West Indies tour of India 2011 - schedule

West Indies cricket team is going to play 3 test matches and 5 ODIs against team India in their "tour of India 2011" which is beginning on November 6 2011. The details below:


The schedule

1st Test, November 6-10, Delhi
2nd Test, November 14-18, Kolkata
3rd Test, November 22-26, Mumbai

1st ODI (D/N), November 29, Cuttack
2nd ODI (D/N), December 2, Vishakhapatnam
3rd ODI (D/N), December 5, Ahmedabad
4th ODI (D/N), December 8, Indore
5th ODI (D/N), December 11, Chennai

Asia Cup Cricket 2012 fixture

Asia Cup Cricket 2012 schedule is as follows:

Mon Mar 12         
08:30 GMT / 14:30 local /14:00 IST    
1st Match - Bangladesh v Pakistan
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur    

   
Tue Mar 13         
08:30 GMT / 14:30 local / 14:00 IST    
2nd Match - India v Sri Lanka
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur    

   
Thu Mar 15         
08:30 GMT / 14:30 local / 14:00 IST    
3rd Match - Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur    

   
Fri Mar 16         
08:30 GMT / 14:30 local / 14:00 IST    
4th Match - Bangladesh v India
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur    

   
Sun Mar 18         
08:30 GMT / 14:30 local / 14:00 IST    
5th Match - India v Pakistan
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur    

   
Tue Mar 20         
08:30 GMT / 14:30 local / 14:00 IST    
6th Match - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur    

   
Thu Mar 22         
08:30 GMT / 14:30 local / 14:00 IST    
Final - TBC v TBC
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur    

South Africa squad for ODIs vs India

South Africa squad for 5 ODI series against India 2011 is as below. Imran Tahir is in whereas Jacques Kallis is out due to injury.

1  Graeme Smith(capt)
2  Hashim Amla
3  Johan Botha
4  AB de Villiers (wk)
5  JP Duminy
6  Faf du Plessis
7  Colin Ingram
8  David Miller
9  Morne Morkel
10  Wayne Parnell
11  Robin Petersen
12  Dale Steyn
13  Imran Tahir
14  Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Indian squad for the 5 ODI series and fixture for the series is here
Also here is a post on Imran Tahir.

Imran Tahir will play for South Africa

Pakistan born Cricketer Imran Tahir is all set to start his international career for the South Africa Cricket team and is expected to be part of the 5 ODI series vs India. Mohammad Imran Tahir who is presently part of South Africa domestic cricket team Dolphins, has been granted South African citizenship by naturalisation and is now eligible to play for the country. This legspinner has total 535 First-Class wickets with an outstanding bowling average of 25.09.

Read more from cricinfo

India squad for 5 ODI's vs South Africa 2010

India at full strength for South Africa ODIs

1  MS Dhoni (capt)
2  Virender Sehwag
3  Gautam Gambhir
4  Sachin Tendulkar
5  Virat Kohli
6  Suresh Raina
7  Yuvraj Singh
8  Harbhajan Singh
9  Zaheer Khan
10 Ashish Nehra
11 Praveen Kumar
12 Munaf Patel
13 R Ashwin
14 Yusuf Pathan
15 Piyush Chawla
16 S Sreesanth.

The schedule of 5 ODI's between India and South Africa is as follows:

1st ODI: South Africa v India at Durban
Jan 12, 2011 (14:30 local | 12:30 GMT | 18:00 IST)

2nd ODI: South Africa v India at Johannesburg
Jan 15, 2011 (14:30 local | 12:30 GMT | 18:00 IST)

3rd ODI: South Africa v India at Cape Town
Jan 18, 2011 (14:30 local | 12:30 GMT | 18:00 IST)

4th ODI: South Africa v India at Port Elizabeth
Jan 21, 2011 (14:30 local | 12:30 GMT | 18:00 IST)

5th ODI: South Africa v India at Centurion
Jan 23, 2011 (10:00 local | 08:00 GMT | 13:30 IST)

Coming ODI matches till Feb 2011 - schedule

Schedule of 33 ODI matches to be played before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 which starts from Feb 19th 2011.

Sun 28 Nov, 2010 Nehru Stadium, Guwahati [ India Vs NewZealand ]
Wed 01 Dec, 2010 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium [ India Vs NewZealand ]
Wed 01 Dec, 2010 Dhaka [ Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe ]
Fri 03 Dec, 2010 Dhaka [ Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe ]
Sat 04 Dec, 2010 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium [ India Vs NewZealand ]
Mon 06 Dec, 2010 Dhaka [ Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe ]
Tue 07 Dec, 2010 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium [ India Vs NewZealand ]
Thu 09 Dec, 2010 Suriyawewa Stadium [ SriLanka Vs WestIndies ]
Fri 10 Dec, 2010 MA Chidambaram Stadium [ India Vs NewZealand ]
Fri 10 Dec, 2010 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong [ Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe ]
Sat 11 Dec, 2010 Suriyawewa Stadium [ SriLanka Vs WestIndies ]
Sun 12 Dec, 2010 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong [ Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe ]
Wed 15 Dec, 2010 Galle International Stadium [ SriLanka Vs WestIndies ]
Fri 17 Dec, 2010 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground [ SriLanka Vs WestIndies ]
Sun 19 Dec, 2010 R.Premadasa Stadium [ SriLanka Vs WestIndies ]
Wed 12 Jan, 2011 Kingsmead, Durban [ SouthAfrica Vs India ]
Sat 15 Jan, 2011 New Wanderers Stadium [ SouthAfrica Vs India ]
Sun 16 Jan, 2011 Melbourne Cricket Ground [ Australia Vs England ]
Tue 18 Jan, 2011 Newlands, Cape Town [ SouthAfrica Vs India ]
Fri 21 Jan, 2011 St. George's Park [ SouthAfrica Vs India ]
Fri 21 Jan, 2011 Bellerive Oval [ Australia Vs England ]
Sat 22 Jan, 2011 Westpac Stadium, Wellington [ NewZealand Vs Pakistan ]
Sun 23 Jan, 2011 Centurion, Tshwane [ SouthAfrica Vs India ]
Sun 23 Jan, 2011 Sydney Cricket Ground [ Australia Vs England ]
Wed 26 Jan, 2011 Queenstown [ NewZealand Vs Pakistan ]
Wed 26 Jan, 2011 Adelaide Oval [ Australia Vs England ]
Sat 29 Jan, 2011 AMI Stadium, Christchurch [ NewZealand Vs Pakistan ]
Sun 30 Jan, 2011 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane [ Australia Vs England ]
Tue 01 Feb, 2011 McLean Park, Napier [ NewZealand Vs Pakistan ]
Wed 02 Feb, 2011 Sydney Cricket Ground [ Australia Vs England ]
Thu 03 Feb, 2011 Seddon Park, Hamilton [ NewZealand Vs Pakistan ]
Sat 05 Feb, 2011 Eden Park, Auckland [ NewZealand Vs Pakistan ]
Sun 06 Feb, 2011 W.A.C.A. Ground [ Australia Vs England ]

New Zealand tour of India 2010 details

The New Zealand Cricket Team squad for 3 match test series vs team India is announced:

1   Daniel Vettori (capt)
2   Brent Arnel
3   Hamish Bennett
4   Martin Guptill
5   Gareth Hopkins
6   Chris Martin
7   Brendon McCullum
8   Tim McIntosh
9   Andy McKay
10  Jeetan Patel
11  Jesse Ryder
12  Tim Southee
13  Ross Taylor
14  BJ Watling
15  Kane Williamson.

The fixture of this 3 Tests and 5 ODIs between India and New Zealand is as follows:

The 3 test matches:

1st Test: India v New Zealand at Ahmedabad
Nov 4-8, 2010 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)

2nd Test: India v New Zealand at Hyderabad (Deccan)
Nov 12-16, 2010 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)

3rd Test: India v New Zealand at Nagpur
Nov 20-24, 2010 (09:30 local, 04:00 GMT)

The 5 odi matches:

1st ODI: India v New Zealand at Guwahati
Nov 28, 2010 (08:30 local, 03:00 GMT)

2nd ODI: India v New Zealand at Jaipur
Dec 1, 2010 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

3rd ODI: India v New Zealand at Vadodara
Dec 4, 2010 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

4th ODI: India v New Zealand at Bangalore
Dec 7, 2010 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

5th ODI: India v New Zealand at Chennai
Dec 10, 2010 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

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.

Squad for India Vs Australia ODI cricket series

The fixture and team squad for the India Vs Australia 3 ODI series to be commenced from Oct 17 2010.

The fixture:

1st ODI: India v Australia at Kochi
Oct 17, 2010 (09:00 local, 03:30 GMT)

2nd ODI: India v Australia at Visakhapatnam
Oct 20, 2010 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

3rd ODI: India v Australia at Margao
Oct 24, 2010 (09:00 local, 03:30 GMT)

Indian Squad:

1   MS Dhoni (capt & wk)
2   M Vijay
3   Shikhar Dhawan
4   Virat Kohli
5   Suresh Raina
6   Yuvraj Singh
7   Saurabh Tiwary
8   R Ashwin
9   Praveen Kumar
10  Ashish Nehra
11  Munaf Patel
12  Vinay Kumar
13  Ravindra Jadeja
14  Rohit Sharma

Australian Squad:

1   Michael Clarke (capt)
2   Cameron White
3   Doug Bollinger
4   Callum Ferguson
5   Nathan Hauritz
6   James Hopes
7   Mike Hussey
8   Shaun Marsh
9   Clint McKay
10  Tim Paine (wk)
11  John Hastings
12  Steve Smith
13  Mitchell Starc
14  David Warner

NZ squad for tri series in Sri Lanka 2010

The New Zealand squad for tri Series in Sri Lanka 2010:

Ross Taylor (capt),
Kyle Mills (vice-capt),
Grant Elliott,
Martin Guptill,
Gareth Hopkins (wk),
Nathan McCullum,
Andy McKay,
Jacob Oram,
Jeetan Patel,
Jesse Ryder,
Tim Southee,
Scott Styris,
Daryl Tuffey,
BJ Watling,
Kane Williamson.

New face : Northern Districts batsman Kane Williamson.

The fixture for this tri nation ODI tournament can be found here

2010 tri nation ODI - India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka

Some more cricket updates.

Its a Tri nation ODI cricket involving teams: India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka to be played in Sri Lanka.

The fixture:

Friday, August 2, 2010
10:00 AM (IST) / 10:00 local / 04:30 GMT
India vs New Zealand, 1st Match    
Dambulla

Wednesday, August 4, 2010    
10:00 AM (IST) / 10:00 local / 04:30 GMT    
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2nd Match
Dambulla

Saturday, August 7, 2010    
10:00 AM (IST) / 10:00 local / 04:30 GMT    
India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Match    
Colombo

Monday, August 9, 2010    
10:00 AM (IST) / 10:00 local / 04:30 GMT    
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 4th Match    
Colombo

Wednesday, August 11, 2010    
10:00 AM (IST) / 10:00 local, 04:30 GMT    
India vs New Zealand, 5th Match    
Colombo

Friday, August 13, 2010    
10:00 AM (IST) / 10:00 local / 04:30 GMT    
India vs Sri Lanka, 6th Match    
Colombo

Sunday, August 15, 2010    
10:00 AM (IST) / 10:00 local / 04:30 GMT    
Final - TBC vs TBC    
Colombo

New Zealand tour of India 2010 - tests & ODIs

Another good news for cricket lovers. Team New Zealand will tour India this November and will play 3 Tests and 5 ODIs.

First Test : November 4-8 (Ahmedabad)
Second Test : November 12-16 (Kanpur)
Third Test : November 20-24 (Mumbai)

They will also play five One-Day Internationals in Hyderbad, Chennai, Guwahati, Mohali and Bangalore, dates of which are not yet finalised.

Read more here

Related post:
- Australia tour of India 2010, test and ODI fixture

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

India and Sri Lanka to tour Zimbabwe for ODI series

India and Sri Lanka will tour Zimbabwe for a tri nation ODI series. India is also going to play two Twenty20 internationals against the host.

The Itinerary:

    •   May 28: Zimbabwe v India, Bulawayo
    •   May 30: India v Sri Lanka, Bulawayo
    •   June 1: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, Bulawayo
    •   June 3: Zimbabwe v India, Harare
    •   June 5: India v Sri Lanka, Harare
    •   June 7: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, Harare
    •   June 9: Final, Harare
    •   June 12: Zimbabwe v India, 1st Twenty20, Harare
    •   June 13: Zimbabwe v India, 2nd Twenty20, Harare

India cricket squad for ODI vs South Africa

India cricket squad for ODI vs South Africa

M S Dhoni (captain)
Sachin Tendulkar
Virender Sehwag
Virat Kohli
Dinesh Karthik
Suresh Raina
Ravindra Jadeja
R Ashwin
Zaheer Khan
Ashish Nehra
Sudeep Tyagi
Praveen Kumar
Abhishek Nayar
Yusuf Pathan
Amit Mishra.

Also read: South Africa ODI squad for 3 ODI series vs India

Squad details - South Africa tour of India 2010

India squad for first Test
-------------------------
1) MS Dhoni (capt/wk)
2) Virender Sehwag
3) Gautam Gambhir
4) S Badrinath
5) Sachin Tendulkar
6) VVS Laxman
7) Harbhajan Singh
8) Zaheer Khan
9) Amit Mishra
10) Pragyan Ojha
11) Ishant Sharma
12) M Vijay
13) Sudeep Tyagi
14) Abhimanyu Mithun
15) Wriddhiman Saha


South Africa squad for India:

Test squad
------------------
1) Graeme Smith (capt)
2) Hashim Amla
3) Johan Botha
4) Mark Boucher (wk)
5) AB de Villiers
6) JP Duminy
7) Paul Harris
8) Jacques Kallis
9) Ryan McLaren
10) Morne Morkel
11) Wayne Parnell
12) Alviro Petersen
13) Ashwell Prince
14) Dale Steyn
15) Lonwabo Tsotsobe


ODI squad
---------------
1) Graeme Smith (capt)
2) Loots Bosman
3) Johan Botha
4) Mark Boucher (wk)
5) AB de Villiers
6) JP Duminy
7) Herschelle Gibbs
8) Jacques Kallis
9) Albie Morkel
10) Morne Morkel
11) Wayne Parnell
12) Alviro Petersen
13) Dale Steyn
14) Lonwabo Tsotsobe
15) Roelof van der Merwe.

The South Africa in India 2010 fixture is here

ICC Under-19 World Cup 2010 point table

The updated ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2010 point table is here

South Africa in India 2010 fixture

South Africa tour of India 2009/10 fixture is as below:

Sat Feb 6 - Wed Feb 10
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST     1st Test - India v South Africa
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur    

   
Sun Feb 14 - Thu Feb 18
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST     2nd Test - India v South Africa
Eden Gardens, Kolkata    

   
Sun Feb 21         
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST     1st ODI - India v South Africa
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur    

   
Wed Feb 24
03:30 GMT | 09:00 local
09:00 IST     2nd ODI - India v South Africa
Green Park, Kanpur    

   
Sat Feb 27         
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST     3rd ODI - India v South Africa
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedaba

Highest partnerships by wicket - ODI cricket

The list of highest partnerships by wicket in One day International cricket is below:

+--------+---------+----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|   Wkt  | Runs    |   Partners                       | Team         |  Opposition     |    Ground           |
+--------+---------+----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|   1st  |  286    |    WU Tharanga, ST Jayasuriya    | Sri Lanka    |  v England      |    Leeds            |
+--------+---------+----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|   2nd  |  331    |    SR Tendulkar, R Dravid        | India        |  v New Zealand  |    Hyderabad (Decc) |
+--------+---------+----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|   3rd  |  237*   |    R Dravid, SR Tendulkar        | India        |  v Kenya        |    Bristol          |
+--------+---------+----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|   4th  |  275*   |    M Azharuddin, A Jadeja        | India        |  v Zimbabwe     |    Cuttack          |
+--------+---------+----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|   5th  |  223    |    M Azharuddin, A Jadeja        | India        |  v Sri Lanka    |    Colombo (RPS)    |
+--------+---------+----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|   6th  |  218    |    DPMD Jayawardene, MS Dhoni    | Asia XI      |  v Africa XI    |    Chennai          |
+--------+---------+----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|   7th  |  130    |    A Flower, HH Streak           | Zimbabwe     |  v England      |    Harare           |
+--------+---------+----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|   8th  |  138*   |    JM Kemp, AJ Hall              | South Africa |  v India        |    Cape Town        |
+--------+---------+----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|   9th  |  126*   |    N Kapil Dev, SMH Kirmani      | India        |  v Zimbabwe     |    Tunbridge Wells  |
+--------+---------+----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|   10th |  106*   |    IVA Richards, MA Holding      | West Indies  |  v England      |    Manchester       |
+--------+---------+----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+

For details of each of these partnerships, here is the cricinfo page