Owner: Cricket Blog URL: http://24x7cricketworld.blogspot.com/ Join Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:34:54 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born: April 24, 1973, Bombay
Current age: 33 years 197 days
Major teams: India, ACC Asian XI, Mumbai, Yorkshire
Nickname: Tendlya, Little Master
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Legbreak googly
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Ishant Shrma Not played Agianst South Africa 2008-03-18 14:45:00 Sharma, 19, was the find of the tour in Australia where India lost 2-1 in the four-Test series that featured a divisive second Test in Sydney marred by poor umpiring, but won the tri-series finals 2-0 against the hosts. He suffered a toe injury during the tour and a finger injury after his return and was advised to take three weeks' rest.Indian Cricket Board secretary Niranjan Shah told reporters after the selection meeting in Bangalore, attended by new coach Gary Kirsten and Test captain Anil Kumble, that Sharma would be considered for the second Test if he recovered in time.The first Test will be played in Chennai from March 26 to 30 and the second in Ahmedabad from April 3 to 7.Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla will be on stand-by as cover for both Harbhajan and left-arm spinner Murali Kartik, Read more:South
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Pakistan's Inzy 'disgusted' but Australia cheers Hair return 2008-03-20 13:41:00 Former Pakistan
captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was "shocked and disgusted" by controversial umpire Darrell Hair's reinstatement but Australia
welcomed the move on Wednesday.Inzamam clashed with Hair in the forfeited Oval Test between Pakistan and England in August 2006, which led to the Australian umpire's ban from standing in top-level matches."I am terribly shocked and disgusted at the news," Inzamam said from India, where he is featuring in the Indian Cricket League.Hair was recalled to the elite panel of umpires on Tuesday after the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to reinstate him in its board meeting held in Dubai."I would blame the Pakistan Cricket Board for bowing down in Hair's case and no player will now stand against injustices at international level," Inzamam said."Hair was
Strauss and Bell 2008-03-24 06:07:00 Strauss
, who had not scored a hundred in his last 30 test innings, was on his highest test score of 173 not out and Bell made 110 to guide the tourists to 416 for five at the close on the third day.Their highest successful run chase was 324 for five against Pakistan at Christchurch in 1994.Tim Ambrose was the other not out batsman on 28. Daniel Vettori had figures of three for 135.The England batsmen applied themselves throughout the day on the batter-friendly pitch and demonstrated how easy it could be to accumulate runs in the near-perfect conditions. They scored 325 runs in 90 overs for the loss of three wickets."They batted really well and showed us what is (achievable) on that wicket, New Zealand offspinner Jeetan Patel told reporters."I don't think we bowled poorly, they just stuck
Greg Chappell 2008-03-22 08:26:00 Greg Chappell is worried that heavy bats are taking the beauty out of the game, The former Australia captain, himself a graceful driver of the ball, observed here Wednesday that the trend of playing with heavy bats is not confined to India. Chappell is here on a talent search mission for a private company. "Heavy bats are a worry because they tend to make batsmen pushers rather than drivers," Chappell told reporters at the Jamia Millia Islamia University where he saw over 1,200 youngsters in action over two days as part of the talent hunt. Another aspect of the modern game that concerns Chappell is the vanishing breed of off-spinners."And that is why selection becomes critical," he said. The increasingly cramped cities also worry Chappell. "With people coming over to urban areas, there ar
Chennai News 2008-03-26 08:58:00 At stumps on Wednesday, his side was sitting pretty at 304-4, with the captain himself, Neil McKenzie (94) and Hashim Amla (85 not out) putting it across the Indian attack. Anil Kumble was left holding the consolation prize of four wickets With Amla and A.B de Villiers (10) at the crease, and Mark Boucher and Morne Morkel still to bat, South Africa could well be in a position to force the issue here. India, on the other hand, would be hoping for contributions from all the bowlers, not just the spinners.Once Graeme Smith won the toss and predictably elected to bat, all the Indians could do was hope that their limited bowling strength would be able to do the job.India went in with the expected two spinners, while RP Singh and S Sreesanth got the nod for sharing the new ball, Irfan Pathan hav Read more:Chennai
Sehwag Run Card 2008-03-28 07:14:00 6s 5s 4s 3s 2s 1sSehwag has joined the elite club of Brian Lara and Sir Don Bradman by scoring his 2nd TRIPLE CENTURY. He has also equalled his highest test score and also registered the highest individual score on this ground. The partnership between Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag is also the highest for the 2nd wicket at this stadium. Virender Sehwag has become the first man in the history of the game to be involved in two 200 plus partnerships in a single innings. This is also the first instance when the first two partnerships of an innings have been 200 plus. His triple ton is also the fastest in terms of number of balls taken. This is also the first triple ton on Indian soil. Hoof!! I'm out of breath...What a magnificent day of cricket for India. 386 runs scored today for the loss
Tendulker not fite against South Africa 2008-03-31 00:56:00 *Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar will miss the second test againstSouthAfrica
starting on Thursday due to a groin injury, the Indian board said on Sunday.The player did not take the field on the final day of the first test which ended in a draw in Chennai on Sunday.*Tendulkar had declared himself fit before the series when many of his team mates were directed to report to the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore to undergo fitness tests.*Mohammad Kaif has been named as his replacement.*India captain Anil Kumble, who was also off the field in the final two sessions on Sunday, faces a final fitness decision on Wednesday before the test in Ahmedabad, Shah said."I had a slight niggle while I was bowling and I didn't want to take a chance," Kumble told reporters. "The match was probably ove Read more:South Africa
Shoaib Akhtar banned for 5 years 2008-04-02 12:33:00 Shoaib Akhtar
, right, is ineligible to play in Pakistan or for Pakistan anywhere else in the world [AFP]Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan fast bowler, has been banned for five years by the Pakistan Cricket Baord (PCB) for repeated disciplinary breaches, effectively ending the paceman's controversial career.The 32-year-old appeared before a disciplinary committee charged with publicly criticising the country's cricket board, and was already on two years' probation for hitting teammate Mohammad Asif with a bat last year.Akhtar, the world's fastest bowler, immediately vowed to contest the ban in court to save an 11-year career that has been plagued by injuries, discipline problems and a doping scandal in 2007."The committee has recommended a five year-ban on Shoaib Akhtar," Nasim Ashraf, PCB chairman,
South Africa Vs India test Macth 2nd Day Story 2008-04-04 07:22:00 Jacques Kallis along with AB de Villiers continued their on slaught from where they had stopped at stumps on day one. The pair of Kallis and de Villiers powered SouthAfrica
's innings as the visitors went past the 400-run mark on the second day of the on-going second Test at Ahmedabad. After lunch Kallis however is lucky to be still there at the crease after a Harbhajan Singh devliery hit the stumps but failed to take off the bails at 61. He eventually fell prey to the bowling of Sreesanth, who cleaned Kallis up,India
n bowlers who have struggled to get any breakthroughs on second day so far, face a tough challenge to get India back in the game at Motera.All happening at the greentop in Motera yesterday (April 3), as the Indian batsmen lost their feet and timbered to a rampaging South Afric Read more:South Africa
Ishant, Munaf, Powar play in third test match 2008-04-06 09:02:00 India bolstered their bowling attack for nextweek's third
and final test against South Africa by including fit-again paceman Ishant Sharma and recalling medium-pacer Munaf Patel to a 16-man squad on Sunday.19-year-old Sharma has been out of action since returning from an impressive tour of Australia, due to injuries to his foot and finger, and missed the first two tests against South Africa, while Munaf last played a test in December.The visitors went 1-0 up in the three-test series on Saturday after winning the second game in Ahmedabad by an innings and 90 runs inside three days."The team is keen to play three spinners and hence Powar has been added to the line-up," Indian board secretary Niranjan Shah told reporters.Powar, who has played two tests, has been named partly as cover for skip
In Kanpur Ishant and Harbhajan Singh star 2008-04-11 07:22:00 In Kanpur Ishant and Harbhajan Singh
took 3 wicket each and got star.It wasn't exactly a see-saw battle on day one of the third and final Test but more of South Africa having India on the mat and then throwing it away. India bowled out South Africa for 265 just before stumps at the Green Park stadium here on Friday.MS Dhoni will be relatively happy with his first day at office as India’s Test captain. India took one wicket in the first session, three in the second and six in the last to end the South African innings in 87.3 overs.Dhoni, who became the first wicketkeeper to lead an Indian Test side, lost the crucial toss and India had to field, which meant would bat last on a languished pitch that would disintegrate faster than the Indian top order had in Ahmedabad and South Africa got of
In kanpur india beat south africa now series draw 2008-04-13 07:38:00 indian win by 8 wicket, india won the third and final Test against South Africa at the Green Park stadium by eight wickets to level the series
1-1. It was only the eighth Test in Kanpur (out of 20) to have produced a result with India winning five of them and preserved the home team's record of having not lost a Test match here. The series ended in a 1-1 draw, with the visitors having won the second Test at Motera by an innings and 90 runs and the first Test at Chepauk having ended in a tame draw. This was also the second straight Test match after Motera to end in three days.
Harbhajan is man of the match 2008-04-13 07:30:00 in kanpur test harbhajan singh choss man of the match and he got car nice play by harbhajan he was a man of the match.harbhajan singh took 13 wicket in this series.
IPL Match History 2008-04-18 08:53:00 April 18: Bangalore v Kolkata at BangaloreApril 19: Mohali v Chennai at Mohali and Delhi v Jaipur at DelhiApril 20: Mumbai v Bangalore at Mumbai;Kolkata v Hyderabad at KolkataApril 21: Jaipur v Mohali at JaipurApril 22: Hyderabad v Delhi at HyderabadApril 23: Chennai v Mumbai at ChennaiApril 24: Hyderabad v Jaipur at HyderabadApril 25: Mohali v Mumbai at MohaliApril 26: Bangalore v Jaipur at Bangalore; Chennai v Kolkata at ChennaiApril 27: Mumbai v Hyderabad at Mumbai; Mohali v Delhi at MohaliApril 28: Bangalore v Chennai at BangaloreApril 29: Kolkata v Mumbai at KolkataApril 30: Delhi v Bangalore at Delhi.May 1: Hyderabad v Mohali at Hyderabad; Jaipur v Kolkata at JaipurMay 2: Chennai v Delhi at Chennai.May 3: Hyderabad at Bangalore at Hyderabad; Mohali v Kolkata at MohaliMay 4: Mumbai Read more:Match
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Knight Riders VS Royal Challenge 2008-04-19 05:48:00 Indian Premier League as he struck the highest-ever individual Twenty20 score to lead the Kolkata KnightRiders
to a 140-run opening-match victory against the Bangalore RoyalChallenge
rs.New Zealand opener went some way to fulfilling his $700,000 price tag as he smashed 10 fours and 13 sixes to finish unbeaten on 158 from just 73 balls.Knight Riders' Bollywood actor owner, Shah Rukh Khan, who watched on as McCullum's one-man assault led his franchise to 222 for three. It was McCullum who stole all the headlines on the opening night of this eagerly-anticipated tournament.Following a 45-minute opening ceremony Bangalore captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field in front of a capacity crowd at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.Praveen Kumar's opening over proved anti-climactic with only
No Cheer girl In match 2008-04-24 14:30:00 Scantily dressed cheeerleaders may have added to the fizzy cocktail of cricket and film stars at IPL cricket matches but they have stirred a moral debate with political leaders calling them "worse than bar dancers" who are making a "mockery of cricket. The saffron party demanded a ban on the shows by the cheerleaders who have been described as "cricket's item numbers." Sinha said it is "difficult to find cricket in these matches" and it is making a mockery of the sport. (If you are so interested in deploying these cheer girls who dance after hits of fours and sixes, it is better to give chance to the bar girls who became unemployed after Maharashtra government banned their dance in bars) Read more:Cheer
Harbhajan vs Sreesanth 2008-04-26 01:20:00 In first time indian cricket carrer:-Upset over the row between Mumbai Indians stand-in captain Harbhajan Singh and Kings XI Punjab paceman S Sreesanth, Indian Premier League Chairman Lalit Modi on Saturday said it was a "serious matter" and was not good for the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament.In any tournament it should not happen, it's unfortunate what happened yesterday," Modi told reporters here.Harbhajan allegedly slapped Sreesanth after Mumbai Indians lost their IPL match to Kings XI Punjab on Friday night and the paceman was seen bitterly crying on the field.There is no clear evidence at this moment, there are different versions about what may have happened. But at the end of the day we have to take cognizance of the fact that happened on the field.The tournament is being played under
Harbhajan Got Banned For This IPl 2008-05-02 11:30:00 I think Friend You Know That When Harbhajan Sing Slap to Sreesanth and BCCi take Action for this matter now Harbhajan Singh has been banned for the remainder of the current IPL season for his altercation with Sreesanth at the end of Mumbai Indians' match against Kings XI Punjab on Friday. The ban is for 11 matches, including last Sunday's game, extendable to 13 if Mumbai progress to the semi-final and final.The duo embraced at the end of the hearing after Harbhajan offered an apology in front of the cameras. Harbhajan will not be appealing against the ban. Read more:Banned
No title 2008-05-05 11:26:00 Delhi International Cricket Council (ICC) will look at ways to protect Test cricket in the wake of Twenty20's growing impact at a two-day board meeting starting in Dubai on Monday.IPL was launched last month involving several high-profile players and has taken the cricket world by storm with the England board also planning their own league.Committee will discuss international cricket as the pinnacle of the game, the impact of Twenty20 cricket on other formats of the game and the impact of domestic leagues on the international game," an ICC statement said.
Deccan Charges beat chennai super kings 2008-05-07 02:43:00 Deccan Chargers (148 for 3) beat Chennai Super Kings (144 for 7) Chennai Super Kings have plenty to ponder after losing to the Deccan Chargers by seven wickets, their third successive defeat. Their top order failed again and their total of 144 was easily overhauled by Deccan, inspired by a blazing 54 by stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist.Deccan's bowlers exploited the helpful conditions early on to slice through the Chennai top order. Just as in the previous two matches, the batsmen floundered against the moving ball in the first over. Parthiv Patel troubles with the bat continued as he survived a close lbw call first ball, was dropped by the bowler P Vijaykumar off the fourth, before RP Singh took a fine running catch to dismiss him sixth ball. Read more:Deccan
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Chennai vs Punjab 2008-05-10 15:20:00 Chennai and Punjab clashed for the first time in the second match of the Indian Premier League and a century from Michael Hussey ensured that the match was a no-contest. However, since then Punjab have hit a formidable run of form, and are on a five-match winning streak, while Chennai took a beating after their foreign players left. Chennai, though, have been expermineting with their batting order which has seen the emergence of players like Albie Morkel come to fore. Chennai will be looking to continue the much gathered momentum and also put an end to Punjab's 5-match winning streak.Said the Kings IX captain on Friday (May 9) while coach Tom Moody said the team "have got a good combination of attacking bowlers, attacking batsmen and batsmen who can adjust to certain roles.After three con Read more:Chennai
Dhoni take Chennai Super Kings to 156 2008-05-14 14:28:00 Subramaniam Badrinath and Mahendra Singh Dhoni
revived ChennaiSuper
Kings with a near-century stand after the Mumbai Indians' pace attack had taken early control of their Indian Premier League clash at the Wankhede Stadium here today. Badrinath made 53 off 32 balls with seven fours and two sixes while his skipper Dhoni made an unbeaten 43 in 35 balls with six fours and a six. Mumbai Indians pace
Marsh and Pomersbach set Good target against mumbai indian 2008-05-21 07:43:00 In Mumbai Shaun Marsh
and Luke Pomersbach's 134-run partnership set up a big total for Kings XI Punjab against
the Mumbai Indians. Mumbai's bowlers failed to contain the damage even after Marsh was dismissed as Pomersbach led the mad rush for runs at the end of the innings and added 55 in the final five overs. Marsh was the more orthodox of the two, playing the spinners by getting inside the line Read more:indian
Yusuf pthan powers Rajasthan in semi final 2008-05-21 07:38:00 A disciplined performance with the ball, followed by a counterattacking blitz from Yusuf
Pathan, sealed a six-wicket win at Eden Gardens for the Rajasthan Royals who, with 18 points from 11 matches, become the first team to seal a spot in the semi-finals. At the toss, Shane Warne had said his intention was to knock out the Kolkata Knight Riders and the loss leaves the home side nearly out of the r
Deccan Chargers 2008-05-23 15:26:00 Deccan Chargers
look to play for pride when they take on Kings XI Punjab on Friday. The Preity Zinta-owned team would be looking to seal another win to confirm their berth in the semi-finals of the Indian Premier League. It by no means would be an easy task as the Chargers are up against a team that would be playing on their home turf and have won eight of their 11 games so far.The Punjab side, th Read more:Deccan
Shah Rukh Khan last gift for our Knight Rider team 2008-05-26 14:04:00 Shah Rukh, who was angry with the media for rumour-mongering, signed off by giving his team gold-plated helmets and promising their fans that the next season will be much better for his KnightRider
s.If Shoaib Akhtar or any of the Knight Riders were ever to be marooned on a deserted island, they'd certainly be able to entertain themselves with their new playstations, laptops, speakers and watches. Read more:Shah Rukh
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Aussie plan of getting Windies trade secrets fails 2008-05-31 07:25:00 Australia's ploy to get inside information from the West Indies camp before the Test series went futile as the compatriot they had banked on refused to divulge the trade secrets. Nash, who missed out on a berth in the West Indian Test squad for the current Test series, has played with the likes of Chris Gayle, Daren Powell and Jerome Taylor and could have provided some important tips about the Wes Read more:Aussie
IPL is over what's next now 2008-06-04 11:30:00 Indian Premier League has been a nation-wide hit and there is no second opinion about that. A lot has been said about how it has given a platform to youngsters to showcase their talent and how rivals have turned friends on the field and vice-versa. Now with the culmination of the first season, it's time to see what are the side effects and after-effects of this cricket carnival. Positives are ther
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