South Africa beat Ireland by 42 runs – SA Vs Ireland ODI 2007 2007-06-25 01:24:00 South Afrcia beat Ireland
by 42 runs in rain affected game with the help of debutant Vernon Philander made an impressive debut by claiming four wickets. He was impressive and bowled with superb line and length (5.5 – 1 – 12 – 4) which helps souat Africa
to register 42 run win against the Irish team.Earlier due to Rain match was delayed by five hours and it was reduced to 31 overs a side. Trent Johnson won the toss and put South Africa
in to bat. South Afrcian opener Ab Devilliers (40 of 35 balls) and Morne van Wyk (52 of 84 balls) got a flying start but after the dismissal of Ab Devilleirs run rate slow down. But in the end some lusty hitting by Justin Kem 18 of 13 balls gave south africa a total of 173 in allotted 31 Overs. In reply Ireland started brightly by hitting 45/0 in 9 Overs but after wards it all South Africa and they bundle out the Irish in 31st over on 131/10. Star from Irish side is another Debutant all rounder Alex Cusack which made 36 not out and with b Read more:South
India beat Ireland by 9 wkts - India Vs Ireland ODI 2007 2007-06-25 01:17:00 India beat Ireland
by 9 wickets after chasing the 171 run target in a rain affected game. Ganguly and Gambhir got India home after they were 9/1 in the very first over when Sachin Tendulkar bold by Irish opening bowler. But Gautam Gambhir and Sourav Ganguly batted superbly to guide India Home without losing any further wickets. Gambhir and Ganguly were not out at 80 and 74 respectively. Both have 162 run second wicket partnership after loss of Sachin Tendulkar in the very first over. Earlier Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field first on the moving wickets and his decision are well supported by his front line bowler S. Sreesanth and leg Spinner Piyush Chawla both picked up 3 wicket each. At one stage Ireland struggling at 111/6 but thanks to Wicketkeeper Nail Obrien (52 of 79 balls with 4 fours) and Captain Trent Johnson (34 with 1 fours and 2 huge sixes) which help Ireland to reach 193 in allotted 50 Overs. India needed 194 to win but due to rain India get reduced tar Read more:India
England Cricket Team Got New ODI Captain 2007-06-23 06:20:00 ECB has announced new Captain
Name “Paul Collingwood” to lead the England
in ODI against West Indies starting from July 1 2007. After the dismissal performance in the World Cup 2007 Michael Vaughan has stepped out from the Role of ODI Captain. The ODI ranking of England is 7th just above West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Kenya. Paul Collingwood has scored 276 and taken six wickets in the World cup 2007 where England has not able to put the good show. With his alrounder ability, both with the bat and bowl he has able to impress England cricket Board and given the chance to lead the England ODI team against the upcoming ODI against West Indies starting from 1st July 2007. Initially Kevin Pieterson the number one player according to ICC Ranking has refused to lead the England team. Read more:Cricket
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India Vs Ireland Crciket Match 2007 2007-06-23 05:11:00 Indian Captain Rahul Dravid have won the toss and elected to field first against Ireland
on the moving and bouncy wickets. India is playing without the master hitter Mahendra Singh Dhoni and paceman Zaheer Khan while Rohit Sharma is making his debut. S.Sreesanth and R.P Singh started the Bowling for India and give the early breakthrough by claiming the opener K Carroll (he is caught by karthik on the bowling of S.Sreesanth).Although India look favorite to win this match against Ireland on paper but as you remember the same Irish team has been addicted of beating Asian team in the World Cup 2007 (Pakistan & Bangladesh). They have reached the super Eight stage in the world cup 2007.Yajurvindra Singh has make the statement that Indian will be easily bowled out the Irish team below 150, let see what happens. Match
will be display exclusively live on SET MAX at 2.30 PM in India.Indian Squad for this match is as follows: R Dravid (C), G Gambhir, S Ganguly, S Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, D Karth Read more:India
Indian cricketer Birthday List 2007-06-21 05:53:00 India is the crazy cricketing nation and many people want to wish Birthday
to their favorite cricketer
s, so here is the list of Birthday of the cricketers. Wish your favorite cricketer on his Birthday Cricketer Name Birth Day Aakash Chopra September 19, 1977 Anil Kumble October 17, 1970 Ashish Nehra April 29, 1979 Dinesh Kaarthick June 1, 1985 Dinesh Mongia April 17, 1977 Gautam Gambhir October 14, 1981 Harbhajan Singh July 3, 1980 Hemang Kamal Badani November 14, 1976 Irfan Pathan October 27, 1984 Lakshmipathy Balaji September 27, 1981 Mahendra singh Dhoni July 7, 1981 Mohammad Kaif December 1, 1980 Murali K
Profile of Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007-06-21 04:18:00 Full Name: Mahendra SinghDhoni
Born: July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, India Batting Style : Right-handed batsmanBowling Style : Right-arm medium Test Debut : Sri Lanka vs. India at Chennai – December 2-6, 2005 ODI Debut :Bangladesh vs. India at Chittagong – December 23, 2004 Affectionately called ‘Mahi’, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the avant-garde cricketers to have rocked the Indian cricket scenario. Noticeable for his shoulder length hair, Dhoni is increasingly becoming a popular youth icon in India. He has made a big impact in and outside the cricketing world. His power-packed performances, on-field agility, panache for bikes, et al have had fans, especially girls, swooning all over. Hailing from the state of Jharkhand, Mahendra Singh Dhoni made his debut in the end of 2004 and has since been a regular in the Indian national team. An aggressive batsman and secure wicketkeeper, Dhoni has changed the perception of ‘gentleman’s game’. He, along with a few other new-ag
Some of the Best Cricket Moments in the History 2007-06-20 06:23:00 India Vs South Africa 1996 Series Venue Kolkata Eden garden : Indians were struggling at 165/7 against the south African first inning totals of 428. But then Md. Azharuddin and Anil Kumble brilliant knocks bring India on track. In this inning Azhar hit 5 boundaries in one over of Lance Klusner So watch this and enjoy.Fastest Century By Shahid AfridiIndian Vs England Final Natwest Trophy Read more:Cricket
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2007 Cricket Schedule for Indian Cricket Team 2007-06-19 06:32:00 Indian Cricket
Team in Ireland Type Date First Team Second Team Venue ODI 23 Jun 2007 India Ireland Civil Service Cricket Club ODI 26 Jun 2007 India South Africa Civil Service Cricket Club ODI 29 Jun 2007 India South Africa Civil Service Cricket Club ODI 1 Jul 2007 India South Africa Civil Service Cricket Club ODI 03 Jul 2007 India Pakistan New Anniesland Indian Cricket Team
in England ype Date First Team Second Team Venue Test Match 19 Jul – 23 Jul 2007 India England Lords Test Match 27 Jul – 31 Jul 2007 India England Trent Bridge Test match 09 Aug – 13 Aug Read more:Schedule
Profile of Sachin Tendulkar 2007-06-19 03:11:00 Full Name: Sachin
Ramesh Tendulkar
Born: April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, India Batting Style : Right-hand BatsmanBowling Style : Right-arm Off Break and Leg Break Bowler Test Debut : Pakistan v India at Karachi – Nov. 15-20, 1989 ODI Debut : Pakistan v India at Gujranwala – Dec. 18, 1989 Often referred to as a living cricketing legend, Sachin Tendulkar
is one the best cricketers the world has even seen. Sachin is regarded as the greatest batsman in the world today, holding several batting records to his name. Till date he has scored 35 Test and 40 ODI centuries, surpassing even the Test records of legendary cricketers like Sir Don Bradman, Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border. Sachin Tendulkar was just 15 years and 232 days when he made his Test debut against Pakistan on 15 November 1989 at the National Stadium at Karachi. Though Sachin could score only 15 runs in first inning, he impressed the cricketing world with his strong determination and desire to dominate the opposition. S
Profile of Sourav Ganguly 2007-06-19 01:46:00 Full Name: Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
Born: July 8, 1972 in Kolkata, India Batting Style Left-handed batsmanBowling Style Right-arm medium Test Debut England vs. India at Lord’s – June 20-24, 1996 ODI Debut West Indies vs. India at Brisbane – January 11, 1992 Sourav Ganguly, the name which memorise us the World Cup 2003, a man who enter our Cricket team into word Cup final 2003 for the second time in the history of cricket. He is also famous by Prince of Kolkata. He has been India’s most aggressive and successful captain till date. ‘Dada’ for his dear ones, Ganguly is also the country’s most controversial cricketer. Invariably, one of the greatest batsmen of all time, he was termed as the ‘God on the off-side’ by none other than his peer Rahul Dravid. Ever since his debut in 1992, Sourav Ganguly has been in the eye of the storm on numerous occasions. His assertiveness both as a skipper and player has often earned him flak from other players and administrators.
Marlon Samuels Played an Outstanding Inning to Beat England in First 20 International Match 2007-06-29 08:32:00 West Indies beat England
by 15 runs in their first twenty International
match against England. After winning the toss West Indies captain Chris Gayle decided to bat at beautiful Oval wickets but West Indies loss their captain very early in the second over of the match at 13/1. Shivnarine Chanderpaul who came out to bat after dismissal of Chris Gayle and opner Devon Smith played an outstanding inning to give West Indies a flying start to make a huge total in their allotted quota of 20 overs. After dismissal of Chanderpaul who is looking very dangerous batsman from England point of view another dangerous player Marlon Samuels arrive at the crease and scored brilliant 51 from just 26 balls to set England a huge target of 209 to chase.England Started well but due to run rate which is climbing high over after over England loose their way and are struggling at 101/6 in 13th over but thanks to England new Captain Collingwood and Michael Yardy who plays brilliantly to give England an outsi Read more:First
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India beat South Africa in Ireland Series to clinch the series by 2-1 2007-07-02 00:55:00 Indian team played an outstanding cricket to beat SouthAfrica
by six wickets in 3 match series in Ireland
to clinch the series by 2-1. In a rain affected game Indian captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field first. It was rain affected game so it was redused to 31 Overs per side. Indian bowlers specially Ajit Agarkar who was returning to the team after suffering from Viral fever bowled brilliantly and give India breakthrough in his very first over. In his next over he again got a big wicket of Kallis bowled him out with beautiful out swinger. Ajit Agarkar is well supported by Zaheer Khan, R.P Sing and Saurav Ganguly with good line and length. At one stage South Africa
n were 28/4 in th 13th over. Thanks to Herschell Gibs(56 of 67 balls) and Justin Camp (61 of 61 balls) who put 99 run partnership for the fifth wickets and hit sum blasty shots at the end of innings to give them formidable total of 148 in their allotted 31 overs.Indian batting also started in the similar fas Read more:India
India vs. South Africa in Ireland ODI Cricket Highlights 2007-07-02 00:28:00 India beat SouthAfrica
by six wickets in the third and final ODI cricket to beat South Africa
for the First time in away series. India won the series by 2-1. Thanks to Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid and M. Dhoni who played brilliantly to get the target of 149/4 with four balls to spare. Here is the highlights of successful India Chase.India vs South Africa Second ODI highlights in Ireland Read more:Cricket
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Sachin Tendulkar became First Player to pass 15000 Runs in ODI Cricket 2007-06-30 01:58:00 Sachin Tendulkar
brilliant knock of 93 against South Africa on 29th of June help him to became first player to reach 15000 run landmark in ODI Cricket
. No batsmen are near Sachin Tendulkar in the run feast. Now his ODI figure looks like M I Not Out* Runs Avg SR 100’s 50’s Best 387 377 37 15043 44.24 85.62 41 79 186* Sachin made his debut in ODI on Dec 18 in 1989 against Pakistan at Gujranwala stadium and he got out for Duck facing 2 deliveries on the bowling of Waqar Younis. List of Sachin Tendulkar Milestone for achieving his each 1000’s runs. Match Number 1000’s Date Vs 36 1000 07-03-1992 ZIM 73 2000 13-04-1994 UAE 96 3000 09-04-1995 SL 115 4000 17-04-1 Read more:First
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Sachin Tendulkar Played an Outstanding Inning to beat South Africa by 6 Wickets 2007-06-30 01:17:00 Sachin Tendulkar
on Friday played an outstanding knock of 93 runs to beat SouthAfrica
by 6 wickets to level the three match series by 1-1. At one stage Indians are cruising to victory when they were 134/0 but in the space of 5 overs South African bowler came back brilliantly to dismiss Sourav Ganguly 42 runs of 75 balls (134/1), Rahul Drvaid 2 runs of 10 balls (140/2), Sachin Tendulkar 93 runs of 160 balls (140/3) and finally Mahendra Singh Dhoni 0 run of 4 balls (142/4). But thanks to Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik who played with their maturity and patience to guide India home with 5 balls to spare. Yuvraj and Karthik both made 49 and 32 respectively. Earlier Rahul Dravid won the toss and put South Africa into bat, with balls moving and seaming around them they had struggle to put the big Score to chase for the Indians. Thanks to Morne van Wyk 82 runs and Mark Boucher 55 runs which help South Africans to reach the total of 226/6 in their allotted 50 overs. The main Bowler Read more:Played
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Owais Shah help England to beat West Indies in second 20 International Match by 5 Wickets 2007-06-30 01:16:00 England beat West Indies
by 5 wickets to level the series 1-1 after losing the first match against the Guest team West Indies. After winning the toss West Indies Captain Chris Gayle decided to bat on beautiful Oval wicket. West Indies started well with their Captain Gayle making 61 of 37 balls with 8 fours and one huge six and first match star Marlon Samuels batted in same fashion from where he has left in the first match with his blistering hitting West Indies at one stage look to reach more than 200 in their allotted 20 overs but thanks to England Captain Paul Collingwood who picked up both Chris Gayle and Samuels at the right time to restrict west Indies on 169/7 in 20 overs. Chasing the target of 170 England again got to a flyer but they lost Cook when score was 25 in the 3rd over on the bowling of Daren Powel after Cook dismissal England loose their wickets at regular interval in the same time England asking rate are also climbing. Oasis Shah and Paul Collingwood gave some Read more:England
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Chandrapaul Century Help West Indies to Level the Series Against England 2007-07-05 02:33:00 Shivnarine Chanderpaul played brilliantly by making 116 Runs of 122 balls in the second one dayers to help West Indies
to beat England
by 61 runs. Earlier England Captain Collingwood won the toss and put West Indies into Bat. West Indies though started well but lost both openers very quickly after the opening partnership of 50 runs between Smith and Gayle. At one stage they were 67/2 but the inform Shivna Chanderpaul (116 runs of 122 balls) and Samuels (77 runs of 104 balls) played brilliantly to put together 175 run partnership for the third wickets and set a competitive total of 278/5 in allotted 50 Overs. England started well but in 5th over Opener Alastair cook Departed and after that England loose their momentum and loss wickets at regular interval. Only Mathew Prior played well for his 52 of 73 balls with some resistance given by Owais Shah with 45 runs of 64 balls. Pick of the bowler from West Indies side was Ravi Rampaul who has taken 4 wickets on the expense of 41 runs in Read more:Century
30 Probable for 20-20 World Cup has been picked with no Sachin/Saurav/Rahul 2007-07-09 02:54:00 Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul
Dravid & Saurav Ganguly opted out of Twenty-Twenty World
cup to make a way for youngster. On Saturday BCCI selection committee announces 30 probables team for 20-20 World Cup
. Virendra Sehwag, Irfan pathan and Harbhajan Singh has been included in the team. The final Squad for World Cup will be selected probably on 6th August. Since trio is not included in the squad Indian Selector have to find out new Captain for 20-20 WC. Probably M.S. Dhoni and Yuvraj singh or may be Sehwag will be the capatain of Indian Cricket team. India A team was also announced which tour Kenya and Zimbabwe. M. Kaif who is struggling to get back in Indian team has been named as India A Captain for the tour. The list of probables: Robin Uthappa, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Mohammad Kaif, Dinesh Kartik, Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir, Yousuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwary, Neeraj Patel, Karan Goel, Cheteshwar Pujara, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Rudra Pratap Sin Read more:Probable
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BCCI will pick 30 Probable Player for 20-20 World Cup – No Saurav – No Sachin –No Rahul 2007-07-07 03:34:00 Today BCCI will be picking the team for 20-20 World
Cup to be held in South Africa in September. Sachin
Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and Rahul
Dravid told BCCI that 20-20 is for youngster and they should be given a chance in this tournament. So it has been final that the trio will not serve Indian Cricket team in the upcoming twenty Cricket World Cup
, So after Rahul Dravid who will be named Captain of Indian Cricket team for 20-20? There are two contestants M.S Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh may be V.Sehwag. So let’s see who will lead Indian Cricket team in first Twenty-Twenty world cup. Read more:Probable
20-20 Cricket World Cup 2007 Schedule 2007-07-14 05:55:00 Twenty-Twenty world cup to be held in South Africa this year will be inaugurated with the match between South Africa and West Indies at New Wanderers Stadium on 11th September and Final match of 20-20 World
cup will be played on September 24th 2007. Total 12 teams are participating in the first twenty twenty World Cup. All teams are divided into four Groups with three teams in each group. Top two teams from each group will qualify for Super Eight stage. Indian Cricket
team is in Group D with their arch Pakistan and Scotland. Here are the four group’s scenarios: Group A - South Africa, West Indies and BangladeshGroup B - England, Australia and ZimbabweGroup C - New Zealand, Sri Lanka and KenyaGroup D - Pakistan, India and Scotland Group Stage Type Date First Team Second Team Venue ODI (D/N) 11 Sep 2007 South Africa West Indies The New Wanderers Stadium ODI 12 Sep 2007 Read more:Cricket World Cup
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India Vs Australia 2007 Cricket series in India 2007-07-14 02:46:00 Australian Team will visit India
for seven one dayers against India after the completion of 20-20 cricket world Cup schedule. Australia in IndiaSept 25 - Arrival in IndiaSept 29 - 1st ODI, BangaloreOct 2 - 2nd ODI, KochiOct 5 - 3rd ODI, HyderabadOct 8 - 4th ODI, GuwahatiOct 11 - 5th ODI, BarodaOct 14 - 6th ODI, NagpurOct 17 - 7th ODI, Mumbai India Vs Pakistan 2007 Cricket
Series in India Pakistan team schedule to play five ODI and three test matches against India in India. Pakistan in India Tuesday, Nov 6, 2007 : 1st ODI at FaridabadFriday, Nov 9, 2007 : 2nd ODI at MohaliMonday, Nov 12, 2007 : 3rd ODI at KanpurThursday, Nov 15, 2007 : 4th ODI at GwaliorSunday, Nov 18, 2007 : 5th ODI at JaipurThursday, Nov 22-26, 2007 : 1st Test at Delhi Read more:Australia
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Indian Cricket Team Schedule 2007 against England Series in England 2007-07-14 02:27:00 India will play three test match againstEnglandCricket
team including seven ODI cricket match, three of which is Day/Night. Indian cricket team also play two practice match against Sussex and England Lions prior to first test match against England Which begins from July 19th. Indian Cricket Team in England Type Date First Team Second Team Venue Test Match 19 Jul – 23 Jul 2007 India England Lords Test Match 27 Jul – 31 Jul 2007 India England Trent Bridge Test match 09 Aug – 13 Aug India England Oval ODI 16 Aug 2007 India Scotland Hamilton Crescent ODI (D/N) 21 Aug 2007 India England The RoseBowl ODI 24 Aug 2007 India England Edgbaston ODI (D/N) 30 Au Read more:Schedule
Sachin Tendulkar To Lead India against England Lions 2007-07-13 04:04:00 Sachin Tendulkar
has been given a responsibility to lead the India
n Cricket team for the three day practice match againstEnglandLions
. Indian will play first Test Match against England from 19th of July. Indian Cricket team management don’t want to take a chance by playing Wall of Indian Cricket team Rahul Dravid before the start of first test match. However on Thursday moring Rahul Dravid do came out to practice in the nets and faces every Indian bowler including paceman Zaheer Khan as well as Saurav Ganguly with ease and his left leg also which suffere from minor strain didn’t bother him much. After given rest in four day match against Sussex which India came close to victory Sachin Tendulkar now back as Captaining the Indian team. A. Kumble and R.P. Singh is also given the rest and in place Zaheer Khan and ramesh Powar has been given chance. Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar, who joined the team on Wednesday, kept a close watch on the nets. "We decided to omit Kumble Read more:Sachin
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Habibula Bashar and Shahriar Nafees Axe from ODI Team 2007-07-13 04:03:00 Bangladesh selector axed former captain Habibul Bashar and opener Shahriar Nafees from the One Day side which is to be played against Sri Lanka. After the dismal performance in ongoing Test Series Bangladesh Cricket Board decided to sack these two players from ODI squad. Bangladesh struggle to face pace attack of Sri Lankans and spin magic of M. Muralithanran and they are on trot of losing the three match Test series by 3-0. Along with these two player wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud, batsman Rajin Saleh and paceman Mohammad Sharif, will return home from Sri Lanka when the Test series ends, the BCB said in a statement. The three match ODI series against Lankans will start from 20th July. Bangladesh have to proof they are down but not out in the coming series after there dismal performance in Test series. They have performed really well in World Cup but after that they are struggling to fight with the Lankans, there main area of concerned is batting. Bangladesh cricket board announc
Tony Greig Picked All time Best India and England XI for Test Cricket 2007-07-11 06:28:00 Tony Greig's all time best England
Test XI (in batting order) 1. Herbert Sutcliffe 2. Len Hutton (captain) 3. Ken Barrington 4. Wally Hammond 5. Kevin Pietersen 6. Ian Botham 7. Alan Knott (wicket-keeper) 8. Johnny Wardle 9. Sir Alec Bedser 10. Fred Trueman 11. Frank Tyson Tony Greig's all time best India
n Test XI (in batting order) 1. Sunil Gavaskar (captain) 2. Rahul Dravid 3. Sachin Tendulkar 4. Mohammad Azharuddin 5. Vijay Hazare 6. Kapil Dev 7. Farokh Engineer (wicketkeeper) 8. Anil Kumble 9. Bishan Bedi 10. EAS Prasanna 11. Javagal Srinath As Series between India and England are getting closer and closer so before the starts of first test Tony Greig picked all time Best Test XI for both India and England. First test match between India and England starts from 19th of July which you can watch Live and Exclusive on new channel STAR CRICKET (24X7 Cricket
Channel). A complete cricket channel for cricket crazy nation. In some of city St
England Cricket Team Squad for First test against India 2007-07-17 00:46:00 England has announced there 13 member squad on Sunday for the first test match againstIndia
starting from 19th of July. They have included pace bowler Stuart Broad in the 13 member squad after his brilliant show against Indians in the practice match that was played against India and England Lions. Broad, 21, was included after fast bowler Stephen Harmison was rated 'extremely doubtful' on Saturday for the opening match of a three-Test series after suffering a recurrence of his hernia injury while playing for Durham.Leicestershire's Broad, the son of former England opening batsman Chris, has played nine One-Day Internationals but has yet to play in a Test.He was included along with Lancashire quick James Anderson, the pair set to compete for the final place in England's starting side if, as expected, Harmison is unfit.Steve Harmision 28-year-old originally sustained the injury at his Riverside home ground nearly a month ago during England's fourth Test win over the West Indies Read more:Cricket
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England Captain Michael Vaughan Won the toss and Elected to bat First at Lord’s 2007-07-19 05:39:00 England CaptainMichaelVaughan
won the toss against India in first test match at Lord’s and decided to bat first. For England Chris Tremlett making his debut. For India V.V.S Laxman has been included in playing XI ahead of Yuvraj Singh. England started well with the opener Alistair Cook and Andrew Strauss and both are playing with some positive notes. After 8 overs of play England were 45 without loss. For India Zaheer Khan and S. Sreesanth started the bowling but after 5th over Zaheer Khan has been replaced by R.P Singh. You can watch all the actions live and exclusive on Start Cricket in India. India: Wasim Jaffer, Dinesh Karthik, Rahul Dravid (C), Sachin Tendulkar (VC), Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (WK), Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, RP Singh. England: Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Michael Vaughan (C), Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Ian Bell, Matt Prior (WK), Chris Tremlett, Monty Panesar, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anders Read more:Elected
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India can Gain Second Spot in LG ICC Test ranking If 2007-07-19 03:27:00 Indian Cricket team can move from Current Position i.e. fifth to second spot in LG ICC Test ranking if they beat England by 3-0 in the series starting from today (19th July 2007). At presently India has 102 points and they can gain 9 points and reach from 102 to 111 points if they clean swap England in the three match Test Series. If they do this then England would drop from 115 points to 108 points. If India beat England by 2-0 then they will gain third spot in LG ICC Test cricket ranking just behind England. In other case if India will not go according to above i.e. if they loose the series by 3-0 or 2-0 then India have to move at seventh place just above West Indies and Bangladesh. If India wants to repeat the history after 21 years then they have to play really well. According to Kapil Dev India must go with 6 batsman & 5 bowler combination against England at Lords. He said if India can not perform with six batsman then it’s hopeless to play with seven batsman. Read more:India
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