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Asif and Sami bowled out Australia

January 3rd, 2010

Seamers of Pakistan bowling attack out class Australian batting and bowl out the host for only 127 in sydney Australia. First Muhammad Sami and then Muhammad Asif bowling was unplayable for the strong Australian side and the wickets fell very quickly and the whole batting ended despite rain interruption.

Asif returned his career best six for 41 runs. The hosts, after electing to bat in rain-delayed match, lost their first two wickets for three runs. Sami was also playing a test match after a long rest, he was requested by skipper Muhammad Yousaf to the selection committee. he proved good as the first three batsmen were targeted by him.

The bowlers did well and now is the turn of Pakistan batsmen to get a good lead and put Australia under pressure to win this match and level the series.

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Cricket on Slow Wicket

December 8th, 2009

Wicket, which offers no advantage to bowlers specially pace bowler, normally known as slow pitch or wicket. Physically that wicket found in this state in which fast bowlers cannot claim wickets easily. Normally in this sort of wickets medium pacers can achieve their goals,  bowlers should delivered the ball on the off-side and set the field towards the said side, this is the most safest tactic to seize the batsmen for more runs, in this era batsmen definitely will play in mentally pressure and there will be chance of mistake occurs, that will be the successful period of the bowlers, If bowlers doesn’t emphasize this practice otherwise, slow pitch converts into  paradise for the batsmen and they can scores huge runs without any hurdles. Now a days cricket becomes passionating game, viewres like to watch aggressive and energetic smashes by the batsmen, in this sense players enjoy betting, on slow wicket or slow pith. We can see that the records of most runs in test cricket increases day by day, we have never seen before the single, double, triple centuries, in this quantity which have became very common today, just because of slow pitches.

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Dream comes true India No.1 in Test Cricket

December 7th, 2009

India after smashing Sri Lanka, became top on the test cricket team ranking. It was not only the dream for the players, but every nation of every country hopes to be the best in the world and  when we talk about cricket, it converts into passion, specially in Asian continents.  

India now no.1 test team in the world after beating series against Sri Lanka,  on these  historical and memorable moments  the skipper Dhoni said “  The real tough job starts,  now to maintain  this performance “.  So many ODI and test records holder the superb Sachin said ” It is fantastic to be the no.1 test team, I have been waiting a long time to get this position “.

From couple of months Indian team routed Pakistan, England, Australia, and now Sri Lanka in India as well as New Zealand out of home. These are the great victories in sense of test cricket.  Now a days when cricket becomes a game of passion, India have marvellous hard hitters and sweet timers of the ball  Sachin, Sehwag, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Gambhir,  Dravid, and when we talk about bowling, we found great spinner Harbhajan, occasionally useful Sachin and pace bowlers Zaheer, Irfan, Ishant Sharma, R.P Singh and Ashish Nehra.

Finally the world of cricket lovers congratulates India for the dazzling, committed,  professional and dominating performance, well done India.

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India at the brink of test defeat

April 5th, 2008

Losing by an innings and 90 runs may not be as bad as losing by two days to spare. But India were subject to both after they were shot out for 76 on the first day of the second Test at the Sardar Patel Stadium at Motera here. Captain Anil Kumble, though, attributed it to the opponent fielders.

 

“It was one of those days (the first day) when every edge from the batsmen went straight to the fielders,” the Indian captain said after India went down 0-1 in the three-match Future Cup series on Saturday. But he credited the batsmen for their performance in the second innings.

 

“The batsmen seemed to be in good nick in the second innings as everyone got starts, but could not go on to make a big one,” he reflected on two half-centuries from Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni.

 

“It would have been great if he (Ganguly) had got a hundred today,” he lamented.

 

The 37-year-old, however, acknowledged that after the insipid show in the first innings, India could never have got back in the game. “It’s always difficult to come back in a match when you have been bundled out for 76. We were in the game even when we got four quick South African wickets, but the partnership between Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers took it away from us,” he said.

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