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Stuart Matsikenyeri hammered 55 from just 40 balls as Zimbabwe scored 274 in the first ODI in Harare

Stuart Matsikenyeri hammered 55 from just 40 balls as Zimbabwe scored 274 in the first ODI in Harare

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Zimbabwe clinch famous win

Exactly four years and four days after they had last beaten a major Test-playing team, Zimbabwe turned the clock back at the same venue, and against the same opposition. What must have seemed like a gentle start to their African tour turned into a nightmare for West Indies, as Zimbabwe pulled the rug from under their feet during a stunning 30-run win in the first ODI of the five-match series in Harare. The match was set up by a spirited batting performance, which gave them a challenging total of 274, before the bowlers stifled the runs so effectively that West Indies fell short despite Shivarine Chanderpaul's unbeaten 127.

The game was astonishing not just for the result, but also for the manner in which it came about. This wasn't a victory brought about by one batsman playing a blinder or a bowler bowling a dream spell: five batsmen scored more than 25 to propel Zimbabwe's innings, while most of the bowlers showed outstanding control, with Prosper Utseya and Ray Price - back in the team after more than three years in the wilderness - being exceptional in the middle overs. It was only their second ODI win in their last 23 games, and the celebrations after the game indicated just how much the win meant to them.

West Indies, on the other hand, were utterly listless and lacking in intensity. They got the opportunity to bowl in helpful conditions after Chris Gayle won the toss, but made a meal of it, offering the batsmen too much width and plenty of run-scoring opportunities. The batsmen emulated the bowlers - Chanderpaul played a lone hand, but even he showed a strange reluctance to step it up. The rest of the cast was mediocre. Marlon Samuels played 49 balls for 25, while Runako Morton played dot ball after dot ball even as the asking-rate mounted. It would have been even worse for them had Vusi Sibanda not dropped Chanderpaul on 67.

An asking rate of 5.50 meant West Indies needed a strong start, and a major contribution from Chris Gayle, but neither happened. In the third over Gayle tried to play to leg, was too early on the stroke, and spooned a simple catch back to Elton Chigumbura. The fight, it seemed, went out of the innings right there. Chanderpaul kept them in the game by rotating the strike and bludgeoning the rare meaty blow - eventually getting to his eighth ODI century - but never did it seem the innings would be a match-winning one.

While West Indies were utterly insipid in the middle overs of the run-chase, Zimbabwe tightened the screw superbly with two impeccable spells by Utseya and Price. Both bowled in tandem, completed their ten overs on the trot, and conceded a combined total of 86. Even as the overs slipped, West Indies - and especially Morton - batted on seemingly oblivious to the target that had to be chased down. By the time the 118-run partnership was finally ended, the asking-rate had climbed to almost 16 per over, and any salvage operation was virtually impossible.

West Indies' effort with the bat had been equally uninspiring earlier in the day. Brendan Taylor started the onslaught for Zimbabwe with a 30-ball 27 and Matsikenyeri took charge at the death with a 40-ball blitz that fetched 55, as 81 runs came off the last nine overs.

The platform for that late charge was laid by a 90-run fourth-wicket partnership between Chibhabha and Hamilton Masakadza. Taylor's early blows ensured Zimbabwe had early runs on the board but his run-out, and the cheap dismissals of Vusi Sibanda and Tatenda Taibu saw Zimbabwe slump to 78 for 3.

Chibhabha rescued the innings with some sensible batting, knocking the ball into the gaps and crashing fours through cover and point whenever offered the width. Masakadza played an excellent supporting act till he played across the line off Gayle and was trapped in front. Chibhabha had fallen in Gayle's previous over but the presence of two new batsmen towards the end of the innings did little to halt the momentum, as Matsikenyeri and Chigumbura turned it on in style, clouting leg-side boundaries as West Indies lost the plot with the ball and in the field. At the halfway stage, Utseya would have been satisfied with the morning's work. As it turned out, the afternoon got even better.

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Kyle Mills struck early for New Zealand, removing Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith © Getty Images

Kyle Mills struck early for New Zealand, removing Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith

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Pollock fifty props South Africa to 209

New Zealand gave themselves probably the best chance of putting it across to South Africa with a committed effort in the field, restricting them to a modest 209 for 9 under sunny skies at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth. A 90-run partnership between Mark Boucher and Shaun Pollock - who helped himself to a hard-working fifty, helped South Africa wriggle out of a tricky situation, before a late cameo from Andre Nel boosted them to a respectable total.

It was still a commendable recovery by South Africa, who were struggling at 66 for 5. The top order wilted under the pressure created at the start by an incisive opening burst from Kyle Mills, backed by restrictive spells from the two-pronged spin attack of Daniel Vettori and Jeetan Patel.

Mills meant business from the start as Herschelle Gibbs - returning to the side after an injury - and Graeme Smith were lured into the trap of playing outside the off stump, resulting in edges to the slip cordon. The catching and anticipation was sharp and agile, and New Zealand, sensing an opportunity to make further inroads, threw themselves in the field, plugging the gaps in the first Powerplay.

Mark Gillespie then trapped AB de Villiers at the crease with a delivery that maintained its line after pitching. At 20 for 3, the pressure began to tell particularly on Jacques Kallis, who was uncharacteristically scratchy in a situation tailor-made for him. Attempts at shuffling across the stumps to unsettle the bowler's rhythm were met with little or no success. An attempted upper-cut missed the outside edge by a whisker and the fielders patrolling the inner circle were kept busy each time Kallis attempted something different.

JP Duminy promised plenty with a couple of smooth drives on the front foot off Mills. However, a rush of blood cut short his stint at the crease as he attempted to loft Patel over deep midwicket. A short-arm pull by Kallis past midwicket brought much-needed cheer to the crowd which had gone quiet, but the Men in Black were the only ones celebrating the next ball, as Kallis stepped down and scooped the ball down deep-backward point's throat.

The rebuilding act by Boucher and Pollock wasn't electrifying but effective as they rotated the strike against Patel and Vettori. The first ten overs of the stand had little in market value - only 26 came off it - but the passage of play after the drinks interval followed a slightly different script. Pollock was fed with three gifts in succession by Gillespie - scooping two over backward point and dispatching the third back past the bowler - and suddenly the next ten overs yielded 58.

With the South African innings gaining momentum, Vettori pushed the fielders back. Boucher, in search of his fifty, attempted to launch Vettori down town but closed the face of the bat at the point of contact, failing to get the required distance. Pollock, who survived a close shout for caught behind off Patel, reached his fifty off a beamer by Gillespie but the bowler had the final say, cleaning him up with a yorker on middle and leg.

A sharp catch at deep midwicket by Lou Vincent dismissed Johan Botha but the best entertainment was to come when Nel walked in. Mills, not the best bowler at the death, was at the receiving end of Nel's willow. He helped himself to two boundaries - one slashed past gully and the other biffed to square leg, followed by a six over deep cover. Nel finished the innings in style with a six off Gillespie, giving South Africa hope. Still, the target of 210 could be tricky, keeping in mind the difficulties teams have had in chasing under lights, with the easterly winds blowing across the ground.

Kanishkaa Balachandran is an editorial assistant at Cricinfo

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Former South Africa batsman Gary Kirsten on Thursday confirmed that he will take up the Indian coaching job.

"It is a great honour to be offered the coaching job of India, where cricket is a national passion," he told rediff.com over telephone from Cape Town.

"The BCCI has given me an offer letter with one week's time to reply back. So early next week I will reply to them," he added.

Kirsten emerged a surprise candidate to take over the post lying vacant since Greg Chappell's departure in April. The 40-year-old attended a secret interview with the Board of Control for Cricket in India's coach selection committee in Delhi on Monday.

"The meeting with the committee went off very well. It was good to know that they had so much confidence in me to take over this job," Kirsten said.

The committee that interviewed Kirsten included former India captains Sunil Gavaskar , Ravi Shastri and S Venkataraghavan, BCCI joint-secretary M P Pandove, treasurer N Srinivasan and secretary Niranjan Shah.

India's Test captain Anil Kumble was also invited to attend the meeting.

Kirsten also confirmed that it was the BCCI who had approached him.

"Yes, I was offered the job by the BCCI. I never applied for it, but it was them who approached me in the beginning of November," he confirmed. He played down the pressure involved in taking up such a high profile job.

"There is always going to be pressure in cricket. I have played under pressure for such a long time. As a coach my job would be to create an environment where all the players can perform at their best. That would be my priority," he reiterated.

The former South Africa opener said he hasn't made a decision on when he would join the Indian team.

"It is something that we are discussing at the moment. Obviously, the view of the senior players is important, so that is something we will discuss after I reply to the BCCI next week. Also, I have got a few commitments in hand."

Kirsten also added that he spoke with Kumble.

"I had a chat with him when I met during the meeting in Delhi. I get on along with him very well since we played a lot against each other. We will obviously continue to be in touch because it is important to know the feeling of the players," the South African said.

Earlier in the day, Kumble had given his approval to Kirsten's appointment.

"He has been in a team that has been successful in the late 90s. His skills as a player will be an asset to the team," the leg-spinner said on the eve of the second India-Pakistan Test in Kolkata.

Kirsten also seemed delighted with Kumble's comment and said: "I am happy with Kumble's comment. It is important to fall in relationship with players. India has got a good bunch of talented players; it is a good mix of youth and experience."

He also downplayed reports which said he had written in a tour diary in 1996 that India was not a good place to tour.

"I don't know where it came from. I always have enjoyed playing in India," he responded to the claims.

Kirsten is one of South Africa's top batsmen, having scored 7,289 and 6,798 runs in 101 Tests and 185 ODIs respectively. He retired from international cricket in 2004 after which he took over as South Africa's high performance manager. Later, he also set up the Gary Kirsten Cricket Academy in Cape Town and conducted a coaching clinic with the Zimbabwe national team in July this year.
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Dravid unhappy with sightscreen height

India's batting mainstay Rahul Dravid is known to be a perfectionist. Hence, it came as no surprise when he found a chink in the position of the sightscreen at the B C Roy Clubhouse end of the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Having arrived at the ground earlier than his team mates for net practice on Wednesday, the former India captain seemed a bit bothered by the height of the sightscreen.

The height of the sightscreen at the B C Roy Clubhouse end, or pavilion end, is less than that at the opposite end.

However, Dravid said it is merely a suggestion on his part and up to the authorities to decide on the same.

"It is not only that Dravid wants to increase the height of the sightscreen. Don't go and tell everyone that I have told you to do it. You take the views of Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble also on it," he told the ground authorities.

Also, the fact that the seats in that stand are just above the batsman's eye-line, it could be disrupting, especially if spectators move between an over from that end.

But increasing the height of the sightscreen could turn out to be a big problem for the Cricket Association of Bengal. The seats at that end provide the best view in the ground and, therefore, could be highly priced. Thus, covering that area would mean loss of revenue.

Dravid, meanwhile, had a suggestion for the authorities.

"You know some grounds in England have those white transparent sightscreens. For the batsman it looks completely white, but the spectators behind it also can view the action without any problem," he said.

That suggestion got the authorities busy, deciding whether to increase the height or bring the sightscreen forward.

One hopes better sense prevails and player comfort gets the priority over anything else.
Source: www.rediff.com

Viv is my hero, says Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar regards West Indies batting legend Vivian Richards as his hero, though he has never played against the legendary batsman at the international level.

"I had played against him only at the county level. He was then playing for Glamorgan and me for Yorkshire. He is my hero and playing against him is a special moment in my life. I cherish that", Tendulkar said at a photo exhibition, pointing to a snap showing him playing chess with Richards.

The exhibition of photos clicked by noted lensman Sumon Chattopadhyay on Indian cricket, had one that captured a young Tendulkar playing on the lane before his house in Mumbai.

The photo seemed to have turned the Mumbai batsman nostalgic and he exclaimed that even today he enjoyed playing cricket before his Bandra residence.

"It's great to play on the road. It's a time to relax and meet a lot of old friends. Even yesterday, I played on the road before my house," said Tendulkar as fellow international cricketers Sourav Ganguly , Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik heard him in rapt attention.

About another photo taken just after his marriage and showing him walk with his bride Anjali, Tendulkar said "it's an extremely special moment of my life with my life partner walking with me."

Then he turned to Yuvraj, and said with a smile "I want to wish Yuvraj all the best when he gets married."

The entire gathering broke into spontaneous applause and there were peals of laughter all around.
Source: www.rediff.com

Younis dedicates century to Woolmer

Vice-captain Younis Khan dedicated his match-winning 117 in the second one-dayer against India on Thursday to Pakistan's late coach Bob Woolmer. Younis anchored the innings as Pakistan recorded their highest successful one-day run chase to win with a ball to spare and level the five-match series 1-1. His third one-day hundred lifted the visitors to 322 for six after India totalled 321 for nine. "The situation required such a knock," Younis told reporters. "Today I tried hard and it worked and I can say it is special. "I would like to dedicate this innings to Bob Woolmer, especially the way he used to work with me." Younis, named man of the match, put on 102 for the fifth wicket with Misbah-ul Haq (49). When the centurion was out in the 46th over, Shahid Afridi [Images] took Pakistan over the finishing line with 29 not out off 14 balls. Woolmer died a day after Pakistan's shock first-round elimination at the World Cup in the Caribbean in March. The former England batsman was found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room. Police started a murder investigation days later after it was revealed the autopsy, which investigators said was inconclusive at first, found he died of manual strangulation. That investigation ended on June 12 when Jamaica's police commissioner said the constabulary would accept the opinion of three independent pathologists that Woolmer had died of natural causes, possibly a heart attack.
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India, Pakistan fined for slow over rates

India and Pakistan were fined for slow over rates in Thursday's second one-day international, won by the touring side by four wickets. The players were fined five percent of their match fee and the two captains double the amount after both teams were ruled to have fallen one over short in the allotted time, the International Cricket Council said in a statement. ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama summoned both captains after the match before deciding on the penalty.

Pakistan scored 322 to win off the penultimate ball. Their bowlers conceded 31 wides in a tally of 41 extras and their Indian counterparts sent down 16 wides. According to the ICC code of conduct regulations governing over-rate penalties, players are fined five percent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, with the captain fined double that amount.
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India's champion stuff too hot for Australia

Gautam Gambhir's blazing knock of 63 helped India crush Australia by seven wickets in the one-off Twenty20 international at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. Gambhir smashed six boundaries and a six in his 52-ball knock as India coasted to the victory target of 167, with 11 balls to spare. India lost an early wicket in the form of Virender Sehwag for 5, but Gambhir and Robin Uthappa (35) entertained the crowd with delightful strokeplay. The youngsters put on a quick 82-run partnership to put India on course to victory. Yuvraj Singh finished unbeaten on 35, inclusive of three sixes, while captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit a huge six to score the winning runs. Earlier, Ricky Ponting smashed 76 off 53 deliveries to guide Australia to a healthy 166 for 5 in their 20 overs. Harbhajan Singh was instrumental in restricting the Australians in the middle over, as he took one wicket for 17 runs in his four. Murali Kartik, making his Twenty20 debut, also impressed giving away 27 runs in his four overs. India are the reigning Twenty20 World champions, having won the inaugural tournament in South Africa last month. This is the first every Twenty20 international on Indian soil.

Australia innings:

Adam Gilchrist started his innings with a lucky boundary off R P Singh's second delivery as his attempted slash on the off-side went between the slip and wicketkeeper. Thereafter he smashed two more boundaries on either side of the wicket. He, however, fell for 12 when he played all over a full delivery from Singh off the fifth ball of the match.
Ricky Ponting also got off the mark in rather streaky fashion when his edge went to the boundary through the vacant slips region. He then announced himself with two commanding boundaries in Singh's second over as Australia raced to 25 for 1 after three overs. Hayden hit two huge sixes in successive overs off Sreesanth and Singh as Australia posted 42 for 1 in five overs. Irfan Pathan replaced Sreesanth, but was immediately taken to the cleaners as Ponting smashed him for four boundaries in his opening over. But Harbhajan Singh brought India back into the game when he claimed the crucial wicket of Hayden in the seventh over. The left-hander tried to play through the covers but inside edged it onto his stumps and was dismissed for 17. Andrew Symonds once again made his way to the middle to a hostile reception from the Mumbai crowd. Symonds and Ponting consolidated in the middle overs against the spin duo of Kartik and Harbhajan as Australia reached 81 for 2 after 10 overs. Ponting reached his half-century in the 13th over off an edged boundary that just evaded a diving Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It took the Australian captain just 33 deliveries to reach the landmark and included nine boundaries. Symonds and Ponting added 60 runs for the third wicket before the former was run out for 20 in the 14th over after a misunderstanding with his captain. Brad Hodge's horror run in India ended in quite the same fashion when he was bowled for 2 by Pathan as Australia reached 116 for 4 after 15 overs. Harbhajan dished out another tidy performance, claiming 1 for 17 in his four overs. Kartik also impressed, giving away just 27 runs in his four. Sreesanth conceded 22 runs in his final overs as Ponting hit him for two boundaries to take Australia to 149 for 4 after 18 overs. Ponting's entertaining knock of 76 came to an end when he dragged one on to his stumps and was bowled for 76. He hit 13 boundaries in his 53-ball knock before falling in the 19th over. Michael Clarke provided the flourish in the final overs, hitting 25 from 25 deliveries, including two boundaries as Australia ended on 166 for five in their 20 overs. The Indian seamers once again struggled to keep a check on the scoring rate as was the case in the recently-concluded ODI series between the two teams. Pathan chipped in with vital wickets to return figures of 2 for 34 in his four overs. The pitch looks good for batting and India will hope their batsmen can deliver in their first outing as World champions.

India innings:

After a quiet first over from Brett Lee , Gautam Gambhir went after Nathan Bracken and carted him for three boundaries in the second. Virender Sehwag hit a straight boundary off a yorker from Lee in the third over, but fell to the next for 5 when he edged behind trying to hit a wide delivery. Ben Hilfenhaus was introduced the third over and the move nearly paid dividends. Gambhir tried to loft over mid-off but holed out to the fielder. However, the bowler overstepped the mark and it was declared a no-ball. Uthappa started smashing the ball around as soon as he arrived at the crease. He smashed three boundaries off Lee's third over as India raced to 50 for 1 after five. Hilfenhaus also suffered in his next over as he went for 18 runs, including a six off a free hit by Gambhir. Gambhir and Uthappa were batting like real champions and no Aussie bowler was spared. They brought up their 50-run partnership in just 27 deliveries in the seventh over. Nothing seemed to be bother the two youngsters as they milked the bowling quite intelligently. India raced to 100 for 1 after just 10 overs. But, against the run of play, India lost the wicket of Uthappa to part-timer Michael Clarke in the 11th over. Uthappa tried to play it fine, but could only edge it behind to keeper Gilchrist for a fine knock of 35. His second wicket partnership of 82 in 52 deliveries with Gambhir had put India firmly on the path of victory. Gambhir, however, continued to bat solidly and reached his half-century off just 40 deliveries in the 13th over. In the next delivery, Yuvraj hit a flat six through mid-wicket to send the crowd into raptures and chants of "sixer, sixer" filled the stadium. Gambhir fell for a solid innings of 63, caught at midwicket, attempting a rash pull shot off Hilfenhaus. The left-hander hit six boundaries and a six in his 52-ball knock to lead India's run chase. It was his second match-winning knock in as many matches to follow up on the blazing 75 he made against Pakistan in the World Cup final. Yuvraj hit two consecutive sixes off Stuart Clark in the 17th over as India looked to finish off things quickly. Dhoni, who was greeted by chants of "Deepika", finished the match in style when he smashed Lee for a huge six over square leg. Yuvraj finished unbeaten on 31, inclusive of three sixes as India coasted to the victory target of 167, losing just three wickets, with 11 deliveries to spare.
India rose to the occasion very well and played like true champions. Barring for a few changes, it was the same team that was outplayed in the ODIs, but here they seemed unstoppable and had answers to everything Australia threw at them. The victory made it clear that the World Cup victory was no fluke and India are the best team in this format. The all-conquering Aussies have a lot to learn from them.
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How is a monkey chant akin to racial abuse is beyond my comprehension?.

How is a monkey chant akin to racial abuse is beyond my comprehension?. I was in the north stands and people were just having fun..They heckled every australian player and the ones near the boundary ropes bore the brunt..Now it's a well known fact that people who dont take banter lightly get the rough end of the stick..I dont think the taunts and the gestures had any racial overtones..It's just that he took offence to the treatment meted out and that is what's the ultimate aim of the fun loving spectators of the North stand..Why they'll even heckle some Indian players except Sachin, whom every cricket smart fan in Mumbai revers!!!! But it's all in good fun and the crowd generally is very decent and well educated..

Cricket is missing class bowlers?

world of cricket is missing class bowlers like Donald, MG,wasim, Younis etc watching just the ball going for 4 and 6 in the small ground is becoming boring. Previously the ground use to be 80 to 90 mtrs today its 66 to70 mtrs in future it will be 50 mtrs less than gully cricket.

It hard to digest that We Indians make fun of Symonds

I find it hard to digest that We Indians make fun of Symonds while more than 90% of us really look like a monkey with fat wide nostrils and banana lips with ugly short round faces. Really, how dare we made fun of a Mulatto from Australia. He has got a nice fit superior physique to lardy pot-bellied turkey necked Indians with ugly features. Now, see how tolerant they are. They are not making any big issue out of it while a few months ago some racism happened to shilpa and she made it her stairway to fame and cried her eyes out to the world to condemn the show and the participants. Symonds can also use this to gain some world wide fame but...you know what he just doesn't give a damn to some insignificant people from a country where many people actually look nothing less than a black monkey. Now, tell me how would you will when the aussies spectators made fun of us and our cricketers blatantly out in public. We must condemn this racism coz it is highly likely to backfire much much harder on us when we will go to australia in the next series. Trust me as a population of 1 billion , we sit in a boat much uglier then aussies where people generally are quite beautiful and fit. We can't afford to make fun of a forigner's looks when only 1 out of 20 Indians looks beautiful and rest are either too fat or too unattractive or jus plain average.

Symonds faces abuse yet again

The International Cricket Council may have issued the Board of Control for Cricket in India a stern warning with regard to controlling crowd behaviour after Andrew Symonds [Images] faced "abuse" in Vadodara, but it seems nothing has improved. The hard-hitting Aussie batsmen faced a repeat of the monkey chants and boos as he made his way to the crease and back during the seventh ODI in Mumbai on Wednesday. Symonds may have lasted just one delivery, but all through, even while fielding, he had to endure being taunted. Even Australia captain Ricky Ponting made his displeasure clear and said such stuff was totally unnecessary. "Some of the stuff that went on today was totally unnecessary. I hope it doesn't happen in the other cricket venue we are playing because it leaves a bad taste in everybody's mouth. "I am sure there will be a lot of embarrassed people around in this country as well when they know this sort of stuff has happened at one of their cricket venues," Ponting said in Mumbai on Wednesday, after India pulled off a thrilling two-wicket victory in the seventh ODI at the Wankhede stadium. However, this time the tourists were glad that prompt action was taken and fans ejected from the ground. "I believe action has been taken as well. A few members were arrested and taken away from the ground. That sort of stuff, as you all know, and as you all understand, is totally unacceptable any place, any time, not only in sport but in society. To have that sort of stuff happen to him again today for the second time is pretty disappointing considering how much has been made of it in the last few days," he said. Ponting expressed hope that there would not be a repeat of the taunts during the Twenty20 match at the CCI on Saturday. "But it is done now and, hopefully, it doesn't happen at the Twenty20 game [at the CCI on Saturday]. "We got a different reception here than we have in most venues. I went to the ground pretty early and went out to have a look at the wicket and they were all over me straightaway with a few different chants. We do get different kinds of reception all over the world and that is part of cricket I guess," he said. Earlier, in a joint-statement, BCCI president Sharad Pawar and Cricket Australia chairman Creagh O'Connor requested spectators not to engage in racist comments. "There is no place for racism in cricket, either on or off the field. Cricket crowds in all cricket nations are often noisy and boisterous, which is part of the fun of cricket," said the statement.
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BCCI announces enhanced retainership for top players

Putting an end to the long drawn negotiations on the contentious contracts issue, the BCCI on Thursday announced an enhanced annual retainership amount for a pool of 33 players with top grade cricketers being offered a whopping Rs 60 lakhs.

Having already showered the Twenty20 World Cup winning team with hefty cash incentives, the board carried its magnamity onto the central contracts as well by increasing the retainership amount in existing three categories while also introducing a fourth grade.

Paceman Zaheer Khan was the lone new name in the elite Grade A, which will get Rs 60 lakhs as retainership, an increase of Rs 10 lakhs from the earlier contract.

Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Yuvraj Singh and current ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni were the others in the Grade A while there were eight players in Grade B which had a retainership amount of Rs 40 lakhs.

VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Wasim Jaffer, S Sreesanth, Dinesh Karthik, RP Singh and Virender Sehwag have been clubbed in Grade B, which has also seen a hike of Rs 5 lakhs.

Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Ramesh Powar, Munaf Patel, Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla and Suresh Raina are the players who find a place in Grade C which has a retainership of Rs 25 lakhs.

The young Rohit Sharma, who starred in India's Twenty20 World Cup campaign and Joginder Sharma were among 11 other players who have been accommodated in the Group D introduced for the first time.

Manoj Tiwary, Ishant Sharma, Ranadeb Bose, Mohammad Kaif, Cheteshwar Pujara, Parthiv Patel, S Badrinath, Aakash Chopra and Yusuf Pathan are the other players in that grade which offers a retainership of Rs 15 lakhs.

The BCCI said in a release that a player, who was not offered a retainership and was selected to play for India in Tests or ODIs, would be placed in the Grade D.

"A player in Grade D, if he plays 5 Tests or 15 ODIs in a year, will be placed in Grade C from that date and will be paid retainership on the pro-rata basis," the release said.

According to the earlier contracts, players in Grade A got an annual retainership of Rs 50 lakhs, while the amount was Rs 35 lakhs and Rs 20 lakhs for Grades B and C respectively.

The contracts were finalised by the BCCI's gradation committee, comprising vice-president Shashank Manohar, treasurer N Srinivasan and former president IS Bindra.

Difference between the BCCI officials and the players after the World Cup debacle led to a stalemate on the contract issue forcing the board to extend the 2005-06 contracts by another year.

In the earlier negotiations, Manohar had taken a tough stand and had even called for performance-linked contracts, meaning that players would be rewarded for victories and penalised in case of defeats.

ICC World Twenty 20, 2007/08 : India beat Pakistan by 5 runs

Man of the Match: Irfan Khan Pathan
Man of the Series: Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
There's something about India and World Cups in South Africa. The last time India played a World Cup here, it reached the final.

Australia were too good in that 2003 final, but this time there was no denying a hungry Team India, minus big names but overflowing with infectious exuberance. Holding their nerve to win a match that made a rollercoaster ride look like a yawn, the team won the final by 5 runs and wowed the world. Then it was time for a victory lap around the field, tricolour held proudly aloft even as skipper MS Dhoni bared his chest.

It was a fitting finale to a tournament that has been high on thrills, and a fitting triumph for a team that believed in itself when hardly anybody else did. Led by a cool captain who urged them to just enjoy themselves, the players went out and had a blast — and soon, all of India had joined the party.

"I'd like to thank my young team, which has been amazing," said a beaming Dhoni after the match. "No one expected us to win, and now we deserve a big celebration." What made him choose Joginder Sharma for the final over?

"Bhajji wasn't sure, he wasn't getting his yorkers 100% right. I thought I'd give the over to a bowler who wanted to make a mark at the international level. It really didn't matter to me if we didn't win, because we'd given it our best," said Dhoni.

Rival skipper Shoaib Malik thanked the people of Pakistan "and Muslims all over the world" for their support before acknowledging that "we played badly and the Indians bowled superbly."

The BCCI, quick on the ball, announced a bonus of $2 million to the team and Rs 1 crore to Yuvraj Singh for his six sixes in an over. Generous? Not when you consider that the players have restored pride to Indian cricket.

Many have also redeemed themselves. None more so than man of the match Irfan Pathan, bowling again with the swing, verve and canniness that made him such an exciting prospect before he underwent a horrendous slump in form. He's back, and clearly loving it.

"We deserve it, specially after what happened at the (50-overs) World Cup," exulted Irfan. It was a doubly special day for the Pathan family, with Irfan's elder brother, Yusuf Pathan making his debut after Virender Sehwag was ruled out with injury.
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All about cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass field, roughly oval in shape, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a pitch. At each end of the pitch is a construction of three parallel wooden stakes (known as stumps) driven vertically into the ground, with two small crosspieces (known as bails) laid across the top of them. This wooden structure is called a wicket.

The bowler, a player from the fielding team, hurls a hard, fist-sized, cork-centred, leather-covered ball from the vicinity of one wicket towards the other. The ball usually bounces once before reaching the batsman, a player from the opposing team. In defence of the wicket, the batsman plays the ball with a wooden cricket bat. Meanwhile, the other members of the bowler's team stand in various positions around the field as fielders, players who retrieve the batted ball in an effort to stop the batsman scoring, and if possible to get him or her out. The batsman, if he or she does not get out (for example if the bowled ball hits the wicket, or if a fielder catches the ball off the bat before it bounces), may run between the wickets, exchanging ends with a second batsman (the non-striker), who has been waiting near the bowler's wicket. Each completed exchange of ends scores one run, and the match is won by the team that scores more runs.

Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years. It originated in its modern form in England and is most popular in the present and former members of the Commonwealth. Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world.[1][2][3] More than a hundred cricket-playing nations are recognised by the International Cricket Council.[4] In the countries of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, cricket is the most popular sport. It is also a major sport in England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies. There are also well-established amateur club competitions in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Kenya, Nepal and Argentina, among others.

The sport is followed with passion in many different parts of the world. It has even occasionally given rise to diplomatic outrage, the most notorious being the Basil D'Oliveira affair which led to the banning of South Africa from sporting events. Other examples include the Bodyline series, played between England and Australia in the early 1930s, and the 1981 underarm bowling incident involving Australia and New Zealand.
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England beat India by 42 runs in 3rd one dayer

Ian Bell's innings was the cornerstone of England's 42-run win against India at Edgbaston as they took a 2-1 lead in the seven-match series.




England players celebrate their win over India. England beat India by 42 runs in the third One-Day International at Edgbaston.

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) team had a 154-run win against the MRF XI

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) team has had a comfortable 154-run win against the MRF XI, in their lead-up match to the Buchi Babu Tournament, which gets underway in Chennai, India tomorrow.After winning the toss, AIS captain Craig Philipson elected to bat, which proved to be the right decision as the visitors compiled 7-318 from their 50 overs, on the back of a 120-run opening partnership.New South Welshman Ed Cowan (64) and Philip Hughes (56) combined to put on 120 for the opening wicket, which set up the innings for the middle-order to attack the bowlers in the latter overs.

Symonds tips tough tournament

Power-packed Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has conceded winning next month's inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa could be a more challenging proposition than success at the 50-over World Cup.Australia dominated the recent 50-over tournament, but the electrifying Symonds declared the shortened version of the condensed game was likely to be an even tougher affair.
Source:cricket.com.au

Zaheer Khan is the perfect example to aspiring fast bowlers

Rahul Dravid believes India match winner Zaheer Khan is the perfect example to aspiring fast bowlers.Zaheer finished as India's man of the series in the 1-0 npower Test series victory over England to cap a stunning return to international cricket.And Dravid reckons it has been a marathon season with Worcestershire in 2006 which has revitalised the 28-year-old's career.Zaheer lost form entirely in the winter of 2004-05 and was not even in the selection shake-up for series against England and West Indies last year.

Source: cricket.com.au

India won their first series in England since 1986

India won their first series in England since 1986, albeit 1-0, after England held on for a draw on the final day of the last Test at The Oval. It was a fitting denouement to a hard fought and evenly contested series as India's bowlers seldom slackened in their effort to force a win whereas England's batsmen displayed remarkable application. Kevin Pietersen helped himself to a workmanlike century and provided the backbone for England's resistance as they ended on 369 for 6. On a day when wickets fell at regular enough intervals to keep India interested till the very end, England held on, but Michael Vaughan's unbeaten home record slipped from his grasp.

England's injury troubles deepened

England's injury troubles deepened this afternoon after paceman Matthew Hoggard suffered a back spasm during practice and was sent to hospital for scans. Hoggard's injury scare comes after fellow spearhead Steve Harmison underwent hernia surgery which ruled him out of the Test series against India, beginning tomorrow at Lord's.

Should Hoggard not play, England will be forced to field an inexperienced pace attack with Chris Tremlett or James Anderson expected to replace him. Stuart Broad has been earmarked for his Test debut in the absence of Harmison.

The depth of England's bowling stocks is being sorely tested with Andrew Flintoff and Simon Jones already missing through injury. Couple their absence with that of Hoggard, Harmison and Ashley Giles, who has been ruled out for the summer, and you have the bowling attack which famously won the 2005 Ashes series against Australia.

England coach Peter Moores was full of praise for Broad, who is likely to partner the rejuvenated Ryan Sidebottom and either Hoggard or his replacement in a three-strong seam attack.

England vs West Indies, 3rd ODI

West Indies have an opportunity to finish the tour of England with a win. Currently series is 1-1,

West Indies' coach David Moore is optimistic about the final win.

Chanderpaul would be very important player in deciding the win. He scored 446 runs, and prior to Wednesday's century he made 53 not out in the first ODI at Lord's.

England Probable Team:

Alastair Cook
Matt Prior
Kevin Pietersen
Ian Bell
Paul Collingwood
Owais Shah
Stuart Broad
Ryan Sidebottom
Monty Panesar
James Anderson
Dimitri Mascarenhas

West Indies Probable Team:

Chris Gayle
Devon Smith
Dwayne Smith
Shiv Chanderpaul
Daren Powell
Runako Morton
Marlon Samuels
Dwayne Bravo
Denish Ramdin
Ravi Rampaul
Fidel Edwards.

Cricket : India won by 46 runs in the second one dayer

India won by 46 runs in the second one dayer played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on 12th mat,2007 and clinch the series. This was the 2583th One day international match. India won the toss and elected to bat first. Match was limited to Maximum 50th over.

Man of the match: Gautam gambhir

Indian Performance:

Batting.............

Player Name	Status	R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	c Javed Omar b Syed Rasel	21	34	26	1	1	80.76
G Gambhir	b Syed Rasel	101	153	113	11	0	89.38
MS Dhoni (wicket-keeper )	c wicket-keeperMushfiqur Rahim b Mohammad Rafique	36	73	54	4	0	66.66
Yuvraj Singh	c & b Mohammad Rafique	24	21	22	2	2	109.09
R Dravid (captain )	not out	42	82	47	1	0	89.36
D Mongia	c Mohammad Rafique b Abdur Razzak	17	21	16	2	0	106.25
KD Karthik	lbw b Mohammad Rafique	6	5	4	1	0	150
Piyush Chawla	st wicket-keeperMushfiqur Rahim b Abdur Razzak	1	4	2	0	0	50
RR Powar	lbw b Mashrafe Mortaza	5	11	11	0	0	45.45
Z Khan	not out	9	4	4	2	0	225
Extras	(b 1, lb 7, w 9, nb 5)	22
Total	(8 wickets; 49 overs)	284

Bowling.........

Bowler's Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	7	0	32	2	5
MM Patel	7	0	34	0	5
Piyush Chawla	10	0	37	3	4
RR Powar	10	1	32	1	3
D Mongia	8	0	57	0	7
Yuvraj Singh	7	0	40	2	6

Bangla Desh Performance:

Batting..............

Player Name	Status	R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
Javed Omar	c Karthik b Khan	11	51	33	1	0	33.33
Tamim Iqbal	run out (Piyush Chawla/wicket-keeperDhoni)	7	22	12	1	0	58.33
Aftab Ahmed	b Powar	40	71	41	5	1	97.56
Saqibul Hasan	c wicket-keeperDhoni b Khan	5	11	8	1	0	62.5
Mohammad Ashraful	b Piyush Chawla	12	19	13	1	0	92.3
Habibul Bashar (captain)	st wicket-keeperDhoni b Piyush Chawla	43	77	88	0	2	48.86
Mushfiqur Rahim (wicket-keeper)	c Karthik b Yuvraj Singh	35	50	43	3	1	81.39
Mashrafe Mortaza	c Sehwag b Yuvraj Singh	42	40	22	1	5	190.9
Mohammad Rafique	c sub (AR Uthappa) b Piyush Chawla	13	12	19	0	1	68.42
Abdur Razzak	not out	9	17	11	1	0	81.81
Syed Rasel	not out	4	5	7	0	0	57.14
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 8, nb 3)	17

Bowling.............

Bowler's Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza	10	0	57	1	5.7
Syed Rasel	10	1	49	2	4.9
Abdur Razzak	10	0	59	2	5.9
Saqibul Hasan	7	0	40	0	5.71
Mohammad Rafique	10	0	59	3	5.9
Aftab Ahmed	2	0	12	0	6