Australia squad for 1st Ashes test 2010-11

Australia squad for 1st Ashes test 2010-11

1  Simon Katich
2  Shane Watson
3  Ricky Ponting (capt)
4  Michael Clarke
5  Michael Hussey
6  Marcus North
7  Usman Khawaja
8  Callum Ferguson
9  Brad Haddin (wk)
10 Steven Smith
11 Mitchell Johnson
12 Nathan Hauritz
13 Xavier Doherty
14 Ryan Harris
15 Peter Siddle
16 Ben Hilfenhaus
17 Doug Bollinger

The fixture for the Ashes 2010-11 is here

Sri Lanka tour of Australia 2010 details

Sri Lanka tour of Australia 2010 will start with 3 tour games (One vs Queensland and Two vs NSW) and then one T20I and 3 Odis vs the team Australia.

The International fixture:

Sun Oct 31          
09:35 GMT / 17:35 local / 15:05 IST
Only T20I - Australia v Sri Lanka
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth    
   
Wed Nov 3         
03:20 GMT / 14:20 local / 08:50 IST    
1st ODI - Australia v Sri Lanka
Melbourne Cricket Ground    
   
Fri Nov 5         
03:20 GMT / 14:20 local / 08:50 IST    
2nd ODI - Australia v Sri Lanka
Sydney Cricket Ground    
   
Sun Nov 7         
03:20 GMT / 13:20 local / 08:50 IST    
3rd ODI - Australia v Sri Lanka
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane    

The Sri Lankan Squad for Sri Lanka tour of Australia 2010:

1   Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk)
2   Mahela Jayawardene (vc)
3   Tillakaratne Dilshan
4   Upul Tharanga
5   Chamara Silva
6   Jeevan Mendis
7   Angelo Mathews (subject to fitness
8   Thilina Kandamby on standby)
9   Chamara Kapugedara
10  Thisara Perera
11  Lasith Malinga
12  Nuwan Kulasekera
13  Dilhara Fernando
14  Muttiah Muralitharan
15  Suraj Randiv
16  Dammika Prasad
17  Dinesh Chandimal

Australia's squad for this series is yet to be declared.

India squad for 1st Test vs Australia

India squad for 1st Test match vs Australia at Mohali (starting Oct 1 2010)

1   MS Dhoni (capt. & wk)
2   Virender Sehwag
3   Gautam Gambhir
4   Rahul Dravid
5   Sachin Tendulkar
6   VVS Laxman
7   Suresh Raina
8   Cheteshwar Pujara
9   M Vijay
10  Harbhajan Singh
11  Zaheer Khan
12  Ishant Sharma
13  Pragyan Ojha
14  Sreesanth
15  Amit Mishra

Australia's squad for this tour can be found here
Australia tour of India 2010 for 2 tests and 3 Odis fixture is here

Australia squad for 2010 India tour - Cricket update

Australia's cricket team squad for 2010 tour of India is as follows:

1)  Ricky Ponting (capt)
2)  Michael Clarke (vice-capt)
3)  Doug Bollinger
4)  Peter George
5)  Nathan Hauritz
6)  Josh Hazlewood
7)  Ben Hilfenhaus
8)  Phillip Hughes
9)  Michael Hussey
10) Mitchell Johnson
11) Simon Katich
12) Marcus North
13) Tim Paine (wk)
14) Steven Smith
15) Shane Watson.

Australia tour of India 2010 for 2 tests and 3 Odis fixture is here

Australia tour of India 2010 - tests & ODIs

Well, its a good news for all cricket lovers as team Australia is going to tour India in this coming October and will play 2 tests and 3 odis.

The fixture:

2 Tests
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First Test : October 2-6 (Mohali)
Second test : October 10-14 (Bangalore)

3 ODIs
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1st ODI: October 19 (Kochi)
2nd ODI: October 22 (Goa)
3rd ODI: October 24 (Vizag)

Read more here

Cricket ODI number 3000 to be played today

The England v Australia ( NatWest Series [Australia in England] ) ODI to be played at The Rose Bowl, Southampton (22 June 2010) will be the ODI no. 3000 in the history of the game.

Interestingly the same two teams played the very first ODI in 1971.

Pakistan Tour of England 2010 cricket fixture

So its going to be a plenty of Cricket for Pakistan Team:

2 T20Is vs  Australia In England
2 Tests vs Australia  In England
4 Tests vs England  In England
2 T20Is vs England  In England
5 ODIs vs England  In England

The complete fixture for Pakistan Tour of England 2010:

Mon Jul 5
16:00 GMT / 17:00 / local 21:30 IST
1st T20I - Australia v Pakistan
Edgbaston, Birmingham  
   
Tue Jul 6
16:00 GMT / 17:00 / local 21:30 IST
2nd T20I - Australia v Pakistan
Edgbaston, Birmingham  
   
Tue Jul 13 - Sat Jul 17
09:30 GMT / 10:30 / local 15:00 IST
1st Test - Australia v Pakistan
Lord's, London 
   
Wed Jul 21 - Sun Jul 25
09:30 GMT / 10:30 / local 15:00 IST
2nd Test - Australia v Pakistan
Headingley, Leeds  
   
Thu Jul 29 - Mon Aug 2
10:00 GMT / 11:00 / local 15:30 IST
1st Test - England v Pakistan
Trent Bridge, Nottingham   
   
Fri Aug 6 - Tue Aug 10
10:00 GMT / 11:00 / local 15:30 IST
2nd Test - England v Pakistan
Edgbaston, Birmingham

Wed Aug 18 - Sun Aug 22
10:00 GMT / 11:00 / local 15:30 IST
3rd Test - England v Pakistan
Kennington Oval, London    
   
Thu Aug 26 - Mon Aug 30
10:00 GMT / 11:00 / local 15:30 IST
4th Test - England v Pakistan
Lord's, London

Sun Sep 5
14:30 GMT / 15:30 / local 20:00 IST
1st T20I - England v Pakistan
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff    
   
Tue Sep 7         
17:00 GMT / 18:00 / local 22:30 IST
2nd T20I - England v Pakistan
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff    
   
Fri Sep 10
09:15 GMT / 10:15 / local 14:45 IST
1st ODI - England v Pakistan
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street    
   
Sun Sep 12
09:15 GMT / 10:15 / local 14:45 IST
2nd ODI - England v Pakistan
Headingley, Leeds  
   
Fri Sep 17
09:15 GMT / 10:15 / local 14:45 IST
3rd ODI - England v Pakistan
Kennington Oval, London    
   
Mon Sep 20         
13:30 GMT / 14:30 / local 19:00 IST
4th ODI - England v Pakistan
Lord's, London 
   
Wed Sep 22         
13:30 GMT / 14:30 / local 19:00 IST
5th ODI - England v Pakistan
The Rose Bowl, Southampton

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)

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

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.

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

2009 cricket calendar for Ind, Aus and south africa

Source: Cricinfo Packed 2009 calendar for India, Australia and South Africa

Common events for all three countries Apr 10 - May 29: Indian Premier League Jun 5 - Jun 21: World Twenty20 Sep 25 - Oct 10: Champions League India Jan 6 - Feb 19: Tour of Pakistan Mar 6 - Apr 7: Tour of New Zealand Oct 13 onwards: ODIs v Australia Nov and Dec: Home series v Sri Lanka Dec: Tour of Bangladesh Australia Till Jan 30: Home series v South Africa Feb 1 - Feb 15: limited-overs matches v New Zealand Feb 20 - Apr 17: Tour of South Africa Jun 24 - Sep 20: Ashes Oct 13 onwards: ODIs v India Nov: Home series v Pakistan Dec: Home series v West Indies South Africa Jan - Apr: Series v Australia Nov and Dec: Home series v England

Australian squad for test vs India 2008

Australian squad for test matches against India 2008.

Leg spinner Bryce McGain in as Symonds out.

Source: cricinfo

Squad: Matthew Hayden, Phil Jaques, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Simon Katich, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Brett Lee, Jason Krejza, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Bryce McGain, Stuart Clark, Doug Bollinger

Australia made it 3-0

Image source: cricinfo

Image: Australia celebrate with the trophy after beating Bangladesh 3-0, Australia v Bangladesh, 3rd ODI, Darwin, September 6, 2008

cricinfo home for Bangladesh tour of Australia 2008

Bangladesh tour of Australia, 2008 fixture

Fixture:
Aug Sat 30
09:30 local, 00:00 GMT 1st ODI - Australia v Bangladesh
Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin

Sep Wed 3
09:30 local, 00:00 GMT 2nd ODI - Australia v Bangladesh
Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin

Sep Sat 6
09:30 local, 00:00 GMT 3rd ODI - Australia v Bangladesh
Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin

Sheffield Shield is back to cricket

Cricket Australia has formally announced the
Sheffield Shield would return as the prize to be fought over by the six states(New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia) during the domestic first-class summer after an absence of nine years, during which the competition was known as the Pura Cup.

Image source: cricinfo