Monday, July 11, 2011

ICC Test Player Rankings

Rank Player Name Country Points
1 J.H. Kallis  SA  883
2 S.R. Tendulkar  IND  857
3 K.C. Sangakkara  SL  838
4 I.J.L. Trott  ENG  833
5 A.N. Cook  ENG  821
6 V.V.S. Laxman  IND  781
7 S. Chanderpaul  WI  775
8 V. Sehwag  IND  767
9 T.T. Samaraweera  SL  766
10 A.B. de Villiers  SA  760





































































































































Friday, February 25, 2011

World Cup Cricket Match


The most famous game cricket is referred as the “Gentleman’s Game” is renowned all over the world. The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the governing body of this favored game starting with the preliminary qualification rounds leading to the finals. The ICC World Cup is considered to be the greatest mega event for all the cricket lovers, as the tournament is held for every four years. This popular game is the world’s fourth largest mostly viewed sporting event and is known to be the “Pinnacle of Achievement” for ICC.

Around 20 or even teams participate in this mega event and performs their best by defeating their competitor’s to get the reputable trophy that features a golden globe with three silver columns. Most of the nations have won the trophy while India, West Indies and Australian were the consecutive victors of the ICC trophy. Before the event is to commence different matches are planned with the same course among the teams, so that the competitors are able to bring their outstanding abilities during their practice session.

The tournament was divided into groups comprising of two stages: group stage and a knock-out stage. The current format features with 14 teams where the teams have to play in a round-robin format. The top four team’s progress to the knock-out stage to play quarter-finals and the winners of this match will proceed to semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals will face the final match. A team with a huge preparation, confidence and unity would be able to meet the toughest competition in the finals and would drive the victory.


England was the host for the first three matches of the cricket world, later on the other nations India, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand and few more were the co-hosts of the world cup. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 has now grown with more potential consisting of more expectations and followers. Also that the winning team would take over the price money of US$3million and the runner up receives the US$1.5million. However, cricket is the major sporting event filled with lots of thrill and excitement and is comprehensively regarded over the globe.

Monday, January 31, 2011

Australian Squad for 2011 World Cup

Cricket Australia had announced the 15 member australian squad for the world cup 2011. Ricky Ponting leads the side as usual. The chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch,  said that the team announced.

Shane Watson
Brad Haddin (wk)
Ricky Ponting (capt)
Michael Clarke
Michael Hussey
David Hussey
Cameron White
Tim Paine (wk)
Steven Smith
John Hastings
Mitchell Johnson
Nathan Hauritz
Brett Lee
Shaun Tait
Doug Bollinger.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Schedule

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Schedule


Date  IST  Match Details  Venue
Feb 19, 2011  14:00 Group B : Bangladesh vs India  Mirpur
Feb 20, 2011  09:30 Group A : New Zealand vs Kenya Chennai
Feb 20, 2011  14:30 Group A : Sri Lanka vs Canada  Hambantota
Feb 21, 2011  14:30 Group A : Australia vs Zimbabwe  Ahmedabad
Feb 22, 2011  14:30 Group B : England vs Netherlands Nagpur
Feb 23, 2011  14:30 Group A : Pakistan vs Kenya  Hambantota
Feb 24, 2011  14:30 Group B : South Africa vs West Indies Delhi
Feb 25, 2011  09:00 Group B : Bangladesh vs Ireland Mirpur
Feb 25, 2011  14:30 Group A : Australia vs New Zealand Nagpur
Feb 26, 2011  14:30 Group A : Pakistan vs Sri Lanka  Colombo
Feb 27, 2011  14:30 Group B : India vs England Kolkata
Feb 28, 2011  09:30 Group A : Canada vs Zimbabwe Nagpur
Feb 28, 2011  14:30 Group B : West Indies vs Netherlands Delhi
Mar 1, 2011  14:30 Group A : Sri Lanka vs Kenya Colombo
Mar 2, 2011  14:30 Group B : England vs Ireland Bangalore
Mar 3, 2011  09:30 Group B : South Africa vs Netherlands Mohali
Mar 3, 2011  14:30 Group A : Pakistan vs Canada Colombo
Mar 4, 2011  09:30 Group A : New Zealand vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
Mar 4, 2011  14:00 Group B : Bangladesh vs West Indies Mirpur
Mar 5, 2011  14:30 Group A : Australia vs Sri Lanka Colombo
Mar 6, 2011  09:30 Group B : South Africa vs England Chennai
Mar 6, 2011  14:30 Group B : India vs Ireland Bangalore
Mar 7, 2011  14:30 Group A : Canada vs Kenya Delhi
Mar 8, 2011  14:30 Group A : Pakistan vs New Zealand Kandy
Mar 9, 2011  14:30 Group B : India vs Netherlands Delhi
Mar 10, 2011  14:30 Group A : Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe  Kandy
Mar 11, 2011  09:30 Group B : West Indies vs Ireland Mohali
Mar 11, 2011  14:00 Group B : Bangladesh vs England  Chittagong
Mar 12, 2011  14:30 Group B : India vs South Africa  Nagpur
Mar 13, 2011  09:30 Group A : New Zealand vs Canada Mumbai
Mar 13, 2011  14:30 Group A : Australia vs Kenya Bangalore
Mar 14, 2011  09:00 Group B : Bangladesh vs Netherlands Chittagong
Mar 14, 2011  14:30 Group A : Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Kandy
Mar 15, 2011  14:30 Group B : South Africa vs Ireland Kolkata
Mar 16, 2011  14:30 Group A : Australia vs Canada Bangalore
Mar 17, 2011  14:30 Group B : England vs West Indies Chennai
Mar 18, 2011  09:30 Group A : Ireland vs Netherlands Kolkata
Mar 18, 2011  14:30 Group A : Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Mumbai
Mar 19, 2011  09:00 Group B : Bangladesh vs South Africa Mirpur
Mar 19, 2011  14:30 Group A : Pakistan vs Australia Colombo
Mar 20, 2011  09:30 Group A : Zimbabwe vs Kenya Kolkata
Mar 20, 2011  14:30 Group B : India vs West Indies Chennai
Mar 23, 2011  15:00 TBC vs TBC, 1st Quarter Final Mirpur
Mar 24, 2011  15:30 TBC vs TBC, 2nd Quarter Final Colombo
Mar 25, 2011  15:00 TBC vs TBC, 3rd Quarter Final Mirpur
Mar 26, 2011  15:30 TBC vs TBC, 4th Quarter Final Ahmedabad
Mar 29, 2011  15:30 TBC vs TBC, 1st Semi Final ODI Colombo
Mar 30, 2011  15:30 TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semi Final ODI Mohali
Apr 2, 2011  15:30 TBC vs TBC, The Final ODI Mumbai

Indian World Cup 2011 squad

The 15 Member Indian squad for the 2011 World Cup has been announced by BCCI beginning from February 19. Mahendra Singh Dhoni leading the side with seven batsmen, one all-rounder, four pacers and three specialist spinners.

 
Indian Team for 2011 World Cup:

  • MS Dhoni (C & WK)
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • Virender Sehwag
  • Gautam Gambhir
  • Yuvraj Singh
  • Suresh Raina
  • Virat Kohli
  • Yusuf Pathan (all-rounder)
  • Zaheer Khan
  • Ashish Nehra
  • Munaf Patel
  • Praveen Kumar
  • Harbhajan Singh
  • R. Ashwin
  • Piyush Chawla

England World Cup 2011 Squad

England had named their 15 member squad for the World Cup 2011 that is to be held in Indian sub continents. Andrew Strauss is going to lead the England side.



England 15 Member World Cup Squad :

Andrew Strauss (captain)
Matt Prior (wicketkeeper)
Ian Bell
Paul Collingwood
Tim Bresnan
Eoin Morgan
Kevin Pietersen
James Tredwell
Luke Wright
Graeme Swann
Jonathan Trott
Michael Yardy
James Anderson
Stuart Broad
Ajmal Shahzad


Monday, January 24, 2011

Overview of World Cup Winners

Cricket World Cup Winners :

YEAR - WINNER
1975 - West Indies
1979 - West Indies
1983 - India
1987 - Australia
1992 - Pakistan
1996 - Sri Lanka
1999 - Australia
2003 - Australia
2007 - Australia