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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

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

Related:
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The fixture of this ODI tournament

Sunday, December 27, 2009

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

Saturday, December 19, 2009

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)

Thursday, December 17, 2009

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

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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

Saturday, December 5, 2009

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

Thursday, December 3, 2009

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