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Scorecard - India vs Pakistan semifinal match

2011-03-30T10:54:00.001-07:00

Finally India has won this much hyped contest and booked their place in World Cup finals against in-form Srilanka. India won the match by 29 runs and pakistani team getting all0out for 231 runs only.

CHEERS TO TEAM INDIA !! and BEST OF LUCK FOR THE FINALS!!

Match Full Scorecard:

India Innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Virender Sehwag	lbw b Wahab Riaz	38	25	9	0	152.00
Sachin Tendulkar	c S Afridi b S Ajmal	85	115	11	0	73.91
Gautam Gambhir	st K Akmal b M Hafeez	27	32	2	0	84.37
Virat Kohli	c U Akmal b W Riaz	9	21	0	0	42.85
Yuvraj Singh	b Wahab Riaz	0	1	0	0	0.00
MS Dhoni (C) (W)	lbw b Wahab Riaz	25	42	2	0	59.52
Suresh Raina	Not Out	36	38	3	0	92.31
Harbhajan Singh	st K Akmal b S Ajmal	12	15	2	0	80.00
Zaheer Khan	c K Akmal b W Riaz	9	10	1	0	90.00
Ashish Nehra	run out (Kamran Akmal)	1	2	0	0	50.00
Munaf Patel	Not Out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0,lb 8,w 8, nb 2)	18
Total	(9 wickets; 50.0 overs)	260	(5.20 runs per over)

Fall of Wickets (India):

1-48 (Sehwag, 5.5 ov), 2-116 (Gambhir, 18.5 ov), 3-141 (Kohli, 25.2 ov), 4-141 (Yuvraj Singh, 25.3 ov), 5-187 (Tendulkar, 36.6 ov), 6-205 (Dhoni, 41.4 ov), 7-236 (Harbhajan Singh, 46.4 ov), 8-256 (Khan, 49.2 ov), 9-258 (Nehra, 49.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Umar Gul	8	0	69	0	8.62	(nb 2 w 1)
Abdul Razzaq	2	0	14	0	7.00
Wahab Riaz	10	0	46	5	4.60	(w 4)
Saeed Ajmal	10	0	44	2	4.40	(w 2)
Shahid Afridi	10	0	45	0	4.50
Mohammad Hafeez	10	0	34	1	3.40

Pakistan Innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Kamran Akmal (W)	c Y Singh b Z Khan	19	21	3	0	90.48
Mohammad Hafeez	c MS Dhoni b Munaf Patel	43	59	7	0	72.88
Asad Shafiq	b Yuvraj Singh	30	39	2	0	76.92
Younus Khan	c S Raina b Y Singh	13	32	0	0	40.63
Misbah-ul-Haq	c V Kohli b Z Khan	56	76	5	1	73.68
Umar Akmal	b Harbhajan Singh	29	24	1	2	120.83
Abdul Razzaq	b Munaf Patel	3	9	0	0	33.33
Shahid Afridi (C)	c V Sehwag b H Singh	19	17	1	0	111.76
Wahab Riaz	c S Tendulkar b A Nehra	8	14	1	0	57.14
Umar Gul	lbw b Ashish Nehra	2	3	0	0	66.67
Saeed Ajmal	Not Out	1	5	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 0,lb 0,w 8, nb 0)	8
Total	(All Out; 49.5 overs)	231	(4.63 runs per over)

Fall of Wickets (Pakistan) –
1-44 (Kamran Akmal, 8.6 ov), 2-70 (Mohammad Hafeez, 15.3 ov), 3-103 (Asad Shafiq, 23.5 ov), 4-106 (Younis Khan, 25.4 ov), 5-142 (Umar Akmal, 33.1 ov), 6-150 (Abdul Razzaq, 36.2 ov), 7-184 (Shahid Afridi, 41.5 ov), 8-199 (Wahab Riaz, 44.5 ov), 9-208 (Umar Gul, 46.1 ov), 10-231 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 49.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Zaheer Khan	9.5	0	58	2	5.90	(w 2)
Ashish Nehra	10	0	33	2	3.30	(w 1)
Munaf Patel	10	1	40	2	4.00	(w 1)
Harbhajan Singh	10	0	43	2	4.30
Yuvraj Singh	10	1	57	2	5.70

India in driver's seat PAK now 6 down

2011-03-30T09:05:00.001-07:00

Harbhajan Singh took crucial wicket of Umar Akmal and turned the match into favour of India again.

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 19 catch (Yuvraj) bowling (Zaheer Khan)
Hafeez- 43 catch (Dhoni) bowling (Munaf Patel)
Asad Shafiq - 30 bowled (Yuvraj)
Younis Khan - 13 catch (Raina) bowl (Yuvraj)
Misbah-ul-haq - 12*
Umar Akmal - 29 bowled (Harbhajan)
Abdul Razzaq - 3 bowled (Munaf Patel)
Afridi - 1*

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 5-0-27-1
A Nehra - 7-0-22-0
Yuvraj - 8-1-39-2
Munaf - 9-1-33-2
Harbhajan - 8-0-33-1

2011-03-30T07:35:00.001-07:00

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Pakistan 77/2 after 17 overs

2011-03-30T07:32:00.001-07:00

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 19 catch (Yuvraj) bowling (Zaheer Khan)
Hafeez- 43 catch (Dhoni) bowling (Munaf Patel)
Asad Shafiq - 13
Younis Khan - 2

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 3-0-17-1
A Nehra - 4-0-16-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 6-1-26-1
Harbhajan - 4-0-18-0

PAK 72/2 after 16 overs

2011-03-30T07:29:00.001-07:00

Munaf Patel strikes on his third ball and Hafeez has to go back to dressing room, Time for India to pounce back now by not allowing batsman to settle.

Younis Khan comes for bat, 2 Run from the over.

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 19 catch (Yuvraj) bowling (Zaheer Khan)
Hafeez- 43 catch (Dhoni) bowling (Munaf Patel)
Asad Shafiq - 8
Younis Khan - 2

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 3-0-17-1
A Nehra - 4-0-16-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 6-1-26-1
Harbhajan - 3-0-13-0

15 overs gone PAK 70/1

2011-03-30T07:20:00.001-07:00

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 19 catch (Yuvraj) bowling (Zaheer Khan)
Hafeez- 43
Asad Shafiq - 8

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 3-0-17-1
A Nehra - 4-0-16-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 5-1-24-0
Harbhajan - 3-0-13-0

PAK 63/1 after 14 overs

2011-03-30T07:17:00.001-07:00

EXCELLENT maiden over by Munaf Patel too good for Shafiq to play
Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 19 catch (Yuvraj) bowling (Zaheer Khan)
Hafeez- 41
Asad Shafiq - 3

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 3-0-17-1
A Nehra - 4-0-16-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 5-1-24-0
Harbhajan - 2-0-6-0

Tidy over by Bhajji PAK 63/1 after 13 overs

2011-03-30T07:13:00.001-07:00

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 19 catch (Yuvraj) bowling (Zaheer Khan)
Hafeez- 41
Asad Shafiq - 3

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 3-0-17-1
A Nehra - 4-0-16-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 4-0-24-0
Harbhajan - 2-0-6-0

PAK - 59/1 after 12 overs

2011-03-30T07:10:00.001-07:00

harbhajan will continue next over.

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 19 catch (Yuvraj) bowling (Zaheer Khan)
Hafeez- 39
Asad Shafiq - 1

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 3-0-17-1
A Nehra - 4-0-16-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 4-0-24-0
Harbhajan - 1-0-2-0

Pakistan 54/1 in 11 overs

2011-03-30T07:07:00.001-07:00

Harbhajan Singh bowls a tidy over, just 2 runs coming.

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 19 catch (Yuvraj) bowling (Zaheer Khan)
Hafeez- 34
Asad Shafiq - 1

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 3-0-17-1
A Nehra - 4-0-16-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 3-0-19-0
Harbhajan - 1-0-2-0

Pakistan 52/1 in 10 overs

2011-03-30T07:02:00.001-07:00

Hafeez is looking dangerous by the way he is batting, full of confidence. Two boundaries coming in the over as Pakistan crosses 50 in 10 overs.

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 19 catch (Yuvraj) bowling (Zaheer Khan)
Hafeez- 33
Asad Shafiq -

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 3-0-17-1
A Nehra - 4-0-16-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 3-0-19-0
Harbhajan -

kamran Akmal departs Pak - 44/1 after 9 overs

2011-03-30T06:57:00.001-07:00

Asad Shafiq walks in next.

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 19 catch (yuvraj) bowling Zaheer
Hafeez- 25

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 3-0-17-1
A Nehra - 4-0-16-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 2-0-11-0
Harbhajan -

8 overs gone Pakistan 43/0

2011-03-30T06:52:00.001-07:00

Zaheer Khan comes back into attack.

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 19
Hafeez- 24

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 2-0-16-0
A Nehra - 4-0-16-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 2-0-11-0
Harbhajan -

Pakistan 38/0 in 7 overs

2011-03-30T06:47:00.001-07:00

Good over for Pakistan 9 runs coming of it, 2 boundaries scored.

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 19
Hafeez- 19

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 2-0-16-0
A Nehra - 3-0-11-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 2-0-11-0
Harbhajan -

Pakistan 29/0 after 6 overs

2011-03-30T06:43:00.001-07:00

Excellent 6th over by Nehra just 1 run off it
Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 15
Hafeez- 14

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 2-0-16-0
A Nehra - 3-0-11-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 1-0-2-0
Harbhajan -

Pak - 28/0 after 5 overs

2011-03-30T06:39:00.001-07:00

Good first over by Munaf jus 2 runs of it.
Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 15
Hafeez- 13

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 2-0-16-0
A Nehra - 2-0-10-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf - 1-0-2-0
Harbhajan -

Pakistan 26/0 in 4 overs

2011-03-30T06:33:00.001-07:00

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 13
Hafeez- 13

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 2-0-16-0
A Nehra - 2-0-10-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf -
Harbhajan -

Pakistan starts well 20 runs in 3 overs 20/0

2011-03-30T06:29:00.001-07:00

Pakistan Innings-

Batting-
Kamran Akmal - 12
Hafeez- 8

Bowling
Zaheer Khan- 2-0-16-0
A Nehra - 1-0-4-0
Yuvraj -
Munaf -
Harbhajan -

Pakistan needs 261 runs to win and reach Finals

2011-03-30T05:54:00.000-07:00

End of indian innings and we have a good match on, tune in for second innings also till then gear up with your eating stuff.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 85 catch Afridi, bowling Ajmal
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 25 lbw RIAZ
Raina - 36*
harbhajan - 12 st Akmal bowling Ajmal
Zaheer - 9 Run Out
munaf - 0*

Bowling-
Gul- 8 over 69 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 10 over - 46 runs - 5 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 10 over 44 runs - 2 wicket
Afridi - 10 over 45 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

Dhoni failed again and in the end it was left to Raina to add some useful runs. At one stage what looked like a score of over 320 when the Sehwag was on the rampage ended up on 260. Will that be enough? It looks like 20 runs short at least.

A collapse after being in the box seat has put India in a dicey situation in this crucial semi-final. It happened against England, then against South Africa and now. But one has to give full credit to Riaz for bringing his side back into the game with a terrific spell. He sent back Kohli and Yuvraj off consecutive balls and that set India back. Sachin Tendulkar perhaps played the patchiest innings of his ODI life - having been dropped 4 times and surviving a couple of close calls. All the 4 catches were easy ones too. Pakistan finally sent him back via a catch by Afridi.

250 up for India 256/7 in 49 overs

2011-03-30T05:45:00.000-07:00

Good powerplay for India this time :)
Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 85 catch Afridi, bowling Ajmal
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 25 lbw RIAZ
Raina - 33
harbhajan - 12 st Akmal bowling Ajmal
Zaheer - 9

Bowling-
Gul- 8 over 69 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 9 over - 42 runs - 4 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 10 over 44 runs - 2 wicket
Afridi - 10 over 45 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

India 246/7 after 48 overs

2011-03-30T05:39:00.000-07:00

Umar Gul to bowl next over.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 85 catch Afridi, bowling Ajmal
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 25 lbw RIAZ
Raina - 25
harbhajan - 12 st Akmal bowling Ajmal
Zaheer - 7

Bowling-
Gul- 7 over 59 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 9 over - 42 runs - 4 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 10 over 44 runs - 2 wicket
Afridi - 10 over 45 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

Harbhajan goes India 238/7 after 47 overs

2011-03-30T05:34:00.000-07:00

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 85 catch Afridi, bowling Ajmal
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 25 lbw RIAZ
Raina - 23
harbhajan - 12 st Akmal bowling Ajmal
Zaheer - 1

Bowling-
Gul- 7 over 59 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 8 over - 35 runs - 4 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 10 over 44 runs - 2 wicket
Afridi - 10 over 45 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

Good over for India 235/6 after 46

2011-03-30T05:28:00.000-07:00

Expensive over by Gul , 3 boundaries coming of it.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 85 catch Afridi, bowling Ajmal
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 25 lbw RIAZ
Raina - 23
harbhajan - 12

Bowling-
Gul- 7 over 59 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 8 over - 35 runs - 4 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 9 over 41 runs - 1 wicket
Afridi - 10 over 45 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

India 221/6 after 45 overs

2011-03-30T05:20:00.000-07:00

A boundary after 15 overs and much needed from the blade of Harbhajan Singh.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 85 catch Afridi, bowling Ajmal
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 25 lbw RIAZ
Raina - 14
harbhajan - 8

Bowling-
Gul- 6 over 45 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 8 over - 35 runs - 4 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 9 over 41 runs - 1 wicket
Afridi - 10 over 45 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

44 overs gone India 213/6

2011-03-30T05:13:00.000-07:00

couple of wide deliveries helps India. India takes batting powerplay 45-49 over

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 85 catch Afridi, bowling Ajmal
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 25 lbw RIAZ
Raina - 12
harbhajan - 4

Bowling-
Gul- 6 over 45 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 8 over - 35 runs - 4 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 8 over 33 runs - 1 wicket
Afridi - 10 over 45 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

India in trouble as Dhoni vanishes 207/6 after 43 overs

2011-03-30T05:08:00.000-07:00

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 85 catch Afridi, bowling Ajmal
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 25 lbw RIAZ
Raina - 11
harbhajan - 1

Bowling-
Gul- 6 over 45 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 7 over - 29 runs - 4 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 6 over 28 runs
Afridi - 10 over 45 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

India 200 up at 40 over mark

2011-03-30T05:01:00.000-07:00

200 comes up for India in the over CHEERS

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 85 catch Afridi, bowling Ajmal
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 22
Raina - 8

Bowling-
Gul- 6 over 45 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 6 over 28 runs
Afridi - 10 over 45 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

India 195/5 in 39 overs

2011-03-30T04:50:00.001-07:00

Nice over again by Ajmal.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 85 catch Afridi, bowling Ajmal
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 20
Raina - 5

Bowling-
Gul- 6 over 45 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 6 over 28 runs
Afridi - 9 over 40 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

India 189/5 after 38 overs

2011-03-30T04:47:00.001-07:00

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 85 catch Afridi, bowling Ajmal
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 18
Raina - 1

Bowling-
Gul- 6 over 45 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 5 over 22 runs
Afridi - 9 over 40 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

India 187/5 after 37 overs- Sachin departs

2011-03-30T04:43:00.000-07:00

Just 2 runs of the over. + wicket of Sachin

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 85
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 17

Bowling-
Gul- 6 over 45 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 5 over 22 runs
Afridi - 8 over 38 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

36 overs gone and India 185/4

2011-03-30T04:39:00.000-07:00

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 84
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 16

Bowling-
Gul- 6 over 45 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 8 over 38 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

35 overs gone India 182/4

2011-03-30T04:36:00.000-07:00

Hafeez finishes a wonderful spell 10-0-34-1, Sachin gets another lifeline on last ball.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 82
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 15

Bowling-
Gul- 6 over 45 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 7 over 36 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 10 over - 34 runs - 1 wicket

34 overs completed India 176/4

2011-03-30T04:31:00.000-07:00

Back after the drinks break, Dhoni and sachin are doing their best to bring Indian innings in cruise mode. Tendulkar missed a free hit in the over :(

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 77
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 15

Bowling-
Gul- 6 over 45 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 7 over 36 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 9 over - 29 runs - 1 wicket

End of over 33 India 173/4

2011-03-30T04:24:00.001-07:00

Excellent over by Hafeez just 2 runs from it.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 76
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 14

Bowling-
Gul- 5 over 42 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 7 over 36 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 9 over - 29 runs - 1 wicket

End of over 32 India 171/4

2011-03-30T04:20:00.000-07:00

nice comeback by Gul after hammering in first spell.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 75
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 13

Bowling-
Gul- 5 over 42 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 7 over 36 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 8 over - 27 runs - 1 wicket

31 overs gone India 170/4

2011-03-30T04:16:00.000-07:00

Umal Gul comes back into attack would bowl 32nd over

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 75
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 12

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 7 over 36 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 8 over - 27 runs - 1 wicket

Boundary after a long time - India 168/4 after 30 overs

2011-03-30T04:13:00.000-07:00

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 75
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 11

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 7 over 36 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 7 over - 25 runs - 1 wicket

1 run from over India 161/4 after 29

2011-03-30T04:10:00.000-07:00

That was excellent stuff from hafeez only 1 run coming from the over. Afridi comes back into attack.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 68
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 11

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 6 over 29 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 7 over - 25 runs - 1 wicket

India 160/4 after 28 overs

2011-03-30T04:06:00.001-07:00

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 67
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 11

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 6 over - 24 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 6 over 29 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 6 over - 24 runs - 1 wicket

India 150/4 in 27 overs

2011-03-30T04:02:00.001-07:00

150 comes up for India in 27 overs with 4 wickets down.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 61
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 8

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 5 over - 17 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 6 over 29 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 6 over - 24 runs - 1 wicket

Virat Kohli, Yuvraj departs as India 146/4 - over 26

2011-03-30T03:59:00.000-07:00

Double blow for team India first Kohli and now in form batsman Yuvraj singh out for a first ball duck, Pakistan has come back nicely in game.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 60
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9 catched by Umar Akmal bowling RIAZ
YuvRaj Singh - 0 bowled RIAZ
MS Dhoni - 4

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 5 over - 17 runs - 3 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 6 over 29 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 5 over - 19 runs - 1 wicket

half way down the for first innings India 141/2

2011-03-30T03:51:00.000-07:00

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 60
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 9

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 4 over - 13 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 6 over 29 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 5 over - 19 runs - 1 wicket

24 overs gone India 136/2

2011-03-30T03:48:00.000-07:00

Sensible batting by Indians

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 58
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 6

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 4 over - 14 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 6 over 29 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 4 over - 14 runs - 1 wicket

23 overs gone India133/2

2011-03-30T03:44:00.000-07:00

Good over by Hafeez only 3 runs coming of it. Wahab Riaz will bowl next over

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 57
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 4

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 6 over 29 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 4 over - 14 runs - 1 wicket

22 gone India 130/2 10 runs from over

2011-03-30T03:41:00.000-07:00

Boundary in this over came after a long time. Good over for India with 10 runs coming of it.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 56
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 2

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 6 over 29 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 3 over - 11 runs - 1 wicket

21 overs gone India 120/2

2011-03-30T03:38:00.000-07:00

Runrate has come under 6 now for india.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 47
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 1

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 5 over 19 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 3 over - 11 runs - 1 wicket

Over 20 ends india 119/2

2011-03-30T03:36:00.000-07:00

Good over by Afridi again only 3 runs coming of it.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 46
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli - 1

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 5 over 19 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 2 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket

With end of over 19 India 116/2 Gambhir out

2011-03-30T03:34:00.000-07:00

Gambhir is OUT!!
Stumped as crowd goes silent, The partener ship is broken and we have new batsman Virat Kohli in Middle.

Gauti - 27 runs in 32 balls

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 45
Gambhir - 27 stump Kamran, bowl Hafeez
Virat Kohli

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 4 over 16 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 2 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket

Over 18 ends - 4 runs from over 114/1

2011-03-30T03:29:00.000-07:00

4 runs coming of this over in a boundary.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 43
Gambhir - 27

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 4 over 16 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 1 over 8 runs

End of over 17 India 110/1

2011-03-30T03:27:00.000-07:00

With 8 runs coming of the over and partener ship building between these two batsman, India is backing themselves on strong batting foundation now.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 39
Gambhir - 26

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 3 over 12 runs
Mohammad Hafeez - 1 over 8 runs

Over 16 ends India 102/1

2011-03-30T03:22:00.001-07:00

India is maintaining rr of over 6 runs per over and are at 102/1 after 16 overs.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 38
Gambhir - 19

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 3 over 12 runs

Over 15 ends India 99/1

2011-03-30T03:20:00.001-07:00

end of over 15 India just shy of 100 score 99/1

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 37
Gambhir - 18

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 4 over 20 runs
Afridi - 2 over 9 runs

Over 14 ends Sachin survives a drop chance 90/1

2011-03-30T03:12:00.000-07:00

Looks like luck is today with Sachin tendulkar as he survives a simple drop by Misbah.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 29
Gambhir - 16

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 3 over 11 runs
Afridi - 2 over 9 runs

India 84/1 after 13 overs

2011-03-30T03:09:00.000-07:00

India going along nicely with sensible play from gauti and Sachin.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 27
Gambhir - 12

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 3 over 11 runs
Afridi - 1 over 3 runs

End of over 12 India 79/1

2011-03-30T03:06:00.000-07:00

The runrate is now slowing down and coming to run a ball levels. Afridi finishes his first over.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 26
Gambhir - 8

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 2 over 6 runs
Afridi - 1 over 3 runs

India 76/1 after 11 overs

2011-03-30T03:00:00.000-07:00

Pakistan takes bowling powerplay. Tendulkar surviving a LBW decision in review and a stumping chance. Saeed Ajmal bowls a nice over.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 24
Gambhir - 7

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 2 over 6 runs

It's 73/1 after 10 overs for India

2011-03-30T02:52:00.000-07:00

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 23
Gambhir - 6

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Wahab Riaz - 3 over - 10 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 1 over 3 runs

India 68/1 after over 9

2011-03-30T02:49:00.000-07:00

Saeed Ajmal comes to bowl, things have slowed down a bit, India is still going strongly.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 23
Gambhir - 5

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Riaz - 2 over - 9 runs - 1 wicket
Saeed Ajmal - 1 over 3 runs

End of over 8 for India score - 65/1

2011-03-30T02:44:00.000-07:00

looks like Tendulkar has taken charge from where Sehwag left but he is playing much sensible as he should and he always is playing from last 20 years.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 23
Gambhir - 2

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Riaz - 2 over - 9 runs - 1 wicket

50 up for team india - end of over 7 - 57/1

2011-03-30T02:40:00.000-07:00

So the dangerous looking Sehwag is back to the pavilion and Gambhir is out there in middle with Sachin tendulkar. The foundation is laid and other batsman have to capitalize, looks like 300 is on cards, though it's too early to say that.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 15
Gambhir - 2

Bowling-
Gul- 4 over 41 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Riaz - 1 over - 1 run - 1 wicket

End of over 6 , India 1 down now Sehwag out 49/1

2011-03-30T02:36:00.000-07:00

Loks like the day belongs to Viru, who is murdering Pakistani bowlers like street bowlers, Gul being in front in line of fire. Sehwag out LBW.

Batting-
Sehwag- 38 bowled Riaz
Tendulkar- 8
Gambhir - 1

Bowling-
Gul- 3 over 33 runs
Razzaq- 2 overs 14 runs
Riaz - 1 over - 1 run - 1 wicket

Over 5 ends India 47/0

2011-03-30T02:28:00.000-07:00

Gul baowled first three balls nicely but fourth ball again went to the boundary, Sehwag on fire. Two fours coming in this over

Batting-
Sehwag - 38
Tendulkar - 8

Bowling-
Gul - 3 overs - 33 runs

End of over 4 India 39/0 -Sehwag on Rampage, Sachin joins the party

2011-03-30T02:22:00.000-07:00

Sehwag 30
Tendulkar 8

and it'a again Gul for the next over CHEERS

End of over 3 India - 27/0

2011-03-30T02:18:00.000-07:00

The over belonged to Sehwag, Gul is now in pressure and might not get next over.

India 27/0 end of over 3

Sehwag - 25
Tendulkar - 1

over 2 - India 6/0

2011-03-30T02:13:00.000-07:00

Tendulkar -1
Sehwag - 5

Razzaq 1-2 runs

Live commentary over by over over 1 ends

2011-03-30T02:10:00.000-07:00

India 4/0
Sehwag - 4

Gul 1 over 4 runs

Toss - India wins elects to bat

2011-03-30T01:44:00.000-07:00

India wins the toss - elects to bat Nehra in Ashwin out, Akhtar not in playing 11 for pakistan

End of era for Australia cricket

2011-03-28T09:15:00.001-07:00

Ricky Ponting doesn't think Australia bowing out of the World Cup marks the end of an era, but it's impossible to come to any other conclusion. For more than a decade, Australia have owned all sorts of silverware, Cricket Australia's headquarters in Melbourne more a trophy cabinet than an office. Now, the last of those major prizes is finding a new home after 12 years in Australian hands.

Canada v/s Zimbabwe world Cup match highlights

2011-03-02T01:52:00.000-08:00

Minnows Zimbabwe defeated Canada comprehensively in their group A clash. Zimbabwe won the match by 175 runs and T Taibu remained player of the match.

Following are match highlights:

Zimbabwe innings
* Over 0.1: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - BRM Taylor (Struck down)
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 2 wickets)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 29 runs, 0 wicket)
* Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (65 balls), Extras 2
* Zimbabwe innings: 1x5 ball over (11th over, bowled by Khurram Chohan, called by Umpire BNJ Oxenford)
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (T Taibu 36, CR Ervine 13, Ex 1)
* T Taibu: 50 off 45 balls (8 x 4)
* Drinks: Zimbabwe - 81/2 in 17.0 overs (T Taibu 55, CR Ervine 20)
* Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 2
* 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 105 balls (T Taibu 64, CR Ervine 39, Ex 1)
* Over 21.1: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - T Taibu (Upheld)
* CR Ervine: 50 off 55 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 25.1 overs (151 balls), Extras 2
* 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 133 balls (T Taibu 82, CR Ervine 67, Ex 1)
* Drinks: Zimbabwe - 193/4 in 32.4 overs (T Taibu 97)
* Zimbabwe: 200 runs in 33.3 overs (201 balls), Extras 2
* Zimbabwe: 250 runs in 43.4 overs (262 balls), Extras 2
* Powerplay 3: Overs 45.1 - 50.0 (Batting side - 42 runs, 2 wickets)
* Over 48.4: Review by Canada (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - CB Mpofu (Struck down)
* Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 298/9 in 50.0 overs (RW Price 10, CB Mpofu 3)

Canada innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 14 runs, 3 wickets)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 21 runs, 0 wicket)
* Over 12.2: Review by Canada (Batting), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - R Gunasekera (Upheld)
* Drinks: Canada - 45/3 in 18.0 overs (R Gunasekera 21, AS Hansra 19)
* Over 18.4: Review by Zimbabwe (Bowling), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - R Gunasekera (Struck down)
* Canada: 50 runs in 20.2 overs (122 balls), Extras 5
* Over 34.3: Review by Canada (Batting), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - Khurram Chohan (Struck down)
* Canada: 100 runs in 35.5 overs (215 balls), Extras 8
* Drinks: Canada - 106/8 in 37.0 overs (ZE Surkari 21, HS Baidwan 3)

West Indies crush netherlands in group B encounter

2011-03-02T01:05:00.000-08:00

The unpredictable nature of West indies Cricket Team continued as it crushed Netherlands by a margin of 215 runs in their world cup clash. KAJ Roach from west-indies starred by taking hat-trick in this match.

Following are the highlights of the match:

* West Indies innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 63 runs, 0 wicket)
* West Indies: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 5
* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (DS Smith 39, CH Gayle 6, Ex 5)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 32 runs, 0 wicket)
* DS Smith: 50 off 45 balls (9 x 4)
* West Indies: 100 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 8
* 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 97 balls (DS Smith 53, CH Gayle 39, Ex 8)
* Drinks: West Indies - 100/1 in 16.3 overs (CH Gayle 39)
* CH Gayle: 50 off 63 balls (7 x 4)
* West Indies: 150 runs in 28.1 overs (169 balls), Extras 10
* 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (CH Gayle 31, DM Bravo 18, Ex 2)
* Powerplay 3: Overs 36.1 - 41.0 (Batting side - 56 runs, 1 wicket)
* Drinks: West Indies - 196/3 in 36.2 overs (RR Sarwan 18)
* West Indies: 200 runs in 37.2 overs (225 balls), Extras 16
* 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (RR Sarwan 21, KA Pollard 30, Ex 2)
* West Indies: 250 runs in 40.4 overs (245 balls), Extras 17
* KA Pollard: 50 off 23 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
* West Indies: 300 runs in 46.2 overs (279 balls), Extras 21
* Over 49.4: Review by West Indies (Batting), Umpire - AM Saheba, Batsman - DC Thomas (Struck down)
* Innings Break: West Indies - 330/8 in 50.0 overs (NO Miller 11, SJ Benn 3)

* Netherlands innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 4 wickets)
* Over 8.1: Review by Netherlands (Batting), Umpire - AM Saheba, Batsman - RN ten Doeschate (Struck down)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 15 runs, 1 wicket)
* Over 10.2: Review by West Indies (Bowling), Umpire - AM Saheba, Batsman - TN de Grooth (Upheld)
* Netherlands: 50 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 1
* Drinks: Netherlands - 56/6 in 18.2 overs (TLW Cooper 21)
* Netherlands: 100 runs in 28.5 overs (173 balls), Extras 2
* 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (TLW Cooper 28, Mudassar Bukhari 23, Ex 0)
* TLW Cooper: 50 off 67 balls (9 x 4)

Pakistan defeats Kenya comprehensively - Group A

2011-02-23T08:22:00.000-08:00

A 5 wicket haul by captain Shahid Afridi uprooted Kenya as the minnows got all out for a mere 112 runs in group A clash of world cup 2011.

The highlights of this Pakistan Kenya match is as follows:

* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 2 wickets)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 21 runs, 0 wicket)
* Pakistan: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (78 balls), Extras 6
* Drinks: Pakistan - 58/2 in 14.0 overs (Kamran Akmal 28, Younis Khan 14)
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (Kamran Akmal 30, Younis Khan 16, Ex 4)
* Pakistan: 100 runs in 22.4 overs (140 balls), Extras 9
* Kamran Akmal: 50 off 62 balls (4 x 4)
* Pakistan: 150 runs in 32.1 overs (198 balls), Extras 10
* Drinks: Pakistan - 152/3 in 33.0 overs (Younis Khan 48, Misbah-ul-Haq 29)
* Younis Khan: 50 off 66 balls (2 x 4)
* Over 33.4: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - Younis Khan (Struck down)
* Pakistan: 200 runs in 38.4 overs (237 balls), Extras 24
* 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 16, Umar Akmal 20, Ex 14)
* Misbah-ul-Haq: 50 off 58 balls (1 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Powerplay 3: Overs 43.1 - 48.0 (Batting side - 70 runs, 1 wicket)
* Pakistan: 250 runs in 45.1 overs (277 balls), Extras 25
* Umar Akmal: 50 off 40 balls (7 x 4)
* 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 72 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 34, Umar Akmal 51, Ex 15)
* Over 48.3: Review by Kenya (Bowling), Umpire - AL Hill, Batsman - Shahid Afridi (Upheld)
* Pakistan: 300 runs in 48.5 overs (299 balls), Extras 40
* Innings Break: Pakistan - 317/7 in 50.0 overs (Abdul Razzaq 8, Abdur Rehman 5)

* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 1 wicket)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 14 runs, 1 wicket)
* Over 11.3: Review by Kenya (Batting), Umpire - AL Hill, Batsman - MA Ouma (Upheld)
* Kenya: 50 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 8
* Drinks: Kenya - 54/2 in 16.0 overs (CO Obuya 6, SO Tikolo 6)
* Over 26.3: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - T Mishra (Upheld)
* Over 28.5: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - TM Odoyo (Struck down)
* Kenya: 100 runs in 30.1 overs (182 balls), Extras 11

Group B - England beat Netherland in close counter

2011-02-23T08:17:00.000-08:00

In a group b match England overpowered netherland by a fraction and won in 49th over while chasing 293.

The highlights of the match are as follows:

* Netherlands innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 1 wicket)
* Netherlands: 50 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 0
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 18 runs, 1 wicket)
* Drinks: Netherlands - 82/2 in 18.0 overs (TLW Cooper 25, RN ten Doeschate 12)
* Netherlands: 100 runs in 22.5 overs (137 balls), Extras 0
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (TLW Cooper 28, RN ten Doeschate 23, Ex 0)
* RN ten Doeschate: 50 off 59 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Over 31.6: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - B Zuiderent (Struck down)
* Netherlands: 150 runs in 33.3 overs (201 balls), Extras 4
* Drinks: Netherlands - 162/4 in 35.0 overs (RN ten Doeschate 62, TN de Grooth 3)
* 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (RN ten Doeschate 25, TN de Grooth 25, Ex 0)
* Netherlands: 200 runs in 41.1 overs (247 balls), Extras 4
* Powerplay 3: Overs 42.1 - 47.0 (Batting side - 50 runs, 1 wicket)
* RN ten Doeschate: 100 off 98 balls (7 x 4, 3 x 6)
* Over 45.3: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - PW Borren (Struck down)
* Netherlands: 250 runs in 45.4 overs (276 balls), Extras 7
* 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (RN ten Doeschate 32, PW Borren 17, Ex 4)
* Innings Break: Netherlands - 292/6 in 50.0 overs (PW Borren 35, Mudassar Bukhari 6)

* England innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 0 wicket)
* England: 50 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 0
* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (AJ Strauss 21, KP Pietersen 29, Ex 0)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 39 runs, 0 wicket)
* AJ Strauss: 50 off 34 balls (9 x 4)
* England: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (102 balls), Extras 9
* 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 102 balls (AJ Strauss 52, KP Pietersen 39, Ex 9)
* Drinks: England - 105/1 in 17.4 overs (AJ Strauss 57)
* England: 150 runs in 27.2 overs (164 balls), Extras 10
* 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls (AJ Strauss 26, IJL Trott 23, Ex 1)
* Drinks: England - 197/2 in 36.0 overs (IJL Trott 46, IR Bell 14)
* England: 200 runs in 36.6 overs (222 balls), Extras 10
* IJL Trott: 50 off 58 balls (3 x 4)
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (IJL Trott 29, IR Bell 21, Ex 1)
* Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 45.0 (Batting side - 34 runs, 2 wickets)
* England: 250 runs in 44.2 overs (266 balls), Extras 13
* 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (PD Collingwood 24, RS Bopara 26, Ex 1)

Group A - Sri Lanka defeats Canada by 210 runs

2011-02-22T07:50:00.000-08:00

Sri Lanka cricket team defeated Canada by huge 210 runs as the home team cruised to victory in single sided encounter with minnows Canada.

Match summary is as follows:

* Sri Lanka innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 0 wicket)
* Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (58 balls), Extras 4
* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (WU Tharanga 18, TM Dilshan 29, Ex 4)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 19 runs, 1 wicket)
* Drinks: Sri Lanka - 78/1 in 16.0 overs (TM Dilshan 47, KC Sangakkara 7)
* TM Dilshan: 50 off 58 balls (8 x 4)
* Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 21.4 overs (131 balls), Extras 5
* Over 22.1: Review by Canada (Bowling), Umpire - SK Tarapore, Batsman - DPMD Jayawardene (Struck down)
* Over 24.3: Review by Canada (Bowling), Umpire - SK Tarapore, Batsman - DPMD Jayawardene (Struck down)
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (KC Sangakkara 15, DPMD Jayawardene 33, Ex 2)
* Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 28.4 overs (173 balls), Extras 7
* DPMD Jayawardene: 50 off 40 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Drinks: Sri Lanka - 176/2 in 31.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 44, DPMD Jayawardene 55)
* KC Sangakkara: 50 off 61 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
* 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 82 balls (KC Sangakkara 39, DPMD Jayawardene 59, Ex 3)
* Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 34.2 overs (207 balls), Extras 9
* 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 115 balls (KC Sangakkara 66, DPMD Jayawardene 80, Ex 4)
* Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 40.4 overs (245 balls), Extras 10
* DPMD Jayawardene: 100 off 80 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Powerplay 3: Overs 44.1 - 49.0 (Batting side - 44 runs, 3 wickets)
* Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 46.4 overs (281 balls), Extras 10
* Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 332/7 in 50.0 overs (TT Samaraweera 18, KMDN Kulasekara 7)

* Canada innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 20 runs, 3 wickets)
* Over 13.5: Review by Canada (Batting), Umpire - SK Tarapore, Batsman - A Bagai (Upheld)
* Over 15.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - SK Tarapore, Batsman - A Bagai (Struck down)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 20.1 - 25.0 (Bowling side - 21 runs, 2 wickets)
* Canada: 50 runs in 20.2 overs (122 balls), Extras 7
* Drinks: Canada - 53/4 in 21.0 overs (A Bagai 22, Rizwan Cheema 8)
* Over 21.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - SK Tarapore, Batsman - TG Gordon (Struck down)
* Powerplay 3: Overs 27.1 - 32.0 (Batting side - 29 runs, 1 wicket)
* Canada: 100 runs in 30.5 overs (186 balls), Extras 9
* Drinks: Canada - 115/9 in 35.0 overs (HS Baidwan 12, H Osinde 2)

Group A - Australia beat Zimbabwe by 91 runs

2011-02-21T09:24:00.000-08:00

Brilliant pace bowling by Australian pacers sharing six wickets in a superb display of fast bowling to fire Australia to a crushing 91-run win over Zimbabwe in their opening World Cup match on Monday.

Johnson finished with 4/19 and Tait, bowling in short spells, took 2/34 as defending champions Australia dismissed Zimbabwe for 171 after scoring a challenging 262/6 in the day-night match.

There was no respite from pace for the hapless Zimbabwe as Brett Lee also tested the batsmen to finish with 1/34 as Australia continued their winning streak in the World Cup.

Gp A - New Zealand cruises to win against Kenya

2011-02-20T06:53:00.000-08:00

Posted under Group A matches - New Zealand crushed Kenya by 10 wickets in a totally lop-sided Group A match for a perfect start to their World Cup campaign today. thus leaving behind the memories of 3 complete whitewashes before coming into world cup.

MATCH DETAILS-

Kenya captain Jimmy Kamande won the toss and opted to bat first before a horror story unfolded in front of his eyes. NewZealand reached the target in just 8 overs.

India beats Bangladesh in world cup opener ODI

2011-02-19T08:49:00.000-08:00

Virender Sehwag's 175 and Virat Kohli's 100* set up a stupendous 87-run win for India against Bangladesh in the 2011 Cricket World Cup opener at the Shere Bangla stadium.

Sehwag completed his 37th one-day fifty with a big six as he raced to half-century in just 45 balls.

A horrible mix-up with Sehwag ended Tendulkar's (28) stay on crease. Sachin was run out by Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan in the eleventh over. The master blaster hit four boundaries in his 29-ball innings.

Put in to bat first, India openers added run-a-ball 69 runs partnership at Shere Bangla National stadium.

The dashing openers took India's score to 50 in just 8.5 overs, when Tendulkar slammed his fourth boundary of the innings.

Earlier, Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and decided to field against co-hosts India in the tournament-opener on Saturday.

Dhoni and his men are eager to settle the score after Bangladesh stunned them in 2007 and kick start their campaign on a positive note at the Shere Bangla National stadium.

Bangladesh, on the other hand, have so far been content with an odd upset and have been generally looked upon as underachievers but the tigers look to shrug off that tag when they lock horns with India at home.

Though they have just five victories from 20 World Cup matches to show, Bangladesh has the distinction of beating Pakistan on debut during the 1999 edition and ousting India and defeating South Africa four years ago.

Cricket world cup 2011 is open

2011-02-17T07:07:00.000-08:00

In a spectacular opening ceremony for cricket world cup 2011 held in Dhaka, The Prime minister of Bangladesh opened the world cup 2011 today. India has it's match on feb 19th against bangladesh.

South Africa Cricket team squad for World cup 2011

2011-02-13T08:56:00.000-08:00

South Africa is one of the favourites for this world cup, if they no-longer have habbit of loosing in crucial games. The team looks well balanced but would surely get tough competition from India, SriLanka and Australia.

Here is the squad of South Africa for World Cup 2011:

1. Graeme Smith
captain
Age: 29 years 351 days
Playing role: Opening batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

2. Hashim Amla
Age: 27 years 293 days
Playing role: Top-order batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

3. Johan Botha
Age: 28 years 261 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

4. AB de Villiers
wicketkeeper
Age: 26 years 335 days
Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

5.Jean-Paul Duminy
Age: 26 years 279 days
Playing role: Middle-order batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

6. Faf du Plessis
Age: 26 years 189 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

7. Imran Tahir
Age: 31 years 297 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly

8. Colin Ingram
Age: 25 years 199 days
Playing role: Top-order batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat

9. Jacques Kallis
Age: 35 years 94 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

10. Morne Morkel
Age: 26 years 104 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast

11. Wayne Parnell
Age: 21 years 172 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm medium-fast

12. Robin Peterson
Age: 31 years 167 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

13. Dale Steyn
Age: 27 years 205 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast

14. Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Age: 26 years 317 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm fast-medium

15. Morne van Wyk
wicketkeeper
Age: 31 years 304 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

Sri lanka team squad for cricket world cup 2011

2011-02-13T08:36:00.000-08:00

Playing as one of the co-hosts for cricket world cup 2011, Srilanka is familiar with the conditions of the subcontinent and can be one of the serious contendors of the cup along with team india.

Following is the squad for Sri Lanka in this world cup 2011 starting february 19:

1. Kumar Sangakkara
captain/keeper
Age: 33 years 72 days
Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbrea

2. Mahela Jayawardene
vice-captain
Age: 33 years 225 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

3. Tillakaratne Dilshan
Age: 34 years 85 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

4. Dilhara Fernando
Age: 31 years 172 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

5. Rangana Herath
Age: 32 years 294 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

6. Chamara Kapugedera
Age: 23 years 317 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

7. Nuwan Kulasekara
Age: 28 years 169 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

8. Lasith Malinga
Age: 27 years 132 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast

9. Angelo Mathews
Age: 23 years 219 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

10. Ajantha Mendis
Age: 25 years 302 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

11. Muttiah Muralitharan
Age: 38 years 265 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

12. Thisara Perera
Age: 21 years 279 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

13. Upul Tharanga
Age: 25 years 339 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat

14. Thilan Samaraweera
Age: 34 years 107 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

15. Chamara Silva
Age: 31 years 24 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

West Indies team squad for world cup 2011

2011-02-13T07:46:00.000-08:00

The two times world champions West Indies might not have all the firepower as in 1980's but still is second most successful cricket team after Australia.

Follwing is the squad for West Indies for this world cup:

1. Darren Sammy
captain
Age: 27 years 30 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

2. Adrian Barath
Age: 20 years 280 days
Playing role: Opening batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

3. Carlton Baugh
wicketkeeper
Age: 28 years 210 days
Playing role: Wicketkeeper
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly

4. Sulieman Benn
Age: 29 years 181 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

5. Dwayne Bravo
Age: 27 years 104 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

6. Darren Bravo
Age: 21 years 347 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

7. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Age: 36 years 156 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

8. Chris Gayle
Age: 31 years 120 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

9. Nikita Miller
Age: 28 years 248 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

10. Kieron Pollard
Age: 23 years 252 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

11. Ravi Rampaul
Age: 26 years 96 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

12. Kemar Roach
Age: 22 years 203 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast

13. Andre Russell
Age: 22 years 265 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast

14. Ramnaresh Sarwan
Age: 30 years 210 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

15. Devon Smith
Age: 29 years 90 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

Zimbabwe Cricket Team squad for world cup 2011:

2011-02-13T03:58:00.000-08:00

Following is squad of Zimbabwe for Cricket world cup 2011, currently regarded as underdogs, but in the game of uncertainity we dont know if Zimbabwe produces some surprise results in this cricket world cup 2011.

Zimbabwe Squad for World cup 2011:

1. Elton Chigumbura
captain
Age: 24 years 333 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

2. Regis Chakabva
Age: 23 years 143 days
Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

3. Charles Coventry
Age: 27 years 339 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

4. Graeme Cremer
Age: 24 years 144 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly

5. Terry Duffin
Age: 28 years 327 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

6. Craig Ervine
Age: 25 years 175 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

7.Greg Lamb
Age: 29 years 343 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

8. Shingirai Masakadza
Age: 24 years 159 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

9. Chris Mpofu
Age: 25 years 75 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

10. Ray Price
Age: 34 years 243 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

11. Ed Rainsford
Age: 26 years 58 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

12. Tatenda Taibu
wicketkeeper
Age: 27 years 272 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

13. Brendan Taylor
Age: 25 years 4 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

14. Prosper Utseya
Age: 25 years 321 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

15. Sean Williams
Age: 24 years 137 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

16. Sean Ervine
withdrawn player
Age: 28 years 66 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

17. Tino Mawoyo
withdrawn player
Age: 25 years 33 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

Canada Team Squad for World Cup 2011

2011-02-13T03:35:00.000-08:00

Cricket team of Canada is also part of this edition of World Cup 2011, and are capable of producing some sudden turnarounds in few matches so one has to keep a watch on them too, not seriously though.

Canada Cricket Team squad for world cup 2011:

1. Ashish Bagai
captain/keeper
Age: 28 years 358 days
Batting: Right-hand bat

2. Rizwan Cheema
vice-captain
Age: 32 years 157 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

3. Harvir Baidwan
Age: 23 years 172 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

4. Balaji Rao
Age: 32 years 321 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly

5. John Davison
Age: 40 years 255 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

6. Parth Desai
Age: 20 years 39 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

7. Tyson Gordon
Age: 28 years 353 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

8. Ruvindu Gunasekera
Age: 19 years 183 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly

9. Jimmy Hansra
Age: 26 years 21 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm slow

10. Khurram Chohan
Age: 30 years 331 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

11. Nitish Kumar
Age: 16 years 243 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

12. Henry Osinde
Age: 32 years 94 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

13. Hiral Patel
Age: 19 years 162 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

14. Zubin Surkari
Age: 30 years 327 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

15. Karl Whatham
Age: 29 years 145 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

16. Hamza Tariq
standby player
Age: 20 years 182 days
Batting: Right-hand bat

Bangladesh team squad for Cricket world cup 2011

2011-02-13T03:14:00.000-08:00

Bangladesh cricket board also announced it's squad for the world cup 2011 starting on feb 19th 2011, Following is the squad for Bangladesh for this world cup.

Bangladesh Team for Cricket world cup 2011:

1. Shakib Al Hasan
captain
Age: 23 years 301 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

2. Tamim Iqbal
vice-captain
Age: 21 years 305 days
Batting: Left-hand bat

3. Abdur Razzak
Age: 28 years 218 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

4. Imrul Kayes
Age: 23 years 351 days
Playing role: Opening batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat

5. Junaid Siddique
Age: 23 years 81 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

6. Mahmudullah
Age: 24 years 349 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

7. Mohammad Ashraful
Age: 26 years 196 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

8. Mushfiqur Rahim
wicketkeeper
Age: 22 years 140 days
Batting: Right-hand bat

9. Naeem Islam
Age: 24 years 19 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

10. Nazmul Hossain
Age: 23 years 106 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

11. Raqibul Hasan
Age: 23 years 103 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

12. Rubel Hossain
Age: 21 years 18 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

13. Shafiul Islam
Age: 21 years 105 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

14. Shahriar Nafees
Age: 24 years 359 days
Batting: Left-hand bat

15. Suhrawadi Shuvo
Age: 22 years 59 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

Australian cricket squad for World Cup 2011

2011-02-12T10:21:00.000-08:00

Australian cricket board announced the name of it's players for upcoming cricket world cup 2011 so here is Australian Cricket squad for world cup 2011:

Team Australia for world cup 2011:

1. Ricky Ponting

captain

Age: 36 years 51 days

Playing role: Top-order batsman

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium

2. Michael Clarke

vice-captain

Age: 29 years 312 days

Playing role: Middle-order batsman

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

3. Doug Bollinger

Age: 29 years 199 days

Playing role: Bowler

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Left-arm fast-medium

4. Callum Ferguson

Age: 26 years 79 days

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium

5. Brad Haddin

wicketkeeper

Age: 33 years 108 days

Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting: Right-hand bat

6. John Hastings

Age: 25 years 96 days

Playing role: Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

7. David Hussey

Age: 33 years 208 days

Playing role: Middle-order batsman

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

8. Mitchell Johnson

Age: 29 years 98 days

Playing role: Bowler

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Left-arm fast

9. Jason Krejza

Age: 28 years 25 days

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

10. Brett Lee

Age: 34 years 92 days

Playing role: Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm fast

11.Tim Paine

wicketkeeper

Age: 26 years 62 days

Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium

12. Steven Smith

Age: 21 years 251 days

Playing role: Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak googly

13. Shaun Tait

Age: 27 years 351 days

Playing role: Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm fast

14. Shane Watson

Age: 29 years 236 days

Playing role: Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

15. Cameron White

Age: 27 years 174 days

Playing role: Middle-order batsman

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak googly

Pakistan's world cup 2011 squad

2011-02-03T08:44:00.001-08:00

Pakistan World Cup squad: Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Younus Khan, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir

Dhoni | Bhajji dedicate 2011 cricket world cup for Sachin Tendulkar

2011-02-02T05:58:00.000-08:00

With Mahender Singh Dhoni following teammate harbhajan singh by dedicating the world cup 2011 cricket world cup to master blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Indian cricket team looks confident in producing a better performance then the last world cup which was worst cup to remember. In a press conference Indian Captain Dhoni told that Indian National Team is confident of winning the world cup as home advantage is with us.

He also told and looked like the world cup is not showing any signs of pressure on Dhoni as he looked cool as ever. presently he is busy in world cup preperation (I dont know whether it's preperation for game or Advertisements). Dhoni replied confidently to questions and added "I never predict much when it comes to cricket. We believe in each of us, and the support staff members are also there to help us. We believe in doing the process, so I have no prediction about the World Cup and we will just give it our best shot."

Best of luck team India for the world cup...CHAK DE INDIA!!

Cricket World Cup 2011 News and Updates

2011-01-28T08:31:00.000-08:00

Indian cricket team is all set to play for the Cricket World cup beginning on 19th Feb 2011.

The other cricket news for today is as following:

1. Eden Gardens wouldnot be ready for feb 27 match between India and England, match has high probability of shifting to bangalore.
2. Paul Collingwood is confident of returning to form in world cup.
3. Inzumam not confident with Pakistan's world cup chances.
4. 3 canadian players still waiting for indian visa.

Stay tuned for more latest updates for world cup.

India leads South Africa ODI series by 2-1

2011-01-19T08:46:00.000-08:00

Backed by Yusuf Pathan's good all-round performance in 3rd ODI, Team India is now leading the 5 match ODI series against South Africa by 2-1.

The details about 3rd ODI is as follows:

India had lost five wickets and looked down for the count on a sluggish pitch where stroke-making wasn't easy when Yusuf launched a violent assault on Botha. He muscled three sixes, the last of which flew out of the stadium, to loot 19 runs in the 30th over. Yusuf added 75 runs with Suresh Raina, who threw his wicket away with a wild shot in the 37th over, before falling in the 40th to a stunning catch by Morne, who arched back to pouch an upper cut over his head at third man. His dismissal put South Africa ahead but Harbhajan seized the moment. He added 26 runs with Zaheer Khan before stitching together another 15 with Ashish Nehra to take India home. Harbhajan took the Powerplay in the 43rd over, smote Parnell for a six over wide mid-off in the 45th, and flat-batted Morne, bowling his last over, beyond long-off in the 47th to kill the contest.

Control was a loose concept during the match as whenever South Africa got ahead, India pulled them back and vice versa. In the end Yusuf's innings proved the difference. Yusuf's strength is his mental tenacity. His short-ball woes are well documented but he rarely lets a delivery in his hitting arc go unpunished. Unlike Raina, he doesn't hang back and expect bouncers every ball, and today, too, that temperament was on display.

Until that game-breaking 30th over bowled by Botha, it was South Africa who held the edge, courtesy of Morne. He dismissed the in-form Virat Kohli to put India in trouble early, later got rid of Raina to resuscitate fading hopes, and grabbed a stunning catch to dismiss Yusuf, but still had to end up on the losing side.

In hindsight, South Africa will feel they were 25 runs short. A shaky Graeme Smith was the reason South Africa dawdled at the start, and it was also due to him that they stayed afloat for a while. However, his dismissal in the 23rd over left them wobbling at 90 for 4, but JP Duminy and the debutant Faf du Plessis showed admirable maturity to revive the innings and give it respectability.

du Plessis' serenity under pressure was reflected by the fact that he hit his first boundary - a crisp cut off Yuvraj Singh - after he had reached 39. It's not a criticism but a tribute to his mature approach that there were just two shots that stood out in his innings: the first was that cut shot and the second, which came after his half-century, was a skillful one that hinted at a larger repertoire that he had deliberately held under check. He went down the track to Munaf Patel, adjusted to the slower one, and managed to punch it on the up and over mid-off. Mostly, he kept things risk-free like an experienced pro and dealt in calculated nudges and pushes. He brought up his half-century with a dab to the on side and brought up the century partnership with Duminy, in the 44th over, with a swatted pull through midwicket.

For his part, Duminy, who set off South Africa's collapse in the second ODI at the Bull Ring by holing out to long-on, too remained patient and worked the angles. He flicked and square drove and adjusted to the slow pace. The ball didn't come on to the bat neatly but he waited on the front foot, to steer and dab his way through the difficult period. However, both batsmen fell in the space of four deliveries, after they took the Batting Powerplay in the 45th over, and South Africa crumbled in the end overs, losing their last six wickets for 20 runs.

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Indian squad for World Cup 2011

2011-01-19T08:41:00.000-08:00

The selector's of BCCI announced the 15 players for Cricket World Cup 2011, 14 members remained as expected while selection of R Ashwin, which was backed by Srikant(Chairman of selector's)

Keeping in mind that the world cup is being held in Indian subcontinent the selector's have picked up 3 spinners and four medium pacers.

The 15 members are as follows:

MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla.

It can be recalled that Piyush Chawla played his last ODI in October 2008.

Cricket World Cup 2011 Match Schedule table

2011-01-11T08:31:00.000-08:00

As Cricket world cup 2011 is nearing and is going to start from 19th day of February, The heart beats of Indian Cricket fans and the bookies have already started to fasten. This world cup edition is a special one as it would probably be the last world cup for the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar.

So here is complete schedule of the Cricket World Cup 2011 which is going to be held in Indian Subcontinent.

Match	Date	Teams	Venue
1	19 Feb	India vs Bangladesh	Dhaka
2	20 Feb	New Zealand vs Kenya	Chennai
3	20 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Canada	Hambantota
4	21 Feb	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
5	22 Feb	England vs Netherlands	Nagpur
6	23 Feb	Pakistan vs Kenya	Hambantota
7	24 Feb	South Africa vs West Indies	New Delhi
8	25 Feb	Australia vs New Zealand	Nagpur
9	25 Feb	Bangladesh vs Ireland	Dhaka
10	26 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo
11	27 Feb	India vs England	Kolkata
12	28 Feb	West Indies vs Netherlands	New Delhi
13	28 Feb	Zimbabwe vs Canada	Nagpur
14	1 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Kenya	Colombo
15	2 Mar	England vs Ireland	Bangalore
16	3 Mar	South Africa vs Netherlands	Mohali
17	3 Mar	Pakistan vs Canada	Colombo
18	4 Mar	New Zealand vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
19	4 Mar	Bangladesh vs West Indies	Dhaka
20	5 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Australia	Colombo
21	6 Mar	India vs Ireland	Bangalore
22	6 Mar	England vs South Africa	Chennai
23	7 Mar	Kenya vs Canada	New Delhi
24	8 Mar	Pakistan vs New Zealand	Pallekelle
25	9 Mar	India vs Netherlands	New Delhi
26	10 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
27	11 Mar	West Indies vs Ireland	Mohali
28	11 Mar	Bangladesh vs England	Chittagong
29	12 Mar	India vs South Africa	Nagpur
30	13 Mar	New Zealand vs Canada	Mumbai
31	13 Mar	Australia vs Kenya	Bangalore
32	14 Mar	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
33	14 Mar	Bangladesh vs Netherlands	Chittagong
34	15 Mar	South Africa vs Ireland	Kolkata
35	16 Mar	Australia vs Canada	Bangalore
36	17 Mar	England vs West Indies	Chennai
37	18 Mar	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Mumbai
38	18 Mar	Ireland vs Netherlands	Kolkata
39	19 Mar	Australia vs Pakistan	Colombo
40	19 Mar	Bangladesh vs South Africa	Dhaka
41	20 Mar	Zimbabwe vs Kenya	Kolkata
42	20 Mar	India vs West Indies	Chennai
43	23 Mar	First Quarterfinal	Dhaka
44	24 Mar	Second Quarterfinal	Colombo
45	25 Mar	Third Quarterfinal	Dhaka
46	26 Mar	Fourth Quarterfinal	Ahmedabad
47	29 Mar	First Semifinal	Colombo
48	30 Mar	Second Semifinal	Mohali
49	02 Apr	FINAL	Mumbai

In this edition of the Cricket world cup there are two groups of teams made which are as follows:

Group A – Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.

Group B – India, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, West Indies, Netherlands and Ireland.

After T20 win India set for 5 match ODI with South Africa

2011-01-11T08:20:00.000-08:00

India's tour of South Africa has reached it's final lap as the 5 match ODI series is going to start from tomorrow. Well South Africa is definitely the favourites for the series as they are backed by massive home advantage and a strong past record against India at home. India has just managed to win 3 out of 19 matches which they have played in South Africa against the hometeam.

But this time the plus point with India is that they have some momentum on their side after winning the T20 match, but T20 and ODi is completely different ballgame.
One thing is sure from this ODI series between India and South Africa that lots of fireworks on the field are expected.

Best of luck Team India..khelo jee jaan se..

Probable squads for tomorrow's match-

India - 1 Sachin Tendulkar, 2 M Vijay, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 R Ashwin / Munaf Patel, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Ashish Nehra

South Africa - 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Colin Ingram, 4 AB de Villiers (wk), 5 JP Duminy, 6 Faf du Plessis / Robin Petersen, 7 David Miller, 8 Johan Botha, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Wayne Parnell / Lonwabo Tsotsobe, 11 Morne Morkel

India clinch tri series by defeating Sri Lanka

2009-09-15T09:57:00.000-07:00

India won by 46 runs and wins after 11 years in sri lanka
India innings
India: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 0
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (R Dravid 18, SR Tendulkar 32, Ex 0)
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
Drinks: India - 84/0 in 16.0 overs (R Dravid 32, SR Tendulkar 50)
SR Tendulkar: 50 off 47 balls (6 x 4)
India: 100 runs in 18.3 overs (113 balls), Extras 2
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (SR Tendulkar 24, MS Dhoni 26, Ex 0)
India: 150 runs in 26.5 overs (163 balls), Extras 2
Drinks: India - 180/1 in 32.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 98, MS Dhoni 40)
SR Tendulkar: 100 off 92 balls (8 x 4)
Power Play 3: Overs 34.1 - 39.0
MS Dhoni: 50 off 55 balls (3 x 4)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 105 balls (SR Tendulkar 47, MS Dhoni 51, Ex 2)
India: 200 runs in 35.4 overs (217 balls), Extras 4
India: 250 runs in 43.0 overs (269 balls), Extras 16
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (SR Tendulkar 17, Yuvraj Singh 23, Ex 10)
India: 300 runs in 48.2 overs (303 balls), Extras 18
Yuvraj Singh: 50 off 39 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
Innings Break: India - 319/5 in 50.0 overs (Yuvraj Singh 56, V Kohli 2)

Sri Lanka innings
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (39 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (TM Dilshan 29, ST Jayasuriya 21, Ex 1)
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (80 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 114/4 in 15.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 10, AD Mathews 6)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 21.6 overs (137 balls), Extras 10
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (KC Sangakkara 14, SHT Kandamby 29, Ex 7)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 197/6 in 31.0 overs (SHT Kandamby 38, CK Kapugedera 6)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 31.2 overs (194 balls), Extras 12
SHT Kandamby: 50 off 69 balls (4 x 4)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (SHT Kandamby 23, CK Kapugedera 26, Ex 1)
Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 42.1 overs (259 balls), Extras 13
Power Play 3: Overs 44.1 - 49.0

IPL 3 tournament match schedule

2009-09-04T23:16:00.000-07:00

All of us know that IPL 3 is going to start on march 10,2010 and hers is complete schedule of IPL 3 tournament with match timings and venue details so which team are you supporting this time??

Sr	Day / Dt	IST	GMT	Team vs Team	Venue
Mar-2010
1	Fri-12	20:00	14:30	Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders	HCA - Hyderabad
2	Sat-13	16:00	10:30	Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai/Nagpur
3	Sat-13	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils	PCA - Mohali
4	Sun-14	16:00	10:30	Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers	MAC - Chennai
5	Sun-14	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Ridersvs Bangalore Royal Challengers	Eden - Kolkata
6	Mon-15	20:00	14:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils	SMS - Jaipur
7	Tue-16	16:00	10:30	Bangalore Royal Challengersvs Kings XI Punjab	MCS - Bangalore
8	Tue-16	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Ridersvs Chennai Super Kings	Eden - Kolkata
9	Wed-17	20:00	14:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians	FSK - Delhi
10	Thu-18	20:00	14:30	Bangalore Royal Challengersvs Rajasthan Royals	MCS - Bangalore
11	Fri-19	20:00	14:30	Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab	Visakhapatnam
12	Sat-20	16:00	10:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Ahmedabad
13	Sat-20	20:00	14:30	Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	Mumbai/Nagpur
14	Sun-21	16:00	10:30	Chennai Super Kingsvs Kings XI Punjab	MAC - Chennai
15	Sun-21	20:00	14:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers	FSK - Delhi
16	Mon-22	20:00	14:30	Mumbai Indiansvs Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai/Nagpur
17	Tue-23	20:00	14:30	Bangalore Royal Challengersvs Chennai Super Kings	MCS - Bangalore
18	Wed-24	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjabvs Rajasthan Royals	PCA - Mohali
19	Thu-25	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Ridersvs Delhi Daredevils	Eden - Kolkata
20	Fri-26	16:00	10:30	Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians	MAC - Chennai
21	Fri-26	20:00	14:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers	Ahmedabad
22	Sat-27	16:00	10:30	Bangalore Royal Challengersvs Delhi Daredevils	MCS - Bangalore
23	Sat-27	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders	PCA - Mohali
24	Sun-28	16:00	10:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings	Ahmedabad
25	Sun-28	20:00	14:30	Deccan Chargersvs Mumbai Indians	Visakhapatnam
26	Mon-29	20:00	14:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders	FSK - Delhi
27	Tue-30	20:00	14:30	Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai/Nagpur
28	Wed-31	16:00	10:30	Chennai Super Kingsvs Bangalore Royal Challengers	MAC - Chennai
29	Wed-31	20:00	14:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals	FSK - Delhi
Apr-2010
30	Thu-01	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Ridersvs Deccan Chargers	Eden - Kolkata
31	Fri-02	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjab vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	PCA - Mohali
32	Sat-03	16:00	10:30	Chennai Super Kingsvs Rajasthan Royals	MAC - Chennai
33	Sat-03	20:00	14:30	Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers	Mumbai/Nagpur
34	Sun-04	16:00	10:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	FSK - Delhi
35	Sun-04	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab	Eden - Kolkata
36	Mon-05	20:00	14:30	Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals	HCA - Hyderabad
37	Tue-06	20:00	14:30	Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai/Nagpur
38	Wed-07	20:00	14:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab	Ahmedabad
39	Thu-08	16:00	10:30	Bangalore Royal Challengersvs Deccan Chargers	MCS - Bangalore
40	Thu-08	20:00	14:30	Chennai Super Kingsvs Delhi Daredevils	MAC - Chennai
41	Fri-09	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians	PCA - Mohali
42	Sat-10	16:00	10:30	Bangalore Royal Challengersvs Kolkata Knight Riders	MCS - Bangalore
43	Sat-10	20:00	14:30	Deccan Chargersvs Chennai Super Kings	HCA - Hyderabad
44	Sun-11	16:00	10:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians	SMS - Jaipur
45	Sun-11	20:00	14:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab	FSK - Delhi
46	Mon-12	20:00	14:30	Deccan Chargersvs Bangalore Royal Challengers	HCA - Hyderabad
47	Tue-13	20:00	14:30	Chennai Super Kingsvs Kolkata Knight Riders	MAC - Chennai
48	Wed-14	20:00	14:30	Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils	Mumbai/Nagpur
49	Thu-15	16:00	10:30	Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	SMS - Jaipur
50	Thu-15	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjabvs Deccan Chargers	Dharmasala
51	Fri-16	20:00	14:30	Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings	FSK - Delhi
52	Sat-17	16:00	10:30	Bangalore Royal Challengersvs Mumbai Indians	MCS - Bangalore
53	Sat-17	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Ridersvs Rajasthan Royals	Eden - Kolkata
54	Sun-18	16:00	10:30	Deccan Chargersvs Delhi Daredevils	HCA - Hyderabad
55	Sun-18	20:00	14:30	Kings XI Punjabvs Chennai Super Kings	Dharmasala
56	Mon-19	20:00	14:30	Kolkata Knight Ridersvs Mumbai Indians	Eden - Kolkata
57	Wed-21	20:00	14:30	1nd Semi-Final - Team 1 vs Team 2	TBC
58	Thu-22	20:00	14:30	2nd Semi-Final - Team 3 vs Team 4	TBC
59	Sat-24	20:00	14:30	Play-off for 3rd Place - Team A vs Team B	TBC
60	Sun-25	20:00	14:30	Final of IPL 2010 - Team 1 vs Team 2	TBC

IPL 3 to be kick started in hyderabad in 2010

2009-09-04T22:53:00.000-07:00

The first match of India's biggest cricket tournament IPL 3 would kick start in hyderabad on 12th march 2010 and would conclude on 25th April 2010 and it would be going to an intense cricketing tournament.

However hockey lovers would feel that they are in backseat as two IPL matches will coincide with finals of hockey world cup, but any how people might choose to watch their national game instead of less popular cricket(on world viewers level).

The schedule is tighter this time also as just after 5 days of concluding of IPL 3 World T20 championship would start in west indies so we can expect great crickting summers this 2010 season

IPL 2010 will have 4 new venues

2009-09-04T22:41:00.000-07:00

The third version of IPL (Indian Premier league will be hosted at 4 new venues as decided by IPL management committe, These 4 new venues namely Ahemedabad, Dharamshala, Nagpur, Visakhapatnam will host various matches for Mumbai indians, Kings 11 Punjab, Rajasthan Royals and last years champions Deccan Chargers.

IPL 3 opener between Deccan Chargers and KKR X1 in march 2011

2009-08-16T07:44:00.000-07:00

The DLF Indian Premier League season two champions Deccan Chargers will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at Hyderabad in the opening match of the season 3 to be played from March 12 to April 25, 2010.

The final of the 45-day Twenty20 cricket league would be held on April 25, IPL Chairman Lalit Modi announced after a meeting of its Governing Council on Tuesday.

IPL III will have four additional match staging centres -- Nagpur, Vishakhapatnam, Ahmedabad and Dharamsala -- and will also stage one extra match, the 60th, for the third place play-off, Modi said.

"The playing window remains the same, 45 days", he said.

The IPL Chairman announced that in 2011 two more franchise teams would be added to make for 10 teams and playing 94 matches in 12 centres.

"There would be 94 games in all with each franchisee playing 18, instead of 14 preliminary phase games. But the window would remain more or less the same," Modi said.

source - iplt20

India v/s West Indies 3rd one day report

2009-07-04T08:59:00.000-07:00

Match Venue - West Indies v India, 3rd ODI, St Lucia

Result - India won the match in last over and lead the 4 match series by 2-1

Man of the match - MS Dhoni

Match details -

India threatened to lose their way in the chase after a solid start provided by Dinesh Karthik before Dhoni hauled them past the line. The rain-breaks initially readjusted their target to 195 in 27 overs before a further shower reduced it to 159 in 22 overs.

When Karthik fell after a fine 47 India needed a relatively comfortable 111 from 89 balls, and at the next rain-break they needed 64 from 51 balls with nine wickets in hand, but a succession of wickets left India requiring 34 in four overs. It came down to the last over. Curiously, Chris Gayle turned to Jerome Taylor, who had a poor game, instead of Ravi Rampaul, who had bowled a pretty decent 20th over. Dhoni killed the contest in the second ball with a six over deep midwicket. He picked the slower one and used his bottom-hand to swipe it with the wind over midwicket boundary. Dhoni and Yusuf Pathan got the remaining four runs with a ball to spare.

No Indian Name for ICC'S World t20 XI

2009-06-22T09:49:00.000-07:00

From being defending champions to not having a single player in the ICC’s team of the World T20, it’s been quite a sharp decline for MS Dhoni’s Indian team. what surprised me was that name of indian in form batsmen and 20-20 specialist Yuvraj Singh was not included in the squad. So that shows some biased team selection by ICC but according to me it hardly matter's for being included in world X1 and is not of much significance practically speaking.

The ICC on Monday named its eleven and not surprisingly, after losing three consecutive matches in the Super Eights, no Indian player made the cut.

Four Pakistanis feature, including captain Younis Khan who has been named skipper of this team, other than Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul and Kamran Akmal.
However, there was one Indian face figuring in the Women’s XI announced by cricket’s governing body and it was that of bowler Rumeli Dhar.

The men’s team, including 12th man Lasith Maligna, contained four players from Pakistan, three each from South Africa and Sri Lanka and two from the West Indies.

The women’s team, led by England skipper Charlotte Edwards, included five players from the winner, England, four from beaten finalist New Zealand and one each from Australia, India and Sri Lanka.

The men’s team was chosen by a select group of experts, including former England pacer Jonathan Agnew, cricketer-turned-commentator Ian Bishop, Twenty20 World Cup Tournament Director Steve Elworthy, ICC Match Referee Alan Hurst and Indian journalist Sharda Ugra.

The women’s team was selected by ICC Match Referee Chris Broad, former England captain Clare Connor, Steve Elworthy, commentator Alison Mitchell and journalist Jenny Roesler.

ICC World XI (Men): Chris Gayle (West Indies), Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Younis Khan (Pakistan, captain), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan), Kamran Akmal (Pakistan, wicketkeeper), Wayne Parnell (South Africa), Umar Gul (Pakistan), Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka). 12th man: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)

ICC World XI (Women): Shelley Nitschke (Australia), Charlotte Edwards (England, captain), Claire Taylor (England), Aimee Watkins (New Zealand), Sarah Taylor (England, wicketkeeper), Suzi Bates (New Zealand), Lucy Doolan (New Zealand), Rumeli Dhar (India), Laura Marsh (England), Holly Colvin (England), Sian Ruck (New Zealand). 12th player: Eshani Kaushalya (Sri Lanka)

Afridi may lead Pakistan T20, ODI teams

2009-06-22T09:46:00.000-07:00

Flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who after guiding Pakistan to the Twenty20 World Cup title in Sunday’s final expressed willingness to lead the national team at least once before calling it quit, may soon get the opportunity.

The dream of Afridi, who cracked an unbeaten 40-ball 54 to help Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets at the Lord’s, may come true after Younis Khan stepped down as the T20 skipper.

Having regained his sublime touch with the bat and his bowling already being a potent weapon, Afridi is now most likely to succeed Younis as the T20 skipper.

“For the time being Shoaib Malik is ruled out of contention for captaincy at any level and the way Afridi has performed and handled new found responsibilities as a senior player, he is certain to become the Pakistan captain for T20 cricket,” one Pakistan Cricket Board official told PTI.

If Afridi comes at the helm of country’s T20 squad, his first assignment will be the one-off match against Sri Lanka on August 12 during their tour to the island nation.

And indications are that Afridi will also be taking over as Pakistan’s ODI captain if Younis decides to play the Test matches only.

“That might be far off as Younis has his eyes set on the 2011 World Cup,” the official said. While asked about his desire to captain the team, Afridi earlier told a leading Urdu daily,

“That is my ambition because it is an honour to lead your country.”

Afridi also admitted that at one stage when he was not scoring runs during the last two years, was so frustrated that had seriously thought about ending his career.

“But it was my bowling that kept me going because my bowling had improved and was a big plus for the team that is why I hung on. I am happy that I have finally found my batting form in this tournament,” he said.

“I told Younis I wanted to bat higher up because I was not getting enough time to settle down and play long innings. There was too much pressure on me to go and just start hitting out. He said if I had confidence I should bat higher up,” Afridi added.

Afridi is now destined to a hero’s welcome back home when he returns to Karachi on Monday.

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Final, ICC World Twenty20

2009-06-22T09:35:00.000-07:00

Batting: Sri Lanka Innings

Batsmen	Sri Lanka (138/6 in 20 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4’s	6’s	SR
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c S Hasan b M Aamer	0	5	0	0	0.00
Sanath Jayasuriya	b A Razzaq	17	10	2	1	170.00
Jehan Mubarak	c S Hasan b A Razzaq	0	2	0	0	0.00
Kumar Sangakkara (c) (wk)	not out	64	52	7	0	123.08
Mahela Jayawardene	c M Haq b A Razzaq	1	4	0	0	25.00
Chamara Silva	c S Ajmal b U Gul	14	19	2	0	73.68
Isuru Udana	b S Afridi	1	5	0	0	20.00
Angelo Mathews	not out	35	24	3	1	145.83
Muttiah Muralitharan
Lasith Malinga
Ajantha Mendis
Extras:	b - 0, w - 2, nb - 1, lb - 3	6
Total: (138 for 6 in 20 overs)		138	Run Rate: 6.90

Fall Of Wickets 1/0 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 0.5 ov.), 2/2 (Jehan Mubarak, 1.3 ov.), 3/26 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 3.5 ov.), 4/32 (Mahela Jayawardene, 5.3 ov.), 5/67 (Chamara Silva, 11.3 ov.), 6/70 (Isuru Udana, 12.6 ov.)

Bowling: Pakistan

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	ER
Mohammad Aamer	4	1	30	1	0	0	7.5
Abdul Razzaq	3	0	20	3	0	0	6.7
Shahid Afridi	4	0	20	1	0	0	5.0
Saeed Ajmal	4	0	28	0	0	0	7.0
Umar Gul	4	0	29	1	1	2	7.2
Shoaib Malik	1	0	8	0	0	0	8.0

Power Play: Sri Lanka innings

Mandatory: (0.1 - 6) overs - 34 Runs

Batting: Pakistan Innings

Batsmen	Pakistan (139/2 in 18.4 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4’s	6’s	SR
Kamran Akmal (wk)	st K Sangakkara b S Jayasuriya	37	28	2	2	132.14
Shahzaib Hasan	c S Jayasuriya b M Muralitharan	19	23	3	0	82.61
Shahid Afridi	not out	54	40	2	2	135.00
Shoaib Malik	not out	24	22	1	0	109.09
Younis Khan (c)
Misbah Ul-Haq
Abdul Razzaq
Fawad Alam
Umar Gul
Saeed Ajmal
Mohammad Aamer
Extras:	b - 0, w - 2, nb - 1, lb - 2	5
Total: (139 for 2 in 18.4 overs)		139	Run Rate: 7.45

Fall Of Wickets 1/48 (Kamran Akmal, 7.1 ov.), 2/63 (Shahzaib Hasan, 9.1 ov.)

Bowling: Sri Lanka

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	ER
Angelo Mathews	2	0	17	0	0	0	8.5
Isuru Udana	4	0	44	0	1	2	11.0
Lasith Malinga	3.4	0	14	0	0	0	3.8
Muttiah Muralitharan	3	0	20	1	0	0	6.7
Ajantha Mendis	4	0	34	0	0	0	8.5
Sanath Jayasuriya	2	0	8	1	0	0	4.0