We played Caribbean cricket team at their home, then in Malaysia and also once in last ICC champions trophy... in normal circumstances - this should be an easy preparation for both India and West Indies teams.
Including the viewers like you and me.. But is it that way? Hundreds are not sure what the match timing will be, thousands don't know which channel to select for live telecast, when and where the matches will be played and so forth. For both the teams - it's like winning something that experts will start calling them the "contenders for 2007 cricket world Cup".
I expertise as a cricket writer, not as a gossip column reporter - yet today I've to start this news article with a 2 hour old news : Aishwarya Rai, the wallpaper girl of India has got engaged to Amitabh Bachchans' son - Abhishek Bachchan, who also happens to be a Bollywood star.
It's important to mention this engagment news because a billion people now have to find a new face to admire. I am sure quite a few of my cricket readers are one of them as well - so let me suggest a name : Deepika Padukone.
Ian Chappell believes Australia will always come back as the dominatant team at International level, because their domestic cricket is very strong. Constituted with only 6 domestic teams (New South Wales', Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia), around 100 countries best cricketers first fight for a place in National domestic team and then play against each other time and time again... and then a few more time - taking their level as high as possible.
Their curators prepare high quality sporting pitches - with spin, speed and carry, and only selection cretaria for National team is performace. And thus - Australia will always be a competitive team, and will dominate whenever other International teams fail to match ... .. Read complete article
England and Australia are playing Ashes series since 1882. The last and only "White Wash" (which means winning by 5-0) happened in 1921.
Both the times, I mean including this 2006 White wash as well, Australians were on the winning side and England had no answer to either the batting or their bowling. But this article is not directed at criticising England, but to inform you that England and Australia will be playing a twenty20 match at Sydney cricket ground (SCG) on 9th of January 2007 - which is tuesday.
England has been into very bad ODI form lately, so the expectations may not be very high. Having said that - English team has the most experience when ... .. Read complete article
If you are an Indian. And understand cricket. And are still interested in India South Africa series - here's a story for you..
The news : RahulDravid is injured (yet another finger injury) and now VVSLaxman will join Indian team in South Africa. Dravid is out of the remaining two ODIs which also means that the twenty20 match on 1st December will also be missed by him.
You may have watched Dravid having some tablets during 3rd ODI.... if you were watching the match till then.
The names are - B Manoj Kumar and Md. Shaibaz Tumbi. They are 13 year olds, belong to St Peter's High School and when they came out to bat against St Philips High School on Wednesday morning in a inter-school 40 over match (Bro John of God Trophy), carried their bat for a partnership of 721, making 320 (127 balls) and 324 (116 balls) respectively and broke the partnership record of 664 made by Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli in February 1988 - Manoj Kumar and Shaibaz Tumbi weren't even born then.
According to Mohandas Mennon - the former Team India statistician, this feet (triple centuries by both) of hyderabad boys gives them the World record of highest total, ... .. Read complete article
On 6th March 2007, Indian team will play their first warm-up match in Cricket World Cup 2007 against Netherland. On 9th - second warm-up match against West Indies.
Before that, we have 4 home ODI's against Sri Lanka in February and 4 against West Indies - in January 2007.
Before that, we have 5 ODI's against South Africa and then a test series. And that's it.
From today, 15 ODI's and three test matches are all Team India is having to regain their lost form.
How do you think our team is shaping up??
Following is the schedule of that India vs West Indies (at Nagpur, Cuttack, Chennai, Baroda) and India vs Sri Lanka ODIs ... .. Read complete article
I have a job of watching all the cricket which is being played around the world. Wonderful, isn't it? But just as Champions trophy finished, there was nothing for me to do.
I was so bored but now with West Indies vs Pakistan series starting on 11th November and then South Africa series from 19th, I and million other cricket lovers have great days ahead.
What's more, Ashes is there too and if you wish to watch all or some of these International cricket matches on your television, note down the channels and timings.
Note : Following information may be boring for those who doesn't need them. Channel ESPN presents "Mobile ESPN" :
You may ask - what's new. So many cellular companies are giving cricket scores through SMS, some provide voice score updates as well.
Well yes. But where "Mobile ESPN" are different is that they are covering all three ways of communication - Voice, Video, Text or SMS. Channel ESPN has made agreements with telecom networks - Hutch, Airtel, Idea, BSNL and many more and thus they will be sending video highlights of all cricket matches Indian team plays and ESPN has got the telecast rights.
You can also get Daily news programs like Sportscentre, exclusive interviews, Cricket ... .. Read complete article
West Indies are at a high that they haven't been for over 2 decades, whereas Pakistan is their usual "controversial self" as West Indies land on Pakistani soil after almost 9 years.
This time, West Indies has 3 test matches and then 5 ODI's in their schedule and according to their captain Brain Lara - ""I think there is no reason to hide the fact that their absence (of Akhtar and Asif) would definitely give us the advantage,".
Well to me, this Pakistan vs West Indies series is going to be very competitive because a lot of reasons, but it's speciality will be watching Pakistan pull out another ... .. Read complete article
2006 will go down as the worst year for Pakistan cricket, or as far as controversies are concerned. And guess what, there are still 2 more months to go --
A small history :
Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were not part of Pakistan's 4 test match series against England in July - August. Mohammad Asif made a come back for the 4th and final test match at Oval and that was when "ball tampering" and test match forefitting controversy happened.
And when decision came against Injamam, forcing him out of ICC champions trophy - Younis Khan was made then captain. And guess what, younis Khan denied to captain Pakistan saying that he doesn't want ... .. Read complete article
A day of of Sunday, a must win game for India in probably the second biggest ODI tournament on the planet - and that too in our own country....
And if that's not all, It's India vs Australia. Can you tell me when was the last time Indian team beat Australia in an one day international? Well, that was almost three year ago - 18th January 2004 at Brisbane to be precise. Here's more.
I am sure consumption of electricity will be a little high on 29th of October, provided people have the right information. And that is why, I have found all the much needed information's for my ... .. Read complete article
Following are some of the updates in ICC champions trophy 2006, which I am sure you are aware of but just in case....
India vs Australia, a virtual quarterfinal :
With the win against India (see below), West Indies have now two wins which means that they are through to the semi-final of ICC Champions trophy. The India vs Australia match on Sunday, 29th of October at Mohali is the last chance for both the teams to register their second win (after they both have beaten England). Hence, whoever wins the Sundays' match at Mohali - will be through to the semi-final. The Points table.
Well, a cricket match involving India is always a treat for Indians and that too in ICC Champions trophy and also against West Indies who have been in some very good form lately.... I think I am busy today. But before I stick with my television, let me give you some important informations to help you enjoy this India vs West Indies match as well --
The live telecast : You can catch this match live on Set Max in English and Sab Tv in Hindi and also on Doordarshan (DD National) in hindi and english alternately.... This, if you are in India or otherwise ... .. Read complete article
A good ODI match is the one where more than 300 runs are scored and then chased down by teams batting second... or is it?
Surely fours and sixes seem more elusive to the spectators, than great deliveries from bowlers. This may not be the case for people like me - who still love this game so much that even low scoring but well fought-out matches catch our attention. BUT WE ARE IN MINORITY.
We - the humans, seek thrill's in our lives. We tend to fall so much into the mystery of a story that we can't wait to see the end. But also want it to go on and on, in order to keep the thrill alive.
Today I have a story for you which may be very similar, and surely will give you pleasure of reading it, but I also hope it doesn't hurt anyone in any manner. Thrill us, but let the ending be HAPPY.
So the start : Younis Khan refuses captainship.
Just two days before Pakistan team leaves for India to Participate in ... .. Read complete article
I know people who won't really care that there is Challenger's trophy going on at Chennai these days, which happens to be the only domestic One day competetion that top Indian cricketers are involved in..
I take those people as "not that passionate" ones but I am sure there are people like me as well, who have spent restless last two days - trying to find "Neo Sports", a mysterious channel which was launched on 1s of October with the start of this Challenger's trophy. But not even a few people have seen it as yet...
Here's the answer and for the time being, let me review what exactly happened in those two 2006 ... .. Read complete article
The date was 21st of August (unscrambled B'day of mine) and the day was same as today - Monday. And the Drama was something like this - Australian/English umpire Darrell Hair found something wrong with the condition of the ball used during the 4th day of 4th test of Pakistan vs England at the Oval and decided to change it. Pakistani captain Injamam-ul-haq was understandably not happy but the game continued for 16 more overs after batting English player - Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood were allowed to chose a ball of their choice...
The idea behind this article of mine is actually not to describe ... .. Read complete article
UP vs Sialkot - a four day match may not seem too attractive to many people by by the time you finish this article, you will be finding DD1.
The Match facts :- UP or Uttar Pradesh and Sialkot are the winners of domestic championships of India and Pakistan respectively and they will be playing a four day match, from 27th of September - Wednesday to 31st of September at Dharamshala - the newly made cricket ground at one of the most beautiful places in India, Himachal Pradesh.
This will be the second time that national champions of India and Pakistan will be playing a match against each other so there was no fixed name for ... .. Read complete article
My title may be tough to understand but read the article and you will understand it completely..
There has been a history of Challenger's trophy being played between India Senior (which mostly comprise with present Indian cricketers), India A and India B - which are comprised of cricketers who are either trying to make a comeback into the national team or are promising youngsters.
The fact of the matter is Indian team is going on a lot of changed these days like domestic matches being telecasted live to our homes (the list), twenty20 coming to India and "Dravid Chappell" combination giving chance after chance to young players whereas not too long ago, players like Javagal Srinath were ... .. Read complete article
Not every day you have a tournament as big as 2006 ICC Champions trophy and that is why, although I like writing long articles, I have decided to keep track of all the latest and important news during this 36 days cricket festival in my country...
Here I have for you all of "who said what" on ICC Champions trophy in in reverse order by date, with one top story from each day (updated as and when the news comes in).
6th October.
Younis Khan refuses captainship for Champions trophy.
He said he doesn't want to be a dummy captain and is ready to play for the country as ... .. Read complete article
What's your feeling when I inform you that "If West Indies plays India in the finals of this DLF Cup on Sunday, they get 1 million US dollars"..??
Different feeling are expected but by keeping this special prize into DLF Cup, India cricket board - BCCI has surely diluted the excitement that Indian team has brought by winning the Match 5 triller against West Indies here on Wednesday and kept their hopes of reaching the Finals, alive..
One can say this decision by BCCI to give away US$ 1 million to the team who plays India in the finals is derived by the fact ... .. Read complete article
Gone are the days when Doordarshan used to satisfy every cricket lover in India... today, the estimated numbers suggest that Indian cable and satellite Channel viewers pile up a market of US $55 million, and by 2010, it will grow up to 90 million.
Cricket is a game which increases the viewership of Television the most as compared to any other show in India, and thus - the big companies are trying to capture the market in whatever manner they can.. The following may not be as entertaining, but are very important for you if you can't afford to miss any cricket match that TEAM INDIA plays.. So read on - - -
"What if I tell you that we have watched 45,000 mins of ads during last 22,124 mins of cricket that Team India has played."
It might sound strange, specially when minutes for cricket match is almost half of ads shown to us but this is how TOI (Indiatimes) found when they did a survey on how much money multinationals are putting in to catch the attention of Indian Cricket viewers.... which they know is in plenty.
And this the reason why Channels for "live telecast of cricket matches" or I should say the telecast rights keep on shifting from one broadcaster to another. ... .. Read complete article
Most people call that bunch of cricketer's as "Indian cricket team", while some term them as "Our team".. and that is where the difference lies.
The first one sounds as a team that you are backing during a cricket match while other one expresses lot more than that. And when it comes to security of those players, those two terms become even more important.
I am sure family members of all those 15 Indian cricketers will be having difficult nights, but thankfully, this won't be the case with South African families who have decided to leave the SriLankaTriSeries which never started.
After Bomb Blast's, Rain and long days of wait, cricket lovers around the World can hope for some real cricket as India plays Sri Lanka in the first of three ODI series on Friday. It's only 4 am as I write this and there's still 6 hours to go before the match starts, so I have compiled some important information's about this India vs Sri Lanka one dayer. You can call it a preview of the match.
If you are looking for the live scorecard of this match, try one of these.
First and foremost, the timing of this India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI - Its 10 am India standard ... .. Read complete article
For over 125 years of International cricket, and 35 years of one day cricket, Cricket officials have been very smart in selling their sponsorships and making more and more money, but they have always failed to find a solution to the biggest threat to cricket - RAIN.
And it's not like the solution is not there... Telstra Dome in Melbourne Australia have shown the way by making the first indoor cricket stadium, where the top can be completely closed and no rain can be allowed to spoil a cricket match. BCCI is the richest sporting body in the World so can't they make something like Telstra Dome (also called as ... .. Read complete article
Australia and England first started what is called as International cricket. So, the first ever International test match was played from 15th March 1877 at Melbourne. Then after nearly 11 years later, South African joined in when they played their first ever Test Match against England at Port Elizabeth from 12th March 1988...
Then, after 51 years of International test matches, West Indies joined by playing their first ever test match against England at Lords from 23rd of June - 1928. Next was New Zealand in 1930 (first ever test against England), THEN it was India who joined International cricket by playing one off test match against England at Lords from 25th of June, 1932...... India lost their ... .. Read complete article
Somebody said - "You can find anything on Internet".
And after playing the role of a cricket blogger for over 8 months, I believed in it. I thought I knew places to find any information related to Cricket, and then I started to find tickets for upcoming ICC Champions trophy in October 2006 in India.
I was amazed by the number of websites who offered tickets for cricket matches to be played in UK or Australia, or the coming World Cup in 2007, but none of them offered tickets for 2006 Champions trophy...I asked why??
Because it's a tournament of big magnitude but at a wrong time, or because it is scheduled in India. ... .. Read complete article
Place - Premadasa cricket stadium in Colombo, SriLanka.
Match - SriLanka vs South Africa, 2nd test, day 4.
The "on air" comment - "The terrorist has got another wicket.."
The culprit - Former Australian middle order batsman (52 tests) and now (was) a well known commentator - Dean Jones.
Now to tell you honestly, I was about to write an article on the best commentators in International cricket right now, and I always wanted to rate Australian - Dean Jones very highly ... .. Read complete article
There has never been a World Cup of Test match cricket, even when so many bloggers have tried to make a "perfect schedule" for it...
But if somehow that happens, we all know that Australia will start as favourites. And even when we talk about World Cup of One day matches, Australia seems the obvious winner. Isn't it??
But somehow, Australia is a team who have never won the cricket tournament called as Champions trophy (previously as Knock-Out tournament) over a period of three attempts. The history of Champions trophy, where teams have to keep wining in order to stay in the tournament, suggests that Australia have never even reached the Semi-Final of ... .. Read complete article
Recenly we read, heard and saw during the sad episode of Mumbai blast which were connected by "emails". I am a cricket blogger so please don't expect me to write about Mumbai issue. Lets just regret what happened..
But what I have here for you is another email , and there is nothing wrong in discussing about it.
The story :- At 1515hrs India time, an email from sourav87@hotmail.com (former Indian captain SouravGanguly's id) was sent to Sanjoy87@hotmail.com (SouravGanguly's brother SnehashishGanguly's id). What that email is still not ... .. Read complete article
When the first test match between India and West Indies started, all the news papers and news websites were filled with articles that how wrong Indian playing eleven was. There was no Harbhajan Singh, no IrfanPathan and our seam bowling was compiled with a experience of just 4 test matches. The first three, or may be 2 and half days went as everyone had expected but we all know how well Indian team fought back into the match and very nearly won it as well..
It can be said that it was equally bad cricket from West Indies as much Team India played well, but this was the same ... .. Read complete article
I wonder if a Mobile phones' screen is big enough to create clear enough picture of a cricket match... but people are offering this facility and I have had people coming to my blog, trying to find cricket on mobile phone...This also has to do with the busy schedule of people are having these days that they want cricket in their pocket rather than sticking to a Television and spend whole day doing nothing. So I guess there are people who would want to read ahead.. -
Cricinfo.com has unleashed "Genie" - An application that allows you to catch live cricket between, lets say India vs West Indies ... .. Read complete article
1) All of we Indians saw what Sahara One and Doordarshan did when the test matches and the one day series against England were going on. This was the first series produced by Nimbus and it has come under heavy criticism that telecast quality - specially the timing of advertisements were not appropriate..
Now Sahara one - the channel is holding Nimbus for the problem and says that they had no hand in beaming more advertisements between the overs. Frankly, I was watching all of the matches, both on Sahara one and Doordarshan time to time, and felt that advertisements were increased as the series got closer to the end. I can ... .. Read complete article
1) It was around 43 degrees at Jamshedpur on 12th April when England managed to win a one dayer against India... at last. 6th one dayer at Keenan stadium proved to be lucky for them but still English media are not satisfied and they have called for a "Heat Rule" in International cricket.
I understand their problem and feel that BCCI must have scheduled some Day/Night matches in this India England series, as the heat at this time of year does go little too high, but making some rules to stop this is absolutely rubbish. Cricket is a game that you have to play in difficult conditions and whoever comes good - ultimately wins. Look at Australian who ... .. Read complete article
1) Buying the tickets for a cricket match that involves India has never been easy. So for that, you better be keeping track of where to buy the tickets for a perticular match and when the ticket sale will start because tickets for a cricket match tends to go "housefull" very fast here in my country India. For Example - tickets for the India vs England match at Jamshedpur will start on 8th of April, which is tomorrow.
Tickets will be sold at the stadium counters of Keenan Stadium and as Jamshedpur will be hosting an International cricket match after a long time on wednesday and Keenan Stadium has only a capacity of 28,000, you better get your ... .. Read complete article
1) There was a news that South African groundsmen had reparied the pitch during the second test match at Durban between south Africa and Australia. It was Australian opener - Mattew Hayden who made the comments about pitch being reparied at two positions and you know what - There is no rule to suggest that a pitch should not be reparied or can not be fixed after three or four days of test match already been played on it. Read this.
2) Irfan is young, smart and obviously many girls want him. But I am sure most of them are taunted by their friends more than they actually go and try to get Irfan in their life. ... .. Read complete article
1) For the first time in cricket's history, a warm up match will be telecasted live on television on Saturday when England plays their one day warm up match against RCA President XI at Jaipur before the 7 match ODI series with India, starting on tuesday 28th of March.
Sahara One has got the telecast rights to show this match live at a cost of 10 million rupees and with players like Ajay Jadeja, Parthiv Patel, VRV Singh, Suresh Raina and many more in RCA President's eleven, this match may be worth a watch. A good move by Sahara One to show this warm up match live to say the least!!
1) After losing that "Greatest one day international" Australia now go into a 3 test match series with South Africa, starting today. It will be worth a watch as both the teams are very closely matched and the standard of cricket will be very high in this test series.
Ricky Ponting will be using new bat from this series on after ICC restricted him from playing the bad which supposedly had Graphite mixed with wood and gave undue advantage to Ponting.
The live telecast of this Australia vs South Africa test matches will be on Star Sports in India and the timing of the test matches are 1400hrs ... .. Read complete article
1) New Zealand batsman - Lou Vincent has been omitted from the Kiwi Squad for the first test with West Indies, starting 9th of March. The reason is said to be the talk that Vincent and coach John Bracewell had. The rumour has that Vincent wasn't prepared to open the innings, as he wanted to bat in the middle order.
"Lou continually said himself that he didn't see himself as an opener and would prefer to bat in the middle order," Bracewell said yesterday. "We weren't prepared to play guys who were reluctant. As it happened Hamish Marshall was more than happy to play the role. Here is Read complete article
1) First it was Australian captain Ricky Ponting who wanted super sub rule to be done away with.. then South African captain - Greame Smith joined in. And now the latest - The ODI series between the two countries started today and both the teams have decided to not use their super subs. Which means that they will name a super sub for every match, but will never use them. By this way, they will keep the rules of international cricket intact, and also get what they want....What do you think??
2) England have called for three replacements to their cricket team as they struggle to put together 11 fit players for ... .. Read complete article
1) Indian squad for the first test against Nagpur has been announced. The most important note from this squad is that former captain - SouravGanguly has been dropped from the 15 member team and a 17 year old Leg Spinner - PiyushChawla has been selected. Here is the full story....
2) Pakistan's tour of Srilanka has been announced. Pakistan will be playing three One day internationals and two test matches between 13th March and 7th of April. Here is the schedule of that Read complete article
1) BBC has bagged the rights for the radio commentory of the England vs India series starting 1st of March. But the TV live telecast is still under problem as Nimbus has begged the telecast rights for the series, and they are yet to decide the channel.. Here is more for you!!
2) After South Africa, its not turn of Australians to face their own music.. I mean comments when they will start their South African tour on Sunday. South African cricket fans seems ready for it, as few people were arrested for spitting on Adam Ghilchrist and Demien Martyn..Read this and this if you want more of who is saying what about ... .. Read complete article
Added on Tue, 21 February 2006
1) Nimbus, a television production company has bagged the global media rights for the cricket matches that will be played in India for four years. Nimbus is a company which doesn't have a channel or telecasts live matches, but now that they have won the rights, they are free to hire any company for the job. So it means that we Indian cricket fans are still no where as far as watching cricket matches goes. We still have to wait and watch which channel gets the rights and get that channel at our home to enjoy cricket matches..!!
2) Australian captain Ricky Ponting has been accused to using illegal bat in the recent past, when ... .. Read complete article
1) Australians no doubt play the best cricket among all the other cricke playing nations and the control the cricket matches right from the start. Now they are trying to control how the ICC works. They first called for doing away with Super Sub rule, which seems to be gone very soon, and now Ricky Ponting has called for taking away the test status of teams like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
I can understand that it will be hard for such a great team of Australia to motivate themselves for a match against Bangladesh, but they should not forget the lost a One day match against them last year, and there will be a day ... .. Read complete article
1) The Indian squad for the First test against England at Nagpur will be selected on 23rd of February, the first day of second warm up match for England against Board President XI. Here this the England Squad for Indian tour and their schedule..
2) West Indies are on a tour of New Zealand and they will be playing a Twenty20 match there. It must be noted that West Indies have got no experience of playing Twenty20 matches while New Zealand has played a few of them. Here is what West Indies captain ShivnarianeChenderpaul has to say about this..
1) Doordarshan has opted out of the race to have the telecast rights of matches that will be played in India. Doordarshan has made it clear that they are ready to share pictures with channels like espn-star, Zeesports and others. In return they are asking for 25 % of the revenue, giving away 75 % to the channel which wins the actual telecast rights. Here is more information related to this move of Doordarshan. To know more about the upcoming live telecast of International cricket matches, try this..
2) Although I hate to include this news in my blog, I feel I should - Australian cricketers ... .. Read complete article
1) Pakistan's big hitter - Shahid Afridi is out of the remaining two one day internationals because of the rib injury. Pakistan is yet to decide on his replacement, but they have confirmed that Mohammad Sami will take Shaoib Akhtar's place in the team. It must be noted that Pakistan lost the second ODI(see score card) and also the third ODI(see score card) and are now struggling to make a winning combination.
From Indian side, Virendra Shewag and Harbjahan Singh will be returning home with just two ODI remaining. Indian selector - Kiron more cleared that there will be no replacement for the above two players for the 4th ODI at Multan on 16th of February ... .. Read complete article
1) New Zealand has announced their cricket squad to play against the west Indies in the up coming 5 one day series. This team, will be for the first two matches and also for the Twenty20 match that they play on Thrusday. This team also contains Chris Cairns who recently retired from International cricket and it will mark as the farewell match for him.
The team - Stephen Fleming (captain), Jamie How, Lou Vincent, Peter Fulton, Hamish Marshall, Nathan Astle, Scott Styris, Brendon McCullum, Chris Cairns, Daniel Vettori, James Franklin, Jeetan Patel, Shane Bond, Michael Mason.
2) Production rights of cricket matches and Telecast Right of cricket matches are two ... .. Read complete article
1) The Madras High Court has restrained the Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited, Delhi, BSNL, Delhi, RIL, Mumbai, TRAI, Delhi and 16 other mobile phone companies from disseminating any information relating to scores, alerts, updates or other events or happenings of the ODIs between India and Pakistan via short message service (SMS) technology on wireless and mobile phones.
The problem is that a company called "Marksman Marketing Services Private Limited" had bought the exclusive rights for this on 3rd of february and all the above mentioned mobile companies are violating it..Here is more to it.
2) South African off spinner Johan Botha has been suspended from bowling in international cricket after his bowling action ... .. Read complete article
1) The under 19 cricket World Cup began today. There are 16 teams in all and there will be 44 matches. To tell you a little history, Australia won the first ever under 19 world cup, which was played in Australia only. Then it was England winning the under-19 world cup in south Africa after a gap of 10 years. Then it was in Srilanka which was won by India and then it was Australia again and in the last one, it was Pakistan. Here is more to the history of under - 19 world cup.
1) Tensports, after agreeing to share its pictures with Doordarshan of coming India vs Pakistan one day series - along with its advertisements and LOGO, is now pressing to charge 30-40 percent more to whichever company who wants to show their adds during the match. Seems like Tensports have got the front seat every where and now wants to Cash on it. Here is more to the story..
2) There is going to be a 20-20 world cricket series in which the past cricket greats will come together to play a series of twenty20 matches. Former players like Ajay Jadeja, Robin Smith, ArvindaRead complete article
Yesterday Pakistan selected their team for the first 3 one day Internationals against India, starting 6th of February. Although Injamam is yet to recover completely from his back injury, he is in the team and will be playing if the team needs him. Injamam has called for not playing the matches where he can sit our and blood some young players.
1) After so much of news made by Tensports and Doordarshan over the television rights and live telecast in India, now its England's turn. The channel that was showing the matches live all over the UK since 1938, won't be having the television rights for the coming Ashes series in Australia. And that had made the officials wake up and make a 4 year plan so that ordinary cricket fans in the country don't suffer in the future. Read the full story, but isn't this something that our Indian officials should learn from... but I guess they will be breathing nicely now as Doordarshan will show the ODI series while the test series is almost over...
From an Indian cricket supporter, it must be very hard to keep looking at the Tv when nothing is happening for your team. Pakistan are 293 for the loss of 3 wickets as I persent you the latest news in cricket.
But if you are a Pakistani supporter, following news may be little more interseting then they really are.. so here we go :-
1) For last 2 months I have been tracking who is saying and what he is saying.. and to tell you honestly, Shaharyar Khan, the Chairman of PCB has been the most popular name. Lets forget what he has said previously, but now he came come with a request to ICC that all the ... .. Read complete article
Captain RahulDravid, Coach Greg Chappell and selectors seems to be falling for youth against all other factors like experience or come backs. They have made just one change to the team that played against Srilanka towards the end of last year and that is to select a 15 member squad, as only 14 were selected during that home series..
Zaheer Khan is the lone man coming back, unlike SouravGanguly or AnilKumble. It seems like selectors have full faith in youngsters and are committed to give them ample of opportunities to succeed. The ODI series ... .. Read complete article
1) Although our Indian team is yet to play a single twenty20 game, so I am sure that Indians will be very much unaware of what exactly this format of cricket has. But still it seems that Twenty20 is gaining popularity as now New Zealand has expressed a desire to host a World Cup of twenty20 games. Here is more to the story.
2) After the loss of Ashley Giles, England are now thinking of selecting a sikh spinner to do the trick for them in their upcoming tour of India. It must be noted that they arrive here on 12th of February with the first test between England and India begining from 1st of March.
Pakistan have announced their team for the third and final test at National Stadium in Karachi from 29th of January to 2nd February. They have recalled Middle order batsman Faisal Iqbal, who is the nephew of former Pakistani batsmen Javed Miadad, has played 10 test matches to far. He has scored eight centuries this season in Pakistan's home cricket. They have also recalled Umar Gul, the man behind our loss at Lahore in 2004 series. He took 5 for 31 in the first innings and this will be his first test since then. Pakistani selector said that Faisal and Umar are selected on the basis of their recent form in the domestic cricket.
1) Ashley Giles, the premier spinner in England squad is yet to recover from his "hip surgery" and most probably will not be coming on the coming England's tour of India. "Ashley hasn't made the progress that we'd want him to make and he's got some concerns that we share," said England's chief medical officer Peter Gregory. Full report.
2) Senior police official - Yashvardhan Azad, who personally visited Karachi recently to examin the security and then only the current tour was given the read signal, will again visit the National Stadium on 26th. It must be noted that it was Azad only who did the sucurity check up last time in 2004 and on his recommendation, ... .. Read complete article
I am as much eager to know what the Karachi curator is making for the 3rd test match of this series as you are, as draw seems the only result for 2nd test. Although its very unlikely that they won't make a batting paradise again, the curator - Qaiser Mohammad Ali has promised a "craker of a pitch".
The sun is shining brightly in Karachi these days and according to the curator, it will help him make a good wicket, very different from what have seen so far in the series. I just hope he is not lying and has got orders from Pakistani officials to make another dead one!!
1) Shane warne seems to have had enough of cricket as he is moving towards acting now. The highest wicket taker in test cricket (See profile) will be seen in TV soap - Neighbours. Know more.
2) Remember Allan Donald, the South African fast bowler who was also nick named "White lightening" has asked for a job as Bowling coach for England. It must be noted that even Gary Kristan, the formar South African openar quite his job as South Africa's performance manager. Why exactly these Africans leaving there job... Captain Smith has the answer - South African can't afford their own cricketing legends!!
The following is the latest news in India vs Pakistan test series - 2006 and probably a big turn. Pakistan captain Injamam has said this just a few mins back - "I am out of this Test match (2nd test at Faisalabad) and don't see any role for myself. But as regards the third Test, I have my fingers crossed. I am determined to play in this series but I will only know when I see the MRI reports,"
He has developed some muscular pain in left of his back and if this is the only problem he is facing, he will be out of cricket for 5 or 6 days. Which mean 2nd test at ... .. Read complete article
1) All-rounders are the one who can get into the team either for their batting or bowling. If a cricketer has the ability to win a cricket match someday with ball and another day with bat, he is an all-rounder. And New Zealand's Chris Crains is certainly one of them. But now we may see him retiring from cricket, as soon as today, 23rd januray only. Here's the complete story... the reason for him to leave the game is - he is not enjoying it as much as he used to!!
2) Srilanka seems to be getting back on winning streak as the beat South Africa 3 days ago.. and now they have beaten the World champions in ... .. Read complete article
Test matches are generating quite some interest these days but we all know that when ODI series will be starting, world will come to a hault. And here is the latest - Indian team for the ODI series will e selected on 29th of Januray. And according to Bhupinder Singh Sr. Sourav Ganguly will surely be considered for the 5 match series starting february 6th at Peshawar. Second ODI will be at Rawalpindi at february 11, 3rd at Lahore, 4th ODI at Multan and 5th at Karachi. It must be noted that 3rd and 4th ODI's will be Day-night matches.. .. Read complete article
You might be very busy in watching India vs Pakistan second test match starting today, but its always interesting to know what else is in cricket that is making new.. so here's you chance -
1) Lahore test was no more than just a batting practice. And According to Injamam, Pakistani did better as nearly all the batsmen in his team got a chance to bat, while only two Indian batsmen got the opportunity... I think he has a point here!! He also wants to see how Sehwag bats today as pitch may not be as flat as Lahore one was..
2) Many Indians, specially Sikhs are utilizing the India vs Pakistan series as a chance ... .. Read complete article
1) Match-fixing charges against Wasim Akram reopens as Ata-ur-Rehman - a former Pakistani Fast bowler has filed an appeal at a lower court to clear his name from the charges he was given in 2000. Akram is now a British Resident. Know more..
2) We have so many times heard that all Pakistani youngsters pratice with balls covered by a tape and probably thats why they produce more fast bowlers than here in our country - India. Well, here is the actual mathod!!
1) When ICC is trying to take the game of cricket to more and more countries, Zimbabwe has opted out of test cricket for a year. The goverment appointed interim commitee is not happy with the performance of the nation cricket team and also the A team of Zimbabwe. Know more..
2) India's tour of New Zealand has been postponed for the time being. The series, which was supposed to be played in February next year, was leaving very less time for both the countries to prepare for the World Cup. So the decision was accepted by both the boards.
3) England Captain Michael Vaughan says - "People have to be realistic" and they should not ... .. Read complete article
Here's is a great news for Indian cricket lovers.. All India Radio, AIR has bagged the rights for the test series and also the one day series, currently going on in Pakistan. They have reportedly spend a $100,000 to get the rights from ARY. I am sure my fellow cricket lovers will be little bit satisfied now as we can listen the second test match between India and Pakistan at Faisalabad's Iqbal stadium on radio, if not see it, because of Tensports and Doordarshan Fight!! Here's the complete story.
1) Srilanka won the 3rd ODI in the VB series against South Africa and now are at the top of the table with 5 points with Australia. They also won the bonus point. South African's are at the bottom of the table even after beating the World Champions!!
2) The one thing common between Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Mohammad Kaif and Agit Agarkar is they all were picked from the under 19 team. And the coach Venkatest Prasad is very confident of winning the under-19 World Cup this time in Srilanka, in which we qualified for the super league semi-finals last two times before winning it in 2000.
It will be tough for you to imagine the test series that we are about to play with England in february, as India vs Pakistan test series is going on but I am sure you still be interested in knowing that they have named their squad and will be reaching here in India on 26th of this month.
Moreover, since that India vs England series will be played in India, we will be able to see those matches for sure, unlike the current Doordarshan and Tensports tussle for television rights..
As we all have to wait till 1315hrs IST for the Lahore ground to dry up so that we can see some more records broken(The latest scorecard), lets have a look at some of the latest in cricket, from Indian perspective of course!!
1) Our cricket board seems to be really changing since the arrival of Mr. Pawar as they now plan to make BCCI a brand. They might keep the television rights to Doordarshan only and DD will show a BCCI logo on the right of the screen. Here's some more news related to this.
As Dravid and Sehwag continue to frustrate Pakistan(current score), lets have a look at some other informations that must be paid some attention -
1) Didn't I tell you that South Africans are in some good form but aren't just managing to play good cricket for 5 continues days to win a test againts Australia. Yesterday they won the 2nd one-dayer in the VB series, beating Dominating Australia nearly for whole of the match. Know more.
1) India vs Pakistan, first test - lahore, The Allianz Cup. Pakistan declares at 679/7. India 65 for no loss in 13 overs. Day 2 ScoreCard.
2) Shahid Afridi scores the second most runs in an over in test cricket, 1 run short of Brian Lara. The Record.
3) All those Indian who want to know who will telecast the India vs Pakistan series in canada.. here is the information - A certain channel called ATN will show the matches to you. Go get it. You can't afford to miss the battle!!
1) Champions trophy in september: Although our whole nation, or I better say the whole world is immersed into India-Pakistan series, here is something that can be similarly attractive.. Champions trophy. In this tournament, eight counties will participate with top two from each group playing the semi-finals and the final. Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata will host the championship. Its quite confusing which 8 teams it will be, as ICC has decided to go with their personal rating called as ICC ODI rating, as of on 1st of April. Know more -
