Misbah eyes top four Test spot for Pakistan

Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq on Thursday said he has targeted a top four Test spot for his side with an eye on qualification for the inaugural World Test Championship in 2013.

The four top teams in the ICC (International Cricket Council) standings in mid-January 2013 will progress to the first World Test Championships scheduled to be played in England later that year.

"We can come in the top four to feature in the Test championship and that's one of the aims in our next three important series," said Misbah, appointed captain for all three formats of the game last month.

I hope some other franchise will take me: Muralithar

Some recent report states that ex-Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is confident of being picked by a franchise after the BCCI terminated his present IPL side, Kochi Tuskers Kerala's contract.

After reports have come in media saying that the board has issued a statement terminating Kochi's contract, a move which prompted the controversial Kerala team to threaten legal action against the Cricket Board.

Australia win series 1-0, Third Test ends with no result

Scoreboard at the end of the third and final test between Sri Lanka and Australia on Tuesday.   

 Australia first innings 316   

 Sri Lanka first innings 473        

 Australia second innings (overnight 209-3)   
 S. Watson lbw b Herath                   21   
 P. Hughes c Thirimanne b Herath         126   
 S. Marsh c Thirimanne b Herath           18   
 R. Ponting c M. Jayawardene b Herath     28   
 M. Clarke c Paranavitana b Herath       112   
 M. Hussey c Welegedara b Dilshan         93   
 B. Haddin c Lakmal b Herath              30   
 M. Johnson c Eranga b Welegedara          4   
 P. Siddle lbw b Herath                   26   
 T. Copeland c Paranavitana b Eranga       3   
 N. Lyon not out                           1                 
 Extras: (b 5 lb 11 w 6 nb 4)             26   
 Total: (all out; 138.5 overs)           488   

 Fall of wickets: 1-62 2-122 3-188 4-220 5-396 6-448 7-452
8-471 9-486    

 Bowling: Eranga 18.5-2-62-1 (1nb, 1w), Lakmal 22-2-86-0
(3nb, 1w), Welegedara 24-3-88-1, Herath 52-11-157-7, Dilshan
19-0-62-1, Thirimanne 1-0-7-0, Paranavitana 2-0-10-0.   

    

 Sri Lanka second innings   
T. Paranavitana not out        2   
L. Thirimanne not out          4   
Extras (w 1)                   1   
Total (for 0 wickets; 2 overs) 7   

 Did not bat: Dilshan, Sangakkara, M. Jayawardene, P.
Jayawardene, Mathews, Eranga, Herath, Lakmal, Welegedara    

 Bowling: Copeland 1-0-3-0 (1w), Lyon 1-0-4-0   

 Result: Match drawn   

 Australia win the three match series 1-0   

Sri Lanka bowled out for 104 against Australia

According to the fresh reports from the center of Galle cricket ground, a superb five-wicket haul for Nathan Lyon - including a wicket with his very first ball - has put Australia in a leading command on day two of their opening Test against Sri Lanka.

Lyon has took 5-34 off 15 overs as Sri Lanka crumbled to be all out for 105 in their first innings at Galle, the South Australian claiming the milestone with an athletic caught and bowled to dismiss Chanaka Welegedara (1).

The 23-year-old off-spinner's display was his first five-wicket haul in his short career and is the best bowling performance on Test debut by an Australian since Jason Krejza's 8-215 in Nagpur in 2008.

Latest Photos of AUstralia v/s Sri Lanka Test match at Galle

Australia v/s Sri Lanka First test match Live from Galle

Australia lost early wickets against Sri Lanka in 1st Test match

According to some fresh reports from the cricket, Australia lost the wickets of its two opening batsmen cheaply before lunch on the opening day of the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka in Galle on Wednesday.

Australia captain has won the toss and decided to bat first, were 76 for two at the break with Ricky Ponting and skipper Michael Clarke on 21 runs each, the pair having put on 40 for the third wicket.

The start was delayed by an hour due to overnight rains, but coverings ensured the wicket and the outfield remained dry.

                                                                                            

India v/s Sri Lanka ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Final at Mumbai

Hello friends,

India is very close to win the World CUp 2011, India need just 33 runs from 33 balls.

Captain from the India team, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh is at the middle and would like to finish the game as soon as possible.

Some recent picture from the match are as follows.

MS Dhoni is batting super today in the final at MUMBAI. The captain from the team India is batting at 71 runs and along with him is Yuvraj batting at 12 runs. Indians are just 28 runs away from the WORLD CUP 2011.

India v/s Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka won the toss and will bat first

India v/s Sri Lanka

According to the fresh reports from the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, India is all set to face Sri Lanka in today’s ICC Cricket World Cup 2001 Final match Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

The captain from the Sri Lanka team, Kumar Sangakara won the toss and elected to bat first.

Sreesanth is in, playing ahead of R Ashwin for the injured Ashish Nehra. That's the only change India have made from the team that beat Pakistan in the semi-final.

India v/s Sri Lanks Final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

India v/s Sri Lanka at Mumbai

According to the fresh reports from the ICC Cricekt World Cup 2011, India is all set to face Sri Lanks in the final match of the tournament today.

The final clash is set to take place at mumbai today and will start from 2:30 pm local time.

India is the most likely team to win the Cup 2011, but as we all know that cricket is a game of luck. Though, India team will been having huge crowd support for them at Mumbai toady, Sachine Tendulkar is going to play at his home groud and cricket fans want him to complete his 100 hundreds today.

Sangakara thanks team effort, 1st to be in ICC Cricket World Cup final

Kumar Sangakara

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara believes his team's qualification for the World Cup final can further unite a country steadily finding its feet after the end of a decades-long civil war.

Sri Lanka reached their second successive final, and third in all, with a nervy five-wicket win over New Zealand on Tuesday.

Here Comes the lates pictures of Sri Lanka v/s New Zealand match

New Zealand

Kumar Sangakara

 

Sri Lanka won the toss and will bat first against New Zealand

According to the fresh reports from the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, New Zeland is all set to face Sri Lanka in today’s match Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.  

Sri Lanka

Toss: Kumar Sanga has chosen to bat. "It looks a bit soft, there will be spongy bounce and it will do more in the lights. We are playing Mendis as second spinner and Kulasekara, Malinga and Angelo as our fast bowlers."

Taylor: "I too would have batted first. It might spin a bit later on. Hamish Bennett comes in for Mills. It's always exciting to play a world cup game."

ICC Cricket World Cup- Pakistan v/s Canada updates

According to the fresh news from the ICC Cricket World Cup match, Pakistan is playing their match against Canada in Sri Lanka here today.

The Pakistan team won the match by 46 runs.

Batting first, all the Pak players were bowled out at just 184 runs on the board.

Once, it looked easy for Canada to achieve the target, but Pakistani Captain made it hard for the Canada players.

He bowled superbly and once again took five wickets. He took 5/23 in his 10 overs.

Pakistan:-

Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad , Kamran Akmal† , Younis Khan , Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal , Shahid Afridi* , Abdul Razzaq ,Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz,Saeed Ajmal.

Canada:-

R Gunasekera, NR Kumar , ZE Surkari , A Bagai*† , AS Hansra, Rizwan Cheema, Khurram Chohan, WD Balaji Rao, H Osinde, TG Gordon.

ICC Cricket World Cup:- Pakistan v/s Sri Lanka updates

According to the latest reports from the ICC Cricket World Cup, 10^th match of the tournament is going on between Pakistan and Sri Lanka Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo here.

The Pakistan Captain S. Afridi won the toss and elected to bat first. Batting first, the Pakistan was allout 277 runs on the board with the loss of seven wickets from their 50 overs game.

Once again, the middle order batsmen from the Pak team did their perfectly, while top order again failed.

Pak batsmen, Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq, both hit half centuries, with Younis Khan hit 72 runs with 4 fours and Misba was 83 not out with 6 fours.

Sri Lanka team

KC Sangakkara*†, DPMD Jayawardene, TM Dilshan, CRD Fernando, HMRKB Herath, CK Kapugedera, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, AD Mathews, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan, NLTC Perera, TT Samaraweera, LPC Silva, WU Tharanga

Pakistan team

Shahid Afridi*, Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Junaid Khan, Kamran Akmal†, Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Akmal†, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Younis Khan.

Here are some more EXTRA SHORTS about World Cup

Fact 1

India’s master blaster Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman to be dismissed via third umpire during the World Cup 1992.

Fact 2

The one-day matches were reduced from 60 overs to 50 overs, during the 1987 World Cup matches mainly due to shorter daylight hours in the region.

Fact 3

South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs smashed six sixes in an over, the first time ever in an ODI and the first ever in the World Cup match against the Netherlands during a group league match in 2003.

Fact 4

Arjuna Ranatunga, the captain of Sri Lanka team that lifted the world cup in 1996, played around 93 tests smashing 5105 runs and 269 ODIs and scoring 7456 runs before being selected as Member of Parliament.

World Cup Cricket 2011

Hello friends, as we all know that ICC World Cup Cricket 2011 is knocking at the door, and just a week is left for it to start.

So, before the start of the world cup, I would like to share some amazing fact with you, which might be not known to you..

Fact 1- 

In the first World Cup played at England in 1975, India’s opening batsman little master Sunil Gavaskar played the match for complete 60 overs in a match played against England and remained not out, with a mere 36 runs runs scored off 174 balls.

Fact 2- 

Indian’s Chetan Sharma, Pakistan’s Saqlain Mustaq, Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vass and Australian Brett Lee are the four bowler in the world cricket who had taken hat-trick in the World Cup matches.

Fact 3- 

India’s opening batsman Kris Srikanth was a hard hitter much before the term became fashionable. “Cheeka” played around 146- ODI matches and scored almost 4,091 runs. He was only the first Indian to take five wickets in a one day twice.