Archive for March, 2011

  • 09 Mar

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    Fantasy Preview of India v Netherlands

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    Starting today you can play the fantasy game on this site here (http://cricket.challengeexchange.com/) and we will preview all the games for you.

    Today we preview the match between India and Netherlands that will be played at New Delhi. India should win it but it may not be as comfortably as the side is expecting to win. After all, against a weak bowling line-up like India’s it will not take too much for the Dutch to get going with the batting.

    One of the players to watch out for will be Ryan ten Doeschate, who will look to ensure that he can recapture his form from the first game against the English side.

    On the other hand, there is the presence of Tom Cooper, who is an Australian playing for Netherlands, and could get the runs for the side.

    For India, it will be the wickets that could count. On a slow and low wicket, R Ashwin should make it to the playing eleven in the side. He will be the one to watch out for apart from Yuvraj Singh, who should be a fine all-rounder for the game.

  • 08 Mar

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    New Zealand beats Pakistan by 110 runs

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    ICC World Cup 2011

    Pak vs NZ, 24th Match, Group A, Pallekele – 8th March, 2011 ( Tuesday)

    Match Details

    • Man of the Match: Ross Taylor
    • Match Results: New Zealand beats Pakistan by 110 runs

    Birthday boy Ross Taylor made his day much more special after scoring a 110-run Victory for New Zealand against Pakistan in their group A match at Pallekele stadium here on  Tuesday.

    However, Taylor gave an awesome performance with his  eight fours and seven massive sixes add up a good score along with the company of Jacob Oram as piled up a massive 114 runs in the final six overs after skipper Daniel Vettori won the toss and elected to bat.

    Whereas, fast bowlers Tim Southee and Kyle Mills move ahead as the Pakistan batting lineup, minimizing the Asian Gaints to 45/5 in 14.4 overs, before discharged them in 192 runs in the  8.2 overs to spare to reach top of the Group A table.

    On the other hand, Pakistan tried to be on the stadium but couldn’t went through it as they were losing the wickets at a regular internal.

    Whereas, Abdul Razzaq were the notable contributer  as he was the top scorer who delivered 62 runs. He made a crucial partnership with Umar Gul to reduce the defeat runs.

    Tough, this victory for New Zealand sums-up a — six points from among the four matches so far held in the  top position in Group A which is pretty much on a better run-rate.

    Pakistan next meet is with Zimbabwe on Monday, while New Zealand have to travel Mumbai to face Canada (March 13) and Sri Lanka (March 18) in their last two matches.

     

    Brief Scores:

    New Zealand: 302-7 (Ross Taylor 131 not out, Martin Guptill 57);

    Pakistan: 192 all out in 41.4 overs. (Abdul Razzaq 62, Tim Southee 3-25)

    Teams:

    New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (captain), Brendon McCullum (wicketkeeper), Marton Guptill, Jamie How, Ross Taylor, James Franklin, Scott Styris, Niall McCullum, Kyle Mills, Tim Southee, Jacob Oram.

    Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper), Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar.

     

     

  • 06 Mar

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    India won by 5 Wickets

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    India won by 5 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)

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    India v/s Ireland – 22nd Match Group B at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore Sunday March 06, 2011)

    Match Details

    • Toss: India (Elected to field)
    • Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh
    • Match Results: India won by 5 wickets

    Once again India made remarkable scores to chase the victory against Ireland. If I take you through the last week match that took place in Bangalore itself against England ended up with a tie – for the both team which was left in the win- win situation, with no final results as both the teams left with same scores. All in all both seem to be the winner in their own way…

    If we talked about today’s victory, once again – India delivered 207runs in 47.5 overs and kicked-out Ireland here on Sunday.  All Thanks to Yuvraj Singh, who took five wickets and score a half century (5/31 in 10 overs and 50 not out). He was honored as a Man of the Match for being the first player in the history of world cup for grabbing a five wickets and half century.

    When putting to bat, Ireland PR Stirling got out as zaheer khan didn’t want him to go any further so,  Stirling left the ground on the very first over. Though, skipper William Porterfield and Neil O’Brien started off very well as duo’s partnership lasted very well as Porterfield delivered a remarkable 75 off 106 balls whereas Neil O’Brien adds a 46 runs.

    After losing the toss, Irish captain William Porterfield states that “as he was looking to put good total on board and expects spinners to do the rest of the job.

    Brief Score:

    Ireland : 207 (47.5 ov)

    India:  210/5 (46.0 ov)

     

    Teams:

    India: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel

    Ireland: William Porterfield, PR Stirling, EC Joyce, Neil O’Brien, Andre White, AR Cusack, Kevin O’Brien, JF Mooney, DT Johnston, GH Dockrell, WB Rankin

     


  • 06 Mar

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    England won by 6 runs

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    ICC World Cup 2011

    England vs South Africa, 21st Match, Group B

    MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk – Chennai, March 06, 2011

    Match Details:

    • Umpires: Amiesh Saheba , Simon Taufel
    • Match Referee : Chris Broad
    • Toss: England (Elected to bat)
    • Man of the Match: Ravi Bopara
    • Match Results: England won by 6 runs

    England record dramatic 6-runs win against South Africa in a sensational match held in MA Chidambaram Stadium – Chepauk in the World Cup Group B here on Sunday.

    Start Broad brilliantly dig-out four wicket as Proteas was uncomfortable with the kind of bowling attack being shoot up by Engalnd. However, South Africa give-up in the 47.4 overs sums –up a total score of about 165 runs.

    Initially,   England couldn’t scored well on the batting ground and their bowling spree make them stand out of the crowd as they restricted  South Africa’s batting for 165 runs.

    Though, England batsmen soon get dismissed by Proteas spinners fine bowling style as he restricted Engalnd to stop up at 171 with 4.2 overs remaining.

    Brief Score:
    England:     171 (45.4 ov)
    South Africa: 165 (47.4 ov)

    The Teams

    England: Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Strauss(c), Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Matt Prior(k), Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Michael Yardy, Paul Collingwood, Ajmal Shahzad, James Tredwell, Luke Wright,

    South Africa: Graeme Smith(c), Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Morne van Wyk(k), Faf du Plessis, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, Robin Peterson, Johan Botha, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Colin Ingram, Wayne Parnell

     

  • 04 Mar

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    Bowling edge will be the key in Cricket World Cup

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    It is interesting to see that the teams which have done well so far in the Cricket World Cup tournament are the ones which have a good bowling line-up. and the teams which have not been able to do well are those which are struggling with it.

    For example, the Aussies have won two in two, and they have shown how their pace bowling line-up can manage to do a job for the side. Pakistan have won three in three and it has been because of their pace and spin combination in the Cricket World Cup. Afridi’s 14 wickets help of course.

    South Africa have two premier fast bowler apart from the unveiling of a third new spinner in Imran Tahir who is a wicket-taking option.

    On the other, India and England have poor bowling attacks and that has translated into one tie for India and one tie and a loss for England. India will play Ireland in the next game and the Irish will look to take on the Indian bowling easily.

  • 02 Mar

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    Irish stunning three-wicket win over England

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    Kevin O’Brien smashes fastest Cricket World Cup ton as Ireland stun England by 3 wickets

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    Result: Ireland won by 3 wickets

    Man of the match: K Brien


  • 01 Mar

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    Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets

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    ICC World Cup 2011

    Sri Lanka vs Kenya, 14th Match, Group A

    Colombo (D/N), March 01, 2011

    Match Details

    • Umpires: Tony Hill , Shavir Tarapore
    • Match Referee: Chris Broad
    • Toss: Kenya(Elected to bat)
    • Man of the Match :Lasith Malinga
    • Match Results: Sri Lanka won by 9 wkts

    It has been observed that “TODAY” match seems to be the one side game as Sri Lanka slammed Kenya by 9 wickets within 18.04 overs.

    Opting to bat first, Kenya’s squad were unable to give a good short as they managed to procure only 142/10 in 43.4 overs. This defeated was the third consecutive defeat for Kenya and they didn’t stand out well in the stadium as Lasith Malinga’s hat-trick put their all their (Kenya team) action in vain.

    In reply, Sri Lanka’s Upul Tharanga delivered a brilliant scored unbeaten 67runs to give a final touch to chase for Sri Lanka’s victory in just 18.4 overs. Whereas, the other notable contributor are Tharanga and Dilshan who started off will an awesome scored as they superb knocks of 67 and 44 respectively.

    However, Sri Lanka’s Captain Kumar Sangakkara states that “It was important to come back from last Saturday’s 11-run loss to Pakistan and to finish strongly in preparation for next Saturday’s match against Australia”

    Moreover, Today’s innings for Sri Lanka was noteworthy as they played the quite complex match that ends-up with Simple Wins (with 188 balls remaining ) against Kenya. If Kenya continues delivery such performance they will soon be out of the stadium.

    Brief Score:

    Kenya:  (142/10 in 43.4 ovs)

    Sri Lanka:  (146/1 in 18.4 ovs)

    Team:

    Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara(c)(k), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, Thissara Perera, Rangana Herath, Dilhara Fernando, Chamara Kapugedera,

    Kenya: Maurice Ouma(k), Seren Waters, Collins Obuya, David Obuya, Steve Tikolo, Tanmay Mishra, Jimmy Kamande(c), Nehemiah Odhiambo, Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche, Elijah Otieno, Rakep Patel, Thomas Odoyo, James Ngoche, Alex Obanda

     

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