IPL names SA as location

The Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday named South Africa as the host of the six-week tournament, beginning next month.

The decision followed talks held in Johannesburg between Cricket South Africa’s chief executive Gerald Majola and IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, who had been expected to visit England on Wednesday to evaluate the possibility of staging the event there.

Although no official announcement has been made yet, sources said that the tournament will be held between April 18 and May 24, a delay of about one week from the original schedule.

Eight venues have been identified for staging the eight-team tournament and the matches will start at 4 pm IST and 8 pm IST to make it convenient for Indian television viewers.

South Africa pipped England as the venue after the BCCI decided to shift the tournament outside India because of security issues in view of the general elections.

The tournament will feature 59 matches. It is understood that concerns over weather, logistics and the costs involved persuaded IPL executives to choose South Africa ahead of England.

Test cricket is still alive!! - part2

Now Ricky Ponting laughed and cracked jokes with comrades while his counterpart coaxed from his team a performance of the utmost resilience. At daggers drawn for so many years these opponents forged a spirit that tolerated both fierce play and friendship. It was the spirit of true sport. Doubtless their experiences in the Indian Premier League forged an understanding. Perhaps it helped that the sting had been taken out of low catches by referring them to an independent adjudicator. But credit must also be given to leaders responsible for ensuring their charges represented their nations with honour and mutual respect. Ultimately it is down to the captains. No grizzles, no gripes. Australia was superb in victory, South African magnificent in defeat.

In the end justice was served as the stronger side prevailed in both the series and the final Test. Australia took control of the match on the opening day and never quite lost its grip. Winning the toss helped as did the arrival of fresh bowlers but the hosts also displayed unflagging gusto. In Michael Clarke the victors had the batsman of the summer whilst Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle advanced their reputations with whole-hearted showings. Faults can be found in an evolving Australian side but that is a topic for another day.

South Africa went down with every flag flying. Seldom has a loss so closely resembled a triumph. Throughout this campaign this team of many colours has demonstrated an ability to defy the odds. South Africa was supposed to lose heavily in Perth but won by six wickets. Things looked even worse in Melbourne till the tailenders went to work. Now the visitors seemed down for the count for a third time and rallied with such tenacity that the day was almost saved. Smith's side caught superbly in the slips, unleashed some old-fashioned pace with Dale Steyn and fielded some gifted and gritty young batsmen in Jean-Paul Duminy and A.B. de Villiers. They provided stirring competition and superb entertainment.

And so the summer of Test cricket ended on the highest note. After 15 days of intense and fluctuating cricket the South Africans took the spoils and deserve to be recognised as the strongest side around. But the Australians fought back with skill and application to take a valuable win. Roll on February 25 when these teams meet again on African soil.

Test cricket is still alive!!

AND they said Test cricket was dead! Roll over Allen Stanford and all the other unbelievers with a concentration span of 10 minutes. An exhilarating Test match ended in its last few moments in the most stunning circumstances as a battered but unbowed visiting captain was beaten by a scything delivery from an exhausted opponent.

After five days of intense and sporting struggle the match was settled with 10 balls to spare. The last hour was an almost unbearable tale of frustrations, overthrows, dropped catches, bowling changes, field changes, appeals, defiance, courage, endeavour and fine players reaching deep into themselves in search of that last drop of energy. At times the drama was tinged with farce. Supporters could hardly bring themselves to watch. It was a tense, thrilling denouement that transfixed two sporting nations. Never mind that the series had been decided. Far from going though the motions two proud teams exchanged cricketing blows until finally one was forced to yield.

It was an extraordinary finish. Storm clouds were gathering over a scarred ground. An increasingly alarmed Australian side was desperately trying to take the last two wickets and secure a much-needed victory. South African tailenders were hanging on for dear life.

Meanwhile all and sundry were watching the rooms wondering whether or not a wounded captain intended to bat. Rumours spread that he had been sighted in white clothes and then swinging a bat but, like the existence of the Loch Ness monster, they remained unconfirmed. Someone said that his plaster cast had been cut off and he was trying to put on his batting gloves. Not until the last instant did anyone outside the rooms realise that Graeme Smith meant to take his turn at the crease. And as he threaded his way through the throng and towards the field so the crowd stood to salute him. Hereafter no teammate will dare to let him down. Everyone rose to the occasion, not just the players. Nationalism was put aside as a brave warrior was given his due. Not that Makhaya Ntini was any less deserving as he too surpassed himself with 75 balls of caution interspersed with sudden shafts of aggression. No one expected him to last but he left the field with his wicket intact.

Throughout these dramas both teams were seen in the best possible light. Twelve months ago the SCG Test reached a similar conclusion but followed an altogether more acrimonious course. Afterwards the hosts were nonplussed to discover that some patriots were unable to share their joy.

TEST SERIES IN ENGLAND(1990)

India came into the first Test at Lord's in sparkling form with a string of wins, including a 2-0 sweep in the ODI series. But they came up against Gooch, and his 333 and 123 guided England to a 247-run win. That was enough to secure the series 1-0. A batting paradise at Manchester produced a great game, India finishing on 343 for 6 chasing 408, Sachin Tendulkar making 119 and Mohammad Azharuddin his second successive hundred. At The Oval, India made England follow on, but David Gower, playing for his place on that winter's Ashes tour, made a brilliant 157 to save the match. The series was entertaining from the off, and was played in sublime weather than necessitated a hosepipe ban. There was nothing to separate the teams, except the toss at Lord's. Tests: England 1 India 0 Drawn 2,ODIs: England 0 India 2.

Cricket facing its toughest Tests

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And what effects the marauding gunmen, grenades in hotel lobbies and battlefield scenes have had. 

The England Performance squad missed the carnage by chance, their training camp moved at the last minute from Mumbai to Bangalore, and are joining the full England one day squad who are already home; the Champions League is postponed, with Middlesex luckily escaping being in the Taj Mahal hotel by 24 hours; luminaries such as Shane Warne are concerned about playing in India again and next month's two-Test series against England is hanging by the slimmest of threads. 

Kevin Pietersen has publicly stated that no player will be forced to tour and now they must wait for the various security reports. 

"The BBCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India] will provide one and the ECB (English Cricket Broad] security officer Reg Dickason will compile one, but I'm not sure there is time for an independent (report] because if we are going to play the series the players need to get out there pretty soon and start preparing," said Sean Morris, chief executive of the Professional Cricketer's Association. "It was thought that with the families in such distress it was best to get the players back home, allow everyone to cool down the emotions and then calmly examine the situation and make a well informed decision about the Test series, but the basis of that decision will come from the security reports."

Such is the mistrust of Lalit Modi, the BCCI vice-president and shotgun mouth, that the BCCI report will probably be taken with a pinch of salt by the players. Of more importance will be the thoughts of ECB security officer Dickason.

Players could decide fate of series - Pietersen

The fate of England's Test tour to India lies in the hands of the players themselves, according to their captain, Kevin Pietersen, as the team prepares to fly home from the country in the wake of the terrorist atrocities that have rocked Mumbai over the past two days.

Officials from both England and India are adamant that the Test series will go ahead, particularly after the BCCI agreed to shift the second Test from Mumbai to Chennai on a request from the ECB. But according to Pietersen, the situation is not so cut-and-dried. If his team-mates have reservations about taking part, he will not be forcing them to re-join the tour.

"We need to make sure the security's right - but if it's not safe then we won't be coming back," Pietersen told Sky Sports. "People are their own people, I'll never force anyone to do anything or tell them to do anything against their will. On the field I may ask people to do things in a certain way but people run their own lives. We'll have to see how the security is."

Despite the postponement of the final two ODI fixtures in Guwahati and Delhi, England are still scheduled to take part in a planned warm-up match in Baroda on December 5-7, which effectively means that the players will have no more than five days to reach a concensus and return to the country. However, a senior BCCI official admitted that the Indian board is aware that the fate of the series now lies in the hands of the England players.

"Both the boards are in complete agreement on going ahead with the Test series," the official told Cricinfo. "But it seems the stand adopted by the England players will be crucial. At this point, I doubt whether even the ECB can confirm what their [players] position will be. The next few days will be important, but that issue is for the ECB to resolve. As far as the BCCI is concerned, there are absolutely no doubts about the Test series."

Whats up for the Proteas??

If the Proteas and their coach Mickey Arthur had returned to South Africa in the middle of August, they would have come home to a heroes' welcome after securing a Test series victory in England for the first time since their return to international cricket.

Instead, the Proteas had a much quieter homecoming, after losing all their one-day internationals (ODIs) against England. Only persistent rain in Cardiff on Wednesday prevented a 5-0 whitewash which would have seen England moving to the second spot on the ICC one-day rankings. As it is, South Africa are still in second place, but the gap between the Proteas and Ricky Ponting's Australians has increased.

2nd test - India VS Srilanka

Virender Sehwag is the Man of the Match for his fantastic double ton in the first innings and a fine half century in the second. He wins the race ahead of Ajantha Mendis and Harbhajan Singh. They both picked up 10 wickets in the match.

Match Notes and Score card: here

It was a fine test match. After a superb start, India lost their way but Sehwag's double ton ensured that India get to a respectable total. The Indian bowlers, led by Harbhajan Singh, pulled things in their favour by enabling India to take a first innings lead. Virender Sehwag continued with his form and he was supported by Gambhir in the second innings. After a bit of wobble, India managed to edge past the 300 run mark. It was never going to be easy to chase more than 300 runs on this wicket and Sri Lanka got trouble not from a spinner but from Ishant Sharma who led the attack in the initial part of the Sri Lankan second innings. He was then joined by Harbhajan Singh, who finished with 4 wickets in the second innings and 10 wickets in the match. It was very much a good all round performance by the Indians but they still need to crack the Mendis Code to convert this win into a series win.

India wins 2nd test against Sri Lanka

GALLE, Sri Lanka: India beat Sri Lanka by 170 runs in the second cricket test and squared the three-match series 1-1. Sri Lanka won the first test.

Scores: India 329 (Virender Sehwag 201 not out, Gautam Gambhir 56, Ajantha Mendis 6-117) and 269 (Gambhir 74, Sehwag 50, Mendis 4-92, Muttiah Muralitharan 3-107) defeated Sri Lanka 292 (Mahela Jayawardene 86, Kumar Sangakkara 68, Malinda Warnapura 66, Harbhajan Singh 6-102, Anil Kumble 3-81) and 136 (Thilan Samaraweera 67, Harbhajan Singh 4-51, Ishant Sharma 3-20).

CABS team triumphs!!!!!!!!!

We couldn grab the HCG today!!!So we had to be content with the Department Cricket Ground(DCG)..Though the pitch and ground were below standards, cricket was never below standard today!!!We decided on playing Limited overs Innings match today..We have already played this format once...We decided to play 2 innings with 10 overs per innings...WTF team won the toss and decided to bat...NATTU DRAVID and PRAVEEN-ul-haq opened the innings for them...Since the pitch was typically uneven the ball was never easy to predict..The ball seemed to have possessed a nature of its own...Once the ball bounced over the batsman's head and once it kept too low making it diffucult to even make contact with the bat..so overall it was a low scoring match..DRAVID and ul-haq played well ..Once they were out they were followed by PRAS CLARKE(he preffered to be called this way!!!!!!!!) and HARI WARNE...The WTF team ended up scoring 34 runs in the stipulated 10 overs....ADMIN and SLOPPER opened the innings for the CABS team and both played well for not too long...The others followed soon..It was the indomitable VIRU SEELAN who carefully read the pitch and played steadily...But we fell short of the WTF score, yielding them a meagre lead of 6 runs...WTF could not play as aggressively in the 2nd innings as they did in the first innings, thanks to CABS bowlers especially VASANTH LEE and WIN RICHARDS...WTF were all out in the last over and were able to score only 20 in the 2nd innings with an overall lead of 26 runs...Chasing 27 to win, myself and ADMIN finished off the match easily...It was another victory for CABS team...!!!!!!
Everyone as usual played their part well...DRAVID, PRAVEEN, WARNE, CLARKE all batted well...VARUN spearheaded their team bowling along with SOURAV MALI...MALI has drastically improved his fielding!!!!RV PONTING was given the bat only in the second innings, but he failed to make a mark..and except for only one misfield he was really impressive in his fielding!!!!Good work PONTING!!! And DRAVID's catch at long off was remarkable..Great catch DRAVID!!!Excellent judgement!!!And VARUN SINGH's 2 wicket over needs special mention!!!For the CABS Team, ADMIN played well in both the innings...VIRU was brilliant with the bat in the first innings and was equally brilliant in the field!!Good work VIRU!!!JONTY was flawless in the field today..It was really good to see him field just as he is used to...Keep up the tempo JONTY!!!RICHARDS was equally at ease with both his fielding and bowling!!He is another player whose fielding curve is always on the rise.!!!!LEE was simply great with the ball as usual...!!Since the contribution was equally distributed, i could not pick players to name as PERFORMERS OF THE DAY!!!!So everyone were players of the day!!!!
Last but not the least, One of our key players, SLOPPER injured himself in his finger...Lets all pray for his speedy recovery!!!Meet all of u at the next edition of CABS Cricket..Till then keep anticipating and keep praying!!!!!bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CABS team bounces back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A perfect day for cricket today and CABS team broke its jinx of back to back losses...The WTF winning streak of 5 matches was halted by CABS today..!!!

A total of 2 matches were played today..WTF played first in the first match..And because of my lazy fielding in the deep i dropped an easy catch that of DRAVID in just the 2nd ball of the innings..That catch eventually cost the match for CABS team..DRAVID made the best possible use of that life...sorry team members..DRAVID anchored to the crease till the end..he played some really delightful strokes..WTF team reached a rapid fire 30 in just the first 2 overs..thanks to some cracking strokes by PRAVEEN-ul-haq and DRAVID...We had a hard time breaking this partnership apart...once this partnership was broken, we hoped that the flow would decrease, but we were wrong...The other players played equally well and they landed up at a formidable 93 at the end of 12 overs..REP and CHIK SYMONDS played some cracking storkes to bring their team to a really good position..DRAVID remainded not out..It was a very impressive innings...Great innings DRAVID...

Then, chasing a daunting target, ADMIN and SLOPPER opened the innings for CABS team...ADMIN played with ease and gave the start that the team needed...SLOPPER could not last long..We lost wickets at one end but ADMIN remained rock solid at the other end..He lost his wicket after bringing the team to a really good position..Then WATSON and JONTY played with responsibilty and tried hard to win the match for our team...VIRU also joined the party with some blistering shots...But it was a really good display of bowling by WTF..They kept the scoring rate under check..And their fielding was exceptional..Especially the catch which IRFAN RAJ took...Thank god!!!That was a blinder,literally..He came up from nowhere to catch that ball...Great Catch IRFAN!!!CABS team went down fighting!!!we were able etch up only 78 in the stipulated 12 overs..But it was a great show resilience CABS team...It was victory number 5 in 5 matches for WTF team.....

Now, the 2nd match...We opted to bat and it was disappointment for us...ADMIN and SLOPPER got out cheaply..It was once again up to WATSON and JONTY to score some runs...But we were able to score only 36 in the stipulated 10 overs...With confidence in our fielding and bowling we set down to defend the score...We were not let down by VIRU..He caught a couple of tough catches one of which to remove opener PRAVEEN-ul-haq...Great running catch VIRU!!!!!!!!!Once again DRAVID was unremovable from the crease...LEE who had lost his rythm in the first match, bowled really well to prevent the flow of runs in this match..PATTU misqued a ball and was caught by VIRU...Then there was actually no real display of batting except for DRAVID...REP tried to stay to the crease and get some runs,but in vain..It took some thinking by WIN RICHARDS to lay a trap for DRAVID, and DRAVID succumbed...Chasing a ball that was outside the off-stump, he nicked the ball only to see WATSON take a pretty simple catch...Once DRAVID was dismissed, the balance started tilting towards CABS team..The turning point of the match were the last 4 overs..which were literally the match winner for CABS team...Surprisingly enough, 3 out of the last the last 4 overs were maidens!!!The 7th and 9th overs, bowled by WATSON, were both maidens...The 8th over bowled by VIRU gave away some runs..Sadly enough, WTF could not get 4 runs from 12 balls...Thanks to good bowling by CABS team...WARNE was under immense pressure from team mates, but atleast he yielded to the pressure faltering to score the required 4 runs from the last 6 balls...CABS team won the match by just 3 runs...The match showed the CABS teams ability to stay cool in the slog overs and the confidence that ebbed out of the players was the winning factor of the team...Great work CABS team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Overall, it was a great day of cricket..ROOP was kalaichified by his team mates..but i suppose he played his role pretty well!!!!JONTY was great with the bat and fielding..RV PONTING didn't bat today but did an excellent job while fielding...VARUN SINGH fielded exceptionally well at deep and bowled well as usual...
Now for the performances of the day..DRAVID leads the list for batting...He played exceedingly well in both the matches..His innings was filled with some power packed strokes...PRAVEEN-ul-haq and REP also played well for the WTF..As far as CABS team batting is concerned, it is undoubtedly ADMIN who played with lot of confidence in the first match...Alongside him WATSON and JONTY played well...Bowling was great in both the sides..WIN RICHARDS was the top performer with the ball today...SOURAV MALI and WARNE spearheaded for the WTF team...LEE, VARUN SINGH and SLOPPER bowled well for CABS team..Special mention to WATSON for his 2 crucial maiden overs!!!!Fielding needless to say..IRFAN was outstanding..His other valiant efforts outshadow his only drop catch...JONTY,VIRU and VARUN SINGH were equally good...Now for the PLAYER of the day...I feel it would be apt to name NATTU DRAVID as the PLAYER OF THE DAY..for his excellent batting and the good work with the ball....CONGRATS DRAVID!!!!!!!
Atlast CABS team tasted victory today and that too in style..Lets hope the we continue the good form and keep winning..Lets meet at the next edition of CABS cricket..Till then BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF winning streak continues!!!!!!!!

It was a perfect day for cricket...but not a great day for CABS team though!!!with shortage of certain key players, we started today's play...
The first match we won the toss and decided to bat..shockingly ADMIN and SLOPPER were out in no time..It was up to rest of the players to save the team's batting..But sadly enough LEE and WATSON could not last long...Thanks to JONTY's heroics we notched up 35 in 10 overs...PATTU took a fabulous catch to dismiss WATSON..It was a blinder..he anticipated really well and caught it so well...Great Catch!!!!! Then the WTF reply..PRAVEEN-ul-haq and PATTU have made my work really easy!!!Both played some extraordinary strokes and finished the match off in no time...CABS bowlers tried hard to get a wicket but in vain...With loss of no wicket WTF won the match comfortably...

The second match for an action filled match..It went on to the last ball of the match!!!!!!!Once again CABS team won the toss and decided to bat..This time ADMIN played with some responsibility but he was short lived...Everyone followed suit and we were able to make 25 runs in 8 overs...PATTU caught another blinder in this innings also...seems that he has made up his mind to come with some great catches in every innings!!!!The WTF bowling was asusual spearheaded by WARNE..It was a good display of bowling and fielding...In reply, WTF could not repeat what they did in the first match, thanks to some responsible bowling by CABS bowlers...WTF lost wickets at regular intervals..The fielding was better compared to the first match but still was not upto the mark..ADMIN in particular took a good running catch..JONTY and SLOPPER also came up with a catch each..But because of a few lapses in the fielding, a couple of drop catches and few misfields, WTF did not have to strive hard runs...PATTU slammed 2 fours in a span of 3 deliveries to lift the pressure off WTF team...The sun came out of the clouds for the CABS team when the danger man PATTU was removed by VARUN SINGH who took neat return catch..In the last over, WTF needed 5 runs...With LEE bowling the last over,VIRU was their star...he tried hard but could not finish the match with a flier...With CABS team needing 2 runs from 2 balls, RV PONTING played a neat stroke to bring VIRU on strike and with 1 run to win from 1 ball...VIRU managed to make contact with the ball and won the match for WTF team....CABS team lost its FOURTH consecutive match....It was a pretty mediocre fielding effort by the CABS team that affected us dearly....:(

The performances of the day:Batting was classy in case of ul-haq and PATTU...VIRU played some good strokes too..For CABS team, WATSON and JONTY played some good shots alongside SIMBU...Bowling heroes were undoubtedly WARNE and LEE..VARUN produced some good deliveries too..Fielding, needless to say, PATTU was today's hero..CABS Team need to bounce back..It's high time guys that we won a match..so come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The player of the day is without any second opinions, MAHENDRA SINGH PATTU for his valiant effort with the bat and his mind-blowing catches...
Come on CABS TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Lets get back to form at the next edition on CABS Cricket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CABS team thrashed !!!!!!

Today belonged to the WTF team!!!!

CABS team had nothing whatsoever to be happy about today's performance...

  WTF team won the toss in the first match and without any surprise they chose to bat...and they went on to a flier straightaway...PRAVEEN ul-haq and DRAVID gave them a great start...DRAVID was magnificant with the bat while ul-haq played some heavily loaded strokes...with the help of some great strokes by REP and PATTU they got to the 40s in notime....
the CABS team fielding was very average...:(...the usually impeccable JONTY missed a handful of fielding opportunities and sadly ADMIN dropped a sitter...the only thing for the CABS team to cheer about was the HAT-TRICK by VASANTH LEE(Stumping followed by 2 bowled out dismissals)..good work LEE..
  Chasing down 52 odd runs in 12 overs, CABS team jus couldn click...we lost quick wickets..there was nothing special with the CABS batting either...though WATSON and LEE tried to hold on to the edge, in vain..CABS team falling well short of the target...it was a great display of bowling and fielding by WTF team...SOURAV MALI and HARI WARNE bowled really well....
  The next match, CABS team won the toss and decided to bat..once again CABS team just couldn get the start needed...only VIRU SEELAN and WATSON showed some resistance...but that too was short lived...LEE and VARUN SINGH played some good shorts down the order...JONTY played some good shorts to bring the score up to 38...This innings REP and WARNE chipped in with some good bowling..
  CABS team took the ball with some hope to restrict the opposition within the target in the truncated 10 overs match...but it was not to be...the target seemed to be meagre for the WTF team..With some real hard hitting by ul-haq and some flashing drives by DRAVID the WTF team were closing in on the target so fast..within no time they finished off the match...once again it was only an average performance by CABS team with the ball and in the field...
  The performances of the day...As far as the batting is concerned, there were a handful..DRAVID,ul-haq, REP, WATSON and PATTU were brilliant with the bat..The bowling hero of the day is undoubtedly is LEE for his brillian HAT TRICK and some quality bowling in the second match...As mentioned before nothing to speak about CABS team's fielding..In WTF team IRFAN RAJ was brilliant...The PERFORMER OF THE DAY is NATTU DRAVID for his efforts with the bat in both the matches and some scintillating effort in fielding...
  Overall it was a disappoiniting day for CABS team...need to charge up guys!!!!hope we'll bounce back in the next edition!!!!!!!!!!!

CABS Cricket is back with a BANG!!!!!!!!!!

It is the last year at coll..and the sole entertainer was back with a bang for the last year!!!!Yes, The first edition of CABS cricket for this season began in style today…

First of all, thanks to ADMIN and JONTY SINGH for making the first edition possible today…We desperately needed a ball to play and it was these 2 who didn mind to go all over to the store to get a ball…GREAT SPIRIT guys!!!!!

Now moving on to the play today, it was another day that belonged to the CABS team….we won both the matches played today…We had to miss some key players today because of certain well known reasons….Each team had 6 players and were given 10 overs…CABS team won the toss in the first match and elected to bat..and we went down straight away…we lost 2 wickets in 2 consecutive deliveries…thanks to great bowling by HARI WARNE….ADMIN jus couldn get off the mark…SLOPPER jus couldn chip into form..others followed suit…VASANTH LEE and VARUN SINGH couldn last long either..but their contributions were significant…And it was a great show of bowling from the WTF team…DRAVID,JONTY bowled pretty well while ul-haq and PATTU too joined the party with some good length deliveries…But the undisputed hero with the bat for the CABS batting was SRI WATSON.. He played some delightful strokes and lifted the innings single-handedly…it was a great show of determination …Thanks to his help and some pretty average fielding from the WTF side, we notched 36 runs on board….Then came the WTF fightback… MS PATTU and PRAVEEN-ul-haq led the charge…they built up a healthy 21 run partnership before PRAVEEN was removed…PATTU also faltered soon...DRAVID jus when he appeared to be dangerous missed to clinch to a delivery from SLOPPER and was caught at the slips by LEE…. Our bowling hero LEE didn fail today too…He was excellent with the ball today…WARNE showed some real spirit towards the end of their batting but couldn jus recover his team form the early fall down…CABS team ultimately won the match by a meager margin and registered the first win of the season…not to forget..the common wicket keeper SIMBU who played some good cricket for both the teams…

The second match: Lady luck was with the CABS team today.We won the toss again and again decided to bat..2 key players left the match…LEE and VARUN SINGH they were…SIMBU also left.So we had the match truncated to 5 overs a team…ADMIN failed yet again..he was dismissed for a duck for the 2^nd consecutive time…(he claims that it’s lucky for the team if he gets out for a duck!!!!!!!!!we know better!!!:-))we slowly put up some score on the board.. at the end of the 5 overs we scored 16 runs..thanks to some good play by SLOPPER…it was a good bowling and fielding effort from the WTF team..It seemed that it was gonna be a cakewalk for the WTF team..but it wasn’t to be!!DRAVID failed yet again..misjudging a ball and got out….PRAVEEN couldn last long this innings too…MS PATTU showed some resilience but that was short lived..When he was out he brought down with him the hopes of a WTF victory..ROOP and WARNE tried hard for their team to taste the first victory of the season…But the WTF team fell short once again with one ball to spare…WTF team would be keen to register their first victory of the season at the next outing..Good luck WTF team!!!

Now to the exciting part the post…The PERFORMERS of the day….As far as the batting is concerned, PATTU stupendous jus as usual…WATSON played a real gem of an innings in the first match..WARNE chipped in with some useful runs…ul-haq cannot be forgotten for his excellent work with the bat in the first match…Bowling was great too..LEE was the bowling hero of the day…Though DRAVID,WARNE,JONTY,ADMIN and SLOPPER came in with some good spells too…Fielding,hmmm..it was average on the whole…To my knowledge, JONTY misfielded for the first time today…he recovered soon, though…SLOPPER was good at fielding today…but we don have any immediate plans to rechristen him..The PLAYER of the day , besides, match winning contributions by LEE and WATSON, is HARI WARNE, for his all-round performances in both the matches…great work WARNIE!!!!

To all those who missed today’s matches,”CABS cricket is back to its best, come back with the old spirits soon..lets create history”…Thanks all members for making today a great start…As usual am sorry if I have missed out any of the important events today…meet you all soon at the next edition of CABS cricket…till then keep the stone rolling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The Indian Cricket Team

The Indian cricket team is an international cricket team representing India. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the cricket governing body in India. The Indian Cricket Team is currently the highest paid national sports team in the world (in terms of sponsorship).

Though the first match in India was recorded in 1721, when a group of sailors gathered to play in Western India, India's national cricket team didn't play their first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord's. They became the sixth team to play Test cricket. Traditionally much stronger at home than abroad, India proved weaker than Australia and England, winning only 35 of the 196 matches they played in their first fifty years. The team gained strength near the end of the 50-year period with the emergence of players such as Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet. The Indian team has continued to be highly ranked since then in Test cricket and One Day Internationals. The team won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 and was runners-up in 2003. It also won the first World Twenty20 in 2007. The current team contains many of the world's leading players, including Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble, who hold numerous cricketing world records.

As of January 2008, the Indian team has played 414 Test matches, winning 22.46%, losing 32.13% and drawing 45.41% of its games. The team is ranked second in the ICC Test Championship rankings and fourth in the ICC ODI Championship rankings.

Records:

Team records
Highest team total: 413-5 in 50 overs v Bermuda at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (2007/08)
Lowest team total: 54 in 26.3 overs v Sri Lanka at Sharjah (2000/01)
Most sixes in an innings: 18 v Bermuda at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobajo (2007/08)

Individual records
Most matches: Sachin Tendulkar 417
Most innings: Sachin Tendulkar 407
Most Consecutive Man of the Match Award (World Record): 4 by Sourav Ganguly

Batting
Most runs: 16,361 by Sachin Tendulkar
Best average: 45.13 by MS Dhoni
Highest individual score: 186* by Sachin Tendulkar vs. New Zealand at Hyderabad (1999/00)
Record partnership: 331 by Rahul Dravid & Sachin Tendulkar for the 2nd wicket vs. New Zealand at Hyderabad (1999/00)
Most centuries: 42 by Sachin Tendulkar
Most Half-centuries: 89 by Sachin Tendulkar

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Bowling
Most wickets: 337 Anil Kumble
Best average: 26.40 Irfan Pathan
Best innings bowling: 6/12 Anil Kumble v West Indies at Kolkata (1993/94)
Best career strike rate: 31.2 Irfan Pathan
Best career economy rate: 3.71 Kapil Dev

Fielding
Most dismissals: 204 (190 catches, 14 stumpings) by Rahul Dravid
Most dismissals in an innings: 6 (5 catches, 1 stumping) by Mahendra Singh Dhoni at Headingley, Leeds, England on 2 September 2007 (vs England).

Record page : http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/index.html?id=6;type=team

Sachin's record page : http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/cbs/content/current/player/35320.html

source : wiki , cricinfo   " thank you! "

CABS team records another victory!!!!!!!

Victory!Victory!Victory! The significance of saying it three times is the HAT-TRICK by CHIK!!!!!!!!!Yup..we witnessed the first ever hat-trick in the short history of CABS cricket, today..It was a great match in the hot sun!!!The HCG was free and we had to rush to grab the pitch....The CABS team won the toss and elected to bat...It was a bowling match, an instance that shows that we have graduated to the next level and that the class of our playing too has improved....Getting back to the match, we batted first and notched up 44 on the board...Our team mates' efforts to make a score card went in vain......:(RAKESH was a new entry and was in a jolly GOA mood...had his pants rolled on throughout!!!!!!!
There was a descent bowling effort from the WTF team...They removed ADMIN quickly who somehow managed to hit a four in the offside..If this is rare, then his dismissal very early in the innings is rarer...ya he got out when he miscued a straighter delivery giving the fielder a sitter.....SLOPPER too followed...It took some beautiful shots by JONTY and MS PATTU to bring up the score....VIRU tried to play the ball through square and he tried and tried and tried..he jus could not find his usual nick today...bad luck VIRU..... Today's debutant,CHIK SYMONDS had only one ball to face and fetched 4 runs to the team off the single delivery..As far as the WTF bowling is concerned, DRAVID bowled well in a consistent way and VARUN SINGH too was absolutely brilliant with his line and length.... WARNE produced a beauty of a delivery to shatter the wickets of SLOPPER......Also WARNE took a skyscrapper catch...good work WARNE....REP tried his hand in bowling and was effective too....
The WTF replied with iron hands...started off well with DRAVID and PRAV-UL-HAQ..but then lost a few wickets..Nevertheless, DRAVID was brilliant in his stroke making..he was anchored to the crease and HAQ hit some shots at Admin to boundaries...until we found our surprise package...CHIK came up with the over of the day...the first ever HAT TRICK in the bowling format of CABS cricket...He removed DRAVID..the much needed wicket. What followed was a batting collapse..Nothing worth mentioning in the rest of their batting, except that of REP who seemed to be determined to get WTF out of trouble, unfortunately,ran out of his crease for an excellent throw by WINS RICHARDS....a direct hit...CABS team won the match comfortably!!!!!!!!!
As far as the batting performances of the day go, i don have any special mentions..everyone contributed with the bat equally...The bowler of the day is undoubtedly our very own CHIK...great bowling CHIK...u just over shadowed WARNE's contribution with the ball today....PATTU produced some beauties with the ball and it was unfair on ADMIN's part to deny JONTY the ball...We ll make sure that JONTY gets to bowl a few overs the next time we play.....The fielding was terrific...Though there were a few misfieldings and a handful of drop catches, the fielding was great when we look at the big picture... Of course, WINS' catch at the deep and the great direct hit were stunning examples of great fielding..As mentioned before WARNE's skyscraper catch and his effort to grab another were examples of great fielding...good work WARNIE. SLOPPER missed out a sitter....that gives us the liberty to have his name unchanged..so folks, we officially declare that there would not be any further considerations to rechristen him.............
Overall, it was a great game of cricket guys...I suppose that today was the last edition of CABS cricket for this semester....so lets meet at the next edition of CABS cricket asap, whenever it is..........till then keep the fire flaring and the spirits alive.......Bye.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Video] Update - Admin :
Here is the CABS team celebrating their victory:

CHAK DIYA CABS team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Oops!..sorry....couldn't take the finger off the key in time...that is the amount of excitement....This day goes into the history of CABS cricket as one of the most remarkable days....
CABS cricket truly had a promotion today....Wat else do u want?We beat one of the formidable teams today..and that too in a bowling match!!!
Talents came pouring in..it was in the HCG and i don suppose that we have ever started playin so early...the weather was great and the conducive for a great day of cricket and the air was filled with enthu...we faced a manifold team...it had people from a variety of category...3rd year...4th year....ECE dept,Biomed,hostelite,dayscholar and what not...But the oppsition was dauntless. There was no separation today as CABS and WTF. It was CABS vs the opposition and the spirit was simply immeasurable.....
Jus as we expected we won the toss and no doubt we decided to bat...ADMIN and ul-haq opened the innings...and ADMIN got the team onto a flier...but unfortunately ul-haq ran out of his crease....but then came the highlight of the day...the best partnership till now...DRAVID joined ADMIN at the crease...and both were classy,with free flowing bat and there was no hurdle for the flow of runs..even the fastest bowler in the opponent team could not get the better of them. No stopping them!! ADMIN made some blistering shorts..though every one of them were on the leg-side,his strong area...DRAVID played some glorious shorts all through the ground..though his shorts through the square need special mention..the partnership heaped up runs, going steadily at 7.00 runs per over...jus when we foresaw a great total on the board, ADMIN misqued a delivery and threw away his wicket..he returned back to resting place for a standing ovation..DRAVID followed soon...receiving no less appreciation from the team mates...great partnership guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then the batting order started to wobble a little...REP failed today and surprising ly even VIRU could not thrive....WATSON and PATTU scored few,crucial runs...but the runs did not come as easily as before...but somehow because of the commitment of the people..we reached 86 runs in the stipulated 14 overs at a healthy run rate of 6.14....
Then the CABS team went on to field..full of confidence because of the score we had etched...Though the opposition had a strong batting line up, they were actually low in confidence seeing the spirit that we showed in the field...VARUN SINGH's bowling needs special appreciation....he bowled the first over of the innings with real good consistency throughout...the bowling was great..with VARUN SINGH and DRAVID(sounds strange isn't..dravid opening the BOWLING!!!, it happens only here) opening the bowling..both of them bowled at good length...and restricted the flow of runs for the other team...DRAVID removed the supposedly dangerous player of the opponents with help from VIRU who took a blinder in the deep...The bowlers did a great job and they were well supported by the fielders....the pick of the bowlers include WATSON who claimed 3 important wickets....therefore compensated for his batting....PATTU was great in whatever he did...he did some intelligent work behind the stumps to dismiss another important wicket of the opponents...though they had great players except one the others kept walking back...thanks to some great bowling from us...SLOPPER too had a good time with the ball ..Good work SLOPPER and though he did not miss out in the fielding we have decided not to take any further steps in rechristening him.....i don hav to speak about the fielding...it was the fielding that took us home today...be it REP or IRFAN or JONTY or WATSON or DRAVID..everyone was simply scintilating....something tells me that i have missed out someone..sorry if i hav missed someone...
Owing to the tight bowling and fielding the opponents needed an almost impossible 22 off 12 balls...and thanks DRAVID who made life much more tougher for them..guess what???a maiden in the penultimate over...needing 22 off 6 balls the opponents were under tremendous pressure...PATTU bowled the last over and the opponents were staggering literally...even the batsman who had proved to be a nightmare for the CABS team in the previous occasions was helpless....DRAVID dropped a sitter.. Though the batsman was run out...the opponents fell short by a mile...CABS TEAM grabs a remarkable victory!!!!!!!!!!
Now for the players of the day.....undoubtedly the batting heroes of the day were ADMIN and NATTU...The bowlers of the day, PATTU, WATSON and VARUN and DRAVID( just for that last but one ,over).. I jus couldn point out one bowler. There cannot be any second opinions about PATTU's keeping...Today, he justified me in naming him MAHENDRA SINGH PATTU in more than one way.....that run out was a great work pattu!!!
The next match had nothin important to say...it was between CABS team and the ECE team. Seeing the performance of the CABS team in the first match the opposition team ran for covers just after starting their bowling. Though here comes the cherry on the cake...HARI WARNE caught a real blinder...that goes down as one of the best catches...great work warnie.......
Altogether, today had everything...additionally we proved that we are capable of winning matches against strong teams and that too in the conventional bowling format....great work CABS team and great commitment members....too great was today's playing...keep up the spirit and lets continue this form and reach the next levels...see you soon in the next edition...till then keep the spirit going and accumulate the energy...so that we can unleash our strengths on the opponents....Asusual, am sorry if i have missed out any noteworhy incidents or important players...And ofcourse,your feedbacks are welcome...see you soon.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cricky under the march sun

Well, since the Cabs updater is quite busy with all the activities buzzing around@college, i take pride in posting my first ever post@CABS - the cricky blog of CSE-B .

Lets get down straight to today's match , Yeah its March1 today and Sun was at its brightest today scorching down at us while we were trying to get some cricket going in an almost empty college.
Here's today's attendance in cabs cricky,

Real Person Cabs Nicky
Yusuf - yousuf(admin)
Mukesh - Mukesh Jonty Singh
Manoj Seelan - Viru Seelan
Varun - Varun Singh
Vasanth - Vasanth Lee
Vignesh.R - RV ponting --->strange ????
Natarajan - Nattu dravid
Manivannan - Slopper mani --->soon to be changed ????
Winston - Win richards
Prasanna - pras clarke
Hari - Hari warne

well, quite low right ?? yeah, thats how many stand up to play on a sunny day ..
Today was not the usual sort of like CABS and WTF meeting head on ,, rather some players of cabs and wtf got interchanged to weigh up together i suppose .. and yeah, their field power got raised cos jonty singh was taken by clarke :(
also,nattu dravid was literally limping with his small bruise on his leg that he dragged while playing for the major match the previous day,so he was put a common man - he kept the wicket and held bat for both teams,that is what a common does acc to us. Viru went the other side instead we got warne to raise our weight in bowling dept .

Venue - HCG
Tossssssssss, the coin made sound as i put it up in the air, HEADS pras called and guess wat, TAILS it was and we got to bat.

Me and slopper started out and played a mix of loose and great shots ;) and very soon i gave away my wicket and the rest played their game and we totalled upto a not so impressive 36 in 10 overs.

They started well i must say , we ran ran and ran behind the ball and i added a cramp on my leg which still pains.
they had to get 9 from 18 balls i think , i got the ball and snap took the first wicket of their innings (8 overs for first wicket!!!) and then it seemed that we still had some chance to wrap it up(did we really??). Slopper bowled the 9th over and they had 3 to get from 6 balls i acc to my brain.warne bowled the 1st ball of the last over and bang jonty hit it at mid-off and slopper in his usual sloppy manner missed the ball
(i decided that we're not changing his nick for some weeks here on)
they ran 3 runs for it and yeah yeah - They won with 5balls to spare.
Rest for everybody now and they had enough scorch balls from the bright Sun than the cricket ball, atleast half a litre d'eau each had. [ d'eau - of water ]
varun singh left the venue to home at this juncture and so dravid joined the other team..bad for us..

Next match , Tossss(yeah it tossed only a lil) was by pras as lee called and lost it, i asked for a re-toss as it din't toss as i expected..and so did pras , i called HEADS and yeah u know , it was TAIL :( [ damn i thought , why doesn't this coin show up a HEAD]

Anyways , geared evryone to face the Sun much than the shots of the other team.
They started impressive and made up a total of 32-A.O in 9 overs.
bowling dept wasn't impressive except me taking 2wickts in my 2nd ovr and warne,lee were tight in their spells,fielding was a thumbs down as i missed a easy one and slopper as usual.u know...
Me and slopper started and couldn't hit a big shot in any case,even loose balls we missed.
yeah u know the term - exhausted.Evryone came and got out at the other end and i was standing here hopeless abt the match.Finally it was win richards' grip at the bat and we decided to put mokkai.
[mokkai (in cricket)[n] - to stand at the grease without giving away your wicket and neither trying to score runs]
Then it was finally over as i got over trying to break free by hitting and the ball ended in viru's hands.We lost this one too..

Today's CABS performance awards goes to

Batting - Viru, Jonty , dravid
bowling - Lee, dravid(2nd match) , viru (great slow ones),warne
fielding - jonty, clarke, viru(excellent catches although he dropped an easy one)

Ok guys, see ya in the next edition of CABS cricky [hope the sun doesn't drain away our cricky spirits]

CABS team does it again........!!!!

Today was all about placements..With half the class working on placements in the Audi..The other enthusiastic group was working on placements not so far...though the placements had different meanings all together...
This full day belonged to CABS cricket and the cricket belonged to CABS...Three matches were played and CABS won 2-0, the third match was a tie...This, to the best of my knowledge is the first tie in CABS history..Wat an entertaining day of cricket we had...!
Let me jump straight into today's action. I hope it was destined to be CABS' day..because in all the three games played it was the CABS team that won the toss...The first match SLOPPER* and and ADMIN gave a good start followed by some pretty useful contribution by WATSON,VIRU and others..WATSON though was consistent throughout...CABS team amassed 52 in 12 overs..thanks to the performances of the batsmen..The WTF team though were just as usually brilliant in the field..SOURAV mali bowled really well...opening the bowling for them...Eveyone did their work to perfection and they had a debutant in their team, though he was from another dept...
The WTF reply was stupendous, NATTU DRAVID and the debutant playing some great strokes...MS PATTU was simply lightning in his strokemaking whereas DRAVID's innings was just a delight to watch...They played really well and brought the match to a nail bitting finish..with them requiring just 3 runs to win off the last ball...It was VIRU who bowled the last over...and he along with WATSON can claim full credit for the victory..because it was off the bowling of VIRU that WATSON took an excellent catch to dismiss DRAVID in the third ball of the last over..this according to me is the turning point of the match...However In the last ball of the match VIRU conceded just one run..the CABS team had won the match just by 1 run..ADMIN and JONTY missed the fielding because of known reasons..but it was an excellent match...
In the post lunch session 2 matches were played...in the first of which CABS posted a massive 60 on the board and the WTF once again played well to fight back,but fell short...It was a convincing win for the CABS team...PRAVEEN-ul-haq stumbled and hurt himself in the legs and because of which he had to miss the last match..but even though he was injured he opted to bat for his team which needed him badly...That was very spiritful playing by PRAVEEN...Nothin else was special as far as this game was concerned. It seemed to be a repeat telecast of the first game..except that it missed the THALA(hey!!don't laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!)..im not kiddin...for all of u who do not know..thala played cricket today..but he was stubborn not to HANDLE THE BALL(even during fielding..ha..ha..ha)....
Ok..now for the match of the day..in the third and final match of the day also., team, won the toss..and batted well...everyone jus chipped in with the bat and again CABS team got on to 51 off 12 overs. With mEEEani playin an important role with the bat.. In WTF reply...REP and debutant played a steady knock..once REP was dismissed, DRAVID superbly and was followed by some hard hitting by PATTU...They seemed to be in a comfortable position of winning the match...requiring just 6 runs from 3 overs..but it was VIRU who once again played the Guardian Angel in the 10 over...But for his tactical bowling and the heroics of mEEEani..the match would have been easily won by the WTF...he took two mind-blowing catches to dismiss the top batsmen, the debutant and PATTU..IRFAN RAJ was in the nonstriker's end while wickets fell at the other end....But thanks to SOURAV who was not helpful with the bat as he was with the ball..he tried, tried and tried to somehow hit the ball with the bat..but failed miserably..with the match ending in a freak tie...something to remember for a long time....
As far as the performances go..hav lots to say..Batsmen were superb..DRAVID was effortless in his stroke making...PATTU was hard hitting..ADMIN was classfull....SLOPPER* was skill ful and WATSON played some blistering strokes in all the three matches...REP and JONTY also had good time with the bat.....BOWLING was great with the hard ball and the good condition of the HCG pitch..SOURAV spearheaded the attack for WTF and to good effect...VIRU was the pick of the bowlers....though JONTY, WATSON,McOFFICER,REP,PATTU all made the ball to move and had the other team players staggering...
Today was equally good for the fielders ..JONTY was just brilliant as usual...DRAVID took an almost impossible catch...WATSON took a few good,tough catches and PRABAKHAR too was good in the field. Considering the number of matches he has played in this pitch, he was great in the fielding..though a popular opinion among his team mates is that he would be better in the field if he puts his mobile aside....SLOPPER* too took a good catch let alone PATTU who has a few to his credit though he dropped a sitter...FLAMBOYANT and SHERYL made their debut today..and I welcome them to join us and groom their talents consistently..
Now comes the most critical time for me..Identifying the player of the day...Today had a variety of performances and some great cricket...So I have no other go but to select 3 players as players of the day...One, the debutant harish who seemed to be planted to the crease...Two, NATTU DRAVID for his consistent performance with the bat through out the day...Great batting DRAVID.... and finally, WATSON for his all- round performance...he played well with the bat..took crucial wickets and some jaw-dropping catches...Congrats players of the day ..sorry if anyone has any second opinions..because it is just my own decision...also my regrets if i had missed out any noteworthy performances..
Finally, we all once again proved our sportmanship..we played some glamorous cricket and cricket was at its best, and CABS cricket has started to win hearts among other dept. players too...great work ppl....Finally, I hope ul-haq will fit to play Thursday's match...let's meet on Thursday for the next edition of CABS cricket,hopefull....................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would be glad to receive feed backs................bye................
*we are seriously considering to re-christen SLOPPER, name suggestions are welcome....