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India Vs. Australia First Test, Day Three Scorecard 27 Dec 2011 10:56 PM (13 years ago)

Match: 1st Test
Venue: Melbourne | Date: Dec 26-30, 2011
Toss: Australia elected to bat

Day 3 - Stumps
Australia 179-8 (60) | M Hussey 79(134) J Pattinson 3(26)
Partnership: 13 run(s) in 36 ball(s) | This Over: 1,0,0,0,0,3 b
Other innings: Aus inn 1: 333-10 | Ind inn 1: 282-10
 
First Test, Day 3 Scoreboard



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India Vs. Australia First Test, Day Two Scorecard 26 Dec 2011 11:18 PM (13 years ago)

India Vs. Australia First Test, Day Two Scoreboard at Melbourne Cricket Ground


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India Vs. Australia First Test, Day One Scorecard 26 Dec 2011 4:37 AM (13 years ago)

India Vs. Australia First Test, Day One Scoreboard, First Day Score




Australia Team
David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (c), Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Pattinson, Daniel Christian, Mitchell Starc

India Team
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha, Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar

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India and Australia First Test Teams 26 Dec 2011 4:31 AM (13 years ago)

India Vs. Australia 2011 First Test Match Team

First test match will be played at Melbourne stadium on Boxing day 26th Dec. 2011
 
India Teams for First Test: MS Dhoni (Capt. &wk), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Vinaykumar, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, A. Mithun, Ishant Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha and Zaheer Khan.


Australia Team for First Test: Michael Clarke (captain), Ed Cowan, David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Daniel Christian, Brad Haddin, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon.

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India Vs. Australia Test Series & T20 Schedule 26 Dec 2011 4:22 AM (13 years ago)


Match Details
Date & Time
Mon Dec 26 - Fri Dec 30 10:30 local | 23:30 GMT



Tue Jan 3 - Sat Jan 7
10:30 local | 23:30 GMT



3rd Test at W.A.C.A., Perth
Fri Jan 13 - Tue Jan 17
10:30 local | 02:30 GMT



Tue Jan 24 - Sat Jan 28
10:30 local | 00:00 GMT 4th Test


First T 20 at ANZ Stadium, Sydney
19:35 local | 08:35 GMT


19:35 local | 08:35 GMT

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Latest ICC ODI Team Ranking 23 Oct 2011 8:55 PM (13 years ago)

After continuous 4 one day international matches win of India against England, India positioned on the 4th place after south africa with 117 points in ICC ODI ranking.

See the below table for ICC ODI Team ranking and list is last updated on 24th October 2011:

 
Team Matches Points Rating
Australia 32 4124 129
Sri Lanka 28 3327 119
South Africa 21 2458 117
India 38 4446 117
England 34 3639 107
Pakistan 29 2931 101
New Zealand 24 2173 91
West Indies 22 1711 78
Bangladesh 29 1836 63
Zimbabwe 29 1268 44
Ireland 12 492 41
Netherlands 9 137 15
Kenya 7 0 0
 


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CLT20 First Match Scorecard, Trinidad & Tobago vs Ruhuna, Champions League T 20 19 Sep 2011 7:57 AM (13 years ago)

First CLT20 match at Rajiv Gandhi international stadium played between Trinidad & Tobago and Ruhuna on 19th September. Ruhuna is the team from Sri Lanka which is powerful in batting and Trinidad & Tobago is a caribean team.

Ruhuna won the toss and elected bat first and made 138 in 20 overs after loosing 10 wickets.
Trinidad & Tobago easily chase this target and won the match by 5 wickets. Trinidad and Tobago made 144 in just 18.5 overs on 5 wickets.

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CLT T20 2011, Champions League T20 2011 Schedule 14 Sep 2011 4:36 AM (13 years ago)


 After the popularity of IPL T20 (Indian Premium League) another T20 cricket tournament named CLT T20 (Champions league) was started in 2008 in India. In CLT T20 2011 tournament the participant countries are India, England, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies. For the CLT T20 2011 tournament there are qualifying matches which will start from 19th September to 23rd September.
Each participant team will be placed in two groups and each team will play two matches to qualify to go to next group stage matches. Below the CLT T20 2011 Schedule:

Qualifying Pool A
A1 Kolkata Knight Riders (India)
A2 ECB2 (England)
A3 Auckland Aces (New Zealand)

Qualifying Pool B
B1 Trinidad & Tobago (West Indies)
B2 ECB1 (England)
B3 SLC (Sri Lanka)

Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) Qualifier 2011 Matches Schedule:

Date / Time
Match
Teams
Sep 19, 2011
16:00 (IST)
Match 1
(D/N)
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Trinidad and Tobago vs SLC
Sep 19, 2011
20:00 (IST)
Match 2
(D/N)
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Auckland Aces
Sep 20, 2011
16:00 (IST)
Match 3
(D/N)
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Trinidad and Tobago vs ECB1
Sep 20, 2011
20:00 (IST)
Match 4
(D/N)
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
ECB2 vs Auckland Aces
Sep 21, 2011
16:00 (IST)
Match 5
(D/N)
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
ECB1 vs SLC
Sep 21, 2011
20:00 (IST)
Match 6
(D/N)
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Kolkata Knight Riders vs ECB2

And for the Group Stages
 
Top team in Qualifier Pool A go in Q1
Top team in Qualifier Pool B go in Q2
Next High Rank Team will go in Q3
Now have a look at teams in Groups
 
Group A
1. Chennai Super Kings
2. Cape Cobras
3. NSW Blues
4. Mumbai Indians
5. Q2

Group B
1. Royal Challengers Bangalore
2. Warriors
3. South Australian Redbacks
4. Q1
5. Q3

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Live Cricket Streaming 25 Jul 2011 5:22 AM (13 years ago)

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India England Cricket Schedule 2011 13 Jul 2011 5:03 AM (13 years ago)

 
 

Date Local GMT IST Match Details Venue
Jul 21, 2011 11:00 10:00 15:30 England vs India, 1st Test London
Jul 29, 2011 11:00 10:00 15:30 England vs India, 2nd Test Nottingham
Aug 10, 2011 11:00 10:00 15:30 England vs India, 3rd Test Birmingham
Aug 18, 2011 11:00 10:00 15:30 England vs India, 4th Test London
Aug 31, 2011 20:00 19:00 00:30 England vs India, 1st T20 Manchester
Sep 3, 2011 10:45 09:45 15:15 England vs India, 1st ODI Chester-le-Street
Sep 6, 2011 14:30 13:30 19:00 England vs India, 2nd ODI Southampton
Sep 9, 2011 14:30 13:30 19:00 England vs India, 3rd ODI London
Sep 11, 2011 10:45 09:45 15:15 England vs India, 4th ODI London
Sep 16, 2011 14:30 13:30 19:00 England vs India, 5th ODI Cardiff

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India Vs. West Indies 3rd Test Match Score Card 11 Jul 2011 8:17 PM (13 years ago)


INDIA VS WEST INDIES (3rd  TEST)
SCORECARD
  West Indies - 1st Innings Total: 204-10 (76.3) 
D.  Bravo  50 (134)

C.  Baugh  60 (79)
I. Sharma  5/77
P. Kumar  2/22
India - 1st Innings Total: 347-10 (108.2)

M. S. Dhoni  74 (133)
A. Mukund  62 (149)
F. Edwards  5/103
D. Sammy  2/51
West Indies – 2nd Innings Total: 322-10 (131.3)
S. Chanderpaul  117 (343)
K. Edwards  110 (195)
Harbhajan  4/75
S. Raina  2/32
India – 2nd Innings Total: 94-3 (32.0)

M. Vijay  45 (78)
R. Dravid  34* (89)
R. Rampaul  2/31
F. Edwards  1/19
Result : Draw
Man of the match: S. Chanderpaul
Man of the Series: I Sharma  
 

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MS Dhoni Turns 30 7 Jul 2011 8:36 PM (13 years ago)


Wish you Very Very Happy Birthday M.S. Dhoni - the Most successful cool Indian Captain.



Wish Him..

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3rd Test Match - India Vs. West Indies Cricket Test Match 5 Jul 2011 8:47 PM (13 years ago)

PACE & BOUNCE ON OFFER FOR INDIA AGAIN AT ROSEAU GROUND




Another pace filled bouncy wicket awaits India ahead of the 3rd and final test match against the West Indies at Roseau, Dominica. India, though leads the three match test series 1-0 is certainly aware of the inexperience of their batters against some serious pace and bounce. Barring Laxman, Dravid and Raina, the Indian batsmen have struggled to sustain the opposition’s attack on conditions suiting pace & bounce. It will be interesting to see if skipper Dhoni shows further faith on his opening batsman Murali Vijay, who has been the biggest weak link among the two openers. The West Indies would certainly like to exploit these grey areas of the opposition as an attempt to draw level the test series.

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M.S. Dhoni in Time Magazine's Top 100 Infunetial List 22 Apr 2011 8:15 PM (14 years ago)


India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, have put one more Milestone in his career by listing in Time's top 100 influential list. Dhoni is the best captain who made country proud by winning its first World Cup title in 28 years. In Time's top 100 influential people list he ranked above well known international football player Lionel Messi and the most powerful person President Barack Obama .

Time describe Dhoni as someone who is now universally acknowledged as India's best cricket captain ever. This description taken from well know author Chetan Bhagat.

When asked Dhoni his reaction he said "it is good feeling". But I have to try and see if it is true or not, and then prove if I deserve it or not," he added.

Dhoni is the 2nd Player after master blaster Sachin Tendulkar who got listed in Time's Magazine.

Under Dhon Captaincy India Won T20 World Cup, India got positioned as NO.1 Cricket Test Team and become world champion in one day cricket.

Congratulation to Dhoni for his Milestones & India proud on you.

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IPL 2011 Schedule for upcoming Indian Premier League Season 4 has been announced by BCCI. 5 Apr 2011 10:35 PM (14 years ago)

S.Rno Date Local/IST No. Match Details Venue
1 8-Apr-11 20:00 1st Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 1st IPL Chennai
2 9-Apr-11 16:00 2nd Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals, 2nd IPL Hyderabad
3 9-Apr-11 20:00 3rd Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3rd IPL Kochi
4 10-Apr-11 16:00 4th Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians, 4th IPL Delhi
5 10-Apr-11 20:00 5th Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab, 5th IPL Navi Mumbai
6 11-Apr-11 20:00 6th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers, 6th IPL Kolkata
7 12-Apr-11 16:00 7th Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils, 7th IPL Jaipur
8 12-Apr-11 20:00 8th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, 8th IPL Bangalore
9 13-Apr-11 16:00 9th Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings, 9th IPL Mohali
10 13-Apr-11 20:00 10th Pune Warriors vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 10th IPL Navi Mumbai
11 14-Apr-11 20:00 11th Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 11th IPL Hyderabad
12 15-Apr-11 16:00 12th Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 12th IPL Jaipur
13 15-Apr-11 20:00 13th Mumbai Indians vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 13th IPL Hyderabad
14 16-Apr-11 16:00 14th Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 14th IPL Chennai
15 16-Apr-11 20:00 15th Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab, 15th IPL Hyderabad
16 17-Apr-11 16:00 16th Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils, 16th IPL Navi Mumbai
17 17-Apr-11 20:00 17th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, 17th IPL Kolkata
18 18-Apr-11 20:00 18th Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Chennai Super Kings, 18th IPL Kochi
19 19-Apr-11 16:00 19th Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers, 19th IPL Delhi
20 19-Apr-11 20:00 20th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals, 20th IPL Bangalore
21 20-Apr-11 16:00 21st Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors, 21st IPL Mumbai
22 20-Apr-11 20:00 22nd Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 22nd IPL Kolkata
23 21-Apr-11 20:00 23rd Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals, 23rd IPL Mohali
24 22-Apr-11 16:00 24th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 24th IPL Kolkata
25 22-Apr-11 20:00 25th Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, 25th IPL Mumbai
26 23-Apr-11 20:00 26th Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, 26th IPL Delhi
27 24-Apr-11 16:00 27th Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians, 27th IPL Hyderabad
28 24-Apr-11 20:00 28th Rajasthan Royals vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 28th IPL Jaipur
29 25-Apr-11 20:00 29th Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors, 29th IPL Chennai
30 26-Apr-11 20:00 30th Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 30th IPL Delhi
31 27-Apr-11 16:00 31st Pune Warriors vs Chennai Super Kings, 31st IPL Navi Mumbai
32 27-Apr-11 20:00 32nd Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Deccan Chargers, 32nd IPL Kochi
33 28-Apr-11 20:00 33rd Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 33rd IPL Delhi
34 29-Apr-11 16:00 34th Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians, 34th IPL Jaipur
35 29-Apr-11 20:00 35th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors, 35th IPL Bangalore
36 30-Apr-11 16:00 36th Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Delhi Daredevils, 36th IPL Kochi
37 30-Apr-11 20:00 37th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab, 37th IPL Kolkata
38 1-May-11 16:00 38th Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors, 38th IPL Jaipur
39 1-May-11 20:00 39th Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers, 39th IPL Chennai
40 2-May-11 16:00 40th Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, 40th IPL Mumbai
41 2-May-11 20:00 41st Delhi Daredevils vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 41st IPL Delhi
42 3-May-11 20:00 42nd Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 42nd IPL Hyderabad
43 4-May-11 16:00 43rd Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, 43rd IPL Chennai
44 4-May-11 20:00 44th Pune Warriors vs Mumbai Indians, 44th IPL Navi Mumbai
45 5-May-11 16:00 45th Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 45th IPL Kochi
46 5-May-11 20:00 46th Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils, 46th IPL Hyderabad
47 6-May-11 20:00 47th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab, 47th IPL Bangalore
48 7-May-11 16:00 48th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, 48th IPL Kolkata
49 7-May-11 20:00 49th Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, 49th IPL Mumbai
50 8-May-11 16:00 50th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 50th IPL Bangalore
51 8-May-11 20:00 51st Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors, 51st IPL Mohali
52 9-May-11 20:00 52nd Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, 52nd IPL Jaipur
53 10-May-11 16:00 53rd Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors, 53rd IPL Hyderabad
54 10-May-11 20:00 54th Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, 54th IPL Mohali
55 11-May-11 20:00 55th Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 55th IPL Jaipur
56 12-May-11 20:00 56th Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils, 56th IPL Chennai
57 13-May-11 20:00 57th Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kings XI Punjab, 57th IPL Indore
58 14-May-11 16:00 58th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 58th IPL Bangalore
59 14-May-11 20:00 59th Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers, 59th IPL Mumbai
60 15-May-11 20:00 60th Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, 60th IPL Dharmasala
61 15-May-11 20:00 61st Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Rajasthan Royals, 61st IPL Indore
62 16-May-11 20:00 62nd Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers, 62nd IPL Pune
63 17-May-11 20:00 63rd Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 63rd IPL Dharmasala
64 18-May-11 20:00 64th Chennai Super Kings vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 64th IPL Chennai
65 19-May-11 20:00 65th Pune Warriors vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 65th IPL Pune
66 20-May-11 20:00 66th Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, 66th IPL Mumbai
67 21-May-11 16:00 67th Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers, 67th IPL Dharmasala
68 21-May-11 20:00 68th Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors, 68th IPL Delhi
69 22-May-11 16:00 69th Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, 69th IPL Bangalore
70 22-May-11 20:00 70th Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, 70th IPL Kolkata
71 24-May-11 20:00 71st TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 1 IPL Mumbai
72 25-May-11 20:00 72nd TBC vs TBC, Eliminator IPL Mumbai
73
27-May-11 20:00 73rd TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 2 IPL Chennai
74
28-May-11
20:00 Final TBC vs TBC, Final IPL Chennai

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Indian Premier League – Next Level Cricket 28 Oct 2010 3:24 AM (14 years ago)

Indian Premier League concept has emerged with a 20 over matches across various teams with players from all over world. These series was initiated in the year 2008 by Board of Cricket Control for Cricket in India. A big budget series where in the highest paid cricketers were M.S. Dhoni (Former Captain of Indian Team) and Sachin Tendulkar (Does not need any introduction) from India. This is a yearly series and had Four seasons till now. By far the teams were based on the states and bought by few of the superstars and big business entities.
First season started with a bang and was won by Rajasthan Royals under the captaincy of Shane Warne. This team was called the Underdogs as they were the least hyped with best performance.

            Second series held in 2009 happened in South Africa. This was the most talked about event of twenty-twenty cricket era. Again in India people follow cricket as the religion and for the same reason this series got loads of attentions. Viewers in India and across the globe followed each and every match of the series. This time it was Deccan Chargers a team from South India who won the series. Adam Gilchrist was leading the team for this series. Third series was won by Chennai Super Kings with Mahinder Singh Dhoni as the captain for the team in 2010.The 2010 IPL series was played in India. However after the third series the BCCI chief Lalit Modi was in news for quite some time. He was moved out from BCCI. It was around the controversy about two new additions to the series. There were two new teams announced which were Pune and Kochi. Primarily the grapevine was against the money involved and the owners for these new teams. Cricket globally has been in conspiracy yet with maximum viewers and followers across the globe.

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Flintoff’s Cricket Series Over 24 Oct 2010 3:21 AM (14 years ago)


One of the renowned English cricketers Andrew Flintoff has finally decided to give up cricket starting July 2010. Flintoff has been the most versatile player from England Cricket team who was known for fast bowling and superb bating. This all rounder has been a captain for the English team. He has been instrumental in getting winning trophies for England team during his captaincy. His leadership skills and camaraderie have been evident on and off both the fields. England won the Test series against India in 2006 under his guidance and captaincy.

            Flintoff did not have a very great opening as he was selected Under 19 team. He started off performing slowly and gradually got in to a form of best cricket all rounder. For the same reason he faced harsh criticism about his stamina, physic and fitness. However with a Never Say Die spirit he performed against Zimbabwe and gave right off the bat to all those who criticized him. It was a blessing in disguise for him. Then he moved on to the England team and scored a Test century in 2002. He has been a key player in all One day as well as Test series for England.
            He was appointed as a Vice captain for the England team. During this team he bowled with a bang with only 17 runs off his balls.  Flintoff could not keep a very descent track record about his behavior and had been asked to apologize time and again. Then similar to other good cricketers he had ankle injury due to which he could not play in Sri Lanka and New Zealand in 2008. Flintoff is known as second highest wicket taker in England team with 159 wickets in hand. He played in Indian Premier League and was a part of Chennai Super Kings. By the virtue of his performance he asked for the maximum amount and was given as well.

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Cricket World Cup Fever 18 Oct 2010 3:19 AM (14 years ago)

Cricket world cup is the most awaited series across the globe. The series is organized by the International Cricket Council which is responsible for cricket across the globe. The event happens after every four year. Historically it’s not a very old series as the first Cricket World cup took place in the year 1975. It was none other than England – the origin country for Cricket where the event happened.
Cricket teams across the globe should qualify basis criteria to get in to the series. Primarily the test series is the qualifier, however for countries not playing the test series have to get through the One day series. Post these one day matches the countries gets short listed for the semi finals and then finals.

            Historically West Indies, Australia, Srilanka and India have been the strong contenders of the series Trophy. There have been great changes observed by the cricket teams across to win the trophy. Most of the strong contenders have some of the strong players who would get them the desired results on the field. Like in West Indies Clive Lloyd and Vivian Richards had been the key consistent players to fetch the winning trophy twice and that too in an order for the country for first two series. Vivian was given the Man of the Match for the final match for the fantastic performance in the Second World cup series. However third series winning team was Australia with David Boon as the man of the series. Then it was India, Pakistan, Australia again and then Srilanka who won the series in the order respectively. The batting line up, the bowling arrangements, fielding strategy on the floor, so much to say countries like India changed the Cricket Coaches to get the trophy. Traditionally played with 50 Overs One day series this keeps the fun and excitement intact for the viewers.

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Cricket – Controversies 14 Oct 2010 3:15 AM (14 years ago)

Cricket is a sport appreciated all over the world. More than 12 big countries play this game and the cricket series actively every year. There are big events and big awards with big amount involved in the game. Hence this is one sport with lots of controversies. Controversies could be around batsmen, bowlers, captain, fielding on grounds and even around coaches. Most often the bookies who bet on the winning or loosing teams are in news for buying the players from various countries.

            All most players from all the countries have been dragged by these bookies. It started with Hanse Cronje the South African captain who was enticed by an Indian gambler. These gamblers are good in stuffing enough money to the cricketers for which they would easily cheat on their country. Hanse Cronje was allegedly involved in match fixing against India around the one day series played in the year 2000. Although the great player denied his role, however could not prove as he died in a plane crash. Recently a Pakistani match fixing was exposed by one of the cricketer’s girl friend. This girl had informed the news channels that her boyfriend clearly told her that they would not be winning any game in 2010.
            Cricket is followed as a religion in India, however in India there were couple of cricket players found involved in match fixing. Some of them are Mohd. Azaharuddin who was the active captain for the Indian Team. Another one was Ajay Jadeja who was an all rounder and had proved his metal on ground at numerous times. This has to an extent diluted the fun and excitement around Cricket as a sport. Rather viewers have started suspecting most of the players involved in match fixing and not playing with sportsmen spirit. The message is to drive the sport with True spirit and for the nation.

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After Indian Premier League its Champion League in India which has recently started in the second week of September. Originally the concept emerged with the Indian Premier League in year 2008. However took a back seat cause of increase in terrorist activities during this year. So the first series was played in year 2009 in India. The New South Wales was the winners. A cricket series with six million dollars prize money was liked by the viewers across the globe. However Indian viewers had only three Indian teams playing and did not prefer the series so much.

Another fun filled series with cricket players across 12 countries from the world is played in 2010. With ESPN Star sport as channel partner and Amitabh Bacchan the legendary Indian star as the host of the show this league also has great fan following. Official sponsor is one of the leading mobile network companies by the name Bharti Airtel. Legendary music director A.R. Rahman has been roped in for the theme song of the series. This league is also a 20 over match where players from different countries would team up in different teams and then play cricket. Some of the key players are from Sri Lanka, Australia, India, South Africa and West Indies. There are ten teams who would play against each other. These league matches are preferred over the One day cricket as it saves time and doubles the anxiety and excitement of the cricket buffs.

            This series is till ongoing with some new names to Cricket world. Cricket freaks are all set to follow every single match of the series. The fun filled award ceremony and the commentary through out the match makes it more interesting for the viewers. Amitabh Bacchan has a great contribution in raising the rating of the series. Indians follow cricket as a religion and has children playing cricket all over the places be it the lanes, roads and big stadiums.            

man utd vs west ham 15 Sep 2010 9:43 AM (14 years ago)

Grant to use 4-5-1 with nine outfield players to defend when the second block, so we're going to be a problem as the first time. We gave away possession unnecessary, and players must learn to play simple. You can also see how the West Ham midfielder said he was sticking with Scholes and Fletcher near the man marking, which play has been a slow time. I also believe that O'Shea is not wide enough when Nani ran between a defender and left-center back. I think the penalty was immensely encouraged us and helped us play our natural game of many big steps 1:00 to 2:00.
The thing I noticed about West Ham had two things. The first is that we have been able to play long passes with ease. The pass to Rooney Berbatov, who has been excellent for Nani, who shot the ball, which was rejected by mail, or go to Nani Giggs should have scored in a 1-1 situation. Another thing is that there is little danger of West Ham with Cole really miss service. When he has the ball, he would use the ball to himself and does not wait for his teammate.


Ultimately the second half was better, with a medium center West Ham a bit tired and lose concentration, which was very well suited Paul Scholes. This and the knowledge necessary to become a place allowed us to play very smoothly and I thought we could have won 6-0. The second half was brilliant with some great goals from Nani and Berbatov and space and setting in motion when it is necessary to pass through the 70 minutes when SAF knew it was over.


I think West Ham really caused us problems with their 4-5-1 and Fletcher and Scholes marked man. However, their growing lack of concentration and lack of service for Cole was treated well by our players. The only thing I fear is that every time someone is making Scholes seems to diminish our game and the players of West Ham is really good for our strikers and we tend to lose possession easily. Maybe we can put Carrick, Fletcher and Scholes in midfield, but that would mean that Berbatov, who is on fire, you should put aside and not be fair to him. For this situation, I do not know what to do and I am curious what will SAF.

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Cricket History Of Sachin Tendulkar 20 Jul 2010 6:28 AM (14 years ago)

The living legend Sachin is worshipped as God of cricket by the cricket fans. His unmatchable talent has brought him such a credit. He has been an influence for many other young cricketers to pursue a career in cricket.

Sachin started doing records since he was a small child. Even as a school boy he used to score centuries in every innings he participated. He was the youngest player to hit a century in his first-class debut. In 1992, during India’s tour of South Africa, he became the youngest player to score 100 test runs. He is the first overseas- born player to represent Yorkshire in English county championship.



He was rated the World’s no.1 batsman by prestigious Coopers and Lybrands ratings in the next year. He won ICC quarter-final against Australia by scoring 141 out of 128 balls and took four wickets in 1998. He is the fifth player to cross 7,000 runs. With the limited overs he scored 10,000 runs in the cricket history and had also equaled Bradman’s record of 29 test centuries.While playing group matches in 2003 World Cup against Pakistan, he scored his 12,000th ODI run.
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Signing a contract valued 180 crores over 3 years Sachin became the highest earning cricketer in the world. He was named no.1 among his list of best 50 cricketers in the world by the Australian cricketer Shane Warne. He is the first cricketer to score 1,000 runs in a calendar year during separate occasions.

In 1994, he received Arjuna award from the government of India for his achievements in cricket. India’s highest honor of achievements in sports, Rajiv Khel Ratna Award was given to him in 1997. India’s fourth highest civilian award, Padmashri was given in 1999 and he was warded with India’s second highest ward, Padma Vibhusan in the year 2008.

The list is not ended and Sachin will fill it in the near future with his outstanding performances as usual.

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IIFA - Host Special Charity Cricket Match Review 17 Jul 2010 6:13 AM (14 years ago)


As a part of Videocon weekend, IIFA conducted a special charity match at SSC grounds in Colombo, Srilanka from 3rd June to 5th June. The match was played between the Indian Cine stars and The Srilankan cricketers. The Indian actors playing the match include Sharukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh. The Srilankan cricketers Sanath Jayasuriya, Muthaiah Muraldharan, Jayavardhane, Aravind D Silva and Kumara Sangakara also take part. The toss for this celebrity match was done by Bipasha Basu and Sanjay Dutt to add glamour to the match and Chunky Pandey and Javed Jaffrey hosted the match.
Muralidharan commented that playing such a match is an unique opportunity to make friends with the film fraternity of India. Hrithik Roshan and Suniel Shetty captained two bollywood teams and Kumar Sangakara captained the Srilankan cricket team.


Hrithik Roshan’s team emerged as the winner of Oscar IIFA challenge foundation charity match. Suniel Shetty was named the The Videocon Man of The Match (celebrity) and Kumar Sangakara was selected as the Micromax Man of The Match (cricketer). Sonu Sood became the Western Union Reliable Player and the Best Catch went to Upal Chandana. The players were not cared for winning the match as it was played for a noble cause.

The financial resources will be contributed to the ‘Cricket for children’ project where the former child soldiers and vulnerable children are under rehabilitation. This effort is made by the Srilankan Cricket Board, IIFA and UNICEF. Through this the children will be trained as Cricket peer leaders and will be given chance to participate in the celebrity cricket match. Salman Khan, who is the ambassador for IIFA’s charity initiative will contribute 100,000 dollars to rebuild 1,000 homes. 

Te recent war and suppression of Tamils in Srilanka have strained the relation between India and srilanka. This match is expected to build a strong relationship between India and the host country.

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Top test scorers in cricket history? 13 Jul 2010 5:52 AM (14 years ago)

Cricket is the sport with lots of fan followers all over the world. That too in a country like India, it has become a part of life for many Indians. The cricket players have become inspiration for many aspiring young cricketers. The cricket has created lots of records and statistics till date. The most successful team in the cricket history has been the Australian team. It has won 332 matches out of 712 matches totally played with a winning average of 46.6

Donald Bradman, the greatest Australian batsman of all time has got the maximum centuries and has got the batting average of 99.94. He tops the list of players who scored the maximum in the test series with 974 runs (7 innings) against England. Allan Border with 63 half centuries in 156 matches stand first in the category of the highest half- century scorers. The most test centuries were hit by sachin Tendulkar with 47 centuries in 136 matches and Ricky Ponting standing next to him with 39 centuries. Bradman again tops with 12 double centuries and 2 triple centuries in their respective categories.


Sachin recently had overtaken Brian Lara’s record of highest test score (11,953 runs) by scoring 13,447 runs. The highest individual score has been 400 (not out). The record is also held by Brian Lara till now which he scored in the match against England in 2004. This progression was started by Charles Bannerman with 165 runs. The maximum number of runs scored in an over is 28 and this is the record of Brian Lara again. He took 4 fours and 2 sixes in the match played in Johannesburg against the bowling of Robert Peterson in the year 2003. With 56 balls Viv Richards has taken the fastest test centuries against England in Antigua Recreation ground in the year 1985. The maximum numbers of matches have been played by the Australian player Steve Waugh (168) and Sachin holds the next place (166). The previous records are always being beaten by the new coming players and so these records and statistics are also to be changed soon by the next generation cricketers.

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Sourav Ganguly Profile 6 Jul 2010 12:00 AM (14 years ago)

The left hand batsman who took Indian team to the finals of World cup 2003 has got his own fan followers all over the world for his explicit batting style. Rightly called the ‘Prince of Kolkata’ was born on July 8, 1972 in a well sophisticated family in West Bengal to Chandidas and Nirupama Ganguly. As a small child, Ganguly was very mischievous. He loved football than cricket that even today he would rather watch football matches for cricket. He was in football team in school till 13. But he followed his elder brother, Snehasish who himself was a cricketer.

When he was not able to make a good impression on his debut in International
cricket in 1992, many thought that he was out of the game. His comeback was terrific and then made many records including that of the highest score in World cup and in ODI the second highest scorer after Sachin.


Though Sourav was criticized for his bad attitude towards his senior players and termed ‘arrogant’ sometimes, he was proved his proficiency during his captainship of Indian team. The Indian team had its best time during his captainship. He began as the captain of Indian team leading India a series win against South Africa in the one day series of five matches. He was an honest captain who was impartial and pushed his team members to their maximum performance.


Sourav is very religious and never fails to pray before every match. He got married with his childhood friend Dona Roy in 1997 and has a girl named Sana. Whenever he stays in a hotel, he checks in whether the photograph of his wife and daughter is placed in the side table. He has been the ambassador for many brands and had been one of the high paid palyers in the country for the advertisements.

Ganguly bid good bye to the International cricket after the Australia series. Though he scored Zero in his last inning his inspiring sportiveness is undeniable. This prince will remain in the minds of Indian cricket fans for centuries.

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