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.

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Saturday, 20 March 2010

Live IPL Scores, IPL 2010 News on Cricket Nirvana

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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

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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.

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Thursday, 25 February 2010

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

Source: Cricket Nirvana

Sachin Tendulkar hits double century against South Africa

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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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