What A Victory!!!

India have won the second ODI against South Africa for just 1 run!! and leveled the series 1-1. It was an absolutely amazing game. India have scored only 190 runs from 47.2 overs. Yuvraj scored 53 from 68 balls. India started well in bowling. South Africa lost Hashim Amla in the second over. He was caught behind by the captain M.S Dhoni on 4 on Munaf Patel's ball. Then the South African captain himself started the rescue operation and he have managed to get the total up-to 66 with Colin Ingram. He himself scored 77 runs from 98 balls and they managed to get up-to 152 with the loss of 5 wickets. They have lost their men in consecutive intervals and lost all their wicket for 189 runs. Munaf Patel picked up 4 important wickets.

Can Dhoni repeat 1983?

Can Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the most successful captain of India lead India to another world cup victory after 1983? This must be the question arising through the minds of every Indian fans. Dhoni is the most successful captain of Indian cricket. He has lead India to1 st position in test cricket for the first time. Under his captaincy the IPL team Chennai super kings have won both the IPL and champion's league. He is a good motivator, team player and a courageous captain that we have ever seen. Indian fan are eagerly waiting for the world cup to come.

India World Cup Squad - Analysis

If we analyze India's last game played against South Africa, India's batting performance was very poor. From the preliminary squad of world cup, only a few players have played nicely. From them Sehvag, Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan were not in the game. Except Kohli, Raina and Dhoni, no one played their natural style of play. Yuvraj Singh is completely out of form. But he has the ability to play in crucial situations especially in Indian sub continent. Gautham Gambhir, Virat Kohli and Virendar Sehvag are in good form. They should be in the final squad of world cup. While comparing the fast bowlers, no one except Zaheer Khan is playing good cricket consistently. Harbhajan Singh should be in team as a spinner. While comparing the other spinners in preliminary squad, Ashwin is preferable while comparing with Ojha, Chawla and Amit Mishra. The following team have the best probability.  

MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, S Sreesanth,  M Vijay, Yusuf Pathan, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar

Double Blow For Aussies.

After winning the Ashes test, England have got a last ball victory over Australia. Morgan who scored 43 from just 33 balls played a wonderful innings. Australia scored 157 runs for 4 wickets from 20 overs. Shane Watson played an all-round performance. He scored a wonderful 50 from just 31 balls and picked up 4 important wickets of Morgan, Yardy, Bresnan and Swann. Cameron White, the new T20 captain of Australia has scored just 6 from 9 balls.

Australia Score Card:

David Warner	c Shahzad b Yardy	30(28)
Shane Watson	b Yardy	59(31)
David Hussey	b Bresnan	28(27)
Cameron White	c Pietersen b Woakes	6(9)
Aaron Finch	not out	15(14))
Steven Smith	not out	15(11))

Fall of wickets:1-83, 2-92, 3-115, 4-133.

Bowling: 

B	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Woakes	4	0	34	1	8.50
Shahzad	4	0	25	0	6.25
Bresnan	4	0	28	1	7.00
Yardy	4	0	28	2	7.00
Swann	4	0	40	2	10.00

England Score Card:

	I Bell	c Smith b Johnson	27(17)
	4.3 140.7 kph, down the track, another lofted flog, and this time Smith in the covers does the business. The end of a lively innings from Bell. He's got England up and running 49/2
	S Davies	c White b Lee	4(1)
	1.2 142.3 kph, ah ... maybe he is a bit rusty after all. A similar delivery, but this one is lifted into the hands of short cover. Lee starts his lawnmower, and Australia have their breakthrough! 16/1
	K Pietersen	c Hussey b O'Keefe	20(11)
	5.3 76.8 kph, three-card trick! Pietersen thought he was in the zone, played one stroke too many, and David Hussey at mid-off timed his leap to perfection to intercept 63/3
	P Collingwood	c Paine b Hussey	16(20)
	11.5 93.7 kph, reverse-sweep, and that's due reward for a fine over. A big top-edge from Collingwood, and Paine walks round to gather 99/4
	E Morgan	c Hussey b Watson	43(33)
	15.2 120.6 kph, well, well, that's a timely breakthrough! The rate is already a run a ball, but England's finisher falls to a tame drive to short cover ... 130/6
	L Wright	lbw b Tait	0(2)
	12.4 142.9 kph, that was exceptionally plumb! For a moment it looked as though Wright had got a tickle of bat on a leg-glance, but nope, it was pad all the way 104/5
	T Bresnan	c Lee b Watson	11(11)
	17.3 123.6 kph, outside off, swished over the covers, but there's not enough bat on that, and Bresnan falls! Now this will test the mettle of England's tail 141/8
	M Yardy	c Paine b Watson	0(1)
	15.3 133.8 kph, blimey! Two in two! A surprise bouncer to Yardy, he tried not to play it but his bat grazed the ball periscope style as he swayed out of line! 130/7
	C Woakes	not out	19(15)
	G Swann	b Watson	6(5)
	19.1 133.9 kph, that's the way to lose it! Swann went for glory, with a hoist through the leg-side, but he's bowled middle stump! 154/9
	A Shahzad	not out	0(3)

Fall of wickets1-16 , 2-49, 3-63, 4-99, 5-104, 6-130, 7-130, 8-141, 9-154.

Bowling:

	Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ.
	S Tait	4	0	40	1	10.00
	12.4 to Wright, 142.9 kph, that was exceptionally plumb! For a moment it looked as though Wright had got a tickle of bat on a leg-glance, but nope, it was pad all the way 104/5
	B Lee	4	0	41	1	10.25
	1.2 to Davies, 142.3 kph, ah ... maybe he is a bit rusty after all. A similar delivery, but this one is lifted into the hands of short cover. Lee starts his lawnmower, and Australia have their breakthrough! 16/1
	M Johnson	4	0	27	1	6.75
	4.3 to Bell, 140.7 kph, down the track, another lofted flog, and this time Smith in the covers does the business. The end of a lively innings from Bell. He's got England up and running 49/2
	S O'Keefe	2	0	16	1	8.00
	5.3 to Pietersen, 76.8 kph, three-card trick! Pietersen thought he was in the zone, played one stroke too many, and David Hussey at mid-off timed his leap to perfection to intercept 63/3
	S Watson	4	0	15	4	3.75
	15.2 to Morgan, 120.6 kph, well, well, that's a timely breakthrough! The rate is already a run a ball, but England's finisher falls to a tame drive to short cover ... 130/6 15.3 to Yardy, 133.8 kph, blimey! Two in two! A surprise bouncer to Yardy, he tried not to play it but his bat grazed the ball periscope style as he swayed out of line! 130/7 17.3 to Bresnan, 123.6 kph, outside off, swished over the covers, but there's not enough bat on that, and Bresnan falls! Now this will test the mettle of England's tail 141/8 19.1 to Swann, 133.9 kph, that's the way to lose it! Swann went for glory, with a hoist through the leg-side, but he's bowled middle stump! 154/9
	D Hussey	2	0	14	1	7.00

 

India WC Preliminary Squad

MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, Vinay Kumar, M Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Saurabh Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Parthiv Patel, R Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha, Dinesh Karthik, Shikhar Dhawan, Amit Mishra, Piyush Chawla, Cheteshwar Pujara, Pragyan Ojha, Praveen Kumar

Cricket World Cup Live Streaming

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Fawad Alam and Shoaib Malik Left Out Of WC Preliminary 30

Pakistan's Fawad Alam left out of the preliminary squad due to his lack of form. He scored two half-centuries in his  last eight one-day matches. But he also has four single digit scores.

The former captain Shoaib Malik and leg spinner Danish Kaneria was also left out from the preliminary 30. Over the last few weeks, Malik and Kaneria appeared three times about the PCB's integrity committee and handed in various financial documents.

Pakistan Preliminary Squad

Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Taufiq Umar, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Naveed Yasin, Kamran Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Salman Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Yasir Arafat, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Abdul Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Yasir Shah, Zulfiqar Babar, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanveer, Tanvir Ahmed, Junaid Khan, Aizaz Cheema, Asad Ali

Michael Clarke Retired From T20.

Australian test captain Michael Clarke has announced his retirement from T20 cricket after the loss of "The Ashes". He was the captain of Aussie T20 team and without his presence, Cameron White will lead Aussie T20 side. The reports says that he is going to concentrate on test cricket and one-day matches since his strike rate in T20 matches is just above 100.

Jayasuriya and Vaas out of Sri Lankan WC squad

Veterans Sanath Jayasuriya and Chaminda Vaas have been pulled out from the final 15 of Sri Lankan squad. Both of them were in the final 30 squad and supposed to be in the final squad. But unfortunately, both of them have not included in the final team. Both players have retired from the test cricket but they are still playing one-day and twenty-twenty cricket. Kumar Sangakkara will lead the Sri Lankan side with vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene.

Sri Lanka Final Squad 
Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath.

World Cup 2011 Fixture

Match #		Date	Teams	Venue
1		19 Feb	India vs Bangladesh	Dhaka
2		20 Feb	New Zealand vs Kenya	Chennai
3		20 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Canada	Hambantota
4		21 Feb	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
5		22 Feb	England vs Netherlands	Nagpur
6		23 Feb	Pakistan vs Kenya	Hambantota
7		24 Feb	South Africa vs West Indies	New Delhi
8		25 Feb	Australia vs New Zealand	Nagpur
9		25 Feb	Bangladesh vs Ireland	Dhaka
10		26 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo
11		27 Feb	India vs England	Kolkata
12		28 Feb	West Indies vs Netherlands	New Delhi
13		28 Feb	Zimbabwe vs Canada	Nagpur
14		1 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Kenya	Colombo
15		2 Mar	England vs Ireland	Bangalore
16		3 Mar	South Africa vs Netherlands	Mohali
17		3 Mar	Pakistan vs Canada	Colombo
18		4 Mar	New Zealand vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
19		4 Mar	Bangladesh vs West Indies	Dhaka
20		5 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Australia	Colombo
21		6 Mar	India vs Ireland	Bangalore
22		6 Mar	England vs South Africa	Chennai
23		7 Mar	Kenya vs Canada	New Delhi
24		8 Mar	Pakistan vs New Zealand	Pallekelle
25		9 Mar	India vs Netherlands	New Delhi
26		10 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
27		11 Mar	West Indies vs Ireland	Mohali
28		11 Mar	Bangladesh vs England	Chittagong
29		12 Mar	India vs South Africa	Nagpur
30		13 Mar	New Zealand vs Canada	Mumbai
31		13 Mar	Australia vs Kenya	Bangalore
32		14 Mar	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
33		14 Mar	Bangladesh vs Netherlands	Chittagong
34		15 Mar	South Africa vs Ireland	Kolkata
35		16 Mar	Australia vs Canada	Bangalore
36		17 Mar	England vs West Indies	Chennai
37		18 Mar	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Mumbai
38		18 Mar	Ireland vs Netherlands	Kolkata
39		19 Mar	Australia vs Pakistan	Colombo
40		19 Mar	Bangladesh vs South Africa	Dhaka
41		20 Mar	Zimbabwe vs Kenya	Kolkata
42		20 Mar	India vs West Indies	Chennai
43		23 Mar	First Quarterfinal	Dhaka
44		24 Mar	Second Quarterfinal	Colombo
45		25 Mar	Third Quarterfinal	Dhaka
46		26 Mar	Fourth Quarterfinal	Ahmedabad
47		29 Mar	First Semifinal	Colombo
48		30 Mar	Second Semifinal	Mohali
49		02 Apr	FINAL	Mumbai