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Should Michael Vaughan still play in ODI and be the captain
2007-04-15 02:55:00
The English team is now struggling to reach the semi-finals. After the defeat of South Africa by New Zealand, it would be somehow easier but they need to defeat South Africa which is a great challenge. England has lost against New Zealand, Australia and Sri Lanka. The main cause for these defeats seems to be Michael Vaughan .Michael Vaughan is not a good ODI player. It is said by his performance. He has not scored any century till now and seems that he cannot play confident cricket in ODI. He just seems to struggle to get runs. He cannot free his arms and hit a shot. He is a good performer in tests but not in ODI.England have thrown Trescothick out of the team and have dropped Andrew Strauss in some world cup matches due to bad form. What about Vaughan? Andrew Strauss and Trescothick should be given another chance. In rest of the world cup matches, it is better for England to drop Vaughan and play Strauss as the opener along with Ed Joyce.
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Who can be next Pakistani captain after Younis Khan’s refuse?
2007-04-14 04:10:00
The vice-captain of Pakistan i team, Younis Khan refused to be the captain of Pakistani team and said that he may retire from ODI and play only for test. He told that after the misbehave of the Pakistani fans and the former players, he is embarrassed and is not interested in captaining the team. He told that it wasn’t a good behave from the fans, they should have realized that playing for the team is difficult and sometimes they may face loss too.I think that Younis Khan has done a good decision by leaving ODI because he is not suited for that type of game. He has got an average of about 33 in ODI whereas his average is about 47 in tests. Why is he forced to be the captain of Pakistani team when there are players better than him who can really captain the side well? There are a number of experienced player who play better cricket than him. He is over thirty doesn’t mean that he is more capable. Pakistani team should make someone younger like Smith in South Africa.Who can be Pakis...
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Will Shaun Tait and Brett Lee play together?
2007-04-14 04:08:00
After the injury of Brett Lee and missing of the world cup, Shaun Tait got the chance to show his talent in the World cup. There was no other fast bowler in Australia to bowl at 90 miles per hour besides Lee and Tait. Brett Lee showed has already proved himself and has disappointed much of them with his high pace. Tait also came in light when he bowled at 160 km per hour and nearly broke the record of Shoaib Akthar’s 161 km per hour. He has shown a great performance with the ball in the world cup.After the world cup Lee will be fit. Australia has Nathan Bracken as their next fast bowler. As McGrath is retiring after the world cup, it is obvious that Tait would play. Then the Australian side would start with two pace bowlers and the opposing batsmen should face the bowling 90 miles per hour from both side. In the absence of McGrath, Australians can use Tait as well as Stuart Clarke and Johnson.
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Great performance in the world cup by left arm Spinners
2007-04-13 07:13:00
Left arm spinners have become successful in taking wickets in this world cup. Before the world cup it was found that West Indian pitches have become slower these days. In 1980’s those pitches which were very fast in Caribbean and suited fast bowlers have are suited for Slow bowlers and spinners. This fact has been proved by this world cup.Though there are very few left arm spinners in world cup playing nations, they are successful in taking more and more wickets. This includes spinners like Australian spinner Brad Hogg, Kiwi bowler Daniel Vettori, Bangladeshi Bowlers Abdur Razzak and Mohaqmmad Rafique and English spinner Monty Panesar.1) Daniel Vettori : The New Zealand vice captain and left arm spinner Daniel Vettori has taken 14 wickets in this world cup and is the second leading wicket taker. He played a significant role in most of the New Zealand wins including match against West Indies, Ireland and others. He has become the key bowler for his team.2) Bradd Hogg : Along with ...
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Hayden breaks Dravid’s record, aims two records of Sachin Tendulkar
2007-04-13 03:47:00
After the explosive start in the world cup, Matthew Hayden has reached 1000 runs in 2007 and has become the person to score fastest 1000 runs in a calendar year. He broke the record of India’s Rahul Dravid which was about 2 months slower than Hayden’s. Hayden did this after scoring 47 against Bangladesh. It took him just 18 matches to do this.Moreover, Matthew Hayden is in the course of breaking two of the records made by Sachin Tend ulkar after his explosive world cup start. Firstly, being the top scorer of the cricket world cup 2007, he can break the record of total runs in a world cup i.e. of 675 runs. Tendulkar made this record in the last world cup being the highest scorer. Hayden has 436 runs in this world cup including two memorable hundreds of 158 runs and fastest hundred of just 66 balls.Secondly, He can break Tendulkar’s record of highest runs in a calendar year which is of 1,894. Hayden has already made 1,042 runs in this year and is about 800 runs short of Tendulkar...
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What other teams can learn from Bangladesh
2007-04-12 15:22:00
After the great failure of the Indian team and success of Bangladesh i team, it seems that Bangladesh have raised a lot of standard. For the success, Bangladesh has made a lot of changes in the world cup team. The Bangladeshi team which was playing a year before seems to be completely different from this team. After the success the tag of minnow over Bangladesh needs to be taken out.The success of Bangladeshi team has given all the cricketing nations different lessons. Other team especially India should learn one thing from the Bangladeshi players and it is:1) Give more chances to youngsters: The Bangladeshi team at present seems to be more an under 19 team rather than a national side going through the age. But the game is world class. The players Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqar Rahim who all scored half centuries against India were under 19. Their key bowlers Mashrafe Mortaza and Abdur Razzaq are about 20-22 years old. Only Habibul Bashar and Mahammad Rafique are mor...
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" World Cup is too long " – Matthew Hayden
2007-04-12 10:51:00
The Australian batsman and the second leading run scorer of the cricket world cup 2007, Matt hew Hayden has joined the growing list of critics saying that the 7 week tournament is too long. In the super eight 24 matches are being played for about 3 and half week. Hayden added that the minnow sides at the present are putting up an outstanding performance and they should be rewarded for that. He was supported by the poll taken by baggygreen.com.au having 57.2% saying that the world cup is too long.Matthew Hayden has also complained about the Sir Vivian Richards stadium of Antigua saying that they were unable to use bowling machines because there was no electricity. He said that he knew he was quite pedantic saying that but the ground is not suitable for this type of tournaments. Australia are presently at the second place with 8 points of 4 games winning all and now play against weak Ireland on Friday at Barbados. They are just below New Zealand because of Net run rate. Matthew Hayden ...
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South Africans crowned ODI champions
2007-04-03 04:12:00
South Africa n cricket team has won the ICC’s one-day championship title, winning Aussies by just 0.1199 points. The Proteas who overtook Aussies in the ODI rankings for the first time since 2002, defeated Sri Lanka in their super eight match of World Cup on Wednesday remaining no.1 in the rankings by April 1 though they lost to Aussies in the group stage.After this the South Africa ns have grabbed $175,000 for the feat and as runner ups the Aussies took $75,000 whereas Australians topped test championship and received $175,000 followed by England. Though the South African are no.1 ODI team, they are sixth in test rankings. In ODI championship race they both had equal points but South African won by just 0.1999 separated for further calculation.As the competition for the first place is too tuff, the Australians can be in no.1 soon if they win every matches and South African lost just one. If the Aussies and Proteas win all matches of super eight, the South Africans will still be no....
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McGrath finally breaks the record of Wasim Akram but may not last long
2007-04-02 19:45:00
Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath has finally broken the record of taking most no. of world cup wickets of Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram. McGrath, who required just 1 more wicket to draw the record of Akram took 3 wickets in the match against Bangladesh and won Akram by two wickets. Akram played 38 matches and took 55 wickets at an average of just over 23 to make the record. In the other hand, McGrath played only 33 matches to take 57 wickets at an average of just over 19. He has continuously played 3 world cup finals i.e. 1996, 1999 and 2003 and can add another too.This world cup for McGrath-McGrath’s record is much better in this world as he has taken 12 wickets in 5 matches at a very impressive average of just over 11. He is the leading wicket taker in this world cup with 12 wickets followed by his team mate Brad Hogg and Sri Lankan fast bowler Latsif Malinga who have taken 11 wickets. In the absence of Brett Lee, he is the main bowler for his team and has done his job b...
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Ed Joyce became out in 1 run against his native team, Ireland
2007-03-31 19:34:00
Playing against his native team and known players, the English in-form opener Ed Joyce could manage to score 1 run. He misread the ball from Irish bowler, Rankin and tried to leave the ball as a result of which he got bowled by the bowler. Before playing for England, Joyce had played his ODI for Ireland and had played a significant role in qualifying Ireland for world cup.Earlier before the match, Joyce had told that he knew 11 or 12 of the Irish guys. He also told that he had told his team some tips regarding the Irish players and their strategies and way of playing. After the win against Pakistan, Ireland had qualified for the round of 8 and played the first match against England. England had some benefits as the former Irish player was in their team.But it seems that Joyce’s tips didn’t work for major players of the team as it lost 3 early wickets. But thanks to English batsman Paul Collingwood who made an impressive 90 runs and also to Kevin Pietersen who contributed 48 in o...
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Anil Kumble finally retires from ODI. What about other Indian players?
2007-03-31 19:29:00
The most successive bowler for India , Anil Kumble has retired from ODI cricket after the sad world cup. He said that it is now time for him to end and give the opportunities to the young players. He also said that he now wants to concentrate in test cricket. The 36 years leg spinner has taken 547 test wickets. He last played in ODI against Bermuda in world cup 2007 and took 3 wickets for 38 runs. Here is a statistics of his career:Kumble’s ODI record :ODI debut : April 1990Total matches: 271Total wickets : 337Best : 6-12 Against West Indies in 1993 Kumble is the seventh highest wicket taker in ODI.Kumble’s Test cricket record:Matches: 113Wickets : 547Kumble has taken 10 wickets in one Inning against Pakistan in New Delhi. He is only the second bowler to take 10 wickets in an inning after Jim Laker of England.After the retirement other senior Indian players must take a lesson to end the career for sake of the team. Play ers Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid are ...
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“Akram is better than McGrath� - Lara
2007-03-30 19:16:00
Glenn McGrath is in the gate of breaking Wasim Akram’s record for most no. of world cup wickets but for great West Indian Skipper Brian Lara , Akram remains the best bowler he has ever faced. Lara said that McGrath has been helped by the fact that he has played 3 world cup finals in last three world cups, 1996, 1999 and 2003. Lara said that it meant he played a lot of matches. For Lara Akram has been the best bowler he has faced in his 15-16 years career. He said that Akram has the ability to swing the both ways. But Lara also told McGrath is an outstanding bowler and deserves to be up there.McGrath’s 3-31 helped Aussies to win the match against West Indies by 103 runs. After this McGrath can draw or win Wasim Akram’s record of 55 world cup wickets in the match against Bangladesh. If he does so he will break record 5 matches faster as Akram played 38 while McGrath 33. For McGrath it will be the last world cup and can be a special one. But it seems that his record( if made) will...
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Video of malinga taking 4 wickets in 4 balls continuously
2007-03-29 15:33:00
Watch the video of Latsif Mali nga's heroicsLatsif Malinga of Sri Lanka took 4 wickets in 4 balls for the first time in world cricket history against South Africa. He took the two wickets of Shaun Pollock and Andrew Hall in the last ball of the one over. Pollock was clean bowled by his great yorker and Hall was caught by the filder. And in first two balls of another over he took Jaques Kallis as his hattrick and Makhaya Ntini as the 4th wicket. South Africa required just 4 runs of the 32 balls and had 5 wickets and after the fout wickets, the game became more interesting. He became the man of the match. Though Sri Lanka lost the match, Malinga's heriocs will be remembered as long as cricket remains. Malinga is compared with the king of yorkers Waqar Younis of Pakistan. He bowls yorkes at a very fast speed of about 90 miles per hour with his unique bowling action. Will he be another Waqar Younis.
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Greg Chappell not satisfied with the selection of Indian team
2007-03-28 18:08:00
After India became out from the world cup it is found that Greg Chappell , the Indian cricket coach was not satisfied with the selection of the Indian team. In an SMS he had sent to an Indian journalist before the world cup he had stated that he was not satisfied with selection. He wanted more young players in the side than the older ones. He had also stated that Dinesh Karthik is a brilliant young player and the Indian cricket team requires players like him. He also stated that he was not satisfied with Yuvraj Singh and didn’t want him because Yuvraj is a very arrogant player.Greg Chappell has told that he is not going to resign from the post of the Indian coach. Former Indian captain, Mohammad Azharuddin also backed Greg Chappell and told that the coach cannot do anything when the selection of the team is not good. Meanwhile, the Indian chief selector Dilip Vengsarker has told that some changes will be made in the Indian cricket team.Vengsarkar has told that the captain can be ch...
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Muralitharan named Wisden cricketer of the year, 2006
2007-03-28 17:49:00
Sri Lankan off-spinner, Muthiah Muralitharan has been named the best cricket player of the year 2006 by Wisden. This title has been given by Wisden on the basis of votes of cricket journalists and editors whose yearly edition is going to be published on Wednesday, 28th March. The Wisden writer, Simon Barnes has written that he has been the heart of Sri Lankan team since 10 years.Muralitharan has taken altogether 674 wickets in tests cricket and is the second highest wicket taker in test cricket. But he has high chance of breaking Shane Warne’s record of 708 wickets as Warne has already retired from international cricket. Not only in tests he has also chances of breaking Wasim Akram’s record of over 500 wickets in ODI. He has already taken over 400 ODI wickets. He is 34 years old and has high chances of playing the cricket world cup 2011 as well as many ODI and test matches..Muralitharan’s bowling action has been in controversy for many times. His action has been tested by ICC ...
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The pressure on the players due to expectation of fans was cause of Indiaâ€
2007-03-27 18:45:00
The chairman of cricket control board of India , Sharad Pawar didn’t blamed the players but has blamed the crazy Indian fans for India’s defeat in the cricket world cup 2007. He said that the players had a lot of pressure to win the world cup on them due to the expectations of the fans. The players couldn’t handle it and due to this they couldn’t play well.India is out of the world cup from the first round after the defeat against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and is returning to home today. By saying this, Pawar might be trying to save him as well as the players. All the players of other country too have pressure to win. Other country’s cricket fans also have high expectations from the players. Then why only India couldn’t handle the pressure. Similarly, in 2003 cricket world cup also the Indian team had a lot of pressure but became second. Then why only this time they cannot handle the pressure?It seems that this type of saying is just an excuse to run from reality. In reali...
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Bangladesh into the super 8, India out of world cup
2007-03-26 02:13:00
The Bangladesh i team has reached to the super eights along with Sri Lanka from group B after an easy win over Bermuda. This makes India to return to their homes. The Indians lost the matches against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.Bangladesh restricted Bermuda for 94 runs getting 9 wickets in revised 21 overs as the rain disturbed the match. Abdur Razzak continued his great performance taking 3 wickets. In reply Bangldesh reached the target loosing 3 wickets in 17.3 overs. Mohammad Ashraful was not out on 29 while Saqibul on 26.Man of the match: Mohammad Ashraful
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Hayden's ton takes Australia to a victory against no.1 South Africa
2007-03-26 02:07:00
Toss: Graeme Smith, captain of South Africa won the toss and elected to fieldAustralia : 377 for 6 wickets (50 overs)South Africa : 294 all out (48 overs)Result: Australia won by 83 runsMan of the Match: Matthew Hayden of Australia for his 101 runs of 68 ballsMatthew Hayden smashed the fastest world cup century and led Aussies to 377 runs, the third highest world cup total. He along with vice-captain, Adam Gilchrist gave a great start to the Australian with a partnership of 106 runs for the first wicket. Hayden mostly targeted the South African key pace bowler Shaun Pollock who showed his worst performance in ODI as he gave eighty runs in his 10 overs taking no wickets. Hayden hit four sixes and 14 overs and made 101 runs.Australia’s hundred came up in 14th over but Gilchrist was caught by Gibbs next over after a run a ball inning. Then Ponting came to the crease and made a attacking 71 runs. He also broke the record of most no. of sixes in world cup raising it to 26th. Michael Clar...
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India is almost out of the world cup after a loss against Sri Lanka
2007-03-24 14:35:00
Toss: Rahul Dravid(India ) won the toss and chose to bowlSri Lanka : 254/ 6(50 overs)India: 189 all out (43.3 overs)Result: Sri Lanka won by 69 runsMan of the match: Muthaia Muralitharan(sri lanka)Muralitharan shined in the field as well as with the ball taking 3 wickets as Sri Lanka defeated India in their final group stage match. After this defeat, India are almost out of the world cup as Sri Lanka advances to the super eight and Bangladesh too have a great probability.After loosing the toss Sri Lanka batted first and made a challenging total of 254 runs loosing 6 wickets. India got the early breakthrough taking the wickets of dangerous Sanath Jayasuriya, skipper Mahela Jayawardane and Kumar Sangakkara. But the in-form opener Upul Tharanga batted in the other side and completed his sixth half century and scored 64 runs. But the real contribution was made by the emerging talent Chamara Silva who made 59 runs of just 68 balls. He made a83 runs partnership with Tilakratne Dilsan who ma...
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Some records broken in Cricket World cup 2007
2007-03-23 14:27:00
Recently, in a match between New Zealand and Canada, Kiwi wicket-keeper batsman Brendon McCullum broke the record of fastest fifty in world cup. He completed his fifty in just 20 balls. He scored a total of 71 runs including 4 fours and five sixes. He broke the record of another wicket keeper batsman, Mark Boucher who completed 50 runs in 21 balls in this world cup.It seems that every record in ODI will be broken in cricket world cup 2007. Almost Each match is now breaking 1 great record. Some major records broken in this world cup are:1) Highest total in World cup: Indian team scored more than 400 runs against Bermuda and made the highest runs in world cup. It also became the first team to score 400 runs in world cup. The previous record was of 398 runs made by Sri Lankan team against Kenya.2) 6 sixes in an over: Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa became the first batsman to score 6 sixes in an over in ODI as or test cricket. He also beat the record of must runs in an over scoring 36...
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Pakistan gets some smile with a great win against Zimbabwe
2007-03-22 17:55:00
Imran Nazir hit his second century in ODI, a very special one of 160 runs of just 121 balls including 6 sixes to led Pakistan to 349 runs in 49.5 overs. After getting to bat first, Pakistani team went on from the first with Nazir scoring at one side. Inzamam-ul-Haq delighted the Sabina Park crowd with a cameo of 37 runs of 35 balls including 2 sixes in his last ODI. After Nazir made the century he became more attacking and scored next 50 in just 21 balls. He then was caught my a short man Matsikaneri in 160 Nazir became the hight world cup scorer for Pakistan and highest ODI scorer in west Indian soil.At the end of the innings Pakistan continued to loose wickets but managed 98 runs of last 10 overs. Ifthikar Rao did some fireworks by collecting 32 runs of just 16 balls. Zimbabwe got something to smile as they could take all wickets of Pakistan in 49.5 overs at 349 runs. But the match was disturbed by rain and Zimbabwe required 193 runs to win in 20 overs by Duckworth-Louis method. I...
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Jayasuriya’s Heroics gives Sri Lanka a big win against Bangladesh
2007-03-22 14:55:00
Match result: Sri Lanka won Bang ladesh by 198 runsThe 37 years old player, Sanath Jayasuriya showed that he is still a great striker of the ball by scoring a century against the Bangladeshi team in a quick interval. The Sri Lankan team who were invited to bat first by the Bangladeshi captain Hibibul Bashar got a very challenging total of 318-5 in 50 overs. The left handed opener, Jayasuriya had left the field due to cramp, returned in the closing overs to score 109 runs of just 87 balls, his 24th ODI century including 7 sixes. Other players including skipper Jayawardene, Sangakkara and Chamara Silva continued the good work to give Bangladesh a tuff target.The Bangladeshi Batsman couldn’t show a good performance with the bat and were all out before reaching the target. Only Mohammad Ashraful looked to be in nice touch as he scored 45 runs. Latsif Malinga took 3 wickets for the Sri Lankan side.Who can qualify for super eight from this group?From this win, Sri Lanka have almost fixe...
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Was Bob Woolmer really murdered?
2007-03-21 14:31:00
The biggest upset in today’s cricket is the death of Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer after the defeat of Pakistan against Ireland. At first it was suspected that Bob died because of cardiac attack. But now after the post-mortem it is clear that Woolmer didn’t have cardiac attack. But the real cause of his death is still unknown. The Jamaican Police is doing research about it. In a press conference an officer of Jamaican Police told that they have some suspects that it was a murder. He told that another press conference will be held within 24 hours in which they can clarify more about the death. No Pakistani players/ officials are allowed to leave Jamaica until the case is not solved.The Pakistani channel Zeo TV including the former Pakistani captain Sarfaraz Nawaz have said that he was murdered. Nawaz has told that the match between Pakistan and Ireland was fixed and there was the involvement of some Pakistani key players.According to him,Bob Woolmer was killed by the match fixers a...
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Can Indian team repeat the great performance against Sri Lanka
2007-03-20 18:48:00
After the humilating lost against Bangladesh the India n team showed a great performace against the weak team Bermuda. The Inidna team batting first made 413 runs loosing 5 wickets in 50 overs. Virender Sehwag who was highly criticized made an impressive 114 runs of 87 balls including 3 sixes. Similary Ganguly, Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh also made half centuries. In reply Bermuda could manage a score of just over 150. The Indian broke many great records against Bermuda. The records broken by Indian team in the match against Bermuda are:They scored a total 413 runs which is the highest runs in world cup cricket. It beat the record of 398 made by Sri Lanka against Kenya.All together 18 sixes were hit in the match due to which it drew the record of highest no. of sixes in an ODI match with the South Africans.It is the greatest win by run difference in world cup.The Indian team played brilliant cricket against weak team Bermuda. But the big question is can they paly such game against S...
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Inzy retires from ODI cricket
2007-03-19 18:24:00
The Paksitani captain Inzamam ul-Haq has decided to retire from ODI cricket and to leave the captaincy of test cricket after the world cup loss against weak Ireland team. His retirement was almost fixed though it couldn't be his happy ending. His whole career could get a great happy starting in world cup cricket 1992 but ended sadly in 2007 world cup. Hew had rescued his team against New Zealand when it required 60 runs of 32 balls in semifinals of world cup 1992. His last ODI match will be against zimbabwe. He decided his retirement after a talk to is family. Inzamam played legendary ODI as well as test cricket. He scored 11702 runs in his 377 - matches career including 10 hundreds and 83 fifties. In test matches also he has scored 8813 runs in 119 Tests, with a highest score of 329 against New Zealand at Lahore. Maybe he wants to score 10,000 runs in test. Hope that this great player will have happy ending in his tests.
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The great cricket coach and player, Bob Woolmer passes Away
2007-03-19 18:24:00
The great Pakistani cricket coach Bob Woolmer(1948-2007) passed away because of heart attack after the loss of pakistan in Ireland. It is believed that the stress after the loss was the cause of his death. he was found unconsious in his bed and was taken to the hospital but was declared dead. Woolmer last appeared in the crowd after the defeat and said that he didn't want to leave coaching. He also added he wanted to take a sleep. It is said that he stress because of the loss and the blame for him to loose the match.It is a great loss to the Pakstani team as well as the whole cricket world. Woolmer was a English Cricket player who played 6 ODI's and 19 tests for his country. He is better known for his coaching as he was the coach of South African team from 1994 and Pakistani team from 2003. He introduced new methods of coaching cricket like the use of computer technology. He made new changes in South African cricket team in 1996 world cup as Well as 1999 world cup. He took the ch...
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'Black' Day 17th March for Pakistan Cricket
2007-03-18 18:02:00
The day 17th March , 2007 will be remembered in Pakistan Cricket for a long time as a black day. This is the day when Pakistan has become the first team to be eliminated from Cricket World Cup 2007 after loosing to a very weak side i.e. Ireland which is playing world cup for the first time. After winning the toss, Ireland invited Pakistan to bat first and the Pakistani Inning never seemed to be in control as they became all out for just 132 runs in 45 overs having no batsman scoring over 30.In reply, Ireland struggled at first as Mohammad Sami took two early wickets but as the target was very small they managed to get it loosing 7 and create a history. Though the Irish batsmen couldn’t play well except one, they were able to win the former champion Pakistan and eliminate them. Now Pakistan is out from the world cup from first round. No one expected this.The main reasons for Pakistan’s defeat:1. The failure of Batsmen: No one can blame the bowlers as they bowled very beautifully b...
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Gibbs becomes the first batsman to hit 6 sixes in an over in international
2007-03-17 20:06:00
This video shows the event in world cricket which every cricket fan was waiting from long time. And the event is to hit 6 sixes in an Over and the player to show this is the South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs. Gibbs did this against the first round of cricket world cup 2007 against the weak team holland. And the unlucky bowler was the Dutch bowler Van Bunge.Gibbs scored a total of 71 runs including 7 sixes due to which South Africa could reach a great total of over 350 in just forty over. He hit 5 sixes straight and a six on the leg side. No one had done this in ODI or test cricket before. But in first class cricket 6 sixes were hit by Ravi Shastri of India and Sir Gary Sobers of West Indies.The match also broke many other records which are: Mark Boucher scored half century in just 21 balls which is the fastest half century in World Cup Cricket. Previous best was of 23 balls by Brian LaraAll together 18 sixes were scored in the match. It broke the record of most no. of sixes in ...
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Great performance from three Smith in cricket world cup 2007
2007-03-16 19:20:00
Amazing thing, three players whose last name is Smith playing for their country in cricket world cup 2007 showed spectacular cricket. Is the name favoring the players. Lets see these three players performance:Greame Smith (South Africa) : The South African captain, Greame Smith scored 67 runs with his bat opening the innings. He scored it with a great strike rate of over 100. Dwayne Smith (West Indies) : The West Indian All-rounder, Dwane Smith showed a great performance with the bat as well as bat. He score 32 runs in just 15 balls and also took three important wickets and became man of the match against Pakistan in first world cup cricket 2007 match.Colin Smith (Scotland): The Scottish wicket-keeper batsman, Colin Smith was the lone scorer with the bat scoring 51 against the tuff team Australia. He became not out and gave his team a respectable total with his bat.Seeing this fact everyone can be amazed. Though I don't believe in Superstitious facts I am amazed from this. There is...
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Ponting becomes 7th player to score 10,000 runs in ODI
2007-03-15 14:26:00
The Austrian captain, Ricky Ponting joined the 10,000 scorers club as he completed his 10,000 runs in ODI cricket against weak Scotland. Ponting is now the seventh player to achieve this feat after the following:1) Sachin Tendulkar2) Saurabh Ganguly3) Brian Lara4) Sanath Jayasuriya5) Inzamam ul-Haq6) Rahul DravidThe Australian captain has already completed his 10,000 runs in test cricket. He is the first Australian to complete 10,000 runs in ODI. Among other 6, 5 are from Indian Sub-continent among whom 3 are Indians.Ponting became the man of the match in the second world cup match between Australia and Scotland as he scored 113 runs. Because of him the Australian could reach over 300 runs and could win the match by 204 runs. The other country in the group is world no.1 team South Africa.
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