Cricket

2008-04-10T19:15:00.000-07:00

the third test between india vs south Africa is going to begin live from the kanpur.
the indian have to play with the proper way in term of the attitude
the fitness will a major concern from the indian perspective.
it will be a real test for the indian character.

2008-02-11T21:20:00.000-08:00

The dazeling performance by indian team
india has scored 195/5 in 29 overs the overs are reduced due to rain.
rohit sharma has played a terefic innings against srilanka. he is going in confidence day by day by day.
srilanka need 196 runs to win if the match will start. it will be a fabulous chase if it will be done.

2008-02-11T18:55:00.000-08:00

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene on Monday said it would be a challenge for Indian team to be consistence in the ongoing cricket tri-series in Canberra.

"They are a young side and there is a great deal of energy in them. But the sign of a good side is the consistency and that would be the real test for them," Jayawardene told reporters on the eve of their crucial match.

The Sri Lankan captain praised the Indians bowlers for their performances in the last few games. this is the spirit of the cricket that the cricketer apreciate the good cricket.

"They have bowled really well and put pressure on opposition on this tour. That makes them dangerous. Also there is not a great deal of preparation teams have done against them. The test would start now."

Sri Lanka, yet to register a win in the series, were thrashed by Australia by 128 runs in their previous match and were reeling at the bottom of the points table with two points from as many matches, but Jayawardene was not worried.

"The way Australia got out yesterday, bowled out for 159, it can happen to any side. It doesn't make them a bad side as it doesn't make us any worse," he said.

Jaywardene, however, observed that other teams were gradually catching up with Australia, threatening their top-spot in one-day cricket.

"Australia is no longer the dominant force as it used to be in one-day cricket earlier. Other teams are really catching up with them."

2008-02-11T18:51:00.000-08:00

Virender Sehwag may have initially missed getting the 'icon status' in the Indian Premier League (IPL), but he could soon join the elite club which includes Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh. That will also mean that Sehwag is certain to play for Delhi in the Twenty20 league. According to BCCI sources, Delhi franchisee GMR and the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) are trying hard to make sure that Sehwag makes it to the list.

Under the current agreement between IPL and franchisees, Sehwag could be bought in the player auction by any of the teams, since he does not have icon status. GMR has expressed its reservations against this situation and has also written a letter to the IPL - in order to make sure that Sehwag stays with the Delhi team. Sources have also revealed that the Chennai team (India Cements) wants to buy Sehwag, but GMR is keen to appoint the dashing Indian opener as its captain. Even his state association - DDCA - is understandably keen to see Sehwag playing for his city team.

"At the end of the day, one local icon should be there in the team to promote city loyalty," a top official of a franchisee said. That is why the IPL governing council is going to meet "the concerned franchisees" on February 13 in Mumbai to sort out the matter.

Earlier, TOI had reported that the IPL had identified a pool of four icon players from the Indian team, who would play for their individual city team. Most importantly, they wouldn't be auctioned on February 20 in Mumbai and they would get paid 15 per cent more than the highest auctioned player in their respective teams. Now, with this development, Sehwag is also likely to join the group. "Sehwag is symbolic to Delhi cricket and he is a local icon. So, a clause should be there to make sure that at least one big player from the city plays for a franchisee," a DDCA official said.

2008-02-11T18:33:00.000-08:00

The match between india vs srilanka has been delayed due to rain. if the match will not start it will be very disappointed for the whole world because it might be a facinating contest.

the srilankan definately want to win this match because if srilankan lose this match then it will be hard to catch the india and australia in the points.
india is top of the table after beating australia in australia after 22 years.

the live scorecard will be display after few seconds in this blog.

2008-02-07T19:00:00.000-08:00

The latest news from the cricket is
adam gilchrist might get a chance to play in I.P.L
other player will have to wait for the two years.

2008-02-05T20:50:00.000-08:00

Schin tendulkar has reached 16000odi runs against srilanka.
25% of his dismisel are from bowled and l.b.w.
which is to high for a caliber like sachin-tendulkar.

2008-02-05T20:42:00.000-08:00

The interesting about indian cricket
the yuvrajsingh's innings of 2007 in 20-20 world-cup is the best innnings of the year he has scored dazzeling 70(30).
the award was declared by cricinfo

2008-02-05T20:34:00.000-08:00

Torrential rain forced the abandonment of Tuesday's tri-series limited-overs match between Sri Lanka and India at the Gabba in Brisbane. It was the second match in a row that had fallen victim to the foul weather after Sunday's opening game between India and Australia was also washed out.

Tuesday's match was abandoned at the halfway stage. India had made an impressive total of 267 from their 50 overs but Sri Lanka never got the chance to reply as the heavens opened, ruining what promised to be a classic match.

2008-02-04T20:31:00.000-08:00

2008-01-31T18:45:00.000-08:00

Even as the young India and Australia turks got ready for an explosive contest of Twenty20 at the MCG on Friday, two players who can make a significant difference despite being on the wrong side of their 30s are still to make a decision on whether they will play.

Australia skipper Ricky Ponting is nursing a sore back and keeping his fingers crossed till the start of the much-awaited game here, while master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is yet to take a call on making the Indian XI. Tendulkar has no fitness worries, but may still not walk out at the MCG on Friday.

There's a school of thought in the Indian team that Tendulkar should be saved for the more important matches of the tri-series while some are keen on him to play to lend the side the much-needed balance.

Tendulkar himself appeared hungry as he spent almost an hour batting against a bowling machine at the MCG in the morning. Coach Gary Kirsten advised Sachin on his off-side strokeplay and later fed balls to the bowling machine as the little champion batted with all seriousness, sweating hard.

The unavailability of Yuvraj Singh has come as a big setback, as skipper MS Dhoni himself said. "Yuvraj has been our master batsman and his absence is a setback for us." Dhoni also talked about creating a balance and playing with pluck and hoping for luck. "You have to create balance in the team and I am the guy who doesn't believe in the laurels of the past."

Then again, Dhoni wasn't forthcoming on Tendulkar. "We have a team meeting tomorrow (Friday). We will decide on the composition only before the game," he said.

Australian captain Ponting, on the other hand, was more than keen to make the side.

2008-01-31T18:38:00.000-08:00

The court room battles over, it's time to slug it out in the middle once again.

As both India and Australia resume their cricketing hostilities in the Twenty20 match on Friday, it's hard to comprehend that the fallout of the alleged racism episode won't be felt at the imposing MCG, that might well resemble a bullring on Friday evening.

The Indians are obviously feeling elated at the verdict while the Aussies have openly expressed disappointment that Harbhajan Singh got away coolly and without even bothering to say 'sorry' to Symonds.

2008-01-30T20:52:00.000-08:00

MELBOURNE, January 30: It's been a tour of nerves and a few moments of truth for Mahendra Singh Dhoni so far. He has improved his work behind the stumps that is sure but the trouble in Twenty20 and One-day captain has not been so successful with the bat. Arriving with his young and dynamic world champion T20 team in Melbourne, the 26-year-old Ranchi man wasted no time in spelling out his plans for the Twenty20 game against Australia on Friday, and the triangular series (also involving Sri Lanka) thereafter.

In an exclusive interview to TOI , Dhoni delivered a terafic warning to the Aussies. "They have played with my patience," he said while explaining his uncharacteristically defensive play during the four-Test series. He also stressed that things may soon change as he would be back to his natural self as a batsman. Excerpts from the interview:

Now that the Tests are over, is it time for the team to return to its attacking best in T20 and ODIs?
As we all know, One-dayers are a different ball game. The conditions will be very different and our team is also very different. We have a new set of bowlers who haven't yet got a feel of the conditions here. Even RP (Singh) is going back. It would be important to see how the youngsters react to this challenge. For me, it's about setting new bench marks, about showing the same aggression. We will try and follow what we did during the series against Australia back home and also in the T20 World Cup.

Is Yuvraj's fitness a major worry?
He is trying to recover and we all and the support staff are helping him get there as soon as possible. Hopefully he should be fine for the second One-day match.

You also have Tendulkar this time, making his T20 debut under you?
That would be interesting but let's see how it goes. We are playing on the day after and we have two practice sessions before that. It is also important that the new players get into the groove for the series ahead. it will create an exzorbing cricket rest of the series.

Sree Santh has returned and so have the youngsters. Given the fresh legs don't you think India have an edge?
Overall, if you see we have youngsters and definitely you expect a lot from them. At times they can come up with things that can surprise you and we are banking on that. And we also have a fair bit of experience, so we are not a totally inexperienced side. We are looking at (playing) some good cricket in the next one month.

There's Ishant Sharma too...
Surely. But we have to be careful with our fast bowlers. Eight months back we thought we had ample fast bowlers but just six months down the line we were struggling on that count. We need to look at the number of matches each pacer plays. It's important we keep rotating them given the number of Tests we are playing. he is definately a future of indian team reason is he is improving day by day and also carry on his pace continusely.

Given the Harbhajan Singh controversy, you think the Aussies will come hard at him?
The Aussies always play their game the hard way but I don't think they will be coming hard at Bhajji. Also the controversy is well and truly over now and I'm so glad about it. To me the issue from the start was more an off-the-field thing and it needed to be sorted out.

You think Robin Uthappa would still be able to walk and whack the Aussie bowlers?
It's tough to walk and hit here but if he thinks he can still continue doing it then good. It's his strength and we will not stop him from doing that.

India has defeated Australia twice in Twenty20, first in the World Cup and later in Mumbai. Don't you think a win at the MCG would be the perfect start for the series?
I hope that happens. Then again it's all about how you play and how you give a start to the series. We would surely want to do that but it doesn't mean that it will be a cakewalk. Let's see how things go. I am not a person who predicts too much. I just go by the day's play. We shall see.

2008-01-30T20:34:00.000-08:00

The latest from australian cricket
the tait has declared a retierment from the test cricket it will be considered as a strange desision from a australian crcketer.

2008-01-29T18:52:00.000-08:00

The power of indian cricket
the controversy about the harbhajansingh has finally come to an end with full of justice. he has declared innocent the whole indian cricket lovers are zid up along with the indian cricket team the tri series between india -australia - srilanka will might be a fabulous contest.
the worry for indian cricket team is a dazzeling looking yuvrajsingh and r.p.singh might not play because of an injury.
manoj tiwari will going to australia.along with munaf patel.

2008-01-28T22:08:00.001-08:00

Adam Gilchrist has announced his retierment from the test cricket and he will be retire from the odi after finishing tringular series between aus- india- srilanka

2008-01-28T22:08:00.000-08:00

the pitch of adelaide is called shifting mozaik

2008-01-28T21:51:00.000-08:00

India vs australia
the last test between india vs australia has been ended with a draw it means that australia has won the series 2-1

lots of positives from this test series
some exciting live cricket
some unexplanable live cricket
some unforgotable moments
some positive moment
some controversy moment

australia did not lose a test match in australia except india in last few year
the last test match was drawn in ten years ago against south-africa in 1998.
india has shown that they deserve in test ranking at number two place.
india has found a young ishant sharma even a adam gilchrist and curently number one bastman in the world has admited that the spell in sydeny was a spell of the series.
brett lee is the man of the series
sachin tendulkar is the player of the match
v. shehwag has played incredible innings on the last day of a test match.
he has score 9 consequtives 150+. that innings of 151 was quite phinominal.

2008-01-25T09:00:00.000-08:00

113.6 Johnson to Kumble, 1 run, fuller length delivery outside the off stump, angling into the right hander, Kumble comes on the frontfoot and leans into the shot, drives it to cover point for a single, retains strike
113.5 Johnson to Harbhajan, 1 run, fuller length delivery outside the off stump, angling into the right hander, Harbhajan comes on the frontfoot and pushes it to cover for a quick single, gets off strike now
113.4 Johnson to Harbhajan, no run, good length delivery on the stumps, angling into the right hander, Harbhajan comes on the frontfoot and shows the full face of the bat, plays it back to the bowler
Third man in place for Harbhajan Singh now
113.3 Johnson to Harbhajan, no run, good length delivery on the stumps, angling into the right hander, Harbhajan gets right behind and defends it solidly on the off side with a dead straight bat
113.2 Johnson to Harbhajan, no run, fuller length delivery outside the off stump, angling into the right hander, Harbhajan comes on the frontfoot and shoulders arms
113.1 Johnson to Harbhajan, FOUR!!, short and wide outside the off stump, slanting into the right hander with some extra bounce, Harbhajan goes on the backfoot and slashes it to square third man for four, the ball goes flying over gully for four, what a way to greet Johnson to the crease!

2008-01-25T00:09:00.000-08:00

2008-01-25T00:06:00.000-08:00

20.6 Kumble to Jaques, no run, delivery looped up on the off, angling away from the left hander and then spins back into him sharply at the last moment, Jaques gets right behind and defends it solidly on the off side
20.5 Kumble to Jaques, no run, flat and quick on the stumps, hurrying onto the left hander, Jaques goes on the backfoot and defends it straight back to the bowler
20.4 Kumble to Jaques, no run, delivery looped up on the off, angling away from the left hander and then spins back into him with some sharp bounce, Jaques gets forward and defends it on the off side, straight to the fielder at silly point
20.3 Kumble to Hayden, 1 run, Kumble angles it across the left hander, Hayden reaches for it and drives it to cover point for a single only
20.2 Kumble to Hayden, no run, flighted delivery on the off, spins back into the left hander fractionally, Hayden gets right behind and defends it on the leg side
20.1 Kumble to Hayden, 2 runs, delivery looped up on the middle and leg, curving into the left hander, Hayden closes the face of the bat and clips it between midwicket and long on for a couple

2008-01-25T00:05:00.000-08:00

19.6 Harbhajan to Jaques, no run, plays it back to the bowler
19.5 Harbhajan to Jaques, no run, defends it on the off side again
19.4 Harbhajan to Hayden, 1 run, flighted delivery outside the off stump, slanting away from the left hander, Hayden comes on the frontfoot and drives it to mid off for a single
19.3 Harbhajan to Jaques, 1 run, delivery looped up down the leg side, Jaques shuffles across and glances it to backward square leg
19.2 Harbhajan to Jaques, no run, back of a length delivery outside the off stump, angling away from the left hander, Jaques goes on the backfoot and defends it straight to the fielder at point
19.1 Harbhajan to Jaques, no run, Harbhajan tosses it up on the off, that's the doosra, spins back into the left hander sharply, Jaques comes on the frontfoot and shoulders arms, rapped on the pads and a huge appeal, turned down by umpire Billy Bowden, the impact was well outside the off stump on that occasion!

2008-01-24T23:38:00.000-08:00

16.6 Kumble to Jaques, no run, back of a length delivery outside the off stump, angling away from the left hander, Jaques goes on the backfoot and shoulders arms
16.5 Kumble to Jaques, no run
16.4 Kumble to Hayden, 1 run, flighted delivery on the middle and leg, Hayden kneels down and sweeps it to deep square leg for a single
16.3 Kumble to Hayden, no run, that is a peach of a delivery, that's the wrong un from Kumble, pitches on the off, spins away from the left hander, Hayden gets forward and looks to defend it, beats the outside edge by just a kitten's whisker, close shave, that almost kissed the outside edge on it's way to the gloves of the keeper
16.2 Kumble to Hayden, no run, Kumble tosses it up on the off, spins back into the left hander this time, Hayden gets right behind and defends it solidly on the off side
16.1 Kumble to Hayden, no run, delivery looped up on the stumps, angling away from the left hander, Hayden gets right behind and defends it straight back to the bowler

2008-01-24T23:37:00.000-08:00

15.6 Harbhajan to Jaques, no run, delivery looped up outside the off stump, spins away a mile from the left hander, Jaques comes on the frontfoot and pads it away, hit outside the line again!
15.5 Harbhajan to Jaques, no run, delivery looped up outside the off stump, angling away from the left hander, Jaques kneels down and looks to slog sweep, hits it straight on the backside of Ganguly, that must have hurt, real stinger this!
15.4 Harbhajan to Jaques, no run, delivery looped up on the off, curving away from the left hander sharply with some sharp bounce, Jaques gets forward and looks to defend it, does well in the end
15.3 Harbhajan to Hayden, 1 run, delivery looped up on the middle and leg, straying on the pads, Hayden kneels down and sweeps it to backward square leg for a single only
15.2 Harbhajan to Hayden, no run, that's the quicker delivery from Harbhajan, straightens a lot after pitching, Hayden gets forward and looks to defend it, misses, rapped on the pads and a stifled appeal, turned down
A leg gully in place now
15.1 Harbhajan to Hayden, no run, delivery looped up outside the leg stump, spins back into the left hander sharply, Hayden gets a big stride down the pitch and looks to slog sweep it away, misses it completely, hit on the shoulder

2008-01-24T23:36:00.000-08:00

14.6 Ishant to Jaques, no run, fuller length delivery outside the off stump, angling away from the left hander, Jaques comes on the frontfoot and shoulders arms
14.5 Ishant to Jaques, no run, good length delivery on the off, angling away from the left hander and then jabs back into him at the last moment, came back in very very sharply with some sharp bounce, Jaques goes on the backfoot and looks to defend it, doesn't get any wood on it, hit high on pads, Ishant is asking a few questions now
14.4 Ishant to Jaques, no run, good length delivery outside the off stump, angling away from the left hander, Jaques comes on the frontfoot and watches it closely, lifts his bat and lets it go
14.3 Ishant to Jaques, no run, fuller length delivery on the middle and leg, Jaques shuffles across and looks to flick it away, inside edge onto the pads
14.2 Ishant to Hayden, 3 runs, fuller length delivery on the middle and leg, drifting into the pads, Hayden shuffles across and flicks it to mid wicket for three runs, long chase for Ganguly there and he can't stop the third
14.1 Ishant to Hayden, no run, good length delivery on the off, angling away from the left hander, Hayden gets right behind and defends it solidly on the off side
14.1 Ishant to Hayden, no ball, Ishant oversteps this time