Devils dared at Delhi

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Delhi Daredevils finally dared a huge total on board against another North Indian franchise Kings Eleven Punjab. Very recently Delhi chased a mammoth score of 178 against Pune Warriors but again they lost one. Today it was a total run feast for Delhi at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium


This is the advantage of T20 cricket where one can see scores of 231 in 20 overs. Yes 231! This is the score Delhi scored today against Punjab. It is actually mammoth! Sehwag was on song when he hit 4 sixes and 8 fours. His individual score was 77 in 35 balls. Warner scored 77 too in 48 balls with 4 sixes. 


There is another guy who has been consistent for Delhi this season but goes unnoticed. I would like to call him the unsung hero. He is Venugopal Rao. He has easily hit sixes in this edition of IPL. He came to international cricket scenario before but was never in such a good touch. Even today he gave a finishing touch to the Delhi innings with 28 off 15 balls.


Pravin Kumar gave away 45 runs in 4 overs. Harris gave 48, Srivastava gave 46. David Hussey bowled an over to cost 19 runs although he claimed a wicket of Sehwag. The valuable one.


Kings Eleven Punjab does have good scorers but chasing a total of 231 is a daunting task.


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Pakistan Vs West Indies ODI Series Schedule

As the first ODI begins today between Pakistan and West Indies, cricket fans would be surely interested in keeping a track of this ODI series schedule. Here is the schedule:-


1st ODI - 23rd April 2011 - Gros Islet (Venue)
2nd ODI - 25th April 2011 - Gros Islet (Venue)
3rd ODI - 28th April 2011 - Bridgetown


The ODI series will be followed by a test series.


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Pakistan tour to West Indies begins today

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Pakistan tour to West Indies begins today. After disappointing end to the World Cup campaign, its time for these two teams to revive. Let us have a look on few of the ODI records between these two teams.

If we talk about highest runs scorers in the matches between Pakistan and West Indies, it is Desmond Haynes who scored 2390 runs in 65 innings. He scored 18 half centuries and 4 centuries against Pakistan with a highest score of 142. For Pakistan, Javed Miandad tops the list with 1930 runs in 64 innings. He scored 12 half centuries and 1 century. Highest score 100 not out.

Yes nowadays cricket is a batsmen game but we can't write off the bowlers' efforts. Wasim Akram was the highest wicket taker for matches played between these two countries. He took 89 wickets in 64 matches. Best bowling figures of 5 for 38. For West Indies it was Ambrose who took 69 wickets in just 44 matches. Best figures of 5 for 53.

Highest ODI total was by West Indies. They scored 339 for 4 at Adelaide in 2005. Highest by Pakistan was 307 for 8 at Perth in the same year.

There are many more records to be mentioned here. Cricket is a game of records being created and broken. Let us hope few are broken and few are created in this series which begins today.

What about Test Cricket?

There was a time till the early 70s that we used to watch test cricket and only test cricket. Infact people used to eagerly wait for a cricket match. The schedule never used to be so tight. It was in the early 70s, the shorter version of cricket viz. 50 overs cricket took birth. It soon gripped the eye balls and became popular.

Last decade saw the emergence of T20 cricket mostly in the domestic cricket of England. This form of cricket was the biggest tool to commercialise the game of cricket. It is as short as watching a movie. Total 40 overs with a small break in between makes it fun to watch and less time consuming. So people prefer watching T20 and it provides more fun with more runs and more sixes.

Somewhere the cricketing world feared that test cricket is losing its importance. But the fact is none of the cricket format has lost its significance. Whenever a test series is played nowadays, the matches are so interesting. The test matches which used to be dragged in a draw few decades ago, now generally end in a result. Infact few of them are nail biters as the result is decided in the final over. Honestly thanks to the approach of limited version of cricket, which has changed the attitude of cricketers playing in test cricket. Rather than hanging on the pitch for long time; batsmen have started scoring runs. Similar is the change in attitude of the bowlers. We now see more result oriented matches than draws.

Similarly few of them felt because of T20 format, 50 over matches are losing interest. But after cricket World Cup 2011, even this theory has been written off. Most of the matches in this world cup were very interesting. This world cup has been a grand success.

Overall we could say this great game is still safe because cricket fans still love all the versions of the game. And above all, true cricket is the 'test cricket' which still survives proudly after ages and ages.

Lasith Malinga says Goodbye to Test Cricket

As they say Goodbyes aren't always Good byes, the thing applies to this case. Lasith Malinga has been a complete entertainer with his quick bowling. Especially his yorkers are unplayable. People say is this the only ball he practices in nets?


One must watch his yorkers with a quick pace which are so unplayable that within a split of a second they knock the wickets. Just with an idea to prolong his career with shorter version of the games viz. one day cricket and T20 cricket; Lasith has decided to say goodbye to test cricket.


He said his decision was very thoughtful. He added that a fast bowler needs lot of effort to bowl in 5 day cricket format. He wants to keep himself fit for 2012 T20 world cup and 2015 world cup of 50 overs. So he needs to retire from the longer version of the game.

Cricket never stops

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. 

Blues felt so good!

I wrote this article dedicating India's victory in World Cup 2011.

It takes ages for a cricketer just to have the feel of a World Cup Trophy. It took 21 long years for the greatest of all, Sachin Tendulkar to touch the trophy. His perseverance paid off on 2nd April 2011 when the ‘Men in Blue’ defied all odds and chased the highest ever target in a World Cup Final to be crowned as the World Champions.

The whole nation broke all decibel levels when the ‘uber cool’ Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed a six to clinch the trophy in style. We have seen dreams being shattered every four years since 1983 win, where one way or the other team India was eliminated out of the World Cups. But this edition of World Cup changed the story.

After facing the ignominy in the initial stages of this World Cup for fielding and bowling departments, the whole team clicked pretty well during the crunch games. The team never showcased such a killer instinct before that was evident during the matches against Australia and Pakistan. The same approach continued in the final and rest is history!

The highlights of this World Cup for team India were the heartening performances from Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan; the all round performances from the Man of the Series Yuvraj Singh, his sprinting and diving at point; Raina’s quick reflexes at covers; Kohli’s brilliant fielding at extra cover; disciplined bowling from Munaf, Nehra and Ashwin; and last but not the least – the calm and ever composed captaincy by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

This World Cup win also brought an ideal farewell for the coach Gary Kirsten. His contribution to Indian cricket in last three years has been extraordinary as the team has scaled new heights. Not to forget team India is not only the One Day Cricket World Champions but also world’s number 1 Test team.

Victory in this World Cup was absolutely not a ‘walk in the park’. It was an arduous task to keep the team performing successfully in all forms of this game in the last two years and also to manage the expectations of billions of Indian cricket fans. This is just the beginning of another success story. The blues felt so good on 2nd April 2011, an unforgettable day in the history of Indian cricket. Absolutely spellbinding!

India Vs New Zealand Live Scores - 1st Test

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Day 2 begins with early exit of Sachin in the first session. The fans would be disappointed as they were expecting another ton from Sachin to take him to his 50th century. He was caught and bowled by Patel. Anyway India has posted a good total already with batsmen like Laxman, Dhoni, Raina in line to bat.

Anything around 600 by India at the end of the day would be purely a dominating score and if the Indian bowlers can click on day 3, India can bag on it.

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India Vs New Zealand 1st Test Begins With Sehwag Fireworks

India Vs New Zealand 1st Test

Virender Sehwag is in a festive mood of Diwali as he wants to lit up some crackers at the Motera stadium in Ahmedabad. Surprisingly after 9 loss of tosses on the trot, MS Dhoni managed to win a toss and with a smile on his face he elected to bat first.

Some surprise to add on, Sreesanth was into the playing eleven and Ishant Sharma was kept out. India has all their star players back into the side including VVS Laxman, Dravid, Gambhir. India suffered an early exit of Gambhir but Sehwag has anchored the innings pretty well scoring quickly and dominating the Kiwis.

The historic stadium of Motera has observed several records being created on its soil which includes Gavaskar reaching 10,000 test runs landmark, Kapil Dev breaking Richard Hadlee's record of highest test wickets, Sachin scoring his first ever double ton and many more. Daniel Vettori is playing his 100th test match here. Probably Dravid will reach the landmark of 200 catches and Sachin may go ahead and score his 50th test century on Motera.

Keep yourself updated with the live cricket online scores of India Vs New Zealand which hopefully doesn't turn out to be a one sided affair.

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Spot Fixing Saga Continues

Spot Fixing Controversy

ICC rejects the appeals of Salman Butt and Mohammad Aamir and both the cricketers stay suspended. Michael Beloff, the ICC code of conduct commissioner was heading the hearing. He said he has considered every aspect of the case before rejecting their appeals. He also added that these players will have to appear in front of an independent anti-corruption tribunal which will look into this matter and decide the fates of the players.

The third cricketer accused, Mohammad Asif opted to withdraw the appeal and he also stands suspended. These three players were alleged to have bowled intentional no balls during Pakistan Vs England test series this year.

Pakistan cricket image has been hampered a lot due to this match fixing controversy and even their team hasn't seen a good time in recent past in terms of the outcome of their matches. Currently Pakistan is playing against South Africa and suffered defeats in T20 matches and facing a daunting task ahead in the ongoing ODI series and forthcoming test series.

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