Australia is currently in the lead with 4 medals, with 2 Gold medals and 2 Silver Medals. Emily Jane Seebohm won a silver medal in the women’s aquatics swimming 200m individual medley event, while Alicia Coutts earned herself a gold medal in the same event.

Canada is 2nd position on the list with a total of 3 medals, including the 1 Gold medals and 3 Bronze medals.

India at 7th position with 4 Medals, including with 2 Silver medals and 2 Bronze medals.

ICC World Twenty20, 2010
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
May 7, 2010
India won the toss and elected to field

India lost their first match of the Super eight to Australia when they were beaten by the Australians in both batting and bowling. India lost by 49 runs.

The opening pair Watson and Warner again proved to be successful for their teams, followed by David Hussey, who has contributed much. Australia under enemy controls the match and stamped his power on the Indian team, which struggled to get hold of the match.

Dirk Nannes and Shaun Tait were simply too fast for the highest order. Lame batsmen jump shots to negotiate the exact bumpers, will bottom out as you play them, lobbed prisoners inside the circle, to a great Yorker and a bit stupid running fearful in, and India were 50 for the seventh M Vijay was just trying to pull Nannes out of, it was Gautam Gambhir ran and held by a bouncer Nanne Suresh Raina followed a top-edged six other than Tait went nowhere, and could even have pretentious his stubble Michael Clarke had not taken skier.

But Rohit Sharma, who played his first game in the competition, played well and made 79 runs in 46 balls.

Australia Innings: -
Shane Watson b Y Pathan 54(32)
David Warner c M Dhoni b Y Singh 72(42)
David Hussey c M Vijay b A Nehra 35(22)
Brad Haddin (wk) st M Dhoni b Y Singh 8(7)
Cameron White not out 5(6)
Michael Hussey b A Nehra 8 (10)
Steven Smith not out 1(1)
Extras: - (w 1) 1
Total: - (5 wkts, 20 ovs) 184

India Innings: -
Murali Vijay c C White b D Nannes 2(7)
Gautam Gambhir c M Hussey b D Nannes 9(10)
Suresh Raina c M Clarke b S Tait 5(5)
Rohit Sharma not out 79(46)
Yuvraj Singh b D Nannes 1(2)
MS Dhoni(c & wk) c D Hussey b S Smith 2(8)
Yusuf Pathan c D Warner b M Johnson 1(5)
Ravindra Jadeja run out (D Hussey) 4(5)
Harbhajan Singh c D Hussey b S Watson 13(11)
Zaheer Khan c M Clarke b S Tait 9(6)
Ashish Nehra b S Tait 0(1)
Extras: – (lb 1, w 9) 10
Total: - (10 wkts, 17.4 ovs) 135

Man Of Match: – David Warner

India vs Australlia 3rd Super 8 Match Video Highlights

The Aussies were considered favorites going into this championship, mostly because of their recent Champions Trophy achievement But the Germans have served a word of warning to remain undefeated. If the Australia goal-scoring skills were exemplified with 12-0 hammering of South Africa, Germany all round skills have come to the fore again and again.

Germany beat European champion England, 4-1 in Thursday’s semifinals, while Australia won 2-1 against the three-world champion in the Netherlands.

Germany’s young team hopes his big match nature to see the recent Australia, which has established little recompense for being among the best teams in the world in the last four decades, and won only one Olympic and one World Cup title.

“Our reliability has been an important factor in this tournament,” said the German captain Max Muller, who is in the middle of the most German players making their first outward show in the World Cup.

Matthias Witthaus Moritz Furst, Jan-Marco Montag are the only players from the 2006 champion team rear in Germany’s squad, which won the Olympic title in Beijing in 2008.

Traditional hockey powerhouses Australia have also been among the most constant in the last three decades. But with only one Olympic gold (2004) showing the taking away of the title win in London 24 years ago, it is clear that they tend to strangle in a disturbing rate.

Under Charlesworth, however, they have shown extraordinary decide in this World Cup. The only bug so far in the competition was the 3-2 defeat of England in the opening match. But they were positively better team today, creating 28 chances against only seven of England. If one factors in the umpiring errors, they were unsuccessful not to get at least one point.

World and Olympic champions Germany played the European champions England, 4-1 in the semifinals Thursday to set up their third successive World Cup in clash with Australia here.

The pre-tournament favorites Aussies played a fast-paced battle to win over a match Netherlands 2-1 in today’s second semi-final excursion in the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.

The final will be played on Saturday. The two teams also played in the finals the last two editions of the World Cup. On both occasions, Germany triumphed over Australia.

Played through the wings with accurate passing and the poisonous invasion, Germany was an enjoyment to look against a team that knocked them into the final of the European Cup just a few months ago. When the Germans got an early goal in the sixth minute through a penalty corner alteration by Jan-Marco Montag, as the unstoppable.

For Australia Luke Doerner scored his seventh chastisement corner of the tournament for the top goal-scorers diagram with Taekema. In form striker Glenn Turner scored the second goal for the Australians to catalog his sixth goal in hockey’s Marquee event.

Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson brought pain and weather delivered rain to cut down the Black Caps‘ reduced run chase at Eden Park.

The visitors posted 7 for 273, but showers in Auckland, which stopped play in the ninth over as the Black Caps’ target was reduced to 266 from 45 overs, everything seemed to be too large, and the skipper came to the crease.

Vettori played a classically inspiring captain’s banks and accelerated and brought the shortfall down to a run-a-ball with 27 needed and one wicket in hand.

It came down to 13 needed from 11 balls when Vettori went over his stumps and tried a shot, he used to great result right through his innings. But this time, when he tried to flip behind square leg, Harris and his stumps were worked up, his fight back ended with 70 from 49 balls, and Australia avoided going down 2-0 with three to play.

The villain-of-the-moment Johnson took four for 51 with the ball as the public jeered him all the time, while Harris was extraordinary with three of the 34.

There were more New Zealand injury dramas, with Ross Taylor, a late extraction due to a hamstring Strain Injury suffered in the opening match in Napier.

A painful Vettori as highly doubtful, has not batted or bowled yesterday, but he bit the bullet when Taylor was scratched.

Man of Match: – Daniel Vettori

South Africa vs Australia 2010 Mens Hockey World Cup Match

Date: 4 March 2010
Venue: Dhyan Chand National Stadium

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The Black Caps followed up Sunday’s super-over victory in their Twenty20 clash with an exciting two hatch win, chasing down Australia’s total of 8-275 with four balls to standby to take a 1-0 lead in the five series.

Man-of-the match Ross Taylor, who stands as a captain for the fresh extraction of Daniel Vettori (neck injury), hammered a run-a-ball 70, while a late cameo from Vettori replaces Scott Styris (49 not out from 34 balls) culminated in him to hit Doug Bollinger a very tall six to win the race.

Shane Bond (11 of eight) was another hero, suggests Shane Watson for two boundaries in the 49th over, when he and Styris took 12 runs from it, and then Styris broken Doug Bollinger over his head for six to send the crowd of 8,257 into frenzy. He struck seven fours and six totals.

It was New Zealand fifth successive one-day international victory over Australia at home and gave them an airborne start in their effort to wrest back the trophy in the five-match series.

Australia Innings:-
Shane Watson 45 (31)

Brad Haddin(wk) 12 (16)

Ricky Ponting(c) 44 (56)

Michael Clarke 22 (31)

Cameron White 33 (49)

Michael Hussey 59 (59)

James Hopes 33 (42)

Mitchell Johnson* 21 (11)

Nathan Hauritz 4 (5)

Ryan Harris* 0 (0)

Extras: (b 1, w 1) 2

Total: (8 wkts, 50 ovs) 275

New Zealand Innings:-
Brendon McCullum(wk) 45 (43)

Peter Ingram 40 (41)

Martin Guptillc 9 (30)

Ross Taylor(c) 70 (71)

James Franklinc 12 (31)

Neil Broom 9 (24)

Scott Styris* 49 (34)

Daryl Tuffey 12 (11)

Tim Southee 2 (3)

Shane Bond* 11 (8)

Extras: (lb 10, w 2) 12

Total: (8 wkts, 49.2 ovs) 281

Man Of Match:- Ross Taylor

Major Dhyan Chand Stadium proves fortunate for the Indians, as India was one of his best performances in a long time in front of great crowds and strike Pakistan 4-1 in, and want to do comparable in Australia to construct their place in the semifinals.

The Indian Frontline led by Prabhjot Singh, Shivendra Singh and Rajpal Singh increase confusion in Pakistan’s ranks with their speedy internal changes that Team India registered their first win on Sunday.

But there is some bad gossip for the Indian camp as a frontward Shivendra Singh was disqualified for two matches in the ongoing competition due to hit out at the Pakistani players for the duration of Sunday’s game.

The “Kookaburra”, as Australians are more generally known, will be eager to put the whole India which is snowed under by the European champions England 2-3 in their opening match of the Hero Honda Cup on Sunday. It’s not that they had a bad day. For enhanced part of the match they had conquered the larger share of ownership, but stumbled at the finish line. They had as a lot of as 14 penalty corners but could change only one. They will be forthcoming the game as a wounded tiger and we have to be more than our best to strike them, “said Thakur.

Teams:

Australia:
Jamie Dwyer (C), Liam De Young, Simon Orchard, Glenn Turner, Robert Hammond, Matthew Butturini, Mark Knowles, Edward Ockenden, Luke Doerner, Grant Schubert, Matthew Swann, Nathan Burgers, George Bazeley, Kieran Govers, Kiel Brown, Graeme Beg bie, Fergus Kavanagh, Desmond Abbott.

India:
Rajpal Singh (C), Adrian D’Souza, Sandeep Singh, Arjun Halappa, Prabhjot Singh, Sardar Singh, Gurwinder Singh Chandi, Deepak Thakur, Sarvanjit Singh, Gurbaj Singh, Tushar Khandker, Sreejesh Raveendran, Shivendra Singh, Bharat Chikara, Dhananjay Mahadik, Vikram Pillay, Danish Mujtaba, Diwakar Ram.

Who fought for 7 to 138 from 20 overs after winning the toss and elected to bat West Indies had not answered for Australia’s opening pair punishes Warner and Allan Border medal champion Shane Watson.

Chasing a target of 139, the opening batsman David Warner hammered 67 from 29 balls to hit time hunting for a regulation.

The result was never in uncertainty after much Warner hit three sixes in Kemar Roach’s opening over, which had gone for 24 totals.

Warner was healthy supported by Shane Watson in the opening position of 99 in 7.4 overs as West Indies tried six different bowlers with no luck.

It was left arm spinner Nikita Miller, who finally completed breakthroughs Warner holing out Kieron Pollard at midwicket boundary.

Watson’s innings was a bit overshadowoveed this point, but he went to 50 from only 26 balls and went on to finish unbeatable on the 62.

West Indies Innings:
Chris Gayle(c) c S Smith b R Harris12 (14)

Travis Dowlin c S Smith b D Christian 31 (32)

Runako Morton c C White b R Harris 0 (1)

Kieron Pollard b S Watson 5 (9)

Wavell Hinds run out (C White/S Smith) 0 (2)

Dwayne Smith c D Warner b D Christian 8 (10)

Narsingh Deonarine not out 36 (29)

Denesh Ramdin (wk) c D Warner b S Tait 9 (12)

Darren Sammy not out 26 (11)

Extras: (lb 5, w 6) 11

Total: (7 wkts, 20 ovs) 138

Australia Innings:
Shane Watson not out 62 (33)

David Warner c K Pollard b N Miller 67 (29)

Brad Haddin (wk) c R Morton b N Miller 6 (6)

Daniel Christian not out 4 (2)

Extras: (w 3) 3

Total: (2 wkts, 11.4 ovs) 142

West Indies bowled a tight line and length during the day as Australia struggled to get started on a sluggish pitch. Michael Clark injured around for his runs while Hussey deliver a breed at the end. Ryan Harris scored 18 in the final over to push Australia to the 225th West Indies bowler has done its job, the batsmen now match their work. Rain Delays the Match: Hussey, who came without delay before a 20-minute rain break, worked unbreakable while James Hopes chipped in a luxurious 30th The batting Power Play was taken in the 45th over, but even that does not generate a downpour of runs and four gates went down .

Australia Squad: Tim Paine (wk), Adam Voges, Ricky Ponting , Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris, Nathan Hauritz, Doug Bollinger

West Indies Squad: Chris Gayle , Travis Dowlin, Lendl Simmons, Narsingh Deonarine, Wavell Hinds, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Dwayne Smith, Darren Sammy, Ravi Rampaul, Nikita Miller.