India will play with Australia in the quarter-finals on March 24 at Motera stadium in Ahmedabad. Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa may easily reach semi-finals. Sri Lanka will play with England at home. 2011 World cup: Quarter-final schedule: DateTimeTeam Vs TeamVenue March 23 2:30 PM IST Pakistan Vs West Indies Dhaka March 24 2:30 PM IST India Vs Australia Ahmedabad March 25 2:30 PM IST South Africa Vs New Zealand Dhaka March 26 2:30 PM IST Sri Lanka Vs England Colombo Real World Cup starts now from Wednesday. But, I don't have any hopes on this Indian team unless at least one batsman play an exceptional innings in each of knock-out matches. … [Read more...]
India announced 2011 cricket world cup probables
December 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Indian selectors today announced 30-member probables list for 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. Irfan Pathan and Rahul Dravid were not picked while selectors picked 4 wicket-keepers. 30-member probable list will be pruned to 15-member squad by January, 19. Indian probables squad for 2011 cricket world cup: Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni Top order: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Cheteswar Pujara, Murali Vijay & Shikhar Dhawan Middle order: Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Varat Kohli, Saurab Tiwary, Rohit Sharma & Ajinkya Rahane Wicket-Keepers: Dhoni, Parthiv Patel, Dinesh Karthik & Saha All-rounders: Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh & Ravindra Jadeja Bowlers: Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf patel, Ishant Kumar, Vinay Kumar, R. Ashwin, Piyush Chawla, Amit Mishra & Ravindra Jadeja … [Read more...]
ICC Annual Cricket Awards: Results
October 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The ICC's prestigious sixth annual awards are announced in South Africa. The award are given on the basic of the performance during the period between August 13, 2008 and August 24 2009, the ICC Awards 2009 take into account performances by players and officials in that period for the game. ICC Awards 2009, different categories and result. Cricketer of the Year: Nominations: • Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind) • Gautam Gambhir (Ind) • Mitchell Johnson (Aus) • Andrew Strauss (Eng)Winner: Mitchell Johnson became the sixth player to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named as the 2009 ICC Cricketer of the Year at the ICC Awards ceremony in Johannesburg.During the voting period, Johnson played 17 Test matches, taking 80 wickets, which was easily the highest number by any Test bowler in the voting period. His best match bowling figures were 11-159 against South Africa in Perth in December of last year and Johnson's economy-rate over the whole period was a mere 3.12. His batting skills shouldn't be forgotten either for in the last year he has managed to score a total of 632 runs for Australia, including a century and three half-centuries, to register an average of 30.09. Johnson also played 16 ODI matches in this time taking 28 wickets at an average of 24.25 and an economy rate of 5.06, his best haul being 4-34 against South Africa in April of this year. He is currently ranked third in the ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers and is 11th in the ODI rankings. Johnson follows in the footsteps of India's Rahul Dravid (2004), Andrew Flintoff of England and South Africa's Jacques Kallis (joint winners in 2005), Ricky Ponting of Australia (2006 and 2007) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2008) to take the top award. Test Player of the Year: Nominations: • Gautam Gambhir (Ind)• Mitchell Johnson (Aus) • Thilan Samaraweera (SL) • Andrew Strauss (Eng)Winner: India opener Gautam Gambhir has been named Test Player of the Year at the ICC awards ceremony in Johannesburg. Gambhir, who claimed his first ICC award of his career, was picked ahead of Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson, Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera and England captain Andrew Strauss. During the 12-month voting period, Gambhir put in some remarkable performances with the bat, making 1269 runs at an impressive 84.60 in the eight Tests he played. He scored five centuries and four half-centuries during the period. ODI Player of the Year: Nominations: • Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)• Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind) • Virender Sehwag (Ind)• Yuvraj Singh (Ind)Winner: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the ODI Player of the Year award for the second year in a row at the ICC Awards in Johannesburg. During the voting period, Dhoni played 24 ODIs and scored 967 runs at an average of 60.43 and at a rate of 86.63 runs per 100 balls faced. In that time he hit nine half-centuries making sure he led his team from the front. Also in that time, Dhoni, as wicketkeeper, played a hand in 26 dismissals (18 catches and eight stumpings) and led his country to victory in 17 of the 24 matches in which he played. He is currently ranked number one in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, comfortably ahead of the next best. Emerging Player: Nominations: • Ben Hilfenhaus (Aus)• Graham Onions (Eng) • Jesse Ryder (NZ) • Peter Siddle (Aus)Winner: Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle won award. The 24-year-old, who played in 12 Test matches in the voting period, took 49 wickets with an average of 28.93 and made an impact playing for Australia side with his charging run-up and powerful delivery. Siddle's best bowling figures in an innings during the voting period came against England when he took 5 for 21 in 9.5 overs in the fourth Ashes Test at Headingley. He had earlier taken another five-for, against South Africa in Sydney. Siddle was the top choice for the 25-member voting academy, coming in ahead of team-mate Ben Hilfenhaus, England fast bowler Graham Onions and New Zealand opener Jesse Ryder. Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Nominations: • Shahid Afridi (Pak) for 51 runs and taking 2-16 against South Africa• Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) for scoring 96* against West Indies • Chris Gayle (WI) for scoring 88 against Australia • Umar Gul (Pak) for taking 5-6 against New ZealandWinner: Sri Lankan batsman Tilakaratne Dilshan won the award in recognition of his breezy 96 off 57 balls against West Indies in the semi-final of the 2009 World Twenty20 in England. Dilshan's performance at The Oval included two sixes and 12 fours and helped steer his side into the finals of the tournament. According to the ICC Awards 25-member voting academy Dilshan's effort was the most impressive in the voting period between August 13, 2008 to August 24, 2009. His performance beat competition from West Indies' Chris Gayle for his 88 off 50 balls against Australia, also during the 2009 World Twenty20 at the Oval; Umar Gul's 5 for 6 for Pakistan against New Zealand in the same tournament, as well as twin efforts from Shahid Afridi - a blitzkreig 51 off 34 balls and 2 for 16 against South Africa in the semi-final. Women's … [Read more...]
ICC Annual Award Nominations
September 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
ICC Cricket Awards: The ICC's prestigious sixth annual awards appear to have run into a controversy with several high-profile figures from South Africa criticizing the final selection process for not including even a single South African player. The ICC Awards ceremony is now in its sixth year and this year it will be held in Johannesburg to coincide with the ICC Champions Trophy. Previous ceremonies were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007) and Dubai (2008). Majola, the South Africa’s national cricket board chief executive questioned the credibility of the awards and said it appeared to him that the only way to get on the shortlist was to play the Ashes. One can raise various questions on the selection. How Graham Onions featured in the Emerging player of the year list? Before being short listed, he has played hardly 5 or 10 tests and do not have nothing great like Parnell or Duminy in him. Same applies for Ryder. They had done nothing outside their home conditions. It seems that the countries which do not play cricket in the latter part of the year will be totally forgotten. Selection Criteria: An ICC spokesperson said that the awards nomination "is a completely independent process in which the ICC has no says whatsoever". The long list of nominations for the individual awards was prepared by a five-member ICC panel headed by Clive Lloyd, the ICC's cricket committee chairman, and including Anil Kumble, Mudassar Nazar, Bob Taylor and Stephen Fleming. This list was then sent to the ICC's independent panel of 25 members (including two South Africans) for selection of four players for each category. Nomination is based on the period between August 13, 2008 and August 24 2009, the ICC Awards 2009 take into account performances by players and officials in that period for the game. That period includes such high-profile events as the ICC World Twenty20 in England, the ICC Women's World Cup in Australia and the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in South Africa, as well as several bilateral Test and ODI series. While the shortlist was announced, the category winners will be known only on awards night. The votes have already been collated by Ernst and Young, who acted as independent auditors. Highlights of ICC Awards: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and opener Gautam Gambhir got twin nominations, while Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag were shortlisted for the ODI Player of the Year. Gambhir, Dhoni, Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Strauss have been short-listed for the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for Cricketer of the Year. In addition, Gambhir, Johnson and Strauss were also short-listed for the Test Player of the Year alongside Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera. Dhoni is also in contention to retain the ODI Player of the Year award he won last year as he is short-listed in that category with team-mates Yuvraj and Sehwag as well as West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul. This year's awards include eight individual prizes and also feature the selection of the Test and ODI Teams of the Year and the award to the side that has adhered most to the Spirit of Cricket. The nominees for the Women's Cricketer of the Year are last year's winner England captain Charlotte Edwards along with team-mate Claire Taylor and Australia's Shelley Nitschke. The Emerging Player of the Year nominees short-list features two Australians, Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle, as well as Jesse Ryder of New Zealand and England's Graham Onions. The Umpire of the Year award was voted on by the captains and the match referees based on the umpires' performance statistics. ICC Awards 2009 - short lists of nominees: 1. Cricketer of the Year: • Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind) • Gautam Gambhir (Ind) • Mitchell Johnson (Aus) • Andrew Strauss (Eng) 2. Test Player of the Year: • Gautam Gambhir (Ind) • Mitchell Johnson (Aus) • Thilan Samaraweera (SL) • Andrew Strauss (Eng) 3. ODI Player of the Year: • Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) • Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind) • Virender Sehwag (Ind) • Yuvraj Singh (Ind) 4. Emerging Player: • Ben Hilfenhaus (Aus) • Graham Onions (Eng) • Jesse Ryder (NZ) • Peter Siddle (Aus) 5. Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year: • Rizwan Cheema (Can) • Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned) • William Porterfield (Ire) • Edgar Schiferli (Ned) 6. Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: • Shahid Afridi (Pak) for 51 runs and taking 2-16 against South Africa • Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) for scoring 96* against West Indies • Chris Gayle (WI) for scoring 88 against Australia • Umar Gul (Pak) for taking 5-6 against New Zealand7. Women's Cricketer of the Year: • Charlotte Edwards (Eng)• Shelley Nitschke (Aus) • Claire Taylor (Eng) 8. Umpire of the Year: • Aleem Dar• Tony Hill • Asad Rauf • Simon Taufel 9. Spirit of Cricket: • Australia• England • New Zealand • Sri Lanka Author: Mona Gupta, New Delhi. … [Read more...]
My dream team: 2007 Cricket World Cup
April 28, 2007 By 1 Comment
2007 Cricket World Cup will remain as one of the worst world cup ever. Though India and Pakistan disappointed the fans, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Bangladesh entertained with their fine exhibition of all round Cricket. My Dream 2007 cricket world cup team: Captain: 1. Mahela Jayawardene – He played captaincy knocks in the vital games. He is the shrewdest captain in this world cup. He is slightly ahead of Ricky Ponting in the captaincy race. Openers: 2. Mathew Hayden – He is the best batsman in this world cup. 3. Sanath Jayasuriya – He is the match winner on his day. He can destruct any bowling attack to pieces on his day. Middle order: 4. Ricky Ponting – He is the best batsman on planet earth on current form. 5. Scott Styris – Most consistent batsman for New Zealand. 6. Kevin Pietersen – He is the lone warrior in the England batting Line up. Wicket Keeper: 7. Adam Gilchrist – How can I miss a keeper – batsman who can walk away into any team of any generation? Bowling Attack: 8. Shane Bond – My favourite fast bowler. 9. Glenn McGrath – Best bowler on the earth.10. Muttaih Muralitharan – He is an automatic selection like Hayden and McGrath. 11. Nathan Bracken – he may not have taken maximum number of wickets like Tait, he is the most controlled bowler in 2007 world cup. Sanath Jayasuriya and Scott Styris complete the remaining 10 overs. My dream missed a genuine all-rounder. Who missed selection by a split margin: 12. Michael Clarke – Future hope for Australia. 13. Shane Watson – According to Ponting, he is the most crucial member in Australian team. 14. Shaun Tait – He missed the selection due to lack of control. Speed is not enough man! It is dangerous some times. 15. Lalith Malinga – Future hope for Sri Lankan Cricket. 16. Masharafe Mortaza – He bowled consistently well against the top order of top teams. 17. Rahul Dravid – Bad luck! You are the member of Indian team. 18. Gibbs – Congrats for hitting 6 sixers in an over. Special Thanks: 1. Ireland and Bangladesh teams – for their fighting spirit. 2. Bermuda team – Purely for entertainment. Special Mention: Andrew Flintoff, Sachin Tendulkar, Michael Hussey, Inzamam and Chris Gayle – I disappointed with their performance. … [Read more...]
Sensational wins by Ireland and Bangladesh
March 18, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Whoever wins 2007 world cup, this world cup will be remembered as “Minnows world cup”. Small teams entertained cricket fans with their fighting spirit, never say die attitude and sensational wins over big teams. Wins of Ireland and Bangladesh over Pakistan and India may have stunned cricket fans, but it is good news for ICC. These wins will increase awareness about cricket in associate countries. If Bangladesh, Ireland and Kenya can able to reach quarterfinals, it is tremendous boost to spread cricket in more countries. Ireland: This soccer mad country is the surprise story of this country. The way they played against Pakistan indicated the quality of their stars. The way they tied Zimbabwe match illustrated the fighting spirit of Irish cricketers. More teams should play frequently against this team to raise the quality of players to test level. Ireland cricketers silenced the critics who questioned their (associate countries) inclusion in this big event. Bangladesh: Bangladesh finally arrived on the big stage. They stunned their famed neighbours with finest exhibition of all round cricket. They defeated New Zealand in the warm up match. If they continue to play in this manner, they may reach quarterfinals. Their win against Pakistan in 1999 world cup was suspected as match fixing. Bangladesh win over New Zealand in the warm up match is rated by most critics as a fluke. They silenced their detractors with sensational win over India. They never lost control over the match. Kenya: They reached semi finals in 2003 world cup. If they can able to defeat England, they will reach Quarterfinals in this edition. If these minnows (no more) will reach quarterfinals, 2007 world cup will be remembered as a watershed year in cricket history. … [Read more...]
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