You and Others Didn't Drop The Catch, Its World Cup 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Labels: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, India, Pakistan, Younis Khan
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Best Photo of ICC World Cup 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Labels: Australia, ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, India
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There is a Storm Coming and Its Color is Green
Monday, March 28, 2011
The semi final of the world cup between the Pakistan and Indian Cricket team shall take place on 30 March 2011 in Mohali, India.
Considering the excitement and euphoria that surround the Indo-Pak cricket match, the Northern Regional Committee invites you to come and witness the great semifinal faceoff in the history of cricket with fellow members at ICAP House Lahore on Wednesday 30th March 2011 at 1:00 pm on big screen.
The high-energy and high-emotion India-Pakistan semifinal encounter in Mohali shall offer a great spectacle of fine cricket. The emotions will definitely run high during the match which is being termed as mother of all battles and you wont like to miss such a great event.
Labels: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, India, Pakistan
posted @ 5:53 PM,
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India Geared for Pakistan Battle
Friday, March 25, 2011
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his team was ready to take on bitter rivals Pakistan after surviving a high-pressure game against Australia in the World Cup quarter-finals.Chasing a target of 261, Dhoni's men appeared to be in trouble at 187-5 in the 38th over but Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina carried the team to a five-wicket win with 14 balls to spare at the packed Sardar Patel Stadium.
"We needed 70-odd runs and our last batting pair was at the crease," said Dhoni. "It basically meant if we played 50 overs with Yuvraj and Raina, we would make it."There was pressure but more than the technical or skill part, it was about managing the pressure." With India running into Pakistan in the last-four, Dhoni said the pressure will only go up by several notches on his team.
India v Pakistan in semi-finals it doesn't get better. A World Cup hosted by the sub-continental nations and India and Pakistan making it to the semis. There will be more pressure on the Indian side and it will be from outside. People will say 'win the semis, we don't care about the final'. "But the reality is every game is the same for us irrespective of whether it is Australia or Pakistan. It is a big part and parcel of the game in India. It is a tough job but Indian cricketers have been managing this quite well."
Dhoni said the team opted to go for Raina ahead of the dropped Yusuf Pathan because he was technically more sound. "Yusuf at number seven was going for runs, but Raina is technically more sound and we were keen on batting 50 overs. That's why we went with Raina, but we know Yusuf can be really dangerous." Australian skipper Ricky Ponting, who made 104, credited Yuvraj and Raina for the win.
"We needed more wickets in the middle of the innings," he said. "With 15 overs to go, it was touch and go, but Yuvraj and Raina played really well. It's disappointing to bow out, we are a better team than we have played." Yuvraj, named man of the match for the fourth time in the tournament, said he concentrated on playing the balls on merit rather than go for flashy shots. When Dhoni got out, I knew we still had Raina to come, and thought if we can add 40 odd runs it would be good," said the burly left-hander.
I was hitting the ball down the ground. I was batting on instinct. I knew that I have to stay till the end and win the match for the country. I have gone through a tough year, but coming into the World Cup, getting that 50 against England, it was good. "As for today's game, 260 was a good score, Ponting batted outstandingly but we chased well."
Labels: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, India, Pakistan
posted @ 10:50 AM,
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Taylor's Power Hitting Inspires New Zealand Win
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Ross Taylor's brilliant century sparked one of the most devastating displays of lower-order hitting ever seen in ICC Cricket World Cup history as New Zealand recorded a morale boosting 110-run run win over Pakistan on Tuesday.
After Martin Guptill's half century (57) had set New Zealand up with a solid platform, against an excellent Pakistan bowling attack, led superbly by Umar Gul who took 3-32, New Zealand looked like it would set Pakistan a modest target for victory.
However, some powerful blows from Nathan McCullum sparked a remarkable display of hitting which saw 114 scored off the final six overs of the innings, including 12 sixes. Taylor, who was dropped by Kamran Akmal when on just four, struggled early on, but finished up 131 not out, off just 124 balls, with eight fours and seven sixes.
Jacob Oram also hit three huge sixes in an impressive cameo where he scored 25 off just nine deliveries as New Zealand reached 302-7 off 50 overs. New Zealand's seamers stunned Pakistan's top order in reply as it crumbled to 23-4, with Kyle Mills and Tim Southee bowling superbly with the new ball. Abdul Razzak's powerful late order hitting, which saw him make 62, and Umar Gul's 34 not out, briefly gave Pakistan fans some hope, but it simply had too much to do. However, a knee injury to Daniel Vettori, who had to come off the field after injuring himself attempting to catch Kamran Akmal, will have taken some gloss off an excellent victory for New Zealand.
Labels: ICC Brand Ambassadors, ICC World cup 2011
posted @ 10:31 PM,
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A Narrow Escape
Friday, March 4, 2011
Shahid Afridi bowled Pakistan to yet another impressive 46-run win in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 with a spell of 5-23 against Canada on Thursday. Pakistan, batting first, was bowled out for 184 in 43.4 overs and in its reply Canada was bowled out for 138 in 42.5 overs.
Earlier, Pakistan slipped to 67 for 4. But the innings was revived by a 73 run fifth wicket stand between Misbah-ul-Haq (37) and Umar Akmal (48). A lower-order collapse meant Pakistan could not post a challenging target.
For Canada, Harvir Baidwan (3-35), Rizwan Cheema (2-33), Balaji Rao (2-50) and Jimmy Hansra (2-23) shared the wickets around. In its chase, Canada had only one stand of note worth 60 runs for the fourth wicket between Zubin Surkari (27) and Jimmy Hansra (43). But the rest of the line-up just collapsed as Afridi cast a spell on the Canada batting.
posted @ 3:58 PM,
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King of sling Malinga Plays Down Historic Hat-Trick
Thursday, March 3, 2011
History-making Lasith Malinga played down his landmark second World Cup hat-trick, insisting that his famous four wickets in four balls against South Africa in 2007 was a greater achievement. The 27-year-old seamer's trademark collection of yorkers and toe-crushers helped him to a career-best 6-38 as Sri Lanka beat Kenya by nine wickets on Tuesday to put his team back on top of World Cup Group A.
His next target will be to repeat the feat against defending champions Australia on Saturday. "I rate my performance in 2007 better than this because at that stage South Africa were virtually winning the game and I was able to get the hat-trick and brought Sri Lanka back into the game," said Malinga of the match which South Africa won by one wicket.
Four years ago, his hat-trick victims were Shaun Pollock, Andrew Hall and Jacques Kallis with Makyaha Ntini the fourth to fall. On Tuesday, he trapped Tanmay Mishra (0) lbw with the last ball of his seventh over. At the start of his next, he bowled Peter Ongondo and Shem Ngoche in successive balls to complete his hat-trick, finishing the innings at 142, by bowling Elijah Otieno (0) to complete a four-wicket burst off six balls.
"But again achieving a hat-trick is big and also the fact that I ended up with six wickets in a World Cup game, that gives lot of satisfaction," said Malinga, whose previous best of 5-34 came against Pakistan last year. "Whenever the captain hands me the ball I am prepared to be at the service of my team and I do my utmost to contribute to the team's effort and I am happy that I was able to do this well," said Malinga.
"Australia is another game. Their tactics, their players are not new to me. I'll bowl what I think I should bowl at that time." The Sri Lankan seamer, with the distinct slingy action, admitted that sitting out of the first two matches of the World Cup with a back strain had been disappointing. "I was rather upset that I was not able to play, but I was quite happy when the team was performing well, winning the first match and coming quite close to beating Pakistan," he said.
"It gave me a lot of heart to overcome my injury and get back. Hopefully I will be able to overcome the Australian challenge as well," said Malinga, who added he learnt to bowl yorkers by watching Pakistan greats Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram. "I have learnt a lot from my coaches, mainly from Champaka Ramanayke and by watching people like Waqar and Wasim but I have three deliveries other than my yorkers, so I want to use them more in future games." Malinga, who now has 120 wickets in 78 matches, told the Sinhalese-language Divaina newspaper that the R. Premasada stadium pitch required a bowler to think about his approach and variation.
"The pitch we played was not a fast one. So I decided that I should bowl yorkers. My prediction proved right," he said. He added: "I was fit to play against Pakistan. But considering the future matches it was a team decision that I sit it out." Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara commended his front line bowler saying he did a great demolition job. "Lasith as usual, the champion that he is, the ball reversing, he did a great job for us."
posted @ 1:32 PM,
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First Big Upset of Word Cup - 2011
Kevin O'Brien smashed the fastest ever Cricket World Cup century to propel Ireland to a stunning three-wicket win over England in a Group B match on Wednesday at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
An astonishing knock by O'Brien, who clobbered 13 fours and six sixes to reach three figures in only 50 balls, helped the Irish to live up to their reputation as giant-killers as they overhauled England's total of 327-8 with five balls to spare. It was the highest successful run chase in the tournament's history.
Four years after beating Pakistan in the group stage in the Caribbean, the Irish repeated the feat to dent England's hopes of progressing into the knockout stages of the 2011 tournament.
O'Brien was eventually run out for 113 but his team mates made sure his effort had not been in vain.
Labels: England, ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Ireland, Kevin O Brien
posted @ 11:08 AM,
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Roach's hat-trick sinks Netherlands
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
West Indies paceman Kemar Roach picked up ICC Cricket World Cup's fifth hat-trick to lead his side to a massive 215 run win over Netherlands in a Group B match at Ferozeshah Kotla ground in Delhi.
West Indies posted 330 for 8 off its 50 overs and then Roach's spell of 6-27 ensured that Netherlands was bowled out for 115 in 31.3 overs.
Earlier, Devon Smith (53: 51b, 9x4) and Chris Gayle (80: 110b, 7x4, 2x6) added 100 for the opening wicket. Later Ramnaresh Sarwan (49) helped swell the score. The stage was set for Kieron Pollard (60: 27b, 5x4, 4x6) who blasted the fastest half-century of the tournament to propel West Indies to an imposing target.
For Netherlands Pieter Seelaar was the best bowler with figures of 3-45. In its chase, except Tom Cooper (55: 72b, 9x4) none of the other batsmen offered any resistance. Cooper's stand of 57 for the seventh wicket with Mudassar Bukhari (24) was the only saving grace for the Netherlands.
For West Indies Sulieman Benn picked up 3-28 to knock over the top-order. Later Roach came back to mop up the tail, dismissing Seelaar, Bernard Loots and Westdijk off successive deliveries to pick up the fifth hat-trick in World Cup history.
Labels: ICC Brand Ambassadors, ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Netherland, West Indies
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