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It was a game that then Australian captain, Steve Waugh, described as the best Test match he ever played. His opposite number, Brian Lara, of the West Indies scored a Test hundred that Wisden described as one of the best Test centuries ever made. The West Indies won by the narrowest of margins in terms of wickets - one wicket. In the context of the series, the match was ever more of a thriller. The West Indies were trounced in Port of Spain in the first match. The second match was Brian Lara's, where the Prince of Port of Spain scored a double hundred to level the series against the dominant Aussies. The third match in Bridgetown was the zenith of a series that seesawed. The Barbados Test ranked...

The final group match of the 2010 Tri-Series in Zimbabwe was of academic value to the participating teams. Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka were already through to the final, with India being eliminated in the penultimate match. Having defeated Zimbabwe earlier in the tournament, Sri Lanka was seeking to keep the momentum up against the home side. Zimbabwe was merely seeking to even the scores to give them a psychological edge heading into the final. Sri Lanka batted first in this match, with Tillekeratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga opening the batting for the Asian islanders. They gave Sri Lanka a commanding start with a 122-run partnership for the first wicket off just 122 balls. Dilshan was the first out...

ICL competion is going underway and this is seems to be one team is leading in this tournament and crushes all his opponents and that team is "LAHORE BADSHAWS". This is a team contains all the Pakistani players and they really play well. Till Today, Lahore Badshaws Played 7 matches and won all and all won by long margens. no other team even near him in table position on second place. this is a great respect for all the Pakistani Players. Why Lahore badshaws Won! Lahore Badshaws Won their matches, I my opinion there are several reasons. 1. These guys also play with each others in the past several times and they know each other and their understanding is very well with each other. 2. Other reason is...

Hendy Ricardo Bryan is a former ODI player, who played for the West Indies between April and September 1999. The Barbadian all rounder shone on debut but did little else in the remainder of his short ODI career. Born in St. Lucy, Barbados on March 17 1970, Bryan, a right hand batsman and bowler, made his debut for Barbados in the 1994/1995 season. The Barbadian remained on the domestic circuit until he received the call-up to the West Indies team, after a fine performance in the 1999 First Class season. Bryan's first ODI match turned out to be the highlight of his career, although it did not begin that way. Bryan made a second-ball 0 against the visiting Australians at Arnos Vale, St. Vincent before...

The West Indian style of play is sometimes cavalier and carefree. Former West Indian opener, Philo Alphonso Wallace, took the cavalier play a bit further. Sometimes the Barbadian batsmen reduced batting to agricultural shots and inelegant swishes. His hit or miss approach did not often work at international level, although it brought him mixed degrees of success at First Class level. Born in Barbados on August 2, 1970, the right-handed opener made his debut in the 1989/1990 season. Wallace made a good impression on the West Indies selectors and earned a spot on the one-day international team on the 1991 tour of Pakistan. On his debut series, Philo accumulated 90 runs from 3 matches and was retained...

The first major clash of the ICC Women's World T20 occurred in the second game of the tournament. Group A had a clash of the powerhouses of women's cricket - England and Australia. The clash was expected to be keenly contested and the result certainly bore this out. The winner of this match would have a straightforward passage to the semi-finals. The losers might have a tricky route, especially with the host team playing in this group. In this anticipated clash, England Women batted first. England captain Charlotte Edwards opened the batting with wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor. Edwards departed first, bowled by Clea Smith for six. The Australians ran out Claire Taylor off the next ball for nought. Beth...

Cricket used to be a 'gentleman's' game in the eighteenth century. It was something which was looked upon as a game to show-off a man's prowess. How much has the game changed since then? Well, to find out we only have to look 40 years back in our scrapbook of this sport to find out what went wrong. The introduction of one-day format was a revelation for any keen cricketer at the time. 50 overs per innings meant that the spectators would not be bored by the 5-day haul of the test arena. At the time, it was not 50 overs but 60, but the effect was still the same. Teams which graced this game included the legendary West Indies team of the 1970's which had won the first one-day internation World Cup. How...

Chennai Super Kings are some say the complete team with good clean strikers of the ball, an imaginative captain and a great crop of Indian players, a magical spinner and one of the best all rounders in the world in Andrew Flintoff. Coached by former South African cricketer Kepler Wessels, the team makes up for the absence of an Icon Player by having stalwarts like Stephen Fleming, Matthew Hayden, Jacob Oram, Makhaya Ntini, Michael Hussey, and Muttiah Muralidharan lending their participation to the Super Kings. The team's name was chosen as a tribute to the rulers of the golden era of Tamil culture. The 2009 competition which was held on foreign soil in South Africa was a mixed bag affair for the...

Career Highlights - Became the first captain to lead India to the ICC World Twenty 20 trophy played in South Africa in September 2007 which India won on the 24th September 2007 Awards - On the 13th of February 2006, became the man of the match against Pakistan at Gadaffi Stadium for an unbeaten 72 runs - Made man of the match against Sri Lanka on the 31st of October 2005 for scoring his highest ever unbeaten 183 runs at Sawai Mansingh Stadium - Receives his first man of the match award against Pakistan at AC-VDCA Stadium for scoring 148 runs on the 5th of April 2005 Ranking - On the 19th of April 2006, moves to the top at no. 1 position on LG's ICC ODI player rankings - Ranked at no. 2 position on...

India v Australia 7th ODI Live Streaming, Australia have won the series and the 7th ODI just becomes significant from a statistician’s point of view; probably another last chance for India to play their best. The mighty Aussies (they deserved to be called so) have come to the subcontinent with no big names and played with almost a second rated team and have gotten unassailable lead of 4 games to 2 and the 7-match ODI series will conclude with the last one day match in Mumbai on Wednesday. If the 5th ODI had been a close finish and seen a swinging of fortunes until the last over, the 6th ODI had been a boring one to say the least. India won the toss and elected to bat at Nehru Stadium, Guwahati...

For all Rahul Dravid fans out there, here are ten key facts about Dravid and his cricketing career: 1. Rahul Dravid was born on January 11. 1973 and is considered one of the most experienced player of the Indian national cricket team. 2. In October of 2005 he was appointed captain of the Indian cricket team and resigned in Sept 2007. 3. Known to everyone as the Wall he holds multiple cricket records, In Feb 2007 he became the 6th player in history to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. 4. He is also the first and only batsman to score a century against all cricket playing nations. 5. He currently holds the world record in the highest number of catches in test cricket. He also holds the world record...

Leg spin is one of the hardest bowling arts to master. However, when you get a good grip of the art, it can be very effective. There are many variations that can be made to your deliveries, which can confuse the batsmen, resulting in them getting out. These variable deliveries include the leg break, googly, top spinner, flipper and slider. Within these deliveries, you can vary the delivery itself. Whether that is by the speed of the delivery or the amount of revolutions imparted on the ball. Leg Break: The leg break delivery is where the ball spins away from the leg side. This is the stock delivery of the leg spinner, hence the name. To bowl a leg break, the ball should be placed in the palm of the...

Is the India vs Australia Cricket Rivalry the greatest ever in world cricket? The ongoing seven game series of one-day internationals between India and Australia has generated a lot of excitement all over the world. The teams fighting are the very best in the world, regardless of the fact that injuries have severely dented the tourists and not so severely, the hosts. The true test for any sporting team lies in its reserves, and Australia has proved why they have been on top or around the top for two decades now. The performances from Doug Bollinger and Clint McKay were fantastic, considering their lack of international exposure. That the Aussies managed to win three games with Mitchell Johnson...

Every ardent cricket fan is looking for more fun and better ways to stay connected with cricket. Perhaps, this is the reason why they spend most of their time in either, watching cricket or surfing for the most exciting and rare cricket wallpapers and images. Today posters and postcard sized images of cricket heroes and historical on-field moments are available at many shops and stalls. However, due to their inapt nature they cannot be used with electronic modes. Since people have started using gadgets like computer, laptop and mobile, they are preferring images that can be stored in the memory of these devices. In such a scenario, wallpapers are the best way to relive a particular moment in a...

Many people within the game of cricket refer to a famous quote that the '90% of the game is played inside the mind'. This statement can often be deemed confusing because, fundamentally, cricket is a physical contest. However, the meaning behind this statement stems from the intense mental battles that are contested on the cricket field. These include attempts from bowlers to 'psych' out the batsmen, while also including the batsmen's attempts to pre-empt what the bowler is next going to do. The major question for coaches within the sport is when to introduce the importance of the mental side of the game to their children. At an early age, it is important that players are encouraged to work on the...

The game of cricket always had two official versions, the five day test match and the one day 50 overs match. Since last 2-3 years, the hottest form of cricket is T20 or Twenty twenty or 20-20 cricket. This is a 20-over game per side. It takes around 3-3.5 hours to complete a single game. This shortening of the time period has helped to increase the popularity of the game. Now, people don't have to watch the game for an entire day or more. It is more like a game of football/soccer where the game starts in the evening and ends in 3 hours. T20 cricket has also brought in a new generation of cricketers, namely T20 experts. Cricketers proficient in power hitting from ball one have become extremely...

There are a few cricketers who can be considered fortunate to have ever played international cricket, regardless of how brief their stint was. Darryl Brown, the former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago all-rounder was as ordinary as his name is common. On the West Indies' 2001 tour of Sri Lanka, Brown was a surprise selection. His unanticipated selection was further evidence of the West Indies selectors' desperation in their search for a genuine all-rounder. Born in Central Trinidad on December 18th, 1973, Brown had to wait for 26 years to make his debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies' domestic competition. Although his career began later than sooner and his right-handed batting and...

Talking of the best batsmen of today, the first name to top the list will be that of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, an Indian cricketer making waves in cricket history. Tendulkar has surpassed the 30000 runs in International Cricket. Wisden Almanac has ranked Tendulkar as the second greatest test batsman, second to the legendary Sir Don Bradman. With many prolific achievements to his credit, Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in Test cricket, surpassing the record of Brian Lara, has a record of highest number of centuries in the ODI's and Test cricket, consistent performances in the World Cup as the highest scorer and the first male cricketer to score a double century in the ODI. Besides many individual...

If you are an ardent fan of the modernized cricket and you enjoyed the glamor and excitement that came along with the Indian Premier League - Then you have a reason to cheer about. The much awaited IPL is back to make the country go crazy in 2010. There are 97 players who have registered for the IPL 2010 auction. The list of players includes a maximum of 26 players from Pakistan, 17 from Sri Lanka, 12 from South Africa, 9 from New Zealand, 9 from Australia, 8 from West Indies, 8 from England, 2 from Bangladesh, 2 from Zimbabwe, 2 from Canada, 1 Ireland and 1 from the Netherlands. The players will be listed in the January 19th auction if the franchises express interest in them. Last year in 2009, out...

Had Kevin Pietersen been caught in the deep when playing the first 'wrong handed switch shot', the other day, those same people who condemned the shot would be the first to call for his international head, on the grounds of poor shot selection and batting irresponsibility. It is doubtful however that they would be condemning the shot as illegal, as often the legality of a failed innovation is generally ignored - that is often the way for those with negative instincts. The innovative shot however, was not caught in the deep, instead it sailed over the head of the lone fielder on the boundary, over the ropes and has now landed it seems, into the hands of the cricket lawmakers and it appears that at...

Cricket has gone through a strong metamorphosis, moving from the 5 day test match pattern to one-day internationals that give 50 overs a team and now, we are into an even more compact format of cricket called T20 or twenty-twenty. The twenty-twenty format shrinks the game further to just 20 overs per team. The present T20 world cup is supposed to be held from 30th April to 16th May 2010. In addition, we also have different competitive events like the Sharjah Cup, the Champion's Trophy and so on. Given the slew of cricketing events and the massive fan following they have it was only a matter of time before a sports entrepreneur decided to capitalize on this phenomenon and build one of India's largest...

The people of the English-speaking Caribbean first became aware of Texan billionaire Allen Stanford when he opened a pub - Sticky Wicket - in Antigua. 'Sticky Wicket' also included a Hall of Fame - an ode to West Indian legends. However, the minor stir created by that development was nothing compared to the introduction of the Stanford 20/20 competition in 2006. Allen Stanford figured that he could revive the flagging hopes of cricket players and fans alike with the newest form of the game. The 20/20 version of cricket was shorter and more exciting than even the one-day version. Stanford got approval from the West Indies Cricket Board and marketed the tournament many months in advance. He involved...

Paul "Pistol" Reiffel is a former Australian fast-medium bowler and lower order batsman, who became an international cricket umpire when he retired from international and First Class cricket. While he was a player on the fringes of a strong Australian line-up throughout his playing career, Reiffel turned in some match-winning performances for the Aussies. A tall, right-arm fast-medium bowler who used line, length and movement off the seam, Paul played for Victoria and English County side Nottinghamshire. Born in Box Hill, Victoria on April 19, 1966, Reiffel took only 21 years to break into the Victorian first eleven in the 1987/1988 season. After plying his craft on the domestic circuit for a few...

Sanath Jayasuriya will not be remembered as a legend of the game, but he perhaps should be. There have been some notable retirements in recent times (Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Brian Lara to name just three) but the little opener from Matara deserves to be held in similar company. He is of course still going strong in One Day Internationals (he signed off from Tests last December with a typically attacking half century) , so it is a little early for a career review. However, Jayasuriya's longevity (he made his international debut in 1989) earns special recognition, as his career does more than span eras; he helped start a whole new one in cricket. Few will forget his impact at the 1996 world cup...

When one thinks of fast bowlers, one imagines a tall, well-built cricketer-an imposing figure on the cricket field. Cameron Eustace Cuffy fit the bill for the archetypal fast bowler. At 6 feet' 7 inches, he appeared to be another one of the fast bowling talents in the West Indies. However, through lack of opportunities, he was unable to make a significant impression on the international stage when he was in his prime. Instead, Cuffy had to try to make his mark when he was already no more than a fast-medium bowler. Born in St. Vincent on February 8 1970, Cameron made his debut in the 1990/91 domestic season for the Windward Islands. When he made his First Class debut, the West Indies were still a...

So Australia has lost the Ashes and whilst this might be synonymous with the end of the world for Australians, a series of problems await their attention. Mike Hussey, also known as 'Mr Cricket', began 2008 with a Test Match average of 80.56. To put this in context only 4 players in the history of the game have finished their careers with an average of over 60 and only one of them (Donald Bradman) had an average of over 90. Currently, Hussey's batting average has slumped to 52.65, which suggests his cricketing powers are in terminal decline. His fall from grace has been punctuated by the occasional Test Match hundred, his most recent coming in his last innings at the Oval . The Australian selectors...

This article is going to take a look at close catching for cricket. Close catching is normally associated with fielding in close to wicket; a great example is in the slips or around the bat, such as silly point or short leg. Often the ball will be coming at pace and so it's vital to have the correct technique in order to not only give yourself the best chance of taking the catch but also to minimise the risk of injury. The technique can be broken down into four main areas, of which we'll work through from feet to head. Stable Base The ideal base is to have your feet around a shoulder's width apart with your weight evenly distributed. Having the weight on both feet is crucial as is not only means you...

Internet is a boon to the world of communication. Everyone has now understood the concept of easiness and simplicity. You can easily shop, communicate, process meetings and do almost everything that involves a conversation between two people or many. Forum is one of the most suitable examples of such concepts. Forum is place where people can put forward their views and ideas on a particular thing that the forum is about. Several forums including those on films, sports, business, society, politics and many other features are now displayed through the world of web, where people of similar interests participate and share their thoughts regarding the topic. Even in cricket forum, as the name suggests...

Height, an imposing physical form and a mean streak are some of the typical prerequisites for being a fast bowler in cricket. Marlon Ian Black was tall and burly - although he lacked a truly menacing demeanour. He would go about his bowling with a quiet focus that belied his imposing physical form. The former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago fast bowler may likely be remembered (if at all) for his misfortune than any tremendous success. Considering his talent and approach to the game, it was surely a pity that his cricket career did not last more than ten years. Born in Trinidad on June 7th, 1975, Marlon Black developed into the archetypal fast bowler. He made his debut at the age of 18 in the...

I will attempt to educate you about cricket. Cricket is a game that is played by throwing a very hard little red ball at you, that you have to protect yourself from with a big stick, called a bat. It was invented by the English as an excuse to throw a rock at people from other countries without getting into trouble. When your team is in to bat, you go out to bat until you are out, at which point you come in. Then the next guy to be in goes out until he is out and then he comes in. When you whole team has been in, and all gone out, then the other team goes in until they come in once they are out. You can go out with a duck. Not that I'd want to. They're not all they're quacked up to be. Anyway, I...

Joys of Swing Bowling: In Swing bowling the ball deviates as the ball moves in the air either towards (in swinger) or away (out swinger) from the batsman. Key factor that invokes the swing is the release of the ball in mid air to take a parabolic action rather than dig it in short. Holding the seam position upright is essential to generate swing. Further effort should be to bowl from as close to the stumps with a high arm action and head steady and level. Richard Hadlee's action was found to be closest to perfect bowling action. Anyone taking up swing bowling seriously would do a lot good to review his action in great detail. Do not trade speed for good length at early age as without speed it is not...

"But we do not judge a cricketer so much by the runs he gets as by the way he gets them". In literature as in finance, says Washington Irving, -- "much paper and much poverty may co-exist". And in cricket, too, many runs and much dullness may be associated. If cricket is menaced with creeping paralysis, it is because it is losing the spirit of joyous adventure and becoming a mere instrument for compiling tables of averages. There are dull, mechanical fellows who turn out runs with as little emotion as a machine turns out pins. There is no color, no enthusiasm, and no character in their play. Cricket is not an adventure to them, it is a business. It was so with Shrewsbury. His technical perfection...