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Saturday, September 17, 2011


CARDIFF: After becoming the No. 1 Test and best T20 team in the world, England are now eyeing the 2015 World Cup. If the words of England batting consultant cum batting coach Graham Gooch are to be believed, the process has already begun.

He says the ODI battle against India in their backyard will also test the mettle of the England team. He revealed more during a brief chat with TOI.

Excerpts:

How exciting is it to work with this England team?

I enjoy the challenge very much. As coach you have to connect with the players. Unless and until the players
are willing to listen to you, it's completely useless.



What is your impression about Duncan Fletcher?
Ask anyone in England about Fletcher and he will tell you how good he is as a coach. He had a very successful stint with the England team and I wish him all the best with India.
Despite being so big in stature in English cricket, how do you manage to strike a perfect working relationship with Andy Flower?
Andy had a 50-plus average in Test matches and was a fine player. I have been associated with him for a long time. I got him to Essex and have known him for years. Most importantly, I have been enjoying my stint with the England team.
What would be England's biggest challenge?
Our immediate challenge is to play and win the ODI series in India. I love that country. I also love the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. It's absolutely fantastic to play a cricket match there. During my playing days, I have always enjoyed being there. And I hope our team does well in those conditions. India may have lost the ODI series here, but they are a different side at home.
England are ranked No. 1 in Tests and are the current World Champions in T20. What's its next goal?
We have already started a process for the 2015 World Cup. We know that our World Cup performance earlier this year wasn't good. But for the next World Cup, our preparation has already started. There is a lot of talent in this country and we hope to do well with them. However, the current team also has a lot of promise. Their morale is high after doing well in the other two formats of the game.
Have you been impressed with any of the Indian players?
The young Indian team which is playing the ODI series against us is not that bad. They fought hard and showed a lot of promise. They missed some of the great players during the series due to injuries. Sachin Tendulkar for instance, but Rahul Dravid was fantastic this summer.
With so much cricket being played, do you think England can hold on to the No.1 Test spot for a long time?
We have the grit to stay right up there. India also did well to become No. 1 in the world. I am confident England are going to do well from here because beating the No. 1 team and then becoming the best team is not an easy job. Right now, we are not thinking much about Test cricket.



     NEWS Taken from     http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-16/interviews/30164805_1_odi-series-england-andy-flower




Sunday, July 17, 2011

Cricket History Best Three Cricket Matches Ever

No.3

Year 1882, Test #9 : Australia got the better of England and beat them by seven runs at The Oval. Fred Spofforth took 14 wickets, and had there been Man of the Match award then, then he would have been the lone contender.

The Sporting Times published a mock obituary of English cricket and stated that the body will be cremated and the ashes be taken to Australia. Thus began a cricketing battle for the ages, which goes by the name of the Ashes.

No.2

Year 1981, Test #905 : Almost a hundred years since the famous Test that gave birth to the Ashes, came another gem of a match between the old rivals Australia and England. This time the venue was Headingley.

If former Australia captain Richie Benaud, who was then commentating for BBC television, is to be believed, then it was "One of the most fantastic victories ever known in Test cricket history."

English legend, Ian Botham came out to bat in England's second innings when they were five wickets down lagging behind Australia by 122 runs. He went on to make a magnificient 149 and thus Australia required only 130 runs to win the match.

But English fast bowler Bob Willis produced one of the best spells of fast bowling to take eight wickets for 43. As a result Australia lost by 18 runs.

No.1

Year 2001, Test #1535 Cricket lovers can accuse of being biased towards India for putting this one as the best match ever. But we have our own reasons. First, it involved an Australian team, that can be arguably called as the finest ever Test team. Second, it was up against an opposition that had the talent but somehow had never managed to put up a credible performance.

Third, India were just fresh from yet another mauling by Australians at Mumbai and the loss was enough to aggravate the psychological scars they had from the drubbing they had received from the Aussies in their recently concluded tour to Down Under. Fourth, they had lost a few good players to the match-fixing fiasco and needed to put up a good performance to show that those in the side were honest cricketers. There would be seldom be any other Test match with so much at stake, or if there has been any then we haven't seen that.

No words can do justice to what India did on the final three days of the second test against Australia at Eden Gardens. As another thrashing seemed imminent, Laxman and Dravid played probably the best innings of their life and Harbhajan bowled unbelievably well to give his side an improbable victory.

And if the reasons at the start of the match, coupled with the magnificent effort that both the sides put in was not enough to make the match the best ever, then here is another one. The victory not only brought to an end the invincible run of Steve Waugh's men but also ensured that India began to believe in their abilities and began what has been since then continuing as a golden run.


News Resource : cricket.oneindia.in

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Virender Sehwag Record 175 runs in India Vs Bangladesh World Cup 2011 Opening Match



Virender Sehwag Record 175 runs in India Vs Bangladesh World Cup 2011 Opening Match

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Indian Cricket Team Golden Moments After Winning Cricket World Cup : Photo Gallery

Wow! Wow! Wow! History Created by Team India 
Gautam Gambhir scored 97 runs in finals
Sachin Tendulkar on shoulders of Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli





Yuvraj Singh & MS Dhoni After Winning Shot

Golden Moment of Indian Cricket After 28 years

Team India Celebration After Winning  World cup 

Emotional Yuvraj Singh After Winning the World cup 2011

Batsman hits Most Sixes in 2011 Cricket World Cup

Ross Taylor From New Zealand Hits 14 Sixes 2011 Cricket World cup. He Scored 324 in 6 innings of 8 matches with 64.80 batting Avg. 131* is the highest score. One century and one half century he scored. 

Top 10 Batsman Who Scored Most Runs in Cricket World Cup 2011

 Player                        Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave      SR      100 50 0 4s 6s
TM Dilshan (SL) 9 9 1 500      144 62.50 90.74 2 2 0 61 4
SR Tendulkar (India)      9 9 0 482      120 53.55 91.98 2 2 0 52  8
KC Sangakkara (SL)     9 8 3 465      111 93.00 83.78 1 3 0 44 5
IJL Trott (Eng)               7 7 0 422       92 60.28 80.84 0 5 0 28 0
WU Tharanga (SL)        9 9 2 395       133 56.42 83.68 2 1 0 52 2
G Gambhir (India)          9 9 0 393       97 43.66 85.06 0 4 0 37  0
V Sehwag (India)           8 8 380      175 47.50 122.58 1 1 1 49 7
Yuvraj Singh (India)       9 8 4 362      113 90.50 86.19 1 4 1 39 3
AB de Villiers (SA)       5 5 1 353      134 88.25 108.28 2 1 0 31 7
AJ Strauss (Eng)           7 7 0 334       158 47.71 93.55 1 1 1 34 3

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

India Vs Pakistan : India Beat Pakistan By 29 Runs In Semi Finals & Enters in Finals Vs Sri Lanka

India Vs Pakistan : India Beat Pakistan By 29 Runs In Semi Finals & Enters in Finals Vs Sri Lanka

Wow! Wow! Wow! what a  exciting tough match between India Vs Pakistan.


Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel all took 2 wickets each and bowled out Pakistani Team on just 231 runs in 49.5 overs.Suresh Raina 36 runs innings on 39 balls is very crucial inning in the end of overs and help to India 260 runs. Now India play 2011 icc cricket world cup finals at Mumbai on Saturday 2nd April.

Man of The Match : Sachin Tendulkar for his 85 runs

Congrats to all Indians for this Big Win against Pakistan by 29 runs

before this India Vs Pakistan World Cup 2011: Wahab Riaz took 5 wickets & Stop India to 260 runs

India Vs Pakistan World Cup 2011: Wahab Riaz took 5 wickets & Stop India to 260 runs



Sachin Tendulkar 

India Vs Pakistan World Cup 2011: Wahab Riaz took 5 wickets & Stop India to 260 runs.
Virender Sehwag 38 runs (25 balls 9 fours) & Great Sachin Tendulkar 85 Runs (115 balls 11 fours) given good start to India but all Indian batsman loose their wickets very easily to Pakistani Bowlers. Thanks to Wahab Riaz Fast bowler who took (5/46) in his 10 overs spell. The greatest upset of this match is Yuvraj singh is bold out on Duck by Wahab Riaz. Sachin Tendulkar missed his 100th century in this world cup semi final match vs pakistan.

India vs Pakistan ( Semi Final ) match FIXED!!!! India gonna Lose!!! Cricket world cup 2011

India vs Pakistan ( Semi Final ) match FIXED!!!! India gonna Lose!!! Cricket world cup 2011

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand :Sri Lanka Beat New Zealand by 5 Wickets enters into World Cup Final 3rd Time

Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand :Sri Lanka Beat New Zealand  by 5 Wickets enters into cricket world Cup Final 3rd Time.  Wow! Wow! Wow! what a interesting cricketing match this Semi final of cricket world cup.
 Valuable innings of Tillakaratne Dilshan 73 runs (93 balls 10 fours & 1 six)  &  Kumar Sangakkara 54 (79 balls 7 fours & 1 Six) and in the lower order Angelo Mathews 14 runs (18 balls) & Thilan Samarweera 23 runs (38 balls) takes Srilankan team to Victory by 5 wickets. After loosing of quick wickets New Zealand returns into the match very strongly.
Sri Lanka beats New Zealand by 5 Wickets in Semi Final

Before this New Zeland is able to manage only 217/10  runs in 48.5 overs.

Only Martin Guptill 39 runs (65 balls) & Scott styris 57 Runs ( 77 balls with 5 fours) showed some fight to
Sri Lankan Bowling Attack and manage to somehow to cross the 200 runs mark.

                       O      M     R    W
Lasith Malinga 9 0 55 3
H Herath         9 1 31 1
Ajantha mendis9.5 0 35 3
M Muralitharan 10 1 42

Monday, March 28, 2011

Imran Khan & Former Pakistani Cricketers Rehman Malik Match Fixing Comments on Pakistani Team Is Rubbish


ISLAMABAD: Better known for his verbal faux-pas, Pakistan's interior minister  Rehman Malik warned the country's cricket team on Monday against match-fixing, saying the government would be closely scrutinizing them in the match against  India in Mohali. 

Rehman Malik Said "I gave them a warning yesterday that there should be no match-fixing. I am keeping a close watch. If any such thing happens, we are going to take action," Malik told reporters in Karachi  . 

He described the current cricket team as comprising of clean members but said: "It is necessary to monitor the player because we can't take a chance after what happened in London . I should not have revealed but we keep an eye on people who meet our players, with whom they talk by telephone." 



The International Cricket Council's anti-corruption tribunal punished former Pakistani captain Salman Butt and two fast bowlers, Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamer for spot-fixing with lengthy bans from the game in February. The trio's involvement in spot-fixing at Lord's Test last year was shocking for the cricket-loving Pakistani nation.

No one knows about Rehman Malik's managerial role in the affairs of Pakistan Cricket Board, although, he had also some good advice for the players.

"They should concentrate on their practice and must go to bed early. They should ensure discipline and rise up according to their schedule. I advise them to dedicate themselves to the game for Pakistan."

Malik's comments were met with hard hitting response from Pakistani cricket legends. Imran Khan, a Pakistan cricket legend turned politician said, "I am more worried about Malik than the cricket team. For all who might not know, Malik was absconding from justice until very recently."

Khan said the minister does not have a very good command on the English language so he must have meant something else. No one in the Pakistani team will even read that statement. They've much better things to do," Khan said. If one wants to stamp out corruption, the cricket boards and the ICC needs to get more vigilant. He said spot-fixing was a very difficult thing to detect.

Former Pakistani Test player Zaheer Abbas rubbished Malik's remarks, saying it was inappropriate for Malik to make such comments at this time.

"Rather than boosting the morale of the players, the interior minister is trying to demoralize them," he said.

Former Pakistani opener Aamir Sohail said that the minister should have conveyed his message to the team personally rather than saying it on media. "However, there are fears of match-fixing in the semifinal," he remarked. 




News Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/cricket-world-cup-2011/news/Former-Pakistan-cricketers-rubbish-Maliks-comments/articleshow/7809103.cms

India Vs Pakistan : Zardari & Gilani Accepted PM Manmohan Singh invitation to Watch Match in Mohali

Asaf Ali Zardari & PM Manmohan Singh 
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari & Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani accepted the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to watch India-Pakistan Icc Cricket world cup 2011 Semi final match, 30th match in Mohali. This is positive step taken by Indian PM to invite Pakistan President & PM to strong the relationship between two countries.

This is an another good diplomatic step to push the India-Pakistan peace agenda. Cricket is a sport which is highly popular in both countries. Cricket is like a religion in India as well as Pakistan. After 2003 world cup Pakistan play first match against India. In the last encounter in In World cup 2003, Centurion India Beat Pakistan by 6 wickets in which Sachin Tendulkar scored useful 98 runs in indian victory.

Mohali stadium is under the tight security of Indian security agencies. SPG & NSG & quick response action team has already turned stadium into army cannt.  Mohali stadium is declared as No Flying Zone for security purpose.  


From the Past :-

FEBRUARY 1987 Then Pakistan President General Zia- ul- Haq flew in to Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh stadium, inviting himself to watch a Test match between India and Pakistan

In April 2005 Pakistani President Parvez Musharraf is also visted to watch India-Pakistan series last match in Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

India Vs Pakistan Cricket Match Fight : Gautam Gambhir Vs Kamran Akmal

India Vs Pakistan Cricket Match Fight : Gautam Gambhir Vs Kamran Akmal in Asia Cup 2010. India Won by this match with 3 wicket thanks to Harbhajan Singh SIX on Shoaib Akhtar in last over.


Yuvraj Singh | Yuvraj Singh & Yuvraj Singh. WOW!!!! at its Best Vs Australia in Quarter Finals

Unseen Emotional Yuvraj Singh unforgettable moments after Win Over Australia by 5 Wickets in Quarter Finals of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.







Saturday, March 26, 2011

Sri Lanka Vs England :Tharanga & Dilshan Centuries Takes Sri Lanka into World Cup Semi Final


Sri Lanka Won by Quarter Finals by 10th Wickets Against England. Tillakaratne Dilshan 108 runs (115 balls with 10 fours & 2 Sixes) and Upul Tharanga 102 Runs (122 balls 12 fours & 1 Six) are the heros in the Sri lankan Victory. Now Sri Lanka play First Semi Final against New Zealand on 29th March at Colombo. Second Semi Finals will be played between Pakistan & India on 30th March at Mohali

Tillakaratne Dilshan image courtesy Espn Cric info



 Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga set an emphatic seal on Sri Lanka's place in their home semi-final against New Zealand next Tuesday, as England's chaotic World Cup campaign came to an abrupt and anticlimactic end under the floodlights at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Set a testing total of 230 at a venue where successful run-chases have been notoriously thin on the ground, Sri Lanka's openers set about proving that history is bunk as they sauntered to victory by 10 wickets and with a massive 64 balls to spare. After five months on the road for England's cricketers, and six consecutive nail-biters in the group stages of the tournament, they found they had nothing left to give as the first round of knock-out matches was concluded with an utter walloping.


Though several higher scores have been made in this tournament to date, England's total of 229 for 6 ought to have competitive in the conditions. Only eight times in 49 internationals at the venue had a team batting second chased 230 or more for victory, and the most recent occasion came back in 2004. However, Dilshan and Tharanga battled through a tricky start with a flurry of aggression, before settling back into an effortlessly accumulative tempo. For the second time in the campaign, following on from their crushing of Zimbabwe in Pallekele, both men brought up centuries in a massive and indomitable stand.

Full report to follow.



50 overs England 229 for 6 (Trott 86, Morgan 50) v Sri Lanka

Jonathan Trott and Eoin Morgan turned up the heat on Sri Lanka with a fourth-wicket stand of 91 in 16 overs, only for the batting Powerplay to once again scupper England's momentum, as two nervy sets of players fought for the ascendancy in a gripping quarter-final in Colombo. After winning the toss on a typically spin-friendly surface, England overcame a sluggish start to post a defendable total of 229 for 6, with Trott once again playing the anchor role as he passed 400 runs for the tournament with his fifth fifty in seven innings.

However, their ambitions of a formidable 240-plus total were scuppered by the dismissal of Morgan in the first over of the Powerplay. 

Until he drilled Lasith Malinga to deep cover for a 55-ball 50, he had lived a charmed life, with no fewer than four clear-cut chances going his way - three dropped catches, two of them extraordinarily easy, and an lbw appeal on 29 that would have proved stone-dead on review. His luck, however, ran out at an inopportune moment for England, and when Graeme Swann missed a switch hit to fall for a first-ball duck, England proved incapable of reaching the boundary while the field was up, with just 23 runs coming in the five overs of fielding restrictions, and 56 in the last 10 all told.


Nevertheless, England have runs on the board, and that - according to the ground statistics at least - could be half the battle won. Thirty-six of the 49 completed matches at the Premadasa Stadium have gone to the side batting first, including 14 of the last 18 day-night fixtures, and Trott's performance was that of a man who knew that if he batted through the innings, the runs would materialise somehow. He finished with 86 from 115 balls with just two boundaries, none of which came in the first 30 overs, and eventually fell in pursuit of his third, as he swept Muttiah Muralitharan to deep backward square with nine balls of the innings remaining.

This could yet prove to be the last match of Murali's exceptional career, and he finished with 2 for 54 in nine overs before limping off with an apparent recurrence of his hamstring strain. However, that tally could have been higher but for an extraordinary sequence of events in his eighth over, when Morgan was dropped twice in consecutive deliveries. He had already survived one dolly of an opportunity on 16, when Thilan Samaraweera shelled a leading edge off Ajantha Mendis at point, but Murali couldn't contain his fury when, first, Angelo Mathews at extra cover fluffed a lofted drive, before Rangana Herath dived forward at point but failed to cling on.

In between his let-offs, Morgan produced a typically inventive and energising performance. England had collected a grand total of four boundaries before he came to the middle in the 28th over, but Morgan added that many off his own bat, as he worked the angles in his inimitable style, launching Malinga for a checked drive over extra cover before dabbing three more through third man, two via an open face, and one from a well-timed reverse sweep.

Such riches proved hard to come by at the top of the order, as Sri Lanka's bowlers applied the tightest of tourniquets in the opening exchanges of the contest. Despite enjoying a fine tournament to date, Strauss's ambitions were thwarted from the outset as Sri Lanka opened their bowling with a spinner for the first time in the tournament to date, and he already seemed resigned to ugly heaves through the leg-side when Tillakaratne Dilshan beat him on precisely that shot in the eighth over, to send the captain back for 5 from 19 balls.
At the other end, Ian Bell became Strauss's third opening partner of the campaign, after Kevin Pietersen and Matt Prior, and he launched his innings in fine style with a first-ball flick through square leg for four as Malinga strayed onto his pads. Mathews, though several notches slower than Malinga, also provided enough pace to pick the gaps, as Bell added two more boundaries in an attractive and promising 25 from 32 balls. But, just when he seemed set for a big performance, Bell chipped Mathews limply to midwicket, as England struggled to 32 for 2 in the mandatory Powerplay - their lowest total in the tournament to date.


However, Trott's sang froid was well suited to the situation, as he backed himself to work the ones and twos in a boundary-less start to his innings, and at the same time he drew a gutsy response from Ravi Bopara, who was far less comfortable with the tempo, but who knuckled down for an important 31 from 56 balls.


Bopara cut Herath sweetly through point for four early in his stay, but he might have fallen twice in two balls in Herath's next over, as an lbw appeal was deemed to be missing leg (although the decision would have stayed on-field) before Bopara missed a cut that zipped millimetres past his off stump. Herath also had another lbw appeal that was this time sent for a review, before Murali's wiles eventually extracted him on the sweep in the 27th over. Nevertheless, the collective effort has given England's bowlers something to chew on. Another thrilling finale is in prospect. 

Friday, March 25, 2011

New Zealand VS South Africa Jacob Oram takes New Zealand into Semi Finals

New Zealand 221 for 8 (Ryder 83, Taylor 43, Morkel 3-46) beat South Africa 172 (Oram 4-39) by 49 runs 




Oh South Africa, what have you done? Earlier this month Graeme Smith tweeted an article titled 'Time to ban the 'C' word'. Hold on to that thought Smith, for clearly that time hasn't come yet. South Africa were cruising at 108 for 2 in the 25th over when Jacques Kallis fell and they crash-landed spectacularly to be shot out for 172. The self-destructive streak was demonically masochistic in nature and it will perhaps require shrinks to understand this dramatic denouement. Once they realised their opponents were cracking under pressure, New Zealand went in for the kill, with close-in fielders and disciplined bowling, led by Jacob Oram who took four wickets and a great catch.

Even when Kallis fell, to a blinder of a catch from Jacob Oram, rushing to his left at deep midwicket, there wasn't much to suggest that this could turn into another contender for all-time greatest choke in World Cup history. The pitch was slow but there was no sharp turn; the bowlers were disciplined but there was no sensational game-breaking spell; none of the three spinners got much purchase from the wicket; and the total was below par; but for some reason South Africa were feeling extremely claustrophobic.

Their nerves were best represented by the dismissal of JP Duminy, who played an awful shot to open the choke gates. Nathan McCullum slowed up the pace on a delivery that landed on a length, outside off, and Duminy went so hard into an ugly cut that he ended up dragging the ball on to his stumps. With Duminy's fall, South Africa were in a spot of bother at 121 for 4, in the 28th over, and the first signs of something special loomed over Mirpur.

There was more heartbreak for South African fans in the next over. Faf du Plessis hit straight to midwicket and ran like a headless chicken. AB de Villiers should have perhaps refused that call, but he responded, only to find himself well short of the crease. It was at this moment that New Zealand really sensed that this could be their night. And they moved in for the kill.

The moment was so ripe that even Daniel Vettori, not known for sledging, gave some lip to du Plessis. Even Kyle Mills, who had carried drinks on to the field at the fall of de Villiers, got into the act. A visibly agitated du Plessis shoved Mills, the departing de Villiers returned to support his partner, and eventually the umpires had to get involved. New Zealand's players swooped in to the crime scene and it was a classic Youtube moment. You could almost feel the pressure-cooker situation out there.

New Zealand crowded the bat with close-in men, ready to sledge and eager to pile on the pressure, and Johan Botha cracked in the 33rd over. It was a lovely legcutter from Oram and Botha played down the wrong line to lose his off stump. Oram, who was the man who started it all with that Kallis catch, wasn't done yet. In the 35th over, he lured Robin Peterson into edging an attempted cut to the keeper and South Africa were swaying away like drunken men at 132 for 7. South Africa's nerves were frayed further when Dale Steyn square drove Nathan McCullum in the air to backward point, where who else but Oram accepted the offering.

If Oram was the man in the forefront of New Zealand's resurgence, du Plessis was the man seeking redemption for making that wrong call that led to the run out of de Villiers. In his brief international career, he has already shown that he has the tenacity to remain relatively calm under pressure. And he wasn't ready to throw in the towel. He was on 14 when Steyn fell, and he took ownership of the chase. He rushed down the track to slam Tim Southee to the straight boundary in the 40th over, on drove Vettori to collect another four in the 41st, and even lifted Oram for a thrilling six over long-off in the 43rd over.

It was in the same over that the game turned for one last time, and it was also an over that captured the entire madness of the evening. du Plessis had crashed the first delivery of the over back at Oram who couldn't hold on to a very difficult chance, and once the six was hit, one had to ask the question: was the night turning for Oram? Was it swinging towards du Plessis? But du Plessis sliced the fifth ball straight to extra cover and South Africa had well and truly sunk into oblivion.

The end was a far cry from the way South Africa started the day. They attacked with spin and seam, shuffled their bowlers regularly like a pack of cards, and hustled on the field to keep a tight leash on New Zealand. Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor were at the forefront of a revival from the depths of 16 for 2; carefully, almost mindful of a potential lower-order collapse on this pitch, Ryder and Taylor battled through. The odd boundary signalled growing comfort, but they never broke away decisively. A nervy equilibrium had been reached by the end of the 30th over with New Zealand reaching 112 for 2 and the game was waiting to be seized. However, both Ryder and Taylor departed in quick succession but Kane Williamson made a vital 38 to push New Zealand to 221. 

Thursday, March 24, 2011

India Enters the Semi Finals Defeating Australia by 5 Wickets. Thanks to Hero Yuvraj Singh Performance again

India Won by 5 Wickets in the Quarter Finals & Australia out of this ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Thanks To Heroic and historical innings of  The Lion of Punjab Yuvraj Singh 54 runs (65 balls) & Brave Suresh Raina 34 Runs(28 balls) showed his magic again.
Yuvraj Singh After Winning Four    Image Courtesy ESPN cricinfo

Now India play their Semi finals against Pakistan on 30th march in Mohali. This is 5 th times when india enters in World cup Semi Finals of Cricket World Cup.


Before this Gautam gambhir 50 runs (64 balls) & Sachin Tendulkar 53 Runs (68 balls) helps India to give good start and base to Indian batting but after of quick falls of Indian wickets The Hero of Indian Team of this world cup Match Winner Yuvraj Singh strikes again & Suresh Raina.


One of the black Day of Rickey Ponting career . Now Australia out of this ICC Cricket World cup 2011. Australia is the 3 times world cup champion.


While Batting First Australia is able to manage 260/6. Rickey Ponting scored a 104 runs(118 balls).
Indian Bowlers Zaheer Khan(2/53), R Ashwin (2/52) & Yuvraj Singh taken (2/44) wickets of Australia.

MAN OF THE MATCH -- Yuvraj Singh (4th time in World Cup 2011)

Monday, March 21, 2011

Yuvraj Singh Runs & Records Cricket World Cup 2011

Yuvraj Singh Lion Of Punjab




Full name Yuvraj Singh

Born December 12, 1981, Chandigarh

Major teams India, Asia XI, Kings XI Punjab, Punjab, Yorkshire

Playing role Middle-order batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Relation Father - B Yograj Singh

Look at some Career statistic of  Indian Player Yuvraj Singh in World cups

Yuvraj Singh Records & Runs in Cricket World Cup 2011 is 362 runs &
Yuvraj Singh Batting Average in World Cup 2011 is 113.66 which is best.

Yuvraj Singh scored 1 Century & 4 Half Centuries in  World Cup 2011
Yuvraj Singh took 15  Wickets which is very good allround performance in tournament among top 10 bowlers of the world cup 2011.

After Kapil Dev Yuvraj Singh is the second indian player who took more than 10 wickets and scored above 300 runs. Before this Indian all rounder legend Kapil Dev took 12 wickets & scored 303 runs in 1983 cricket world cup.


For his Magical performance in 2011 cricket world cup he is declared as a "MAN Of The Tournament"
Fifth indian batsman scored 8000 runs in One day internationals and joined the club of Mohd. Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Gaungly & Rahul Dravid

In the Winning ODI Matches aggregating 5522 runs in 156 ODIs with the average of 51.60 including 3 smashing tons and 37 fifities.




Yuvraj Singh Records & Runs in ICC Cricket World Cup  738 Runs With 52.71 Avg and 90.33 S/R. Yuvraj Singh Scored a century and 7 half centuries.

Yuvraj singh taken 20  wicktes in 23 matches of all cricket world cup with the bowling avg of 22.28 & 5/31 with his career best performance

Till now In 2011 Cricket World cup Yuvraj Singh is a Single Player to get 4th times Man of Match

Yuvraj Singh has World record of scoring the Century and taken 5 wickets in a single match of World cup.

Timing and power, and the ability to combine both qualities with devastating effect, is what makes Yuvraj Singh one of the most destructive batsmen in one-day internationals. He may have problems against quality swing and seam bowling, but on a subcontinent pitch, few batsmen can take the game away from an opponent quicker than Yuvraj. He's been a near-permanent fixture in India's squad since he debuted in 2000, and although his fielding skills have dropped after a knee injury suffered in late 2006, he also contributes by bowling canny left-arm spin. An irresistible sight when in form, Yuvraj also lifts the team with his aggression and camaraderie on the field.
Strengths
Makes playing a match-winning innings look effortless. Runs swiftly between wickets and possesses the ability to pace an innings, whether batting first of chasing, with precision. Safe catcher.
After Winning the World cup Yuvraj Singh Said  : "It means the world to me. I have been part of the three World Cups. This is for the nation. Thank you very much, we love you. This cup is for the people & For Sachin Tendulkar" said Yuvraj.
Yuvraj Singh's Performance in Cricket World Cup




  • Yuvraj has an overall ODI average of 36.61 at a strike rate of 87.65, but in India he averages 41.04 at a strike rate of 91.08. Five of his 12 ODI hundreds have come in India.





  • In 20 ODIs since the beginning of 2010, Yuvraj averages only 28.50 at a strike rate of 69.73. He has done better with the ball, though, with 16 wickets at 32.06, and an economy rate of 4.53.





  • In matches that India win, Yuvraj averages 49.53 at a strike rate of 94.25. In losses it comes down to 23.41 at a strike rate of 75.89.





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    World Cup tracker
    Yuvraj played in the 2003 and 2007 tournaments and scored 376 runs in 13 matches at a strike-rate of 94.71. In his first World Cup, batting in the middle order, he made a couple of fifties against Pakistan and Kenya and his highest score is the 83 he took off Bermuda in 2007. His World Cup record is far too nondescript for someone of his ability and Yuvraj will be aiming to embellish it with some defining innings in 2011.




    Yuvraj  Singh Runs in World Cup & One day internationals



                            Matches   inngs   NO  RUNS  HS    Avg.   BF    SR     100s   50s  6s   Ct 
    World Cup          23        21           7      738   113   50.76   727   90.28     1        7    13      4
    In ODIs                274      252      38     8051    139  37.62  9102  87.59    13      49   144   84

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    Yuvraj Singh Scored Century & Bowling in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Vs West Indies & India Won by 80 runs

     Yuvraj Singh Scored Century & Bowling in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Vs West Indies & India Won by 80 runs 


    Yuvraj Singh Lion Of Punjab



    The Left handed batsman &  Lion of Punjab Yuvraj singh magical performance in ICC Cricket World cup 2011 helps win by 80 runs against West indies. While batting first after out of  Sachin Tendulkar on 2(4 balls)  in very first over of match on the bowl of Ravi Rampaul (5/51) after that Gautam Gambhir 22(24 balls) also failed to big score after good start. Then Virat Kohli 59 runs (76balls) & Yuvraj Singh 113 runs( 123 balls with 2 sixes and 10 fours) played a historical innings to help India in a comfortable Situation. After Dismissal of  Yuvraj singh and Virat kohli Indian middle order batting line up collapse and lost 6 wickets in  just 50 runs.

    West Indies batsman are going very good to chase the target of 269 but `thanks to our Indian Bowlers Zaheer Khan (3/26) , R Ashwin(2/40) and Our man of the match Hero Yuvraj Singh (2/18) in 4 overs helps India to another win in Cricket World Cup.




    Match Summary 



    India, who chose to bat

    India 268/10 in 49.1 overs

    Virat Kohli 59 runs (76balls)
    Yuvraj Singh 113 runs( 123 balls with 2 sixes and 10 fours)

    West Indies Target to Win 269 in 50 overs

    West Indies 188/10 in 43 oves
    D Smith 81 (97 Balls)


    Zaheer Khan (3/26)
     R Ashwin(2/40)
    Yuvraj Singh (2/18)