Squad - India Sri Lanka Bangladesh Tri series ODI

India Squad:

MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina,
Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra,
Yuvraj Singh, Sudeep Tyagi, Dinesh Karthik, Sreesanth, Ashok Dinda, Amit Mishra

Sri Lanka squad:

Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan (vice-captain), Upul Tharanga,
Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Chamara Silva, Lahiru Thirimanne,
Thissara Perera, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, Malinga Bandara, Suraj Randiv,
Thilan Thushara, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Kulasekara and Chanaka Welagedera

Bangladesh Preliminary squad:

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (capt), Shakib Al Hasan (vice-captain), Mohammad Ashraful,
Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Tamim Iqbal,
Syed Rasel, Raqibul Hasan, Mahmudullah, Nazmul Hossain, Naeem Islam,
Imrul Kayes, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Shahriar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed, Alok Kapali

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The fixture of this ODI tournament

Ranji trophy semi final schedule 2009-10

The fixture of Semi Finals and Final of this season Ranji Trophy:

1st Semi-Final: Mumbai v Delhi in India (venue TBA)
Jan 3-6 (04:00 GMT)

2nd Semi-Final: Karnataka v U. Pradesh in India (venue TBA)
Jan 3-6 (04:00 GMT)

Final: TBA v TBA in India (venue TBA)
Jan 11-15 (04:00 GMT)

Abandoned ODI cricket matches - dangerous pitch

In the history of this format of the game, there are two instances where matches were abandoned due to very dangerous pitch (extremely variable bounce and too dangerous for further play)

Match 1:
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series - 2nd ODI
Played at Nehru Stadium, Indore
25 December 1997 (50-over match)
scorecard

Match 2:
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series - 5th ODI
Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
27 December 2009 (50-over match)
scorecard

Ranji Trophy 2009-10 Quarter Final fixture

Assam and Haryana made it from the plate division and now they have tough challenges against the 'super league' teams.

1st Quarter-Final: Haryana v Mumbai at Rohtak
Dec 24-27 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)

2nd Quarter-Final: Delhi v Tamil Nadu at Delhi
Dec 24-27 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)

3rd Quarter-Final: Karnataka v Punjab at Mysore
Dec 24-27 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)

4th Quarter-Final: Assam v U. Pradesh at Guwahati
Dec 24-27 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)

Fastest test match cricket hundreds

Balls   Batsman         Match                       Location            Year
56      IVA Richards    West Indies v England       St John's           1985-86
57      AC Gilchrist    Australia v England         Perth               2006-07
67      JM Gregory      Australia v South Africa    Johannesburg        1921-22
69      S Chanderpaul   West Indies v Australia     Georgetown          2002-03
70      CH Gayle        West Indies v Australia     Perth               2009-10
71      RC Fredericks   West Indies v Australia     Perth               1975-76
74      Majid Khan      Pakistan v New Zealand      Karachi             1976-77
74      Kapil Dev       India v Sri Lanka           Kanpur              1986-87
74      M Azharuddin    India v South Africa        Calcutta            1996-97
76      GL Jessop       England v Australia         The Oval            1902

Note: All the figures are from the start of an individual innings.

Detailed list can be found here

Also Adam Gilchrist's 57 ball century vs England video is here

Highest ODI cricket scores - above 400

The scores above 400 are:
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Sri Lanka 443/9 v Netherlands (at Amstelveen) scorecard
South Africa 438/9 v Australia ( at Johannesburg) scorecard
Australia 434/4 v South Africa (at Johannesburg) scorecard
South Africa v Zimbabwe (at Potchefstroom) scorecard
India 414/7 v Sri Lanka (at Rajkot) scorecard
India 413/5 v Bermuda (at Port of Spain) scorecard
Sri Lanka 411/8 v India (at Rajkot) scorecard
New Zealand 402/2 v Ireland (at Aberdeen) scorecard

Tri-Nation ODI Tournament India Bangladesh Sri Lanka fixture

Teams:
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India
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh

The fixture:
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Mon Jan 4
15:30 local | 08:30 GMT
14:00 IST 1st Match - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Tue Jan 5
15:30 local | 08:30 GMT
14:00 IST 2nd Match - India v Sri Lanka
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Thu Jan 7
15:30 local | 08:30 GMT
14:00 IST 3rd Match - Bangladesh v India
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Fri Jan 8
15:30 local | 08:30 GMT
14:00 IST 4th Match - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Sun Jan 10
15:30 local | 08:30 GMT
14:00 IST 5th Match - India v Sri Lanka
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Mon Jan 11
15:30 local | 08:30 GMT
14:00 IST 6th Match - Bangladesh v India
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Wed Jan 13
15:30 local | 08:30 GMT
14:00 IST Final - TBC v TBC
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

India cricket team journey to No 1 in Test

In July 2007, India was No. 5 in ICC Test rankings.

The Journey after that:

NOV-DEC 2007
Beat Pakistan 1-0 at home in 3-Test series

DEC 2007-JAN 2008
Lost 1-2 to Australia in Oz (4-Test series)

MARCH-APRIL 2008
Drew South Africa 1-1 at home (3-Test series)

JUL-AUG 2008
Lost to Sri Lanka 1-2 in Lanka (3-Test series)

OCT-NOV 2008
Beat Australia 2-0 at home in 4-Test series

DEC 2008
Beat England 1-0 at home (2-Test series)

MARCH-APRIL 2009
Beat New Zealand 1-0 in NZ (3-Test series)

NOV-DEC 2009
Beat Sri Lanka 2-0 (3-Test series)

And today, they are the No 1 in the ICC test cricket rankings.

Under Unbeaten Dhoni:

• M S Dhoni is the only Indian captain to have won his first 4 Tests as skipper
• Under Dhoni's captaincy India have won 7 out of his first 10 Tests
• India is yet to lose a Test under his captaincy
  

Iain O'Brien to retire from international cricket

Iain O'Brien has announced that he will retire from international cricket at the end of the third test against Pakistan in Napier to be with his wife Rosie, who lives in England, and he will play for Middlesex.

Read more from cricinfo here

Manjrekar : Sehwag can break Lara's record

Manjrekar: "I really think the highest individual Test score is for Virender Sehwag to take"

Listen the audio from cricinfo

Number of test match wins for each team

With the Kanpur win vs Sri Lanka, India registered their 100th test WIN in the history of the game. I have extracted the stats of all the test playing teams from cricinfo stat page and the details below:



The complete query from cricinfo stats can be found here

The Ashes 2010 11 fixture - cricket updates

1st Test: Australia v England at Brisbane
Nov 25-29 (10:00 local, 00:00 GMT)

2nd Test: Australia v England at Adelaide
Dec 3-7 (10:00 local, 23:30 GMT)

3rd Test: Australia v England at Perth
Dec 16-20 (10:30 local, 02:30 GMT)

4th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne
Dec 26-30 (11:00 local, 00:00 GMT)

5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney
Jan 3-7 (11:00 local, 00:00 GMT)

South Africa v England 2009-10 cricket fixture

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2 T20Is
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Fri Nov 13
18:00 local | 16:00 GMT
21:30 IST 1st T20I - South Africa v England
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Sun Nov 15
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST 2nd T20I - South Africa v England
SuperSport Park, Centurion

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5 ODIs
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Fri Nov 20
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST 1st ODI - South Africa v England
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Sun Nov 22
10:00 local | 08:00 GMT
13:30 IST 2nd ODI - South Africa v England
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Fri Nov 27
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST 3rd ODI - South Africa v England
Newlands, Cape Town

Sun Nov 29
10:00 local | 08:00 GMT
13:30 IST 4th ODI - South Africa v England
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Fri Dec 4
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST 5th ODI - South Africa v England
Kingsmead, Durban

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4 Tests
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Wed Dec 16 - Sun Dec 20
10:30 local | 08:30 GMT
14:00 IST 1st Test - South Africa v England
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Sat Dec 26 - Wed Dec 30
10:30 local | 08:30 GMT
14:00 IST 2nd Test - South Africa v England
Kingsmead, Durban

Sun Jan 3 - Thu Jan 7
10:30 local | 08:30 GMT
14:00 IST 3rd Test - South Africa v England
Newlands, Cape Town

Thu Jan 14 - Mon Jan 18
10:30 local | 08:30 GMT
14:00 IST 4th Test - South Africa v England
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Indian squad for test match vs Sri Lanka 2009-10

So, after a long break Sreesanth is back to the Indian test team (he has played for India 19 months ago).

India squad for the 3 Test Match series vs Sri Lanka
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MS Dhoni (capt/wk),
Virender Sehwag,
Gautam Gambhir,
Rahul Dravid,
Sachin Tendulkar,
VVS Laxman,
Yuvraj Singh,
M Vijay,
S Badrinath,
Harbhajan Singh,
Zaheer Khan,
Ishant Sharma,
Sreesanth,
Pragyan Ojha,
Amit Mishra.

Sri Lankan squad for the series

South Africa v Zimbabwe 2009 ODI fixture

1st ODI: South Africa v Zimbabwe at Benoni
Nov 8 (10:00 local, 08:00 GMT)

2nd ODI: South Africa v Zimbabwe at Centurion
Nov 10 (14:30 local, 12:30 GMT)

The squad:
South Africa
1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Hashim Amla, 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Mark Boucher (wk), 5 Alvrio Petersen, 6 Albie Morkel, 7 Ryan McLaren, 8 Johan Botha, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Lonwabo Tsotsobe, 11 Charl Langeveldt.

Zimbabwe: (possible)
1 Mark Vermeulen, 2 Hamilton Masakadza (capt), 3 Brendan Taylor (wk), 4 Elton Chigumbura, 5 Malcolm Waller, 6 Stuart Matsikenyeri, 7 Chamu Chibhabha, 8 Ray Price, 9 Graeme Cremer, 10 Kyle Jarvis 11 Chris Mpofu.

Sri Lanka tour of India 2009 fixture squad

Sri Lanka's squad for tour of India 2009/10
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Tests: Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Muttiah Muralitharan, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Thilina Kandamby, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Kaushal Silva, Chanaka Welegedara, Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekera, Dammika Prasad, Rangana Herath, Ajantha Mendis.

Twenty20s: Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), Muttiah Muralitharan, Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedara, Angelo Mathews, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Kaushal Weeraratne, Ajantha Mendis, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, Chanaka Welegedara, Thilan Thushara, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekera.

ODIs: Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), Muttiah Muralitharan, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedara, Tilina Kandamby, Upul Tharanga, Angelo Mathews, Thilan Samaraweera, Sanath Jayasuriya, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekera, Ajantha Mendis.

The fixture:
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Mon Nov 16 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST 1st Test - India v Sri Lanka
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Tue Nov 24 - Sat Nov 28
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST 2nd Test - India v Sri Lanka
Green Park, Kanpur

Wed Dec 2 - Sun Dec 6
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST 3rd Test - India v Sri Lanka
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Wed Dec 9
20:00 local | 14:30 GMT
20:00 IST 1st T20I - India v Sri Lanka
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

Sat Dec 12
20:00 local | 14:30 GMT
20:00 IST 2nd T20I - India v Sri Lanka
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Tue Dec 15
09:00 local | 03:30 GMT
09:00 IST 1st ODI - India v Sri Lanka
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot

Fri Dec 18
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST 2nd ODI - India v Sri Lanka
Andhra Cricket Association-Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Mon Dec 21
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST 3rd ODI - India v Sri Lanka
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

Thu Dec 24
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST 4th ODI - India v Sri Lanka
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Sun Dec 27
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST 5th ODI - India v Sri Lanka
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

source

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy cricket 2009

The zones:

Central Zone
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Madhya Pradesh
Railways
Vidarbha
Uttar Pradesh

East Zone
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Jharkhand
Assam
Orissa
Bengal
Tripura

North Zone
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Haryana
Delhi
Punjab
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Services

South Zone
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Tamil Nadu
Hyderabad (India)
Karnataka
Goa
Andhra
Kerala

West Zone
---------
Mumbai
Gujarat
Baroda
Maharashtra
Saurashtra

Cricinfo home page for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy cricket 2009 is here
and the updated point-table can be tracked here

Champions League Twenty20 semi finals

The fixture for the Champions League Twenty20 cricket semi finals and finals:

1st semi-final: NSW v Victoria at Delhi
Oct 21 (20:00 local, 14:30 GMT)

2nd semi-final: Cape Cobras v Trinidad & T at Hyderabad (Decc)
Oct 22 (20:00 local, 14:30 GMT)

Final: TBA v TBA at Hyderabad (Decc)
Oct 23 (20:00 local, 14:30 GMT)

Ranji Trophy Plate League 2009 fixture

Ranji Trophy Plate League Teams
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Assam
Rajasthan
Goa
Jharkhand
Tripura
Vidarbha
Madhya Pradesh
Kerala
Andhra
Jammu & Kashmir
Services
Haryana

Ranji Trophy Plate League fixture 2009 2010 season
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Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Assam v Rajasthan (Guhwahati Venue TBA)
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati


Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Jharkhand v Tripura (Jamshedpur Venue TBA)
Metallurgical and Engineering Consultant Limited Sail Stadium, Ranchi


Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Vidarbha v Goa (Nagpur Venue TBA)
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur


Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Jammu & Kashmir v Services (Jammu & Kashmir Venue TBA)
Amar Singh Club Ground, Srinagar


Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Kerala v Andhra (Kerala Venue TBA)
Municipal Stadium, Thalassery


Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Madhya Pradesh v Haryana (Indore Venue TBA)
Emerald High School Ground, Indore


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Goa v Assam (Goa Venue TBA)
Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margao


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Jharkhand v Vidarbha (Jamshedpur Venue TBA)
Metallurgical and Engineering Consultant Limited Sail Stadium, Ranchi


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Tripura v Rajasthan (Agartala Venue TBA)
Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Andhra v Services (AndhraVenue TBA)
Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Jammu & Kashmir v Haryana (Jammu & Kashmir Venue TBA)
Amar Singh Club Ground, Srinagar


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Madhya Pradesh v Kerala (Indore Venue TBA)
Emerald High School Ground, Indore


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Assam v Jharkhand (Guhwahati Venue TBA)
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Goa v Rajasthan (Goa Venue TBA)
Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margao


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Vidarbha v Tripura (Nagpur Venue TBA)
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Andhra v Madhya Pradesh (AndhraVenue TBA)
Shah Satnam Ji Stadium, Cricket Academy, Sirsa


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Jammu & Kashmir v Kerala (Jammu & Kashmir Venue TBA)
Molana Azad Stadium, Jammu


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Madhya Pradesh v Assam (Madhya Pradesh Venue TBA)
Indira Gandhi Stadium, Vijayawada


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Assam v Tripura (Guhwahati Venue TBA)
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Jharkhand v Goa (Jamshedpur Venue TBA)
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Dhanbad


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Rajasthan v Vidarbha (Jaipur Venue TBA)
KL Saini Ground, Jaipur


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Andhra v Haryana (AndhraVenue TBA)
Andhra Cricket Association-Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Stadium, Visakhapatnam


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Madhya Pradesh v Jammu & Kashmir (Indore Venue TBA)
Emerald High School Ground, Indore


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Services v Kerala (Delhi Venue TBA)
Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi


Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Assam v Vidarbha (Guhwahati Venue TBA)
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati


Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Jharkhand v Rajasthan (Jamshedpur Venue TBA)
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Dhanbad


Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group A - Tripura v Goa (Agartala Venue TBA)
Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala


Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Andhra v Jammu & Kashmir (AndhraVenue TBA)
Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur


Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Haryana v Kerala (Haryana Venue TBA)
Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak


Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
09:30 IST Group B - Madhya Pradesh v Services (Indore Venue TBA)
Emerald High School Ground, Indore


Tue Dec 15 - Fri Dec 18
04:00 GMT
09:30 IST 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 15 - Fri Dec 18
04:00 GMT
09:30 IST 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (TBA)
Venue TBC

Australia squad for 2009 ODI series vs India

New face
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Jon Holland : Slow left-arm spinner from Victoria

The Australia squad for the 7 ODI vs India:
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Tim Paine (wk)
Shane Watson
Ricky Ponting (capt)
Michael Hussey
Adam Voges
Cameron White
Shaun Marsh
James Hopes
Mitchell Johnson
Brett Lee
Nathan Hauritz
Peter Siddle
Jon Holland
Ben Hilfenhaus
Doug Bollinger.

Indian squad for the same series can be found here

India squad for 2009 Australia ODIs

'Sudeep Tyagi' is in.

The squad:

MS Dhoni (capt/wk)
Sachin Tendulkar
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Yuvraj Singh
Suresh Raina
Virat Kohli
Ravindra Jadeja
Harbhajan Singh
Ashish Nehra
Munaf Patel
Sudeep Tyagi
Praveen Kumar
Ishant Sharma
Amit Mishra
.
Australia vs India 7 ODI series fixture:

1st ODI: India v Australia at Vadodara
Sun Oct 25 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

2nd ODI: India v Australia at Nagpur
Wed Oct 28 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

3rd ODI: India v Australia at Delhi
Sat Oct 31 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

4th ODI: India v Australia at Mohali
Mon Nov 2 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

5th ODI: India v Australia at Hyderabad (Decc)
Thu Nov 5 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

6th ODI - India v Australia at Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Sun Nov 8 (09:00 local, 03:30 GMT)

7th ODI - India v Australia at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Wed Nov 11 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

T20 Cricket Super Over Rule

What is super over rule in T20 cricket?

- After a Tied T20 match, Each team nominates three batsmen and one bowler and play one over each
- Team that chased bats first in the Superover
- If they lose two wickets the innings (of six balls) is considered over.
- Number of runs scored and wickets lost calculate to who won.
- If it's another tie, the team with most number of sixes in the Eliminator wins.
- If that's also equal, it's the team with the most sixes in the match that wins.

Champions League Twenty20 Points Table

The Points Table for Champions League Twenty20 can be found here

Pakistan v New Zealand 2009 ODI series fixture

Tue Nov 3 (Day and Night)
15:00 local
11:00 GMT
1st ODI - Pakistan v New Zealand
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Fri Nov 6 (Day and Night)
15:00 local
11:00 GMT
2nd ODI - Pakistan v New Zealand
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Mon Nov 9 (Day and Night)
15:00 local
11:00 GMT
3rd ODI - Pakistan v New Zealand
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Thu Nov 12 (Day and Night)
20:30 local
16:30 GMT
1st T20I - Pakistan v New Zealand
Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium

Fri Nov 13 (Day and Night)
20:30 local
16:30 GMT
2nd T20I - Pakistan v New Zealand
Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium

Challenger Trophy Cricket 2009-10 details

Challenger Trophy Cricket 2009-10 Fixture:
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India Blue v India Red at Nagpur
Oct 8 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

India Green v India Red at Nagpur
Oct 9 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

India Blue v India Green at Nagpur
Oct 10 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

Final: TBA v TBA at Nagpur
Oct 11 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)


India Blue Squad
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1) MS Dhoni (C,WK)
2) Ashok Dinda
3) Dhiraj Goswami
4) Harbhajan Singh
5) Kedar Jadhav
6) Wasim Jaffer
7) Suresh Kumar
8) Abhinav Mukund
9) Abhishek Nayar
10) Naman Ojha
11) Yusuf Pathan
12) Jalaj Saxena
13) Sreesanth
14) Siddharth Trivedi
15) Sachin Tendulkar

India Green Squad
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1) Suresh Raina (C)
2) Srikkanth Anirudha
3) Lakshmipathy Balaji
4) Ravi Inder Singh
5) Shadab Jakati
6) Uday Kaul
7) Dhawal Kulkarni
8) Vikramjeet Malik
9) Chetanya Nanda
10) Pankaj Singh
11) Parthiv Patel (WK)
12) Ajinkya Rahane
13) Tanmay Srivastava
14) Saurabh Tiwary
15) Irfan Pathan
16) Manoj Tiwary

India Red Squad
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1) Subramaniam Badrinath (C)
2) Ameya Shrikhande
3) Bhuvneshwar Kumar
4) Ravichandran Ashwin
5) Shikhar Dhawan
6) Ravindra Jadeja
7) Ishank Jaggi
8) Harshad Khadiwale
9) Munaf Patel
10) Wriddhiman Saha (WK)
11) Ishant Sharma
12) Sunny Sohal
13) Sudeep Tyagi
14) Murali Vijay

The ICC World ODI Team 2009

The ICC World ODI Team of the Year is (in batting order):

Virender Sehwag (Ind)
Chris Gayle (WI)
Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
Martin Guptill (NZ)
MS Dhoni (Ind, captain, WK)
Andrew Flintoff (Eng)
Nuwan Kulasekara (SL)
Ajantha Mendis (SL)
Umar Gul (Pak)
12th man: Thilan Thushara (SL)

Irani Cup 2009 to start today

Irani Cup 2009
Mumbai v Rest of India
Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Oct 1-5, 2009 (5-day match)

Mumbai squad
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M Hussain,
AB Agarkar,
Iqbal Abdulla,
W Jaffer*,
OJ Khanvilkar,
SO Kukreja,
DS Kulkarni,
SH Marathe,
PT Naik,
SN Netravalkar,
RR Powar,
AM Rahane,
VR Samant(wk),
RA Shaikh,
RG Sharma

Rest of India squad
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B Kumar,
S Badrinath,
RA Jadeja,
KM Jadhav,
U Kaul,
A Mukund,
PP Ojha,
MM Patel,
IK Pathan,
WP Saha(wk),
V Sehwag*,
S Sreesanth,
MK Tiwary,
S Tyagi,
M Vijay

Cricinfo page for Irani Cup 2009

Sixth ICC Awards 2009 nominations

The ceremony will take place in Johannesburg on October 1

The nominations:

* Cricketer of the Year
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Tillakaratne Dilshan, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Shakib Al Hasan, Mitchell Johnson, Graham Onions, Thilan Samaraweera, Kumar Sangakkara, Harbhajan Singh, Graeme Smith, Andrew Strauss, Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers

* Test Player of the Year
Stuart Broad, Michael Clarke, MS Dhoni, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Shakib Al Hasan, Mitchell Johnson, VVS Laxman, Jesse Ryder, Thilan Samaraweera, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Peter Siddle, Harbhajan Singh, Graeme Smith, Dale Steyn, Andrew Strauss, Graeme Swann, Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers

* ODI Player of the Year
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, MS Dhoni, Andrew Flintoff, Chris Gayle, Umar Gul, Martin Guptill, Michael Hussey, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Thilan Thushara

* Emerging Player of the Year
Martin Guptill, Ben Hilfenhaus, Philip Hughes, Amit Mishra, Graham Onions, Kemar Roach, Jesse Ryder, Peter Siddle

* Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year
Rizwan Cheema (Canada), Khurram Chohan (Canada), Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands), Trent Johnston (Ireland), Alex Cusack (Ireland), Neil McCallum (Scotland), Kevin O'Brien (Ireland), Niall O'Brien (Ireland), William Porterfield (Ireland), Boyd Rankin (Ireland), Edgar Schiferli (Netherlands), Steve Tikolo (Kenya), Regan West (Ireland), Bas Zuiderent (Netherlands)

* Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Dwayne Bravo, Alex Cusack, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Umar Gul, David Hussey, Sanath Jayasuriya, Zaheer Khan, Ajantha Mendis, Wayne Parnell, Abdur Razzak, David Warner

* Women's Cricketer of the Year
Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Holly Colvin (England), Charlotte Edwards (England), Laura Marsh (England), Sana Mir (Pakistan), Shelley Nitschke (Australia), Mithali Raj (India), Karen Rolton (Australia), Priyanka Roy (India), Lisa Sthalekar (Australia), Claire Taylor (England), Sarah Taylor (England), Stefanie Taylor (West Indies), Haidee Tiffin (New Zealand), Aimee Watkins (New Zealand)

* Umpire of the Year
Billy Bowden (New Zealand), Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Steve Davis (Australia), Ian Gould (England), Tony Hill (New Zealand), Daryl Harper (Australia), Asad Rauf (Pakistan), Simon Taufel (Australia)

BCCI Corporate Trophy 2009 fixture

Tue Sep 1
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Group A - Air India Blue v Indian Tobacco Company
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Tue Sep 1
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Group B - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited v Madras Rubber Factory
Andhra Cricket Association-Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Tue Sep 1
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Group C - All India Public Sector Sports Promotion Board v Tata Sports Club
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala

Tue Sep 1
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Group D - Air India Red v Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Wed Sep 2
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Group A - India Revenue v Indian Tobacco Company
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Wed Sep 2
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Group B - Madras Rubber Factory v Oil & Natural Gas Corporation

Wed Sep 2
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Group C - All India Public Sector Sports Promotion Board v Indian Oil Corporation
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala

Wed Sep 2
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Group D - Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited v India Cements
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Thu Sep 3
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Group B - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited v Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
Andhra Cricket Association-Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Thu Sep 3
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Group C - Indian Oil Corporation v Tata Sports Club
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala

Thu Sep 3
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Group A - Air India Blue v India Revenue
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Thu Sep 3
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Group D - Air India Red v India Cements
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Sat Sep 5
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Sun Sep 6
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Tue Sep 8
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT
14:30 IST Final - TBC v TBC
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Link:

Cricinfo home page for BCCI Corporate Trophy 2009

TN Districts win Buchi Babu Trophy 2009

Tamil Nadu Combined Districts XI beat Hyderabad XI by seven wickets to clinch their maiden Buchi Babu Memorial Trophy 2009.

Brief score:

Hyderabad XI 154 all out in 78.4 overs
(Abhinav Kumar 30, Benjamin Thomas 19, Arjun Yadav 17, Ahmed Quadri 25, Pragyan Ojha 18, SM Shoaib 17, Amol Shinde 16; Suresh Kumar 6/35, Sivakumar 1/23, R Jesuraj 1/27)

TN Combined Districts XI 156 for 3 in 38.3 overs (KB Arun Karthick 68, Thalaivan Surgunam 24, R Srinivasan not out 31, S Sriram not out 20; Pragyan Ojha 2 for 58, Vishal Sharma 1/41).

Australia vs India ODI series 2009 fixture

Sun Oct 25
1st ODI - India v Australia
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur


Wed Oct 28
2nd ODI - India v Australia
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur


Sat Oct 31
3rd ODI - India v Australia
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi


Mon Nov 2
4th ODI - India v Australia
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh


Thu Nov 5
5th ODI - India v Australia
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad


Sun Nov 8
6th ODI - India v Australia
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati


Wed Nov 11
7th ODI - India v Australia
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

Buchi Babu cricket tournament at Chennai

Zone A: TNCA XI, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh.
Zone B: New Zealand ‘A’, Andhra, Combined Districts, and Baroda.
Zonw C: Karnataka, TNCA President’s XI, Vidarbha, and Mumbai.
Zone D: Saurashtra, Hyderabad, Kerala, and Orissa.

Schedule:

First round: August 16 & 17. Second round: August 19 & 20.
Third round: August 22 & 23.
Semifinals: August 25 & 26.
Final: August 28 & 29.

Read more here

Ranji Trophy Super League 2009-10 fixture

Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 IST Group A - Gujarat v Orissa (Ahmedabad Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 IST Group A - Hyderabad (India) v Himachal Pradesh (Hyderabad Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 IST Group A - Punjab v Mumbai (Mohali Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 IST Group A - Railways v Tamil Nadu (Delhi Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 IST Group B - Baroda v Delhi (Baroda Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 IST Group B - Maharashtra v Bengal (Pune Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6
09:30 IST Group B - Uttar Pradesh v Karnataka (Kanpur Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 IST Group A - Gujarat v Tamil Nadu (Ahmedabad Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 IST Group A - Mumbai v Orissa (Mumbai Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 IST Group A - Punjab v Hyderabad (India) (Mohali Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 IST Group A - Railways v Himachal Pradesh (Delhi Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 IST Group B - Bengal v Baroda (Kolkata Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 IST Group B - Delhi v Karnataka (Delhi Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 10 - Fri Nov 13
09:30 IST Group B - Saurashtra v Uttar Pradesh (Rajkot Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 IST Group A - Hyderabad (India) v Gujarat (Hyderabad Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 IST Group A - Mumbai v Himachal Pradesh (Mumbai Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 IST Group A - Orissa v Railways (Cuttack Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 IST Group A - Punjab v Tamil Nadu (Mohali Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 IST Group B - Karnataka v Bengal (Bangalore Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 IST Group B - Saurashtra v Maharashtra (Rajkot Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20
09:30 IST Group B - Uttar Pradesh v Baroda (Kanpur Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 24 - Fri Nov 27
09:30 IST Group A - Himachal Pradesh v Tamil Nadu (Dharamsala Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 24 - Fri Nov 27
09:30 IST Group A - Hyderabad (India) v Orissa (Hyderabad Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 24 - Fri Nov 27
09:30 IST Group A - Punjab v Gujarat (Mohali Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 24 - Fri Nov 27
09:30 IST Group A - Railways v Mumbai (Delhi Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 24 - Fri Nov 27
09:30 IST Group B - Bengal v Saurashtra (Kolkata Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 24 - Fri Nov 27
09:30 IST Group B - Maharashtra v Karnataka (Pune Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Nov 24 - Fri Nov 27
09:30 IST Group B - Uttar Pradesh v Delhi (Kanpur Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 IST Group A - Gujarat v Railways (Ahmedabad Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 IST Group A - Hyderabad (India) v Mumbai (Hyderabad Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 IST Group A - Orissa v Tamil Nadu (Cuttack Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 IST Group A - Punjab v Himachal Pradesh (Mohali Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 IST Group B - Baroda v Karnataka (Baroda Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 IST Group B - Delhi v Saurashtra (Delhi Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4
09:30 IST Group B - Maharashtra v Uttar Pradesh (Pune Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 IST Group A - Gujarat v Himachal Pradesh (Ahmedabad Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 IST Group A - Hyderabad (India) v Railways (Hyderabad Venue TBA)
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Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 IST Group A - Mumbai v Tamil Nadu (Mumbai Venue TBA)
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Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 IST Group A - Punjab v Orissa (Mohali Venue TBA)
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Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 IST Group B - Baroda v Saurashtra (Baroda Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 IST Group B - Delhi v Maharashtra (Delhi Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11
09:30 IST Group B - Uttar Pradesh v Bengal (Kanpur Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 15 - Fri Dec 18
09:30 IST Group A - Himachal Pradesh v Orissa (Dharamsala Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 15 - Fri Dec 18
09:30 IST Group A - Hyderabad (India) v Tamil Nadu (Hyderabad Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 15 - Fri Dec 18
09:30 IST Group A - Mumbai v Gujarat (Mumbai Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 15 - Fri Dec 18
09:30 IST Group A - Railways v Punjab (Delhi Venue TBA)
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Tue Dec 15 - Fri Dec 18
09:30 IST Group B - Bengal v Delhi (Kolkata Venue TBA)
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Tue Dec 15 - Fri Dec 18
09:30 IST Group B - Maharashtra v Baroda (Pune Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Tue Dec 15 - Fri Dec 18
09:30 IST Group B - Saurashtra v Karnataka (Rajkot Venue TBA)
Venue TBC


Thu Dec 24 - Sun Dec 27
09:30 IST 1st Quarter-Final - TBC v TBC (TBA)
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Thu Dec 24 - Sun Dec 27
09:30 IST 2nd Quarter-Final - TBC v TBC (TBA)
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Thu Dec 24 - Sun Dec 27
09:30 IST 3rd Quarter-Final - TBC v TBC (TBA)
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Thu Dec 24 - Sun Dec 27
09:30 IST 4th Quarter-Final - TBC v TBC (TBA)
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Sun Jan 3 - Wed Jan 6
09:30 IST 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (TBA)
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Sun Jan 3 - Wed Jan 6
09:30 IST 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (TBA)
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Mon Jan 11 - Fri Jan 15
09:30 IST Final - TBC v TBC (TBA)
Venue TBC

Sri Lanka India New Zealand tri series 2009

The fixture:

Sept 8 Sri Lanka v New Zealand
Sept 10 India v Sri Lanka
Sept 12 India v New Zealand
Sept 14: Final

R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo
10:00 local, 04:30 GMT

2010 World Twenty20 group details

ICC has announced the group details of the 2010 World Twenty20 to be played in the Caribbean next year (2010)

Four venues:
Barbados, Guyana, St Kitts and St Lucia

Final to be played at:
Kensington Oval in Barbados on May 16.

GroupA
Pakistan,Bangladesh,Australia

GroupB
India,South Africa,A qualifier team

GroupC
Sri Lanka,New Zealand,Zimbabwe

GroupD
England,West Indies,a second qualifying team

Read more from cricinfo

Bangladesh tour of West Indies 2009 fixture

Bangladesh tour of West Indies 2009 fixture:

Thu Jul 9 - Mon Jul 13
10:00 local | 14:00 GMT
1st Test - West Indies v Bangladesh
Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent

Fri Jul 17 - Tue Jul 21
10:00 local | 14:00 GMT
2nd Test - West Indies v Bangladesh
National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada

Sun Jul 26
09:30 local | 13:30 GMT
1st ODI - West Indies v Bangladesh
Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

Tue Jul 28
09:30 local | 13:30 GMT
2nd ODI - West Indies v Bangladesh
Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

Fri Jul 31
09:30 local | 13:30 GMT
3rd ODI - West Indies v Bangladesh
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Sun Aug 2
14:00 local | 18:00 GMT
Only T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

India vs West Indies 2009 ODI series fixture

India's squad to West Indies 2009 series

MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, M Vijay, S Badrinath, RP Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik.

West Indies team for the 1st two ODI's

Chris Gayle (capt), Denesh Ramdin (wk), Lionel Baker, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Sulieman Benn, David Bernard, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Runako Morton, Ravi Rampaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor.


India Vs West Indies 2009 ODI fixture:

Fri Jun 26 14:30 GMT
1st ODI - West Indies v India
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Sun Jun 28 14:30 GMT
2nd ODI - West Indies v India
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Fri Jul 3 13:30 GMT
3rd ODI - West Indies v India
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Sun Jul 5 13:30 GMT
4th ODI - West Indies v India
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Man Of The Match list

I am maintaining this spreadsheet which will basically contain the list of the man of the matches of the ICC world twenty20 England 09 matches. I will try to keep it up to date.

STAR Cricket will telecast World Twenty20 2009

In India, STAR Cricket is going to telecast live all the 27 matches of the ICC World Twenty20, to be held in England from June 5 to 21.
STAR Cricket along with ESPN is also going to telecast the following warm ups:

India v New Zealand
Mon 1, June 2009 (16:30 GMT), Lord's, London

India v Pakistan
Wed 3, June 2009 (16:30 GMT), Kennington Oval, London

Read more about this from The Hindu
The ICC World Twenty20 Warm-up Matches, 2009 fixture
ICC World Twenty20, 2009 complete fixture

A banner at SCG for Sachin - quote

"Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed because even the Lord is watching." ~ A banner at SCG

Total number of sixes in IPL 2009

Well, its a big number. Total 506 sixes were hit in the tournament and 1316 4's.

Check the top batsman's with most number of sixes here

Man of the match statistics of IPL 2009

I just sorted out the Man of the match details for this IPL 2009 games (excluding tomorrows final).

"YK Pathan" of Rajasthan Royal topped the list with 3 Man of the match awards.

The details below:

3 YK Pathan (Rajasthan Royals)
2 Yuvraj Singh (Kings XI Punjab)
2 SR Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)
2 RG Sharma (Deccan Chargers)
2 ML Hayden (Chennai Super Kings)
2 MK Pandey (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2 M Muralitharan (Chennai Super Kings)
2 LRPL Taylor (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2 KC Sangakkara (Kings XI Punjab)
2 JP Duminy (Mumbai Indians)
2 JH Kallis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2 DPMD Jayawardene (Kings XI Punjab)
2 AC Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers)
2 AB de Villiers (Delhi Daredevils)
1 V Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils)
1 TM Dilshan (Delhi Daredevils)
1 SK Warne (Rajasthan Royals)
1 SK Raina (Chennai Super Kings)
1 SB Jakati (Chennai Super Kings)
1 S Badrinath (Chennai Super Kings)
1 RS Bopara (Kings XI Punjab)
1 RP Singh (Deccan Chargers)
1 R Dravid (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
1 R Bhatia (Delhi Daredevils)
1 PP Ojha (Deccan Chargers)
1 MV Boucher (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
1 MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)
1 LR Shukla (Kolkata Knight Riders)
1 Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai Indians)
1 HH Gibbs (Deccan Chargers)
1 GC Smith (Rajasthan Royals)
1 G Gambhir (Delhi Daredevils)
1 DR Smith (Deccan Chargers)
1 DP Nannes (Delhi Daredevils)
1 DL Vettori (Delhi Daredevils)
1 CH Gayle (Kolkata Knight Riders)
1 BJ Hodge (Kolkata Knight Riders)
1 B Lee (Kings XI Punjab)
1 A Singh (Rajasthan Royals)
1 A Nehra (Delhi Daredevils)
1 A Mishra (Delhi Daredevils)

For all the results of IPL 2009 with scoreborad and full details, cricinfo url

Australia's Twenty20 world cup 2009 squad

The squad:

Ricky Ponting (capt),
Michael Clarke,
Nathan Bracken,
Brad Haddin,
Nathan Hauritz,
Ben Hilfenhaus,
James Hopes,
Michael Hussey,
David Hussey,
Mitchell Johnson,
Brett Lee,
Peter Siddle,
Andrew Symonds,
David Warner,
Shane Watson.

India's Twenty20 world cup squad

Indian squad for the World Twenty20 world cup

MS Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha, Irfan Pathan.

IPL 2009 point table

The updated point table for the IPL 2009 can be found here

IPL 2009 schedule with IST time

1 Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings Cape Town April 18 4 p.m
2 Rajasthan Royals Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Cape Town April 18 8 p.m
3 Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab Cape Town April 19 4 p.m
4 Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town April 19 8 p.m
5 Chennai Super Kings Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Port Elizabeth April 20 8 p.m
6 Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban April 21 4 p.m
7 Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians Durban April 21 8 p.m
8 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers Cape Town April 22 8 p.m
9 Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils Durban April 23 4 p.m
10 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals Cape Town April 23 8 p.m
11 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kings XI Punjab Durban April 24 8 p.m
12 Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers Durban April 25 4 p.m
13 Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Cape Town April 25 8 p.m
14 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Delhi Daredevils Port Elizabeth April 26 4 p.m
15 Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals Cape Town April 26 8 p.m
16 Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Super Kings Durban April 27 4 p.m
17 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth April 27 8 p.m
18 Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals Pretoria April 28 8 p.m
19 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Durban April 29 4 p.m
20 Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians Durban April 29 8 p.m
21 Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils Pretoria April 30 4 p.m
22 Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria April 30 8 p.m
23 Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders East London May 1 4 p.m
24 Kings XI Punjab Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Durban May 1 8 p.m
25 Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals Port Elizabeth May 2 4 p.m
26 Delhi Daredevils Vs Chennai Super Kings Johannesburg May 2 8 p.m
27 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Kings XI Punjab Port Elizabeth May 3 4 p.m
28 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Mumbai Indians Johannesburg May 3 8 p.m
29 Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers East London May 4 8 p.m
30 Rajasthan Royals Vs Kings XI Punjab Durban May 5 4 p.m
31 Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban May 5 8 p.m
32 Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians Pretoria May 6 8 p.m
33 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Rajasthan Royals Pretoria May 7 4 p.m
34 Kings XI Punjab Vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria May 7 8 p.m
35 Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians East London May 8 8 p.m
36 Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab Kimberley May 9 4 p.m
37 Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals Kimberley May 9 8 p.m
38 Mumbai Indians Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Port Elizabeth May 10 4 p.m
39 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Daredevils Johannesburg May 10 8 p.m
40 Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers Kimberley May 11 8 p.m
41 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Pretoria May 12 4 p.m
42 Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab Pretoria May 12 8 p.m
43 Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers Durban May 13 8 p.m
44 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Chennai Super Kings Durban May 14 4 p.m
45 Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals Durban May 14 8 p.m
46 Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein May 15 8 p.m
47 Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth May 16 4 p.m
48 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers Johannesburg May 16 8 p.m
49 Kings XI Punjab Vs Deccan Chargers Johannesburg May 17 4 p.m
50 Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils Bloemfontein May 17 8 p.m
51 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings Pretoria May 18 8 p.m
52 Delhi Daredevils Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Johannesburg May 19 8 p.m
53 Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Durban May 20 4 p.m
54 Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab Durban May 20 8 p.m
55 Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils Pretoria May 21 4 p.m
56 Deccan Chargers Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Pretoria May 21 8 p.m
57 Semi Final 1 Pretoria May 22 8 p.m
58 Semi Final 2 Johannesburg May 23 8 p.m
59 Final Johannesburg May 24 8 p.m

IPL 2009 squad for each team

Source: cricinfo

Mumbai Indian
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Abhishek Nayar
Ajinkya Rahane
Chetanya Nanda
Dhawal Kulkarni
Dilhara Fernando
Dwayne Bravo
Graham Napier
Harbhajan Singh
Jaydev Shah
Jean-Paul Duminy
Kyle Mills
Lasith Malinga
Luke Ronchi (wk)
Mohammad Ashraful
Pinal Shah
Rahil Shaikh
Rohan Raje
Ryan McLaren
Sachin Tendulkar (c)
Sanath Jayasuriya
Saurabh Tiwary
Shikhar Dhawan
Yogesh Takawale (wk)
Zaheer Khan

Chennai Super Kings
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Abhinav Mukund
Albie Morkel
Andrew Flintoff
Arun Karthik
George Bailey
Jacob Oram
Joginder Sharma
Lakshmipathy Balaji
MS Dhoni
Makhaya Ntini
Manpreet Gony
Matthew Hayden
Michael Hussey
Murali Vijay
Muttiah Muralitharan
Napoleon Einstein
Palani Amarnath
Parthiv Patel (wk)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Shadab Jakati
Srikkanth Anirudha
Stephen Fleming
Subramaniam Badrinath
Sudeep Tyagi
Suresh Kumar
Suresh Raina
Thilan Thushara
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan
Viraj Kadbe

Hyderbad Deccan Chargers
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Abhinav Kumar
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Andrew Symonds
Arjun Yadav
Chamara Silva
Chaminda Vaas
Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
Dwayne Smith
Fidel Edwards
Halhadar Das
Harmeet Singh
Herschelle Gibbs
Jaskaran Singh
Manvinder Bisla
Nuwan Zoysa
PM Sarvesh Kumar
Paidikalva Vijaykumar
Pragyan Ojha
RP Singh
Rohit Sharma
Ryan Harris
Scott Styris
Shoaib Ahmed
Tirumalsetti Suman
VVS Laxman
Venugopal Rao

Delhi Daredevils
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AB de Villiers
Aavishkar Salvi
Amit Mishra
Andrew McDonald
Ashish Nehra
Daniel Vettori
David Warner
Dinesh Karthik (wk)
Dirk Nannes
Farveez Maharoof
Gautam Gambhir
Glenn McGrath
Manoj Tiwary
Mithun Manhas
Owais Shah
Paul Collingwood
Pradeep Sangwan
Rajat Bhatia
Tejashwi Yadav
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Umesh Yadav
Virender Sehwag (c)
Yo Mahesh
Yogesh Nagar

Kings XI Punjab
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Ajitesh Argal
Brett Lee
Burt Cockley
Irfan Pathan
James Hopes
Jerome Taylor
Karan Goel
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Luke Pomersbach
Mahela Jayawardene
Piyush Chawla
Ramesh Powar
Ravi Bopara
Ryan Ninan
Sahil Kukreja
Shaun Marsh
Simon Katich
Sreesanth
Sunny Sohal
Tanmay Srivastava
Uday Kaul
Vikram Singh
Wilkin Mota
Yuvraj Singh (c)

Rajasthan Royals
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Aditya Angle
Amit Singh
Anup Revandkar
Ashraf Makda
Atul Sharma
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Dinesh Salunkhe
Gajendra Singh
Graeme Smith
Justin Langer
Kamran Khan
Lee Carseldine
Mahesh Rawat (wk)
Mohammad Kaif
Mohammed Arif
Morne Morkel
Munaf Patel
Naman Ojha
Niraj Patel
Parag More
Paras Dogra
Paul Valthaty
Raiphi Gomez
Ravindra Jadeja
Rob Quiney
Shane Harwood
Shane Warne (c)
Shane Watson
Shaun Tait
Siddharth Chitnis
Siddharth Trivedi
Srideep Mangela
Swapnil Asnodkar
Tyron Henderson
Yusuf Pathan

Bangalore Royal Challengers
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Abhmanyu Mithun
Anil Kumble
Balachandra Akhil
Bharat Chipli
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Cameron White
Dale Steyn
Devraj Patil
Dillon du Preez
Gaurav Dhiman
Ishank Jaggi
Jacques Kallis
Jagadeesh Arunkumar
Jesse Ryder
Jitendra Patil
KP Appanna
Karan Sharma
Kedar Jadhav
Kevin Pietersen (c)
Manish Pandey
Mark Boucher (wk)
Muralidharen Gautam
Nathan Bracken
Pankaj Singh
Praveen Kumar
RK Sabharwal
Rahul Dravid
Rajesh Bishnoi
Raju Bhatkal
Robin Uthappa
Roelof van der Merwe
Ross Taylor
Saurabh Bandekar
Shreevats Goswami
Sreenath Aravind
Sunil Joshi
Tinu Yohannan
Udit Patel
Vinay Kumar
Virat Kohli
Wasim Jaffer

Kolkata Knight Riders
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Aakash Chopra
Abhisek Banerjee
Aditya Dole
Ajantha Mendis
Ajit Agarkar
Ameya Shrikhande
Angelo Mathews
Anureet Singh
Anustup Majumdar
Arindam Ghosh
Ashok Dinda
Avik Chowdhury
Bhavik Thaker
Brad Hodge
Brendon McCullum (wk)
Charl Langeveldt
Chetan Suryavanshi
Cheteshwar Pujara
Chris Gayle
David Hussey
Debabrata Das
Dhiran Salvi
Gaurav Chabra
Gnaneswara Rao
Iqbal Abdulla
Ishant Sharma
Ishwar Choudhary
Kshemal Waingankar
Laxmi Shukla
Mark Cameron
Mashrafe Mortaza
Mohammad Sanuth
Mohnish Parmar
Moises Henriques
Murali Kartik
Murtuza Hussain
Natraj Behera
Rajesh Verma
Rohan Banerjee
Sachin Rana
Sanjay Bangar
Sanjib Sanyal
Saurasish Lahiri
Shatrunjay Gaekwad
Sheldon Jackson
Sourav Ganguly
Sourav Sarkar
Sunny Singh
VA Indulkar
Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
Yashpal Singh

Lowest ODI cricket scores of each team

Collected from cricinfo.

The lowest scores of each team in order of lowest score.

Zimbabwe 35 vs Sri Lanka
Canada 36 vs Sri Lanka
Pakistan 43 vs West Indies
Namibia 45 vs Australia
India 54 vs Sri Lanka
West Indies 54 vs South Africa
Sri Lanka 55 vs West Indies
New Zealand 64 vs Pakistan
U.S.A. 65 vs Australia
Scotland 68 vs West Indies
South Africa 69 vs Australia
Australia 70 vs New Zealand
Bangladesh 74 vs Australia
Ireland 77 vs Sri Lanka
Bermuda 78 vs Sri Lanka
Netherlands 80 vs West Indies
Kenya 84 vs Australia
England 86 vs Australia

The complete list of low scores in ODI is here

Most sixes in an ODI cricket match

The 31-sixes hit in the today's match between India and New Zealand at Christchurch is the highest number of sixes in an ODI.

The top 3 total number of sixes.

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6s Teams Venue Scorecard
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31 Ind v NZ Christchurch scorecard
26 Aus v SA Johannesburg scorecard
26 Aus v NZ Hamilton scorecard

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ICC Women's World Cup 2009 schedule

Source: cricinfo.com

Month: March 2009

Sat 7
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 2nd Match, Group B - England Women v Sri Lanka Women
Manuka Oval, Canberra

Sat 7
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 1st Match, Group B - India Women v Pakistan Women
Bradman Oval, Bowral

Sun 8
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 3rd Match, Group A - Australia Women v New Zealand Women
North Sydney Oval, Sydney

Sun 8
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 4th Match, Group B - South Africa Women v West Indies Women
No 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle

Mon 9
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 5th Match, Group B - Pakistan Women v Sri Lanka Women
Manuka Oval, Canberra

Tue 10
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 6th Match, Group A - Australia Women v South Africa Women
No 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle

Tue 10
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 7th Match, Group B - England Women v India Women
North Sydney Oval, Sydney

Tue 10
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 8th Match, Group A - New Zealand Women v West Indies Women
Bankstown Oval, Sydney

Thu 12
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 9th Match, Group A - Australia Women v West Indies Women
Drummoyne Oval, Sydney

Thu 12
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 10th Match, Group B - England Women v Pakistan Women
North Sydney Oval, Sydney

Thu 12
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 11th Match, Group B - India Women v Sri Lanka Women
Bankstown Oval, Sydney

Thu 12
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 12th Match, Group A - New Zealand Women v South Africa Women
Bradman Oval, Bowral

Sat 14
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 7th Place Playoff - TBC v TBC
North Sydney Oval No 2, Sydney
4th Group A v 4th Group B

Sat 14
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 13th Match, Super Six - TBC v TBC
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Australia v India

Sat 14
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 14th Match, Super Six - TBC v TBC
Bankstown Oval, Sydney
England v New Zealand

Sat 14
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 15th Match, Super Six - TBC v TBC
Drummoyne Oval, Sydney
Sri Lanka v West Indies

Mon 16
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 16th Match, Super Six - TBC v TBC
Bankstown Oval, Sydney
Australia v Sri Lanka

Tue 17
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 17th Match, Super Six - TBC v TBC
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
India v New Zealand

Tue 17
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 18th Match, Super Six - TBC v TBC
Drummoyne Oval, Sydney
England v West Indies

Thu 19
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 19th Match, Super Six - TBC v TBC
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Australia v England

Thu 19
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 20th Match, Super Six - TBC v TBC
Bankstown Oval, Sydney
India v West Indies

Thu 19
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 21st Match, Super Six - TBC v TBC
Drummoyne Oval, Sydney
New Zealand v Sri Lanka

Sat 21
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 3rd Place Playoff - TBC v TBC
Bankstown Oval, Sydney

Sat 21
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT 5th Place Playoff - TBC v TBC
Drummoyne Oval, Sydney

Sun 22
10:00 local, 23:00 GMT Final - TBC v TBC
North Sydney Oval, Sydney

Most runs in first day test cricket history

Australia scored 494/6 against South Africa on 9 Dec 1910, which is the highest score in day 1 of test cricket.

The scoreboard

Pakistan v Sri Lanka 2009 test macth schedule

Feb Sat 21 - Feb Wed 25
10:00 local, 05:00 GMT 1st Test - Pakistan v Sri Lanka
National Stadium, Karachi

March 1, Sun - March 5, Wed
10:00 local, 05:00 GMT 2nd Test - Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Kenya v Zimbabwe 2009 series fixture

1st ODI Jan 27
Mombasa

2nd ODI Jan 29
Mombasa

3rd ODI Jan 31
Nairobi

4th ODI Feb 1
Nairobi

5th ODI Feb 4
Nairobi

India vs Sri Lanka 2009 ODI and T20 fixture

India is going to tour Sri Lanka to play five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international.

January 28 - 1st ODI at Dambulla (d/n)
January 30 - 2nd ODI at Dambulla (d/n)
February 2 - 3rd ODI at R Premadasa Stadium (d/n)
February 5 - 4th ODI at R Premadasa Stadium (d/n)
February 8 - 5th ODI at SSC
February 10 - Twenty20 at R Premadasa Stadium (d/n)

More info from cricinfo

Revised schedule of India vs NZ 2009

Its going to be fun, 2 T20s, 5 ODIs and 3 Tests

The Revised schedule

* 1st Twenty20 international- February 25, Christchurch
* 2nd Twenty20 international- February 27, Wellington
* 1st ODI- March 3, Napier
* 2nd ODI- March 6, Wellington
* 3rd ODI- March 8, Christchurch
* 4th ODI- March 11, Hamilton
* 5th ODI- March 14, Auckland
* 1st Test- March 18-22, Hamilton
* 2nd Test- March 26-30, Napier
* 3rd Test- April 3-7, Wellington

For more cricinfo

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe ODI series 2009 fixture

After the short tri-nation ODI series (Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka), Zimbabwe will play 3 ODI's against the host team Bangladesh.

The fixture:

1st ODI v Bang
19 Jan - Mirpur

2nd ODI v Bang
21 Jan - Mirpur

3rd ODI v Bang
23 Jan - Mirpur

Bangladesh Tri-Series 2008-09 fixture

Teams: Host Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka

The schedule:

1st Match - Bangladesh v Zimbabwe
10 Jan - Mirpur

2nd Match - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
12 Jan - Mirpur

3rd Match - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
14 Jan - Mirpur

Final - TBC v TBC
16 Jan - Mirpur

First test and odi wicket for indian bowlers

First test or odi wicket is always special for any bowler. Lets list the first test and odi wickets of some of the Indian bowlers.

Bolwer	First Test wicket	First ODI wicket
Kapil Dev	Sadiq Mohammad(pak)	Imran Khan(pak)
Zaheer Khan	Mehrab Hossain(ban)	M Sheikh(ken)
Harbhajan Singh	GS Blewett(aus)	MJ Horne(nz)
Anil Kumble	AJ Lamb(eng)	SHU Karnain(sl)
Javagal Srinath	GR Marsh(aus)	Wasim Akram(pak)
Ishant Sharma	Mashrafe Mortaza (ban)	JR Hopes(aus)
Irfan Pathan	ML Hayden(aus)	S Matsikenyeri(zim)
Ajit Agarkar	GJ Rennie(zim)	AC Gilchrist(aus)