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2012-04-21T16:44:00.001+05:00

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2012-04-21T16:10:00.001+05:00

Rajasthan Royals chose to bat v Chennai Super Kings

Rajasthan Royals, joint table-toppers on points, won the toss and decided to bat on another punishingly hot day in Chennai. They come into the game on the back of two wins, but their captain Rahul Dravid expected a tough match against Chennai Super Kings, who boast one of the strongest batting line-ups in the competition.

Royals made three changes to the XI that defeated Deccan Chargers: after missing three games due to injury Kevon Cooper returns and takes the place of Johan Botha, Karnataka allrounder Stuart Binny comes in for fast bowler Pankaj Singh, and Shreevats Goswami reclaims the wicketkeeper's spot from Dishant Yagnik, whose two final-over boundaries to seal victory over Chargers wasn't enough to earn him another chance.

Super Kings went in with the same XI that defeated Pune Warriors.

Chennai Super Kings: 1 S Badrinath, 2 Faf du Plessis, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 MS Dhoni, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Wriddhiman Saha, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Doug Bollinger, 11 Shadab Jakati

Rajasthan Royals: 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Rahul Dravid, 3 Owais Shah, 4 Brad Hodge, 5 Ashok Menaria, 6 Sreevats Goswami, 7 Kevon Cooper, 8 Stuart Binny, 9 Brad Hogg, 10 Amit Singh, 11 Siddharth Trive

T20 World Cup

2012-04-20T22:23:00.002+05:00

The ICC World Twenty20 2012 is a 20/20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in September-October 2012. It will be the forth World Twenty20 cricket series. The ICC World Twenty20 2012 will be contested by 12 teams which have been 10 Test teams and two qualifiers (Ireland & Afghanistan) and divided into four groups are A, B, C and D. Final will be played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on October 07, 2012. Explore live scores and all information of World T20 2012.

Group A - England (A1), India (A2) and Afghanistan
Group B - Australia (B1), West Indies (B2) and Ireland
Group C - South Africa (C1), Sri Lanka (C2) and Zimbabwe
Group D - New Zealand (D1), Pakistan (D2) and Bangladesh

2012-04-20T22:22:00.001+05:00

ICC T20 Championship		As on : 30-Mar-2012
S#	Team	Matches	Points	Rating

1.	England	14	1811	129

2.	South Africa	12	1468	122

3.	Sri Lanka	9	1056	117

4.	New Zealand	14	1596	114

5.	Pakistan	17	1817	107

6.	Australia	15	1603	107

7.	India	9	930	103

8.	Ireland	10	946	95

9.	West Indies	10	933	83

10.	Afghanistan	6	500	83

11.	Netherlands	5	321	64

12.	Zimbabwe	9	463	51

13.	Scotland	5	200	40

14.	Canada	5	79	16

15.	Kenya	6	75	13

2012-04-20T22:21:00.004+05:00

ICC ODI Championship		As on : 25-Mar-2012
S#	Team	Matches	Points	Rating

1.	Australia	49	6030	123

2.	South Africa	30	3549	118

3.	India	55	6409	117

4.	England	39	4333	111

5.	Sri Lanka	52	5745	110

6.	Pakistan	45	4710	105

7.	New Zealand	31	2667	86

8.	West Indies	32	2753	86

9.	Bangladesh	36	2408	67

10.	Zimbabwe	33	1511	46

11.	Ireland	14	504	36

12.	Netherlands	9	137	15

13.	Kenya	9	74	8

2012-04-20T22:21:00.002+05:00

ICC Test Championship		As on : 07-Apr-2012
S#	Team	Matches	Points	Rating

1.	England	44	5124	116

2.	South Africa	32	3709	116

3.	India	46	5111	111

4.	Australia	42	4655	111

5.	Pakistan	35	3781	108

6.	Sri Lanka	38	3780	99

7.	West Indies	40	2604	87

8.	New Zealand	28	2366	85

9.	Zimbabwe	4	167	42

10.	Bangladesh	18	135	8

Abdul Razzaq

2012-04-20T22:17:00.003+05:00

Abdul Razzaq
Pakistan

Full Name: Abdul Razzaq
Date of Birth: Dec 02, 1979, Lahore, Punjab
Major Team: Pakistan, Asia XI, Hampshire, Hampshire 2nd XI, Hyderabad Heroes, ICL Pakistan XI, Khan Research Labs, Lahore, Lahore Lions, Middlesex, Pakistan International Airlines, Surrey, Worcestershire
Playing Roll: All Rounder
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Right-arm fast-medium
Nick Name: Abdur Razzaq

Derivation of the name of "cricket"

2012-04-20T22:15:00.002+05:00

A number of words are thought to be possible sources for the term "cricket". In the earliest known reference to the sport in 1598 (see below), it is called creckett. The name may have been derived from the Middle Dutch krick(-e), meaning a stick; or the Old English cricc or cryce meaning a crutch or staff.^[2] Another possible source is the Middle Dutch word krickstoel, meaning a long low stool used for kneeling in church and which resembled the long low wicket with two stumps used in early cricket.
According to Heiner Gillmeister, a European language expert of Bonn University, "cricket" derives from the Middle Dutch met de (krik ket)sen (i.e., "with the stick chase"), which also suggests a Dutch connection in the game's origin. It is more likely that the terminology of cricket was based on words in use in south east England at the time and, given trade connections with the County of Flanders, especially in the 15th century when it belonged to the Duchy of Burgundy, many Middle Dutch^[3] words found their way into southern English dialects.^[4]

2012-04-20T22:15:00.000+05:00

The game of cricket has a known history spanning from the 16th century to the present day, with international matches played since 1844, although the official history of international Test cricket began in 1877. During this time, the game developed from its origins in England into a game which is now played professionally in most of the Commonwealth of Nations.

2012-04-19T18:32:00.000+05:00