Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of the charity T20 match between Help for Heroes XI and Rest of World XI at The Oval on Thursday. The teams are all set to include cricket’s mega stars in the form of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Brendon McCullum, along with the other cricketing legends in the form of Andrew Strauss, Graeme Smith, and Herschelle Gibbs. The match is being played in order to raise money and support the wounded, injured and sick service personnel along with their families. The Twenty20 match between the incredible Help for Heroes Cricket Club and the England Physical Disability Team is a form to entertain them apart from just hjelping them as well. The players participating in the match were a part of gala dinner as well a day before the game, hosted by Prime Minister, David Cameron at 10 Downing Street, which also turned out to be the eve of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The match expects to be a cracker and there already is a hype regarding the macth all around the world. Catch all the updates here.
A few false shots from McCullum and a couple of wides from Mahmood to boot.But the Black Cap is off the mark now with a single.
— Cricket For Heroes (@CricketforH4H) September 17, 2015
LIVE CRICKET SCORE ROW 97/3 in 14 overs: GONE! Brain Lara has been dismissed for mere 16 and ROW are three down as Andrew Strauss has caught a stunner. Brendon McCullum is the new man in as things could start to get interesting from hereon.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE ROW 96/2 in 13 overs: So we are done with 13 overs of the game and ROW are going good on 96 for the loss of 2 as Lara is on 16 and Jayawardene is on 22.
Huge 6 from @MahelaJay over long on off Senneck. Lovely shot from the great man. Moves to 19.
— Cricket For Heroes (@CricketforH4H) September 17, 2015
Swann is sweeped for 4 by @MahelaJay One of the most elegant batsman in the game. 82-2.
— Cricket For Heroes (@CricketforH4H) September 17, 2015
LIVE CRICKET SCORE ROW 76/2 in 11 overs: GONE! Matthew Hayden falls for 36 to Graeme Swann as MS Dhoni has stumped him. As usual, it’s high patrol area for Dhoni and any mistake by the batsman would be fatal for him as Dhoni is certainly a predator in the zone. Mahela Jayawardene is the new man in.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE ROW 65/1 in 9 overs: The 50 partnership is up between the two batsmen as as the score reads 65 for the loss of a wicket in the form of South African great Graeme Smith. As the spinners continue to bowl, the batsmen are set to take them apart.
Hayden clatters the ball through legside for 4. Moves to 30. Next ball a half chance for Strauss but he fails the gather the catch off Hoggy
— Cricket For Heroes (@CricketforH4H) September 17, 2015
LIVE CRICKET SCORE ROW 57/1 in 8 overs: Tight over from Graeme Swann as just five runs have come so fasr in this over. However, it’s more to come from the batsman as everyone is well aware of the class of Hayden and Lara.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE ROW 52/1 in 7 overs: 50 up for the ROW as Hayden (24) and Lara (8) are taking apart the bowlers. Seven overs for the first 50 and with 13 overs to go, it’s still early to call about a possible score.
Here comes Hoggy to bowl the 7th over. RoW 45-1. pic.twitter.com/PCHf85WFK3
— Cricket For Heroes (@CricketforH4H) September 17, 2015
LIVE CRICKET SCORE ROW 45/1 in 6 overs: As said earlier, Matthew Hayden seems to be on a roll here as he is indeed attacking the bowlers and is dealing in boundaries with already a huge six coming on the last over. Lara too is looking to play his natural attacking game as Brad Hogg is into the attack.
What a sight.The @KiaOvalEvents looking splendid this evening! pic.twitter.com/T49fbhQmXn
— Cricket For Heroes (@CricketforH4H) September 17, 2015
LIVE CRICKET SCORE ROW 30/1 in 5 overs: Five overs have been bvowled so far, and ROW have been off to a steady start so far, although they have lost a wicket. Hayden and Lara are batting cout comfortably so far, with Azhar Mahmood bowling as Hayden seems to be taking on the bowlers.
A great sight for @DGoughie as he sends @GraemeSmith49‘s middle stump cartwheeling at the Oval #cricketforheroes pic.twitter.com/JlYkxz72mK
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) September 17, 2015
LIVE CRICKET SCORE ROW 17/1 in 4 overs: OUT! Graeme Smith is gone as ROW have lost their opening wicket, courtesy of Darren Gough. Brian Lara is the new man in along with Matthew Hayden.
and we are off..What an occasion!!! @HelpforHeroes pic.twitter.com/PR3Odr6nQ9
— Annie (@AnnieCricket) September 17, 2015
Darren Gough will open the bowling.Smith & Hayden opening the batting for RoW. pic.twitter.com/u1Y5y0OUiy
— Cricket For Heroes (@CricketforH4H) September 17, 2015
Here’s the teams together ahead of the match starting in 20mins. #cricketforheroes pic.twitter.com/dYRZwrx169
— Cricket For Heroes (@CricketforH4H) September 17, 2015
A picture for our Indian followers. #Dhoni #Sehwag #cricketforheroes pic.twitter.com/ESV4dNxGoz
— Cricket For Heroes (@CricketforH4H) September 17, 2015
Toss: ROW (Bat)
Teams:
Help for Heroes XI: Andrew Strauss (c), Herschelle Gibbs, Virender Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Damien Martyn, Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Parker, Corporal Jake Wray, Shahid Afridi, Graeme Swann, Simon Jones, Matthew Hoggard, Darren Gough.
Management: David Gower and Michael Holding.
Rest of the World XI: Brendon McCullum (c), Matthew Hayden, Graeme Smith, Mahela Jayawardene, Major Storm Green, Brian Lara, Abdul Razzaq, Scott Styris, Dan Vettori, Tim Southee, Shapoor Zadran.
Management: Gary Kirsten; Manager: Sunil Gavaskar.
