cricket

I P L 2011

2011-04-09T01:01:00.000-07:00

Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League (often abbreviated as IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquartered in Mumbai^[3]^[4] supervised by BCCI Vice President Chirayu Amin, current chairman and commissioner of IPL, and CEO, Sundar Raman. It is currently contested by 10 teams consisting of players from around the world. It was started after an altercation between the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League.^[5]

In 2010, IPL became the first sporting event ever to be broadcast live on YouTube.^[6] Its brand value was estimated to be around $4.13 billion the same year.^[7]^[8] According to global sports salaries review, IPL is the second highest-paid league, based on first-team salaries on a pro rata basis, second only to the NBA. It is estimated that the average salary of an IPL player over a year would be $3.84 million.^[9] The brand value of Chennai Super Kings (winner IPL 2010, finalist IPL 2008 and semi-finalist IPL 2009) is estimated at USD 48.4 Million.

Franchise	City	Inception	Owner(s)	Captain	Coach
Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	2008	Mukesh Ambani (Owner of Reliance Industries)	Sachin Tendulkar	Robin Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bangalore	2008	Vijay Mallya (UB Group)	Daniel Vettori	Ray Jennings
Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	2008	Deccan Chronicle group	Kumar Sangakkara	Darren Lehmann
Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	2008	India Cements (N.Srinivasan)	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Stephen Fleming
Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	2008	GMR Group	Virender Sehwag	Greg Shipperd
Kings XI Punjab	Chandigarh	2008	Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, Dabur, Apeejay Surendera Group	Adam Gilchrist	Michael Bevan
Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	2008	Red Chillies Entertainment (Shah Rukh Khan)	Gautam Gambhir	Dav Whatmore
Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	2008	Emerging Media (Lachlan Murdoch), Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra	Shane Warne	Shane Warne
Pune Warriors India	Pune	2011	Sahara	Yuvraj Singh	Geoff Marsh
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	Kochi	2011	Kochi Cricket Private Limited	Mahela Jayawardene	Geoff Lawson

Final

2011-04-01T23:34:00.000-07:00

Batting

As combinations go, India and Sri Lanka have the strongest top three of any batting lineups in the one-day game at the moment.
For India, Virender SehWag's explosive hitting complements Sachin Tendulkar's flawless style.
Sehwag can get on top of an opposing bowling attack with a blend of shots that rely on raw power and which can give India a flood of runs early, particularly in the mandatory powerplay.
There simply is nobody who can match Tendulkar's ability to accumulate runs — he's the leading scorer in cricket, and is one short of his 100th international century.
Tendulkar is second behind Tillakaratne Dilshan among runscorers in this tournament, with 464 at an average of 58 and a strike rate of 90.98.
Sehwag has 380 from seven innings at an average of 54.28 and a strike rate of 123.37.
For Sri Lanka, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga have been the most productive opening pair in the tournament, combining in partnerships worth more than 700 runs and seemingly scoring at will against most teams.
Dilshan tops the run-scoring list with 467 at an average of 66.71 and a strike rate of 93 and Tharanga is 5th on the list with 393 runs at 65.5 and a strike rate of 86.94.

Bowling

Pace
India's Zaheer Khan has been the most successful seamer at the tournament, picking up 19 wickets at an economy rate of 4.67.
His ability to swing the ball both ways makes him dangerous with the new and old ball.
If he's not taking wickets, he's beating the edge and creating pressure which forces batsmen to take risks against the other bowlers.
For Sri Lanka, Lasith Malinga is dangerous fullstop.
He will be the fastest bowler on the field and the way he slings the ball makes it difficult for batsmen to read.
His inswinging yorker is virtually unplayable.
The mop-topped paceman has taken 11 wickets at an economy rate of 5.74 in six innings.
He bowls in short, sharp spells at the start and is at his best with his reverse swing late in an innings.
Spin
Spinners tend to dominate on subcontinental pitches which are generally slow and take turn.
There's no better exponent than Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, who is the leading wicket taker in world cricket.
He has bowled with leg injuries in the last two games and is under an injury cloud for the final, but expected to play. It's due to be his farewell to international cricket.
He has 15 wickets this tournament at an economy rate of 4 runs an over.
His best figures of the tournament came on this ground — 4-25 against New Zealand.
Murali only needs three wickets to equal retired Australian paceman Glenn McGrath's World Cup record of 71 wickets.
Harbharjan Singh is India's premier slow bowler, even if he has tended to play a containing role during this tournament.
His eight wickets, including the two key wickets in the semifinal win over Pakistan, have come at 4.41 economy.
Part-timer Yuvraj Singh has taken more wickets (13), but doesn't have the ability to unsettle batsman or possess the same variation as Harbharjan.

Wicketkeepers

Two captains as wicketkeeper is rare in a game, but both India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara fill dual roles with distinction.
Dhoni is an astute tactician who tends to use his bowlers in short spells to ensure opposition batsmen can't get settled.
He is an energetic wicketkeeper and has had some success already at the global level, guiding India to the Twenty20 world championship in 2007.
He has taken six catches and completed three stumpings in eight matches.
But he hasn't been in his best form with the bat, scoring 150 runs at an average of 30 and a strike rate just under 70.
Sangakkara leads from the front, in the field and with the bat.
He come in at first drop and is third on the runscoring list for the tournament with 417 runs at an average of 104.25 and a strikerate of 85.45.
His nine catches and four stumpings give him 13 dismissals so far in the tournament, equal with Australia's Brad Haddin.

INDIA vs SRILANKA

2011-04-01T00:44:00.000-07:00

MUMBAI : Mahendra Singh Dhoni has a date with destiny that could catapult him into a different stratosphere in terms of Indian sports stars.Dhoni, preparing to take on Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday, is the third captain to lead India into a World Cup final after Kapil Dev and Sourav Ganguly. He has the right pedigree already, having guided India to victory in the World Twenty20 championship four years ago.
But this is a different scenario. Dhoni led astutely in a 29-run win over archrival Pakistan in a high-stakes semifinal at Mohali on Wednesday, triggering wild celebrations and raising hopes that he can emulate Kapil’s success of 1983. If he does succeed, India would also have the distinction of beating all former World Cup champions on way to the title.

India defeated the West Indies in their last league match at Chennai by 80 runs and beat three-time defending champion Australia by five wickets at Ahmedabad to set up the high-profile semifinal with Pakistan. It now leaves only Sri Lanka from the list of former champions to beat.
The West Indians were champions in 1975 and 1979 before India spoiled the Caribbean squad’s run with an upset victory in the 1983 final at Lord’s. Australia won in 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007, while Pakistan in 1992 and Sri Lanka in ’96. In the 2003 final, a Ganguly-led Indian team went in with great expectations but was outplayed in a 125-run defeat to Australia.

Dhoni knows any slip-up against Sri Lanka could make a crucial difference in the title game. “Sri Lanka is a very good team and we will have to do our best to beat them,” Dhoni said after the win over Pakistan.

“We’ve been tested more often than not in the games we have played so I think it will be a very good final.” Dhoni thinks his team has been shaping well for the big game.
“It was important that we peaked at the right time. We’ve chased some decent scores and we have won batting first. Everybody’s giving more than 100 percent on the field, so we’re ready for the final,” Dhoni said. The 29-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman was proud of the way his squad had pulled together. “The team unity, the way we are backing each other and not criticizing any player has been great,” he said.
“If somebody is having a bad time on the field we are making sure he is wanted and everybody is helping each other. That’s what really counts in team sport. “Individuals have stepped up and said ‘OK I will be the person who will perform in this particular game’ but overall everybody has contributed so far in bits and pieces.”

Dhoni got support from Kapil, who said Thursday that the current skipper should be respected regardless of the result in Saturday’s final.
“I will never doubt Dhoni’s credentials as a captain irrespective of the result of the World Cup final,” Kapil said.
“A lot of people believe that it’s the ultimate result which will count but I believe otherwise.”
Australia’s World Cup winning captain Allan Border, though, thought that Dhoni had a big challenge ahead. “I know people here won’t like it but I believe that Sri Lanka will go into the final as favourites,” Border said.

INDIA vs PAK

2011-03-30T23:22:00.000-07:00

India v Pakistan

India won by 29 runs

ODI no. 3147 | 2010/11 season
Played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
30 March 2011 - day/night (50-over match)


India innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	lbw b Wahab Riaz	38	32	25	9	0	152.00
SR Tendulkar	c Shahid Afridi b Saeed Ajmal	85	160	115	11	0	73.91
G Gambhir	st †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez	27	55	32	2	0	84.37
V Kohli	c Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz	9	20	21	0	0	42.85
Yuvraj Singh	b Wahab Riaz	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
MS Dhoni*†	lbw b Wahab Riaz	25	64	42	2	0	59.52
SK Raina	not out	36	69	39	3	0	92.30
Harbhajan Singh	st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal	12	28	15	2	0	80.00
Z Khan	c †Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz	9	14	10	1	0	90.00
A Nehra	run out (Wahab Riaz/†Kamran Akmal)	1	1	2	0	0	50.00
MM Patel	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 8, w 8, nb 2)	18

Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs; 231 mins)	260	(5.20 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-48 (Sehwag, 5.5 ov), 2-116 (Gambhir, 18.5 ov), 3-141 (Kohli, 25.2 ov), 4-141 (Yuvraj Singh, 25.3 ov),5-187 (Tendulkar, 36.6 ov), 6-205 (Dhoni, 41.4 ov), 7-236 (Harbhajan Singh, 46.4 ov), 8-256 (Khan, 49.2 ov),9-258 (Nehra, 49.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Umar Gul	8	0	69	0	8.62	(2nb, 1w)
Abdul Razzaq	2	0	14	0	7.00
Wahab Riaz	10	0	46	5	4.60	(4w)
Saeed Ajmal	10	0	44	2	4.40	(2w)
Shahid Afridi	10	0	45	0	4.50
Mohammad Hafeez	10	0	34	1	3.40


Pakistan innings (target: 261 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
Kamran Akmal†	c Yuvraj Singh b Khan	19	40	21	3	0	90.47
Mohammad Hafeez	c †Dhoni b Patel	43	66	59	7	0	72.88
Asad Shafiq	b Yuvraj Singh	30	61	39	2	0	76.92
Younis Khan	c Raina b Yuvraj Singh	13	44	32	0	0	40.62
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Kohli b Khan	56	134	76	5	1	73.68
Umar Akmal	b Harbhajan Singh	29	35	24	1	2	120.83
Abdul Razzaq	b Patel	3	12	9	0	0	33.33
Shahid Afridi*	c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	19	25	17	1	0	111.76
Wahab Riaz	c Tendulkar b Nehra	8	16	14	1	0	57.14
Umar Gul	lbw b Nehra	2	9	3	0	0	66.66
Saeed Ajmal	not out	1	18	5	0	0	20.00
Extras	(w 8)	8

Total	(all out; 49.5 overs; 239 mins)	231	(4.63 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-44 (Kamran Akmal, 8.6 ov), 2-70 (Mohammad Hafeez, 15.3 ov), 3-103 (Asad Shafiq, 23.5 ov),4-106 (Younis Khan, 25.4 ov), 5-142 (Umar Akmal, 33.1 ov), 6-150 (Abdul Razzaq, 36.2 ov), 7-184 (Shahid Afridi, 41.5 ov),8-199 (Wahab Riaz, 44.5 ov), 9-208 (Umar Gul, 46.1 ov), 10-231 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 49.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	9.5	0	58	2	5.89	(2w)
A Nehra	10	0	33	2	3.30	(1w)
MM Patel	10	1	40	2	4.00	(1w)
Harbhajan Singh	10	0	43	2	4.30
Yuvraj Singh	10	1	57	2	5.70

Cricket

2011-03-29T04:50:00.000-07:00

Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport. Many variations exist, with its most popular form played on an oval-shaped outdoor arena known as a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard (20.12 m) long pitch that is the focus of the game. A game (or match) is contested between two teams of eleven players each. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team. A run is scored by the striking batsman hitting the ball with his bat, running to the opposite end of the pitch and touching the crease there without being dismissed. The teams switch between batting and fielding at the end of an innings.
There are also variations in the length of a game of cricket. In professional cricket this ranges from a limit of 20 overs per side (Twenty20) to a game played over 5 days (Test cricket, which is the highest level of the game). Depending on the form of the match being played, there are different rules that govern how a game is won, lost, drawn or tied. The rules of two-innings games are known as the Laws of Cricket and maintained by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC); additional Standard Playing Conditions for Test matches and One Day Internationals augment these laws.^[1] In one version of Indoor Cricket, matches include just 6 players per side and include two 12-over innings.^[2]

Cricket was first documented as being played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, it had developed to the point where it had become the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being played overseas and by the mid-19th century the first international matches were being held. The ICC is the game's governing body and currently has 105 member countries.^[3] Cricket is most popular in the Test playing countries.

The 1983 Cricket World Cup (also known as Prudential Cup) was the third edition of the tournament. It was held from 9 June to 25 June 1983 in England and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. The preliminary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each country played the others in its group twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.

The matches consisted of 60 overs per team and were played in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day.

The 1983 World Cup was full of dramatic cricket right from the start. Teams like India and Zimbabwe who were not playing well at those times scored upset victories over the West Indies and Australia respectively. England, Pakistan, India and tournament favorites West Indies qualified for the semifinals.