Cricket fans want to know World Cup history
Monday, November 29, 2010
World Cup tournament has a tremendous history. It began in 1975 in England. It’s the biggest tournament in the world of cricket. The first three tournaments of the World Cup were as Prudential Cup with the sponsorship of Prudential plc, a known supply of services for companies known. It is a privilege for the players for the World Cup play and players are a part of the World Cup tournament proud and happy. They put their utmost to win the Cup and so glorious to be a world champion.
World Cup history says that the older games consisted of 60 overs per players and it was played in a white uniform with red balls. Previous games were held only during the day. Up to 1992 World Cup, only 8 teams participated in the Cricket tournament.Afterwards was more and more known, and gradually it was a good sport by many countries considered. Now, in the World Cup 2007, 16 teams took part in the battle for the trophy.
In 1975, England, New Zealand, India, East Africa, Australia, West Indies, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participated in the World Cup tournament.
In 1979, East Africa, part of the World Cup team, while in 1983, Zimbabwe made an entry. The same team participated in the 1987 World Cup. In 1992 South Africa joined in the group play the World Cup, and the year 9 teams took part in the tournament. By 1996 the number of teams increased to 12 with the participation of three other teams in the group. They were UAE, Netherlands and Kenya. But in the 1999 World Cup UAE and Netherlands played for the World Cup.
As we all know that cricket was born in England and the first three World Cup was played here. In 1987, for the first time in World Cup history, the tournament was held outside England. Introduced in 1987 World Cup impartial arbitrator be more fair decision. World Cup matches have helped more and more records in cricket history. The records in World Cup history from the most excellent batting success rate, most run-scorers, top bowler, best bowling, bowling best hit rate, the main wicket-takers, team totals, totals, lowest team, all the important catches and maximum individual scores, and indeed the Most dismissals.
First, the World Cup, the attention of the audience only a few limited, but gradually it has fascinated millions of viewers who wait eagerly for the tournament. Australia has won the World Cup three times in the West Indies twice, and India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have won once. Since the World Cup history, Australia has one of the toughest contenders stayed in the World Cup. World Cup history has many fascinating records. This is the ninth World Cup in a Caribbean nation known as the West Indies instead. Many regulations have done to the teams that will make some new records again welcome.
The history of cricket to unveil a lot more things that could be known by the fans. Here you will find many more interesting facts and figures in World Cup history from various sources. Some sources are websites devoted to cricket, you have the complete information about the tournament’s history. This story contains many attractions and achievements made by the players. Some players like Brain Lara, Sachin T
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Sri Lanka World Cup Secretariat's inefficiency
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
There are serious concerns over Sri Lanka’s venues for the 2011 Cricket World Cup and if they will be ready in time, after journalists were given a tour of the construction at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo yesterday, ahead of the second Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies, starting today.
R. Premadasa Stadium right now is well behind schedule and is not going to meet the ICC’s deadline of 30th November, by which period all construction should be complete.
Incidentally, not too long ago, Sri Lanka’s World Cup Director, Suraj Dandeniya, claimed that Sri Lanka’s venues were "ten days ahead of schedule," but nothing could be further from the truth as the ICC guidelines demand the following: "…deadline date for the completion of all stadia construction work to be 30th of November 2010 and all playing facilities to be match-ready by 31st of December 2010."
A media release sent out by Sri Lanka Cricket said construction of the venue will only be complete by 31st of December and appears to admit that Sri Lanka Cricket has broken ICC guidelines.
Although the reconstructed R. Premadasa Stadium has several new stands, not a single one of them has been complete as of now and none of them are going to be ready before the November 30 deadline and Sri Lanka could be rebuked strongly by the ICC for these serious delays.
In a state of panic, Sri Lanka Cricket was quick to issue a media release yesterday, but at the same time was concerned that photographers were taking pictures of the half finished stadium.
Labourers were putting finishing touches to the dressing rooms yesterday while other important locations such as the Match Referee's Room, Commentator's Boxes and the Press Box were incomplete and some of these facilities were temporarily shifted elsewhere.
Furthermore, Sri Lanka Cricket may as well close down the venue for public access as there is not a single stand where spectators can witness the game from and the safety of everyone entering the venue remains a huge concern.
Yesterday, players and team officials were seen struggling to get to practice nets through muddy narrow roads and with the venue in such a state, the teams would have found it extremely difficult to concentrate on cricket.
R. Premadasa will host the most number of games as a World Cup venue. Seven matches will be played there including a quarter-final and a semi-final encounter and with the World Cup just 87 days away, the organisers seem to be running out of time to complete construction.
Nishantha Ranatunga, the controversial Secretary of the Interim Committee, on a few occasions has spoken of corporate governance at Sri Lanka Cricket. Corporate Governance for him seems to be appointing the Chairman’s nephew as the Director of the World Cup Secretariat. Today, the highest paid individual at Sri Lanka Cricket is Suraj Dandeniya - - the nephew of the Chairman of the Interim Committee -- who is the Head of the World Cup Secretariat in Sri Lanka.
There’s another nephew of the Chairman working at the World Cup Secretariat for another large salary and various other individuals were recruited on the recommendations of the Ministers, Secretaries of Ministers and so on.
The only person with any qualification working at the World Cup Secretariat is Sriyan Samararatne, a respected former Air Force official.
The delay in construction is the latest setback in an administration that is struggling to lift itself.
Duleep Mendis, the affable former Captain was told to vacate his position a few months back and wasn’t even given a farewell after the stalwart served the game for over three decades in various capacities at Sri Lanka Cricket, with resounding success as well.
A request by national Captain, Kumar Sangakkara, to reinstate Chandika Hauturusinghe as a coach of the National Team too has not been considered favourably.
More shockingly, it has been revealed that the board officials have asked the country’s Under-19 cricketers to throw away their wickets during an ODI game in England after the board had made a mess of travel arrangements. With these actions, cricket officials in Sri Lanka gave a first-hand experience to young cricketers on how to throw a cricket match. As a result, Sri Lanka missed out on a golden opportunity to record a series win in England.
Despite hiccups such as these, officials like D. S. de Silva and Nishantha Ranatunga have carried on in their capacities as their political clout seem to be standing in good stead. But little do the politicians who back them realise that officials such as de Silva and Ranatunga are doing irreparable damage to the sport.
Labels: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Sri Lanka
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Voice for Stumpy
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Chosen following an online selection process that drew proposals from thousands of cricket fans around the world, the official mascot of the ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup ‘Stumpy,’ is giving a chance for Sri Lankan cricket fans to give him a voice.
The ‘Voice for Stumpy’ promotion will enable Sri Lankan cricket fans around the country, to get into World Cup mode and familiarize themselves with Stumpy, the Official Mascot. ‘Voice for Stumpy’ will also help create excitement for this world class event and inject some fun along the way.
Conducted across all three major languages via selected radio stations, the ‘Voice for Stumpy’ on air promotion will occur from late November to early December. During the promotion, on a daily basis, the Radio Personality will reveal a particular ‘cricketing’ related term and encourage listeners to call in and voice that term as Stumpy would, in effect giving a voice to Stumpy.
Whilst gibberish and various unusual sounds are expected to be heard, listeners are also welcome to convert their ‘Voice for Stumpy’ into a cheer or song.
According to the organisers, Stumpy is aged 10 human years, is enthusiastic and determined, thinks cricket is the most fun game in the world, loves playing street cricket – would play 24/7 if he could, worships cricket heroes, their technique, skill and character, understands there is a lot to learn and works hard at it along the way learning to master the art of concentration while he also dreams of playing in the World Cup, one day!
In addition to daily prizes, the winner of the grand prize will walk away with a pair of tickets to a Quarter Final Game of the ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup.
India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka jointly host the 10th World Cup from February 19 to April 2. The opening ceremony of the World Cup will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 17. The 43-day, 49-match tournament will be played under a new format with India hosting a majority of matches (29), including the final at the new-look Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on April 2. Games in Sri Lanka will commence on February 20.
Reservations for the 12 games in Sri Lanka are now underway and the organisers urge the public to make sure of their place as tickets for the tournament are moving swiftly.
Labels: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
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Too much cricket will hurt India in World Cup
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Wasim Akram put in bluntly: India are playing too much cricket. And that could hurt the team in next year's World Cup. Speaking at the Hindustan Leadership Summit on Friday, Akram said: "The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should cut down the number of matches India are playing."
"They are playing New Zealand now and will go to South Africa. They have already played Australia and Sri Lanka. They will come back and play their first match on February 19 in the World Cup. That's too much. They won't get time to recover. They will be tired, especially the bowlers. Too much cricket is another reason for frequent breakdowns of fast bowlers," said the 44-year-old former Pakistan skipper.
Akram said the 50-over World Cup was far ahead of the T20 World Cup in terms of quality. "Your skill is not tested in T20. You just have to whack the ball. In the 50-over format, you can slip in bouncers and your batting skill is tested."
For Akram, Test cricket is the ultimate thing. "It's here where all your skill is tested," he said. "The International Cricket Council must do something to save Tests."
Asked for a solution, he said: "Preparing sporting wickets is the only way we can bring crowds back to Tests." He also said that ICC should cut down the number of T20 matches and play more Tests.
Akram said cricket's lost ground in Pakistan due to match-fixing controversies. "It's sad. But the PCB must act. If some players have been accused, they should not be playing for the country. I have seen players against whom action has been taken playing for the country again in six months. That should not happen. The team managers and coaches too must play a crucial role in grooming young players."
As for Pakistan not hosting any World Cup match, Akram said, "It is sad. We were not hosting cricket for a while. This way the new generation will not get to see star cricketers in action, which will motivate them to take up the sport. The sport will lose its popularity."
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Games mistakes
Friday, November 19, 2010
The government on Tuesday told Parliament that all complaints of "irregularities" in the run-up to hosting the just-concluded Commonwealth Games would be examined thoroughly and the guilty will not be spared. It also said that the Centre would carefully take on board the recommendations of all probe agencies before agreeing to host similar international sporting events.
"All irregularities will be examined and the guilty will not be spared," Union sports minister M S Gill said in the Lok Sabha while making a suo motu statement on the mega sporting event.
Against the backdrop of allegations of irregularities in preparations for the sports event, Gill said recommendations of the VK Shunglu Committee, CAG and CVC -- probing the irregularities -- would be taken on board before agreeing to host similar international sporting events in the country.
He said that CAG had already started auditing all Games related projects and the expenditure of the Organising Committee. "It plans to complete this exercise within three months and present a draft report by the first week of January, 2011," said the sports minister.
Labels: Commonwealth Games
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Do You Need Media?
Thursday, November 18, 2010
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IPL 4 to begin six days after ICC World Cup 2011
The IPL player auction for the 2011 season will be held on January 8 and 9 in Mumbai, the league's governing council has announced. The tournament itself will feature eight teams, playing 60 matches, and run from April 8 to May 22.
The tournament, which begins a week after the World Cup ends, will involve each of the eight sides playing playing 14 games, adding up to 56 matches, the same as in previous IPL editions. The top two from the league rounds will then contest a play-off match, with the winner qualifying for the "Grand Final." The teams that finish third and fourth in the league stage will contest the other play-off, and the winner of that game will play the defeated team from the first play-off to decide the second finalist.
The auction is likely to be on the scale of the first one, held in 2008, with teams starting largely from scratch, and will be held under rules framed in September. One difference will be the absence of "icon" players - originally, five franchises had one player each named as its icon. The auction was initially to have been held this month but uncertainty over the composition of the tournament - with two franchises expelled and a third, Kochi, in limbo - forced a postponement.
The governing council, which met in Mumbai on Wednesday, was expected to have discussed the status of the Kochi franchise but Rajiv Shukla, a BCCI vice-president and council member, said it did not figure. He did, however, reiterate that the 2011 season would have eight participating teams.
Kochi have until November 27 to reply to the IPL's notice asking it to set its house in order; if, as seems likely, the franchise owners decide to call it quits, the IPL will start the auction process for a replacement team. With a majority of the current franchises in the southern half of the country, any new franchise is likely to be from the north - Ahmedabad being the front-runner.
The new auction rules governing player retention, which have been criticised by the franchises, allow a team to keep up to four players but at a steep price.The first player retained will cost a team $1.8 million against the salary cap of $9 million, regardless of the amount the player is actually paid. The second player will cost $1.3 million, the third $900,000 and the fourth $500,000.
Labels: IPL
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World Travel Market
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Welcome to The Daily Telegraph’s supplement to this year’s World Travel Market (WTM), the premier global event for the travel industry.
Every November the world’s travel and tourism industry, including senior executives and more than 150 tourism ministers, arrives for the annual WTM at London’s international exhibition and convention centre ExCel. It is the event at which the travel industry negotiates the deals that ultimately decide which holidays will appear in next year’s brochures, travel agencies and on travel websites worldwide.
Lorraine Samuel, senior client services manager, Business in Africa Events UK Ltd, says of last year’s WTM: “It was a great opportunity to network and exchange ideas on current trends, such as using tourism to encourage economic growth within a destination. The event gets bigger and better every year.”
WTM 2009 saw more than £1,139 million worth of business conducted, and this year’s show is poised to generate even more business deals, all of which will have a direct bearing on where we go on holiday in 2011 and beyond.
Turn to page 19 for inspiration on next year’s hot destinations — all of them represented at WTM. Among the more far-flung countries highlighted are Peru, Libya and Nepal — no longer the preserve of hardened trekkers.
Iraq is exhibiting at WTM for the first time in more than a decade — could the once unstable country be a tourism hot spot of the future? A delegation from the country’s ministry of tourism attended WTM last year, helping it secure a number of investments in its tourism infrastructure. With leading hotel chains building properties there and airlines now flying to the destination, this could be one to watch.
New to WTM 2010 is the Sports Pavilion, a testament to the huge growth in this sector of the travel and tourism industry. As the UK gears up for one of the biggest events in its sports tourism sector — the Ashes in Australia, starting November 25 in Brisbane — find out how to plan your holiday to coincide with this and other major international sporting events. These include next year’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, which will see thousands of rugby fans from the home nations visit the pre-tournament favourites, and the One Day Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh.
With its hosting of both the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, Brazil is set to be a major tourism force in the coming years. Read more about developments here.
Responsible travel remains a key consideration for both consumers of holidays and the travel industry, which is why WTM is dedicating an entire day to this topic. These days, an increasing number of holidaymakers choose to travel responsibly, and the destinations to which you can travel and limit your impact on the environment, or make a real difference while you’re there, are growing.
Ten years ago there were very few responsible tourism operators; today there are more than 300 selling 4,000 holidays. The responsible travel feature highlights Puerto Princesa in the Philippines as a shining example of how a community project is allowing visitors to experience one of nature’s most magical sights — the dancing fireflies of the Iwahig River.
I hope you enjoy this special World Travel Market supplement and that it gives you plenty of food for thought for your 2011 holiday plans and beyond.
Labels: Sports Travel
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What is left of Pakistan team for World Cup
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Pakistan has provisionally agreed not to select five players for next year's World Cup in the subcontinent as they seek to come clean on match-fixing charges against some stars.
Former Test captain Salman Butt, fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria - who was involved in an alleged spot-fixing scandal on the English county scene - have been blacklisted in response to last month's ultimatum by the ICC, which gave the Pakistan board 30 days to take a action against corruption.
According to the Daily Star, Akmal has been under investigation for his role in Pakistan's controversial defeat by Australia in January's Sydney Test.
On the other hand, Kaneria was recently cleared by police over allegations of spot-fixing, but has not been offered a new contract by Essex. The other three are also accused of spot-fixing during the England series.
Labels: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
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100 days countdown for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup began
Thursday, November 11, 2010
The 100-day countdown for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup began in Dubai on Tuesday. The trophy for the tenth edition of cricket World Cup was displayed by South African players Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn at the Dubai Aquarium.
The South African and Pakistani teams after concluded their five-ODI series in Dubai on Monday joined fast bowlers Morkel and Steyn as the duo unveiled the trophy.
The trophy for World Cup 2011 was launched in a rather innovative manner. Steyn and Morkel went underwater to unveil the coveted trophy amidst sharks and other sea creatures at the aquarium.
Talking to media at the ceremony, International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat said, "It was spectacular to watch the 100-day countdown ceremony and the ICC and the three host countries are gearing up for the World Cup."
The 43-day tournament will be jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The opening ceremony of the World Cup will be held in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on February 17 and the first will be played two days later. The final match will be held in Mumbai on April 2.
Labels: FIFA
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PCB suspends Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir
Friday, November 5, 2010
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday suspended the central contracts of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir, the three players under investigation from the ICC in the infamous spot-fixing saga, dispatching the letters to the effect at the players’ respective addresses.
“Yes, the letters have been dispatched at the addresses of the three players in which their central contracts have been suspended with effect from Nov 1,” Zakir Khan, a senior official of the PCB, confirmed to Dawn.
However, Zakir was not ready to comment further on the matter but added that it was the duty of the PCB to follow its parent body ICC’s Code of Conduct under which a provisional ban had been imposed on the three players.
When asked whether Salman and Aamir would face any further sanctions for issuing statements against the ICC in the media after their appeals against the suspension were rejected, Zakir shied away from making any comments on the issue but advised the players not to violate the code of conduct any further.
Meanwhile, sources told Dawn that the ICC is quite unhappy with Salman and Aamir for issuing those hard-hitting statements in the media since the international body is yet to announce a final decision regarding the spot-fixing case.
“Obviously, the ICC will consider every aspect of the case before announcing its decision and it would be better for the ‘tainted’ players not to issue anymore statements on the matter,” the sources said.
They further disclosed that some lawyers had even advised the players not to appeal against the provisional suspension from the ICC as their case was not a very strong one.
The sources added that Asif, in fact, had made a wise decision of not challenging the suspension and that could well get the ICC to develop a soft corner for the pacer.
PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt has already taken the Governing Board’s approval on suspending the central contracts of the three players in a meeting held on Nov 1.
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Save cricket
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
The Pakistan Cricket Board is still in hunt for a reliable opening pair since Aamer Sohail and Saeed Anwer said adieu to the game. Just Salman Butt showed some glimpses of quality of the late but his career is now at stake over spot-fixing allegations.
The Pakistan team since the greats have left been struck in the caldron of inconsistency. Looking at even the players of the recent past like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Inzamamul Haq etc they used to snatch win from the jaws of defeat. They were raw talents horned under the guidance of legends like Imran Khan and Javed Miandad. But that does not mean the Pakistan cricket has lost talent but it has lost direction. At a time when the cricket world has marked their replacement players for the coming decades, Pakistan cricket is still lingering on without proper planning. The International Cricket Councils recent directive might make the difference in Pakistan cricket discipline wise but there is still a lot of work required at the domestic level to meet the international standards.
The Pakistan team’s defeat ignites lot of criticism at all the forums but nothing fruitful has been done as yet at the domestic level which is the main source of any game.
After organizing a successful domestic T20 tournament at Lahore, it is the right time to salvage the Pakistan cricket. Watching the T20 Cup, the question arises despite having players of quality why Pakistan is not producing great bowlers, batsmen and in particular finger spinners.
The PCB needs to identify a talented under-19 player who should be prepared on the professional lines that has been the practice of the past. Take the example of PACO’s under-19 team that appeared into the domestic Under-19 tournament.
It produced many players who later played for Pakistan. These included players like Wasim Akram, Ijaz Ahmed and Saeed Anwar. It later it employed in a single day players like Aaqib Javed, Ata-ur-Rehman and Zahid Fazal. The then captain of PACO took the initiative. So it is understood that when players start professional cricket at young age, they can easily serve for Pakistan for about 15 to 18 years.
Another area the PCB needs to think about is the fast bowlers department. There was time when Imran Khan was leading bowlers like Wasim, Waqar, Aaqib Javed, Atta-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Zahid set up the pace attack and then came Shoaib Akhtar, who remained out of Pakistan cricket for one reason or the other. And for over the last two decades or so Pakistan is playing without a genuine fast bowler. Punjab produced most of the pacer but now it seems Pakistan main weapon is dying down and no attention is being given towards it.
All PCB is required to do is produce supporting wickets at domestic level and appoint coaches for every department of the game – bowling, spin and fast, batting and fielding - at regional level to identify talented players, remove their errors and make them available for further training at the National or Regional Cricket Academies. If proper steps were not taken now then the game would become stale like other sports.
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