Friday 5 November 2010

India Vs New Zealand Live Scores - 1st Test

India Vs New Zealand Live Scores

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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Thursday 4 November 2010

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.virender sehwag

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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Sunday 31 October 2010

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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Australia Vs Sri Lanka Live Cricket Scores - Live Cricket Streaming - Live Cricket Online

Australia Vs Sri Lanka 2010 Live

After a humiliating tour of India, Australians are all focussed on the cricket against Sri Lanka in their own back yard. Sri Lanka has kicked off the proceeding very well playing against the Australian domestic teams in the warm up games. Now they are all gathered up for some T20 action beginning 31st October. Australia Vs Sri Lanka series includes one T20 international to be played at WACA in Perth. This will be followed by three ODIs.

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Australia also has to think about the Ashes which is to follow after the Sri lanka series. Right now the Australians wish to focus only on the current series as they feel they have enough time to gather things for the Ashes. Meanwhile Sri Lankans are pretty confident about their display in Australia. Muralitharan is also playing for Sri Lanka in Australia.

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So time to enjoy the lush green grounds of Australia, a competitive cricket and some pure cricketing display by both the teams. Sri Lanka Vs Australia live cricket streaming and live cricket scores are available on various sites online. So stay tuned and enjoy Australia Vs Sri

Lanka 2010 cricket live.

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Pakistan v South Africa Live Cricket Scores - Live Cricket Streaming - Live Cricket Online

Pakistan Vs South Africa 2010 Live

Pakistan is the only Indian sub continent team which is struggling with their recent form. Other subcontinent teams who are going to host the World Cup 2011 viz. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are in the driver's seat with good recent form in cricket. Sri Lanka Vs Australia campaign begins with a T20 match on 31st October which will be an enthralling competition worth watch.

Here in Abu Dhabi, things aren't going fine with Pakistan whereas South Africa are hunting Pakistan in every game. 2-0 win in the T20 series for Pakistan Vs South Africa has followed with a comprehensive win in the 1st ODI also. Now they battle out in the second ODI. This series consists of 5 ODIs followed by 2 test matches. To save pride Pakistan has to win few matches as they haven't been in a good rhythm in the recent past.

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Saturday 16 October 2010

India Vs Australia ODI Series - Live Cricket Online Streaming Scores

India Vs Australia live streaming

The 2-0 clean sweep victory of India over Australia will be followed by a 3 ODI series. Australia who has not lost a single ODI series in India in last 12 years will be keen to keep their winning record intact. Whereas team India with all guns blazing will be pumped up to repeat their test performance in the shorter version of the game.

India will miss the services of star players like Sachin, Sehwag, Zaheer, Gambhir and Harbhajan. Similarly Australia will be playing without Ponting, Watson and Johnson. Clarke (who is struggling with his form) will lead Australia. MS Dhoni with be leading team India.

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Thursday 7 October 2010

India Vs Australia – 2nd Test Match Live Cricket Streaming and Scores

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After the whole cricket world saw an enthralling finish to the 1st test between India Vs Australia, now it is time for second and last test match of this series. Australians are known for their fighting spirit. They might bounce back to put a great pressure on the Indian. At the same time India has played like true champions in recent past of test cricket.

Gambhir and Ishant Sharma are ruled out of the Indian team due to some injuries to them. Laxman is recovering but he skipped the training. Bollinger is also doubtful for the second test match. Hussey wishes to beat India in second test match.

Irrespective of the players who are playing or not playing but it is sure that the 2nd test is going to be another treat to watch.

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Live Cricket Online - Bangladesh Vs New Zealand - South Africa Vs Zimbabwe

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As India Vs Australia Test Series saw a great test match at Mohali, cricket fans can also enjoy other cricket series viz. Bangladesh Vs New Zealand and South Africa Vs Zimbabwe.

New Zealand are touring Bangladesh and they take this tour as a good preparation for World Cup 2011. This tour will help them to get accustomed to Indian sub-continent conditions which is going to be the venue for World Cup. Creating an upset Bangladesh defeated New Zealand in 1st ODI.  The tour consists of 5 ODI series.

On the other hand, South Africa will kick off their cricketing season playing against Zimbabwe. The tour begins with T20 cricket (these two teams have never played against each other in a T20 international before this). One of the biggest point of discussion in this tour will be the return of Grant Flower to the Zimbabwean team after six long years. South Africa will play two T20 and three ODI matches against Zimbabwe.

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Thursday 30 September 2010

India Vs Australia - 1st Test Match

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The wait comes to an end. Venue - Mohali, Chandigarh. Two titans clash! India Vs Australia 1st Test Match begins tomorrow.

Indian Skipper MS Dhoni is happy with Indian preparations and expects his bowling department to click on time. He believes that performing well session wise in Test cricket is the key to triumph. Especially performing well in the sessions of last two days is obligatory if one has to win.

He also added that this won't be a captain vs captain cricket. It all depends on the performance of the whole team working as an unit. He said ICC rankings will again take care of itself if his team performs well. Although the outcome of this series will hardly affect the rankings because India will still remain on the first position even if they lose the series.

Ricky Ponting is eager to get himself into form before the Ashes and sees this series as the best opportunity to help the cause. He is rebuilding the Australian team with youngsters. The team hasn't fared very well in the recent past.

Cricket doesn't get more exciting than this... India Vs Australia! Stay tuned!

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Thursday 23 September 2010

India Vs Australia Live Cricket Streaming & Live Cricket Scores

India Vs Australia Test Series 2010 Live Cricket Streaming Scores


Hardly a week left now for one of the biggest test series this year. The team ranked number one in the ICC rankings (India) takes on the team which dominated world cricket for more than a decade (Australia). The Australian team has already landed in India and begun their preparations.

Ricky Ponting wishes to beat India 2-0 to reduce the gap of ICC points to 4 and reach closer to the top spot which is not captured by the Indian team. Ricky Ponting still has the bad memories alive when Australia was beaten 2-0 by India last time when they visited India. Australia also takes this tour as an opportunity to prepare themselves for the Ashes against England which is to be played at the end of this year.

Meanwhile the Indian squad is announced. The notable change is Yuvraj Singh is dropped and he is replaced by in form batsam Cheteshwar Pujara. This guy has performed well in the last two domestic season and his sheer performance in the domestic cricket has earned him maiden Test call up. Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan are back into the side too.

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Monday 20 September 2010

England Vs Pakistan 4th ODI Live Scores

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As the cricket world is observing new and new chapters in the spot fixing saga, England takes on Pakistan in the 4th ODI. England is leading the series 2-1.

This ODI is being played at Lords and it is a day and night encounter. Pakistan has elected to bat first and has a shaky start. Mohammad Hafeez is set to play a good innings whereas Swann is ready to clinch wickets with all guns blazing.

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Thursday 16 September 2010

Champions League T20 Live Updates

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Chennai Super Kings have rocked with two wins in their first two matches. They have had comprehensive wins over the oppositions. Royal Challengers Bangalore have opened their CLT20 account with a victory whereas Mumbai Indians have lost two out of two.

The league has been exciting so far with huge sixes and tumbling wickets.  Catch all the action updated regularly with the following links:-

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Saturday 11 September 2010

Airtel Champions League T20 2010 Live Cricket Scores

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A cricketing festival where all the worldwide T20 champions clash each other is called Champions League T20. The sparkling league this time held in South Africa has already begun and followed worldwide.  Watch out for the best T20 teams from across the globe clashing in Champions League T20 2010.

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Tuesday 7 September 2010

England Vs Pakistan 2nd T20 Live Scores

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After beating Pakistan comprehensively in the 1st T20 at Cardiff; the T20 champions England take on Pakistan in the 2nd T20 match today.

Visitors Pakistan will be striving to level the series whereas England would aim to clinch another T20 series.

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Sunday 5 September 2010

England Beats Pakistan In 1st T20

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England are T20 world champions and they had to play like champions. Keeping behind all the off field issues of spot fixing, Pakistan batted first. Under overcast conditions they merely managed to score 126 for 4. Umar Akmal was the highest scorer for Pakistan with 35 runs from 30 balls. GP Swann claimed 2 wickets giving away just 14 runs from his 4 overs.

Replying to Pakistan's 126, England lost wickets at regular intervals till the time they reached 62 for 5. But a good partnership between Morgan (38 not out) and Yardy (36 not out) took England home with almost 3 overs to spare and 5 wickets remaining.

MH Yardy was declared Man Of The Match.

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Pakistan takes on England in a T20 series beginning today

Source: Cricket Nirvana

As the clouds of match fixing become denser with Pakistani trio being alleged to have been involved in spot fixing; the Pakistani team today take on England in a T20 series. The team has to put behind all the blues and concentrate on the game. They won't have the services of their quick duo Asif and Aamir. They will also miss the services of their captain Salman Butt as these three players are alleged to be involved in match fixing.

Pakistan will be glad to have Shahid Afridi back into the team but it won't be an easier to lead the Pakistani team at this moment. At the same time England team looks to be a relaxed unit as they have been performing really well in the recent past in all forms of cricket. Talking about their last 5 T20 matches; they have won it all. Not to forget they are the T20 world champions.

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Friday 27 August 2010

India Vs Srilanka Live Score - Tri Series 2010 Final

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A dramatic tri series 2010 reaches the final to be played between India and Srilanka. India has seen couple of humiliating defeats in this series but they have fought back well to reach the finals. At the same time Srilankan batting line up looks more settled than Indians but they have recent four finals losses against India playing at the back of their minds.

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Thursday 26 August 2010

England Vs Pakistan 4th Test Live Scores

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England takes on Pakistan in the 4th test match after losing to them in the 3rd test.  A rain hit opening day of the test match saw England 39 for 1 at stumps.  Just 12.3 overs were possible on the first day as England lost to Strauss' wicket to Mohammad Asif.

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Tuesday 10 August 2010

India Srilanka New Zealand Tri Series 2010 live on Cricket Nirvana

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Srilanka Tri Series 2010 featuring Srilanka, New Zealand and India kicks off today with India taking on New Zealand in a day and night match. All the cricket fans can enjoy live cricket scores, news, images & updates of this tri series on Cricket Nirvana.

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Friday 30 July 2010

Pakistan Vs England Test Live Scores and Updates

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Cricket fans have got an opportunity to enjoy test cricket finally. India Vs Srilanka 2nd test has been ended in a draw. Pakistan vs England test series has got an exciting start.

England scored 354 in their first innings. In reply Pakistan is in a very difficult situation with 147 for 9. James Anderson celebrated his birthday with a 5 wicket haul. Earlier Mohammad Asif from Pakistan also took a 5 wicket haul. The day belonged to the bowlers.

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Wednesday 28 July 2010

Sachin's 48th century sets India's fightback in 2nd test

Source: Cricket Nirvana

After losing the 1st test against Srilanka, India was again facing a danger of follow on when early on the third morning India lost three quick wickets with Sehwag stumped on 99!

But Sachin and Raina played well to take India to a safer position. Sachin scored his 48th century and he is just piling up his records. This is his 94th international century.

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Thursday 22 July 2010

Ponting reaches 12000 test runs in Test Cricket

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Ricky Ponting the legendary batsman from Australia has reached 12000 test runs and has joined Sachin Tendulkar in the 12000 club. These two are the only batsmen to have reached this landmark in Test Cricket. Ricky Ponting is currently playing against Pakistan in a test series. Interesting thing is both Sachin and Ponting took equal number of innings (147) to reach this milestone of 12000 runs.

While Ponting reaches 12000 mark, Sachin has already crossed 13500 runs in test cricket and he is currently busy playing the India Srilanka Test series.

Australia Vs Pakistan Scorecard

India Vs Srilanka Schedule

Wednesday 21 July 2010

Australia all out for 88 - Second lowest test score against Pakistan

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Is this the same Australian team that we knew about a year ago? Is this the same team that knew just one thing... Victory! Well this team was very predicatable till a year ago where we could always say, "Is Australia playing? They are going to win!". But things have changed now. This team has tasted a lot of losses in the recent past.

After beating Pakistan in the first test, Australia were bowled out for just 88 in the first innings of the second test. This is their second lowest total in a test match against Pakistan, the previous one being 80 in 1956.

Pakistan have got a very good start where they have already posted a lead on Australia with the loss of just one wicket.

Check the live interactive scorecard here: Australia Vs Pakistan Live

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Monday 5 July 2010

Dhoni marries childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Indian Skipper MS Dhoni is now all set to play a new consistent innings of his life as he gets married to his childhood friend Sakshi Rawat.

28 year old Dhoni married his childhood friend Sakshi Rawat who is a hotel management student. The wedding ceremony took place at Vishranti resorts at Bidhauli situated at about 25 kms from Dehradun.

Read the complete story here.. Dhoni ties the nuptial knot with childhood friend

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Wednesday 16 June 2010

Asia Cup Updates & Cricket Contests to Win Exciting Prizes

Asia Cup has begun in style. The first encounter between Srilanka and Pakistan was as treat to watch. Srilanka started their proceeding not in style but somehow managed a reasonable score. Pakistan begun their innings with tumbling wickets. Boom Boom Afridi scored a dazzling ton but in vain as they lost to a tight bowling Srilankans. Malinga grabbed 5 wickets.


The second match between India and Bangladesh brought a comprehensive victory for India. Sehwag was a surprise bowling package for India as he took 4 wickets for just 6 runs. His best career figures in ODIs. Gambhir won the man of the match award for his brilliant display of batting.

As we enjoy this festival of cricket in the form of Asia Cup, Cricket Nirvana brings us an opportunity to participate in THREE cricket contests and win some exciting prizes...

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Tuesday 15 June 2010

Asia Cup Live Cricket Streaming on Cricket Nirvana

The stage is set for Asia's biggest cricket trophy, Asia Cup 2010. Teams featuring are India, Srilanka, Pakistan & Bangladesh.

In the opening match today, Srilanka takes on Pakistan. This day and night encounter begins 2.30 IST.

To enjoy live cricket streaming of this match and the whole Asia Cup 2010, kindly visit Cricket Nirvana.

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Friday 11 June 2010

Asia Cup 2010 - Jayasuriya & Mendis dropped from the Srilankan squad

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Srilanka has dropped the veteran Sanath Jayasuriya as well as spinner Mendis from the Asia Cup 2010 squad.

Big names like Sangakkara, Jayawardene, Malinga, Muralitharan who were rested during the Zimbabwe

tri series make a come back in the Asia Cup.

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Asia Cup Schedule 2010

Sunday 6 June 2010

Asia Cup 2010 kicks off in Srilanka this June

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Asia Cup 2010

India in the absence of several senior players were knocked out of the tri series being played in Zimbabwe. Now the stage is set for the Asia Cup to be played in Srilanka this June. This will be the tenth Asia Cup with India winning 4, Srilanka winning 4 and Pakistan winning 1 Asia Cup before this.

BCCI sources have said that the Indian squad for the Asia Cup will be announced on 7th June expecting the come back of seniors like Sachin, Dhoni, Zaheer, Sehwag, Gambhir, etc.

To know more about the Asia Cup 2010 click on the following links:

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Tuesday 23 March 2010

Australia Beats New Zealand By 10 wickets In The First Test

Source: Cricket Nirvana

New Zealand had to face a 10 wickets defeat against Australia at Wellington. Australia now takes an unbeatable lead of 1-0 in the two test match series.

McCullum batted well to delay their defeat but ultimately he was out on 104. Australia chased the target of 106 in just 23 overs without losing a wicket.

Michael Clarke who scored a brilliant 168 in the first innings was awarded Man of the Match award.

Full story here : Cricket News

Full Scorecard : Australia Vs New Zealand

Saturday 20 March 2010

Live IPL Scores, IPL 2010 News on Cricket Nirvana

Live IPL Score

IPL is back home after its second edition played in South Africa. The 3rd edition of IPL has started with a bang and lot of uncertainties about which team is going to be at the top. Unlike the previous editions, this time more teams have managed to start well with their initial matches. If we have a look at the points table, teams like Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers, Kolkata Knight Rider have all started well. Delhi Daredevils after a good start have lost two successive matches to Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. Kings XI Punjab & Rajasthan Royals have started their campaigns very disappointingly with no wins from their first three matches.

Important players like Gambhir, Dhoni, Smith are injured and their teams are experiencing their deficit. On the other hand players like Gayle and Pollard have joined the IPL after finishing their international commitments.

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Wednesday 10 March 2010

Yousuf, Younis banned for life

Source: Cricket Nirvana

PCB has banned and heavily fined few Pakistani national players. This has been a shocking news for the cricketing world. The most shocking part being life ban for recent Pakistani captains Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf. They will not be allowed to play for Pakistani cricket team anymore. They will be allowed to play domestic and county cricket.

Rana Naved and Shoaib Malik face a year's ban. Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal & Shahid Afridi are put on a probation period of 6 months with a huge fine of 2-3 million rupees.

The inquiry committee set by Pakistan cricket board suggested this bans and fines on the players. This bans are because of dismal performance of the team in Australia, bad influential behaviour of few players, ball tampering issue and much more.

Tuesday 9 March 2010

Latest ICC Rankings - India finishes the year on 2nd spot

Source: Cricket Nirvana

ICC Rankings

ICC has confirmed that India will finish on the second position on the ODI rankings as the cut off date is of 1st April. India will receive a prize money of  $75,000 for achieving the second spot while Australia finishes 1st with a prize money of $175,000.

India has experienced a huge success this year in International cricket as they finished 1st in the ICC rankings for Test cricket which makes them eligible for a prize money of $175,000 in Test Cricket.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni with 819 points heads the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen. Sachin stands on the 4th position followed by Sehwag on 11th and Yuvraj on 13th. Harbhajan is on the seventh position in the bowler's rankings.

Wednesday 3 March 2010

Sachin Tendulkar speaks about Bharat Ratna

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Sachin Tendulkar speaks about the speculations of Bharat Ratna to be awarded to him. He said that he would like to be on the list of 'Bharat Ratna' awardees but currently he wants to concentrate on cricket.

Former cricketers Ajit Wadekar, Kapil Dev and Dilip Vengsarkar expressed their views that he should be awarded the highest civilian honour following his emphatic 200 runs knock against South Africa in the Gwalior ODI.

About his double century he said he would love to see an Indian breaking this record in future. He also said he is eagerly waiting for the 2011 World Cup which to be held in the Indian sub-continent.

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Friday 26 February 2010

India Vs South Africa live cricket streaming of 3rd ODI

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Click below for live online telecast of India South Africa 3rd ODI:-

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India already leading the series 2-0 now takes on South Africa in the 3rd and the final ODI to be played at Ahmedabad. Sachin and Sehwag have been rested whereas Dumminy won't be playing this match as well.

If India manages to win this last ODI, this will be the first time India will clean sweep South Africa in an ODI series. With an unforgettable double ton in the last match, Sachin made sure that India enters the last ODI with the series sealed already for India.

Enjoy the live cricket streaming, interactive scorecards and cricket news on Cricket Nirvana.

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Thursday 25 February 2010

Sachin Tendulkar double century (200 not out) Videos : Highest Individual Score in ODI history

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Sachin Tendulkar hits double century against South Africa

Click here to watch Sachin double century (200) and other match videos

24th February 2010 at Gwalior was a day full of records. A historical day in ODI cricket. The master blaster Sachin Tendulkar with his might piece of willow thrashed South African bowling and scored first ever double ton in ODI history. He scored 200 not out while India scored a mammoth 401 against South Africa.

It was Sachin's master class innings that scripted an emphatic win against South Africa as the Proteas were bowled out for 248 in 42.5 overs. India registered a comprehensive win by 153 runs thus winning the India Vs South Africa ODI series and retaining number two position in ICC ODI rankings.

Sachin scored 200 in 147 balls with 25 boundaries and 3 sixes. This innings is the fastest double hundred by any batsman in the history of cricket combining both forms of the game beating the record of Nathan Astle who scored 200 in 153 balls in a test match against England. This innings also had record 25 number of boundaries in ODI cricket!

Dinesh Karthik (79) and Dhoni (68) smashed Protean bowling attach and supported Sachin pretty well. Sachin Tendulkar the legend himself, dedicated this innings to all the Indian fans who supported him throughout his great 20 years career of cricket. Sachin said he will be glad if an Indian breaks his record in the future.

A remarkable day in the history of Indian as well as world cricket.

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Saturday 20 February 2010

India Vs South Africa ODI Series Live Streaming & Scores

Source: Cricket Nirvana

After the nail biting finish of the Test Series, all eyes are on the ODI series to be played between India and South Africa. If South Africa manages to beat India in this series they will replace India for the number two spot in the ICC ODI rankings.

On one hand India will miss the services of Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh whereas South Africa will be playing in the absence of their skipper Graeme Smith. Jacques Kallis will be the new captain while Herschelle Gibbs, Loots Bosman, Albie Morkel and Johan Botha are recalled for the ODI series.  India has recalled Sreesanth, Yusuf Pathan, Ashish Nehra, Sudeep Tyagi and Praveen Kumar.

Friday 19 February 2010

Latest ICC Test Rankings - India number one!

Source: Cricket Nirvana

India Vs South Africa

India after defeating South Africa at Eden Gardens has leveled the World Championship of Cricket Series 1-1 and has also managed to retain the number one spot in ICC ratings for test.

Apart from this the Indian team will also receive a prize money of  US $175,000, which is presented to the team that reaches the April 1 cut-off date in top spot.

Useful links for more information:

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India South Africa Highlights

India South Africa Series Videos

Monday 15 February 2010

Sehwag & Sachin hit centuries: India Vs South Africa 2nd Test

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Sehwag and Sachin were the stars today when they outplayed South African bowling with their brilliant batting performances. Sehwag scored 165 while Sachin scored 106. Their partnership of 249 runs was an absolute treat to watch. Sehwag scored his 19th test hundred while Sachin scored his 47th test century. This was Sachin's fourth century in as many matches. Once India were cruising well on 331 for two but few quick wickets saw India at stumps with 342 for 5.

Earlier today South Africa added 30 valuable runs to their overnight score of 266 and ended their first innings on 296 all out. India now lead by 46 runs and a good batting display tomorrow can strengthen India's position in this test match.

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Saturday 13 February 2010

India Vs South Africa 2nd Test Live Cricket Streaming & Scores

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Click here for live cricket streaming of 2nd Test Match

Cricket Nirvana will bring exclusive live cricket streaming and live cricket scores of the India Vs South Africa 2nd test match. After India losing the 1st test match against South Africa in Nagpur, now the World Championship of cricket reaches a stage where you can hear the predictions all around but all eyeballs are set on the 2nd and the final test to be played at the historic stadium of Eden Gardens, Kolkata. India will now play for its pride and to save the number one position in the ICC test rankings, where as the Proteas will give their best to reach the top of the rankings. India was outplayed by the South Africans in all departments of the game and now its high time for India as they have to bounce back with all guns blazing.

Graeme Smith is doubtful for the second test with his finger injury, but latest news reveal that the injury is not serious. On the other hand news are that VVS Laxman is quiet fit for the second test.

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Tuesday 9 February 2010

India Vs South Africa 1st Test - Proteas beat Indians at Nagpur

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India Vs South Africa

With a fine exhibition of fast bowling Dale Steyn finished the match with a figure of 10 for 108 runs and helped South Africa beat India in the first test match at Nagpur. The Indians were beaten in all departments by the South Africans in this test match. With this loss, the Indian top position in the ICC ranking is endangered.

Hashim Amla with his career best 253 not out, was declared the man of the match. For India the only notable effort was put in by the Master Sachin Tendulkar. He scored his 46th century in test cricket but was soon bowled by Harris. There was hardly any resistance displayed by other Indian batsmen. They succumbed to pressure on the fourth day and lost the test match by an innings and 6 runs.

Hashim Amla's double ton, Dale Steyn's impressive bowling, Sehwag and Sachin's tons were the highlights of this first test match. India skipper Dhoni who had never tasted a defeat in his captaincy reign said, "We were completely outplayed in all departments of the game."

India takes on South Africa in the second and the final test at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Links for more information:

India South Africa Series Venues

India South Africa 1st Test Images

India South Africa Schedule

Live Cricket Scores

Friday 5 February 2010

Live Cricket Streaming

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Live cricket streaming is now quiet a common term amongst the cricket followers. Cricket as a game is followed like religion in Asian countries & it is very popular in Australia, England, West Indies, etc. There was a time when people relied completely on newspapers to know about the scores and results of cricket matches. Then came live radio commentary. People enjoyed commentary live on radios. With further advancements people got an opportunity to watch cricket live on television sets. This took the popularity of the game to new heights.

With more and more advancements in internet world now people can not only check live cricket scores & updates but they can also watch their favourite game online through live cricket streaming. There are numerous websites providing live cricket streaming. One of the most popular amongst them is Cricket Nirvana. The thing which keeps Cricket Nirvana better than the other websites is simply because it provides an interactive scorecard absolutely free to the Indian visitors.

The interactive scorecard has live cricket streaming, video highlights of wickets, toss, pitch report, etc. Along with this the visitors can also enjoy added features such as wagon wheel, manhattan, etc during the match. Its just like watching the match of TV but with added interactivity & attractive features.

Keep visiting www.cricketnirvana.com for latest updates.

Click here for live cricket streaming of India South Africa 1st test

Wednesday 3 February 2010

Shahid Afridi banned for ball tampering issue: What do others have to say?

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Shahid Afridi was recently banned for two T20 matches for tampering with the ball in a ODI against Australia. After facing the ban, he claimed that that all teams tamper with the ball.

Following his claim, few other cricketers also had their views over the ball tampering issue. Pakistan ex-skippers Imran Khan and Rameez Raja supported Afridi's comment. Imran Khan said that there are many incidents where teams have been tampering with the ball through various methods. He added saying that only the sub-continental team players are punished for the offense. Rameez Raja supported the claim saying that most of the teams have tampered with the ball in the past but he didn't expect Afridi to do such an act in an international match which was really unacceptable and embarrassing.

Even Australian players Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Tait are sure that ball tampering is a widespread issue. According to them, with similar such ball tampering issue during the South Africa-England series; now there are enough evidences that ball tampering issue has to be dealt with prompt actions as it is an intolerable act for the game of cricket. Australian pacer Dirk Nannes had opposite views on this. He rejected Afridi's claims by saying that bowlers can be equally effective without tampering with the ball.

Saturday 30 January 2010

Australia beats Pakistan in the U-19 World Cup Final

Australia Vs Pakistan: U-19 World Cup Final

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Australia defeated Pakistan in the U-19 World Cup Final in Christchurch on January 30. The two times U-19 champions Pakistan couldn't play well enough on the final day to lift the cup.

Australia started their innings not so well with their first 5 wickets falling down just for 82 runs. Kane Richardson scored a solid 44 to take Australia past the 200 mark. Australia managed a low but challenging total of 207  for 9 wickets in their quota of 50 overs.

Pakistan replied with a steady start of 110 runs in 30 overs for the loss of 4 wickets. But they couldn't capitalise from here on and ultimately ended up on 182 all out. They lost the final by 25 runs.

Josh Hazlewood, Australian fast bowler was declared Man of the Match for his 4 wickets at an expense of 30 runs.

Friday 29 January 2010

India Vs SouthAfrica Series: Dravid, Yuvraj ruled out

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Indian team for the first test match has been declared. The national selectors have declared that Rahul Dravid & Yuvraj Singh won't be able to play this test series due to injuries.

Yuvraj is suffering from a ligament tear on his left wrist while Dravid sustained two hairline fractures in his cheekbone.

VVS Laxman, S Badrinath (Tamil Nadu Batsman), Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper) and Abhimanyu Mithun (pace bowler) are included in the squad.

Complete Squad for first test

Wednesday 27 January 2010

Zaheer Khan shines as India beats Bangladesh to win the series 2-0

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Zaheer Khan flattened the host Bangladesh with his seven wickets in the 2nd innings as Bangladesh were bowled out for 312 in the second innings. With a negligible target of 2 runs, India won the match with ten wickets in hand.

Zaheer KhanEarlier today Bangladesh looked compact with Ashraful batting sensibly but Zaheer Khan's incredible bowling spell lead to a dramatic decline of Bangladeshi batting line up. He took 10 wickets in total in this match with 7 wickets for 87 runs in the second innings.

With this win India clinch the series 2-0 and will take on South Africa in a much awaited test series when the two top teams will battle on for the unofficially titled World Championship of Cricket Test series.

India Bangladesh Scorecard

India Bangladesh Video highlights

Tuesday 26 January 2010

Tamim Iqbal hits the fastest test century for Bangladesh

Source: Cricket Nirvana

India Vs Bangladesh

Tamim Iqbal hit a splendid century against India which is the fastest century by any Bangladeshi batsman in Test Cricket. This is his 2nd test century and first by any Bangladeshi opening batsmen against India.  Tamim was out on a duck in the first innings but he has fought back really hard to hit an aggressive ton in the second innings.

Earlier today India declared their innings on 544 for 8 wickets with MS Dhoni scoring 89. India gained a lead of 311 in the first innings but Bangladeshi batsmen have responded quiet well. After the early loss of Imrul Kayes, Tamim Iqbal took charge and scored fastest test ton for Bangladesh. Junaid Siddique has supported him well after the loss of Kayes.

Click here for latest updates on India-Bangladesh 2nd Test:

Live Streaming and Video highlights

Live Scorecard

India Vs Southafrica live cricket streaming on Cricket Nirvana

India Vs SouthAfrica WCC Test Series

Cricket Nirvana will bring you live cricket streaming of the much awaited India-South Africa Test series 2010. This test series is also known by the unofficial title –  ‘World Championship of Cricket(WCC) , as India leads the ICC test rankings with number one position followed by South Africa on the second position.  Both the teams have performed extremely well in the recent past to claim the top positions in the ICC ratings.

Cricket Nirvana will provide interactive scorecards, live streaming videos, video highlights, live cricket scores, news updates, images, expert columns and much more for the India Vs South Africa series.

South Africa has won five test series and lost one out of the seven series they played in the last two years. They managed to square the series (1-1) when they last visited India for a test series. On the other side India has blossomed under the captaincy of MS Dhoni who has never lost a test match being a captain. India has seen a much appreciable success in the last 18 months of test cricket winning series against Australia, Srilanka, NewZealand, etc and they deserve to be at the top of the ICC test rankings.

Cricket lovers couldn't have asked for a better treat for the new year.

India South Africa Test Series Fixtures:


The first test match is scheduled from 6-10 Feb (Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur)

The second test match is scheduled from 14-18 Feb (Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata)

Usefull links:

Click here for live cricket streaming of India South Africa 1st test

India Vs Southafrica

Live Scores

Monday 25 January 2010

Rahul Dravid retired hurt on 111 whereas Sachin Tendulkar scored 143 against Bangladesh

Source: Cricket Nirvana

India has almost batted out Bangladesh of the second test match with Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar displaying a great example of batting by hitting a ton each. The inexperienced Bangladeshi attack was hammared by the batting maestros as India scored a huge 459 for 5 in reply to Bangladeshi score of 233 in the first innings. At the end of day two India is leading by 226 runs after losing 5 wickets.

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Virendar Sehwag scored 56 while Gautam Gambhir scored 68. Gambhir looked set for hitting his 6th consecutive test century but he gloved the ball behind the wickets. He extended his superior form with his 11th consecutive half century in Tests and equaled Sir Vivian Richards in this record.

Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar shared a 222 runs partnership, their 17th 100 plus partnership which is a world record! Dravid found himself uncomfortable today against the short pitched bouncy deliveries. He was hit on the helmet while ducking a short ball from Shahadat Hossain. The blow was hard and Dravid was retired hurt when he was batting on 111.

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Mustafa Kamal, who visited Dravid at the hospital, confirmed that the Indian batsman has suffered two light fractures.

Sachin scored a brilliant 143 from 182 deliveries (his 45th test century). After the loss of Sachin's wicket, India lost the wicket of Murali Vijay who scored an impressive 30 runs. Harbhajan lost his wicket in the last over of the day while skipper MS Dhoni was still on the crease at stumps.

Saturday 23 January 2010

India Vs Bangladesh 2nd Test Live Streaming

Enjoy the live streaming of the India Bangladesh test series on Cricket Nirvana absolutely free along with an interactive scorecard which helps you watch videos including toss, pitch report and short match highlights.

India takes on Bangladesh in the 2nd test at Dhaka from 24th January 2010. India managed to beat BangladLive Cricket Streamingesh by 113 runs in the 1st test but Bangladesh had put the Indians in trouble on couple of occasions in the 1st test.

Laxman and Sreesanth will miss the second test due to injuries. Gambhir and Tendulkar have continued their great form by hitting brilliant centuries in the first test. Captain Dhoni and offspinner Harbhajan will return back to the team in the 2nd test. Captain Dhoni has refused to take Bangladesh lightly in the second test and they are ready to give their best to have a more convincing victory over Bangladesh.

Latest ICC Test Rankings

Source: Cricket Nirvana

After the conclusion of India Vs Bangladesh 1st test match, there are few changes in the ICC ratings for Test Cricket. Gautum Gambhir who scored a brilliant ton in the second innings has strengthened his top position in ICC batsmen rankings. He leads the chart with 881 points, a big 38 points lead over second placed Graeme Smith.

Sachin Tendulkar, the man of the match in this test match, who scored his 44th test ton has moved to 13th position with 744 points. VVS Laxman has also gained two spots and is now placed on 15th position. Rahul Dravid has slipped down to 19th rank.

Harbhajan Singh is the only Indian bowler who is placed in the top 10. He is on the 6th position with 705 points. Ishant Sharma has also gained nine places in the latest rankings and now sits in 16th position.

ICC ratings

India crashed out of Under 19 World Cup by Pakistan

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Pakistan defeated the defending champion India in the super league quarterfinal of the ICC Under-19 cricket World Cup by two wickets to crash them out of the World Cup.

The match was reduced to a 23 overs encounter where Pakistan opted to bowl first and they reduced India to 114 for nine. The match went right down till the end where Pakistan somehow managed to topple the Indians with some good contributions by the late order batsmen. Rameez Aziz (28) and Hammad Azam (21 not out) contributed well down the order to ensure a win for Pakistan.

Pakistan takes on West Indies in the 1st Semi Final on Monday.

Sunday 17 January 2010

South Africa square series against England

Fourth day of the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday brought some moments to cheer about for South Africans. They had a series leveling victory against England who were leading the series before this match.

South Africa won by an innings and 74 runs when England were bowled out for 169 in their second innings in the last over before lunch. Morne Morkel took three wickets in seven balls and finished with figures of four for 59. He shared 14 wickets in the match with Dale Steyn. This match was actually dominated by fast bowlers.

Ultimately the series ended up in a leveling score of 1-1 with two matches with drawn result.

South After being the number two team in the ICC ratings for test cricket will now take on India (the top team in the ICC test rankings) in their next series.

South Africa Vs England Scorecard

Thursday 7 January 2010

England manages to draw the third test match against South Africa

What a dramatic finish to the third test match between England and South Africa! This is the second time in this test series England has batted down till the last over of the 5th day in a test match and saved the match. Number 11 batsman Graham Onions batted out the last over for the second time in the series as England escaped with a draw on the fifth day of the third Test against South Africa at Newlands on Thursday.

England ended up the 5th day with a total of 296 for 9. When Paul Collingwood (40) and Ian Bell (78) batted together for almost four hours in a sixth wicket partnership it almost seemed that England will manage a comfortable draw. But England found themselves in trouble when Collingwood fell to part time off-spinner JP Duminy with more than 13 overs to go. Very soon England saw their wickets tumbling and they had just one wicket left in the end with 17 balls to go. But somehow Onions and Graeme Swann survived against Dale Steyn and Morkel and managed a draw.

The result meant England will go into the fourth and final Test in Johannesburg next Thursday with an unbeatable 1-0 lead.

Source: Cricket Nirvana

South Africa Vs England 3rd Test Scorecard

Wednesday 6 January 2010

Australia Vs Pakistan: Aussies victorious at Sydney

Australia bundled out Pakistan for 139 and thus achieved an historic win in the Sydney Test. Pakistan were chasing a small target of 175 and finally they lost the match by just 36 runs. It was a very close encounter.

Australia's off-spinner Nathan Hauritz finished with a match-winning figure of 5 for 35. The inexperience of the Pakistan batting showed, as Bollinger (2-32), Hauritz (5-53) and Johnson (3-27) kept the pressure on at all times. The four dropped catches by Pakistani keeper Kamran Akmal, which included three on Tuesday from Hussey, also proved to be decisive.

Although in the first innings Australia were bowled out for just 127 when M.Asif took 6 wickets for 41 runs, still Australia managed to win this test match in the end. Pakistanis could just blame their poor shot selection in the last innings when they were chasing a small total of 175.

Australia takes on Pakistan in the third test match starting from 14th January 2010.

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Australia Vs Pakistan Scorecard

Monday 4 January 2010

Tri Series in Bangladesh: Dhoni hopefull to embark on the new year with success

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian Captain, will be aiming to open their new season ahead with a bang when they take on  Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in an ODI cricket tri-series beginning on Monday. The tri series starts with Srilanka Vs Bangladesh on 4th January 2010.

India had an excellent cricketing year in 2009 with four series wins with the latest ODI series win against SriLanka in December 2009. India is currently placed on the second position in the ICC ratings for ODIs and if they manage to win all the matches of this tri series in Bangladesh, India would probably reach to the number one position.

Some useful links for the tri series: 


Live Scores

Tri Series Updates

Tri Series Schedule

Tri Series Venues

Tri Series Stats