tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78469206899783752632024-02-06T19:45:34.610-08:00Cricket .... We Love You!It's all about Cricket; where ever it is..Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.comBlogger758125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846920689978375263.post-54783992291743957362014-08-23T05:21:00.000-07:002014-08-23T05:21:08.692-07:00Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (1st ODI): Sohaib Maqsood, Fawad Alam keep Pakistan alive<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Jesse Ryder is reported to be in coma after being brutally assaulted by some
unidentified persons on Thursday night. Ryder was admitted to Christchurch
Hospital in the wee hours today having suffered multiple injuries including a
fractured skull.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">According to details; the 28-year-old Ryder was involved in a
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to three persons outside Aikmans bar in the suburb of Christchurch shortly
after 12.30am local time. He was then battered by one of the group who followed
him towards the car park of a nearby McDonald's.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hospital advise that Jesse is in a critical condition," Detective Senior
Sergeant Brian Archer said. "He is in an induced coma as a result of
suffering multiple injuries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was an initial incident involving at least two to three people. As Jesse has
gone towards the car park at McDonald's he's been followed by two of the three
people, we believe, and one of those two has assaulted Jesse."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A witness to the assaults told New Zealand's
One News that she could hear the impact of the blows from inside the bar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"As soon as the fight started there were
probably four or five guys that ran out to pull them off him and hold them back
while he stumbled off over the road," the witness said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also suffering from <span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">a punctured lung and
internal bleeding while being treated in intensive care at a Christchurch
hospital.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a hard-hitting batsman who has played 18 Tests, 39 ODI’s and 20 Twenty20’s was
to take up a lucrative Indian Premier League contract and due to fly to India to
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is ready to take on Proteas in the first of 5-match ODI series today at Chevrolet
Park</span> on a high note after winning the Twenty20 series convincingly under
the captaincy of Muhammad Hafeez.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The ODI series is equally important
for Pakistan and South Africa to improve their ranking in 50-over version of
the game. Right now the Proteas have slipped to fourth place in the rankings,
while Pakistan are sixth on a tightly-bunched table.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since Gary Kirsten took over as South African
coach in June 2011 their Test team has stood high persistently to the top of
the International Cricket Council rankings. The performances of the one-day
side, though, have been patchy a bit. Therefore, Proteas will not let
the chance go to better their position after this series and they can earn a
top spot if they managed to clean-sweep the series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gary Kirsten, the present coach of South
Africa, said his team could play as many as 20 One-Day Internationals (ODI)
before their next Test series, against Pakistan in the UAE in October and
November.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“It’s nice to have an extended period of ODIs,”
he said. “This is an important period for the ODI team.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of immediate concern for South Africa is the ICC Champions
Trophy in England in June, the team's next major engagement after the Pakistan
series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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country's consistent failure to win big tournaments is one of the issues that
Kirsten has pledged to address.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although
South Africa have a less than stellar one-day record of 10 wins and eight losses
under Kirsten, the coach is not over-concerned because the international
schedule has dictated an emphasis on five-day cricket.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have had a lot of Test cricket," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nor
was he concerned about a lop-sided 95-run defeat in a Twenty20 international at
Centurion last Sunday, which he dismissed as a "one-off" game,
irrelevant to the one-day challenge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">South
Africa were beaten 2-1 at home by New Zealand in their most recent one-day
series after winning both Tests against the Black Caps by an innings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pakistan
shape up as a bigger threat with players such as Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi
and the Akmal brothers, Kamran and Umar -- all of whom missed their side's
recent 3-0 Test series defeat -- adding experience and skill to the squad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The
Pakistanis seem to have most of their bases covered, with a mix of
quick-scoring batsmen and a well-balanced bowling attack, while the fielding in
the Twenty20 match was of a high standard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Africa, though, are likely to be a more organised team than that which lost to
New Zealand -- and a great deal stronger than the T20 side -- with stars such
as Hashim Amla, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Test captain Graeme Smith
returning to the squad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Steyn
will be rested for the first match, though, and Morkel is doubtful because of a
hamstring injury.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all-rounder Jacques Kallis will not be in action as he is being rested as part
of a programme to extend the career of the 37-year-old.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal
(wkt), Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan,
Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Imran Farhat, Abdur Rehman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0Bloemfontein, South Africa-29.118349 26.224919999999997-29.56223 25.579472999999997 -28.674467999999997 26.870366999999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846920689978375263.post-44226508870703758202012-10-07T11:41:00.000-07:002012-10-07T11:43:08.746-07:00Video Highlights: Marlon Samuels Explosive Knock in World T20 Final<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Sun, Oct. 07) - The
star of the show was none other than Marlon Samuels when West Indies
came back strongly with the bat, thrashing the dreams of Sri Lanka to be
World T20 champions in 2012. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Windies
were 32 for 2 after ten overs, and then they managed to score 105 in
the last ten with an average of smashing 10.5 per over courtesy to
Marlon Samuels. Marlon Samuels played one of the great innings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Marlon Samuels seems to be the sole contender of man of the match with his all round performance.</span></div>
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He scored 78 runs off 56 balls with the help of three boundaries and
six huge sixes and five of them were off Lasith Malinga, the prime
bowler for Sri Lanka in almost every format of the game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Samuels
also bowled superbly and grabbed a wicket for just 15 runs in his four
overs. Sunil Narine picked up 3, while skipper Darren Sammy claimed two wickets.</span><br />
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Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846920689978375263.post-75414758946729950772012-10-07T10:06:00.000-07:002012-10-07T10:23:59.687-07:00Marlon Samuels: Star of the Show, as West Indies Beat Sri Lanka in ICC World T20 Final<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Colombo, Sri Lanka (Sun, Oct. 07) - West Indies won the ICC World
Twenty20 beating the hosts and favorites Sri Lanka by 36 runs in a real
thriller just minutes before here at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.</span></div>
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Indies came back strongly first with the bat and then with the ball,
thrashing the dreams of Sri Lanka to be World T20 champions in 2012. They were 32 for 2 after ten overs, and then scored 105 in the last ten. Marlon Samuels played one of the great innings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Marlon Samuels seems to be the sole contender of man of the match with his all round performance. He scored 78 runs off 56 balls with the help of three boundaries and six huge sixes and most of them were off Lasith Maling, the prime bowler for Sri Lanka.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Samuels also bowled superbly and grabbed a wicket for just 15 runs in his four overs. Sunil Narine picked up 3, while skipper Darren Sammy claimed two wickets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thirty years since West Indies last
played a world cup final, their best batsman gets out inside the power
play, thier run rate was 3 after 10 overs yet Samuels manage 78 of 56.
Hats off to Samules. This will surely be one of the best T20 innings.</span></div>
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and Gayle and the rest of them are still dancing on the outfield. It's
all gangnam, it's been their mojo this tournament.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The player of the tournament is Shane Watson for 249 runs, 11 wickets, countless sixes, four Man of the Match awards. He is just brilliant. </span></div>
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Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846920689978375263.post-5486034756665238562012-10-07T05:35:00.000-07:002012-10-07T05:35:33.639-07:00Australia held nerves to win Women's World Twenty20<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Sun, Oct. 07) - Australia successfully defended
the title of Women's World Twenty20 Champions beating favorites England
by 4 runs today here at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Australia held their nerves in the last moments of the match, when England were pretty close to get the target of 143.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Unfortunately this is only the second game England have lost all year, but it happens to be the World Cup final.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Ealier, after being invited to bat first on a dry pitch, the reigning title holder made 142/4 from its 20 overs.</span></div>
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JE Cameron was named player of the match for her brilliant knock of 45
runs off just 34 balls, hitting 5 boundaries and the only six from
Australia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Later on the day; Sri Lanka will face West Indies in the ICC World T20 final on the same venue.</span></div>
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Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0Colombo, Sri Lanka6.9270786 79.8612436.8640276 79.782279 6.9901295999999995 79.940207tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846920689978375263.post-39802830310635943162012-10-06T08:31:00.000-07:002012-10-06T08:31:09.422-07:00Suresh Raina and his 'shameless' tweet about Pakistan -- Who to blame?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The blame of Suresh Raina's insulting tweet about Pakistan cricket team - "Ek do din late gaye ghar !!!! Woh bhi besharam ki tarah Gaye... Bye bye Pakistan!!!!" - was ultimately put on his own nephew, reported by Hindustan Times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Raina tweeted to degrade Pakistan immediately after Pakistan team was beaten by Sri Lanka in the first semi-final of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 on Thursday (October 04). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This offensive tweet, shown above, was deleted shortly after it was condemned widely on
micro-blogging site Twitter. Ultimately Raina has to come up the next day with a clarification and put
the blame on his nephew. He tweeted: "Smart phones r dangerous.
Discovered it last night after my nephew posted random tweets. I'm a
sportsman and would never disrespect."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Though I already deleted it, I felt its better to clarify. To all those
who r upset, I'm sorry. I'm not one to show disrespect," he further tweeted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Meanwhile, Raina’s
nephew has found an unexpected support likes of Ajit Pawar, who
voiced his anger at Raina. “All uncles are like this. They want their
nephews to take cop all the blame for their own doing. Let Raina take
the blame for the tweet. Why blame it on his nephew?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Raj Thackeray, too, agreed with Ajit Pawar. “It’s unfortunate to be a nephew in today’s world!”</span><br />
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Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846920689978375263.post-48945388495777055812012-10-06T01:22:00.001-07:002012-10-06T01:22:06.282-07:00Video Highlights: Chris Gayle's Gangnam Style Dance after WI beat Aus by 74 runs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Explosive West Indian batsman Chris Gayle not only performed with the bat, but also amused his team mates and cricket fans with his unique <b>"Gangnam
Style" dance after his team reaches in maiden final of ICC World Twenty20 the other night, beating mighty Australian by a huge margin of 74 runs.</b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The brutal left-hander Chris Gayle smashed a blistering unbeaten 75 off just 41 balls and played a key role in a crushing 74-run victory over a
listless Australia at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday. Gayle hit five fours and half a dozen of towering sixes as West Indies made a mockery of Aussie attack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Throughout the ongoing tournament Gayle has been doing his own version of a
wacky dance from worldwide sensation for South Korean musician Park
Jae-Sang.<br /><br />Last night Gayle used it to celebrate in his own unique style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Opting to bat earlier, Gayle literally butchered the Australian bowlers with a
41-ball 75-run innings as West Indies notched up 205 for four, which
incidentally is the highest total of this edition.<br /><br />The Caribbean
team then returned to skittle out Australia for a paltry 131 with 3.2
overs to spare to set up a summit clash with Sri Lanka on Sunday.<br /><br />Australian
skipper George Bailey did put up a fight with a 29-ball 63, which was
laced with six fours and four sixes but he was let down by the other
batsmen, who returned to the pavilion without much to show.<br /><br />Leg-break
bowler Samuel Badree (2/27) removed openers David Warner (1) and Shane
Watson (7) in his first three overs, while Marlon Samuels got rid of
Mike Hussey (18) as Australia were tottering at 42 for three after the
six overs of Powerplay ended.<br /><br />Ravi Rampaul then removed Cameron White (5) and David Hussey (0) within a space of three deliveries to make it 42 for five.<br /><br />On
a strip where Gayle and Co made batting look easy, the Australians were
all at sea. Both Watson and Warner tried to play shots which can't be
played when the ball keeps low while Mike Hussey was consumed by the
slowness of the track.<br /><br />David Hussey was rusty and others simply didn't have it in them to put up a fight.<br /><br />Earlier, Gayle hit five fours and half a dozen of towering sixes as West Indies made a mockery of Aussie attack.<br /><br />Marlon
Samuels with 26, Dwayne Bravo with a 31-ball-37 and last but not the
least Kieron Pollard (38, 15 balls, 3x4, 3x6) also matched Gayle stroke
for stroke to help West Indies cross the 200-mark. <br /><br />Left-arm
spinner Xavier Doherty, who had looked unplayable on the same track
during Super Eights, was hammered for 48 runs in his three overs
including 25 from the final one which had four sixes. Half of the 14
sixes in West Indies innings were hit off Doherty's bowling.<br /><br />Teams
have often complained about the Premadasa track and difficulty in
stroke-making but Gayle showed that if you have brute power, then nature
of pitches become irrelevant.<br /><br />The decision to promote Marlon
Samuels up the order also partially paid off as he didn't take much time
to settle down before he started tonking the bowlers.<br /><br />Samuels
during his brief stay smashed 26 off 20 balls including a six each off
left-arm spin duo of Doherty and Brad Hogg. He was deceived by a slower
delivery from Pat Cummins, which send him back to the dug-out.<br /><br />Gayle-Samuels had put on 41 runs in only 4.3 overs in which Samuels was the dominant partner.<br /><br />Gayle,
on the otherhand, hit his first six off Shane Watson over long-off and
the second one came off Doherty's bowling as it went sailing into the
deep mid-wicket stand.<br /><br />The third six off Doherty was another
straight one but the standout one certainly was the fourth six hit of
David Hussey's bowling. The ball just soared into the upper tier in the
deep mid-wicket region.<br /><br />Bravo, on the otherhand, had settled down
nicely as he first chanced his arms against Watson hitting over long on
boundary and then pulled a short one from Hogg over mid-wicket region
for another six. The 100 came up in the 12.5 overs and the 50
partnership off 35 balls.<br /><br />The big-bodied Jamaican completed his
third half century of the tournament of 29 deliveries when he hit a
boundary off David Hussey.<br /><br />Bravo lifted Cummins for his third six
but perished immediately when he failed to get elevation of a fuller
delivery from the bowler and was caught at the edge of the 30-yard
circle.<br /><br />Gayle-Bravo conjured 83 runs in less than nine overs but
more importantly nullified the two left-arm spinners attacking them with
great gutso. When Bravo was out, West Indies had reached 140 and a
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Thu, Oct. 04) - Sri Lanka has won the toss and batting first with a single change as Rangana Herath will replace Akila Dananjaya; while Pakistan have left out Abdul Razzaq again for Sohail Tanvir.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After a comprehensive victory over mighty Australians, confident Pakistan is ready take on Sri
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final in four editions. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The contest will be real test of batsmen against the quality spinners from the both sides on a turning pitch. And bowlers like Saeed Ajmal, Ajantha Mendis and young and enthusiastic Raza Hassan will be real treat to watch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Top class batsmen from both sides - like Tillekaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara from Sri Lanka and Muhammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Umar Akmal and Kamran Akmal from Pakistan - will be tested for some world class spinning and swinging deliveries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Tuesday, Oct. ) - The last Super Eight Round match between India and South Africa is still under process; but Pakistan sails through to the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20, as soon as South Africa gone pass 121. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Faf du Plessis played an impressive knock of 65 off 38 balls. South Africa still needs 31 in19 balls with 5 wickets in hand to win their maiden Super Eight match before they leave the tournament on high note. This victory does also mean for South Africa; but in real sense it gives lifeline to Pakistan, who were put on the edge by India thrashing them comprehensively this Sunday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Pakistan will meet Sri Lanka, who topped the Group 1 points table, in the semi-final on Thursday (October 04); while Australia will take on West Indies on Friday (October 05) before the winners of the respective semi-finals will face each other in the final of the tournament on Sunday (October 07).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Earlier, Pakistan put up a good show to contain Australia on 117 on their chase of 150, set by Pakistan courtesy to some exceptional batting by young Nasir Jamshed (55 off 46), Kamran Akmal (32 off 26) and a little cameo by veteran Abdul Razzaq (22 off 17).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Pakistan bowlers, especially spinners led by Saeed Ajmal (3 for 17), never let the Australians to play freely and curtail Aussies well enough under the required run rate to boost their own net run rate. Young Raza Hassan bowled impressively and grabbed 2 for just 14; while skipper Muhammad Hafeez also picked up two wicket in his four overs giving away 22 runs. </span></div>
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Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846920689978375263.post-55918626472031122062012-09-30T13:43:00.002-07:002012-09-30T13:43:44.032-07:00ICC WT20: Latest Points Table -- South Africa gets hope with Indian win over Pakistan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Sun, Sept. 30) - India keeping their hopes alive to qualify for the semi-finals of the
ICC World Twenty20 after beating arch-rivals comprehensively today by 8
wickets here at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. India bettered their NRR by achieving the modest target of 129 in just 17 overs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">128 all out in 19.4 overs (Shoaib Malik 28; L Balaji 3/22, R Ashwin 2/16, Yuvraj Singh 2/16).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Although the points table above shows that Pakistan still on the second spot on points table of Group 2 following Australia, who crushed South Africa in the first match of the day in the same Group, but the respective Net Run Rates (NRRs) of Pakistan, India and South Africa are so close that anyone of them can qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Sun, Sept. 30) - Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first here at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Sun, Sept. 30) - When Pakistan will take on arch-rivals India today in the Super 8 round of the ICC World Twenty20 at Colombo, it might easily be termed as 'The Crash of the Tournament'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The cricket fever is at the highest level right now in both cricket-crazy nations; but fans from both sides fear about the a cloudy weather forecast. It has heavily rained already yesterday evening and if it troubles again today; then cricket fans will be deprived of a high-class, thrilling and nail-biting encounter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At least for now a good news awaits for cricket fans in India and Pakistan that it will be a clear weather today especially in the evening at the time of start of the match between Pakistan and India, according to latest weather report on '<i>weather.com</i>'.</span></div>
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tournament' with arch-rivals Pakistan. This is not just a do-or-die
battle here but also one to rewrite the World Twenty20's "whatever
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they now have to quickly address their woes in all departments of the
game when they take on an upbeat Pakistan, who had beaten South Africa
in a thriller, if they want to remain afloat in the tournament.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But, just to remind cricket fans in Pakistan, men in green have never registered a win against India at World Cups, whether ODI or T20, while
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Sat, Sept. 29) - Australia crushed India by a
huge margin of 9 wickets in their first Super Eight encounter. Earlier
India won the toss and choosing to bat first managed to put up a modest
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India in the Super Eights match of the World Twenty20.</span></span></span></div>
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facing the pace of Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc while they had little
answers for Shane Watson's swinging and variety of bowling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the first match of the day;
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with a 2-wicket victory over South Africa in a thrilling contest on the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1348850049_0">Umar Gul</span> emerged as <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1348850049_3">Pakistan</span>'s unlikely batting hero, blasting a 17-ball 32 to give the 2009 champions' a narrow triumph over <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1348850049_1">South Africa</span> in a nail-biting contest on Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On Thursday, Sri Lanka held their nerve to claim a nail-biting 5-run victory in the super over
against New Zealand. With New Zealand needing 14 from their super over to win, Sri Lankan pace bowler Lasith Malinga conceded only8 runs.<br /><br />
Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and set a huge target of 175 batting first on a batting-friendly pitch. In the end both teams tied on 174 after 20 overs. The hosts needed one from the final ball, but
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the second match of Thursday played on the same ground and pitch West Indies won their first match of this tournament beating England by 15 runs. Chris Gayle smashed 58 from 35 balls during West Indies' first T20 World Cup 2012 Super Eight clash against England on Thursday.<br /><br />Gayle and Johnson Charles provided a flying start to the West Indies, as Darren Sammy earlier opted to bat first after winning the toss, but bulk of the runs scored by the big man.</span>
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Gayle scored 58 runs before being dismissed by spinner Graeme Swann in
the 11th over. Marlon Samuels followed immediately without troubling the
scorers.<br /><br />
Johnson Charles, however, continued to punish the English bowlers as he
scored a well-accumulated half-century in the 13th over. He was dismissed by Jade
Dernbach in the 18th over for 84 runs. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">England fell short of 15 runs despite the heroics of Eoin Morgan (71 off 46) and AD Hales (68 off 80) courtesy to some superb bowling and fielding by West Indians. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Umar Gul, in a real sense, snatches a victory from South Africa. He pulled a victory for Pakistan, in first Super Eight contest of Group 2, with his
17-ball cameo in which he smashed 3 sixes and 4 boundaries for his
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gul, also known as Guldozer for his ability to bowl lethal yorkers in the death overs, showed the magic of his batting skills and ruined all the plans of South Africa's T20 World Cup pursuit. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Pakistan were chasing South Africa's modest 133-6.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Pakistan lost 7th wicket for just 76 on board in the 15th over.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Umar Gul missed first three balls in the row.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gul smashed two towering sixes in a row in Jacques Kallis' over.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Albie Morkel was next to be punished by Guldozer.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gul hit two boundary and a huge sixer off Morkel.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pakistan beat Bangladeh to sail through to the Super Eights and Imran Nazir emrged as the hero of the day with his quickfire 72 at a cracking strike rate of 200. He smashed nine boundaries and three sixes in his 36-ball innings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It could have been Shakib Al Hasan’s day. But thankfully for Pakistan, at the end of the day it was Imran Nazir who hogged the limelight. The big-hitting opener could have fallen for just 1 but instead he smashed a 36-ball 72 to shield Pakistan from any unpleasant surprises.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the pursuit, he also hit the fastest 50 of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 in just 25 balls. He provided a 124-run opening stand with his skipper Muhammad Hafeez (45 off 47).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pakistan thrash Bangaldesh out of the ICC World T20 today beating them comprehensively by 8 wickets and 8 balls to spare in the last match of Group D, as well as initial round of the tournament, here at at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imran Nazir emrged as the hero of the day for Pakistan with his quickfire 72 at a blistering strike rate of 200. He smashed nine boundaries and three sixes in his 36-run innings. In the pursuit today, he also hit the fastest 50 of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 in just 25 balls. He provided a 124-run opening stand with his skipper Muhammad Hafeez (45 off 47).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Earlier, Bangladesh won the important toss and piled up a huge total of 175 courtesy to some brilliant batting at the top of the order. Openers, Muhammad Ashraful (14 off 13) and Tamim Iqbal (24 off 12), provided a flying start to their team which needed at least a 36-run victory over Pakistan to qualify for the Super Eights. The real gem of the innings came from Shakib al Hasan, one of the best all rounders in this modern day cricket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shakib scored blistering knock of 84 runs consuming just 54 balls and hitting 11 boundaries and two towering sixes off Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat. He was well supported by his captain Musfiur Rahim (25 off 26) and talented youngster Nasir Hossain (16 off 13).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pakistan were needed to score at least 140 to qualify for the next round; but Imran Nazir fully encashed the lucky escape, when he was on just one. Abul Hasan dropped a real sitter off Shafiul Islam in just second over of Pakistan Innings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the end 22-year-old Nasir Jamshed (29 off 14) showed his class and variety of strokes before Kamran Akmal (15 off 22) smashed a winning boundary on the fourth ball of 19th over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its about just more than nine hours before starting the match between Bangladesh and Pakistan - the last encounter of the initial stage of 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and undoubtedly the most important match of Group D as the result will decide that which team will go through to the Super Eight (Super8/S8) stage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both teams have their own chances but Bangla tigers have to play exceptional game and if they want to qualify for Super8 then they have to produce some extraordinary performances in bowling or batting (or in both departments). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to present scenario; in first two matches of the Group D, Bangladesh lost heavily to Kiwis and running very low with a Net Run Rate (NRR) of -2.95, while Pakistan managed to win narrowly from New Zealand and has a positive NRR i.e. +0.65. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The situation above clearly tells us that Bangladesh needs to produce a performance that will cover the difference between these NRR's of btoth teams. In simple words they not simply need to win the match but they have to create a minimum NRR difference of 1.81 in this specific match.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In above situations Bangladesh have to produce exceptional performance in both batting and bowling departments; first to get Pakistan's strong batting lineup out on as low as 120/150 and then they would have someone in their batting lineup who will be capable enough to score at a high pace against Pakistan's strong bowling attack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once again; in these situations Bangladesh have to produce exceptional performance in both batting and bowling departments; first to get a high total of 150/180 and then curtail Pakistan well below targets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It seems an uphill task for Bangla tigers but no one can say its "IMPOSSIBLE" as cricket is 'by chance' and T20 cricket is even more 'by chance'. One extraordinary performance in batting or bowling can get Bangladesh through to the next stage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Super Eight stage consists of the top two teams from each group of the group stage. The teams are split into two groups, Groups 1 and 2. Group 1 will consist of the top seed from Groups A and C, and the second seed of groups B and D. Group 2 will consist of the top seed from Groups B and D, and the second seed of groups A and C. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Super Eight (Group 1):</strong> This group will be the group of death as it will, more probably, consists of the all top four teams qualified from initial stage i.e. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Australia, India, South Africa and fourth team will be finalized after last match of the initial stage between Pakistan and Bangladesh</span></div>
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Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846920689978375263.post-37509354733565338842012-09-19T07:00:00.001-07:002012-09-19T07:15:34.129-07:00ICC World T20: India vs Afghanistan (Live) -- Afghanistan won the toss and invited India to bat first<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Afghanistan won the toss and chose to field first in the 3rd match of the ICC World T20 on the day 2 of the tournament. This is a Group A match and the third team in this group is England, who beat Pakistan by 15 runs today in the warm up match in Colombo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Afghanistan who have provided one of cricket's most heart-warming story over the past few years, get another chance on the big stage. Their captain Nawroz Mangal sounds confident ahead of the game. Sample quote: "We have done brilliantly in the past against quality spinners. We played [Saeed] Ajmal in the Pakistan game and yesterday, we played [Sunil] Narine, and we haven't seen difficulties."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ICC World Twenty20 (Match 1): India vs Afghanistan, Watch Online Live Streaming:</span></span></div>
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Shamoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08865952902754740818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846920689978375263.post-82666369456592064252012-09-17T21:34:00.001-07:002012-09-17T21:34:40.824-07:00ICC World T20: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe -- Online Live Streaming, Score Updates, Preview and Video Highlights<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #cc5522;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After awarm up round, the ICC World T20 finally begins today as the hosts Sri Lanka take on Zimbabwe, what looks to be an easy target for starting the campaign with a winning node. The home side are slightly favourites with some outlets to win Group C and a good start to the tournament will certainly help to shorten those odds.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc5522;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until now these two teams have faced each other 2 times in T20 and both time Sri Lanka was the winner. Let's see whether these stats will change or not after today's match.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For Today's and Tomorrow's matches schedule of the ICC World Twenty20, Click Below:</span></div>
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