Monday, March 31, 2008

Sir Viv Richards .. The real legend from west indies


Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards was born on 7 March 1952 at St. John’s, Antigua. Considered to be one of the finest batsmen of all time, he was also a part time off break bowler. One of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, he was nominated Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1977.
You knew when he was coming. The outgoing batsman would already have disappeared into the pavilion, and the expectation of what was to follow filled the air. Viv kept you waiting ... time to ponder. Then he appeared, sauntering, swaggering, arms windmilling slowly. He would take guard, and then, head tilted back slightly and cudding his gum, he would walk a few paces down the pitch to tap it while looking the bowler in the eye. It was calculated menace and magnificent theatre from arguably the most devastating batsman of all time. How to bowl to him? Get him to the other end, perhaps. Hold your nerve, do not take what might follow as personal.
Richards made his test debut at Bangalore against India in 1974-5 and his one-day international debut against Sri Lanka in the World Cup of 1975. His last test was against England at the Oval in 1991 and his last ODI was at Lord’s in the same series. Playing 121 tests, he scored 8,540 runs at an average of 50.23, with 24 hundreds and 291 as his highest score. He claimed 32 wickets and took 122 catches. In 187 ODIs, he scored 6,721 runs at an average of 47.00, with 11 hundreds and 189 n.o. as his highest score. He also claimed 118 wickets and took 100 catches.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

M S Dhoni ..wicket keeper,Captain for Team India



Inidian cricket team captain Mahendra singh Dhoni... with seniors...



India's Mahendra Dhoni celebrates after winning the match during their tri-series one-day international cricket match against Sri Lanka in Adelaide February 19, 2008





Team India captain M S Dhoni speaking at a felicitation function for winning CB series defeating Australia

Saurav Ganguly ..Bengal Tiger in action


Saurav Ganguly with his wife Dona and daughter





Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly celebrates after scoring a double century (200 runs) on the second day of the third Test between India and Pakistan at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore, 09 December 2007


Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly plays a shot during the second day of the third Test match between India and Pakistan at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore, 09 December 2007.

Brian Lara, The Prince of Port-of-Spain

As per wiki, Brian Charles Lara born on May 2, 1969 ,nicknamed, "The Prince of Port-of-Spain", "The Prince of Trinidad" or simply "The Prince" is a retired record-breaking cricketer, and considered to be one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the game. He also holds the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with a total of 501* for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994. Lara played his international career with the West Indies cricket team.
He has topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds two of the most prestigious world records for batting in Tests: highest individual innings and the all-time leading run scorer.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

INDIA won CB Series cup beating AUS by 9 runs

Commonwealth Bank Series - 2nd FinalAustralia vs India
Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, on 4 March 2008 - day/night (50-over match)

DETAILED SCORECARD

India innings (50 overs maximum)
RV Uthappa .............. c Hopes b Clark ............30
SR Tendulkar............. c Ponting b Clarke ..... 91
G Gambhir ..................c Johnson b Clarke .... 15
Yuvraj Singh ...............c Hayden b Symonds . 38
MS Dhoni .....................c Clarke b Bracken...... 36
RG Sharma .................c Symonds b Clarke ..... 2
IK Pathan ....................b Bracken .................... 12
Harbhajan Singh .........lbw b Lee ...................... 3
P Kumar ......................c Ponting b Bracken ..... 7
Piyush Chawla............ not out ........................... 6
S Sreesanth .................not out............................ 1

Extras (lb 5, w 12) 17
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 258 (5.16 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-94 (Uthappa, 20.5 ov), 2-121 (Gambhir, 25.2 ov), 3-175 (Yuvraj Singh, 34.6 ov), 4-205 (Tendulkar, 39.2 ov), 5-209 (Sharma, 41.1 ov), 6-237 (Pathan, 47.2 ov), 7-240 (Dhoni, 47.6 ov), 8-249 (Harbhajan Singh, 48.5 ov), 9-255 (Kumar, 49.3 ov)

Bowling............. O M R W Econ
B Lee ......................10 0 58 1 5.80 (1w)
NW Bracken............ 9 1 31 3 3.44
SR Clark ..................6 0 32 1 5.33 (1w)
MG Johnson........... 6 0 33 0 5.50 (8w)
JR Hopes................ 6 0 20 0 3.33
MJ Clarke .............10 0 52 3 5.20 (1w)
A Symonds..............3 0 27 1 9.00 (1w)


Australia innings (target: 259 runs from 50 overs)
AC Gilchrist ............c Dhoni b Kumar............................................2
ML Hayden ............run out (Yuvraj Singh/Harbhajan Singh)..55
RT Ponting .............c Yuvraj Singh b Kumar.............................. 1
MJ Clarke ...............b Kumar .......................................................17
A Symonds .............lbw b Harbhajan Singh ...............................42
MEK Hussey........... c Dhoni b Sreesanth ...................................44
JR Hopes................ c Piyush Chawla b Pathan......................... 63
B Lee....................... b Kumar....................................................... 7
MG Johnson ..........c Dhoni b Sreesanth................................... 8
NW Bracken ..........c Piyush Chawla b Pathan .........................1
SR Clark ................not out .........................................................0

Extras (lb 2, w 7) 9
Total (all out; 49.4 overs) 249 (5.01 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Gilchrist, 0.3 ov), 2-8 (Ponting, 2.3 ov), 3-32 (Clarke, 8.6 ov), 4-121 (Hayden, 25.4 ov), 5-123 (Symonds, 25.6 ov), 6-199 (Hussey, 41.6 ov), 7-228 (Lee, 46.4 ov), 8-238 (Johnson, 48.2 ov), 9-247 (Bracken, 49.2 ov), 10-249 (Hopes, 49.4 ov)

Bowling ...................O M R W Econ
P Kumar ...................10 2 46 4 4.60
S Sreesanth............. ...9 0 43 2 4.77 (2w)
IK Pathan ................8.4 0 54 2 6.23 (4w)
Harbhajan Singh.... .10 0 44 1 4.40 (1w)
Piyush Chawla ...........9 0 45 0 5.00
Yuvraj Singh ..............3 0 15 0 5.00

Result India won by 9 runs

Toss India, who chose to bat first Series India won the best-of-3-finals 2-0

Player of the match P Kumar (India)
Player of the series NW Bracken (Australia)

SACHIN TENDULKAR - Little master in action

Sachin accepting the applouse of crowd
A cover drive

Sachin thanking god

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