Remembering World Cup Cricket 2007 - Is India Repeating The Same in ICC 2009?
After India lost its opening match against Pakistan, The event reminds of India's dismal exit from World cup 2007. Looks like hitory is repeating now in 2009 -
Here is all compilation of WC 2007 games, reviews -
West Indies VS. Pakistan game review
India loses to Bangladesh - a minnow team that made name and exited India's chances from World Cup 2007 with this match
- Half Time Report - Paper tigers faltered again (Part1 of part2)
- Paper tigers faltered again (Part2 of Part2)
- Fans unruly behavior - What happened to Cricket?
Can India make it to Super Eights ? Of-course they did not
How Sri Lanka named its mark in Cricket - Heroes or Zeroes - India vs. Srilanka
India loses to Sri Lanka and exits from World Cup 2007 - Is team India by far the worst team ever?
Team India after early exit from World Cup 2007
My little comic twist - Why India cannot make it to super eights ?
Anil Kumble announces retirement from ODIs - One down Ten to GO!
Super Eights standings
67 runs win by South Africa - A revenge well taken
England was choked to full throttle by Bangladesh
One man (Styris) fight for Kiwi's win foiled by a Team - Lanka
Unstoppable Aussies wrapped up formalty game before lunch.
NewZealand defeating South Africa gave English one final 'semi final' chance
Minnows 101 - How to play cricket ? By Ireland
Srilanka paid price for not playing Vaas and Murali
Proteans Clobber English , English are out of world cup cricket 2007
Irish folded the match quickly to go home and do their full time jobs.
West Indies registered their FIRST win in Super Eights - Credit goes to Bangladesh
Awesome Aussies bowlers butchered black caps (New Zealand) - Match won by 215 runs.
England stopped West Indies team in a thriller
Who will win first semi finals of world cup cricket 2007?
Sri Lanka stomped Kiwis - Sealed their seat in the finals of world cup cricket 2007
South Africa top order crumbled - Australia into Finals
For third time Australia are world cricket champions.
Here is all compilation of WC 2007 games, reviews -
West Indies VS. Pakistan game review
India loses to Bangladesh - a minnow team that made name and exited India's chances from World Cup 2007 with this match
- Half Time Report - Paper tigers faltered again (Part1 of part2)
- Paper tigers faltered again (Part2 of Part2)
- Fans unruly behavior - What happened to Cricket?
Can India make it to Super Eights ? Of-course they did not
How Sri Lanka named its mark in Cricket - Heroes or Zeroes - India vs. Srilanka
India loses to Sri Lanka and exits from World Cup 2007 - Is team India by far the worst team ever?
Team India after early exit from World Cup 2007
My little comic twist - Why India cannot make it to super eights ?
Anil Kumble announces retirement from ODIs - One down Ten to GO!
Super Eights standings
67 runs win by South Africa - A revenge well taken
England was choked to full throttle by Bangladesh
One man (Styris) fight for Kiwi's win foiled by a Team - Lanka
Unstoppable Aussies wrapped up formalty game before lunch.
NewZealand defeating South Africa gave English one final 'semi final' chance
Minnows 101 - How to play cricket ? By Ireland
Srilanka paid price for not playing Vaas and Murali
Proteans Clobber English , English are out of world cup cricket 2007
Irish folded the match quickly to go home and do their full time jobs.
West Indies registered their FIRST win in Super Eights - Credit goes to Bangladesh
Awesome Aussies bowlers butchered black caps (New Zealand) - Match won by 215 runs.
England stopped West Indies team in a thriller
Who will win first semi finals of world cup cricket 2007?
Sri Lanka stomped Kiwis - Sealed their seat in the finals of world cup cricket 2007
South Africa top order crumbled - Australia into Finals
For third time Australia are world cricket champions.
Labels: Cricket, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 2:42 PM,
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For third time Australia are world cricket champions.
The defending champions, Australia emerged as the winners with a Hat Trick world cup champions title in Barbados, West Indies which the West Indies team themselves failed to get Hat Trick when they had a chance in 1983.
AT THE END, UMPIRES CREATED RULES DRAMA AND THE PUNTER GETS THE STICK FROM UMPIRES AFTER EVERY ONE CELEBRATED AUSSIES WIN.I FELT SIMPLE NONSENSE RULES DRAMA OF WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 TO END.
54 matches 16 teams and ONLY one team Australia played like true champions and proved once again in this event that no matter which the opponent team is ...Australia made sure that they are miles and miles of reach and they made lives of opponent teams miserable.
First Half:
Australian Batting-
The top order is been in tremendous form for Aus and never gave
its middle order any chance in this whole event. The same repeated today, the Aussie openers slashed SL bowlers taking advantage of toss and the flat batting pitch. The first half looked like Gilchrist against the entire SL team. What a match and right time for Gilchrist to come into superb form. He wasn't at all violent in this world cup and was very quite but unleashed all his reserved strengths in final match and SL had to bear the brunt of his ruthless hitting. Remember the 2003 finals with India, Indian fans at last in this world cup probably had some thing to rejoice that Team India did not get this kind of brutal strike from these two players Gilchrist and Hayden. Gillie entertained the crowd breaking Ponting's record of highest individual score in WC finals.
From over three he ripped Vaas bowling apart, Gilchrist taking one stride forward and hits it over the long on, into the stands for a six. Sangakkara stood close to the stumps making Gillie not to charge down the pitch. This did not help SL. Spectators who are disappointed in the morning for rain enjoyed full justice from Gilchrist's bat. None of the SL bowlers bowled good line. Jayasurya got punished harshly for bowling on Gilchrist's leg stump. Gillie just picked all the bowlers on a song. Gillie going back foot to Murali seemed dangerous sometimes that he will go LBW. Finally he got out on his 5th chance.
Hayden struggled other end not getting the timing at all on most of the balls. Hayden and Gilchrist have reversed the roles today by Hayden taking the anchor role and Gil a pinch hitter. Heyden became a full time spectator enjoying the fireworks of Gil. Mallinga troubled Hayden but Hayden got lucky many times getting edges to the boundary.
Ponting let Gil run the show till he got settled other end. Ponting did slow the run rate for Aussies otherwise a score of 320 plus must have been possible for Aussies.
Umpire Dar warned Ponting for running on the pitch, first Ponting and then Clarke. It seemed harsh on Umpire part when umpire Dar signaled a dead ball, indicating no run, but the ball counted. A run has been denied to the batsman for running on the pitch. Is Aus mistake to put shane watson early? No big effort from the other batsman put the Target score of Aus to 281.
SL bowling-
SL cunning strategy to rest Vaas and Murali did not work, Both got clobbered by Gil. Fernando replacing Vaas in bowling at crucial time pushed SL more into trouble. Maharoof might have been good choice instead of Fernando. A flat pitch did not help Murali do his tricks on Kangaroos.
Second half:
SL batting-
SL does have blistering players like Gil and that entire burden fell on Jayasurya. Tharanga is the first man to get a paltry score of eight. Jaya needed to pull of an Arvinda de Silva type 1996 performance to have any chance for SL to win this match. Jaya did his job putting bowlers under pressure and Ponting to sweat. Sangakarra celebrated his 200th match in a style with some hard hitting during power play. Sanga is not at all in a good form through out this cup.
The 13th over of McGrath is the time when match swinged into SL favor.
13.6 McGrath to Sangakkara, FOUR
13.5 McGrath to Sangakkara, FOUR
13.4 McGrath to Sangakkara, SIX
When Sangakkara and Jayasuriya were out the match was kind of decided.
Rain created some drama at the end but by that time hopes of SL winning is a distant possibility.
Aus bowling-
This is a batting pitch and Aussie team did had their troubles restricting SL bowlers. Hogg has succeeded in spin again giving Sangakkara's wicket as a present to the team. Good captaincy from Ponting by making good bowling changes all the time reserving McGrath for last overs.
Commentators put this winning as "Australia played like machine .. a well oiled machine through out this tournament with out any down time"
World Cup Cricket champions are Australia AGAIN.
AT THE END, UMPIRES CREATED RULES DRAMA AND THE PUNTER GETS THE STICK FROM UMPIRES AFTER EVERY ONE CELEBRATED AUSSIES WIN.I FELT SIMPLE NONSENSE RULES DRAMA OF WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 TO END.
54 matches 16 teams and ONLY one team Australia played like true champions and proved once again in this event that no matter which the opponent team is ...Australia made sure that they are miles and miles of reach and they made lives of opponent teams miserable.
First Half:
Australian Batting-
The top order is been in tremendous form for Aus and never gave
its middle order any chance in this whole event. The same repeated today, the Aussie openers slashed SL bowlers taking advantage of toss and the flat batting pitch. The first half looked like Gilchrist against the entire SL team. What a match and right time for Gilchrist to come into superb form. He wasn't at all violent in this world cup and was very quite but unleashed all his reserved strengths in final match and SL had to bear the brunt of his ruthless hitting. Remember the 2003 finals with India, Indian fans at last in this world cup probably had some thing to rejoice that Team India did not get this kind of brutal strike from these two players Gilchrist and Hayden. Gillie entertained the crowd breaking Ponting's record of highest individual score in WC finals.From over three he ripped Vaas bowling apart, Gilchrist taking one stride forward and hits it over the long on, into the stands for a six. Sangakkara stood close to the stumps making Gillie not to charge down the pitch. This did not help SL. Spectators who are disappointed in the morning for rain enjoyed full justice from Gilchrist's bat. None of the SL bowlers bowled good line. Jayasurya got punished harshly for bowling on Gilchrist's leg stump. Gillie just picked all the bowlers on a song. Gillie going back foot to Murali seemed dangerous sometimes that he will go LBW. Finally he got out on his 5th chance.
Hayden struggled other end not getting the timing at all on most of the balls. Hayden and Gilchrist have reversed the roles today by Hayden taking the anchor role and Gil a pinch hitter. Heyden became a full time spectator enjoying the fireworks of Gil. Mallinga troubled Hayden but Hayden got lucky many times getting edges to the boundary.
Ponting let Gil run the show till he got settled other end. Ponting did slow the run rate for Aussies otherwise a score of 320 plus must have been possible for Aussies.
Umpire Dar warned Ponting for running on the pitch, first Ponting and then Clarke. It seemed harsh on Umpire part when umpire Dar signaled a dead ball, indicating no run, but the ball counted. A run has been denied to the batsman for running on the pitch. Is Aus mistake to put shane watson early? No big effort from the other batsman put the Target score of Aus to 281.
SL bowling-
SL cunning strategy to rest Vaas and Murali did not work, Both got clobbered by Gil. Fernando replacing Vaas in bowling at crucial time pushed SL more into trouble. Maharoof might have been good choice instead of Fernando. A flat pitch did not help Murali do his tricks on Kangaroos.
Second half:
SL batting-
SL does have blistering players like Gil and that entire burden fell on Jayasurya. Tharanga is the first man to get a paltry score of eight. Jaya needed to pull of an Arvinda de Silva type 1996 performance to have any chance for SL to win this match. Jaya did his job putting bowlers under pressure and Ponting to sweat. Sangakarra celebrated his 200th match in a style with some hard hitting during power play. Sanga is not at all in a good form through out this cup.
The 13th over of McGrath is the time when match swinged into SL favor.
13.6 McGrath to Sangakkara, FOUR
13.5 McGrath to Sangakkara, FOUR
13.4 McGrath to Sangakkara, SIX
When Sangakkara and Jayasuriya were out the match was kind of decided.
Rain created some drama at the end but by that time hopes of SL winning is a distant possibility.
Aus bowling-
This is a batting pitch and Aussie team did had their troubles restricting SL bowlers. Hogg has succeeded in spin again giving Sangakkara's wicket as a present to the team. Good captaincy from Ponting by making good bowling changes all the time reserving McGrath for last overs.
Commentators put this winning as "Australia played like machine .. a well oiled machine through out this tournament with out any down time"
World Cup Cricket champions are Australia AGAIN.
Labels: Cricket, Cricket Match Review, finals, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 5:09 PM,
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Sri Lanka stomped Kiwis - Sealed their seat in the finals of world cup cricket 2007
Two strongest cricket teams of this world cup cricket 2007, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, showed their best of the best so far in this cup. Why did New Zealand loose this crucial match ? Because Sri Lanka played mind game when Sanath, Sangakkara and Silva were out for small scores.New Zealand failed to capitalise Sanath Jayasuriya's early dismissal and did not recover from Styris dismissal.
First Half:
Tharanga
used to be one the best new opener from sub continent in the recent past except for world cup matches.The SL opener (I think..I think..I don't think..I think - he spoke to commentators during lunch time with too many "I thinks"), played the very required innings as he has been failing on a regular basis.He fired in this important tie to take his team off to a flier.He got lucky some times when Bond almost got him out twice in one over.Very close calls.Tharanga played very well under pressure answering all his critics for selecting him in the team for semis.Specially the way Franklin was attacked is very impressive by hitting hit him in one over for extra cover and over the slips to third man.Sanath Jayasuriya who had great run in this tournament got out for a superb delivery off Franklin.Looked like even Jayasurriya couldn't believe how he got out as ball blind sighted him and made to the stumps between his bat and pad.This is the only time in entire match that NZ got psychological edge over SL.NZ of course failed to capitalize this.
Sangakkara failed again to play to his potential in this match.He played slowly playing anchor role(lack of better words, sangakarra actually struggled to get runs) giving the hitting part to Tharanga.That was one of first excellent partnerships for SL by Sangakkara playing the anchor role.Catch towards mid off fielder Flemming ending the slow run rate innings of Sangakkara.Jayawardene back in form just at the right time for SL in this world cup.Good captain innings by Mahila with five half centuries and a very crucial century match innings of today when big players like Sanath and Silva were out.Mahila initially took lots of time settling down playing like Sangakkara.The lower middle order comprising of Dilshan, Silva and Arnold have done well adding quick runs to the score board.Silva's LBW decision is just plain bad - It is clear inner edge off the bat with the audible sound,this decision in my opinion costed SL at least 40 to 50 runs on their score board.
How is NZ bowling ? Bowling at its worst to the date in this match. The bowling of NZ which previously fared well under the leadership of Bond for early breakthroughs totally failed in this match.In the middle overs none of the bowlers Patel or Oram or Vettori managed to pick up wickets at regular intervals as they did in super eights.If they had done their home work of not just getting Jayasuriya out but others too they would have given Lankans tough competition.
Second Half:
Fleming who is not at all consistent in this world cup failed again in this crucial match with just a single on score board.Taylor who had fantastic time in the fielding fell for meager nine runs.Fulton who bounce backed to form played a slow innings in this match.Styris,the star performer for NZ put up decent score and quick runs for NZ.Why did Jayawardane gave bowling to Fernando in power play that too when Styris is playing ? Poor captaincy that costed quite a no ball runs and huge hammering from Styris. As commentators put it "Styris is in the form of his life", hitting Murali dosras over the boundaries during the power play. Jaywardane corrected his power play mistakes by taking NZ expensive Styris catch.Two wickets from two balls from Murali doosras put the match on Sri Lanka side.
How is Sri Lankan bowling ? As good as it gets,SL bowling is considered to be the strongest of all teams in this worldcup with senior players Vaas,Malinga and Murali. The fielding too of SL in this match is just fantastic.
Sri Lanka in World Cup Cricket 2007 finals.
First Half:
Tharanga
used to be one the best new opener from sub continent in the recent past except for world cup matches.The SL opener (I think..I think..I don't think..I think - he spoke to commentators during lunch time with too many "I thinks"), played the very required innings as he has been failing on a regular basis.He fired in this important tie to take his team off to a flier.He got lucky some times when Bond almost got him out twice in one over.Very close calls.Tharanga played very well under pressure answering all his critics for selecting him in the team for semis.Specially the way Franklin was attacked is very impressive by hitting hit him in one over for extra cover and over the slips to third man.Sanath Jayasuriya who had great run in this tournament got out for a superb delivery off Franklin.Looked like even Jayasurriya couldn't believe how he got out as ball blind sighted him and made to the stumps between his bat and pad.This is the only time in entire match that NZ got psychological edge over SL.NZ of course failed to capitalize this.
Sangakkara failed again to play to his potential in this match.He played slowly playing anchor role(lack of better words, sangakarra actually struggled to get runs) giving the hitting part to Tharanga.That was one of first excellent partnerships for SL by Sangakkara playing the anchor role.Catch towards mid off fielder Flemming ending the slow run rate innings of Sangakkara.Jayawardene back in form just at the right time for SL in this world cup.Good captain innings by Mahila with five half centuries and a very crucial century match innings of today when big players like Sanath and Silva were out.Mahila initially took lots of time settling down playing like Sangakkara.The lower middle order comprising of Dilshan, Silva and Arnold have done well adding quick runs to the score board.Silva's LBW decision is just plain bad - It is clear inner edge off the bat with the audible sound,this decision in my opinion costed SL at least 40 to 50 runs on their score board.How is NZ bowling ? Bowling at its worst to the date in this match. The bowling of NZ which previously fared well under the leadership of Bond for early breakthroughs totally failed in this match.In the middle overs none of the bowlers Patel or Oram or Vettori managed to pick up wickets at regular intervals as they did in super eights.If they had done their home work of not just getting Jayasuriya out but others too they would have given Lankans tough competition.
Second Half:
Fleming who is not at all consistent in this world cup failed again in this crucial match with just a single on score board.Taylor who had fantastic time in the fielding fell for meager nine runs.Fulton who bounce backed to form played a slow innings in this match.Styris,the star performer for NZ put up decent score and quick runs for NZ.Why did Jayawardane gave bowling to Fernando in power play that too when Styris is playing ? Poor captaincy that costed quite a no ball runs and huge hammering from Styris. As commentators put it "Styris is in the form of his life", hitting Murali dosras over the boundaries during the power play. Jaywardane corrected his power play mistakes by taking NZ expensive Styris catch.Two wickets from two balls from Murali doosras put the match on Sri Lanka side.
How is Sri Lankan bowling ? As good as it gets,SL bowling is considered to be the strongest of all teams in this worldcup with senior players Vaas,Malinga and Murali. The fielding too of SL in this match is just fantastic.
Sri Lanka in World Cup Cricket 2007 finals.
Labels: Cricket, Cricket Match Review, sri lanka, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 4:43 PM,
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Who will win first semi finals of world cup cricket 2007?
Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand
Both teams showed tremendous game over game improvement to reach this stage.If Flemming, Styris and McMillan doesn't hit big with bat tomorrow NZ will have a very tough day.NZ were lucky with the match against RSA where three catches of one from Styris and Two off Fleming is being dropped which turned match into their favor.
Patel was very economical in few matches and let us see if he restricts Sanath Jayasurya.McMillan did the bowling trick for Men in black in RSA match.NZ is a committed team like a team with no real big stars but committed players.
SL should improve their top batting order to have any chances to continue their winning streak in the semi finals and finals.Tharanga's poor form continues and his batting average is 14.00 with just 125 runs in this world cup. Only Jaya Surya and Mahila is having excellent run so far for SL in this world cup with 351 runs.SL just needed 2 or 3 big partnerships that would turn match to their side.Experienced players are there to pull team out of crisis .Maharoof if picked for semi finals is another crucial bowler that NZ should be looking for besides Murali, Vaas and Malinga.
I have listed here very few of basic strengths and weaknesses for each team.
Sri Lanka:
Strengths-
Previous World Champions
Good Bowling side (Murali, Vaas, Malinga and Maharoof)
Sanath,Silva and Mahila the best with the bat and are in form.
Weaknesses-
Not a stronger batting team.
New Zealand:
Strengths -
Styris is in superb form.Oram and McMillan are next players to watch out for.
Bond first spell dangerous for Sri Lanka top order which is weak.
Team makes more runs in the middle and slog overs
Weaknesses-
Never made it to finals.
Lost to Srilanka in Super Eights.
For bowling highly dependable on Bond and Vettori.
Who will win first semi finals of world cup cricket 2007? See yourself others results and your results by casting your vote below. {Not for any research just to see how others are selecting the semi finalists}
Enjoy the match!
Both teams showed tremendous game over game improvement to reach this stage.If Flemming, Styris and McMillan doesn't hit big with bat tomorrow NZ will have a very tough day.NZ were lucky with the match against RSA where three catches of one from Styris and Two off Fleming is being dropped which turned match into their favor.
Patel was very economical in few matches and let us see if he restricts Sanath Jayasurya.McMillan did the bowling trick for Men in black in RSA match.NZ is a committed team like a team with no real big stars but committed players.
SL should improve their top batting order to have any chances to continue their winning streak in the semi finals and finals.Tharanga's poor form continues and his batting average is 14.00 with just 125 runs in this world cup. Only Jaya Surya and Mahila is having excellent run so far for SL in this world cup with 351 runs.SL just needed 2 or 3 big partnerships that would turn match to their side.Experienced players are there to pull team out of crisis .Maharoof if picked for semi finals is another crucial bowler that NZ should be looking for besides Murali, Vaas and Malinga.
I have listed here very few of basic strengths and weaknesses for each team.
Sri Lanka:
Strengths-
Previous World Champions
Good Bowling side (Murali, Vaas, Malinga and Maharoof)
Sanath,Silva and Mahila the best with the bat and are in form.
Weaknesses-
Not a stronger batting team.
New Zealand:
Strengths -
Styris is in superb form.Oram and McMillan are next players to watch out for.
Bond first spell dangerous for Sri Lanka top order which is weak.
Team makes more runs in the middle and slog overs
Weaknesses-
Never made it to finals.
Lost to Srilanka in Super Eights.
For bowling highly dependable on Bond and Vettori.
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Who will win first semi finals of world cup cricket 2007? See yourself others results and your results by casting your vote below. {Not for any research just to see how others are selecting the semi finalists}
Enjoy the match!
Labels: Cricket, semi finals, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 4:06 PM,
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Awesome Aussies bowlers butchered black caps (New Zealand) - Match won by 215 runs.
Australia just bulldozes everybody so ruthlessly as witnessed today in super eight match against NZ. NZ rested Bond and Oram in this game and probably extra 60 to 70 runs can be attributed 
to this.Australia makes team play not individuals like Team India , If one star player is out of form others will cover the team. With Gilchrist early dismissal, Hayden (pic. to left) and Ponting carried the innings to a solid start in this game.Commentators talked about how Hayden was almost dropped but selectors had faith in him and he proved that in this world cup.This match hundred is Tenth ODI Hundred for Hayden.Hayden turning out be dangerous players of ODI with his superb class and consistence.Ponting without being as brutal as Hayden, has better strike rate.Look at Hussey before the world cup he was in good form. But Hussey in this world cup previous to this match scored 4,2,5,9,3. Even this match he was dismissed for not so great score of 37.Watson showed fireworks in the slog overs by accelerating Aussie score to 348.
Its been a long time to see a successful 300 plus chases but NZ looked in control for first 11 overs with a trike rate of 7 runs per over.Once Flemming, Styris and McMillan were out , it looked like 100 is difficult for NZ.Too many single digit scores on the board.I hoped NZ will play strong against AUS to break one sided world cup games streak going on for a while.
Would RSA or SL have given decent run chase than NZ ? Probably yes.
NZ need lots and lots of luck going into semis.
to this.Australia makes team play not individuals like Team India , If one star player is out of form others will cover the team. With Gilchrist early dismissal, Hayden (pic. to left) and Ponting carried the innings to a solid start in this game.Commentators talked about how Hayden was almost dropped but selectors had faith in him and he proved that in this world cup.This match hundred is Tenth ODI Hundred for Hayden.Hayden turning out be dangerous players of ODI with his superb class and consistence.Ponting without being as brutal as Hayden, has better strike rate.Look at Hussey before the world cup he was in good form. But Hussey in this world cup previous to this match scored 4,2,5,9,3. Even this match he was dismissed for not so great score of 37.Watson showed fireworks in the slog overs by accelerating Aussie score to 348.Its been a long time to see a successful 300 plus chases but NZ looked in control for first 11 overs with a trike rate of 7 runs per over.Once Flemming, Styris and McMillan were out , it looked like 100 is difficult for NZ.Too many single digit scores on the board.I hoped NZ will play strong against AUS to break one sided world cup games streak going on for a while.
Would RSA or SL have given decent run chase than NZ ? Probably yes.
NZ need lots and lots of luck going into semis.
Labels: Australia, Cricket, Cricket Match Review, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 3:51 PM,
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West Indies registered their FIRST win in Super Eights - Credit goes to Bangladesh
WI and Banglas both don't have chance in semis, The motivation factor for Banglas is if they win today, they might end up 6th 0r 5th position in WC.Something to take home back.This motivation showed in their excellent first bowling spell.Early Pathetic batting by WI and finest bowling by Bangladesh made WI top order score less than one or two runs per over for first twenty overs. WI looked terribly low on confidence in first twenty overs.Most runs in first overs came from wides.Samuels and Chanderpaul took too long to settle down.But duo contained wickets even when Banglas brought spinner Razak into attack during power play.Samuels is one WI player who can sensibly play against sub continental spinners.Banglas when brining in Razak should have made this observation but they have no choice as they have only two fast bowlers.
WI played like Ireland,Ireland played good to keep the wicket against Bangladesh.The experience of Sarwan and Lara helped them to steer WI to a decent total in the middle and slog overs. Sarwan may not be as good as Lara but his batting average is higher than that of Lara in ODIs.Sarwan finished the WI innings with his one more ODI brilliant knock of 91 runs off 90 balls.
Tamim failed in this match again.Sending Aftab top in the order did not help Banglas.Banglas didn't do their home work right, they have absolutely no clue how to play Collymore and Powell.Mortaza and Rahim put some resistance put WI bowling patience to test. Banglas had a mixed world cup, Two great shockers the one against India and RSA and many of harsh thrashings.
If WI beats England in next match then they will end up 5th position in the WC2007. How is WI fared so far in Super Eights ? Pathetic with huge loss margins. (see below)
* 37th Match, Super Eights: West Indies v South Africa at St George's - Apr 10, 2007 South Africa won by 67 runs. South Africa 356/4 (50 ov); West Indies 289/9 (50 ov)
* 30th Match, Super Eights: West Indies v Sri Lanka at Providence - Apr 1, 2007.Sri Lanka won by 113 runs. Sri Lanka 303/5 (50 ov); West Indies 190 (44.3 ov)
* 27th Match, Super Eights: West Indies v New Zealand at North Sound - Mar 29, 2007.New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 64 balls remaining). West Indies 177 (44.4 ov); New Zealand 179/3 (39.2 ov)
* 25th Match, Super Eights: West Indies v Australia at North Sound - Mar 27-28, 2007.Australia won by 103 runs. Australia 322/6 (50 ov); West Indies 219 (45.3 ov)
From Gary Sobers to Viv. Richards to Lara.It is sad to see how WI cricket have transformed over years.
This is Brian Lara's last but one match.We will miss great batsman - Brain Lara,
Hope Lara does not get sentimental as Inzi in his last match with England on Saturday.
WI played like Ireland,Ireland played good to keep the wicket against Bangladesh.The experience of Sarwan and Lara helped them to steer WI to a decent total in the middle and slog overs. Sarwan may not be as good as Lara but his batting average is higher than that of Lara in ODIs.Sarwan finished the WI innings with his one more ODI brilliant knock of 91 runs off 90 balls.
Tamim failed in this match again.Sending Aftab top in the order did not help Banglas.Banglas didn't do their home work right, they have absolutely no clue how to play Collymore and Powell.Mortaza and Rahim put some resistance put WI bowling patience to test. Banglas had a mixed world cup, Two great shockers the one against India and RSA and many of harsh thrashings.
If WI beats England in next match then they will end up 5th position in the WC2007. How is WI fared so far in Super Eights ? Pathetic with huge loss margins. (see below)
* 37th Match, Super Eights: West Indies v South Africa at St George's - Apr 10, 2007 South Africa won by 67 runs. South Africa 356/4 (50 ov); West Indies 289/9 (50 ov)
* 30th Match, Super Eights: West Indies v Sri Lanka at Providence - Apr 1, 2007.Sri Lanka won by 113 runs. Sri Lanka 303/5 (50 ov); West Indies 190 (44.3 ov)
* 27th Match, Super Eights: West Indies v New Zealand at North Sound - Mar 29, 2007.New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 64 balls remaining). West Indies 177 (44.4 ov); New Zealand 179/3 (39.2 ov)
* 25th Match, Super Eights: West Indies v Australia at North Sound - Mar 27-28, 2007.Australia won by 103 runs. Australia 322/6 (50 ov); West Indies 219 (45.3 ov)
From Gary Sobers to Viv. Richards to Lara.It is sad to see how WI cricket have transformed over years.
This is Brian Lara's last but one match.We will miss great batsman - Brain Lara,
Hope Lara does not get sentimental as Inzi in his last match with England on Saturday.
Labels: Bangladesh, Cricket, Cricket Match Review, lara, Sarwan, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 2:30 PM,
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Srilanka paid price for not playing Vaas and Murali
The match between Sl and AUS is just a formality match as this does not change outcome of teams going into semis.
After a couple of big wickets Jayawardene and Silva settle down and provided the needed good partnership.Silva is such a SL promising player averaging 50 plus in this world cup, He already has three fifties with another fifty added in this game.If Silva keeps his form he may one day might become SL captain. Anything above 250 is a realistic score for Australia to chase.Even McGrath giving loose runs could not help SL to score near 250.
At one point the ball stopped swinging and the SL decision to bat first looked right, SL just needed 2 or 3 big partnerships that would have helped them.Good comeback looked like by SL.Experienced players are there to pull team out of crisis and this is what Jaya and Silva tried their best today.
Looked like by dropping Vaas and Murali besides injured Malinga,Did SL plan to loose this game to be in second or third place to play with new zealand ? if they had won this they would have played semis against SA (considering SA makes it to semis beating Eng) OR SL wanted to show that they lost to AUS only because they don't have their main bowlers.
Even having Vaas and Murali would be a struggle to defend 226. The SL batting is not up to the mark in this WC and their main strength is bowling spell of Vaas and Murali.
Aus is racing towards WC final to get Hat Trick (of three world cups in a row).
The only other good game left in super eights is ENG Vs RSA.
After a couple of big wickets Jayawardene and Silva settle down and provided the needed good partnership.Silva is such a SL promising player averaging 50 plus in this world cup, He already has three fifties with another fifty added in this game.If Silva keeps his form he may one day might become SL captain. Anything above 250 is a realistic score for Australia to chase.Even McGrath giving loose runs could not help SL to score near 250.
At one point the ball stopped swinging and the SL decision to bat first looked right, SL just needed 2 or 3 big partnerships that would have helped them.Good comeback looked like by SL.Experienced players are there to pull team out of crisis and this is what Jaya and Silva tried their best today.
Looked like by dropping Vaas and Murali besides injured Malinga,Did SL plan to loose this game to be in second or third place to play with new zealand ? if they had won this they would have played semis against SA (considering SA makes it to semis beating Eng) OR SL wanted to show that they lost to AUS only because they don't have their main bowlers.
Even having Vaas and Murali would be a struggle to defend 226. The SL batting is not up to the mark in this WC and their main strength is bowling spell of Vaas and Murali.
Aus is racing towards WC final to get Hat Trick (of three world cups in a row).
The only other good game left in super eights is ENG Vs RSA.
Labels: Cricket, Cricket Match Review, world cup 2007
written by Kalyan @ 5:25 PM,
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Unstoppable Aussies wrapped up formalty game before lunch.
Australia and Ricky Pointing has just answered his own question of "the value of minnows at the World Cup and wonders if they provide any benefits for cricket's showpiece event."
Pakistan and India of course failed miserable at so called minnows hands.
Today Australia showed to rest of the cricket teams ( Pakistan and India in
particular ) how to play with minnows.If you know the winner of the game people slowly start losing interest and today's match between Australia and Ireland is just a formality of the event.
Aussies proved and made stronger of their No.1 ranking and sure will be for few more years. All cricket teams are under rebuild situation and have to see if this goes destroying the mighty Australian teams.
Got to admit such a boring game, Its Australia that is to be blamed for bowling 30 overs and giving 16 extras to Irish.Seeing this Ireland must have known that this game will get over before lunch break and Aussies took just above 12 overs to wrap this match to make both teams to enjoy the Friday afternoon at Caribbean beaches.
With this match, Aussies are the first to grab a semi-final spot today.
Tomorrow's South Africa v/s New Zealand will decide the fate of South Africa chances who is competing with England for semis spot.
Pakistan and India of course failed miserable at so called minnows hands.
Today Australia showed to rest of the cricket teams ( Pakistan and India in
particular ) how to play with minnows.If you know the winner of the game people slowly start losing interest and today's match between Australia and Ireland is just a formality of the event.Aussies proved and made stronger of their No.1 ranking and sure will be for few more years. All cricket teams are under rebuild situation and have to see if this goes destroying the mighty Australian teams.
Got to admit such a boring game, Its Australia that is to be blamed for bowling 30 overs and giving 16 extras to Irish.Seeing this Ireland must have known that this game will get over before lunch break and Aussies took just above 12 overs to wrap this match to make both teams to enjoy the Friday afternoon at Caribbean beaches.
With this match, Aussies are the first to grab a semi-final spot today.
Tomorrow's South Africa v/s New Zealand will decide the fate of South Africa chances who is competing with England for semis spot.
Labels: Australia, Cricket, minnows, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 4:16 PM,
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One man (Styris) fight for Kiwi's win foiled by a Team - Lanka
Match between SL and NZ raised curiosity and interest in many cricket fans as both teams have proved time and again in WC2007 that they are one of tough teams so far.Does NZ deserve to be the top of the super eights points table? They have not beaten a good contender until this point and previously that they won against out of form teams - England, Bangladesh, West Indies and Ireland.
But NZ is a committed team like team with no real big stars but committed players.NZ will surely put up a fight against mighty Srilanka team and not choke.Before the game, Based on pitch conditions that If NZ can score around 230 plus and knock of Jayasurya early in the game then game in in favor of NZ.
Styris just needing 43 runs for 3000 one day runs exceeded expectations and proved again his
golden form.Styris came in at 4/2 and stayed for the rest of innings in anchor role of getting 111 runs out of 157 balls. Look at NZ partnership between Fulton and Styris, within no time they have put on 31 runs with singles.This is where NZ team is getting very very good at like putting runs in single and using middle overs rather than depending on powerplay.
First ball of Murali - Mccullum LBW, Mccullum seems to be not happy with the decision.Murali has been cleared thrice or more by ICC because of his bowling action though if he is or NOT a chucker,He gives good break to Sri Lanka when needed.If Oram (See Pic to left along with Styris) had stayed little longer, NZ would have got 240 on scoreboard.Good innings from styris under the circumstances but still he should have made scoreboard tick a bit in slog overs.
Even though there were many duck outs and single digits on board,NZ pulled a RR of 4.3 which is good after a very bad start.If they had gotten 2 or 3 wickets within first 10 overs...they would have won this match.
The Sri Lankans kept things tight and raised the bar higher and even higher making it too
difficult for the Kiwis to keep the scoreboard ticking.Knowing Lankans will never crumble under pressure and proved again in this match that they are good run chasers.As to every one's guess NZ will not give this match away without a fight.Srilanka never gave a chance when NZ bowling spell even ball got softer and harder to hit.Bond catches a stunner from Tharanga as the ball flew to him realy fast good timing catch but this early wicket is not banked well by NZ.The foundation laid by Jaya Surya (see pic to the right) made things difficult for NZ.NZ by now knows that dropping catches is like dropping a match, Jayasurya was dropped on 30 by Flemming.
Rest of the innings for Sri Lanka is a breeze with Sangakkara playing anchor role.
BCCI, Team India and Indian fans should take this lesson about senior players see Vaas, Jaya Surya and Murali all proved that they are in the Sri Lanka team because of their performances and not because of what they did in past for Sri Lanka team.
But NZ is a committed team like team with no real big stars but committed players.NZ will surely put up a fight against mighty Srilanka team and not choke.Before the game, Based on pitch conditions that If NZ can score around 230 plus and knock of Jayasurya early in the game then game in in favor of NZ.
Styris just needing 43 runs for 3000 one day runs exceeded expectations and proved again his
golden form.Styris came in at 4/2 and stayed for the rest of innings in anchor role of getting 111 runs out of 157 balls. Look at NZ partnership between Fulton and Styris, within no time they have put on 31 runs with singles.This is where NZ team is getting very very good at like putting runs in single and using middle overs rather than depending on powerplay.First ball of Murali - Mccullum LBW, Mccullum seems to be not happy with the decision.Murali has been cleared thrice or more by ICC because of his bowling action though if he is or NOT a chucker,He gives good break to Sri Lanka when needed.If Oram (See Pic to left along with Styris) had stayed little longer, NZ would have got 240 on scoreboard.Good innings from styris under the circumstances but still he should have made scoreboard tick a bit in slog overs.
Even though there were many duck outs and single digits on board,NZ pulled a RR of 4.3 which is good after a very bad start.If they had gotten 2 or 3 wickets within first 10 overs...they would have won this match.
The Sri Lankans kept things tight and raised the bar higher and even higher making it too
difficult for the Kiwis to keep the scoreboard ticking.Knowing Lankans will never crumble under pressure and proved again in this match that they are good run chasers.As to every one's guess NZ will not give this match away without a fight.Srilanka never gave a chance when NZ bowling spell even ball got softer and harder to hit.Bond catches a stunner from Tharanga as the ball flew to him realy fast good timing catch but this early wicket is not banked well by NZ.The foundation laid by Jaya Surya (see pic to the right) made things difficult for NZ.NZ by now knows that dropping catches is like dropping a match, Jayasurya was dropped on 30 by Flemming.Rest of the innings for Sri Lanka is a breeze with Sangakkara playing anchor role.
BCCI, Team India and Indian fans should take this lesson about senior players see Vaas, Jaya Surya and Murali all proved that they are in the Sri Lanka team because of their performances and not because of what they did in past for Sri Lanka team.
Labels: Cricket, Cricket Match Review, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 3:42 PM,
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England was choked to full throttle by Bangladesh
Bangladesh is no more a minnow, Vaughan should have told himself after today's match.
England won the match today against Bangladesh with utmost difficult chasing a paltry total of 143 and consuming almost 45 overs.Three experienced (previously captained ) players in the team Vaughan , Strauss and Flintoff,but still a Pathetic situation that highest scorer in this match is Vaughan with a meagre score of 30.I'm happy that Man of The Match (MOM) was not given to highest England scorer Vaughan but instead the panel selected Sajid Mahmood who took early wickets and crippled the Banglas in making a decent score.
Bowling seems to be in control most of times in England favor but batting by English showed signs of panic.Almost three maiden overs from Bangladesh in last overs put tons of pressure on English.With onerous struggle Collingwood and Nixon were able to push off this win in England's favor.
This pushes England NRR down the drain and is now virtually out of semis.With them follows Bangladesh, WI and Ireland.This game put Banglas out of semis unless some miracles happen.All credit for great Bangla team for getting into super eights and then shocking SA with 67 runs.This match would have gone in Banglas favor if they had played out all 50 overs instead of 37 overs.But sure I believe they will learnt their lesson today and will take this home to emerge as a champions in next few years.
England won the match today against Bangladesh with utmost difficult chasing a paltry total of 143 and consuming almost 45 overs.Three experienced (previously captained ) players in the team Vaughan , Strauss and Flintoff,but still a Pathetic situation that highest scorer in this match is Vaughan with a meagre score of 30.I'm happy that Man of The Match (MOM) was not given to highest England scorer Vaughan but instead the panel selected Sajid Mahmood who took early wickets and crippled the Banglas in making a decent score.
Bowling seems to be in control most of times in England favor but batting by English showed signs of panic.Almost three maiden overs from Bangladesh in last overs put tons of pressure on English.With onerous struggle Collingwood and Nixon were able to push off this win in England's favor.
This pushes England NRR down the drain and is now virtually out of semis.With them follows Bangladesh, WI and Ireland.This game put Banglas out of semis unless some miracles happen.All credit for great Bangla team for getting into super eights and then shocking SA with 67 runs.This match would have gone in Banglas favor if they had played out all 50 overs instead of 37 overs.But sure I believe they will learnt their lesson today and will take this home to emerge as a champions in next few years.
Labels: Bangladesh, Cricket, Cricket Match Review, world cup 2007
written by Kalyan @ 4:47 PM,
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Team India's personal lives after World Cup 2007 early exit
How is team India doing after their early exit ? Except for the family quality time they may not be daring to go into crowded places to avoid unruly fans.Is fans better or bibi's worse? Lets peek into team India's personal lives -
- Rahul Dravid and Vijeta Pendharkar
- Wall might be getting new paint daily from both Vijeta and their boy after 2007 WC
- Sachin Tendulkar and Anjali
- Anjali is 4 years older, Tendlya proposed to Anjali may be Tendlya is now using 4 year card to beg Anjali that he will play WC2011 and get more records
- Sourav Ganguly and Dona
- So much bollywood drama when he got married to Dona, and bollywood continued when Saurav photographed at a temple with a film star Nagma almost ended their married life, After 2007 WC lets wait and see if 'Padayappa' fame Ramya Krishna make a villian move
- Virender Sehwag and Aarti Ahlawat
- Nawab of Najafgarh, Sultan of Multan gets aarti for his superb knocks in WC 2007 from Aarti , Ya my mulatn is better than rest for first time.
- Ajit Agarkar and Fatima Ghadially
- Bowling failure will cost him empty food bowls and dishes at home
- Anil Kumble and Chetna
- Adarshi marries a divorcee, Chetna - Chetna asks Kumble to Divorce OneDayInternationals
- Zaheer Khan and Isha Sharvani
- Zaheer Khan and Isha Sharvani - Did Isha knew Zaheer's love affair with that fan - May be this is the right time to show Isha the black mail video (see video below)
- Yuvraj Singh and Kim Sharma
- Yuva gets run out cheaply and hope not Kim sends him back as Dravid did at Sri Lanka match when Yuva Raj was out
Labels: Cricket, sachin tendulkar, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 11:34 PM,
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67 runs win by South Africa - A revenge well taken
Wounded proteas shamed after loosing a match to Bangladesh by 67 runs made WI loose the match EGZATLY by 67 runs.A revenge well taken.
Defeated
against South Africa, world cup dream is now unfulfilled for Brian Lara who promised his fans that he would make his exit in a blaze of glory.Yeah he is correct blazes are from South African batsman, de Villiers whose superb knock of 146 out of 130 balls eliminated hosts virtually from the world cup.To every one's guess it is impossible for team like South Africa to lose two back to back matches that would let WI to get into semis.
Now what are the chances for WI to be in for semis - In next matches South Africa loosing against New Zealand and England.It is like Indian fans praying for Banglas to loose against Bermuda.
"Sit back relax..enjoy..be a good host" is what Lara have in mind now..
This world cup proving to be doing lots of damage to Caribbean economy failing to attract crowds after Pakistan and India's early exits. What would happen to the stadiums now with WI exit?.....more and more losses to sponsors.
Defeated
against South Africa, world cup dream is now unfulfilled for Brian Lara who promised his fans that he would make his exit in a blaze of glory.Yeah he is correct blazes are from South African batsman, de Villiers whose superb knock of 146 out of 130 balls eliminated hosts virtually from the world cup.To every one's guess it is impossible for team like South Africa to lose two back to back matches that would let WI to get into semis.Now what are the chances for WI to be in for semis - In next matches South Africa loosing against New Zealand and England.It is like Indian fans praying for Banglas to loose against Bermuda.
"Sit back relax..enjoy..be a good host" is what Lara have in mind now..
This world cup proving to be doing lots of damage to Caribbean economy failing to attract crowds after Pakistan and India's early exits. What would happen to the stadiums now with WI exit?.....more and more losses to sponsors.
Labels: Cricket, lara, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 8:02 PM,
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Why India cannot make it to super eights ?
Sachin-Chappell faisco made Sachin come out open and talk to media which resulted in notices from BCCI.In a rare public outburst,
Tendulkar, expressed his anguish, saying ''Paani sar se ooncha ho gaya hai (Things have gone a bit too far to keep quiet). I've given my heart and my soul for 17 years. No coach had mentioned even in passing that my attitude was not correct.'' The news spread like wild fire and did not too long to reach the shores of the Caribbean.Tendulkar's reasons -
- Tendulkar took head bath (Paani sar se ooncha ho gaya hai ) on match days with Bangladesh and Srilanka.Short Tendlya drowned himself in water with head bath which made him bloat and with puffed stomach he cannot be at crease for longer time on two crucial games.17 years and this is first time it happened to him.Sorry blaster not every one knows the reasons as you often don't speak to media.
- Tendulkar should have taken this (Chappel's) in dressing room.Oh Sidhu Tendlya was in a hurry and was not able to wash his head and cure the bloat as Sehwag, Uthappa had similar diarrhea problems that made them run back to pavillion in Bangla match.
- There has never been a doubt on his integrity, his credibility. He never gets into trouble with head bath or diarrhea.There won't be a single day when Sachin Tendulkar's hair has changed.
- I am actually happy to see Tendulkar come out with that head bath and speak as well.
Kumble took the same road but different in that he went with mild attacks against Chappell.Kumble says Chappel style created insecurity among the players.Cahppel is saying players are Mafia and Kumble says players are insecured.Oh..This is the root cause of India's early exit from world cup.Damn, one billion people finding reasons of India failure will now know the reason.Mafia did not get proper supari."He said there has been a lot of speculation and the focus on the Indian cricket team per se has increased now with more television channels than two years ago when John Wright was the coach."One more reason too many television channels.BAN CHANNELS BCCI.
To sum up - Kumble says India lost out from world cup because -
- Chappel style created insecurity among the players
- Focus on the Indian cricket team per se has increased now with more television channels than two years ago
- Ian Chappell knows nothing about Indian cricket
- We tend to give too much importance to players from outside. Like when we say that we don't have a (Shane) Warne, (Muttiah) Muralitharan or (Wasim) Akram in the team, we forget that these guys are not the ones who will win us matches. We need to support our players for that.We do not have world class players.
- Rubbished suggestions that Tendulkar's age had made him more of a liability for the team in term of fitness.SO Tendulkar's age is the reason.
Labels: Anil Kumble, Chappell, Cricket, sachin tendulkar, super eights, world cup 2007
written by Kalyan @ 10:29 PM,
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MTV spoof -"Don't touch my balls" - Tendulkar
April 20 - Update : Tendulkar dropped from Bangladesh ODIs but will play in tests.
(I'm a sachin fan and who in India is not ..Lets hope this resting of him makes him think and practise to play his natural sachin cricket)
April 6 - When we wake up tomorrow to TGIF, BCCI decides the fate of team India.
Remember the 'bad' Friday when we are shamefully exited from world cup 2007, the board is meeting now on 'Good Friday' - April 6 2007 to do again one more useless never ending pursuits of searching for a strong Indian team. We are going to Bangladesh better board scrap the existing minnows of team India.
Tendulkar says "Don't touch my balls" and will see if board hears it ....
YouTube Videos:
Part1:
part2:
Here is the direct link for all MTV aila innings - (Thanks to avaksi@IndianPad)
Ailatendulkar
(I'm a sachin fan and who in India is not ..Lets hope this resting of him makes him think and practise to play his natural sachin cricket)
April 6 - When we wake up tomorrow to TGIF, BCCI decides the fate of team India.
Remember the 'bad' Friday when we are shamefully exited from world cup 2007, the board is meeting now on 'Good Friday' - April 6 2007 to do again one more useless never ending pursuits of searching for a strong Indian team. We are going to Bangladesh better board scrap the existing minnows of team India.
Tendulkar says "Don't touch my balls" and will see if board hears it ....
YouTube Videos:
Part1:
part2:
Here is the direct link for all MTV aila innings - (Thanks to avaksi@IndianPad)
Ailatendulkar
Labels: Cricket, Tendulkar, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 11:59 PM,
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Super Eights standings as of today
We are now into ten days of Super Eights. Here are team satndings. New Zealand tops the list but they have yet to play with other three big teams in World Cup - Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Day 10 Analysis:
Remember that Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies all carried over two points from group matches.
Chances are highly likely that New Zealand and West Indies will slide the charts making Australia, SouthAfrica and Srilanka to top in the order.
My favorites are South Africa this year but looks like the way they played with Sri Lanka specially in Malinga's bowling I have doubts if they can go to finals.
Here are reminder of some rules and as in 1992 hope SA didn't get beating from any of rain rules.
Some Rules:
Each team will be given two points for every win, with one for a tie or a no-result.
Day 10 Analysis:Remember that Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies all carried over two points from group matches.
Chances are highly likely that New Zealand and West Indies will slide the charts making Australia, SouthAfrica and Srilanka to top in the order.
My favorites are South Africa this year but looks like the way they played with Sri Lanka specially in Malinga's bowling I have doubts if they can go to finals.
Here are reminder of some rules and as in 1992 hope SA didn't get beating from any of rain rules.
Some Rules:
Each team will be given two points for every win, with one for a tie or a no-result.
If more than one team ties on points for fourth-placed, the following tie-break rules apply
TIEBREAKERS
- Team with the most wins
- Team with best net run-rate
- Team with most wickets taken per balls bowled
- Winner of the game between two level teams
- Draw of lots
The team with the most wins goes through, but net run-rate -- including all matches played in the competition -- is the next and most likely factor to split the sides.
In the unlikely event that there are identical net run rates, the team with the most wickets taken per balls bowled would win through.
Semi-finals
The team that finishes first in the Super Eight stage will play the team which finished fourth. Second will play third.
The weather
- There is a reserve day for every match at the World Cup. Every effort will be made to complete the match on the scheduled day with any necessary reduction in overs taking place.
- Only if the minimum number of overs (20 per side) cannot be bowled on the scheduled day will the match be completed on the reserve day. Any incomplete matches will be continued the next day from where they left off - a new game will not be started.
Labels: Cricket, super eights, watchcricketonline, world cup 2007
written by Kalyan @ 2:45 PM,
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B(ha)orat and cricket
Does Borat and (team) Bharat have any similarities w.r.t Cricket ? Difference is one Borat and we have 11 Borats in team Bharat. 
Labels: Bharat, Borat, Cricket, Movies, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 5:22 PM,
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Super Eight - who will be the winners?
Super Eight picks -
Cricket Riff Raffers (Mainly Nareshi and Ravi) put together nice spread sheets to track the matches as we go into semi finals and finals.
Here are my guesses,I guessed based on my analysis and Rediff's MVP picks MVP day 12.
My world cup winners guess is South Africa.
I'll update this regularly to reflect day to day results with analysis.
I got some table fromatting issue and I'll post table as soon as I can
For today's match -
MATCH Winner ManoFtheMatch 100's
West Indies v. Australia AUS Hussey 1
Cricket Riff Raffers (Mainly Nareshi and Ravi) put together nice spread sheets to track the matches as we go into semi finals and finals.
Here are my guesses,I guessed based on my analysis and Rediff's MVP picks MVP day 12.
My world cup winners guess is South Africa.
I'll update this regularly to reflect day to day results with analysis.
I got some table fromatting issue and I'll post table as soon as I can
For today's match -
MATCH Winner ManoFtheMatch 100's
West Indies v. Australia AUS Hussey 1
Labels: Cricket, super eights, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 2:05 PM,
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All about Twitter
Twitter is nothing but micro blogging and follow me kind of social networking useful for close-knit groups.The beauty of it is you can use your IM or cellphone or web to send tweets.This integration makes it a powerful social networking.The guys in that group will be able to easily track your status.
One practical real life example I can think of for Twitter is for admin assistants for corporate executives who can update executive status to the remaining managers of whereabouts at micro level for proper re-scheduling of delayed or postponed meetings.Twitter makes it possible by broadcasting the executive updates message via adman's cell phone to Twitter group.So more productive communication.
On a lighter note it would help to track team India (Indian Cricketers) like where they are heading after the loss to Sri Lanka and how each player is spending days after their exit from world cup if we belong to Twitter group of Dravid or Sachin or Sehwag.
Here is the extensive 46 minutes video of Twitter -
One practical real life example I can think of for Twitter is for admin assistants for corporate executives who can update executive status to the remaining managers of whereabouts at micro level for proper re-scheduling of delayed or postponed meetings.Twitter makes it possible by broadcasting the executive updates message via adman's cell phone to Twitter group.So more productive communication.
On a lighter note it would help to track team India (Indian Cricketers) like where they are heading after the loss to Sri Lanka and how each player is spending days after their exit from world cup if we belong to Twitter group of Dravid or Sachin or Sehwag.
Here is the extensive 46 minutes video of Twitter -
Labels: Cricket, team india, Twitter, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 12:40 AM,
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AMUL and Cricket
Being in US , I miss AMUL ads specially during cricket world cup time where all those hoardings at busy junctions in major cities across India making us laugh no matter how much we were stressed out either due to work or India loosing crucial game. Started Googling to find relevant AMUL posts , here is the one that describes to its best about AMUL and hats off to this guy for igniting my love for AMUL ads again.Here is short description for some of those who does not know AMUL is for - AMUL is a company based out of Gujarat and is into the business of food/diary products. The hoardings are usually that for AMUL’s branded butter. A new ad is apparently created every week and these ads revolve around the latest happening thing (good/bad/ugly) in the country (or local states) and can be anything associated with politics/sports/movies/people/laws/general events etc. The ads are very creative, witty, humorous, wacky and sometimes controversial but invariably elicit a laugh, chuckle or at least a smile from almost everyone who understands the context. The ads relate butter to the topic of the ad in a very amazing & intriguing manner…primarily by playing with words. The words can be in plain English or Hinglish (combination of Hindi and English).
Here is one about our coach when he was appointed as coach of India.
Is Chappell really right chapp to coach India ? or Team India not right chapps to get coached from Chappell ?
One for Rahul who was made vice captain from captain.
Will that be one down or eleven down after team India's exit from world cup ?
About ads
Except for endorsing in ads and raking in huge numbers , none of team India big ad rakers made runs for India.
Here is one about our coach when he was appointed as coach of India.
Is Chappell really right chapp to coach India ? or Team India not right chapps to get coached from Chappell ?
One for Rahul who was made vice captain from captain.
Will that be one down or eleven down after team India's exit from world cup ?
About ads
Except for endorsing in ads and raking in huge numbers , none of team India big ad rakers made runs for India.
Labels: AMUL, Cricket, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 11:58 PM,
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Team India after early exit from World Cup 2007
The emails about team India keep flowing in now as they did not make it to Super Eights:
The future of team India
Bapuji ke Teen Bandar : Old Version and New Version:
What is new version signifying??
Can not see India losing. (Rahul Dravid)
Can not hear the audience outburst against the team (Sehwag)
Can not speak in front of media about the causes of defeat. (Tendulkar)
The future of team India
Bapuji ke Teen Bandar : Old Version and New Version:
What is new version signifying??
Can not see India losing. (Rahul Dravid)
Can not hear the audience outburst against the team (Sehwag)
Can not speak in front of media about the causes of defeat. (Tendulkar)
Labels: Cricket, future team India, super eights, team india, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 10:18 AM,
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How many of us felt doing like this?
After seeing todays' match - I'm sure many of Indian fans keeping tab on the scores on their laptops should have felt exactly the same thing.
I'm feeling so dejected to write one match review post for this game of India Vs. Sri Lanka in the fear that I'll behave like the guy above and that will cost my laptop.
Ban Team India in playing any matches until they restore some international playable form.
I'm feeling so dejected to write one match review post for this game of India Vs. Sri Lanka in the fear that I'll behave like the guy above and that will cost my laptop.
Ban Team India in playing any matches until they restore some international playable form.
Labels: Cricket, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 9:12 PM,
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Uthappa and Uthappam
Uthappa - South India cricket player who failed to perform in first two matches of world cup.
Uthappam - These are lentil and rice based south India pan cakes, often made from left over sour dosai batter
Let us try to know about Uthappa and Uthappam together. Both are comparable in many ways.Read green font together for dish - Uthappam and for cricket player read everything that is not in the braces plus the green font outisde the braces.
Uthappa(m) is south Indian cricket player (a dosa-like dish) who is part of Indian team for world cup 2007 ( made by cooking ingredients in a batter). The batter plays irresponsible shots and his temperament that has come under question and stopped him from claiming higher honours and is made of a 1:3 (ratio of urad dal and rice - 1:1 ratio of boiled to non-boiled rice that has been fermented making it like a crispy crepe) clicks i.e, he clicks in one match out of every three matches he plays.Instead of understanding or reading pitch situation, Uthappa (m) is thick skinned (and not filled, with ingredients cooked right into the) batter. Uthappa (m) is usually (made with tomatoes or an onion-chilli mix; other common ingredient choices are coconut or mixed vegetables) been attractive to watch, hard-hitting, with every shot in the book, unafraid to hit the ball in the air. Uthappa(m) (is sometimes called an Indian pizza or pancake) one win against India 'A' team that won him a place instead of Virender Sehwag in the final one-dayer against England early in 2006
I know I did a very bad job in making you understand 'Uthappa' so humbly I dedicate this to Uthappa and Indian team selectors for trying out him for world cup
Uthappam - These are lentil and rice based south India pan cakes, often made from left over sour dosai batter
Let us try to know about Uthappa and Uthappam together. Both are comparable in many ways.Read green font together for dish - Uthappam and for cricket player read everything that is not in the braces plus the green font outisde the braces.
Uthappa(m) is south Indian cricket player (a dosa-like dish) who is part of Indian team for world cup 2007 ( made by cooking ingredients in a batter). The batter plays irresponsible shots and his temperament that has come under question and stopped him from claiming higher honours and is made of a 1:3 (ratio of urad dal and rice - 1:1 ratio of boiled to non-boiled rice that has been fermented making it like a crispy crepe) clicks i.e, he clicks in one match out of every three matches he plays.Instead of understanding or reading pitch situation, Uthappa (m) is thick skinned (and not filled, with ingredients cooked right into the) batter. Uthappa (m) is usually (made with tomatoes or an onion-chilli mix; other common ingredient choices are coconut or mixed vegetables) been attractive to watch, hard-hitting, with every shot in the book, unafraid to hit the ball in the air. Uthappa(m) (is sometimes called an Indian pizza or pancake) one win against India 'A' team that won him a place instead of Virender Sehwag in the final one-dayer against England early in 2006
I know I did a very bad job in making you understand 'Uthappa' so humbly I dedicate this to Uthappa and Indian team selectors for trying out him for world cup
Labels: Cricket, Uthappa, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 8:41 PM,
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Can India make it to super eights?
Yes but with humongous efforts, India still has a chance to make it to the Super Eights.Now that India won against Bermuda with a huge margin the Net Run Rates for India went up
Here are current NRRs:
If Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka on Wed March 21 (and assuming all teams beat Bermuda), the match between India and Sri Lanka will be a virtual elimination game, with the loser out of the tournament.
If Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh, and if India beat Srilanka, three teams will be tied on four points each, and net run rate (NRR) will decide which two make it to the next round.
Sri Lanka's huge win against Bermuda and India's huge win against Bermuda makes India and Srilanka are favourably placed at the moment, and if Bangladesh registers similarly convincing win against Bermuda as Srilanka and India they have high chances to prop up their NRR.
Bangladesh is in advantageous position now as the last match of the group features Bangladesh versus Bermuda, which ensures Bangladesh will know exactly what they'll need to do to make it to the Super Eights.
Here are current NRRs:
If Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka on Wed March 21 (and assuming all teams beat Bermuda), the match between India and Sri Lanka will be a virtual elimination game, with the loser out of the tournament.
If Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh, and if India beat Srilanka, three teams will be tied on four points each, and net run rate (NRR) will decide which two make it to the next round.
Sri Lanka's huge win against Bermuda and India's huge win against Bermuda makes India and Srilanka are favourably placed at the moment, and if Bangladesh registers similarly convincing win against Bermuda as Srilanka and India they have high chances to prop up their NRR.
Bangladesh is in advantageous position now as the last match of the group features Bangladesh versus Bermuda, which ensures Bangladesh will know exactly what they'll need to do to make it to the Super Eights.
Labels: Cricket, nextgroup, nextstage, SuperEights, team india, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 1:18 PM,
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Karlo duniya muthi me and GAME is ON
"Karlo duniya muthi me" Sehwag looked very much relieved from pressure after getting his hundred today with Bermuda , Many times today the camera caught him up close when he was taking deep breaths and trying to do some meditation.The one run to hundred took him a while as he looked more and more tensed as he desperately needed to get his hundred after a span of two years.This is good for India , If Sehwag play we get world records.
Karlo duniya muthi me ad of Sehwag :
Last 30 balls of the innings gave India 83 runs and is all because of our "GAME ON" boy Yuvraj and Tendlya, Yuvaraj made Bermuda feel what XBOX 360 experience is like -
Karlo duniya muthi me ad of Sehwag :
Last 30 balls of the innings gave India 83 runs and is all because of our "GAME ON" boy Yuvraj and Tendlya, Yuvaraj made Bermuda feel what XBOX 360 experience is like -
Labels: Cricket, world cup 2007, world cup cricket, XBOX360
written by Kalyan @ 10:24 PM,
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Paper tigers faltered again (Part2 of Part2)
Go Team India Go - GO HOME NOW
Read half time report at part 1 for Indian teams batting analysis
What an all round performance from minnows team like Bangladesh against India.
More youth, more agility team of Bangladesh mainly three teenage bangla players Tamim Iqbal (17 yrs) , Mushfiqur Rahim (18 yrs) and Saqibul Hasan (19 years) pulled the trigger cruelly on disastrous Indian bowling side and fielding side.
Tamim Iqbal -
He's just 17 years old and he looked straight into the faces of experienced Indian cricket men and spanked them brutally.He hit two towering sixes attacking on the confidence of the Zaheer and Agarkars the most international experienced bowlers.The world looked to Iqbal in the warming matches when he stunned the fast bowling mightiest like Shane Bond of New Zealand and won the warming game match against NZ.
Mushfiqur Rahim - Another teenager who shouldered all responsibity of Bangladesh win by playing a sensible slow game when Iqbal was attacking the India pacers.Amazing two over the boundary shots made Indian bowlers shiver in their pants.
Saqibul Hasan - An all round performance by this teenager impressed the spectators with his bowling spell that restricted India to a small total.His patient long partnership with Rahim was the turning point of game.
Mashrafe Mortaza (pic above)- What a bowling spell taking all the advantages of pitch giving an early advantage by taking the wickets of Sehwag and Uthhappa very early in the innings.
This is absolutely a real wake up call for India.Except for winning the toss,India lost at every department of the game batting, bowling and fielding.India which had clear advantage than other teams in this world cup as previous being played in West Indies just right before the world cup on various pitches clearly did not learn its lessons.
If India had any chances to get into the next group then a win against Bermuda is a must.
Read half time report at part 1 for Indian teams batting analysisWhat an all round performance from minnows team like Bangladesh against India.
More youth, more agility team of Bangladesh mainly three teenage bangla players Tamim Iqbal (17 yrs) , Mushfiqur Rahim (18 yrs) and Saqibul Hasan (19 years) pulled the trigger cruelly on disastrous Indian bowling side and fielding side.
Tamim Iqbal -
He's just 17 years old and he looked straight into the faces of experienced Indian cricket men and spanked them brutally.He hit two towering sixes attacking on the confidence of the Zaheer and Agarkars the most international experienced bowlers.The world looked to Iqbal in the warming matches when he stunned the fast bowling mightiest like Shane Bond of New Zealand and won the warming game match against NZ.Mushfiqur Rahim - Another teenager who shouldered all responsibity of Bangladesh win by playing a sensible slow game when Iqbal was attacking the India pacers.Amazing two over the boundary shots made Indian bowlers shiver in their pants.
Saqibul Hasan - An all round performance by this teenager impressed the spectators with his bowling spell that restricted India to a small total.His patient long partnership with Rahim was the turning point of game.
Mashrafe Mortaza (pic above)- What a bowling spell taking all the advantages of pitch giving an early advantage by taking the wickets of Sehwag and Uthhappa very early in the innings.
This is absolutely a real wake up call for India.Except for winning the toss,India lost at every department of the game batting, bowling and fielding.India which had clear advantage than other teams in this world cup as previous being played in West Indies just right before the world cup on various pitches clearly did not learn its lessons.
If India had any chances to get into the next group then a win against Bermuda is a must.
Labels: Cricket, Cricket Match Review, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 5:00 PM,
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Half Time Report - Paper tigers faltered again (Part1 of part2)
-Report by Kalyan in collaboration with his Mama (Maternal Uncle),an avid Indian cricket fan
Lack of application and discipline shattered hopes of one billion.
Three hours batting chaos pushed all Indians into sea of disappointment.Least said about the batting in their opening encounter with a minnow team like Bangladesh is the best said.
Sehwag -
As usual bowler had no difficulty at all in picking up the wicket.It seems Sehwag finds his place more comfortable at pavilion preferably as twelevth man than spending time in the middle of the pitch.Gifting the wicket became the order of the day for Sehwag.What all he was supposed to do is just to play five overs irrespective of the runs and scoring rate, this was time and again educated to Sehwag by every body ranging from Col. Vengsarkar to way side tea shop boy.What he did is no difference from previous matches, now it is time to decide right place for a player who has no interest to learn lessons from his mistakes.
Utthappa -
A promising player going for a rash shot.
Without reading the pitch and adjusting to the pace Uttappa played an irresponsible shot of gulli cricket player resulting a double dhamaka bonanza to Bangladesh.
SRT -
Surprisingly Sachin was not at all comfortable right from first ball he faced.Even after surviving almost certain LBW Tendlya failed to en cash.He was fooled by an in cutter and offered a simple catch to wicket keeper.
Dravid - Cracks on the wall.Whether captaincy costing him ??
Yuvraj -
Man of crisis.Yuvraj gave excellent support to Ganguly in building up the innings from utter chaos to respectable position
Dhoni , Agarkar and Bhajji - Take one (Dhoni) get two (Agarkar and Bhajji)
Final Surprise
Ganguly -
Proved himself as a comeback hero when wickets are falling at regular intervals and Sehwag, dravid , Tendulkar are in Pavilion, the prince of Calcutta showed sheer application and discipline in building up the innings.
Munaf and Zaheer - they gave great resistance and made India reach 191 from 159.
Let's keep our fingers crossed for second part of the game.
Lack of application and discipline shattered hopes of one billion.
Three hours batting chaos pushed all Indians into sea of disappointment.Least said about the batting in their opening encounter with a minnow team like Bangladesh is the best said.
Sehwag -
As usual bowler had no difficulty at all in picking up the wicket.It seems Sehwag finds his place more comfortable at pavilion preferably as twelevth man than spending time in the middle of the pitch.Gifting the wicket became the order of the day for Sehwag.What all he was supposed to do is just to play five overs irrespective of the runs and scoring rate, this was time and again educated to Sehwag by every body ranging from Col. Vengsarkar to way side tea shop boy.What he did is no difference from previous matches, now it is time to decide right place for a player who has no interest to learn lessons from his mistakes.Utthappa -
A promising player going for a rash shot.Without reading the pitch and adjusting to the pace Uttappa played an irresponsible shot of gulli cricket player resulting a double dhamaka bonanza to Bangladesh.
SRT -
Surprisingly Sachin was not at all comfortable right from first ball he faced.Even after surviving almost certain LBW Tendlya failed to en cash.He was fooled by an in cutter and offered a simple catch to wicket keeper.Dravid - Cracks on the wall.Whether captaincy costing him ??
Yuvraj -
Man of crisis.Yuvraj gave excellent support to Ganguly in building up the innings from utter chaos to respectable positionDhoni , Agarkar and Bhajji - Take one (Dhoni) get two (Agarkar and Bhajji)
Final Surprise
Ganguly -
Proved himself as a comeback hero when wickets are falling at regular intervals and Sehwag, dravid , Tendulkar are in Pavilion, the prince of Calcutta showed sheer application and discipline in building up the innings.Munaf and Zaheer - they gave great resistance and made India reach 191 from 159.
Let's keep our fingers crossed for second part of the game.
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Labels: Cricket, Cricket Match Review, world cup 2007
written by Kalyan @ 1:23 PM,
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Is all my cricket excitement gone?
My brother Srikanth (or Kanthu) from greater Hyderabad,India writes -
Is all my cricket excitement gone?
In my childhood days I was so interested in watching cricket matches and world cup used to be a big festival. Why now a days even the world cup seems to be a normal tournament. Where’s all the excitement gone
In my opinion now a days too much of cricket killed the excitement. Scan thru the numerous channels available on a cable TV , it is certain that on some sport channel some where in the world on any day a cricket match is telecasted.
In my child hood days I really had to wait six months for next match or series. Now as the spacing between series is like a week or two the next tournament is already lined up with timings and schedules. The mood is such that okay what if India doesn’t win this time then there is any next series lined up.
Sponsors compete with each other by this popular game making these tournaments to happen too often that even raised concerns on player’s fitness issues because of lack of rest and viewers are constantly loosing interest and even the world cup looks like a normal series.
Is my favorite sport cricket dying ?
Is all my cricket excitement gone?
In my childhood days I was so interested in watching cricket matches and world cup used to be a big festival. Why now a days even the world cup seems to be a normal tournament. Where’s all the excitement gone
In my opinion now a days too much of cricket killed the excitement. Scan thru the numerous channels available on a cable TV , it is certain that on some sport channel some where in the world on any day a cricket match is telecasted.
In my child hood days I really had to wait six months for next match or series. Now as the spacing between series is like a week or two the next tournament is already lined up with timings and schedules. The mood is such that okay what if India doesn’t win this time then there is any next series lined up.
Sponsors compete with each other by this popular game making these tournaments to happen too often that even raised concerns on player’s fitness issues because of lack of rest and viewers are constantly loosing interest and even the world cup looks like a normal series.
Is my favorite sport cricket dying ?
Labels: Cricket, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 12:56 PM,
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Indian cricketers and their nick names
- Ajit Agarkar-Bombay Duck (for his horror streak of ducks against Australia)
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni-Mahi
- Rahul Sharad Dravid-Jammy, The Wall, The Great Wall of India, The LC
- Sourav Ganguly-Maharaj, Prince of Calcutta, Dada, Bengal Tiger, Lord Snooty
- Harbhajan Singh-The Turbanator, Bhajji (by team-mates)
- Anil Kumble-Jumbo, Kumbles
- Yuvraj Singh-Yuvi
- Sree Santh-Sree
- Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar-Tendlya, Little Master, The Master Blaster, Slashin Sachin, The Bombay Bomber, 10dulkar,4+6=10dulkar
- Virender Krishnan Sehwag-Veeru,'Najafgarh Tendulkar',"the little Tendulkar
Labels: Cricket, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 11:37 AM,
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Team India and their brand endorsements
"Boost is the secret of our energy" - The ads become part of our life and we associate unconsciously brand to the player.Because of this influence for the brand, brand marketing makes all big companies do their best to get the top brass of Team India as their brand ambassadors.
Here is our team India's brand endorsements :
Here is our team India's brand endorsements :
- Sachin Tendulkar - signed as brand ambassador for Cannon until 2010.Cannon kept aside more than 40 crores in ad spending this year in India, so guess what most of it goes to SRT.
- Ganguly -
(see picture)Nooyi's Pepsi did not renew its contract with dada and went for Sehwag, Dada endorsing for Puma and Tata Indicom currently. - Rahul Dravid - brand ambassador for Sansui (television and home theater systems maker) and Max New York Life. Some of the other brands endorsed by him in are - Pepsi, Reebok and Hutch.
- Harbhajan Singh - (see picture - can you believe it is our Bhaji)
He has endorsed brands like Reebok, Royal Stag Whisky to name a few. Harbhajan,Yuvaraj and Dhoni got notices for liquor ads.Harbhajan Apologizes for Letting Hair Down - Anil Kumble - Samsung and Indian Oil.
- Virendra Sehwag - Sehwag has endorsed: Boost, Coke, Team Samsung, Britannia, Hero Honda, Colgate, Adidas and Mayur Suitings. Now, as per the market, Sehwag's estimated market value is between Rs 50 and Rs 60 lakh
- Yuvraj Singh - Royal stag and SBI card.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni -(see picture )
Reliance Communications Ventures Ltd (RCoVL) and Reliance Energy,Royal Stag, Brilcream, Titan Sonata, Orient fans, Reebok, Pepsi, Mysore Sandal soap - Irfan Pathan - (see picture)
Worth Rs 5 crore (Rs 50 million) a year, endorses Gillette Vector Plus
Labels: ambassador, brands, brands endorsed by cricketers, brands endorsed by sachin tendulkar, Cricket, endorsements, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 11:00 PM,
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World Cup Cricket 2007 - One billion plus dollars estimated losses in productivity
It is not less than a year when world stopped to watch world cup soccer that resulted in sluggish stocks and huge economic losses during the game month is now effecting some countries economically with world cup cricket that will be played in West Indies for a month. Here are some of those loss estimates
India Soaps advertisers are now cutting back ad spending in soaps to channel that money into cricket sending worrying signals to booming India soap industry.The mainstream India is still not catching up with the rest of world where watching a game at sports bar with a beer or two is quite a common thing, Few companies that anticipated this change are running into inventory issues.Lastly but not least by any means the largest India IT work force now being dubbed as back office of world will have serious productivity issues that might effect the rest of the world once India starts playing on March 19.
- DNAIndia reports that World Cup Cricket 2007: $521 Million Loss in British Economic Productivity.
- Cricket World Cup to lose Australian businesses $371 million - the report says "if one in 10 of Australia’s 10 million employed people (according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics) with an average $27.30 hourly rate, spend 30 minutes a day catching up on the World Cup for the 27 working days the tournament is played, the results will be more than 13.5 million hours of lost productivity. This will also cost Australian businesses up to $371 million in lost productivity.
- World Cup to stump Pak economy -"With the timing of the matches scheduled between 6:30 pm and 2:30 am according to Pakistan Standard Time, attendance in offices, trading companies and stock exchange is expected to be affected specially on days of big matches"
Labels: Cricket, economy, losses, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 11:37 PM,
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West Indies VS. Pakistan game review
All round performance both in batting and bowling from host country costed a match for our neighbour.
Pakistan bowling looked far better in restricting runs for first 40 plus overs and then missed totally in the last couple of overs.Rao Iftikhar (pic. to the left) of Pakistan was impressive in this match with his statistics.Pakistan batting looked much and much weaker right the time innings were opened by Imran and Hafeez, Hafeez never looked confident and Imran never gave us chance by getting out in third ball after lunch.My bets were on these two openers and Younis and I just stopped watching game when these three batsman were out.
Turning point of the game is (pic to the left)Smith with his 16 runs in 48th over and three crucial wickets of Pakistan (Inzi, Yousaf and Kamran).WestIndies fielding was good today as I saw Chris Gayle who usually doesn't did some excellent saves.Lara must be happiest captain with his brillaint start his team gave with this all round performance opener.
Want expert review find review of today's (WI vs. Pak) match by Aspi at Cricket Riff Raff.
Team India do scientific study of the pitches and teams and its player as we never know who we meet in semi finals or finals.
Pakistan bowling looked far better in restricting runs for first 40 plus overs and then missed totally in the last couple of overs.Rao Iftikhar (pic. to the left) of Pakistan was impressive in this match with his statistics.Pakistan batting looked much and much weaker right the time innings were opened by Imran and Hafeez, Hafeez never looked confident and Imran never gave us chance by getting out in third ball after lunch.My bets were on these two openers and Younis and I just stopped watching game when these three batsman were out.Turning point of the game is (pic to the left)Smith with his 16 runs in 48th over and three crucial wickets of Pakistan (Inzi, Yousaf and Kamran).WestIndies fielding was good today as I saw Chris Gayle who usually doesn't did some excellent saves.Lara must be happiest captain with his brillaint start his team gave with this all round performance opener.Want expert review find review of today's (WI vs. Pak) match by Aspi at Cricket Riff Raff.
Team India do scientific study of the pitches and teams and its player as we never know who we meet in semi finals or finals.
Labels: Cricket, Cricket Match Review, world cup 2007, world cup cricket
written by Kalyan @ 10:03 PM,
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World cup Cricket links and packages
These are the online sites or satellite channels for watching 2007 world cup cricket outside India , If you know of any good online WC2007 sites , post it here.
- WILLOW TV- $199.95
- SopCast links - { Download the Sopcast software version 1.1.1 from sopcast.com, For each match find the sopcast match links posted. Run your Sopcast software, and then paste any of the links from that blog into the address bar of the Sopcast window }
- imc6 - Free for Bay area cricket fans {IMC6 management proud to announce that All the ICC Wrold Cup 2007 Matches are screened FREE at IMC6, The Alemeda in a big Screen.
More FREE for early birds.. That is FREE BREAK FAST.}
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written by Kalyan @ 10:51 PM,
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GO TEAM INDIA!
Checkout blogs Nikamma and Cricket Riff Raff for latest day to day match reviews and discussions.Nikamma blog posted what cricket riff raff is all about, please check out and as event kicks off the blog content gets fired up with creative polls,chat and critical reviews from all blog contributors.Think of Cricket Riff Raff as our India famous Hyderabad irani cafe where with cup of 2/3 chai and a shared goldflake kingsize, the intelligentsia get together to thrash/praise one and all of India or opponent team.Don't miss out the fire works of cricket riff raff that is filled with our love and passion for the game.
Kapil 's team did it in 1983.
Wish all the luck to team India so Dravid lifts the cup for this year - GO TEAM INDIA!
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written by Kalyan @ 1:43 AM,
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