Akmal and Younis take Pakistan home
admin :: Jan.22.2007 :: Pakistan, South Africa :: 3 Comments »
Archive for January, 2007
Victory at last for the Indians
India finally clinched a victory, though not by much of a distance. The Indians beat West Indies by 14 runs in the high-scoring match at Nagpur on 21st Jan in the tour of West Indies in India. Much to the delight of the Indian fans, all the batsmen who came to the crease scored well over 30 runs. Ganguly once again turned the tables by scoring a massive 98 followed by 69 by Gambhir, 31 by Sachin Tendulkar, an unbeaten 62 by MS Dhoni and an unbeaten 54 by the captain himself, Rahul Dravid. India scored a magical 338/3 at the end of 50 overs.
The West Indies performance was nothing less, only falling short by 14 runs. Even an unbeaten 149 by Shiv Chanderpaul did not prove to be enough for a victory. All other West Indian batsmen collapsed for lesser runs other than Chanderpaul, Gayle, Samuels and captain Brian Lara. The innings ended up at a score of 324/8 at the end of the 50th over.
admin :: Jan.21.2007 :: India, West Indies :: 1 Comment »
Sachin Tendulkar to bat in middle order
After a humiliating defeat vs. South Africa in South Africa, India have made a severe change in their batting line-up. All-time opener Sachin Tendulkar is said to be batting in the middle order in the upcoming series against West Indies in West Indies. The opening pair would be of Virender Sehwag along with young talent Gautam Gambhir.
“Sachin will bat in the middle order tomorrow,” said Dravid while addressing the media on the eve of the opening game of the four-match series.
admin :: Jan.20.2007 :: India :: 1 Comment »
India off to a solid start
In the third and final match in the test series between India and South Africa, the Indians got off to a flying start led by Wasim Jaffer and the newcomer, Dinesh Karthick. The duo put on a 153 run partnership to give India a dream start at the 1st day of the match. Jaffer scored a tremendous 116 and Karthick showed good consistency while making 63. India were 254/3 at stumps having both Karthick and Jaffer along with captain, Rahul Dravid back in the pavillion.
admin :: Jan.02.2007 :: India, South Africa :: 4 Comments »
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admin :: Jan.01.2007 :: General :: 3 Comments »
Justin Langer joins the retirement list
Australian top order batsman Justin Langer made a decision of joining the Aussie retirement list which also includes legends like Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Damien Martyn. Langer is set to retire from test cricket after the last Ashes test at Sydney. Langer’s retirement will bring an end to one of the most successful test cricket partnerships which he shares with Matthew Hayden at a splendid average of 51.62 runs/innings in 62 matches.
Langer said that he was fortunate to have played with the World Champions Australia. “Everyone keeps saying ‘you’ll know when it’s time’. Well, at one o’clock two days ago I knew it was time – it just came to me.” he said.
admin :: Jan.01.2007 :: Australia :: No Comments »