CRICKET England won Nat West Cricket Series England beat Australia in the fifth and final one-day international cricket played at Old Trafford on 11 July 2012 to complete a 4-0 victory in the NatWest cricket series played in England. The English team was led by Alistair Cook while the Aussie team was led by Michael Clarke. England allrounder Ravi Bopara starred in England’s final victory and was given the Man of the Match award. He claimed two wickets and made 52 not out off 56 balls. Ian Bells of England was given the Man of the Series Award. The victory marked the third series white wash for Australia over the last 40 years. The Australian team is still the world no.1 ODI team. Earlier the team had suffered clean sweeps against New Zealand (0-3) in 2006-07 and against England (0-3) in 1997. Former BCCI President Purushottam M Rungta passed away Former President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Purushottam M Rungta died on 12 July 2012 after long sickness. He was 84 years old. He was commonly known as Bhaiji to cricketers and administrations. He was President of BCCI for three years from 1972 to 1975 and Vice- President of BCCI from 1963 to 1972. He was also BCCI treasurer for six months in the year 1992 after the resignation of Madhav Matri from BCCI treasurer when he lost to Manohar Joshi in Bombay Cricket Association election. After that former BCCI President Madhavrao Scindia named P.M.Rungta as the treasurer of the BCCI. He also managed the affairs of Rajasthan Cricket Association for many years. England beat Australia 4-0 England beat Australia in the fifth and final one-day international cricket played at Old Trafford on 11 July 2012 to complete a 4-0 victory in the NatWest cricket series played in England. The English team was led by Alistair Cook while the Aussie team was led by Michael Clarke. England all-rounder Ravi Bopara starred in England’s final victory and was given the Man of the Match award. He claimed two wickets and made 52 not out off 56 balls. Ian Bells of England was given the Man of the Series Award. The victory marked the third series white wash for Australia over the last 40 years. The Australian team is still the world no.1 ODI team. Earlier the team had suffered clean sweeps against New Zealand (0-3) in 2006-07 and against England (0- 3) in 1997. West Indies beat New Zealand 4-1 West Indies defeated New Zealand 4-1 in the five match one day series. The fifth one-dayer between West Indies and New Zealand had plenty of similarities to Saturday’s fourth ODI at Warner Park: West Indies chose to bat, the top order stumbled, one of their Twenty20 stars made the slowest ODI half-century of his career to anchor the innings, and then some pyrotechnics from Andre Russell took the home side towards 250. New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor smashed a fine century but it was not enough to prevent the West Indies wrapping up the one-day series with a 24-run win in fourth match. Taylor, playing in his first match of the series after injuring his shoulder in an earlier Twenty20 international between the two sides in Florida last month, made 110 off 115 balls. It was an innings which included six 4s and five 6s for his sixth one-day century. Sri Lanka Wins Series with Pakistan Sri Lanka won its first Test series in three years after the final Test against Pakistan ended in a thrilling draw in Pallekele on Thursday. The host made a brave bid to chase down a target of 270, reaching 132 for two by tea on the fifth day, before it was pegged back by a three-wicket burst from offspinner Saeed Ajmal. Dinesh Chandimal scored 65 and the prolific Kumar Sangakkara returned unbeaten on 74 as Sri Lanka made 195 for four before the game was called off with nine overs remaining at the Pallekele International Stadium. The rain-hit second Test in Colombo was drawn, while the entire second day’s play in Pallekele had been washed out. Earlier, Asad Shafiq remained unbeaten on 100 as Pakistan declared its second innings at 380 for eight half-anhour before lunch to attempt a series-levelling win. Brett Lee calls it a day Australian pace bowler Brett Lee on Friday announced his retirement from international cricket after a 13-year career, saying his body and mind were no longer up to the stresses of touring. The 35-year-old said a calf muscle strain that forced him home from Australia’s recent one-day tour to Britain was the final straw after a string of setbacks caused by injuries. “I woke up this morning and just felt like I was ready,” Lee said. His original plan had been to play at September’s World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka as his international swansong, he added. “I think, in a team, you have to have 100 per cent commitment — mentally and physically,” he told a press conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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