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Friday, April 13, 2012

Lumb numbs Durham attack


Michael Lumb's first century for Nottinghamshire built on the earlier good work of their bowlers on day two against Durham at Chester-le-Street.

Number three Lumb, who joined from Hampshire in the winter, hit 15 fours in his 104 not out as the visitors closed on 231-4 in their second innings, a lead of 263.

He added 85 with opener Alex Hales for the second wicket and 99 alongside James Taylor (37) for the fourth.

Durham had earlier collapsed from 55-3 to 129 all out, Notts' Ben Phillips leading the way with 4-33.

Phillips received good support from fellow seamers Andre Adams (3-42) and Andy Carter (3-27), while Durham number four Ben Stokes' 33 was the top score of an innings lasting 43.4 overs in total.
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Shakib the Knight as Kolkata ride to victory


Shakib the Knight as Kolkata ride to victory


Kolkata: At least, Rahul Dravid got the pitch right but the batsmen would have had a lot to gripe about after an excruciating outing on a bone-dry track. It was painstakingly slow and obviously not the right advertisement of Twenty20 cricket, something the Indian Premier League would have looked forward to a day after the Chennai Super Kings' thrilling chase of 205.

The Kolkata Knight Riders emerged winners but it was hardly a blaze to glory. The runs were as precious as gold as the batsmen were forced to give up their aggression. The spinners though had a chuckle or two.

Shakib Al Hasan showed his all-round talent, tossing and turning the ball before being useful with the bat.

Slow but not steady

In order to break free, Dravid danced down the pitch twice to slog Jacques Kallis while Ajinkya Rahane swept and caressed Sunil Narine to the boundary. But the ball was already gripping and Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir quickly deployed spin from both ends.

Shakib dismissed Rahane off his first delivery in the seventh over and then tempted Dravid with his flight, inducing an easy catch to Manoj Tiwary at short cover.

Consolidation was required and both Shreevats Goswami and Owais Shah did exactly that. But launching into the bowling looked easier than it seemed, with the field spread out and the batsmen given no space at all.

Rajat Bhatia though was a bit generous in providing them with a lot of width and ended up conceding 16 runs in what proved to be the costliest over of the Rajasthan Royals' innings. But Gambhir put the brakes on, and Rajasthan's innings never really took off.

Not quite over

But it was enough encouragement for the Royals. When it was their turn to bowl, the Royals were equally mean and made the Knight Riders earn every run.

Johan Botha immediately started to extract alarming turn while old horse Brad Hogg straightaway settled into a leg-stump line. In between, Ankeet Chavan impressed too but a risky single led to Gambhir's dismissal.

Kallis was patient in compiling 31 but fell trying to sweep Botha. It required Manoj Tiwary to hit a towering six to get the Knight Riders back in the game, but he too perished in a moment of madness and Hogg got some initiative back for the Royals.

Shakib's flat six and Yusuf Pathan's four helped release the pressure before Ryan ten Doeschate hoicked one that ended both the teams' misery.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Alastair Cook and Tim Bresnan on Wisden cricketers list

England pair Alastair Cook and Tim Bresnan have been named among Wisden's five cricketers of the year.

Cook averaged 84 and Bresnan took 21 wickets in 2011 as England reached the top of the world Test rankings.

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara becomes the first man to be leading cricketer in the world and make the list in the same year.

Lancashire captain Glen Chapple and Worcestershire seamer Alan Richardson complete the list.

The Five Cricketers of the Year are chosen by the editor of Wisden since 1889 to reflect an impact on English cricket, and no-one can be chosen more than once.

Cook scored 927 Test runs as England won 10 Test matches out of 10 and replaced India as the world's best side - including a career best 294 at Edgbaston. Having inherited the one-day captaincy from Andrew Strauss, Cook led by example in series victories over Sri Lanka and India.

Bresnan hit a powerful 90 against India at Trent Bridge in that series, taking 16 wickets at 16 runs along the way.

The Yorkshire all-rounder said: "It's a very select membership and I'm over the moon to receive such a prestigious honour."

Sri Lanka batsman Sangakkara compiled 2,267 international runs last year with five centuries and 13 fifties, including a century in probably his last Test on English soil at Hampshire.
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Friday, March 16, 2012

100 Century of Sachin tendulkar


 Sachin Tendulkar hundredth century was witnessed Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka. Let's take a glance to see how aggressively against whom this century by the Indian batting Jinyas.







Country          Test                ODI

Australia           11                    9

Sri Lanka            9                    8

South Africa         7                  5

New Zeeland         4                  5

England                 7                2

Zimbabwe              3               5

Pakistan                 2              5

West Indies             3              4

Bangladesh              5              1

Kenya -                                     4

Namibia -                                  1
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The logo of ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2015


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The Logo of FIFA WORLD CUP 2014


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