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Thursday, 7 April 2011

Pakistan team is going to visiting westindies


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The Pakistan National Cricket Team is an International cricket team representing Pakistan.

It is administrated by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Pakistan is a full member of the International Cricket Council and has professional teams representing in Test cricket,

One Day International and Twenty20 matches.

Pakistan are the ICC Cricket World Cup 1992 champions,

ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup champions twice in 2004 and in 2006 making them the first and

the only team to become back to back champions in the U-19 Cricket World Cup tournaments and they are also the ICC World Twenty20 2009 champions.

Pakistan have been semi finalist 3 times in the ICC Champions Trophy in 2000, 2004 and 2009.

After gaining independence from the British Empire in 1947, Pakistan cricket was played before the first Pakistan national team was granted test match playing status.

Documentation and archives show that during the 18th century, cricket was played on the western part of India and many successful Indian cricketers played for the English cricket team.

It was not until 28 July 1952 that Pakistan started playing test match cricket.

Their first match took place in Delhi against India on October of the same year.

Their first international tour was to England during 1954. Over the half century,

Pakistan has become one of the most challenging and unpredictable teams in the world,

the team won the 1992 Cricket World Cup and were runners up in the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

As of October 2007, the Pakistani team has played 332 Test matches, winning 30.29%, losing 26.76% and drawing 42.94% of its games.

The team is ranked sixth in both the ICC Test Championship and ICC ODI Championship.

On 28 August 2006, Pakistan won its debut Twenty20 International match in England

and were runners up in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in September 2007.

They won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets.

Pakistan team is going to visiting westindies



Following the Partition of India in 1947 and the establishment of the separate province of Pakistan,

cricket in the country developed steadily and Pakistan was given Test match status

at a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference at Lord's Cricket Ground in

England on 28 July 1952 following recommendation by India,

which, being the successor state of the British Raj, did not have to go through such a process.

The first captain of the Pakistan national cricket team was Abdul Kardar.

Pakistan’s first Test match was played in Delhi in October 1952 as part of a five Test series which India won 2-1.

Pakistan made their first tour of England in 1954 and drew the series 1-1 after a memorable victory at The Oval in which fast bowler Fazal Mahmood took 12 wickets.

Pakistan’s first home Test match was in Dacca in January 1955 against India,

after which four more Test matches were played in Bahawalpur, Lahore,

Peshawar and Karachi (all five matches in the series were drawn, the first such occurrence in test history



The team is considered a strong but unpredictable team. Traditionally

Pakistani cricket has been filled with players of great talent but limited discipline,

making them a team which could play inspirational cricket one day and then perform less than ordinarily another day.

Over the years, competitions between India and Pakistan have always been emotionally charged and provide for intriguing contests,



as talented teams and players from both sides of the border elevate their game to new levels to produce high-quality cricket.

Pakistani contest with

India in the Cricket World Cup have seen packed stadiums and elevated atmospheres no matter where the World Cup has been held.


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Wednesday, 6 April 2011

India vs New Zealand, Highlights Warm Up Match, Cricket World Cup 2011

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The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for icket in India (BCCI),

it is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.

The Indian cricket team is currently ranked first by the ICC in Tests and second in ODIs.

As of October 2010, the Indian team has played 445 Test matches,

winning 108, losing 138 and drawing 198 of its games, with 1 match ending in a tie.

India has a relatively better record in One Day Internationals,

winning 52% of matches played. Currently, Gary Kirsten is the head coach while Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain in all forms of the game.

Under the leadership of Dhoni, the Indian team has set a national record for most back-to-back ODI wins (9 straight wins)

and has emerged as one of the most formidable teams in international cricket.


Although cricket was introduced to India by European merchant sailors in the 18th-century and the first cricket club in India was established in Calcutta in 1792,

India's national cricket team did not play their first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord's.

They became the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status.

In their first fifty years of international cricket,

India proved weaker than Australia and England, winning only 35 of the 196 test matches.[10] The team, however,

gained strength near the end of the 1970s with the emergence of players such as Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet—Erapalli Prasanna and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (both off spinners), Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (a leg spinner), and Bishen Singh Bedi (a left-arm spinner).

Traditionally much stronger at home than abroad,

the Indian team has improved its overseas form since the start of the 21st century.

It won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 under Kapil Dev and was runners-up in 2003 under Sourav Ganguly.

India have also been the Runners in 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy,

and the Joint Champions along with Sri Lanka in 2002 ICC Champions Trophy led by Sourav Ganguly in both the instances.

India also won the inaugural World Twenty20 under Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2007.

The current team contains many of the world's leading players, including Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag who hold numerous cricketing world records.

On April 2, 2011 India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.

They were led by captain MS Dhoni who hit the winning runs for his team.






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Pakistan vs Bangladesh, Warm Up Match Highlights, World Cup 2011

Pakistan vs Bangladesh, Warm Up Match Highlights, World Cup 2011,

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Pakistan ran out deserved winners after a somewhat shaky start in their warm-up game at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at Mirpur.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Pakistan found themselves in a bit of a sticky spot losing three wickets with just 58 runs on the board.


Bangladeshi captain Shakib-al-Hasan’s ploy of employing spinners(Razzak and himself) in the powerplay seemed to be paying dividends.

Unfortunately two things blocked their way- a good back-up bowling attack and sensible batting by youngster Ahmed Shehzad and- nearly twice his age- veteran batsman Misbah ul Haq.


They didn’t let the situation bog them down and continued playing freely and soon enough, brought up their respective centuries.

They put up 152 for the 4th wicket, before Shehzad was caught off the bowling of Rubel Hossain in the 43rd over. After his departure,

lusty hitting from Misbah and useful cameos by Afridi and Umar Akmal led Pakistan to a challenging 285-8 at the end of their fifty overs.
Bangladesh could not have wished for a worse start when experienced all-rounder Abdul Razzaq shattered Tamim Iqbal’s stumps off the very first ball of the Bangladeshi innings.


With their most dangerous batsman out, Bangladesh would have been expected to be shaky.

But no. 3 batsman Junaid Siddique was not having any of it. He came out looking positive and took the attack to the opposition from the word GO.

Bangladesh looked like making a fight of it at 71-1 in just 9 overs. But with the fall of Siddique to Wahab Riaz in the tenth over,

it looked like the end of Bangladesh’s fight. They never looked like getting back into the game and the spinners took a strong hold of the match.

Bangladesh were bowled out for 196 in the 42nd over with 3 wickets to Razzag and two each for Md. Hafeez and Abdur Rehman.


Pakistan vs Bangladesh, Warm Up Match Highlights, World Cup 2011

The Pakistan National Cricket Team is an International cricket team representing Pakistan.

It is administrated by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Pakistan is a full member of the International Cricket Council and has professional teams representing in Test cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 matches.

Pakistan are the ICC Cricket World Cup 1992 champions, ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup champions twice in 2004 and in 2006 making them the first

and the only team to become back to back champions in the U-19 Cricket World Cup tournaments and they are also the ICC World Twenty20 2009 champions.

Pakistan have been semi finalist 3 times in the ICC Champions Trophy in 2000, 2004 and 2009.

After gaining independence from the British Empire in 1947,

Pakistan cricket was played before the first Pakistan national team was granted test match playing status. Documentation and archives show that during the 18th century,

cricket was played on the western part of India and many successful Indian cricketers played for the English cricket team.

It was not until 28 July 1952 that Pakistan started playing test match cricket.

Their first match took place in Delhi against India on October of the same year.

Their first international tour was to England during 1954.

Over the half century, Pakistan has become one of the most challenging and unpredictable teams in the world, the team won the 1992 Cricket World Cup and were runners up in the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

As of October 2007, the Pakistani team has played 332 Test matches, winning 30.29%, losing 26.76% and drawing 42.94% of its games.

The team is ranked sixth in both the ICC Test Championship and ICC ODI Championship.[4] On 28 August 2006,

Pakistan won its debut Twenty20 International match in England and were runners up in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in September 2007.

They won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets.



The Bangladesh national cricket team is a nationalcricket team representing Bangladesh.

The team is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.

It played its first Test match in 2000 against India inDhaka,

becoming the tenth Test cricket playing nation.

Bangladesh's first official foray into international cricket came in the 1979 ICC Trophy in England, leaving the tournament with 2 wins and 2 defeats.

Seven years later, on 31 March 1986,

Bangladesh played in its first ODI match against Pakistan in the 1986 Asia Cup.

Cricket has gradually become very popular in urban areas of the country.

Although football was the most popular game for a long time, cricket gained momentum and soon surpassed football,

especially after Bangladesh won the1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia.

By winning the tournament, Bangladesh qualified for the 1999 Cricket World Cup for the first time,



where it defeated Pakistan creating one of the biggest upsets in their cricketing history.

In 1997, Bangladesh became a regular ICC member with the right to play ODIs. It attained the status of a Test playing country on 26 June 2000.

As of June 2010, Bangladesh has played in 68 Tests, winning only 3.

Its first victory was against Zimbabwe and the other two were against a West Indian team crippled by a players' strike.

Of the 59 matches it has lost,

34 were by an innings.

Bangladesh's performance has led to repeated calls for it to lose its Test status.

Bangladesh has been more successful in ODIs, having won 65 of its 241 matches.

The team has also played 16 Twenty20 Internationals, winning three.


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Monday, 4 April 2011

India vs Australia, Highlights Warm Up Match, World Cup 2011










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<The Australian cricket team is the national men's cricket team of Australia.

It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877.

The team also plays One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International, participating in both the first ODI,

against England in the 1970–71 season [3] and the first Twenty20 International, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season, winning both games.

The team mainly draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions – the Sheffield Shield, the Australian Domestic One-Day Series and the Twenty20 Big Bash.

The Australian team has played 730 Test matches, winning 341, losing 192, drawing 195 and tying two.

Australia is ranked the number-one team overall in Test cricket in terms of overall wins, win-loss ratio and wins percentage.

Australia is currently ranked fifth in the ICC Test Championship behind India, India vs Australia, Highlights Warm Up Match, World Cup 2011

South Africa, England and Sri Lanka, and led the Test rankings for a record time of 74 months from 2003 to 2009.

Australia has played 752 ODI matches, winning 464, losing 256, tying eight and with 24 ending in no-result.India vs Australia, Highlights Warm Up Match, World Cup 2011

They have led the ICC ODI Championship since its inception for all but a period of 48 days in 2007. India vs Australia, Highlights Warm Up Match, World Cup 2011

Australia have made record six World Cup final appearances (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003 & 2007) and have won the World Cup a record four times in total; 1987 Cricket World Cup, 1999 Cricket World Cup,

2003 Cricket World Cup & 2007 Cricket World Cup. Australia is the first team to appear in 4 consecutive World Cup finals (1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007),

surpassing the old record of 3 consecutive World Cup appearances by West Indies (1975, 1979 and 1983).India vs Australia, Highlights Warm Up Match, World Cup 2011

The team was undefeated in 34 consecutive World Cup matches until 19 March at the 2011 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan beat them by 4 wickets.

Australia have also won the ICC Champions Trophy twice – in 2006 and in 2009 – making them the first and the only team to become back to back winners in the Champions Trophy tournaments.

The team has also played 39 Twenty20 Internationals,making the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in 2010 before losing it to England.

The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.

The Indian cricket team is currently ranked first by the ICC in Tests and second in ODIs.

As of October 2010, the Indian team has played 445 Test matches,

winning 108, losing 138 and drawing 198 of its games, with 1 match ending in a tie.

India has a relatively better record in One Day Internationals, winning 52% of matches played. Currently, Gary Kirsten is the head coach while Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain in all forms of the game.

Under the leadership of Dhoni, the Indian team has set a national record for most back-to-back ODI wins (9 straight wins)

and has emerged as one of the most formidable teams in international cricket.

Although cricket was introduced to India by European merchant sailors in the 18th-century and the first cricket club in India was established in Calcutta in 1792,

India's national cricket team did not play their first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord's.

They became the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status.

In their first fifty years of international cricket,

India proved weaker than Australia and England, winning only 35 of the 196 test matches.[10] The team, however, gained strength near the end of the 1970s with the emergence of players such as Sunil Gavaskar,

Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet—Erapalli Prasanna and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (both off spinners),

Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (a leg spinner), and Bishen Singh Bedi (a left-arm spinner). Traditionally much stronger at home than abroad,

the Indian team has improved its overseas form since the start of the 21st century.

It won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 under Kapil Dev and was runners-up in 2003 under Sourav Ganguly.

India have also been the Runners in 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy,

and the Joint Champions along with Sri Lanka in 2002 ICC Champions Trophy led by Sourav Ganguly in both the instances.

India also won the inaugural World Twenty20 under Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2007.

The current team contains many of the world's leading players,

including Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag who hold numerous cricketing world records.

On April 2, 2011 India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.

They were led by captain MS Dhoni who hit the winning runs for his team.

India vs Australia, Highlights Warm Up Match, World Cup 2011



The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721.

In 1848, the Parsi community in Bombay formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians.

After slow beginnings,

the Europeans eventually invited the Parsis to play a match in 1877.[13] By 1912, the Parsis,Sikhs, Hindus,

and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year.

In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the English cricket team.

Some of these, such as Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji were greatly appreciated by the British and their names went on to be used for the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy- two major first class tournaments in India.

In 1911, an Indian team went on their first official tour of England, but only played English county teams and not the English cricket team.

India was invited into The Imperial Cricket Council in 1926 and made its debut as a Test-cricket-playing-nation in 1932 led by CK Nayudu.

The match was given Test status despite being only 3 days in length. The team was not strong in its batting at this point and went on to lose by 158 runs.

The Indian team continued to improve throughout the 1930s and '40s but did not achieve an international victory during this period.

The team's first series as an independent country was in 1948 against Sir Donald Bradman's Invincibles (a name given to the Australian cricket team of that time).

Australia won the five-match series, 4-0.[17]

India recorded their first Test victory against England at Madras (now Chennai) in 1952.

Later in the same year, they won their first Test series, which was against Pakistan.

They continued their improvement throughout the early 1950s with a series win against New Zealand in 1956.

However, they did not win again in the remainder of the decade and lost badly to strong Australian and English sides.

The next decade saw India's reputation develop as a team with a strong record at home.

They won their first Test series against England at home in 1961–62, and also won a home series against New Zealand.

They also managed to draw home series against Pakistan and Australia, and another series against England.

In this same period, India also won its first series outside the subcontinent,

against New Zealand in 1967–68.

The key to India's bowling in the 1970s were the Indian spin quartet - Bishen Bedi, E.A.S. Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan.

This period also saw the emergence of two of India's best ever batsmen, Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath.

Indian pitches have had tendency to support spin and the spin quartet exploited this to create collapses in opposing batting lineups.

These players were responsible for the back-to-back series wins in 1971 in the West Indies and in England,

under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar. Gavaskar scored 774 runs in the West Indian series while Dilip Sardesai's 112 played a big part in their one Test win.

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Sunday, 4 April 2010

India vs Srilanka Final HIGHLIGHTS World Cup 2011

India vs Srilanka Final HIGHLIGHTS World Cup 2011

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The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka.
The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation. The team is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket.
Sri Lanka’s national cricket team transformed the country from underdog status to a major cricketing nation during the 1990s.
The team went on to win the 1996 Cricket World Cup, beating Australia in the finals, and becoming World Champions. Since then, the team has continued to be a major force in international cricket.
The Sri Lankan cricket team reached the finals of the 2007 Cricket World Cup but lost to Australia in a rain-affected final match. The batting of Sanath Jayasuriya and Aravinda de Silva (retired),
backed up by the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas (retired), among many other talented cricketers, has underpinned the successes of Sri Lankan cricket during the last 15 years.
Sri Lanka have won the Cricket World Cup in 1996, the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 (Co-champions with India), have been runners up in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and have been runners up in the ICC World Twenty20 in 2009.
The Sri Lankan cricket team currently holds several world records, including world records for highest team totals in all three forms of the game, Test, ODI and Twenty20.
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.
The Indian cricket team is currently ranked first by the ICC in Tests and second in ODIs.[3] As of October 2010, the Indian team has played 445 Test matches, winning 108, losing 138 and drawing 198 of its games, with 1 match ending in a tie.[4] India has a relatively better record in One Day Internationals,
winning 52% of matches played. Currently, Gary Kirsten is the head coach while Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain in all forms of the game.
Under the leadership of Dhoni, the Indian team has set a national record for most back-to-back ODI wins (9 straight wins) and has emerged as one of the most formidable teams in international cricket.
Although cricket was introduced to India by European merchant sailors in the 18th-century and the first cricket club in India was established in Calcutta in 1792, India’s national cricket team did not play their first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord’s. They became the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status.
In their first fifty years of international cricket, India proved weaker than Australia and England, winning only 35 of the 196 test matches.
The team, however, gained strength near the end of the 1970s with the emergence of players such as Sunil Gavaskar,
Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet—Erapalli Prasanna and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (both off spinners), Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (a leg spinner), and Bishen Singh Bedi (a left-arm spinner).
Traditionally much stronger at home than abroad, the Indian team has improved its overseas form since the start of the 21st century.
It won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 under Kapil Dev and was runners-up in 2003 under Sourav Ganguly. India have also been the Runners in 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, and the Joint Champions along with Sri Lanka in 2002 ICC Champions Trophy led by Sourav Ganguly in both the instances. India also won the inaugural World Twenty20 under Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2007. The current team contains many of the world’s leading players, including Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag who hold numerous cricketing world records.[11] India will face Sri Lanka in the ICC world Cup final on 2 April 2011




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The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721.
In 1848, the Parsi community in Bombay formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. After slow beginnings, the Europeans eventually invited the Parsis to play a match in 1877.
By 1912, the Parsis,Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year.
In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the English cricket team. Some of these, such as Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji were greatly appreciated by the British and their names went on to be used for the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy- two major first class tournaments in India. In 1911, an Indian team went on their first official tour of England, but only played English county teams and not the English cricket team.
India was invited into The Imperial Cricket Council in 1926 and made its debut as a Test-cricket-playing-nation in 1932 led by CK Nayudu.
The match was given Test status despite being only 3 days in length. The team was not strong in its batting at this point and went on to lose by 158 runs.
The Indian team continued to improve throughout the 1930s and ’40s but did not achieve an international victory during this period. The team’s first series as an independent country was in 1948 against Sir Donald Bradman’s Invincibles (a name given to the Australian cricket team of that time). Australia won the five-match series, 4-0.[17]
India recorded their first Test victory against England at Madras (now Chennai) in 1952.
Later in the same year, they won their first Test series, which was against Pakistan.
They continued their improvement throughout the early 1950s with a series win against New Zealand in 1956. However, they did not win again in the remainder of the decade and lost badly to strong Australian and English sides.
The next decade saw India’s reputation develop as a team with a strong record at home. They won their first Test series against England at home in 1961–62,
and also won a home series against New Zealand. They also managed to draw home series against Pakistan and Australia, and another series against England.
In this same period, India also won its first series outside the subcontinent, against New Zealand in 1967–68.
The key to India’s bowling in the 1970s were the Indian spin quartet – Bishen Bedi, E.A.S. Prasanna,
BS Chandrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan. This period also saw the emergence of two of India’s best ever batsmen,
Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath. Indian pitches have had tendency to support spin and the spin quartet exploited this to create collapses in opposing batting lineups.
These players were responsible for the back-to-back series wins in 1971 in the West Indies and in England,
under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar. Gavaskar scored 774 runs in the West Indian series while Dilip Sardesai’s 112 played a big part in their one Test win.

 

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