Ross Taylor, the New Zealand captain, has been ruled out for three to four weeks after picking up a calf strain
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Ross Taylor out of series with calf injury
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Its not as bad as it looks…
i3j3Cricket :: A blog for fans of Indian cricket...11 Jan 2012 | 1:53 amDid the Indian team take a beating in Sydney? Hell, yeah! Will India square the series? Most likely not. Is the Indian team as bad as the media and former players make it sound? I don’t think so. But it … Continue reading → -
India tour of Aus. Report Card.
i3j3Cricket :: A blog for fans of Indian cricket...25 Jan 2012 | 8:03 pmIt’s your call now. Filed under: Cricket Tagged: Australia, Cricket, India -
Australia four wickets from a 4-0 whitewash
India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com27 Jan 2012 | 4:44 amWhitewash, clean sweep, shutout. Whatever you like to call it, Australia were on track for a 4-0 series victory over India by stumps on the fourth day in Adelaide -
Visitors in tatters after New Zealand declare
Cricket news from ESPN Cricinfo.com27 Jan 2012 | 6:04 pmZimbabwe face a mammoth first-innings deficit after losing five wickets for 20 in response to New Zealand's 495 for 7 declared on the third morning in Napier
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Visitors in tatters after New Zealand declare
27 Jan 2012 | 6:04 pmZimbabwe face a mammoth first-innings deficit after losing five wickets for 20 in response to New Zealand's 495 for 7 declared on the third morning in Napier -
England can chase 250 - Broad
27 Jan 2012 | 11:36 amStuart Broad has said that England "would not want to be chasing much more than 250" in the final innings against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi -
Nawaz shines as Pakistan U-19s level series
27 Jan 2012 | 10:14 amPakistan Under-19s registered a four-wicket win againt South Africa Under-19s in a low-scoring one-dayer in Cape Town, to level the three-match series at 1-1 -
Azhar and Shafiq fight but England hold edge
27 Jan 2012 | 9:56 amFor the first time in their notional home series, Pakistan had a crowd to strengthen their resolve. They came in their thousands after Friday prayers and sat on the grassy banks at the Sheikh Zayed stadium -
Tabish bowls Sind to innings win
27 Jan 2012 | 8:58 amA round-up of the Pentangular Cup matches that took place on January 27
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India's road rage masks their inadequacy
27 Jan 2012 | 11:25 amWhat would the reaction have been if all this bad behaviour had come from a team touring India instead? -
India's system needs overhauling, not tweaking
27 Jan 2012 | 12:22 amPitches, the selection process, itineraries, attitudes - they all have to change if India wish to have a real, long-term shot at being No. 1 -
Cook-Strauss, and other durable openers
26 Jan 2012 | 8:54 pmA look at the long-term opening combinations and their partnership records in different regions -
The boys who believed
25 Jan 2012 | 9:19 pmThough they were defending champions, Rajasthan couldn't have started the season any worse. Not that it mattered, since the end was perfect, once again -
A mind-blowing night in Hobart
25 Jan 2012 | 9:10 pmWhat's the purpose of cricket commentary? To entertain and enlighten or to exaggerate and aggravate?
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
28 Jan 2012 | 3:24 amBased on a conversation between @sdayanand and @achettup A ‘go-kart‘ once ‘flipped‘ over a cuckoo’s nest, And the frightened ‘bird‘ flew away. While the ‘fast go-kart drivers‘ were just ‘disappointed‘, The ‘bird’ was thoroughly ‘embarrassed‘. But then, the battle-hardened drivers … Continue reading → -
India tour of Aus. Report Card.
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Catalyst for change
24 Jan 2012 | 7:27 amClose to 5 years ago, India sent its “best” team to the West Indies to play the World cup. Expectations were high – the team had Dravid, Tendulkar, Ganguly, Sehwag, Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni, etc, etc. We had … Continue reading → -
Its not as bad as it looks…
11 Jan 2012 | 1:53 amDid the Indian team take a beating in Sydney? Hell, yeah! Will India square the series? Most likely not. Is the Indian team as bad as the media and former players make it sound? I don’t think so. But it … Continue reading → -
Checking cricket.
27 Dec 2011 | 10:51 am<An imaginary, yet realistic possibility of text commentary for the 2nd test between India and Australia> Welcome to the live commentary of the 2nd test between India and Australia, live from the Sydney Cricket Ground, somewhere in Sydney, Sydney. The … Continue reading →
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BBC - Test Match Special
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A cool reception for England in Abu Dhabi
22 Jan 2012 | 1:57 pmEngland fans attending the second Test at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket stadium in Abu Dhabi are being asked to "keep their shirts on". But if the weather continues to be as chilly as when we arrived here today, they will not need to be told. The warning comes from the Chief Executive of the Abu Dhabi Cricket Club, Dilawar Mani, who I met in his office next to the ground. Mani is a very impressive character. Originally from Rawalpindi in Pakistan he has lived here for over 30 years and has real enthusiasm and clearly a great passion for his job. But even he had to admit that supporters arriving in… -
Test Match Special suffers along with England in Dubai
19 Jan 2012 | 11:27 amThursday 19 January will not go down as a great day for the England cricket team - and it wasn't the easiest in the Test Match Special commentary box. While England's batsman were struggling against the skills of Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal, we were battling to stay on the air. The TMS team are not always known for our technical prowess - it is true that Christopher Martin-Jenkins once tried to make a phone call with a television remote control - but on this day the programme was forced to be at the cutting edge of technology. As regular readers of my blog will know, producing Test Match Special… -
England get to work... at construction site
13 Jan 2012 | 4:33 amWell Henry Blofeld may struggle to find many buses to talk about in Dubai, but he'll have no shortage of cranes to describe when the first Test gets under way here on Tuesday. This is my first visit to the most populated of the United Arab Emirates - and my first impressions are of a city dominated by imposing skyscrapers, but more recently by unfinished construction work. England will play their first ever Test on neutral soil in an area known as Dubai Sports City, a £4bn development on the outskirts of the city. The cricket stadium, nicknamed "The ring of fire", is an impressive… -
Time for three divisions?
15 Nov 2011 | 5:30 amI have been persuaded that a radical shake-up of county cricket is needed. After talking to several people involved at ECB and county level, I have decided to write down what I think should happen to the County Championship. To accept this idea you do have to either agree that there are too many matches played at present or you are at least as fed up as I am about the number of times changes are discussed. I don't like the idea that the Championship should be reduced to create space in the schedule, but I do concede that whilst protecting the first-class game one… -
The loss of innocence
3 Nov 2011 | 11:17 am"My message to the followers of cricket is keep following, keep loving this wonderful game." This was the rallying call from Sir Ronnie Flanagan, the head of the ICC's anti-corruption unit, despite the jailing of three Pakistan cricketers and the agent Mazhar Majeed. The message is great in theory - but in practice, just how easy is it going to be to convince cricket supporters that they are always watching sportsmen trying their very best? The judge at Southwark Crown Court, Mr Justice Cooke, expressed his fear that cricket could be forever tainted by the scandal. "Whenever in the future…
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Things To Consider In Purchasing At Online Auction Websites
26 Jan 2012 | 3:30 amOne of the ways to shop comfortably nowadays is through online shopping and that is through online auction. With online auction, one could possibly purchase an item while staying at home by which, you only need a computer and a working internet connection. And what’s even greater is that you can buy these items on a lower price. Shopping in penny auction websites could be fun but there are things that you also have to take into consideration. The very first thing that you have to take note before registering in any penny auction websites is its legitimacy. Do verify if the penny… -
Learning SEO – A Way To Success
25 Jan 2012 | 2:50 amOptimizing a website is simply to promote the products and services that the site offers. If you do a search engine optimization for a certain website, your main goal is actually to increase your website’s traffic and to increase your site’s Page Rank. That will make your site visible to prospect buyers. All of that can be possible if you learn SEO. Learning SEO or Search Engine Optimization is one thing that any website owner should take into consideration. Learning SEO could lead your website to success and can bring you wealth. When prospect buyers search for a certain… -
A Guide To Find The Best Loan For Your Home
20 Jan 2012 | 2:21 amLike having your very first real estate investment property, having your first home could also be the happiest and the most exciting part of your life. That’s true indeed. However, buying a house for sale to be your home could also be the biggest financial challenge that you have to face since it involves money like any other real estate property. And thus, getting the right loan and soon getting the right lender to refinance your home loan is vital. As much as you would want to get a loan the soonest possible time to be able to buy your dream house, it is a must to check all other… -
Reasons Why Expired Domains Are Great As Business Names
16 Jan 2012 | 3:37 amBusiness names are essential part of any business. It’s one of the first things that you have to think about after you have enough knowledge on how to start a business. If there’s anything that potential customers will first notice, it’s your business name. So, it’s important that your business name looks simple, easy to remember and attractive. Expired domains can definitely become creative company names that will surely drive more customers to your business. Using your domain name as your business name can contribute a lot to the success of your online business. By… -
Using Rank Checker To Optimize Your Website
4 Jan 2012 | 8:40 pmIf you are an SEO professional or are simply involved in online business, you probably know the importance of keywords or key phrases in promoting your website or your business. Among available SEO tools that can help you in your quest to promote your website, Rank Checker is the tool that can verify your website’s position in search engines based on the keywords or key phrases that you are using. Such checking can be done easily and on a regular basis since it is done online. So, as long as you have an internet connection, you can simply sit back and relax and let rank checker do the work…
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Broad spurred on by taxi driver
28 Jan 2012 | 5:37 amStuart Broad is confident England can prove his taxi driver wrong by wrapping up a series-levelling victory over Pakistan in the second Test. -
Aussies complete India whitewash
28 Jan 2012 | 1:24 amAustralia wrap up a 4-0 series whitewash over India, who suffer their eighth consecutive defeat, with a 298-run win in the final Test in Adelaide. -
Panesar haul puts England on top
28 Jan 2012 | 12:53 amMonty Panesar claims three wickets as England take a firm grip on the second Test against Pakistan on day three in Abu Dhabi. -
Live - Pakistan v England
27 Jan 2012 | 11:28 pmCollapsing England lose their fifth wicket, chasing 145 to win the second Test against Pakistan on the fourth day in Abu Dhabi. -
Jonathan Agnew column
27 Jan 2012 | 11:27 pm"People can see how hard Panesar is busting a gut for the cause and that he is desperate to succeed"
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Jets upset Roar at Suncorp
28 Jan 2012 | 4:42 amNewcastle Jets bounce back from a midweek draw with an upset 1-0 victory over Brisbane Roar at Suncorp Stadium. -
Azarenka steamrolls Sharapova
28 Jan 2012 | 4:04 amVictoria Azarenka becomes a grand slam champion with a crushing straight-sets victory over Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final. -
Souths go down to Warrington
28 Jan 2012 | 3:31 amAn understrength South Sydney go down to Warrington Wolves in their opening trial match of the 2012 NRL season on Saturday. -
Aussie Saville wins boys' final
28 Jan 2012 | 12:59 amAdelaide teenager Luke Saville wins his second junior grand slam title, taking out the Australian Open boys' final. -
Black Caps rout woeful Zimbabwe
28 Jan 2012 | 12:46 amNew Zealand score their biggest win in Test cricket, bowling Zimbabwe out twice on day three of their one-off match in Napier.
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Selectors should take a call on seniors: Shukla
28 Jan 2012 | 6:52 amAn under-pressure BCCI today promised "corrective measures" after the Indian cricket team was humbled 0-4 by Australia. -
Pak v Eng, Day 4
28 Jan 2012 | 5:31 amEngland 327, 60/5 (31.0 Ovs), need 85, Prior 11(31), Jonathan Trott 1(2), Partnership: 4(12). Pak 257, 214. -
NZ v Zim, Only Test
28 Jan 2012 | 5:31 amNZ won by an innings and 301 runs. MoM: Chris Martin. Zim 51, 143-all out (48.3 Ovs), NZ 495/7 decl. Ross Taylor 122(201), Watling 102(149). -
Aus v Ind, 4th Test
28 Jan 2012 | 5:31 amAus won by 298 runs. MoM: Siddle. MoS: Michael Clarke. Ind 272, 201-all out (69.4 Ovs), Aus 604/7 decl, 167/5 decl. Ponting 221(404), Virat Kohli 116(213). -
Pakistan dent England victory bid in second Test
28 Jan 2012 | 5:17 amPakistan picked up four early wickets after England were set 145 runs for a series-levelling win to set up an intriguing finish to the second Test at Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Saturday. Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar took 6-62 in his comeback Test to put his team within sight of a win only for Pakistan to hit back defiantly, dismissing four top order batsmen to leave England struggling at 39-4 at tea on the fourth day.
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A Cricketing View
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Is Australia this good? Or India that bad?
27 Jan 2012 | 8:44 pmGreg Baum asked this question just now, after Umesh Yadav was caught at the wicket off Nathan Lyon to end India's 2nd innings and give Australia a 298 run win in the 4th Test at the Adelaide Oval. The answer to both questions is a qualified Yes. Australia is good, in that they have a good pace attack - a pace attack that does very little wrong. A lot of people talk about the inexperience of Australia's attack, but Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and Ryan Harris all have plenty of control and are fine basic Test fast bowlers. Each of them can bowl long spells, rarely bowl a bad ball,… -
First Innings Lead Problems: Six Changes To The Ranji Trophy
26 Jan 2012 | 2:45 pmI have written previously about the absurdity of having a 20 over contest with 10 batting wickets allotted to each team, with the same number of fielders and the same rules for dismissal as in a Test Match. My argument was that making the innings so severely short while leaving everything else as it is, skews the contest between bat and ball, and hence, does not sharpen skills and abilities that are necessary for actual Test cricket. In this post, I argue that the idea of granting a "win" based on first innings lead (as the Ranji Trophy allows) also skews the contest between bat and… -
Some Cricket related diagnoses of Australia's success
20 Jan 2012 | 2:31 pmGeoff Lawson, former Australian fast bowler, has offered this diagnosis of India's troubles in Australia. It comes as a pleasant surprise that someone has actually written about the cricket that has been played. The Indian capitulation, and I use the word advisedly, has come through the agency of seam bowlers who actually hit the seam - sometimes after it has swung, sometimes without. The greats of the Indian order have been undone by accuracy, movement, discipline and some decent pace. Eight dismissals in every ten have been off the front foot; the tail have mostly got out to short stuff… -
One More Loss
15 Jan 2012 | 8:29 pmIt happened again. The batsmen were put in against an in form pace attack, got shot out on a bowler friendly pitch. The bowlers had no answer even though I heard comments to the effect that 10 wickets in 2 sessions was a good effort. Then, the batsmen, saddled with a hopeless 200 run deficit (which is nearly insurmountable on a wicket where every single batsman on both sides was beaten once an over if the over was bowled reasonably well), were bowled out again. Read more » -
Warner, "Intent" and Perth
13 Jan 2012 | 7:18 pmIndia were blown away at the WACA on Day 1 of the Perth Test. Dave Warner score a blistering century off just 69 balls in reply to India's 161 all out. This has been India's problem all along. The batting has been below par, and has typically been 50-100 runs shy of where they ought to be in a given set of conditions. After being put in to bat on a WACA pitch with plenty of juice, India's openers were separated early for the umpteenth time in recent overseas Tests and the middle order, while it showed glimpses of its old ability to produce periods of calm batting, kept making…
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The sands of time
12 Jan 2012 | 4:35 pmIt’s been fun, this blog. It even got me a job, nearly six years ago, but I’ve barely been able to maintain it the last two or three years. This will be the last post here, and most of the words will flitter into the ether at some point. Thanks for the entertaining vitriol and comments over the years. It was a right giggle. -
Alastair Cook as a choirboy
12 Jan 2012 | 1:38 pmTake a look at the video below at around 1:11. Yes, it’s Alastair Cook in his days as a chorister at St Paul’s. One point of correction: whoever posted the video to Youtube believes it comes from a 1997 Christmas concert at the cathedral. In fact, it comes from a national service of supplication I organised there to pray for the Lord’s help in ending our dreadful run of results against the Australians. It worked, though perhaps not quite as I expected. Like Muralitharan, God moves in a mysterious way. Jonathan Calder blogs at Liberal England. -
Who shot Ashley Harvey-Walker?
10 Jan 2012 | 4:08 pmIn the 1970s summer Sunday afternoons meant live cricket on BBC2 and the rheumy pairing of John Arlott and Jim Laker visiting a county ground. Somehow it always seemed to be Ashley Harvey-Walker who was batting. Until the other day I remembered him for two things beside this apparent ubiquity. Batting against Peter Lever and Peter Lee on a snow-affected wicket at Buxton in 1975, he handed Dickie Bird his false teeth in a handkerchief to look after because, he reasoned, he would not be out there long. And Peter Tinniswood’s Brigadier once referred to the celebrated Ashley Harvey… -
Peter Roebuck and Basil D’Oliveira
8 Jan 2012 | 12:25 pmThank you for asking: Christmas was suprisingly enjoyable. I listened to the Queen’s Speech, read my 1973 Wisden and the mother of the boy who used to come in to help with the scoreboard brought me a hot meal. So I think I’ll be here a while yet. I have calculated that, with my rifle, I could pin down a whole company from the Last Man window if it came to that. In the mean time, here are some links paying tribute to two players we lost towards the end of last year. Peter Roebuck Vic Marks, Roebuck’s old Somerset team mate, wrote in the Guardian: Peter Roebuck’s suicide… -
Down at Third Man on the corruption of cricket
2 Nov 2011 | 2:32 pmHello? Coughs. It ain’t half dusty in here. The heavy roller is festooned with cobwebs and mice are nesting in the second XI captain’s box. But the scoreboard seems to be working and there is still that lovely smell of linseed oil. I have dropped by because I wanted to share a post with you. Down at Third Man has written one today entitled Dirty Dollars – The Utter and Unchecked Corruption at the Heart of Cricket. I get the impression he feels strongly about it: Let’s face it, the ex-cricketers who are part of the multimillion dollar entertainment industry which cricket has…
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Numbers of Mass Distraction: Part 2
19 Jan 2012 | 1:40 pmSome years ago, incensed by the jiggery-pokery of the “copyright industries”, I wrote a post seeking to expose the way they went about making the most outrageous claims when it came to the volume of illegal downloads prevalent. I described them as Numbers of Mass Distraction. It is clear that recent events surrounding SOPA do not represent the end of the war waged by the copyright industries; at most it’s a skirmish they will concede, albeit very grudgingly, as lost. Judging from the experiences we faced in the UK with The Digital Economy Bill (I covered some of those… -
The joy of writing about things that don’t matter
17 Jan 2012 | 5:32 pm….because sometimes they do matter. I’ve been fascinated by what people share, when they share it and how they share it for some time now. And for even longer, I’ve been thinking about why we share what we share. [Those of you who’re interested may want to read some of my earlier posts. Why We Share: A sideways look at privacy and Musing About Sharing And Privacy are two that come immediately to mind. Take this post. The trigger for my writing it was StumbleUpon (I’m a fan!), who wrote to me saying they thought I’d like a particular set of sites. One of… -
Thinking about learning. And SOPA and PIPA and stuff like that
14 Jan 2012 | 10:15 amI love being human. And I love human beings. I’m constantly amazed by human ingenuity. How our brains appear to work. How we construct mental models of things. How we observe, imitate, learn. How we repeat that cycle to augment learning. How, once we learn something, we show the capability to extend that learning in new ways. How we share what we do, how we use feedback loops from the people around us to adjust, to improve, to refine. To learn. I read somewhere that human children spend the most dependent on their parents and guardians, when compared to the offspring of other creatures. -
More on know-how and know-why versus know-what
9 Jan 2012 | 5:48 pmThanks for all your comments and tweets re my earlier post. Some of you solved the “unGoogleAble” question. Others commented on what they’d been doing with the Prime Numbers in Arithmetical Progression question. And a number of you engaged in conversation with me across a variety of platforms. It helps me think. And learn. For which I’m grateful. I hope it’s been of some use to some of you. I want to touch upon a few of the answers and comments, to see if that helps me articulate where I was going more effectively. First, Nicole Simon’s question. -
Musing gently about filter bubbles and trends
9 Jan 2012 | 12:55 pmHere’s what’s trending on Twitter right now: And here are the top stories on Google News: Here’s what the BBC News site has at top billing: I tried to even the field. So the twitter trends were set to “Global”, I finally overrode Google’s very irritating attempts to point me towards google.co.uk rather than google.com, and I left the BBC News homepage untouched. Zero connection between Twitter and Google, even though technically soccer stories made in on to both. One story in common between Google and BBC News. Just something to bear in mind. There’s…
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Broad anticipates key first session
27 Jan 2012 | 8:55 amStuart Broad led England's charge with the bat on Friday and looked forward to his role with the ball come day four of the second Test. -
Musing The Week's Media
27 Jan 2012 | 7:02 amShane Warne loses the number crunch to Brad Hogg, Sam Wells struggles to convince his girlfriend of his New Zealand call up and Sri Lanka's next generation are bordering on geriatric. -
Lyon enjoying home comforts
27 Jan 2012 | 6:40 amNathan Lyon picked up three big wickets at the Adelaide Oval on Friday to help Australia move toward a whitewash over India - a situation he is amazed to be a part of. -
Ashwin disappointed by failure
27 Jan 2012 | 6:37 amIndian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin says his team-mates are disappointed to find themselves on the verge of a 4-0 whitewash against Australia, but refused to single out any blame to individual players. -
England edge ahead in Abu Dhabi
27 Jan 2012 | 2:20 amA pedestrian unbeaten stand of 71 between Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq helped Pakistan inch out of a tricky situation, but England were still on top at stumps on day three of the second Test in Abu Dhabi.
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Australia news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
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Australia four wickets from a 4-0 whitewash
27 Jan 2012 | 4:44 amWhitewash, clean sweep, shutout. Whatever you like to call it, Australia were on track for a 4-0 series victory over India by stumps on the fourth day in Adelaide -
Australia in control despite Kohli ton
26 Jan 2012 | 6:59 pmVirat Kohli became India's first centurion of the tour but Australia remained in complete control on the third day in Adelaide -
Clarke's best man
25 Jan 2012 | 7:43 amAs a batting duo Clarke and Ponting bounce off one another perfectly, playing in styles that contrast in ways that split the field -
Rain spoils first Rose Bowl one-dayer
25 Jan 2012 | 6:35 amThe first match between Australia Women and New Zealand Women in the Rose Bowl one-dayers was washed out after only 22 overs were bowled at the SCG -
Clarke and Ponting double-tons keep Australia on top
25 Jan 2012 | 1:50 amMichael Clarke entered this Test with a whitewash on his mind. After two days, he could hardly have hoped for Australia to be in a stronger position to push for it
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Bangladesh news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
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Foakes century underpins England win
24 Jan 2012 | 12:33 pmEssex wicketkeeper Ben Foakes struck a century as England Under-19s claimed victory in the third youth ODI in Chittagong by three wickets -
Kayes helps Bangladesh square series
23 Jan 2012 | 6:40 amBangladesh A squared the T20 series against England Lions with an 11-run win in Mirpur -
Roy and Buck set up easy win for Lions
22 Jan 2012 | 8:36 amEngland Lions put in a good all-round performance at the Shere Bangla Stadium, claiming the opening Twenty20 by 32 runs -
Mosaddek, Noor set up win
21 Jan 2012 | 8:11 amMosaddek Hossain made 81 to set up Bangladesh Under-19s' comfortable win over England Under-19s in Chittagong -
Doubts over Afridi's participation in BPL
20 Jan 2012 | 5:26 amThe day after its historic auction, the Bangladesh Premier League has seen a cloud of doubt over the participation of Shahid Afridi, the most expensive player, in the 2012 season
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England news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
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England can chase 250 - Broad
27 Jan 2012 | 11:36 amStuart Broad has said that England "would not want to be chasing much more than 250" in the final innings against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi -
Azhar and Shafiq fight but England hold edge
27 Jan 2012 | 9:56 amFor the first time in their notional home series, Pakistan had a crowd to strengthen their resolve. They came in their thousands after Friday prayers and sat on the grassy banks at the Sheikh Zayed stadium -
Buttler serves up victory for England Lions
27 Jan 2012 | 7:44 amJos Buttler hammered a 56-ball hundred as England Lions won the 1st unofficial ODI against Sri Lanka A by 68 runs -
Nannes back at Surrey for Twenty20
26 Jan 2012 | 11:35 amDirk Nannes, the Australia fast bowler, will return to Surrey for their Friends Life t20 campaign this year -
Giles Clarke warns against internet piracy
26 Jan 2012 | 11:19 amGiles Clarke has said that as many as 700 unauthorised websites providing illegal streams of matches have been closed down, and warned that they are "the biggest danger" facing the game
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India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
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Yadav's ton reduces East Zone advantage
27 Jan 2012 | 7:55 amSuryakumar Yadav rescued West Zone from a top-order collapse with brisk century, but East Zone still held the edge on the first day of the Duleep Trophy -
India 'disappointed' not 'embarrassed' - Ashwin
27 Jan 2012 | 7:08 amR Ashwin has clarified that India are not embarrassed by their showing in Australia, rather they are disappointed -
Australia four wickets from a 4-0 whitewash
27 Jan 2012 | 4:44 amWhitewash, clean sweep, shutout. Whatever you like to call it, Australia were on track for a 4-0 series victory over India by stumps on the fourth day in Adelaide -
Australia in control despite Kohli ton
26 Jan 2012 | 6:59 pmVirat Kohli became India's first centurion of the tour but Australia remained in complete control on the third day in Adelaide -
Jhulan Goswami receives Padma Shri
26 Jan 2012 | 4:35 pmJhulan Goswami, India Women's captain, has been conferred with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, for her services to sports
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New Zealand news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
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Visitors in tatters after New Zealand declare
27 Jan 2012 | 6:04 pmZimbabwe face a mammoth first-innings deficit after losing five wickets for 20 in response to New Zealand's 495 for 7 declared on the third morning in Napier -
Surgery to rule Bennett out of season
27 Jan 2012 | 3:52 amHamish Bennett, the New Zealand fast bowler, will undergo surgery next month as he tries to overcome a persistent back injury -
Ross Taylor out of series with calf injury
27 Jan 2012 | 1:44 amRoss Taylor, the New Zealand captain, has been ruled out for three to four weeks after picking up a calf strain -
Rain washes out bulk of day two
26 Jan 2012 | 9:57 pmOnly 15.2 overs were bowled on the second day of the Test between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at McLean Park before light, but persistent, rain set in to make further play impossible -
Taylor and McCullum guide New Zealand
26 Jan 2012 | 8:41 amRoss Taylor reached a risk-free unbeaten sixth Test hundred towards stumps on day one to put New Zealand in command
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Pakistan news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
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England can chase 250 - Broad
27 Jan 2012 | 11:36 amStuart Broad has said that England "would not want to be chasing much more than 250" in the final innings against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi -
Nawaz shines as Pakistan U-19s level series
27 Jan 2012 | 10:14 amPakistan Under-19s registered a four-wicket win againt South Africa Under-19s in a low-scoring one-dayer in Cape Town, to level the three-match series at 1-1 -
Azhar and Shafiq fight but England hold edge
27 Jan 2012 | 9:56 amFor the first time in their notional home series, Pakistan had a crowd to strengthen their resolve. They came in their thousands after Friday prayers and sat on the grassy banks at the Sheikh Zayed stadium -
Tabish bowls Sind to innings win
27 Jan 2012 | 8:58 amA round-up of the Pentangular Cup matches that took place on January 27 -
Shahzaib, Faisal give Sind huge lead
27 Jan 2012 | 8:57 amA round-up of the Pentangular Cup matches that took place on January 26
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South Africa news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
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Nawaz shines as Pakistan U-19s level series
27 Jan 2012 | 10:14 amPakistan Under-19s registered a four-wicket win againt South Africa Under-19s in a low-scoring one-dayer in Cape Town, to level the three-match series at 1-1 -
Ontong 'surprised' at selection for New Zealand tour
26 Jan 2012 | 12:32 pmJustin Ontong has said he was surprised at his inclusion in South Africa's ODI and Twenty20 squads for the tour of New Zealand and hopes to make this latest chance count -
Justin Ontong recalled to limited-overs squads
25 Jan 2012 | 12:04 pmJustin Ontong, the Cape Cobras allrounder, has been included in South Africa's squads for the one-day and Twenty20 international series in New Zealand -
Klusener appointed Dolphins interim coach
25 Jan 2012 | 9:46 amLance Klusener, the former South Africa allrounder, has been appointed interim coach of the Dolphins, the Durban-based franchise, until the end of the 2011-12 season -
Sri Lanka ride on Sangakkara ton in thriller
23 Jan 2012 | 10:41 pmFor once, the choke was almost on the opposition in a game involving South Africa. Sri Lanka almost messed up what had been the perfect big ODI chase
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Buttler serves up victory for England Lions
27 Jan 2012 | 7:44 amJos Buttler hammered a 56-ball hundred as England Lions won the 1st unofficial ODI against Sri Lanka A by 68 runs -
I took up the captaincy for one year - Jayawardene
26 Jan 2012 | 4:26 pmMahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka's new captain, has said his second term will be for a year at most and that his priority is to rebuild the team after a string of defeats -
Graham Ford appointed Sri Lanka coach
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Sri Lanka ride on Sangakkara ton in thriller
23 Jan 2012 | 10:41 pmFor once, the choke was almost on the opposition in a game involving South Africa. Sri Lanka almost messed up what had been the perfect big ODI chase -
Jayawardene to lead Sri Lanka in Australia
23 Jan 2012 | 10:34 amHours after Tillakaratne Dilshan resigned as Sri Lanka captain, Mahela Jayawardene was appointed in his place to lead the ODI squad to Australia for the tri-series in February involving the hosts and India
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West Indies news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
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WICB to meet to resolve Guyana impasse
27 Jan 2012 | 1:13 amThe West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will hold a teleconference on Saturday in an effort to resolve the impasse between the board, the Guyana Cricket Board (GICB) and the Guyanese government -
Smooth sailing to Caribbean T20 title, says Ramdin
24 Jan 2012 | 7:28 amDenesh Ramdin, the Trinidad & Tobago captain, has said it was smooth sailing for his side in the Caribbean T20 after losing to Windward Islands in their first match -
No unity in Jamaica team, say players
24 Jan 2012 | 6:15 amAndre Russell and Shawn Findlay have said that a lack of unity in the Jamaica team cost them the Caribbean T20 final against Trinidad & Tobago -
Clinical T&T defend Caribbean T20 title
23 Jan 2012 | 11:53 amTrinidad & Tobago put in a clinical performance against Jamaica in the final to win their second consecutive Caribbean T20 title, and once again qualify for the lucrative Champions League T20 -
T&T and Jamaica set up final clash
22 Jan 2012 | 5:00 amA round-up of the semi-finals from the Caribbean T20
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Zimbabwe news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
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Visitors in tatters after New Zealand declare
27 Jan 2012 | 6:04 pmZimbabwe face a mammoth first-innings deficit after losing five wickets for 20 in response to New Zealand's 495 for 7 declared on the third morning in Napier -
Rain washes out bulk of day two
26 Jan 2012 | 9:57 pmOnly 15.2 overs were bowled on the second day of the Test between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at McLean Park before light, but persistent, rain set in to make further play impossible -
Ballance, Chinouya star for Rhinos in draw
26 Jan 2012 | 10:00 amA century from Mid West Rhinos' captain, Gary Ballance, helped his team gain the first-innings' lead and a point from their drawn match against Mashonaland Eagles at the Harare Sports Club -
Taylor and McCullum guide New Zealand
26 Jan 2012 | 8:41 amRoss Taylor reached a risk-free unbeaten sixth Test hundred towards stumps on day one to put New Zealand in command -
Rebuilding Zimbabwe's overseas test
25 Jan 2012 | 9:14 amESPNcricinfo previews the only Test between New Zealand and Zimbabwe, in Napier
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Cricket News
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Team India's 'horror-show' sends Oz cricket state associations' losses 'spiralling'
28 Jan 2012 | 5:47 amMelbourne, Jan 28: Australian state cricket associations have incurred nearly 150,000 dollars in losses due to the spate of early Test finishes following Team India's 'horror-show' Down Under. -
Senior cricketers not retiring, says Indian team management
28 Jan 2012 | 1:48 amThe Indian cricket team management Saturday denied reports claiming retirement of its senior players following a 0-4 Test series whitewash in Australia. -
Australia seal India cricket Test series whitewash
27 Jan 2012 | 11:43 pmAustralia wrapped up a 298-run win over India to sweep the series 4-0 early on the final day of the fourth Test at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday. -
Retiree says he lost life savings with Stanford
27 Jan 2012 | 7:44 pmA retired architect and military veteran told jurors at Texas financier R. Allen Stanford's fraud trial Friday that he lost nearly all of his life savings investing with Stanford, and has survived by eating "a lot of macaroni and cheese" and selling his possessions on eBay. -
Sri Lankan cricket will benefit from recent changes: SLC chief
27 Jan 2012 | 5:34 pmSri Lanka's cricket chief on Friday defended the sacking of Australian coach Geoff Marsh and the selection of a new team captain, saying the changes would help usher in a new era of 'cricketing excellence'. "We will reap the benefits of these changes in the fullness of time," Sri Lanka Cricket president Upali Dharmadasa said.
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Australia, Kiwi PMs ready for 2015 cricket world cup
28 Jan 2012 | 4:40 amAustralian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her New Zealand counterpart John Key on Saturday said that they were on the same platform in promoting the International Cricket Council (ICC) 2015 Cricket -
Team India official denies reports on Dravid's retirement
28 Jan 2012 | 3:50 amIndian cricket team's media manager GS Walia has said at Adelaide Oval that no senior player within the squad will be retiring in the wake of the 4-0 whitewash against Australia in the just-completed -
Ashes still spur Clarke
28 Jan 2012 | 3:34 amTwelve months ago, Michael Clarke was struggling for runs and battling an image problem with an indifferent Australian public, while his team was belted 3-1 by England in the Ashes.Now, after ... -
India dismiss Dravid retirement
28 Jan 2012 | 3:34 amIndia have dismissed reports that experienced batsman Rahul Dravid was set to retire after their bitterly disappointing series whitewash in ... -
New ball wickets give England edge over Pakistan
28 Jan 2012 | 3:33 amStuart Broad (2nd R) appeals unsuccessfully for the wicket of Pakistan's Abdur Rehman (3rd R) during the second cricket test match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi January 28, 2012. ...
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England in a spin
28 Jan 2012 | 5:23 amEngland, chasing 145 to level the three-match series after Monty Panesar's 6-62, lost five wickets to spin as Pakistan sensed victory in Abu Dhabi. -
Rampant Australia whitewash India
28 Jan 2012 | 4:29 amAustralia wasted little time in claiming the four wickets they needed to secure a 4-0 whitewash of sorry India in the final Test at the Adelaide Oval. -
Writing on the wall for India
28 Jan 2012 | 4:05 amAustralia were four tail-end wickets from a whitewash of India, who required an improbable further 334 for a Test record total to win and to avoid a second straight 4-0 sweep on the road. -
Taylor and rain woe for New Zealand
28 Jan 2012 | 3:16 amNew Zealand captain Ross Taylor suffered a calf injury, on a severely truncated second day at Napier in which only 15.2 overs were possible, that is set to rule him out of the series with Zimbabwe. -
Nip and tuck Test too close for Broad
28 Jan 2012 | 2:31 amStuart Broad hopes he has helped plunder enough leeway for England to sneak victory over Pakistan in a “nipper”. Broad said: “This has been an amazing Test match so far - one for the purists."
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Cricket-Pakistan v England - second test scoreboard
28 Jan 2012 | 4:55 amABU DHABI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scoreboard at tea on day four of the second test between Pakistan and England at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Saturday. -
Cricket-England 327 & 39-4 v Pakistan 257 & 214 - fourth day, tea
28 Jan 2012 | 4:48 amABU DHABI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - England were 39 for four in their second innings at tea on the fourth day of the second test on Saturday, 105 runs behind Pakistan. Scores: England 39-4 (Strauss 23; Abdur Rehman 2-3) & 327 (Alastair Cook 94, Jonathan Trott 74; Saeed Ajmal 4-108, Mohammad Hafeez 3-54) v Pakistan 214 (Asad Shafiq 43, Azhar Ali 68; Monty Panesar 6-62) & 257 (Misbah-ul-Haq 84, Asad Shafiq 58; S. Broad 4-47) (Reporting by Matt Smith; Editing by Clare Fallon) -
WRAPUP 2-Cricket-Australia crush India to sweep series
28 Jan 2012 | 12:03 amADELAIDE, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Resurgent Australia ruthlessly ripped through the last flagging remnants of Indian resistance in less than an hour at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday to record a fourth crushing test win and sweep the series. -
Cricket-List of largest test cricket victories
27 Jan 2012 | 11:44 pmJan 28 (Reuters) - List of largest victories in test cricket after New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by an innings and 301 runs in their one-off test in Napier, New Zealand on Saturday: -
Cricket-New Zealand win test after bowling Zimbabwe out twice in one day
27 Jan 2012 | 11:32 pmJan 28 (Reuters) - New Zealand highlighted the gulf in international cricket when they bowled Zimbabwe out twice on Saturday to win the only test match of their tour at McLean Park in Napier by an innings and 301 runs.
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Tour Diaries
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Matty or Trotty?
27 Jan 2012 | 10:42 amSouth African-born bald cricketers - hard to differentiate © Getty Images The last few days summed up why I watch the England side abroad. Not only has the cricket picked up from an English point of view, but perhaps more importantly there is also a feeling in the air that the tour has finally started. After the disappointment of Dubai and its fairly soulless surrounds, the Sheikh Zayed Stadium has provided three brilliant days of spectator happiness. The stadium, albeit in the middle of a desert (like everything here), is close enough to a major highway to make it reasonably accessible… -
Abu Dhabi: plenty to do
25 Jan 2012 | 1:06 amWhen in Abu Dhabi, take your cycle to the F1 race track © Getty Images It’s the eve of the second Test and I cannot wait for it to start. We’ve tried our best to get the most out of this extended break between matches but after five days of non-cricket related activities, I’m ready to spend my time in the UAE on the grass banks of the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium hopefully watching a famous English victory. This feeling is reflected among my fellow supporters – slightly twitchy from the lack of cricket, and ever so slightly uninspired by our surrounds. It’s not that we aren’t… -
The upside of a three-day finish
21 Jan 2012 | 3:21 amCricket matches being played out in Palm Diera © Richard Kemp If I am honest with myself I secretly hoped the Dubai Test would be wrapped up inside four days. With just a day’s build-up in Dubai before the Test started and a short taxi ride booked down to Abu Dhabi the day after what was scheduled to be day five, I considered the chance to have time to explore the sprawling metropolis a bonus. However, what I did not wish for was the toothless, formless batting display from England on the third day that reminded me of being at Sabina Park, Jamaica, back in 2009. We will always support… -
A tribute to a cricket lover
18 Jan 2012 | 12:34 amEngland supporters in UAE raise a toast to George "the Podge" Summerside © Richard Kemp Day one of a Test series is always an exciting time. In Dubai the feeling among the several dozen stalwart England supporters was slightly different to the usual “let’s act like a child on Christmas day morning because we are watching Test cricket abroad again” syndrome that I’ve become accustom to over the years. I wrote in my first update about the recent passing of one of our own, George “The Podge” Summerside. The first time I met Podge was back in 2007 on the outfield of the SSC… -
Watch out Dubai
16 Jan 2012 | 11:15 pmThe author with Jonathan Agnew in Dubai © Richard Kemp We’ve finally arrived. After months of anticipation, research and hype, the England cricket fans have checked into our Dubai hotels – many of us a few dirhams worse off thanks to the lure of cheap alcohol in the airport’s duty-free. The best news from the first 24 hours in Test cricket’s newest destination has been the successful deal struck between a few of the Barmy Army lads and our hotel manager to lower the beer prices in the bar. Twenty-five dirhams a beer might not be the cheapest tipple on the international circuit,…
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Eng 39/4 in 22 Overs, Pak vs Eng
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Aus vs Ind - Australia won by 298 runs
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Bowling partnerships was our main plan: Siddle
28 Jan 2012 | 4:44 amAdelaide, Jan 28: Australian bowlers hunted in a pack all throughout the Test series to demolish the famed Indian batting line up and pace spearhead Peter Siddle said the home team reaped rich dividends by sticking to its plan of "bowling -
Former players blame India's batting for whitewash
28 Jan 2012 | 3:58 amNew Delhi, Jan 28: Stunned by India's Test slump abroad after the 0-4 rout in the series against Australia, former stalwarts blamed it on the star-studded batting line-up's flopshow, saying heads have to roll following a second successive whitewash overseas.India were -
Sehwag denies lack of effort for 4-0 loss
28 Jan 2012 | 2:27 amAdelaide, Jan 28: India's Virender Sehwag denies lack of effort for the humiliating loss against Australia which also marked the team's second whitewash in nine months after the disastrous tour of England in July 2011.After losing the first three tests in
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Pen The Game
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Sad demise of Indian Cricket?
4 Jan 2012 | 7:54 amWe are the Champions?The World Champions?Also, one of the best Test Teams in the world?Is it? Obviously Yes! We are. But is it true only for our soil?Do we fail anywhere outside? Do we fail miserably in our 'tests' on foreign soil?It hasn't really been the case to this extreme until the recent past.I was very disappointed when my team, which made me and every Indian proud by lifting The World Cup last year after 28 yrs, was thrashed and could do nothing but submit in England. There is anyways some not-so-soft-corner somewhere inside me for the English, for they ruled us and did what not… -
Arsenal in 2011
1 Jan 2012 | 4:08 pm1) Arshavin's winner against Barcelona. When Nasri cut back, the Russian caressed the ball into the bottom corner to send the Emirates into ruptures. Lately, Arshavin has been blamed for being "disinterested" by a lot of Arsenal fans. To me he has always been a player who has given you that impression but capable of moments of brilliance. Yes, the frequency of those moments of brilliance is getting lesser. But, a fully confident Arshavin still has a lot to offer to Arsenal. Wenger has said many times that he is a player who "takes a lot of risks". So obviously Arshavin is looking for more… -
The Carlos Tevez saga continues
13 Nov 2011 | 5:34 pmJohn Carlin, a New York Times writer said he was “shocked” at Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez’s refusal to come onto the football pitch against Bayern Munich in their Champions league match at the Allianz Arena, Munich. Tevez has been unhappy with life in Manchester had publicly stated in the summer that he wanted to leave Manchester City to be closer to his family. Manchester City was trailing Bayern Munich 0-2 when manager Roberto Mancini asked the Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez to warm-up to get onto the pitch around the 59th minute of the match. Tevez refused to obey the… -
Did Serena get away?
29 Sep 2011 | 11:06 pm“It is a joke” said tennis referee Charles Granville referring to the $2000 fine imposed on Serena Williams for lashing out at a chair umpire in the recently concluded US Open. Mr. Granville, father of American professional tennis player Laura Granville, said that suspending players rather than fining them would make the tennis players behave themselves on court. French newspaper journalist, Cecile Soler said that unless a player goes physical or swears at the officials, he or she should not be suspended. Soler said: “Taking the point away is the biggest thing and that was what the… -
Arsenal 0 -2 Liverpool. But there is still hope!
20 Aug 2011 | 3:30 pmAfter a summer of unrest, Cesc finally leaving for Barca, Nasri on the verge of going to Man City, the Gunners had a lot of questions to answer. Over the summer, the struggling Denilson and the effervescent, versatile Eboue had also departed. Wilshere, Rosicky, Gibbs were out injured. Song and new signing, Gervinho were serving suspensions. As if that was not enough, the improved Koscielny injured his back 10 minutes in the game. There was no lack of effort from Arsenal. Theo Walcott, Arshavin tried to make runs, but could not quite penetrate. Nasri starting the game was surprising to me.
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Android Apps – Innovative Trend in HDR Photography
27 Jan 2012 | 8:30 amToday, most Android Devices have the best of cameras possible. In fact, your default Android device may not have a good app to take photos and share them. However, with a little help from some of the latest apps, you can transform it into a useful photographic escort. It can handle a wide range of photography related tasks. Android is the hottest mobile innovation by Google that is taking the mobile market by storm. This mobile platform is totally unlocked, allowing application developers a free rein to display their creativity; at the same time it gives the users the advantage to experience… -
Spirit Enlightened Film Festival
27 Jan 2012 | 2:47 amCulture Unplugged Studios’ ‘Spirit Enlightened’ aspires to trace the spirit that has led the humanity and evolutionary consciousness to present form and is in the midst of creating our future. The festival hopes to explore with you, ‘That’ which envelops to infuse & evolve the individual as well as collective being, expands our vision of time as well as place, enlivens our hearts, and enlightens our species to transcend the present state of being for the mystical new – the next state of supra-mental self. Lets observe & feel this divine/enlightening… -
Raspberry Pi – Size doesn’t Matter
26 Jan 2012 | 9:21 amRaspberry Pi, a newly launched credit-card sized computer, weighing about 45g, can be plugged into your TV and a keyboard. The main purpose of this innovation, by the Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charitable one; by building the cheapest computer at $25, can provide an assured fundamental level of functionality. This little PC has almost all the features of a desktop PC. It is equipped with spreadsheets, word processing and games. It also plays HD videos, has a SD card slot and connectors, that project over the edges. Mike, keyboards, network adapters and external storage will all connect, via… -
PropertyFeast – An Innovative Real Estate Platform
24 Jan 2012 | 10:54 amReal estate is a lucrative niche market, even in the current market straits. A real estate transaction is much more detailed than any other asset purchases. However, technology provides the solution to simplify the search for the perfect mortgage asset. Property portals offer sellers to display their mortgage properties in the best light. All-important information, concerning the deal, is easily accessible with real time developments tracked for current updates. You can get to the seller or contact a property agent to help you in your search to find the best mortgage deal for you. Recently… -
National Defense Authorization Act 2012 gives Americans a taste of their own Medicine
23 Jan 2012 | 8:30 amThe initial cloud of smoke has cleared on 2012′s National Defense Authorization Act and we are still no better informed about the extent of its newly formed ambiguous power than we were when it was passed two weeks ago. The NDAA of 2012 broke with its traditionally monotonous roots when its scope spread far beyond the traditional yearly Department of Defense budgeting. In a seemingly dodgy move the government slipped in the now highly controversial Section 1021 and 1022—constitution-raping pieces of legislation akin the Patriot Act on steroids. The two sly sections allow for the…
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Bare Thoughts
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A possible reason for the dismal performance by Inida ~ Sehwag and Gambhir not on the same page
25 Jan 2012 | 9:07 am"I begin with the name of Allah, the most merciful". Yesterday I was thinking about how poorly the Indians have performed in the Test Series against Australia. I put in quite a thought towards deciphering the mystery of such a downfall. I mean not very long ago people would not believe me when I said that the Indian team lacked the metal to be the world's best but now everyone is seeing the cracks. I looked into the recent happenings and comments by players and tried to figure out where the weakness lied apart from an utterly impotent bowling attack that has often been saved the embarrassment… -
India gets only a single wicket in 836 runs: Gambhir says "Every bowler is a threat on such wickets".
24 Jan 2012 | 6:53 am"I begin with the name of Allah, the most merciful". Well, Gautam Gambhir commented on the thrashing that the Indian team got at the hands of the Aussies by saying that such pitches make ordinary bowling look good and that every bowler looks menacing in such assisting conditions. He also challenged the Aussies to come to India and claimed that the Indians would deliver the same embarrassment they faced at the hands of the Australians. First of all, I certainly would love to ask Gambhir to explain how the Aussies managed to put a mammoth 836 runs on the board for just the loss of one wicket… -
ICC Cricket Ranking England and India: The Shaky Top Two
19 Jan 2012 | 3:12 pm"I begin with the name of Allah, the most merciful". Ever since India came to the top of the rankings in both ODIs and Tests I for one was waiting for the cookie to crumble, With England also, I knew that the bubble would burst and consistency would lack. The fact that the ICC Cricket Rankings generally and especially for test matches do not seem to take into consideration the venues that the matches are being played at and the overall balance of a side's performance causes a team to become the world's number one team when it actually is not the best team in the world. What do I mean? -
Pakistan v England, 1st Test, Dubai, 3rd day ~ England Suffer their fifth worst defeat ever since the second world war
19 Jan 2012 | 2:46 pm"I begin with the name of Allah, the most merciful". Finally the misery ends for the poor English team. They were completely out played by the Pakistan cricket team as they had no answer to the spin of Ajmal and the pace of Gul. Leaving only 15 runs for the men in green to chase the Brits suffered a 10 wicket loss at the hands of Pakistan. The match ended with England's 192 and 160 failing to match Pakistan's 338 and hence leaving only 15 to get for a win. This was England's first test loss in almost 2 years. Moreover, this loss was the Fifth worst loss for England since the second world… -
Pakistan v England, 1st Test, Dubai, 2nd day ~ Pakistan fails to hurt England as much as it could have
18 Jan 2012 | 8:50 am"I begin with the name of Allah, the most merciful". With England down and struggling and Pakistan 176/2 (Hafeez 88) it looked as if the English will dearly rue their failure in the first innings. It all went a little wrong for Pakistan due to some good bowling by the Brits aided by some very ordinary cricket by the Pakistani batsmen. However with Misbah yet again making a half century Pakistan closed the day 96 runs ahead with 3 wickets in hand. Although the 350 looks allusive, we can certainly hope for around a 125 run lead which would certainly burden the already under-pressure…
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ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
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8 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm
8 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pmThe 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup(the tenth Cricket World Cup) will be hosted by: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.Host(s) India Sri Lanka BangladeshThe World Cup will take place between 19 February 2011 to 2 April 2011.FIRST MATCH on 19 February 2011 between India and Bangladesh.Participants : 14 Nations(from 104 entrants) -
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Schedule
7 Jan 2012 | 12:03 pmICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Schedule has been announced. World Best 14 Teams are divided into two groups: Group A and Group B. A total of 49 matches will be played. The tournament will occur in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from Feb 19, 2011Group AGroup BAustraliaIndiaPakistanSouth AfricaNew ZealandEnglandZimbabweBangladeshCanadaIrelandKenyaThe NetherlandsSrilanka West Indies Match ScheduleDATETIMEMatch DetailsVenueFeb 19,201114:30Bangladesh vs India D/NMirpurFeb 20,201109:30New Zealand vs KenyaChennaiFeb 20,201114:30Sri Lanka vs Canada D/NHambantotaFeb 21,201114:30Australia vs Zimbabwe… -
India Versus Netherlands
9 Mar 2011 | 12:26 amIndia takes on Netherlands at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi today on 9th of March 2011 at 02:30 PM IST. It is the 25th Match of the tournament. India standing at the top of the points table in Group B with 5 points and a NRR of +0.768. Lets see where they can reach from here. -
England versus Netherlands ICC Cricket Worldcup 2011
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India Australia Warm Up Match
13 Feb 2011 | 1:07 amToday India takes on Australia in a warm up match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The match will start at 14:30 (Local Time). The match is scheduled to be a Day-Night. This is the 6th Warm Up match in the ICC World Cup 2011 event and with that only 6 more days to go for the main event to begin.
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26 Jan 2012 | 12:26 pmPicture Collage Maker Pro utility software can be downloaded for absolutely FREE!. This is piece of tool is all-in-one photo collage software that turns your ordinary photos and pictures lying in your PC into stunning Photo collages and digital scrapbooks to share with your family and friends. Picture Collage Maker is very powerful tool which [...]Download Picture Collage Maker Pro v3.24 for FREE is a post from: Nihar's World -
New Zealand v Zimbabwe 2012 Test Series Cricket Schedule – Match Timings – Channels Telecasting
25 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pmNew Zealand v Zimbabwe Test 2012 Series will be held in New Zealand from Jan 26th, 2012 to Jan 30th, 2012. New Zealand will play 3 Test matches against Zimbabwe. Click here for New Zealand v Zimbabwe Test Series Team Squad Going by current form, Zimbabwe will start as favorites to win the Test series. [...]New Zealand v Zimbabwe 2012 Test Series Cricket Schedule – Match Timings – Channels Telecasting is a post from: Nihar's World -
New Zealand v Zimbabwe 2012 Test Series Team Squad
25 Jan 2012 | 11:07 amZimbabwe Tour of New Zealand 2012 Series will be played in New Zealand. They will be playing 1 Test match from Jan 26th, 2012 to Jan 30th, 2012. Below, I will be providing New Zealand Test Team Squad and Zimbabwe Test Team Squad. Click here for New Zealand v Zimbabwe 2012 Test Series Cricket Schedule [...]New Zealand v Zimbabwe 2012 Test Series Team Squad is a post from: Nihar's World -
India v Australia 2012 T20 Series Team Squad
15 Jan 2012 | 5:18 pmIndia v Australia 2012 T20 Series will be played in Australia. They will be playing 2 T20 matches on February 1st, 2012 and February 3rd, 2012. Below, I will be providing India T20 Team Squad and Australia T20 Team Squad Click here for India v Australia 2012 T20 Series Cricket Schedule – Match Timings – [...]India v Australia 2012 T20 Series Team Squad is a post from: Nihar's World -
India v Australia 2012 T20 Series Cricket Schedule – Match Timings – Channels Telecasting
15 Jan 2012 | 5:13 pmIndia v Australia T20 2012 Series will be held in Australia on February 1st, 2012 to February 3rd, 2012. India will play 2 T20 matches against Australia. Click here for India v Australia T20 Series Team Squad India failed to win the Test Series. They will hope to win the T20 series. Australia will be [...]India v Australia 2012 T20 Series Cricket Schedule – Match Timings – Channels Telecasting is a post from: Nihar's World
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South Africa tour of England 2012
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Australia Tri Series 2012
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Cricket Religion
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“No, Greg, no, you can’t do that”
27 Jan 2012 | 5:39 pmOften labelled as one of the most disgraceful events ever happened on the cricket field, The Underarm Bowling Incident of 1981, still invokes the nauseating emotions in the minds of millions of cricket lovers all across the world. Cricket has copped torrent of controversies ever since this incident happened 30 years before still it is deemed [...] -
Australia on the verge of victory, 4 wickets away from 4-0 whitewash
27 Jan 2012 | 6:20 amAustralia is on the way to win another test match against India, after leading the series 3-0 and the final test having just four wickets for India to defend the team for the 90 overs tomorrow, and India still needs 334 runs. Australia declared their innings for 167/5 when they were 499 runs ahead, and [...] -
New Zealand in a commanding position; Ross Taylor out of action for 3-4 weeks.
27 Jan 2012 | 5:51 amNew Zealand captain Ross Taylor will be out of competitive cricket for around 3-4 weeks after tearing his right calf today. Leading the side in his place would be Brendon McCullum who will be taking charge from the ongoing one off Test against Zimbabwe. The swashbuckling middle order batsman did the damage on the second [...] -
Ricky Ponting conferred the highest civilian honour
26 Jan 2012 | 9:19 pmSachin Tendulkar’s batting records might just be out of his reach but, off the field, Ricky Ponting has scored a big point over the Little Master. Australia’s batting legend has been appointed an officer(AO) in the general division of the Order of Australia for his illustrious services to the game of cricket and also to [...] -
Sourav Ganguly lashes out at India’s batting display at the Adelaide Oval
26 Jan 2012 | 6:10 pmIndia’s most successful Test captain Sourav Ganguly has come down heavily on the team for surrendering meekly with the bat against the Australian’s on the third day of the Adelaide Test where they folded out for just 272 on a track which was,to put it mildly, pretty flat. Ganguly finds it tough to digest that [...]
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Live Cricket News
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Australia four wickets from a 4-0 whitewash :
27 Jan 2012 | 6:00 amIndia 272 and 6 for 166 (Sehwag 62, Lyon 3-57) need another 334 runs to beat Australia 7 for 604 dec and 5 for 167 dec (Ponting 60*). Whitewash, clean sweep, shutout. Whatever you like to call it, Australia were on track for a 4-0 series victory over India by stumps on the fourth day in Adelaide. Four wickets stood between Michael Clarke's men and the completion of a remarkable feat. India finished the day needing a further 334 for victory, but a comeback from Kapil Dev is more likely than one from India in this match. At stumps India were 6 for 166, having been set a target of 500. -
England cautious after Pakistan make 257 :
26 Jan 2012 | 4:15 amStuart Broad Lunch England 48 for 1 (Cook 27*, Trott 5*) trail Pakistan 257 (Misbah 84, Shafiq 58, Broad 4-47) by 209 runs .Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss have experienced much during the 100 occasions they have stood together as England's opening pair, but rarely anything like this - a trial by spin in the desert, an examination against Pakistan's slow bowlers on the world's driest Test ground. It was all too much for Strauss. He made 11 and was then stuck on the crease, propping half forward suspiciously, when Mohammad Hafeez had him caught off bat and pad at short leg. -
Yuvraj Singh - Ruled Out Of IPL
26 Jan 2012 | 4:09 amYuvraj Singhthe India batsman, could be ruled out of cricket for as many as six months due to the ongoing treatment of his non-malignant lung tumour. This means he will at least miss the Asia Cup and the IPL, where he captained the Pune Warriors last year.The last time Yuvraj played competitive cricket was the Tests against West Indies last November, and he was originally hoping to return as early as next month's ODI tri-series in Australia. According to PTI, quoting an unnamed source from the IPL, Yuvraj is currently overseas. He has travelled to the United States in order to undergo… -
Australia in control despite of Kohli ton :
26 Jan 2012 | 4:07 amAustralia 7 for 604 dec and 3 for 50 (Clarke 9*, Ponting 1*) lead India 272 (Kohli 116, Siddle 5-49, Hilfenhaus 3-62) by 382 runs.It took until the third-last day of the series, but India finally found a Test centurion on this tour after Virat Kohli showed the fight that his colleagues have lacked. But on the national holiday of both India and Australia, there was more for the hosts to celebrate, as Peter Siddle finished with five wickets and Australia ended up with a lead of 382. By stumps, India still faced a major challenge to save the Adelaide Test and avoid a whitewash. If they do… -
Ashwin says No embarrassment for India
25 Jan 2012 | 12:42 amIndia are not embarrassed by their showing on the tour of Australia despite being soundly beaten in the first three tests and taking another hammering on the first day of the fourth, bowler Ravi Ashwin said on Tuesday. Off-spinner Ashwin took two of his country's three wickets before lunch at the Adelaide Oval but Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke ran rampant in the afternoon to push the hosts to 335 for three at the close of play."I think it was really good batting by Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, they really took the game away from us in the second session," the 25-year-old told…













