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Cricket Matches Online !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:30:56 PDT

2011 World Cup Schedule !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:13:57 PDT

Hi all , Here you have the World Cup Schedule for the Biggest event starting on Feb 19 , 2011 . This year's World Cup Mascot has been named as " Appu " . Lets hope Sachin and Dhoni keep the World cup in India ...

World Cup Groups

Group A	Group B
Australia	India
Pakistan	South Africa
NewZealand	England
Srilanka	West Indies
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh
Canada	Ireland
Kenya	Netherlands

Schedule

Match Date Teams Venue

01 19Feb India vs Bangladesh Dhaka

02 20 Feb New Zealand vs Kenya Chennai

03 20 Feb Sri Lanka vs Canada Hambantota

04 21 Feb Australia vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad

05 22 Feb England vs Netherlands Nagpur

06 23 Feb Pakistan vs Kenya Hambantota

07 24 Feb South Africa vs West Indies New Delhi

08 25 Feb Australia vs New Zealand Nagpur

09 25 Feb Bangladesh vs Ireland Dhaka

10 26 Feb Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Colombo

11 27 Feb India vs England Kolkata

12 28 Feb West Indies vs Netherlands New Delhi

13 28 Feb Zimbabwe vs Canada Nagpur

14 1 Mar Sri Lanka vs Kenya Colombo

15 2 Mar England vs Ireland Bangalore

16 3 Mar South Africa vs Netherlands Mohali

17 3 Mar Pakistan vs Canada Colombo

18 4 Mar New Zealand vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad

19 4 Mar Bangladesh vs West Indies Dhaka

20 5 Mar Sri Lanka vs Australia Colombo

21 6 Mar India vs Ireland Bangalore

22 6 Mar England vs South Africa Chennai

23 7 Mar Kenya vs Canada New Delhi

24 8 Mar Pakistan vs New Zealand Pallekelle

25 9 Mar India vs Netherlands New Delhi

26 10 Mar Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle

27 11 Mar West Indies vs Ireland Mohali

28 11 Mar Bangladesh vs England Chittagong

29 12 Mar India vs South Africa Nagpur

30 13 Mar New Zealand vs Canada Mumbai

31 13 Mar Australia vs Kenya Bangalore

32 14 Mar Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle

33 14 Mar Bangladesh vs Netherlands Chittagong

34 15 Mar South Africa vs Ireland Kolkata

35 16 Mar Australia vs Canada Bangalore

36 17 Mar England vs West Indies Chennai

37 18 Mar Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Mumbai

38 18 Mar Ireland vs Netherlands Kolkata

39 19 Mar Australia vs Pakistan Colombo

40 19 Mar Bangladesh vs South Africa Dhaka

41 20 Mar Zimbabwe vs Kenya Kolkata

42 20 Mar India vs West Indies Chennai

Knock Out Stage - Quarters

43 23 Mar First Quarterfinal Dhaka -----> Winner of Group A1 vs Group B4

44 24 Mar Second Quarterfinal Motera ----> Winner of Group A2 vs Group B3

45 25 Mar Third Quarterfinal Dhaka -----> Winner of Group A3 vs Group B2

46 26 Mar Fourth Quarterfinal Colombo ----> Winner of Group A4 vs Group B1

Semis

47 29 Mar First Semifinal Colombo ----> Winner of Match 43 vs Winner of Match 45

48 30 Mar Second Semifinal Mohali -----> Winner of Match 44 vs Winner of Match 46

49 02 Apr FINAL Mumbai ----> Wankhede Stadium ..

Play Football Online through FIFA !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:01:08 PDT

FIFA had now made it online for all the soccer lovers to play FIFA online with your favourite teams .

Initially FIFA will ask you to confirm your email address . You will have to register your email address and then set an online Username and Password for playing it online .

After the Username and password , FIFA will ask you to select your team manager , Select your favourite League team and also your World Cup .

Here is the link where you need to register yourself and after the registration is complete , FIFA will ask you to install the game .. below you will find the installation guide for installing the game . Once it is done , then enjoy playing FIFA with your username and Password . Invite your friends and make Friends online to play with them and play against them .

Link for registration ;

http://fifa-online.easports.com/web/guest/fifawelcome?p_p_id=fifaonlineverificationcodevalidation_WAR_fifaonlineaccount&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_mode=view&p_p_state=normal&_fifaonlineverificationcodevalidation_WAR_fifaonlineaccount_userid=7362355&_fifaonlineverificationcodevalidation_WAR_fifaonlineaccount_verificationcode=128878546EF387C5689CAFEE5F1B036C4BA30634

Link for Installation Guide ;

http://fifa-online.easports.com/web/guest/guide-installation-firefox

Demo ;;;

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noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:35:09 PST

Super Kings unit end their campaign in Style !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:34:22 PDT

Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the Chennai Super Kings' eight-wicket win over the Eastern Cape Warriors in the final of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament was "a real emotional moment" for a team who might have been playing their last match together.

Looking ahead to a planned auction before the next Indian Premier League season, which could mean drastic changes to the teams, Dhoni paid tribute to his players, who clinched a double following their IPL triumph earlier this year.

Spin bowlers Ravichandran Ashwin and Muttiah Muralitharan set up the win as the Warriors were restricted to 128 for seven in 20 overs.

Chennai opening batsmen Mike Hussey and Murali Vijay put on 103 for the first wicket without needing to take any risks.

The result was never in any real doubt although there were only six balls to spare when Dhoni hit the winning runs.

The win earned Chennai a 2.5-million dollar jackpot while the Warriors took home 1.3-million dollars.

Jacobs powers Warriors to Finals !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:45:30 PDT

Davy Jacobs led his Eastern Cape Warriors to the final of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament when they beat the South Australian Redbacks by 30 runs in Saturday's semi-final.

The Warriors will meet Indian Premier League champions Chennai Super Kings in the final at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Jacobs (61) and Colin Ingram (46) staged a ferocious counter-attack after South Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait had South African Test batsman Ashwell Prince caught at first slip off the second ball of the match.

Finals live here on Sportsline ;

Barca takes centre stage !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:46:39 PDT

Spanish sides took centre stage as the UEFA Champions League returned with a bang on Tuesday, big wins for FC Barcelona and Valencia CF perhaps eclipsed only by FC Twente's memorable introduction to the group stage as they held holders FC Internazionale Milano 2-2.

Bursaspor endured a more difficult introduction to life in Europe's elite club competition as the Turkish titleholders were overwhelmed 4-0 at home by Valencia. Tino Costa set the visitors on their way with a memorable long-range effort, though the opening goal of the group stage came on 13 minutes at SV Werder Bremen as Petri Pasanen put through his own net against Tottenham Hotspur FC.

It ended 2-2 at the Weserstadion, as did the other fixture in Group A as Dutch champions FC Twente earned a point against Inter. Lionel Messi was at his unstoppable best as Barcelona recovered from a goal down to beat Panathinaikos FC 5-1 and their next opponents, FC Rubin Kazan, were undone by a Dame N'Doye goal three minutes from time at FC København.

There was just one goal in it at the Stade de Gerland as Olympique Lyonnais edged past ten-man FC Schalke 04 while nothing could separate Manchester United FC and Rangers FC in a match overshadowed by a suspected broken ankle for Antonio Valencia. Finally, SL Benfica scored a goal in each half at home to Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC to complete a night that brought 22 goals in eight matches.

Group A

FC Twente 2-2 FC Internazionale Milano

SV Werder Bremen 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur FC

Group B

Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 FC Schalke 04

SL Benfica 2-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC

Group C

Manchester United FC 0-0 Rangers FC

Bursaspor 0-0 Valencia CF

Group D

FC Barcelona 5-1 Panathinaikos FC

FC København 1-0 FC Rubin Kazan

Champions League is back again !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:33:09 PDT

Champions League is back again starting on 14th September . The draw for the group stages of the Champions League has thrown up some interesting matches.

Barclays Premier League champions Chelsea have been drawn in Group F against Olympique Marseille, Spartak Moscow and Zilina of Slovakia.

Manchester United will face Valencia, Scottish champions Rangers and Bursaspor of Turkey in Group C

Arsenal are in Group H where they will take on Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga and Partizan Belgrade. Tottenham Hotspur's reward for beating Young Boys of Bern is a mouth-watering series of matches against holders Inter Milan, Werder Bremen and FC Twente in Group A.

They will all be bidding to win through to the last 16 and keep alive their hopes of making the final at Wembley.

GROUP A

Inter Milan

Werder Bremen

Tottenham Hotspur

FC Twente

GROUP B

Olympic Lyonnais

Benfica

Schalke

Hapoel Tel Aviv

GROUP C

Manchester United

Valencia

Rangers

Bursaspor

GROUP D

Barcelona

Panathinaikos

Copenhagen

Rubin Kazan

GROUP E

Bayern Munich

AS Roma

Basel

Cluj

GROUP F

Chelsea

Olympique Marseille

Spartak Moscow

Zilina

GROUP G

AC Milan

Real Madrid

Ajax

Auxerre

GROUP H

Arsenal

Shakhtar Donetsk

Braga

Partizan Belgrade

Official FIFA World Cup Song by Shakira !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:57:25 PDT

Official Fifa World Cup Song sung by Shakira , Please view it in fullscreen mode

Video of Wavin' Flag by K'NAAN

Watch live video

Saurabh Tiwary / Pollard knock in First Semi-Finals ! Mumbai Indians VS Royal Challengers

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:23:49 PDT

Watch out for the superb knock of Tiwary supported by Rayadu and Pollard in the First Semis ..

Sachin Tendulkar creates History !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:02:26 PST

Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday created history by becoming the first cricketer to hit a double century in an ODI as India piled up 401 for three in 50 overs against South Africa in the second match at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior

Tendulkar was unstoppable right from the start and carried his bat through to score an unbeaten 200 off 147 balls hitting 25 fours and three sixes. En route to his double century, Tendulkar went past the previous best of Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry (194 not out) and Pakistan's Saeed Anwar (194).

After being run out cheaply in the first ODI in Jaipur, Tendulkar looked set for the big innings right from the start. His innings was studded with a dazzling array of his trademark boundaries, the wristy shots.

He got to his 50 off only 37 balls with his ninth boundary and then hammered five more en route to his 46th ODI century, that came up in 90 deliveries.

Tendulkar broke the previous highest score of 194 in ODIs off 140 deliveries and took his time in the final over to get to 200.

Karthik and Dhoni provided able support around Tendulkar. India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck a cameo of 68 off 35 balls while Dinesh Karthik made 79.

Karthik smashed four fours and three sixes for his 85-ball 79. He fell after he mistimed a pull shot to Herschelle Gibbs. Yusuf Pathan then stepped on the accelerator with 36 off 23 balls, before Dhoni's onslaught. Dhoni was remarkable in his strokeplay and displayed some power hitting with his four sixes and seven fours. Only hope for the SouthAfricans was AB De Villiers who scored an unbeaten 114

Top 5 Highest Individual Scores

200* Sachin Tendulkar, India v South Africa 2010
194* Charles Coventry, Zimbabwe v Bangladesh 2009
194 Saeed Anwar, Pakistan v India 1997
189* Viv Richards, W Indies v England 1984
189 Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka v India 2000

2010 Twenty20 Worldcup in Caribbean Islands

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:21:56 PST

The 2010 T20 World Cup will be held in the West Indies between 30 April and 16 May . Matches will be played in two beautiful Islands St. Lucia and Barbados.

West Indies will host the next T20 World Cup Tournament set for 2010. The International Cricket Council decided to hold the T20 World Cup in successive years to avoid staging two major events in the same year, with the one day 50 over World Cup taking place in South Africa in 2011.

The 2010 tournament in the West Indies will again be a festival of exciting and attractive cricket. The West Indies will be favoured on home soil but teams from the sub continent will again provide stern opposition. However, the very nature of T20 makes prediction unreliable. What can be assured is another outstanding few weeks of top class sporting entertainment.

Groups For 2010 T20 World Cup

Group A: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia

Group B: Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Zimbabwe

Group C: South Africa, India, Qualifier 1

Group D: West Indies, England, Qualifier 2

Group Stage Schedule For 2010 T20 World Cup

Friday 30 April

Guyana: Opening Ceremony

Guyana: West Indies v Qualifier 2 / Sri Lanka v New Zealand

Saturday 1 May

St Lucia: India v Qualifier 1 / Pakistan v Bangladesh

Guyana: England v Qualifier 2

Sunday 2 May

St Lucia: South Africa v India / Pakistan v Australia

Guyana: New Zealand v Zimbabwe

Monday 3 May

Guyana: West Indies v England / Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe

Tuesday 4 May

Barbados: South Africa v Qualifier 1 / Bangladesh v Australia

Super Eights Schedule

Thursday 6 May

Barbados: A1 v D2 / C1 v B2

Friday 7 May

Barbados: A2 v C2 / B1 v D1

Saturday 8 May

Barbados: C1 v D2 / A1 v B2

Sunday 9 May

Barbados: C2 v D1 / B1 v A2

Monday 10 May

St Lucia: B2 v D2 / A1 v C1

Tuesday 11 May

St Lucia: B1 v C2 / D1 v A2

Knockout Stage Schedule

Thursday 13 May

St Lucia: First Semi-Final

Friday 14 May

St Lucia: Second Semi-Final

Sunday 16 May

Barbados: Final

FIFA 2010 - Final Draw

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:17:08 PST

The 32 teams participating at next year's FIFA World Cup™ finals discovered their fate this evening when the Final Draw for South Africa 2010 took place in Cape Town.

While South Africans learned that the host nation's Opening Match on 11 June would be played against Mexico at Soccer City, it was the Group D line-up which caused arguably the biggest stir. Germany, Australia, Serbia and Ghana will battle it out for two qualifying places for the Round of 16, meaning two nations with passionate support will depart the tournament early. There could be a high-profile casualty from Group G too, after Brazil, Korea DPR, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal were drawn together.An estimated global television audience of 200 million joined the 2,000 invited guests in the Draw Hall in watching the colourful and entertaining ceremony unfold.

With African sporting stars such as athlete Haile Gebreselassie, rugby player John Smit, cricketer Makhaya Ntini, and footballers Matthew Booth and Simphiwe Dludlu assisting with the draw, along with England's David Beckham, it was always going to be an exhilarating occasion, but the undoubted centrepiece came when the eight groups were revealed.
An early highlight of the draw was the eye-catching encounter between England and USA, scheduled for 12 June, which evokes the Americans' famous 1-0 win over their transatlantic cousins at Brazil 1950. Argentina, Nigeria and Greece will get the chance to revive their group rivalry from 1994, while the heavyweight collision between Portugal and Brazil on 25 June also has the feel of a derby.

Groups for South Africa 2010

Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France

Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic, Greece

Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia

Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana,

Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon

Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia

Group G: Brazil, Korea DPR, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal

Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile

A night to rememberWith such an array of stars, the event dazzled from start to finish. After a welcome sequence from Lions Head, the mountain that provides Cape Town with such a dramatic backdrop, award-winning musician Johnny Clegg performed 'Scatterlings of Africa', a song made famous by the Academy Award-winning film Rain Main.

Fittingly, the first speech of the night came from the man without whom a FIFA World Cup in South Africa would never have been possible: the country's former president Nelson Mandela. The 91-year-old, speaking in a special video message, urged his nation to make the most of their opportunity as tournament hosts. "We must strive for excellence in our hosting of the World Cup, while at the same time ensuring the event leaves a lasting benefit to all our people," he said.

Next it was time for two special presidents to take to the stage. FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and South African President Jacob Zuma showed their excitement at both the Final Draw and the 2010 FIFA World Cup itself in an entertaining dialogue lasting several minutes. Giancarlo Abete, President of the Italian Football Federation, then handed over the holders' FIFA World Cup Trophy to Mr Blatter, confirmation that sport's holy grail is in South Africa and ready to be contested next year.

Legendary Portugal striker Eusebio, born in neighbouring Mozambique, was introduced to the crowd before examples of the 'Win in Africa, With Africa' campaign were showcased before an expectant audience. Beninese singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo duly took to the stage to perform her Grammy-nominated song 'Agolo'.

The first duty of the show's guest presenter, Academy Award-winning actress, Hollywood producer and proud South African Charlize Theron, was to show off the official 2010 Match Ball, adidas's Jabulani, a name meaning 'to celebrate' in Zulu. Soweto’s Gospel Choir continued the theme of happiness with a lively rendition of Pata Pata before the arrival of Draw Master and FIFA Secretary General, Jerome Valcke, signalled the moment of truth.Some of the assembled coaches will have headed away feeling confident, others concerned by the task presented here, yet at least all now know what lies in store as they begin their planning and preparation for next year's showpiece.

Online Cricket

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:32:56 PDT

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:04:01 PDT

The world will experience the stunning beauty of the Arabian sunset as a backdrop to the inaugural 2009 Formula 1™ Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with the announcement a new race start time at 5pm. As a result, for the first time in Formula 1™ history, a race is scheduled to start in daylight and end during night-time.

“Yas Marina Circuit has been built from the outset to host day and night-time activities,” said Richard Cregan, CEO of Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management. “Staging Formula 1’s first ever day/night race offers us the unique opportunity to demonstrate the circuit’s inbuilt flexibility and state-of-the-art facilities. It has always been our intention to showcase to the world this spectacular venue and this decision allows just that opportunity.

It is the best of both worlds, spectators and television viewers will see the stunning architecture of the world’s newest Formula 1™ circuit during the afternoon sunlight and then experience what it is like under floodlights. We hope that everyone will be impressed by what they experience and see.”

Yas Marina Circuit’s lighting system utilises the most advanced technology available. The 24-40 meter tall outfield floodlights provide horizontal lighting. The smaller 7-15 meter infield fixtures have a highly sophisticated ‘vertical controllable beam’ designed specifically to provide a consistent daylight effect as well as removing shadow and glare at driver level. The lights will be on from the start of the race to ensure a seamless transition from daylight to dark.

Race Track

Clijsters becomes the First Mother since 1980 to win a grand slam !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:33:24 PDT

Kim Clijsters completed an incredible return to Grand Slam tennis with a 7-5 6-3 win over Dane Caroline Wozniacki to claim her second US Open title.

The Belgian, 26, was a wildcard into her first Grand Slam tournament since 2007 after coming out of a two-and-a-half year retirement in August.

In that time she gave birth to a daughter, and so becomes the first mother since 1980 to win a Grand Slam.

She is also the first woman to win a major as a wildcard.

"This has been so exciting for me," said Clijsters. "This was not really our plan.

"I just wanted to start three tournaments just to get back into the rhythm of playing tennis and get used to the surroundings. So I have to thank the USTA for giving me the wild card to come back here."

Clijsters was playing only her 14th match and third tournament since ending her 27-month retirement.

As players need to have competed in three tournaments to gain a world ranking, the new US Open champion is without a ranking until Monday when she is expected to arrive inside the world's top 20.

And the fairytale nature of her victory was compounded when her 18-month old daughter, Jada, was brought down to the court to see her mother lift the trophy.

Not since Evonne Goolagong Cawley beat Chris Evert to win Wimbledon in 1980 has a mother won one of the sport's four major titles.

The match itself was an entertaining contest despite windy conditions that led to more errors than either player would have expected.

Clijsters' story had overshadowed her opponent, especially as the Belgian had beaten American hopes Venus and Serena Williams on her way to the final, but it was also a landmark day for Wozniacki.

The teenager, seeded ninth, was playing in her first Grand Slam final, having never previously been past the fourth round, and hoped to become Denmark's first major winner.

And after dropping her first service game it was the Dane who had the edge in the first set, twice moving a break clear as her measured retrieving game proved more effective in the wind.

Clijsters struggled to control her attacking instincts, making regular errors, and looked in trouble when she slipped 5-4 down, throwing a ball away in disgust as she did so.

But the 2005 champion, playing at Flushing Meadows this year for the first time since that triumph, managed to claw back the deficit and broke to love in game 12 to win the opening set.

That seemed to calm any nerves in a player who had lost four of her five previous Grand Slam finals, and Clijsters got the decisive break with a brilliant returning game to lead 4-2 in the second set.

The Belgian had suffered from nerves in big moments during the early part of her career but this time around she remained steady, battling back from 0-30 down in both her remaining service games before taking the win with a smash at the net.

A tearful Clijsters sank to her knees in celebration before heading into the stands moments later to celebrate with family and friends.

"I don't have words for how I'm feeling - I'm just glad I got to come back to defend my title from 2005!" she said afterwards.

"It's been so exciting for me, I just wanted to get back to playing tennis. The support I've received has been crazy.

"Even from the first round, how warmly everyone welcomed and embraced me. It helped me keep fighting and stay focused."

And she added: "We tried to plan Jada's nap time a little bit later today so she could be here. It's the greatest joy in the world.

"I can't wait to spend the next few weeks with her."

Wozniacki said: "She's such a great girl and I'm so excited that she came back.

"Unfortunately she beat me today but she played a great match and deserved this trophy."

Sutil stars in Monza practice !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:29:02 PDT

Will there be a another surprise in Monza , watch out tomo on STAR Sports .

Adrian Sutil was the surprise name at the top of the timesheets as Force India threatened another shock result in the Italian GP.

A fortnight after Giancarlo Fisichella claimed pole and finished second in Belgium, breaking the team's points duck in Formula One, Sutil underlined their improvement.

The German posted the fastest lap of the day in the afternoon 90-minute session around Monza, narrowly edging out Lewis Hamilton, who was quickest in the morning, by 0.012 seconds.

Sutil recorded a time of one minute 23.924 seconds for the 5.793 kilometre track, finishing 0.239secs ahead of another shock name in Renault's Romain Grosjean.

The French marque, currently embroiled in scandal over the 'crash-gate' furore, finished second and third in the afternoon session, with double world champion Fernando Alonso nearly 0.4secs adrift of Sutil.

Renault's improvement is due to the fact they have re-installed KERS on their cars for this race, the system providing a burst of power at the touch of a button.

McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen, who had finished second to Hamilton earlier in the day, was fourth in the afternoon, followed by the BMW Sauber of Robert Kubica and Toyota's Timo Glock.

Glock had finished bottom in the morning, with the German involved in the only major incident of the day, spinning prior to bouncing heavily over the newly re-moulded and far higher kerbs that now dominate the three chicanes around the track.

Nick Heidfeld was seventh for a resurgent BMW Sauber, with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen eighth, followed by the Williams of Kazuki Nakajima and Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi.

Hamilton was forced to settle for 11th, almost a second slower than his morning run and evidently running a different spec.

Vitantonio Liuzzi, on his debut for Force India after replacing Fisichella, was 12th, just under a second behind team-mate Sutil.

If the top of the order was a surprise, so was the bottom five as Rubens Barrichello was 16th for Brawn GP, followed by Nico Rosberg in his Williams and Sebastian Vettel for Red Bull.

Championship leader Jenson Button was a lowly 19th in his Brawn, 1.5secs behind Sutil and 0.7secs slower than in the morning as he, too, tested out different options.

As for the rear of the field, that was brought up by Fisichella on his first drive for Ferrari, but, like Hamilton and Button, his time of 1:25.543 was appreciably slower than his best lap earlier in the day.

Is this another implementation in a book called ICC

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:30:06 PDT

Bangladesh cricket chiefs have agreed in principle to face England in the first day-night Test match next year.

Bangladesh play two Tests in England in May and June 2010, one of which the England and Wales Cricket Board has proposed as a day-night game.

Headingley has already been assigned one of the Tests with Lord's a potential venue for the second.

The day-night concept has yet to receive official approval from the International Cricket Committee (ICC).

The sport's administrators have a number of concerns, primarily over what colour ball to use.

A white ball is used during day-night one-day internationals but this is not feasible when players are wearing white as they would for a Test match, whilst pink and orange balls have been trialled but are considered unfit for purpose.

Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have extended the contract of their Australian cricket coach Jamie Siddons until the 2011 World Cup.

Siddons joined Bangladesh in November 2007, replacing his compatriot Dav Whatmore.

The BCB also announced pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan have been retained as captain and vice-captain of the national team for a five-match one-day series against Zimbabwe starting in October.

Lasith Malinga takes it all in Colombo …

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:16:19 PDT

Lasith Malinga takes it all in Colombo after superb knock from Thilan Samaraweera . New Zealand had given themselves a good shot at victory by the half-way mark, having restricted Sri Lanka to 216 for 7 in their 50 overs. No one expected their chase to be easy given the history under lights at this venue, yet the manner in which they capitulated was embarrassing. A superb opening spell from Nuwan Kulasekara that included two wickets in the fifth over and a devastating three-wicket over from Lasith Malinga left New Zealand in danger of being bowled out for less than their lowest total against Sri Lanka, the dismal 73 in 2007.

Jesse Ryder, after a Man-of-the-Series role in the Twenty20s, was the first to go when he was trapped lbw in the second over by Thilan Thushara, returning after missing the Twenty20s. Seventeen deliveries later, at 5 for 1, Martin Guptill was caught behind the wicket as he drove off the back foot. In the same over Ross Taylor was adjudged lbw for 2 by Asoka de Silva, though he had reason to feel aggrieved. The score was 7 for 3.

Malinga is hardly the man you want to see take the ball when your top order has been blown away, and you need 198 from 38 overs with seven wickets in hand. With his first three overs, consisting of deliveries on all sorts of lengths, Malinga kept the batsmen tied down. The fourth was something out of a shooting gallery. Brendon McCullum had run the risk of being arrested for loitering as he squeezed 14 from 51 balls, dropped on 13 by Kumar Sangakkara, before Malinga rattled his stumps. Two deliveries later Malinga held back his length and drew an edge off Jacob Oram's bat to Sangakkara who held on excruciatingly close to the ground. Oram stood his ground before replays proved he was a goner. With his next ball, Malinga hurled down a corker that went right through Nathan McCullum.

Nearly 11 years after making his one-day debut, Thilan Samaraweera chose a crucial time to score his maiden century, and did so with the temperament and class that confirmed he has turned a corner in his stop-start career. Samaraweera, whose highest ODI score coming into this match was 38 not out, teamed up with Angelo Mathews and from the depths of 69 for 5 in the 26th over, averted a meek surrender with a 127-run association from 134 balls.

The pair combined exceptional running between the wickets with some fireworks to help Sri Lanka reach a total that looked remote when they began. New Zealand will still back themselves to chase this under lights, but going into the break, the momentum had definitely swung away.

Then Samaraweera - a late inclusion in the squad - and Mathews got together for the brightest phase of the innings. They almost immediately began to build some momentum, unfazed by the nature of the track and energetically hunting for scoring possibilities. A boundaryless streak, lasting 143 deliveries, was soon snapped. Mathews played his most fluent innings in recent memory. He timed the ball well from the start, getting off the mark with a straight drive off Vettori, and then placed the ball far more deftly than he had in the Twenty20s. Between overs 33 and 38 the pair added 35, running hard between the wickets and taking runs off Ian Butler, prompting Daniel Vettori to call back Tuffey. Samaraweera, who had reached his half-century off 78 balls, cleanly lofted and paddled boundaries to get the small crowd cheering.

Top Seeds elimate from US Open ….

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:31:54 PDT

Top Seeds Bows out in New York
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It was hard day in the office for the Top seeds in US Open .

John Isner defeated Andy Roddick, 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 7-6. It’s the biggest upset so far in the men’s draw. Roddick, the no. 5 seed and top American male, ends another Grand Slam with disappointment, albeit much earlier than most would’ve expected. Isner will advance to Round 4 of the 2009 US Open. Isner beat Roddick at his own game, tallying 38 aces and winning two tiebreaks to advance, marking the farthest he has ever lasted in a Grand Slam.

Sharapova bows out !

Another big comeback win for Melanie Oudin.Oudin, two days after rallying against fourth seed Elena Dementieva, cemented her status as the women’s darling of the tournament by eliminating three-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 in a jubilant Arthur Ashe stadium. The 17-year-old from Georgia eventually took advantage of Sharapova’s serving woes Saturday to reach the fourth round of a major for the second straight time, no minor achievement. “Getting to play Maria was an unbelievable experience for me,” said Oudin, whose upper left leg was still heavily taped. “She’s such a great competitor, a great player. I just had a blast playing there today. I proved to myself that I can compete with these top girls. And if I believe in myself and my game, then I can beat them.”

Blake Winner to face Federer in a round of 16 !

A bad day for American men got worse Saturday night when James Blake, twice a quarterfinalist at the US Open, lost to No. 14 Tommy Robredo 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4. John Isner’s upset over No. 5 Andy Roddick – along with losses by No. 22 Sam Querrey and qualifier Jesse Witten – gave the USA a 1-4 record on the day. For Blake, the loss to Robredo ends a frustrating summer in which a broken toe limited him to just one match during the Olympus US Open Series. He hit two aces and made just 45 percent of his first serves Saturday, while Robredo countered with 10 aces and a first serve percentage of 63. While Robredo and Blake competed on Arthur Ashe Stadium . It was another Drama in Louis Armstrong Stadium

After Sharapova it was Dinara Safina , a another Russian bowed out of US Open today . She was defeated by an youngster Petra Kvitova in a three-set thriller . Women’s No. 1 seed Dinara Safina was upset on Louis Armstrong Stadium by unseeded Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5). Kvitova hit a backhand winner, service winner and forehand winner respectively to save three match points at 5-6 in the third set.

Fisichella switches over to Ferrari !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:28:10 PDT

Giancarlo Fisichella will drive for Ferrari for the rest of the 2009 Formula 1 season before taking a new role as their reserve driver in 2010.The Italian, 36, will replace Luca Badoer as stand-in for the injured Felipe Massa for the final five races. "It has always been an ambition," said Fisichella, who has been released from his contract with Force India.

Force India are yet to name a replacement for Fisichella with reserve driver Vitantonio Liuzzi the favourite. Fisichella, who formerly raced for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Renault and Sauber, will begin his Ferrari career on home soil at the Italian Grand Prix on 13 September.

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali confirmed the appointment saying: "We considered what could be his role inside the team in the near future, also taking this year's experiences into account. He will be the reserve driver in 2010. "We have chosen Fisichella because we can expect him to make a valuable contribution in this final part of the season. "He has shown, throughout his long career, that he is fast and competitive and we are therefore proud to be able to run an Italian driver in our home race."

Force India team principal Mallya had insisted on Tuesday that he would turn out his regular team for Monza. But after extensive discussions with Ferrari, Mallya has agreed to release Fisichella from his contract, which was due to expire at the end of the season. "For any Italian driver, a Ferrari race seat is a long-held dream and for Giancarlo it was no exception," Mallya said. "No-one should stand in the way of this. "The agreement will secure Fisichella's long-term future with Ferrari and it would be incorrect to jeopardise this. "We would like to stress that we have not agreed any financial settlement with Ferrari and would like to thank Giancarlo for all his help over the past one-and-a-half seasons and for our first world championship points." Fisichella's parting gift to Force India was second place at the Belgium Grand Prix, handing the team their first podium and points in their second season in F1. Even before his impressive performance at Spa-Francorchamps, the 36-year-old had been tipped to replace Badoer, who has struggled since his promotion from Ferrari reserve driver.

Badoer was drafted in to replace Massa, who suffered serious head injuries at the Hungarian Grand Prix, after legendary seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher was forced to shelve his comeback plans. While Massa is targeting a return in 2010, the Italian team ran out of patience with Badoer, who qualified last at both the European and Belgian GPs. While Kimi Raikkonen claimed Ferrari's first win of 2009 in Spa, his team-mate trailed in last, nearly 48 seconds slower than the driver in front. "We wish to thank Luca Badoer for the team spirit he demonstrated in these circumstances," added Domenicali. "It is a shame he was unable to show his true worth in these last two races, tackled under conditions which anyone would have found difficult."

Fisichella, a veteran of more than 200 grands prix, will be expected to be much more competitive as Ferrari prepare to race in front of their enthusiastic home fans in Monza.
"I am grateful to Vijay Mallya for allowing me this opportunity," said Fisichella, a three-time race winner. "For Vijay to have allowed it to become a reality is very generous and I hope in my turn I have helped Force India grow up and be on the right path to achieve their own ambitions."

Srilanka , NewZealand gearing up for the Tri-series with a T20

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:31:13 PDT

Sri Lanka losing their wickets at regular intervals after New Zealand gave them a target of 142 runs. Sanath Jayasuriya edged a delivery from Kyle Mills towards short fine leg and Shane Bond took an easy catch to send the Lankan packing.A good piece of fielding from Jesse Ryder then saw Mahela Jayawardene getting run out.Skipper Kumar Sangakkara lost his wicket to counterpart Daniel Vettori as McCullum took the catch.

Earlier, thanks to a half-century by Ross Taylor, New Zealand manage to put 141/8 on the board against Sri Lanka after winning the toss and electing to bat.New Zealand Brendon McCullum was the first one to depart after he was run out.Nuwan Kulasekara then accounted for Jesse Ryder, Malinga Bandara taking the catch at mid-off.Then Chamara Kapugedera took an easy catch at deep-midwicket off Bandara to send Martin Guptill back to the pavillion.
Kulasekara caught Jacob Oram off Ajantha Mendis to dismiss the fourth Kiwi wicket.Ross Taylor lost his wicket to Angelo Mathews. Kulasekara gain made no mistake in taking the catch.McGlashan was quick to follow as he got run out.Lasith Malinga claimed Kyle Mills and skipper Daniel Vettori in the same over.

The Teams:Sri Lanka: ST Jayasuriya, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara*†, DPMD Jayawardene, CK Kapugedera, AD Mathews, RGMJM Rupasinghe, KMDN Kulasekara, CM Bandara, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis.New Zealand: Bb McCullum, JD Ryder, MJ Guptill, LRPL Taylor, NT Broom, PD McGlashan†, JDP Oram, DL Vettori*, KD Mills, IG Butler, SE Bond.

Some facts on US Open !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:41:32 PDT

The US Open has developed from an exclusive entertainment event for high society to a championship for more than 600 male and female professional players who, as of 2008, compete for a total prize money of over US$19 million, with $1.5 million for each winner of the singles tournaments.

In the early years of the United States National Championship, only men competed, and only in singles competition.

The tournament was first held in August 1881 at the Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island and in that first year only clubs that were members of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association were permitted to enter.

From 1884 through 1911, the tournament used a challenge system whereby the defending champion automatically qualified for the next year's final.

In 1915, the tournament moved to the West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills, New York. From 1921 through 1923, it was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia and returned to Forest Hills in 1924.

Six years after the men's nationals were first held, the first official US Women's National Singles Championship was held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in 1887, followed by the US Women's National Doubles Championship in 1889.

The first US Mixed Doubles Championship was held alongside the women's singles and doubles. The first US National Men's Doubles Championship was held in 1900.

Tournaments were held in the east and the west of the country to determine the best two teams, which competed in a play-off to see who would play the defending champions in the challenge round.

The open era began in 1968 when all five events were merged into the US Open, held at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York. The 1968 combined tournament was open to professionals for the first time. That year, 96 men and 63 women entered the event, and prize money totaled $100,000.

In 1970, the US Open became the first of the Grand Slam tournaments to use a tiebreak at the end of a set.

The US Open was originally played on grass until Forest Hills switched to Har-Tru clay courts in 1975.

In 1978, the event moved from Forest Hills to its current home at Flushing Meadows, and the surface changed again, to the current DecoTurf. (Jimmy Connors is the only man to have won the US Open on more than one surface. He won it on all three surfaces. Female player Chris Evert won it on two surfaces.)

In 2006, the US Open became the first Grand Slam tournament to implement instant replay reviews of calls, using the Hawk-Eye computer system. Available only on the stadium courts (Ashe and Armstrong), each player was allowed two challenges per set plus one additional challenge during a tiebreak but was not penalized with the loss of a challenge if it was upheld. The USTA announced that starting in 2008, each player will be given three challenges per set with an extra challenge if the set goes to a tiebreak.

Wenger not happy with United play !

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me Kush... here) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:06:56 PDT

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has slammed Manchester United's methods of breaking up his side's play after they lost at Old Trafford on Saturday evening.

Wenger has spoken out after the defeat, claiming Sir Alex Ferguson's tactics were nothing short of "anti-football" - and he believes that is worse than Eduardo's alleged "dive" against Celtic in midweek.

The Gunners' boss launched a thinly veiled attack on United midfielder Darren Fletcher, who he claims is in the team purely to make tackles and is the chief culprit.However, the match stats show that out of the seven players who committed the most fouls, five were from Arsenal. And as the Gunners had six players booked, they automatically receive a £25,000 fine from the Football Association.

"There are other points [than diving] that, for me, are more urgent - players who play only to make fouls and who are never punished; players who make repeated fouls and who get out of the game without a yellow card. That, for me, is more anti-football than a player who did what Eduardo did."

"I have seen a player who plays only on the pitch to make repeated fouls. Look at how many deliberate fouls some players make and get away with."I think that's a bigger problem [than diving] because it cuts the flow of the game. And people come and pay to see football. They do not come to see free-kicks. You should ask the referees [how they get away with it]."

Wenger also defended Eduardo over the claims of diving: "I think it is difficult with diving. Sometimes players dive to escape being hit. It's not always necessarily diving because you want to dive. Sometimes it's a way of getting out of the way."The borderline between being sensible, being shrewd or being a cheat is very slim so, in some cases, to assess which is which is very difficult.

"Uefa have made the case of Eduardo. If you watch the Super Cup on Friday then they will have to charge (Lionel) Messi for headbutting or they will lose credibility. They have opened something there that over the weekend I'll find you 50 situations where they can intervene, or if they don't Eduardo will be singled out for being a wrong victim. I do not want Messi to be punished but if they go for Eduardo then people will demand it. Pedro, also of Barcelona, dived as well [in the Super Cup] and so I don't think there's any logic to Eduardo's case. We have clear proof that from behind he was touched on his right leg.

"There is no common sense. I believe it was a more emotional decision really because if Uefa had said before the season starts, 'Listen, let's get together and no matter what happens in Uefa games, if we suspect someone of diving he will be punished' then you could say, OK, we've always been told they will do that. But suddenly, out from nowhere because it was an emotional situation in Scotland, we have this situation and have to live with that."

And Wenger was also quick to support the English stance on diving: "I think it's a quality in this country. In some countries it is a quality to dive. I'm still more proud to be part of England where they fight against that."