MATCH-6 , PAKISTAN VS KENYA

Another day in world cup but same result . Again a big team of tournament just rolled over another minnows and fruitless journey of world cup 2011 is continuous.








Match 6 of world cup was between Pakistan and Kenya, where Pakistan register a big win of 205 runs. Pakistan after choose to bat first ,lost its opener in quick succession and seems crumbling but then came Yunis khan and Misbah ul Haq .Both these middle order batsmen then start snailing their team, using their vast experience and completed their half-centuries in quick succession.

Akmal brothers also contributed with half centuries each. Umar Akmal was top scorer with 71 runs on 52 balls, including 8 fours and 1 six.

Chasing a total of 318 in 50 overs , the game turn out to be a practice session for Pakistani bowlers. It was a fair chance for Pak bowlers to improve their bowling figures and so captain Afridi did. Afridi claimed 5 wickets and became the best bowler of world cup 2011 so far.

Collins obuya was top scorer for Kenya team with 47 runs on 58 balls including 3 fours and 4 sixes.

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MATCH 5, ENGLAND VS NETHERLANDS

We almost have 1st big upset in world cup 2011 on day 4 in a close encounter between England and Netherlands. In a exciting match between 2 European countries England clinch the match , thanks to their long, experienced batting line up.



Batting first Netherlands put a competitive total of 292 on the board. Ryan ten Doeschate was the hero of Dutch batting, as he used to be many times. He played a wonderful knock of 119 on 110 balls including 9 fours and 3 sixes before losing his wicket to Stuart Broad.

Dutch inning was also helped by the handy knocks of Tom cooper(47 on 73 bals) and captain Peter Borren(35 on 24 balls).

None of the English bowler (except Swann), was impressive on a dull and slow pitch,they were hammered by dutch batsmen all over the ground. The bad bowling performance was then joined by some very lazy fielding with Swann and Broad joining the party by dropping easy chances. Fielders have given 30-40 extra runs as admitted by Captain Andrew Strauss later.

With a competitive total on the board England start proceedings with their new opening pair of Peterson and Strauss. With the better experience and better batting line up England start snailing impressively, losing regular wickets after good partnerships.

Run getters among English team were Captain Andrew Strauss(88 for 83 balls including 9 fours) and Jonathan Trott(62 for 65).

Although the match goes till last overs but England was always looking comfortable. Collingwood and Ravi Bopara ended the match by adding 30 runs each.

Although Netherlands side lost the match but they must be prideful of what they have achieve. They simply prove that they are not minnows here and can upset any good team in the tournament.

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TOP 5 BATSMEN IN WORLD CUP 2011

	Name	Matches	Country	Total Runs	Average	Strike Rate
1	Andrew Strauss	2	England	246	123	107.89
2	Sehwag	2	India	210	105	126.5
3	Ian Bell	3	England	183	61	95.6
4	IJL Trott	3	England	170	56.66	101.5
5	Sangakara	3	Srilanka	168	84	97.5

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Season 2009-10 Results

Hello Cricket Fans...Let Take a short Look On Previous matches results....
West Indies Tour of Australia 2009-10 ( Test Match )
26 Nov 2009	Australia vs West Indies 1st Test Match, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Australia won by an innings and 65 runs
Pakistan Tour of New Zealand 2009-10 ( Test Match )
24 Nov 2009	New Zealand vs Pakistan 1st Test Match, University Oval, Dunedin New Zealand won by 32 runs
England Tour of South Africa 2009-10 ( One Day International )
27 Nov 2009	South Africa vs England 3rd One Day International, Newlands, Cape Town (D/N) South Africa won by 112 runs
22 Nov 2009	South Africa vs England 2nd One Day International, SuperSport Park, Centurion England won by 7 wickets
20 Nov 2009	South Africa vs England 1st One Day International, New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (D/N) No Result (Match Abandoned Due To Rain)
Sri Lanka Tour of India 2009-10 ( Test Match )
24 Nov 2009	India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Match, Green Park, Kanpur India won by an innings and 144 runs
16 Nov 2009	India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Match, Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Match Drawn
England Tour of South Africa 2009-10 ( Twenty20 International )
15 Nov 2009	South Africa vs England 2nd Twenty20 International, SuperSport Park, Centurion South Africa won by 84 runs
13 Nov 2009	South Africa vs England 1st Twenty20 International, New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesbur England won by 1 run (D/L method)
Pakistan and New Zealand in UAE 2009-10 ( Twenty20 International )
13 Nov 2009	Pakistan vs New Zealand 2nd Twenty20 International, Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium Pakistan won by 7 runs
12 Nov 2009	Pakistan vs New Zealand 1st Twenty20 International, Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium Pakistan won by 49 runs
Zimbabwe Tour of South Africa 2009-10 ( One Day International )
10 Nov 2009	South Africa vs Zimbabwe 2nd One Day International, SuperSport Park, Centurion (D/N) South Africa won by 212 runs
08 Nov 2009	South Africa vs Zimbabwe 1st One Day International, Willowmoore Park, Benoni South Africa won by 45 runs
Pakistan and New Zealand in UAE 2009-10 ( One Day International )
09 Nov 2009	Pakistan vs New Zealand 3rd One Day International, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi (D/N) New Zealand won by 7 runs
06 Nov 2009	Pakistan vs New Zealand 2nd One Day International, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi (D/N) New Zealand won by 64 runs
03 Nov 2009	Pakistan vs New Zealand 1st One Day International, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi (D/N) Pakistan won by 138 runs
Zimbabwe Tour of Bangladesh 2009-10 ( One Day International )
05 Nov 2009	Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 5th One Day International, Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Bangladesh won by 1 wicket
03 Nov 2009	Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 4th One Day International, Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
31 Oct 2009	Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 3rd One Day International, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (D/N) Bangladesh won by 4 wickets
29 Oct 2009	Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 2nd One Day International, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (D/N) Bangladesh won by 7 wickets
27 Oct 2009	Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 1st One Day International, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (D/N) Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets
Australia Tour of India 2009-10 ( One Day International )
11 Nov 2009	India vs Australia 7th One Day International, Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai (D/N) No Results (Match Abandoned Due To Rain)
08 Nov 2009	India vs Australia 6th One Day International, Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Australia won by 6 wickets
05 Nov 2009	India vs Australia 5th One Day International, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad (D/N) Australia won by 3 runs
02 Nov 2009	India vs Australia 4th One Day International, Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali (D/N) Australia won by 24 runs
31 Oct 2009	India vs Australia 3rd One Day International, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi (D/N) India won by 6 wickets
28 Oct 2009	India vs Australia 2nd One Day International, Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur (D/N) India won by 99 runs
25 Oct 2009	India vs Australia 1st One Day International, Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Australia won by 4 runs
Champions T20 League 2009-10 ( Twenty20 match )
23 Oct 2009	IP New South Wales vs IP Trinidad and Tobago Final Match, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad IP New South Wales won by 41 runs
22 Oct 2009	IP Trinidad and Tobago vs IP Cobras 2nd Semi Final Match, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad IP Trinidad and Tobago won by 7 wickets
21 Oct 2009	IP New South Wales vs IP Victoria 1st Semi Final Match, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi IP New South Wales won by 79 runs
19 Oct 2009	IP Cobras vs IP Delhi 8th Match League B, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi IP Delhi won by 30 runs
18 Oct 2009	IP Trinidad and Tobago vs IP Eagles 7th Match League A, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad IP Trinidad and Tobago won by 24 runs
18 Oct 2009	IP Somerset vs IP New South Wales 6th Match League A, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad IP New South Wales won by 6 wickets
17 Oct 2009	IP Bangalore vs IP Delhi 5th Match League B, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore IP Bangalore won by 8 wickets
17 Oct 2009	IP Cobras vs IP Victoria 4th Match League B, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore IP Cobras won by 8 wickets
16 Oct 2009	IP Trinidad and Tobago vs IP New South Wales 3rd Match League A, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad IP Trinidad and Tobago won by 4 wickets
16 Oct 2009	IP Somerset vs IP Eagles 2nd Match League A, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad IP Eagles won by 5 wickets
15 Oct 2009	IP Bangalore vs IP Victoria 1st Match League B, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore IP Victoria won by 7 wickets
14 Oct 2009	IP Hyderabad vs IP Trinidad and Tobago 12th Match Group A, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad IP Trinidad and Tobago won by 3 runs
13 Oct 2009	IP Eagles vs IP Sussex 11th Match Group B, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Match Tied (IP Eagles won the one-over eliminator)
13 Oct 2009	IP Victoria vs IP Wayamba 10th Match Group D, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi IP Wayamba won by 15 runs
12 Oct 2009	IP Bangalore vs IP Otago 9th Match Group C, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore IP Bangalore won by 80 runs
12 Oct 2009	IP Somerset vs IP Trinidad and Tobago 8th Match Group A, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore IP Trinidad and Tobago won by 44 runs
11 Oct 2009	IP Delhi vs IP Wayamba 7th Match Group D, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi IP Delhi won by 50 runs
11 Oct 2009	IP New South Wales vs IP Sussex 6th Match Group B, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi IP New South Wales won by 35 runs
10 Oct 2009	IP Hyderabad vs IP Somerset 5th Match Group A, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad IP Somerset won by 1 wicket
10 Oct 2009	IP Cobras vs IP Otago 4th Match Group C, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad IP Cobras won by 54 runs
09 Oct 2009	IP Delhi vs IP Victoria 3rd Match Group D, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi IP Victoria won by 7 wickets
09 Oct 2009	IP Eagles vs IP New South Wales 2nd Match Group B, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi IP New South Wales won by 53 runs
08 Oct 2009	IP Bangalore vs IP Cobras 1st Match Group C, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore IP Cobras won by 5 wickets

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Upcoming Cricket Matches

29 Nov 2009 South Africa vs England 4th One Day International, St George"s Park, Port Elizabet Live action starts from: 08:00 GMT (13:30 IST) 02 Dec 2009 India vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Match, Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Live action starts from: 04:00 GMT (09:30 IST) 03 Dec 2009 New Zealand vs Pakistan 2nd Test Match, Basin Reserve, Wellington Live action starts from: 22:00 GMT (prev. day) (03:30 IST) 04 Dec 2009 South Africa vs England 5th One Day International, Kingsmead, Durban (D/N) Live action starts from: 12:30 GMT (18:00 IST) 04 Dec 2009 Australia vs West Indies 2nd Test Match, Adelaide Oval Live action starts from: 23:30 GMT (prev. day) (05:30 IST) 09 Dec 2009 India vs Sri Lanka 1st Twenty20 International, Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur Live action starts from: 14:30 GMT (20:00 IST) 11 Dec 2009 New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd Test Match, McLean Park, Napier Live action starts from: 22:00 GMT (prev. day) (03:30 IST)

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Australia elect to field against India

Nagpur, Oct 28 (IANS) Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to field against India in the second One-day international cricket match here Wednesday.

India have made one change in the team that lost the first One-dayer at Vadodara. Yuvraj Singh has returned to the side, replacing Virat Kohli.
Australia have replaced injured Brett Lee and James Hopes with Ben Hilfenhaus and Shaun Marsh.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicket-keeper), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma.
Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Tim Paine (wicket-keeper), Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Michael Hussey, Adam Voges, Cameron White, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus.

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Prasad and Robin sacked from coaching roles

Venkatesh Prasad: "I have no doubt that I have done my job for the Indian team to the best of my abilities."

Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh have been sacked from their respective positions of bowling and fielding coaches with immediate effect. A terse one-line release, issued on the eve of the Diwali festival, did not offer any explanation for the decision but a board official said the reason was the team's performance in the last two tournaments (the ICC World Twenty20 and the Champions Trophy).

Prasad, the former India new-ball specialist, told Cricinfo he had not been notified by the Indian board (BCCI) about his axing. "I have been not been informed about this but if this is true, I am deeply disappointed and hurt," he said. "I have no doubt that I have done my job for the Indian team to the best of my abilities. I will try to contact the BCCI and find out what I did wrong that has led them to take this decision."

The decision was taken by the BCCI's office-bearers on Wednesday and confirmed by the president and secretary, the official said, adding that the captain and coach were not part of the process. The vacancies, he said, would be filled shortly.

Prasad and Robin, it is understood, were working without a formal contract and on a retainer payment basis, but both had alternate jobs: Robin recently signed up with Mumbai Indians, and Prasad with Chennai Super Kings.

The two have been part of the coaching staff since the tour to Bangladesh just after the disastrous World Cup campaign in 2007. There hasn't been much improvement in India's fielding standards over the last two years, and there have been some embarrassing moments in the past few months. That makes it a concern for a team aspiring to become the best in the world and the board's decision on Robin is plausible.

Prasad's axing, though, couldn't have been that straightforward, especially on a day Praveen Kumar thanked him for helping him grow as a bowler at international level. It seems he has paid the price for the dip in Ishant Sharma's form, and a general depletion in the fast-bowling reserves. The BCCI is also understood to have been unhappy with him airing his views in the media repeatedly. Prasad has also been criticised in various quarters - former India swing bowler Manoj Prabhakar being the latest - for asking the bowlers to cut down on their pace.

Indeed the fast bowlers, with their additional baggage of poor fielding and fitness, have been India's main worry in the limited-overs game. It seems a long time ago but it was only last year that Prasad was being given credit for the bowlers' extraordinary show in Australia and in the home Tests against the same opposition, when they would start getting lethal reverse-swing as early as the first hour with the new ball.

The apparent paucity of fast-bowling reserves has to do with the recurring injuries to the fast bowlers too: Zaheer Khan is currently out, Munaf Patel is exasperatingly injury-prone, Sreesanth has had problems besides physical fitness to sort out over the last few years, and RP Singh has spent time out due to injury too. And it is common knowledge that the rehabilitation, the training schedules and fitness tests of injured players are not always communicated to Prasad - or any national coach.

Ishant's decline has been almost spectacular, from being one of the most exciting fast bowlers in the world to a point where he is being considered lucky to still be in the team. Sources close to Prasad claim Ishant's downward spiral began during the IPL, when he got into a few bad habits - bowling away from the stumps and losing his head and wrist positions. Coming on the back of a remarkable first season, the second-season blues have put him under extra pressure. The major criticism against Prasad here is that he hasn't been able to identify and arrest the technical flaws early enough. Ishant, experts point out, has lost the big off-cutter and the wrist position, and has started breaking away to his left just before getting into the delivery leap, and has consequently lost pace too.

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'Shocked' Younus says wouldn't hesitate to quit if feels so

Karachi: Pakistan skipper Younis Khan said he would not tolerate the slur of match-fixing levelled against him and his teammates and would resign from the captain's job if he felt so.

Younus was stunned by allegations levelled by Chairman of the National Assembly standing committee on sports MNA Jamshed Dasti that Pakistan tanked matches against Australia and New Zealand, a statement which the parliamentarian later back-tracked from.

"It came as a shock to me that such allegations have been made without any evidence or concrete proof to back them up," a hurt Younis said, adding he would speak to Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ejaj Butt about the issue and would have no problem quitting the captain's job if he felt so.

"I have struggled all my life, so I am not bothered about losing the captaincy or not being able to play for the team. I am always prepared to face any situation," he said.

Insisting that there was no lack of commitment on the players' part, he said, "I don't know how anyone can make such baseless allegations without realising how much it affects the players and their fans. The team did its best in the tournament and there is no question of deliberately losing any match. The players gave 100 percent in every match."

And even though Dasti claimed that the Younis, coach Intikhab Alam and Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaj Butt would be summoned before the assembly committee to explain the debacle, a defiant Younis also said he had not decided as yet whether he would go to attend the hearing.

"So far I have received no summons or invitation and at the moment I have not made up my mind whether to go and attend such a hearing," he said.

The Pakistan skipper, however, conceded that dropping New Zealand's in-form batsman Grant Elliot at a crucial stage hurt Pakistan's chance in the semifinal and he was not at his best because of a fractured finger.

"I played with a fractured finger and maybe that affected my performance," he said on his own dismal batting form in the tournament that saw him score just 53 in four matches. Younis said he had offered not to play because of his injury but the tour selection committee insisted he must play.

Responding to the statement of former captain Shoaib Malik that the team management should not have shuffled the batting order too much in the tournament, Younis said every player was now required to play at any position in modern day cricket.

Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam also agreed and said that Malik should not be complaining as anyone who wanted to play for Pakistan would have to bat according to team requirements.

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There's a place for both T20 and 50-50 cricket: Ponting

Centurion: Elated after leading his team to a second successive Champions Trophy title, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said the "devalued" event has been revived in this edition, giving a much-needed boost to one-day cricket.

On a few previous occasions, I felt there were a lot of other associate nations and it had kind of devalued the Champions trophy. But this time a couple of weeks and it was over. The little changes which ICC made here, the players really enjoyed it," Ponting said after the six-wicket win over New Zealand in the final last night.

The Champions Trophy had been dubbed meaningless by quite a few former cricketers like Shane Warne but Ponting felt having a shorter tournament minus the minnows has helped make it exciting.

Ponting said the event produced some excellent cricket and proved a good advertisement for one-dayers, which are struggling to pull in the crowds in the face of a Twenty20 storm.

"There's certainly place for both Twenty20 and 50-over cricket. Tournaments like this would certainly help the game. 50 over cricket gets full endorsement from me," he said.

On Monday's win, Ponting lavished praise on all-rounder Shane Watson, who struck his second successive hundred to steer Australia to victory after a wobbly start.

"In the last couple of months we have started to see the real Watson. He wasn't accustomed to opening the innings but given an opportunity in the Ashes, he played brilliantly and shown everybody how good a cricketer he can be," said Ponting.

Ponting was delighted how two young members of his side, Watson and Cameron White, who produced a match-winning 128-run stand for the third wicket, came good in the finals.

"It doesn't get any harder. A big game, chasing a low score, being down on 2 for 6 and with two young guys at the crease. It's one of the strengths of the Australian team that when big names don't produce the goods, somebody else puts up his hand," he said.

"I am ecstatic. It's a great reward for all, whether coaches or guys. We have been five months on the road and to be able to finish off in this manner¿there sure would be some good celebrations tonight," he added.

Ponting said winning the Champions Trophy is the high point of a tumultuous 18 months during which the Aussies lost the coveted Ashes series to England.

"Looking at the last 18 months, this has been a real positive for us. The way we have performed is a really good sign for us," he said.

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