Monday 13 February 2012

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India v Australia 2 Twenty20 series 2012
1 February 2012India v Australia, 1st T20 (N)Aus won by 31 runs
3 February 2012India v Australia, 2nd T20 (N)India won by 8 wkts
India v Australia v Sri Lanka Tri-series 2012
5 February 2012Match 1 : India v Australia (D/N)Aus won by 65 runs
8 February 2012Match 2 : India v Sri Lanka (D/N)India won by 4 wkts
10 February 2012Match 3 : Australia v Sri Lanka (D/N)WACA in Perth
12 February 2012Match 4 : India v Australia (D/N)Adelaide Oval
14 February 2012Match 5 : India v Sri Lanka (D/N)Adelaide Oval
17 February 2012Match 6 : Australia v Sri Lanka (D/N)Sydney cricket ground
19 February 2012Match 7 : India v Australia (D/N)Gabba in Brisbane
21 February 2012Match 8 : India v Sri Lanka (D/N)Gabba in Brisbane
24 February 2012Match 9 : Australia v Sri Lanka (D/N)Bellerive Oval, Hobart
26 February 2012Match 10 : India v Australia (D/N)Bellerive Oval, Hobart
28 February 2012Match 11 : India v Sri Lanka (D/N)Sydney cricket ground
2 March 2012Match 12 : Australia v Sri Lanka (D/N)Melbourne cricket ground
4 March 20121st Final (D/N)Gabba in Brisbane
6 March 20122nd Final (D/N)Adelaide Oval
8 March 20123rd Final (if required) (D/N)Adelaide Oval
Adam Gilchrist is one of the greatest wicketkeepers to represent Australia in international cricket. Gilchrist played as opening batsman for the Australian cricket team. Across the globe, millions of fans liked him not only for his achievements in the game of cricket, but also for his style of batting and wicketkeeping. Let's know more about his life and achievements in the following Adam Gilchrist biography.

Early Life
Adam Craig Gilchrist was born on November 14, 1971, in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia. He did his schooling from Deniliquin Public School and Kadina High School. From an early age, his parents Stan and June Gilchrist always encouraged him to play cricket. During his school days, he actively played cricket and wanted to be a fast bowler. However, he was fascinated by the wicketkeeping gloves and went on to become one of the finest wicketkeepers in international cricket. Gilchrist is married to his school sweetheart Melinda and they have two sons Harrison and Archie, and a daughter Anne Jean.

International Career
Adam Gilchrist replaced an injured Ian Healy as wicketkeeper in the Australian team and played his first One Day International (ODI) in the year 1996 against South Africa in Faridabad, India. In that match, he took his first catch in international cricket when he dismissed Hansie Cronje for a duck. Gilly's position became firm in the home cricket squad because the Australian selectors decided to keep different teams for One-day and Test cricket. In the year 1998, during the New Zealand tour, he achieved his highest average of 50 by any Australian batsman. In the same year, he made his test debut against Pakistan at Gabba in Brisbane. Here, not only did he play an excellent knock, but the hosts also won the Test and One-day series. Adam Gilchrist is the first batsman to have scored 100 sixes in Test cricket. In 1999, he was one of the key players leading to Australia winning the World Cup. In the year 2001 Ashes series, Adam Gilchrist performed excellently, that led to the Australian team winning the series by 4-1.

Career Achievements
Adam Gilchrist is also known as one of the finest all-rounders in the game of cricket. Many describe Gilchrist as the greatest wicketkeeper and One Day player. He is admired for his leadership qualities as well as the spirit in which he played the game. He scored 8585 runs in 257 matches in One Day International cricket, at an average rate of 35.26. Gilly made 172 runs, his highest, in the ODI against Zimbabwe. In his international cricket career, he scored 17 test and 15 ODI centuries. He has also made 50 half-centuries. Gilly has 375 catches and 45 stumpings to his credit as a wicketkeeper.

Gilchrist is the only wicketkeeper to have captained the Australian team for One Day and Test matches to-date, and has also led his side to many victories. He has an excellent strike rate, both in One Day as well as Test cricket. He made the second fastest century in the Australia vs England test match played in Perth in 2006.

Adam Gilchrist was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2002. He was also declared Australia's ODI Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004. In 2003, Gilly was awarded with the Allan Border Medal for excellent performances in Test and One-day cricket. In 2004, Gilchrist was named in the Richie Benaud's Greatest XI. He was also voted as the 9th Greatest All Rounder of the Century in the year 2007.

Retirement from International Cricket
Adam Gilchrist retired from International cricket in March 2008, after breaking the world record for the highest dismissals by a wicketkeeper. Presently, Gilly is leading Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 competition being played in India, as Team Captain. In 2009, after taking over the captaincy of Deccan Chargers from VVS Laxman, he led the team to win the IPL trophy in South Africa.

Gilchrist believes in charity, and he is the ambassador of World Vision in India. Through this charity, he sponsors a young, fatherless boy, named Mangesh, living in an urban slum in Chennai, India. In the present season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Adam Gilchrist aims to hit 25 sixes, so 25 physically challenged children will receive modified push bikes through the Amway's Freedom Wheels program.

Adam Gilchrist is one of the well-admired cricketers of his generation. After reading the Adam Gilchrist biography, cricket fans will agree that the manner and the spirit in which he played the game of cricket was brilliant!
Yuvraj Singh or famously known as Yuvi has become the backbone of Indian Middle order. He became an overnight star when at the 2007 World Twenty20 against England he hit six sixes in a single over of Stuart Broad, which was a rare feat in international cricket.
Childhood and Early Career
Yuvraj Singh is a cricketer from Chandigarh in India. He was born on 12 December 1981 in Chandigarh, India. He is the son of former cricketer and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh.
Yuvraj was first noticed by the selectors while he captained the U-19 Punjab team in the final of the Cooch-Behar Trophy against Bihar U-19s. He scored 358 runs in the final match. He was then selected for the U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka in January 2000. The Indian team won the tournament. In 2000, he was selected for the first batch of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He displayed his potential in his second ODI against the Australians where he scored fast against a pace attack by seasoned bowlers like Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie and Glen McGarth . However, he was soon out of form, and in early 2001, he was dropped for the ODIs in India against Australia. Later in the year he scored an unbeaten 98 and helped India defeat Sri Lanka.
Coming Back to International Cricket
After the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Yuvraj was signed by Yorkshire, becoming the only the second Indian after Tendulkar to represent the county. However, he had a disappointing run, scoring less than 200 runs in either form of the game, but he described it as an important learning experience.
His superb partnership with Mohammad Kaif in the NatWest Series final against England in July 2002 led India to victory. He played for India at the 2003 Cricket World Cup. After that, he scored centuries against Australia and Zimbabwe. In the last match of the Round Robin League he scored 165 runs with Mohammad Kaif against West Indies and was declared the Man of the Match. However, his relations with his new coach Greg Chappel were strained at that time and he often had showdowns with the team management.
In the series in the West Indies, Yuvraj hit two fifties in four games, even though India lost the series 4-1. His performance was recognized and he was shortlisted by the ICC as one of four nominees for the International One Day player of the year award.
Becoming A Star Cricketer
Yuvraj’s form improved late in 2005 and early in 2006 in the ODI cricket. In three consecutive series, against South Africa and then against Pakistan and England, he scored centuries and was soon among the top ten of the ICC ODI batting rankings. Although India lost a series against West Indies, Yuvraj’s performance was noticed and he was shortlisted by the ICC as one of four nominees for the International One Day player of the year award.
Injuries and How Yuvi Returned to International Cricket
Due to illness, he was dropped in the tri-series against Australia and West Indies in Kuala Lumpur. He was now plagued by a knee injury which made him miss the tour of South Africa. He made a fast recovery and played in the ODI series against West Indies in India in January 2007. He was back in form now and played at the World Cup, where India made a first-round exit. However, Yuvraj continued to be in the team. In September 2007, the team captain Rahul Dravid resigned and Yuvraj was appointed as the ODI vice captain. He scored 121 in an ODI series against Australia.. In November 2008, he had returned to form, as India beat Pakistan on home soil; he was named the Man of the Series.
In November 2008, he hit a very fast century against England at Rajkot. Despite straining his back, he continued batting well and managed to dismiss four of England’s leading batsmen in the next match at Indore. This earned him two consecutive Man of the Match awards.
Yuvraj also scored very fast and went on to claim the Man of the Match award against Australia in the World Twenty20 semifinals at Durban. He is the icon player and captain for Indian Premier League team Kings XI Punjab. They came second in the Round Robin phase of the tournament, but lost their semi-final to the Chennai Super Kings.
On 1 May 2009, Yuvraj performed his first hat-trick in T20 cricket against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kingsmead in Durban. He dismissed Robin Uthappa, Mark Boucher and Jacques Kallis. On 17 May 2009, Yuvraj picked up his second Twenty20 hat-trick against Deccan Chargers at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. He claimed the wickets of leading batsmen like Andrew Symonds, Herschelle Gibbs and Venugopal Rao.
Where his style of playing is concerned, Yuvraj is primarily a left-handed batsman. But he can bowl part-time left-arm spin. He is better at batting against fast bowling than spin bowling. He is one of the good fielders in the Indian team, fielding primarily at point, with a good aim at the stumps. As an expert fielder, he has effected several ODI run outs. He was once known to have attitude problems, but later often assumed leadership positions under Rahul Dravid’s captaincy.
Yuvraj’s Sponsor
Regarding his commercial interests, Microsoft signed Yuvraj to be its brand ambassador for the Xbox 360 video game console when it was launched in India in 2006. He also endorsed Codemasters’ cricket video game Brian Lara International Cricket 2007. He also lent his voice to the Bollywood animated film, Jumbo, which was his career starting in Bollywood.
The Man of the Match against West Indies (2005), the Man of the Series against South Africa, Pakistan and England; he was now ranked among the top ten of the ICC ODI batting rankings. He was then short listed by the ICC as one of four nominees for the International One Day player of the year award. In 2008, he was declared the Man of the Match twice against New Zealand in a Test series played in India. He was awarded a Porsche 911 car by India’s BCCI for scoring 6 sixes in a single over while playing against England in the ECC World Twenty20 Super 8 match in Durban, South Africa. BCCI also gifted him Rs.10, 000,000 in cash for his superb performance in the tournament. In terms of strike rate, he is currently one of the world’s leading 20-20 batsmen.

Sunday 12 February 2012

SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, India. He went to Shradashram Vidyamandir, a high school in Mumbai, where he began his cricketing career under his coach Ramakant Achrekar. He attended the MRF Pace Foundation during his schooldays to train as a fast bowler, but Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, who saw him training, was not much impressed and suggested that Tendulkar should focus on his batting instead. As a young boy, Tendulkar would practice for hours at the net, and was driven hard by his coach Achrekar.
While at school, his extraordinary batting skills got noticed by the sports circuit. People felt that the young boy would soon become one of the greats in cricket. In the 1988 season, he scored a century in every inning that he played. In one of the inter school matches that year, he had an unbroken 664-run partnership with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.
Sachin Tendulkar BiographyWhen he was 14, Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar a great Indian batsman of that time, gave him a pair of his own light pads. This touching gesture greatly encouraged the budding cricketer, who 20 years later broke Gavaskar’s world record of 34 Test centuries.
In 1988, when he was just under 16, he scored 100 not out in for Bombay against Gujrat. This was on his first-class debut. He then scored a century in his first appearance in the Deodhar and Duleep Trophy. Mumbai captain Dilip Vengsarkar picked him up after seeing him batting Kapil Dev in the nets. That season he was Bombay’s highest run-getter. In the Irani Trophy final, He made an unbeaten century. He scored a century in all three of his Irani Trophy, Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy debuts, and became the first player to do so. He was selected for the tour of Pakistan next year.
At the very young age of 16, Sachin played his first Test match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989. In this Test, he received several blows to his body at the hands of Waqar Younis, a pace bowler. He made just 15 runs. In the last test in Sialkot, he had a bloody nose from a bouncer, but he went on playing. He scored better in the subsequent games, scoring 53 runs of 18 balls at Peshawar.
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In the 1990 Test in England he scored a century at Old Trafford. The English were highly impressed by his disciplined display of immense maturity. He played many types of strokes. His off-side shots from the back foot greatly impressed the English. Though short in height, he confidently faced short deliveries from the English pace bowlers. His great performance made him look the embodiment of Gavaskar, India’s former famous opener.
During the 1991-1992 tour of Australia Tendulkar scored and unbeaten 148 in Sydney and another century on a bouncing pitch a Perth.
At the age of 19, Tendulkar was in England, playing for Yorkshire in 1992. He scored 1070 runs at an average of 45.25 while playing for the English county as the first overseas player.
SACHIN-TENDULKAR-WALLPAPERIn the 2003 Cricket World Cup, he made 673 runs in 11 matches which enabled India reach the final. Although Australia won the trophy Tendulkar was given the Man of the Tournament award.
Shortly after this Tendulkar developed a tennis elbow and he was out of cricket for a while. But by 2005, he was back in form. He played well against Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Tendulkar performed very well against Bangla Desh and he was adjudged the Man of the Series in the Future Cup against South Africa.
Today Tendulkar is a national icon to fans all over the world. He is the most worshipped cricketer in the world. Tendulkar has been granted the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Vibhushan by the Indian government.
Personal Life
In 1995, Sachin married Anjali, a doctor and the daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara and Arjun. Tendulkar now sponsors 200 underprivileged children every year through a Mumbai-based NGO.

India 6 for 270 (Gambhir 92, Dhoni 44*) beat Australia 8 for 269 (Hussey 72, Forrest 66) by four wickets

Gautam Gambhir bats on his way to a steady half-century, Australia v India, Commonwealth Bank Series, Adelaide, February 12, 2012
India's chase was anchored by Gautam Gambhir's fluent 92


A supremely calm MS Dhoni guided India to victory, with two balls to spare, over a sluggish Australia in the ODI at Adelaide Oval.









Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal DA Warner run out (Sharma/Vinay Kumar) 18 24 2 0 75.00
View dismissal RT Ponting c Kohli b Vinay Kumar 6 14 1 0 42.85
View dismissal MJ Clarke* b Yadav 38 43 5 0 88.37
View dismissal PJ Forrest c Vinay Kumar b Yadav 66 83 5 2 79.51
View dismissal DJ Hussey c Sehwag b Khan 72 76 5 0 94.73
View dismissal DT Christian run out (Jadeja/†Dhoni) 39 36 2 0 108.33
View dismissal MS Wade b Vinay Kumar 16 18 1 0 88.88

RJ Harris not out 2 4 0 0 50.00
View dismissal CJ McKay run out (†Dhoni/Vinay Kumar) 3 3 0 0 100.00

Extras (lb 4, w 4, nb 1) 9











Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 269 (5.38 runs per over)
Did not bat MA Starc, XJ Doherty
Fall of wickets 1-14 (Ponting, 3.1 ov), 2-53 (Warner, 9.3 ov), 3-81 (Clarke, 17.5 ov), 4-179 (Forrest, 35.3 ov), 5-235 (Hussey, 44.2 ov), 6-254 (Christian, 47.4 ov), 7-265 (Wade, 49.2 ov), 8-269 (McKay, 49.6 ov)










Bowling O M R W Econ

View wicket Z Khan 10 0 46 1 4.60

View wickets R Vinay Kumar 10 1 58 2 5.80 (1nb, 1w)

RA Jadeja 10 0 50 0 5.00 (1w)
View wickets U Yadav 10 1 49 2 4.90 (1w)

R Ashwin 8 0 47 0 5.87


RG Sharma 2 0 15 0 7.50










India innings (target: 270 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal G Gambhir lbw b McKay 92 111 7 0 82.88
View dismissal V Sehwag c Hussey b McKay 20 21 3 0 95.23
View dismissal V Kohli c Forrest b McKay 18 28 1 0 64.28
View dismissal RG Sharma c Starc b Harris 33 41 1 1 80.48
View dismissal SK Raina b Doherty 38 30 3 1 126.66

MS Dhoni*† not out 44 58 0 1 75.86
View dismissal RA Jadeja c Ponting b Doherty 12 8 0 0 150.00

R Ashwin not out 1 2 0 0 50.00

Extras (lb 2, w 9, nb 1) 12











Total (6 wickets; 49.4 overs) 270 (5.43 runs per over)
Did not bat R Vinay Kumar, Z Khan, U Yadav
Fall of wickets 1-52 (Sehwag, 9.1 ov), 2-90 (Kohli, 18.1 ov), 3-166 (Sharma, 32.2 ov), 4-178 (Gambhir, 34.1 ov), 5-239 (Raina, 46.1 ov), 6-257 (Jadeja, 48.4 ov)










Bowling O M R W Econ

View wicket RJ Harris 10 0 57 1 5.70 (1w)

MA Starc 8 0 49 0 6.12 (1w)
View wickets CJ McKay 9.4 1 53 3 5.48 (1nb, 2w)

DT Christian 10 0 45 0 4.50


DJ Hussey 3 0 13 0 4.33

View wickets XJ Doherty 9 0 51 2 5.66 (2w)