ago.
Atherton himself wrote in The Times that England lost "a good deal of self-respect" over the incident but praised Collingwood's "outstanding" honesty and contrition in apologising.
"Cricket became a contact sport here yesterday as England's win-at-all-costs attitude saw them beaten off the last ball by New Zealand in a game soured by the run-out of Grant Elliott at a crucial stage," wrote former England bowler Derek Pringle in the Daily Telegraph.
But Pringle concluded that "justice was eventually served" with New Zealand's victory, which puts them 2-1 up in the series with one game left to play.
Collingwood was, though, defended by ex England captain Nasser Hussain.
"All his life he has trained to be a fighter, a scrapper, a winner and suddenly he had to make a snap decision -- spirit of the game or victory?
"He did what he has always trained to do," Hussain wrote in the Mail, while noting his decision was wrong and praising Collingwood's subsequent apology
New Zealand tour of England, 2008------Gillespie puts lid on run-out row
New Zealand quick Mark Gillespie is adamant the run-out row which marred the Black Caps' dramatic one-wicket win in the fourth one-day international against England at The Oval will not leave a legacy of ill-feeling come Saturday's series finale at Lord's.
Late in the game, England captain Paul Collingwood refused to withdraw a run-out appeal after Grant Elliott was dismissed after being knocked over by onrushing bowler Ryan Sidebottom.
New Zealand were furious that Collingwood allowed the appeal to stand. But a combination of a victory, which left them an unbeatable 2-1 up with one to play, and Collingwood's subsequent apology calmed their frayed tempers.
"People ask if there will be any ill-feeling on Saturday and we can beat on about this until it is completely dead," said Gillespie.
"It is over. It has happened. If you ask 100 people, 50 may see it one way, 50 may see it the other way.
"We know it is going to make headlines and everyone will be talking about it. But we move on.
"The mood in the dressing room after we had won is something you wake up in the morning wanting to be part of," said last man Gillespie, whose scrambled two off the last ball saw New Zealand to victory.
He added: "I saw the replay for the first time myself when I was padding up and I was getting quite angry.
"I had to sit down and keep calm. I went out there feeling very nervous and it was a good feeling to pull off the win."
Victory for World Cup semi-finalists New Zealand on Saturday - where Collingwood will be serving the first of a four-game ban for England's slow over-rate at The Oval - would see them end a tour where they were well-beaten in the Test series and in the lone Twenty20 on a high.
"I have not been part of the squad for the Test matches so I don't have that baggage," Gillespie explained.
"When myself and Scott Styris came into the side after the Tests, the guys were hurting, you could tell that.
"Even after the Twenty20 match and the first one-dayer, it looked like things weren't going to get better.
"But the management and our skipper Daniel Vettori kept hammering into us that we were a good one-day side.
"We've had to dig deep and I found myself putting in that extra bit."
England
I. Bell c McCullum b Southee 46
L. Wright c Taylor b Mills 18
K. Pietersen c Southee b Gillespie 0
R. Bopara c Oram b Gillespie 58
P. Collingwood b Southee 14
O. Shah run out 63
T. Ambrose c Flynn b Oram 6
G. Swann c How b Mills 3
S. Broad c How b Southee 5
R. Sidebottom not out 8
J. Anderson run out 11
Extras lb4, w6, nb3 13
Total for all out 245
Fall of wkts 1-41, 2-44, 3-81, 4-101, 5-176, 6-203, 7-219, 8-221, 9-228
Bowling
Mills 10-1-44-2 (1nb, 1w), Gillespie 9.4-2-58-2 (2nb, 2w), Southee 10-1-47-3 (1w), Oram 10-0-46-1, Vettori 8-0-34-0 (1w), Elliott 2-0-12-0 (1w)
New Zealand
J. How c and b Swann 37
B. McCullum c Swann b Sidebottom 1
R. Taylor c Broad b Sidebottom 6
S. Styris run out 69
D. Flynn c Bell b Swann 12
J. Oram c sub b Anderson 38
G. Elliott run out 24
D. Vettori c Bopara b Collingwood 6
K. Mills not out 25
T. Southee run out 6
M. Gillespie not out 4
Extras b4, lb3, w11 18
Total for 9 wkts 246
Fall of wkts 1-7, 2-24, 3-83, 4-106, 5-173, 6-178, 7-189, 8-220, 9-230
Bowling
Sidebottom 10-0-55-2 (1w), Anderson 10-0-39-1 (2w), Broad 10-0-39-0 (2w), Wright 2-0-8-0, Swann 10-1-49-2 (5w), Collingwood 7-0-40-1 (1w), Bopara 1-0-9-0
Result New Zealand win by 1 wicket
Man of the match Scott Styris (NZL)
Series New Zealand lead five-match series 2-1
Late in the game, England captain Paul Collingwood refused to withdraw a run-out appeal after Grant Elliott was dismissed after being knocked over by onrushing bowler Ryan Sidebottom.
New Zealand were furious that Collingwood allowed the appeal to stand. But a combination of a victory, which left them an unbeatable 2-1 up with one to play, and Collingwood's subsequent apology calmed their frayed tempers.
"People ask if there will be any ill-feeling on Saturday and we can beat on about this until it is completely dead," said Gillespie.
"It is over. It has happened. If you ask 100 people, 50 may see it one way, 50 may see it the other way.
"We know it is going to make headlines and everyone will be talking about it. But we move on.
"The mood in the dressing room after we had won is something you wake up in the morning wanting to be part of," said last man Gillespie, whose scrambled two off the last ball saw New Zealand to victory.
He added: "I saw the replay for the first time myself when I was padding up and I was getting quite angry.
"I had to sit down and keep calm. I went out there feeling very nervous and it was a good feeling to pull off the win."
Victory for World Cup semi-finalists New Zealand on Saturday - where Collingwood will be serving the first of a four-game ban for England's slow over-rate at The Oval - would see them end a tour where they were well-beaten in the Test series and in the lone Twenty20 on a high.
"I have not been part of the squad for the Test matches so I don't have that baggage," Gillespie explained.
"When myself and Scott Styris came into the side after the Tests, the guys were hurting, you could tell that.
"Even after the Twenty20 match and the first one-dayer, it looked like things weren't going to get better.
"But the management and our skipper Daniel Vettori kept hammering into us that we were a good one-day side.
"We've had to dig deep and I found myself putting in that extra bit."
England
I. Bell c McCullum b Southee 46
L. Wright c Taylor b Mills 18
K. Pietersen c Southee b Gillespie 0
R. Bopara c Oram b Gillespie 58
P. Collingwood b Southee 14
O. Shah run out 63
T. Ambrose c Flynn b Oram 6
G. Swann c How b Mills 3
S. Broad c How b Southee 5
R. Sidebottom not out 8
J. Anderson run out 11
Extras lb4, w6, nb3 13
Total for all out 245
Fall of wkts 1-41, 2-44, 3-81, 4-101, 5-176, 6-203, 7-219, 8-221, 9-228
Bowling
Mills 10-1-44-2 (1nb, 1w), Gillespie 9.4-2-58-2 (2nb, 2w), Southee 10-1-47-3 (1w), Oram 10-0-46-1, Vettori 8-0-34-0 (1w), Elliott 2-0-12-0 (1w)
New Zealand
J. How c and b Swann 37
B. McCullum c Swann b Sidebottom 1
R. Taylor c Broad b Sidebottom 6
S. Styris run out 69
D. Flynn c Bell b Swann 12
J. Oram c sub b Anderson 38
G. Elliott run out 24
D. Vettori c Bopara b Collingwood 6
K. Mills not out 25
T. Southee run out 6
M. Gillespie not out 4
Extras b4, lb3, w11 18
Total for 9 wkts 246
Fall of wkts 1-7, 2-24, 3-83, 4-106, 5-173, 6-178, 7-189, 8-220, 9-230
Bowling
Sidebottom 10-0-55-2 (1w), Anderson 10-0-39-1 (2w), Broad 10-0-39-0 (2w), Wright 2-0-8-0, Swann 10-1-49-2 (5w), Collingwood 7-0-40-1 (1w), Bopara 1-0-9-0
Result New Zealand win by 1 wicket
Man of the match Scott Styris (NZL)
Series New Zealand lead five-match series 2-1
New Zealand tour of England, 2008------Collingwood faces ban due to over-rate delay
England one-day captain Paul Collingwood is set to be banned from international cricket after his side failed to bowl their overs in the required time during a dramatic one-wicket loss to New Zealand in the fourth one-day international at The Oval in London.
He now could miss matches during the forthcoming series with South Africa with the Durham all-rounder facing the prospect of being sidelined for four one-day internationals or two Tests or a combination ban comprising the two forms of the game.
The exact length of his punishment will be determined when Collingwood meets with Javagal Srinath, the match referee at The Oval, later Thursday.
Collingwood, who attended a disciplinary hearing held by Srinath, a former India fast bowler, after stumps on Wednesday has been found guilty of a level three offence under the International Cricket Council (ICC) code of conduct.
In a statement issued from its Dubai headquarters, the global governing body confirmed that such an offence carries with it a minimum tarrif of a ban of four ODIs or two Tests or a combination involving both formats.
Durham all-rounder Collingwood's punishment has been elevated from a level two charge, brought against a captain for a rate deficit of more than two overs in an ODI, because it is the second time he has been found guily of the offence within the last 12 months.
The previous occasion when England were more than two overs short of its required over-rate was against India in Bristol on August 24 last year.
On that occasion England were, as at The Oval on Wednesday, three overs down and Collingwood was fined 50 percent of his match fee of some 1,250 pounds (2,500 dollars).
ICC regulations also state that players shall be docked five percent of their match fees for every over short of the required mark, with the captain fined double.
This means that each England player at The Oval will be fined 15 percent of his match fee for the deficit but Collingwood is likely to escape a financial penalty as his punishment is set to come in the form of the ban.
England play the first of four Tests against South Africa at Lord's starting on July 10 with the opening fixture of a five-match one-day series against Graeme Smith's men at Headingley on August 22.
Collingwood was involved in a controversial incident at The Oval when he refused to withdraw a run-out appeal against Grant Elliott, after the all-rounder had been left flat out following a collision with Ryan Sidebottom late in New Zealand's innings - a decision that led to widespread criticism.
It was the second flashpoint of this five-match series after England took 83 minutes to bowl 19 overs during last week's third ODI at Edgbaston before the match was washed out one over short of the required minimum for a result with New Zealand well-placed for victory.
On that occasion, Srinath took no action against Collingwood.
New Zealand's last-ball victory at The Oval gave them an unbeatable 2-1 series lead ahead of Saturday's finale at Lord's.
He now could miss matches during the forthcoming series with South Africa with the Durham all-rounder facing the prospect of being sidelined for four one-day internationals or two Tests or a combination ban comprising the two forms of the game.
The exact length of his punishment will be determined when Collingwood meets with Javagal Srinath, the match referee at The Oval, later Thursday.
Collingwood, who attended a disciplinary hearing held by Srinath, a former India fast bowler, after stumps on Wednesday has been found guilty of a level three offence under the International Cricket Council (ICC) code of conduct.
In a statement issued from its Dubai headquarters, the global governing body confirmed that such an offence carries with it a minimum tarrif of a ban of four ODIs or two Tests or a combination involving both formats.
Durham all-rounder Collingwood's punishment has been elevated from a level two charge, brought against a captain for a rate deficit of more than two overs in an ODI, because it is the second time he has been found guily of the offence within the last 12 months.
The previous occasion when England were more than two overs short of its required over-rate was against India in Bristol on August 24 last year.
On that occasion England were, as at The Oval on Wednesday, three overs down and Collingwood was fined 50 percent of his match fee of some 1,250 pounds (2,500 dollars).
ICC regulations also state that players shall be docked five percent of their match fees for every over short of the required mark, with the captain fined double.
This means that each England player at The Oval will be fined 15 percent of his match fee for the deficit but Collingwood is likely to escape a financial penalty as his punishment is set to come in the form of the ban.
England play the first of four Tests against South Africa at Lord's starting on July 10 with the opening fixture of a five-match one-day series against Graeme Smith's men at Headingley on August 22.
Collingwood was involved in a controversial incident at The Oval when he refused to withdraw a run-out appeal against Grant Elliott, after the all-rounder had been left flat out following a collision with Ryan Sidebottom late in New Zealand's innings - a decision that led to widespread criticism.
It was the second flashpoint of this five-match series after England took 83 minutes to bowl 19 overs during last week's third ODI at Edgbaston before the match was washed out one over short of the required minimum for a result with New Zealand well-placed for victory.
On that occasion, Srinath took no action against Collingwood.
New Zealand's last-ball victory at The Oval gave them an unbeatable 2-1 series lead ahead of Saturday's finale at Lord's.
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