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The Best World Cup Ever!

T20 has proved to be the most sensational Tournament of the year
Can anyone still doubt that the standard of cricket at the highest level would decline with just twenty over matches? Perhaps not. What cricket fans have experienced in the past one week has been something out of the world for them. Its been like a genie from the magical world taking everyone by surprise. Short matches. More action. More thrill. It seems like old days when batsmen were out caught in the slips or the bowlers probing them outside the off stump line. What has added to this thrill is unpredictability of the game. Australia beaten by Zimbabwe …. India won against Pakistan 3-0…… and West Indies beaten after scoring at above 10 an over! The rules of bowl out, free hit and even the players seated on the ground itself has lead cricket into new dimensions. But as cricketing bodies around the world say that its just the starting. Soon there will be cricket leagues which would make the game even better at the international level. What more can we expect….. perhaps no onfield umpires some day, indoor stadiums and most importantly cricket being a global sport!
With the future being bright for the game this is Vibhore signing off.

Warne knows what it takes to be Sachin

Names the Indian genius best cricketer ever.
Shane Warne announced the names of 10 cricketers who he thought were the best to have played the game till date and not much surprisingly he has named Sachin Tendulkar as the best he ever saw. Saying that the batsman was under pressure right from the day he started playing cricket Warne acknowledges his mental strength. Sachin has scored runs all over the world and continues to do so and never gets boggled down by wrong decisions of the umpires. The cricketer who comes second in the list is Brian Lara. Like Sachin he too has scored massive amounts of runs and is great to watch. Warne says that it was great to see Tendulkar perform so well under pressure when he came out to bat in India. Truly, Shane Warne is a big Tendulkar fan!

Third ODI

Being a day affair India opted to bowl first after winning the toss and this decision proved out to be the wrong one at the end of the day. English batsman scored at will most of the times of the match and once again it was Ian bell who proved to be the thorn in the Indian flesh as he held the innings together for his team. Indians came out to bat with 282 required and once again succumbed under the pressure. It was up to the openers to provide a good start and they failed in doing this. Ganguly scored 72 runs but it took him too many deliveries to get there and he never actually looked in total command of the situation. Hesitant to play his shots and then as usual the running between the wickets was poor. India lost the third one-day due to their own mistakes of dropping catches, poor fielding and above all poor decision making to bat second. Will these mistakes be sorted out? Its all up to Dravid and Co. to answer.

Second ODI

After success at Trent Bridge India finally tasted victory once again in England when they defeated them by 9 runs in a thrilling encounter in Bristol. What did the trick for the Indians were the spinners comprising of Piyush Chawala and Ramesh Powar sharing the wickets of the most important four English batsman between them. Chasing the huge total England once looked well in control of the situation with Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell scoring at will.
The short boundaries in Bristol made sure that the second ODI was a run feast for the batsman. It was earlier in the day that Sachin Tendulkar made merry when the sun was out but fell short of a run to make his third century at this ground and once again the umpire’s decision was at doubt. After his wicket fell it was the turn of the man of match Rahul Dravid to take charge scoring an unbeaten 92 of just 63 balls to help India post a modest total. With the absence of Zaheer Khan in the bowling attack the opening bowling looked clueless and once again Agarkar was taken to task by the English batsman. What mattered the most was that the series is now 1-1 with everyone looking forward to much more great cricket.

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Warne , Lara and Mcgrath join Indian Crcket League

Yes guys its confirm now the big 3 who have left international cricket are all set to make a comeback not in international cricket but they will be playing in the Indian Cricket League also known as ICL starting this October. All 3 have been said to sign contracts with the League and will be seen very soon in India. Though it is good news for their fans in India and all around the world to see them back in action but is this League which was seen as nurturing young talent in India and bringing up youngsters for future going in the right direction?

There have been lot of opposition from BCCI and they have gone on records to say that no cricketer or administrator will be part of it if they have to stay with the BCCI. So what do you guys think is the ICl a right thing for Indian cricket will it help to bring up youngsters in future or its just another money making venture? Lets hope for the best

Lethal bowling by Malinga got him better than a Hat-Trick!

SLINGING TO GLORY: Lasith Malinga

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Slinger got 4 wickets in 4 balls against mighty South Africans in WC
This is one of the biggest moment of cricket this year. Chasing 210 the South Africans were comfortably placed at 206 for 5 when Malinga came to bowl his 8th over of the match. With his fifth bowl of the over he got the wicket of Shaun Pollock and what deceived Pollock was a slow ball on the stumps. In came Andrew Hall he pulled out a speedy yorker only give the ball to Tharanga as a catch. Score now read 206 for 7.
The next over saw only one run and then Malinga was called on to bowl his 9th over. He got Kallis out of the first bowl bowled. Malinga had taken a hat-trick. Kallis went for a square drive and nicked it to Sangakkara. Next to the crease was Ntini and he too was out first bowl and would u believe it Malinga had got four in four! The score now read 207 for 9. The next batsman missed a delivery which was not far away from the off stump. The end saw South Africa win the match but the heroics of this dangerous bowler will always remain alive.

Bad Weather and Dhoni save India

FEELS LIKE VICTORY: MS Dhoni
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1st Test Day 5 Analysis
India finally saved the first test which ended in a draw. With just 1 wicket left for victory the English were furious to see the weather play the spoilsport. It was MS Dhoni who batted with the tail patiently to see bad light take over the rest of the game. The partnership between Dhoni and Laxman gave India the initial hope of saving the match but when Laxman was bowled by Tremlett it was all left to Dhoni to show India the way. Running out of partners Dhoni never gave it away and even after there were some confident appeals against him he forgot them early and carried on. It was a feeling of victory in the Indian camp after the result of the match.
The team has had such moments in the past were had they batted for an hour or so more than they did they would have saved the match. One such moments was in 2002 when India toured the West Indies. Had they batted for sometime then it would have rained there. This rain continued there for a week washing out the two one-day matches scheduled.
The next match starts on Friday at Trent Bridge.

Have your say

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Think that Sachin has come off age and should retire ??? Consider the Duckworth-Lewis system utter crap ???? Does Ganguly deserve to be reinstated as captain ??? Who should be India's next coach ??? Think Bob Woolmer was murdered ???

Well there are thousands of things you might want to shout out to the world .. but where is the place where you shall be heard ???

Go ahead make a comment to this post ... tell us anything you feel in relation to cricket..

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Karthik Holds forth as Sachin-Dravid fail

TRAPPED AGAIN : Rahul Dravid

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Day 4 Analysis
We were lucky that we could have a full days play on the fourth day. The day started with wickets for RP Singh - as he got his first 5 wicket haul in Test cricket - the vital scalps of Vaughan, Collingwood and Bell were his. But it was after this that Kevin Pietersen showed England the way. With majestic 134 he answered his critics in the way only he could have and his celebration on reaching his 8th century in Test cricket. He along with Matt Prior put on a long partnership and which made sure that it was all England in the first test. When the English innings got over they left India with 380 runs to win.
Indians, specially Karthik started off positively by hitting the bad balls away and so keeping the scoring rate ticking. The first blow came to India when Jaffer got out. He never looked good in this innings. Next came the Indian captain to the center who looked to play positively again by hitting a boundary off his first ball but then Tremlett got the better of him. By the end of play India had lost Sachin too. It was Ganguly and Karthik at the crease. Requiring 243 to win on the final day the English are in with a good chance. If the weather hols up then we can expect a good day of lively cricket.

Breathtaking Strokeplay by Gibbs

It was in the 2007 World Cup that the record for hitting 6 sixes in an over in an international match was finally made and who did it was Herschelle Gibbs the most devastating batsman in the current South African team. When on song Gibbs is better than most batsman in the world and thats what he showed in this innings too. The record came against the minnows Netherlands when Dan van Bunge came out to bowl his fourth over. Was is great batting or simply poor leg break bowling? This was what the critics were busy talking about but the fact remains that it was Gibbs who now holds the record for hitting 6 sixes in 6 deliveries. Amazing!

India Struggles to Keep Pace as England March on

INTO THE GROOVE : Andrew Strauss

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1st Test Day 2 and Day 3 Analysis
Excitement deepened as ball swung and wickets fell on both sides on rain hit day 2 and day 3 at Lord’s. Indians dismissed 6 English batsman on the morning of the second day only to find themselves in trouble after being all out for paltry 201 in the first innings. It was the batting which the Indian team relied on from the start of the series and failure of the batsman to produce good spells disasters for them. Dravid, Sachin and them Ganguly fell on some really good deliveries by James Anderson, who eventually took 5 wickets. Wasim Jaffer was the highest scorer for India with 58 runs. He falied to capitalize after getting off to a really good start. Major disappointment for the Indians came when Dhoni was dismissed without scoring a run.
Indians started to ball with 97 runs behind in the first innings and these runs have made a huge difference between the two sides and then eventually on the result of the match. With England finishing day three with 77 runs on the board and just 2 wickets lost they are looking to dictate terms to the Indian batsman when they come out to play in the fourth innings if the match. England would be hoping that it doesn’t rain much in the two days left and the Indians on the other hand would look for loads of luck in cricket and if not then pray for rain!

England flourishes before India Strikes back

1st Test Day One Analysis
Toss, dropped catches and thick edges going past slips saw India struggle most part of the day one at Lord’s. England one the toss and chose to bat on a pitch tailor made for batting. Poor bowling to the left handed openers was the first thing which went wrong for the Indians. It was a lucky break when Ganguly trapped Cook plum before the wicket. But the four bowlers could not derive much advantage from it as Vaughan came in and had no problems tackling Indian attack. He and Strauss had a 142 run partnership before Strauss fell four short of a hundred. Anil Kumble once again pounced on the mistake committed by the batsman. This brought out the English superstar Kevin Pietersen to the middle. It was now becoming a tough toil for Zaheer , RP and the unilucky Sreesanth. Short stuff was tried to Peterson who put most of those waist height balls to the fence with arrogance and left the others with ease to Dhoni. It was finally RP who came around the wicket and got the priceless wicket of the England captain just when he was eyeing his sixth century at Lord’s. Kumble struck in the next over itself trapping Collingwood with his wrong one. Two wickets in two overs waked up India from day long slumber. Finally bad light stopped play on day one with just 80 overs bowled. Weather forecast for day two is really bad but lets reamin positive and in hope for a full day of lively cricket.

England - And the Birth of Indian Greats

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As the Indian team prepares for the all important tour to England its time to see what the past tours to the country have provided us. It all began in 1990 when a 16yr old went on to make his first test century. Indian cricket came to realise what Sachin Tendulkar was really made up of. The fire still burns in him and the hunger for runs still remains.

The tour of England in 1996 saw the birth of India's two most comprehensive batsmen of the past decade. Rahul Dravid and Saurav Ganguly came into limelight with both scoring well in their first test at Lords. All three of then today stand as pillars of the Indian batting line up and all of them have lead the team sometime or the other.

The previous tour again brought some young men into limelight. This time it was Yuvraj Singh and Md. Kaif at the same Lords ground. Yuvraj Singh has come a long way since then, appropriately termed as country's best ODI player, he might just lead the team one day. So will this tour provide us another batting great who would actually last in the team for long and lead from the front one day? Who knows.

Sachin - The master blaster is back

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Hi people

Those who had access to watch yesterday's match were literally feasted to a mouth watering innings by Sachin Tendulkar. He looked confident right from the start and had a very positive approach to his game, looking to hit the ball whenever he could ; sometimes even hitting rash strokes but it was great to see him come back to his old form - the ones that the greatest of bowlers fear in their dreams.

Sachin should have silenced his critics for the time being who had been behind his life for so many days, demanding his removal from the team. I think we Indians need to be more loyal to our heroes. As long as they are doing well we love them and some even go to the extent of worshiping them but the moment they commit a fault - we are behind their lives and start treating them as criminals. The world cup debacle left many hearts shattered, but in retrospect some bad management decisions were also behind our poor show.

There is no point discussing them now, but one thing that many cricket experts have been pointing out in various news channels is that Sachin needs to be kept as an opening batsman only. That is his usual position and he can play his natural game when he is opening. Keeping his 3rd or 4th down doesnt let him play to his full ability. He is forced to come in the game when India is not doing well and then he is expected to last till the mid 40 overs and stabilise the innings and when he doesnt deliver , we want his head.

Come one people, lets give this man his due credit. He has reached another milestone by becoming the first man to attain 15000 runs under his belt and that is no mean feat. Some people think he is played for so long thats why his records so let me make some things clear by showing you some stats..

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0

SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2007	387	377	37	15043	186*	44.24	17569	85.62	41	79	18
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	1989-2007	395	384	18	12063	189	32.95	13317	90.58	25	64	29
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak)	1991-2007	378	350	53	11739	137*	39.52	15812	74.24	10	83	20
SC Ganguly (Asia/India)	1992-2007	294	284	23	10880	183	41.68	14763	73.69	22	68	14
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2007	299	289	32	10405	169	40.48	13086	79.51	19	63	16
RT Ponting (Aus/ICC)	1995-2007	280	272	32	10395	164	43.31	12950	80.27	23	62	16

Table Source : Wisden

. Now those who say that Ponting is a much better batsman. Think again.
He has played 100 matches less than Sachin and has scored about 5000 runs lesser. To equal his record he would have to score at 50 runs per match. His current average is 43.31 so I dont see him overtaking Sachin anytime soon .Moreover it takes a heck of a long time to play 100 more matches.

Sachin needs to do more to please his fans who are waiting for a century by him. It was disappointing to see him get out in the 90's in the last two innings and am really looking forward to his next.

All the best Sachin ... May you keep making India proud.

Cheers
Sparsh

England rediscovers the joys of Spin Bowling

Phenomenal success ofMonty Panesar has guided Enland to a 3-0 sereies win against West Indies. Monty Panesar picked up 23 wickets at 19 apiece to show once again that spinners can perform well in English conditions. His 2006 summer exploits against Pakistan further confirm the same fact.

So have England finally found a match winner in Panesar? It seems that they certainly have. An impressive part of his bowling has been to consistently attack the stumps which gives him maximum chances of picking up wickets in comparison to his teammate Ashley Giles who was critised for bowling a negative line. One thing is for sure that if panesar keeps bowling some of those perfect balls, which got him the wicket of Denesh Ramdin, he certainly is a very bright future for England.

Does this make him the best finger spinner in the world? Better that Daniel Vettori and Harbhajan Singh? This question is yet to be answered. But who knows if there is another wonderful performance in the forthcoming series against India, having some of the best players of spin bowling, the question will certainly have a positive answer.

Rain ruins Indias chances to win first test

Really poor luck for TEAM INDIA has meant that the first test is heading for a draw. Just when it looked that our team was gaining confidence and was going to win the test series 2-0 the rain interrupted.

Now if this test goes for a draw, than lets hope that we win the second test quite convincingly to continue the confidence and the spirit gained from the one-day series otherwise it would be really bad for our team to come back home without winning the test series.

Its going to be long 8 months for TEAM INDIA now as they have to play cricket for more than 100 days. Lets hope for the best and it would be really good if our team continues this momentum gained.

Cheers
Vivek

Highlights Pakistan vs Sri Lanka

Here are the links

Sri Lanka Batting: http://www.tnlworld.com/highlights/Abu_Dhabi_ODI_Series/1st.ODI/SL.Batting.asf

Pakistan Batting :
http://www.tnlworld.com/highlights/Abu_Dhabi_ODI_Series/1st.ODI/PAK.Batting.asf

Highlights India vs Bangladesh Day 1

Viru faces career-defining moment

The series is in the bag, but for Team India there is much to accomplish in the third one-dayer at Chittagong on Tuesday, especially for a certain Virender Sehwag, who faces a career defining moment. If he fails again, even skipper Rahul Dravid's patience with him may run out.

If you can't remember the last time India made a clean sweep in a one-day series, never mind; it's on the cards now. After taking a 2-0 lead in the series, India are now looking forward to a whitewash.

"one of our goals when we started the one-day series was to try and win it 3-0. We still have one game to play and that still remains our target," India captain Rahul Dravid told a press conference.

The injured S Sreesanth and Zaheer Khan have been rested for the dead rubber, meaning that Munaf Patel will be spearheading the attack, and RP Singh will likely get the nod ahead of Dinesh Mongia. There will be three openers to slot in - Sehwag, Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir.

A book could have been written about Sehwag's mysterious slump of form in one-day cricket. Time seems to have run out for Viru and now, only an extra-terrestrial innings in Chittagong can revive his one-day career.

"Someone of Sehwag's calibre, we truly do believe that he will go all the way and a bigger innings. He is getting starts but not carrying on. So, that's definitely something we know Sehwag should do and he himself knows that. He has got to now carry on and start converting those starts to more meaningful contributions to the game," Dravid adds.

This will also be the last game in charge for Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore, who would want to end his four-year run with a win.

Srilanka v Pakistan - Abu Dhabi Three-match ODI series !!

Srilanka and Pakistan are to play a 3 match ODI series in Abu Dhabi starting May 18. Both teams have announced their teams.

After all hoopla about changes in the team after the dismal performance in the world cup, Pakistan selectors have unearthed just 2 new faces to be included in the 16 man squad, Fawad Alam and Najaf Shah.
Drug tainted Mohammad Asif has also been included but there is no report released of him currently being drug free. What more he is now the vice captain !!
Salman Butt makes a comeback.
All in all the selectors have included 6 openers in the 16 man squad.

BTW, an official complaint has been filed against Imran Farath by chief of selectors Salahuddin Ahmed for the latters protests against being ignored for the series !! Dunno how on earth Farath felt he was worthy of a place in the team after all his failures. May be he feels he is good enough to be among the top 6 openers in the country !! :lol:

Anyways here is the Pak squad.

Shoaib Malik (capt),
Salman Butt,
Imran Nazir,
Mohammad Hafeez,
Yasir Hameed,
Mohammad Yousuf,
Shahid Afridi,
Fawad Alam,
Kamran Akmal (wk),
Abdul Razzaq,
Mohammad Asif,
Mohammad Sami,
Umar Gul,
Rao Iftikhar,
Najaf Shah.



The Lankans have dropped Attapattu for this series. He wasn't played in a single game in the World Cup !!
Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas have not been included in the squad so that they could play county cricket in England. :shock:

Lankan Squad.

Mahela Jayawardene (capt) Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Silva, Tillekaratne Dilshan, Farveez Maharoof, Dilhara Fernando, Malinga Bandara, Lasith Malinga, Malinda Warnapura, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Ruchira Perera, Ishara Amerasinghe, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Chamara Kapugedara.


Clear disadvantage for the Lankans without their top 3 players.

Afro Asia series ... Asian team announced

As you guys know soon the Afro Asia cup kicks off soon so here are the Asian squads announced for the tournament

The tournament will kick off with the Twenty20 international (June 5 in Bangalore) and will be followed by three ODIs, on June 6 and 9 (Chennai), and 10 (Bangalore).

Asia ODI team

1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Upul Tharanga, 4 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 5 Sachin Tendulkar, 6 Mohammad Yousuf, 7 Yuvraj Singh, 8 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 Chaminda Vaas, 11 Shoaib Akhtar, 12 Lasith Malinga, 13 Mohammad Rafique, 14 Mohammad Asif

Asia Twenty20 team1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Imran Nazir, 3 Mohammad Ashraful, 4 Shoaib Malik (capt), 5 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Kamran Akmal (wk), 8 Farveez Maharoof, 9 Abdur Razzak, 10 Mashrafe Mortaza, 11 Munaf Patel

I dont understand on what basis is Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh been selected, these are really funny selections

What do you guys say?

Highlights India vs Bangladesh 2nd odi

here are the first set of highlights for you

INDIAN INNINGS: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9IQYUM3T

BANGLADESH INNINGS : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MBVNSY0H

Indian innings (online) : http://www.tnlcricket.com/highlights/India_tour_of_Bangladesh/2ndODI_India_Batting.html

enjoy
vivek

We are back !

Hi people...

I am sure many of you must have enjoyed the live cricket links that we provided during the world cup in our previous caribbean worldcup blog. We had to close it down due to lack of time and other commitments and now we are back with an all new cricket blog - featuring links to all matches online, your daily cricket digests, news , opinions, predictions and lots more..

We strive to provide the best cricket entertainment online and hope to get your support as we had for the Caribbean World Cup blog...

Cheers
Sparsh and Vivek

Gibbs--- Six sixes in an over

Yuvraj plotting revenge over B'desh

Pay back time for India?

Team India is set for its first encounter since the World Cup fiasco. The brigade reached Dhaka on May 7 to play three ODIs and two Tests against Bangladesh.

Captain Dravid and the team, emboldened by the rigorous conditioning camp at Eden Gardens, seem to have only one mission - a series win. Although skipper Rahul Dravid says he doesn't see this tour as a revenge series, it is quiet apparent that India will put its best foot forward. A series win will not just give India a psychological advantage, but also an improvement in rankings.

But, Bangladesh are no more considered minnows. They had been instrumental in India's first round exit from the mega event and have gained confidence after defeating South Africa in the Super Eights. Will it be pay back time for Team India?