Wednesday, August 10, 2011

It was really stupid on my part says Bell

Nottingham: After being at the centre of the run-out drama, England batsman Ian Bell admitted that it was "naive and stupid" on his part to walk off the crease, assuming that the tea break had been called on day three of the second Test against India here on Sunday.

"It was being naive on my part to assume the ball was dead and walk off for tea, it was stupid," stated Bell whose stupendous 159 was overshadowed by the run-out drama at the stroke of tea.

Bell was controversially given run out when he left the crease after completing a run, assuming that the ball is dead and tea had been called.

The batsman was, however, called back after the Indian team, in a fine gesture, withdrew its appeal. "Morgan had clipped one off his pads right down to the boundary, the fielder had dived, it looked like having gone for four, the fielders body-language suggested so. I had touched down for the third (run) and turned and saw Asad (umpire Asad Rauf) pull out the jumper and looked like he was going to hand it over to the bowler," Bell said.

"My initial reaction was naive and to walk off for tea. I walked up to Morgan. I wasn't attempting a run and everything was meandering towards walking off for tea. It wasn't until we reached the boundary ropes, we realised something had changed.

"We felt something was going on. But not thinking it involved us. We were waiting to understand. Even then it was a shock (when I was given out)."

Bell revealed that it was at the very last moment that he was told he could resume his innings. "It was at the very last minute. Prior had padded up to go. There was this last-minute knock on the door that I could go out and bat. After the captains and coaches had met, India had got back to us."

INDIA VS ENGLAND 2nd test 3 rd day Highlights

Nottingham: A magnificent 159 by Ian Bell and some uninspiring bowling by the Indians allowed England to march to an imposing total of 441/6 at the end of day three of the second Test at Nottingham on Sunday.

At stumps, Matt Prior was sitting pretty on 64 while Tim Bresnan was giving him company on 47 as the home team extended their lead to 374.

Prior and Bresnan stretched their unbeaten stand to 102 after India struck back with quick wickets in the post tea session.

Yuvraj Singh dismissed Bell who edged a rising delivery to first slip where VVS Laxman took a sharp catch.

Praveen Kumar then picked up Eoin Morgan's wicket for 70, and was unlucky not to get Jonathan Trott off the very next delivery.

It looked like a clear leg before wicket decision but the umpire ruled the batsman not out. Trott though did not survive long and was finally out in Praveen's next over for just two.

Earlier, in a magnanimous move, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni called back Bell after the latter was declared run out under bizarre circumstances off the last ball before tea.

Morgan flicked the ball off his legs and a sprawling dive by Praveen Kumar at the deep square leg boundary prevented the ball from touching the boundary skirting.

Bell assuming that tea had been called jogged up to Morgan and the two batsmen started walking off before the bails were whipped off at the batsman's end.

The decision was referred to third umpire Billy Bowden who gave the decision in favour of the fielding team which was reversed subsequently.

Bell and Morgan pressed on for England after the loss of Kevin Pietersen as the home team went into tea at 252/4.

Pietersen struck seven boundaries and scored 63 before nicking one to MS Dhoni off the bowling of S Sreesanth.

England progressed to 130/2 at lunch with Bell on 84 and Pietersen on 20 as the hosts moved ahead by 63 runs with eight second innings wickets still in their bag.

Sreesanth struck a crucial blow for India by sending back England skipper Andrew Strauss as the hosts carried on from their overnight score of 24/1.

India tour of England 2011 Schedule

England cricket board confirmed that India will tour England for four match test series, one T20I and five ODIs in the later part of July 2011. With India currently holding number one position in ICC test ranking, ECB thinks it will be great summer for English crowd to watch the battle between two good teams.

The four test matches will be played at Lord's, Trent Bridge, Edgbaston and The Oval. First test match will begin from July 21^st, while second will be played from 29^th July, third will be from August 10^th and final test will be played from 18^th August to 22^nd August 2011.

India will play only one twenty20 internationals against England on 31^st August 2011 at Old Trafford, Manchester. The ODI series will be played at Chester-le-Street, Southampton, London and Cardiff.

India v England complete Fixtures Series 2011 Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

Timing	Teams	Venue	Results
Fri 15 Jul – Sun 17 Jul 15:30 PM	Tour Game - Somerset v India	County Ground, Taunton	Match Drawn
Thu 21 Jul – Mon 25 Jul 15:30 PM	1st Test - India v England	Lord's, London	England won by 196 Runs
Fri 29 Jul – Tue 2 Aug 15:30 PM	2nd Test - India v England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	England Won by 319 runs
Fri 5 Aug – Sat 6 Aug 15:30 PM	Tour Game - Northamptonshire v India	County Ground, Northampton
Wed 10 Aug – Sun 14 Aug 15:30 PM	3rd Test - India v England	Edgbaston, Birmingham
Thu 18 Aug – Mon 22 Aug 15:30 PM	4th Test - India v England	Kennington Oval, London
Thu 25 Aug 14:45 PM	Tour Game - Sussex v India	County Ground, Hove
Fri 26 Aug (D/N) 19:00 PM	Tour Game - Kent v India	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Mon 29 Aug 19:00 PM	Tour Game – Leicestershire v India	Grace Road, Leicester
Wed 31 Aug (D/N) 22:30 PM	Only T20I - India v England	Old Trafford, Manchester
Sat 3 Sep 14:45 PM	1st ODI - India v England	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Tue 6 Sep (D/N) 18:30 PM	2nd ODI - India v England	The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Fri 9 Sep (D/N) 18:30 PM	3rd ODI - India v England	Kennington Oval, London
Sun 11 Sep 14:45 PM	4th ODI - India v England	Lord's, London
Fri 16 Sep (D/N) 18:30 PM	5th ODI - India v England	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Top 10 Bowler For 2011 World Cup

BRETT LEE (AUSTRALIA)

Profile
His childhood hero was Allan Donald.
A member of the winning ICC CWC Australia side in 2003, he missed out on the 2007 event.
Took a hat-trick against Kenya in theICC CWC 2003 and against Bangladesh in the ICC WT20 2007.
Recorded a duet with Asha Bhosle that reached number two in the Indian charts.

HARBHAJAN SINGH (INDIA)

Profile
Trained to be a pace bowler at an academy in Chandigarh.
First India bowler to take a hat-trick in Tests (v Australia 2001).
Was conferred the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour, in 2009.
Has taken more wickets than any other Indian off-spinner in ODI history.

DANIEL VETTORI (NEW ZEALAND)

Profile
The youngest man to play Test cricket for New Zealand at 18.
Has completed the double of 3000 runs and 300 wickets in Test cricket (one of eight players to achieve this feat).
Leading ODI wicket taker for New Zealand and second in ODI appearances for his country.
Of Italian descent (his middle name is Luca) from his father, Renzo’s side.

SHOAIB AKHTAR (PAKISTAN)

Profile
Broke the 160 kmph barrier in the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2003 with a delivery clocked at a world record 161.3 kmph. His father was a worker in Attock Oil Refinery, Morgah.
One of the six Pakistan bowlers to claim over 200 ODI wickets.
His best ODI figures, prior to the ICC CWC 2011, are 6-16 v New Zealand in 2002.

LASITH MALINGA (SRI LANKA)

Profile
First bowler to take four wickets in four balls at an ICC CWC event when he achieved this feat against South Africa in 2007.
Picked up 18 wickets at 15.77 from eight games at the ICC CWC 2007.
Holds the record for the highest partnership for the ninth wicket in ODI cricket, 132 against Australia in November 2010, with Angelo Mathews.

MUTTIAH MURALIDARAN (SRI LANKA)

Profile
He is the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket and in One Day Internationals.
His ODI figures of 7-30 against India in Sharjah in October 2000 are the fourth best in history.
He has played in four ICC CWC – 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007.
Going into the ICC CWC 2011 event, he has captured 53 wickets in 31 matches, and played in two finals.

ZAHEER KHAN (INDIA)

Profile
Runs a restaurant named ZK in Pune.
Is one of the six bowlers to have taken 200 ODI wickets for India.
Played in the ICC CWC in 2003 and 2007, with a best of 4-42 against New Zealand at Centurion.
His 75 against Bangladesh in 2004 is the highest by a number 11 batsman in a Test match.

SHAUN TAIT (AUSTRALIA)

Profile
His childhood heroes were boxer Mike Tyson and Australian footballer Glenn Jackovich.
He was a member of the triumphant ICC CWC 2007 squad, taking 23 wickets (joint second-highest at that event).
Took a break from the game in 2008 due to exhaustion.
During a ODI against England in 2010 bowled a ball at 161.1 kmph, the second fastest in history.

JAMES ANDERSON (ENGLAND)

Profile
Burst onto the ODI scene in Australia in 2002 as a 20 year-old.
At the ICC CWC 2003 he took four wickets against the Netherlands and Pakistan.
Second highest ODI wicket-taker for England in history.
Took the first ODI hat-trick by an England bowler, achieving the feat against Pakistan in 2003.
Leading wicket-taker in the Ashes 2010-11 series.

MITCHELL JOHNSON (AUSTRALIA)

Profile
Hit a six off the first ball he faced in first-class cricket against New Zealand.
Suffered four back stress fractures early in his career.
Made his ODI debut for Australia in December 2005, as a super-sub, against New Zealand.
Won the LG ICC Cricketer of the Year Award in 2009.

Top 10 Interesting Facts of Cricket Edition 4

Sunil Gavaskar has featured in a record 52 century partnerships.

The most 100′s vs West Indies hit by any player is Sunil Gavaskar who struck 13 centuries defying the mighty Caribbean pace attack.

The lowest score in an inning by any team is 26 by New Zealand vs England at Auckland in 1955.

Greg Chappell hit a century on debut and his last match.

Chetan Chauhan scored over 2000 runs without ever reaching the three-figure mark even once. His highest score being 97.

Allan Border’s Australian team was the first team to score over 400 runs in 8 successive first innings of a Test.

Gul Mohammad, Amir Elahi & and Abdul Kardar played Test Cricket for India and Pakistan before and after independence respectively.

Don Bradman was never out in nineties. His highest double figure score was 89.

England’s David Gower and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi both hit their first ball they faced in Test Cricket for a boundary of the bowling of Liaqat Ali & Glenn McGrath respectively.

Charles Bannerman faced the first ball bowled in Test Cricket history from England’s Alfred Shaw.

ipl 2011 players performance

#1 Five greatest test innings

1) 119 not out, England v India, Old Trafford, 1990.
2) 114, Australia v India,Perth, 1992.
3) 169, South Africa v India, Cape Town, 1997.
4) 155 not out, India v Australia, Chennai, 1998
5) 136, India v Pakistan, Chennai 1999.

#2 Tendulkar’s Dream

Sachin Tendulkar got the name Sachin because his family members were all huge fans of the legendary music director Sachin Dev Burman (SD Burman).

#3 First step towards cricket

Tendulkar’s sensational journey to cricket stardom sparked of when his brother Ajit made him meet Mr. R. Achrekar ( Cricket Coach ). Sachin failed to perform in the first go which made him very nervous but his brother’s persuasion led Mr. Achrekar give him another chance.
Sachin originally wanted to be a professional tennis player. When he started playing cricket Young Sachin had aspired of being a fast bowler, It was this dream that made him undertake trials at Chennai based MRF pace academy,but his small stature proved to be a major hindrance to his aspiring career. Then he decided to take batting seriously.

#4 Turning point in his career

It was his change of school to Shardashram Vidya Mandir in Dadar – close to Shivaji Park on his coach’s advice which marked a turn around in Sachin’s career. He says,” I use to bat in four nets at one strech. Whenever, I use to get tired, Achrekar use to keep a one rupee coin on top of the stumps and say, “Anyone who gets him out will take this coin. If no-one gets him, Sachin takes it.” Tendulkar till date contributes this technique in being instrumental for enhancing his concentration. He still treasures the 13 coins earned by him during the practice sessions.

#5 Naughty Duo

Sachin and his best pal Vinod Kambli hold the World Record of 664 runs stand for Shardashram School in inter-school tournament in 1988. Tendulkar candidly admits that the total would have never assumed mammoth proportion had he and Kambli not ignored the man waving from the boundary with the coach’s message to declare.

#6 Gift from Sunil Gavaskar

Sachin was given a pair of pads by his cricket hero Sunil Gavaskar when he was a schoolboy – and he made his Test debut for India against Pakistan aged just 15-years old in 1989 wearing those very pads.

#7 Love in MotorSport

Sachin seriously loves his motorsport. In 2002 he was given a brand-spanking new Ferrari 360 Modena by six-time World Champion Michael Schumacher at Silverstone!

#8 Family Quirks

Sachin’s wife Anjali tends to become nervous while he bats, whereas his brother has become so superstitious that he allows the family members to only watch the match recording.

#9 God’s Importance in his life

Tendulkar is a God fearing person, a staunch devotee of Sai Baba, Ganpathi and frequently visits temples during night when it’s calm and quiet. He visualizes God in his parents. Religion to him is what his parents have inculcated in him, his upbringing and his way of life. Sachin strongly believes in the concept of re-birth, existence of Hell and Heaven. He loves celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi at home with his family and believes that it firms his ties with his loved ones.

#10 Other things

Sachin was just 17 years and 109 days old when he scored his debut Test century against England at Old Trafford back in 1990, finishing up on 119 not out.
Sachin was the first ever foreign cricketer to play for Yorkshire in 1992. Before then, only players who were born in the county were ever allowed to play for Yorkshire. But the rules were changed and in came a 19-year-old Sachin, scoring 1000 runs at an average of 46.
Sachin was the first batsman ever to be given out by the third umpire when he was run out against South Africa in the first Test in Durban back in 1992.
He uses an incredibly heavy bat at the crease, weighing in at 3.2lbs – in fact, only South Africa’s master blaster Lance Klusener uses a heavier bat in worldcricket.
Sachin Tendulkar got his first one day international century after playing 78 matches and five years of international cricket. People were
beginning to wonder whether he will ever get to the three figure mark but on September 9, 1994 he silenced all his critics with a masterly 110

Top 10 Batsmen of Cricket World Cup 2011

#1 TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

Match : 9 | Runs : 500 | Hundreds : 2 | Fifties : 2

#2 Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Match : 9 | Runs : 482 | Hundreds : 2 | Fifties : 2

#3 KC Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

Match : 9 | Runs : 465 | Hundreds : 1 | Fifties : 3

#4 IJL Trott (England)

Match : 7 | Runs : 422 | Hundreds : 0 | Fifties : 5

#5 WU Tharanga (Sri Lanka)

Match : 9 | Runs : 395 | Hundreds : 2 | Fifties : 1

#6 Gautam Gambhir (India)

Match : 9 | Runs : 393 | Hundreds : 0 | Fifties : 4

#7 V Sehwag (India)

Match : 8 | Runs : 380 | Hundreds : 1 | Fifties : 1

#8 Yuvraj Singh (India)

Match : 9 | Runs : 362 | Hundreds : 1 | Fifties : 4

#9 AB de Villiers (South Africa)

Match : 5 | Runs : 353 | Hundreds : 2 | Fifties : 1

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