Cricket is a game that moves on and on even after loads of success stories and controversies. Just a few months ago we all saw the spot fixing saga involving three players. Then we saw some beautiful cricket moments in India Vs South Africa test series. Absolute treat to watch when two top test playing nations fought hard to win the series. But ultimately the series resulted in a draw and India continued to be at the top of ICC test rankings. We also saw Sri Lanka visiting Australia and beating them in an ODI series in Australia.
Overall we saw emergence of India as test champions and even though Australia stayed at the top of ICC ODI rankings still we saw a downfall in their performances.
Talking about ICC World Cup 2011, we saw many tough fought matches. We saw England losing against minnows but at the same time winning against strong teams like South Africa. We saw Ireland playing really well to impress cricket fans. We also saw a great nail biter between India and England resulting in a tie. Ultimately when it was time to hold nerves and perform the best; India proved to be the best when they defeated teams like Australia, Pakistan and then Sri Lanka in a row to clinch the world cup.
Following the world cup, just in a short span of six days; we saw the IPL season 4 kicked off in India with players around the world meeting in the exciting T20 format. The tournament is still ongoing with two new teams included this year viz. Pune and Kochi.
After IPL we do have series like Sri Lanka tour of England, Pakistan tour of West Indies, India tour of West Indies followed by an England tour.
So cricket continues to entertain us and hence I say, Cricket never stops.
Overall we saw emergence of India as test champions and even though Australia stayed at the top of ICC ODI rankings still we saw a downfall in their performances.
Talking about ICC World Cup 2011, we saw many tough fought matches. We saw England losing against minnows but at the same time winning against strong teams like South Africa. We saw Ireland playing really well to impress cricket fans. We also saw a great nail biter between India and England resulting in a tie. Ultimately when it was time to hold nerves and perform the best; India proved to be the best when they defeated teams like Australia, Pakistan and then Sri Lanka in a row to clinch the world cup.
Following the world cup, just in a short span of six days; we saw the IPL season 4 kicked off in India with players around the world meeting in the exciting T20 format. The tournament is still ongoing with two new teams included this year viz. Pune and Kochi.
After IPL we do have series like Sri Lanka tour of England, Pakistan tour of West Indies, India tour of West Indies followed by an England tour.
So cricket continues to entertain us and hence I say, Cricket never stops.
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