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INDIA 2-1 AUSTRALIA

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:21:25 +0000

Calculations usually don`t make heroes , but Yuvaraj and MS Dhoni pulled it off with panache at the kotla as India. Prised out a 2-1 series land on saturday
With four matches still left to go , India`s batting form would have sounded ominous warning bells in an Australian camp left in disarray following a spate of injuries . With each game , India`s ability to prise out of tricky situations eases into the regular ,the finish edging closer to the clinical . increasingly sluggish Kotla pitch provided the perfect illustration as the team prised out a six -wicket victory with 10 balls to spare .
It was a fascinating, topsyturvy contest made memorable by a 148-runs fourth-eicket srtand between the team`s two most feted finishers
It was also the highest stand for this wicket against Australia on India soil and came a time when the Aussies were looking to tighten a vice like grip on the game.

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T20 WORLDCUP`10

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:48:32 +0000

India have been seeded 6th at T20 WORLDCUP`10 held at westindies . campain starting may 1 . India have been placed in group “C” along with southafrica and qualifying team yet to be decided .Indians had a disastrous campaign at the last T20 world cup held in england`09 will face a qualifier in their tournament opener in St Luciana and then will roundoff their group fixtures against SOUTH AFRICA in next macth.
Pakistan have been seeded 1st in the event followed by SRILANKA and South Africa .Host West Indies are seeded 4th followed by England .Australia have been seeded 9th behind New Zealand and Bangladesh.
Mean while Indians are seeded 4th in the womens edition of T20 worldcup will be simultaneously played.Indiashire group will take over Newzealand, Pakisthan, srilanka.Indian women will take on KIWIS in their 1st macth on 6thMay.

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DECCAN CHARGERS BACK TO PAVILLION ….

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:23:07 +0000

Deccan chargers couldn’t have timed their ninth defeat at uppal stadium any worse.Their second defeat in group A of the champions league T20 meant curtains to their campaign while trinidad and tobago who won the crucial league encounter by three runs, and somerset sabres progress to super eight.
Chargers looked good when they set out to beat the target posed by their opponent though they lost 3 crucial wickets in the beginning Gilly was at his best when he scored those boundaries in style.He made a promising 51 of 36 balls and got out by a good catch by pollard in the deep.Venugopal rao and rohit sharma looked like finishing this match but the two silly runouts and flury of wickets in the end got end to a thrilling match when bravo bowled the last over with 8 runs for victory and he finished in style.The death bowling by him was good enough to see that chargers were out of the tournament.
As we see this is a 9th defeat on our home ground the fans were amazingly supportive and let their heart out for chargers but yet the uppal stadium didn’t shower any luck on the home side.

Gily..!!

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If only vaas could have played…??

sharath — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:18:16 +0000

Todays match between Deccan Chargers and Somerset was a thriller and in the end Somerset dramtically winning in the last over by styris.As we see through the match the need for an excellent player like vaas who is a handy bowling allrounder on sub continents pitches interestingly Gilly choose styris who almost got DC a win but the need for an experienced campigner like vaas was learly visaible.If we see in the middle overs suman bowled a handy spell of two overs with which we almost grabbed the match for DC.So the chargers have to play trinidad and tobago and it is a must win situation for them so the choise of the four foreign players is going to be crucial over the choice between vaas and styris and sure will be interesting.

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Anticlimax for Deccan Chargers…!!

sharath — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:42:31 +0000

Gilly watching ..watching... watching...!!!

Todays match of deccan chargers vs somerset was a thriller but in the end our own uppal stadium still bears no good signs for us.The match intially started of a blitzkrieg from adam gillchrist and our own hyderabadi v.v.s.laxman deccan chargers were at 59 for loss of two wickets at 5.5 overs gilly and suman reached the pavilion.It was a good start to the season for laxman who hit a 46 out of 35 balls and then with the loss of him and andrew symonds the DC were at 88/4 at 10.4 overs rohit sharma and styris tried to build apartnership and with their loss and afew hits from venugopal rao and a flury of wickets in the end saw DC at 153 runs from their 20 overs.

A good disciplined performance by somerset bowlers who were new to the international cricket.

Somerset got a steady start in the initial overs and three break throughs from RP singh made them a bit slow and a dynamic effort in bowling department from suman who bowled his two overs for 15 runs pulling two scalps then bought in ALFONSO THOMAS who took somerset past 153 in the end scoring 157 with styrius bowling a thriller of a over with taking 2 wickets from 3 balls but int the end gave away 2 crucial bouandries which cost the deccan chargers their match.

So a superb performance by the both teams and in the end Somerset pulling out a win now deccan chargers must win their match against trinidad and tobago to go through the group stage.Considering the performance dispalyed today by the chargers they will be favourites for the tie on oct14.

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Duminy spills the Cobra venom on RCB

Taha Lyra — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:17:54 +0000

Duminy scored a marvelous 99 to secure a convincing victory for the Cape Cobras in the opening encounter of CLT20 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Duminy made the 180 run chase an easy looking affair with some clean hitting and meticulous planning. It was sheer hitting as he eclipsed every other batsmen, though Davids, Ontong and Canning chipped in with valuable support. All the bowlers of RCB barring Praveen Kumar were costly. Kumble and Van Der Merve leaked runs at the crucial stage of the match. Vinay Kumar and Kohli were completely out of sorts. Dale Steyn was sorely missed.

Earlier RCB managed a competitive total thanks to Utthapa and Ross Taylor who scored contrasting fifties. Uthappa along with Dravid and a bit of luck added 64 for the second wicket. Late surge of Ross Taylor by shuffling across wicket and lofting over legside for sixes took RCB to 180. Ross Taylor in all hit four sixes and four fours. Langeveldt was the pick of the bowlers for Cobras, but was unfortunate to get injured mid way of the innings while attempting a diving catch. All others were erring in line and were equally let down by some poor fielding. All in all it was a great beginning to the Champions League.

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Will rains at HYD pose a problem to CLT20…?

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:40:43 +0000

The charge is on as the champions league T20 looms large on the horizon. The city ,which has been at the receiving end of the elements for more then a week, seems to be waking up to the excitement of the first of its kind inter club tournament, which features many of the top international players.
With the deccan chargers, who won the IPL2 in South Africa in may this year, being at the forefront, the denizens of the city are eagerly awaiting another bonanza from their beloved team.
However, the ground staff at the rajiv gandhi international cricket stadium in uppal here has been a worried lot.The weather condition didn’t help their cause but with the incessant rains seeming to have abated as on tuesday they are a relieved lot they now have three days on hand to get the wicket ready for the double header to be played between cape cobras and otago volts and deccan chargers vs somerset on saturday.
The wicket here has always favored the batsman but the players feel that it may not be so this time around.The bowlers may be able to get more purchase from the wicket than they normally do.

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Champions League Groups

Taha Lyra — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:19:46 +0000

Group A:

Deccan Chargers – Hyderabad, India

Somerset – England

Trinadad & Tobago – West Indies

Group B:

Eagles- South Africa

New South Wales – Australia

Sussex – England

Group C:

Bangalore Royal Challengers – Bangalore, India

Cape Cobras – South Africa

Otago – New Zealand

Group D:

Delhi Daredevils – Delhi, India

Victoria – Australia

Wayamba – Sri Lanka

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Weekly Round Off !!!

Taha Lyra — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:53:23 +0000

The Week in NEWS:

> New Zealand takes a fairy tale route to final of the Champions Trophy 2009.

> Australia back to their best, enters Final.

> ICC Awards 2009 announced. Details below in the story of the week.

> England Local cricket matches are now reduced to 40 overs a side from 50 overs.

Quotes of the Week:

” If i had to last for twenty years, I would probably be batting in a wheel chair.”

- Ricky Ponting, on nearing Sachin’s record by reaching 12000 runs in ODI’s.

“I have never seen so many runs scored of the cut shot.”

- M.S. Dhoni on conceding lot of runs in backward square region against Pakistan.

Story of the Week: ICC Awards 2009

ICC Awards were announced last week for the year 2009. ICC managed to convince all the contries by distributing honors in a professional way, dissapointing none. Dhoni was probably most satisfied person at the end of the Event. He was leading both World Test and ODI Teams, an achievement in itself. Dhoni has impressively lead the Indian team during the last year to gain this title. He was also adjudged best ODI player of the year, thanks to his many Not Out innings, which helped his average. Another Indian was awarded with Best Test player of the Year, that is Gambhir. He has been a revelation in Indian team this season, and scored many match winning and match saving innings.

Mitchell Johnson of Australia won the prestigous ICC Player of the Year. He has been consistently been able to di justice to his all rounding abilities. Often playing a crucial role in Australia’s resurgence to the top. Among the new sensation T20, Dilshan won the best player award. He has been consistent in his run making and maintaing the strike rate as well for Sri Lanka. He even invented a new shot which is now named after him as DILSCOOP. Peter Siddle of Australia won the Emerging Player of the Year.

Among the other awards, Aleem Dar has dethroned Simon Taufel to take the Best Umpire Award. New Zealand for their clean and professional cricketing habbits have won the Spirit of Cricket award for second time in row. Clare Taylor was named as the best woman cricketer of the year.

Test Team for year 2009:

Gautam Gambhir, Andrew Strauss, AB de Villiers, Sachin Tendulkar, Thilan Samaraweera, Michael Clarke, MS Dhoni (Captain, Wicket Keeper), Shakib Al Hasan, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Broad, Dale Steyn.

12th Man: Harbhajan Singh.

ODI Team for year 2009:

Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle, Kevin Pietersen, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Yuvraj Singh, Martin Guptill, MS Dhoni (Captain, Wicket Keeper), Andrew Flintoff, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Umar Gul.

12th Man: Thilan Thushara.

ICC Awards Selection Panel:

Clive Llyod (Chairman), Anil Kumble, Stephen Fleming, Bob Taylor and Mudassar Nazar.

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Champions Trophy Semi Final Results

Taha Lyra — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:30:50 +0000

1st Semi Final: Australia vs England: The age old rivalry between two Ashes nations was expected to be a thrilling contest. But it proved out to be a converse, with Australia steam rolling England. First with the ball Aussies had England on the mat with 101 for6. But heroics from Bresnan and Wright helped England to a marginal total of 257. Well Ponting thought otherwise, who combined with Watson sent the English bowlers for a leather hunt. Both of them notching up aggressive centuries. Australia were back to their own ways of crushing the opponents brutally.

2nd Semi Final: New Zealand vs Pakistan: Pakistan starting the match as favorites could not live upto the tag. Batting first they merely managed 233, which included a 35 run last wicket partnership between young Aameer and Ajmal. New Zealand completely deserved the credit for their disciplined bowling. Mills, Bond, Butler and Vettori were all very impressive. But New Zealand’s chase was not without any anxiety. At one stage New Zealand required 69 runs of 64 balls. Situation weaved spectacularly by the spin duo of Ajmal and Afridi. But some silly fielding and ordinary bowling by the pacemen at this crucial juncture let Pakistan succumb under the pressure.

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