Posts Tagged ‘England’

Katrina Kaif became Cricket Devil

Katrina KaifDue to Indian Premier League, people from all over the world became the greatest fans of Cricket. Now, it’s time for Bollywood sexy actress, Katrina Kaif. Katrina Kaif says that she became a Cricket devil after watching Indian Premier League season 3 and she treats herself as a player on the field but not as a spectator.

Not only Katrina Kaif, but many Bollywood actresses are cricket fans now. Many Bollywood stars tried to buy the new teams, which are going to include in the Indian Premier League season 4. Currently, Bollywood stars Shahrukh khan; Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty are there in the Cricket as the owners of the team’s. (more…)

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MS Dhoni Sacks from Indian Captaincy?

MS DhoniMS Dhoni is a very well known player in the Indian Cricket and had a safe place in every Indian’s heart.

MS Dhoni became Indian Cricket team captain for the first ICC World Twenty20 in the year 2007 and he was the reason for team India to acquire a title ‘World Champions’ in Twenty20. After that, he has taken the responsibilities of the Indian One-Day International team and test Cricket captaincy.

MS Dhoni succeeded in both the formats as a captain and played an important role in the Indian team victories. He was great till then and later Dhoni failed which resulted the early exit of 2009 ICC World Twenty20. (more…)

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Australia or England? Who will win?

Australia vs EnglandLet’s analyze who will in the final match of ICC World Twenty20. However, we do expect some teams, but many of them didn’t expect that England will reach the final. England has got good players but they didn’t perform well before the beginning of ICC World Twenty20 and in the beginning also England struggled a lot. Due to those strenuous efforts, now it seems they reached the finals. Finally, experience taught them a lesson!

In the Super 8 and in the semi-finals, we watched a good game from England. England players, Kevin Peterson, Collingwood and bowler Sidebottom performed well. But, how they will face the Australia in the final of ICC World Twenty20 remains the big question. (more…)

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Cook grasps in after Pietersen wicket

cricketAlastair Cook gritted his teeth and bedded in for the long haul on the third morning at Durban, as he compiled a gutsy half-century to settle England’s innings after the early dismissal of his overnight partner, Jonathan Trott. Cook went to the break on 75 not out, having added 44 runs to his overnight 31 in an attritional session in which Kevin Pietersen was the other big wicket to fall, pinned lbw by Paul Harris while sizing up an ambitious sweep.

In the final half-hour before lunch, Cook began to open his shoulders and go for his shots, cracking Harris out of the attack with a brace of fours through the off-side, before rocking back in his stance to pull Morne Morkel through square leg. But until that late flurry (which was punctuated by a reprieve from the third umpire on 64 when a catch at short leg was shown to have flown straight off the pad), he opted to survive entirely on his wits. (more…)

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Strauss looks to build England reply

cricketGraeme Swann chiselled away with skill and diligence to claim a richly deserved five-wicket haul, but South Africa’s lower-order took the honours on an attritional second day at Centurion. They made light of the early loss of their overnight stalwarts, Jacques Kallis and JP Duminy, to grind out a competitive first-innings 418 on a pitch that offered little of the spice it had promised in the build-up to this match. By the close, England had overcome a jittery new-ball spell to reach 88 for 1 in reply, with Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott unbeaten in an 63-run stand for the second wicket. (more…)

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Not in front of the kids

Sri Lanka England CricketKevin Pietersen had to ask foul-mouthed spectators to stop swearing in front of children during England’s tour of South Africa.

Pietersen has generated a mixed reception from home crowds back in his native country for a Test tour which moves to Durban’s Kingsmead for the second match of four on Boxing Day.

The mercurial batsman has regularly made it clear he has no problem with crowds booing and whistling at him. But he thinks swearing in front of children is beyond the pale.

“The only thing that I don’t like is when people swear and abuse you with swearing when there are kids around,” he said.

“That’s happened a couple of times, and I’ve had to ask a few stewards to speak to people concerned.

“You can say what you like. But when there are kids around there’s no need to swear. That’s poor.” (more…)

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Steyn Still Doubtful For Durban test

cricketDale Steyn is not a certain starter for the Boxing Day Test in Durban and expects an early decision to be made over his hamstring injury. The South African fast bowler was ruled out of the opening match at Centurion on the morning of the game, handing a debut to Friedel de Wet, who almost bowled South Africa to victory with 4 for 55 on the final day.

Steyn will spend the next two days putting in further rehabilitation work and remains hopeful of rejoining the South Africa line-up. However, he doesn’t want any doubt hanging over the side as they prepare for the second Test and is targeting Wednesday – when the squad meets up in Durban – as his key time. (more…)

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England escape in grandstand finale

cricketPaul Collingwood completed the job he had begun at Cardiff in the opening Test of the Ashes, and the No. 11 Graham Onions repelled a fiery final over from Makhaya Ntini, as England survived a massive collapse against the second new ball to cling onto a draw and move onto the second Test in Durban with the series still level.

In a sensational finale to the match, England had been coasting to the draw at 172 for 3 after tea, following a restorative 145-run stand between Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen that spanned the entire second session, and settled England’s nerves after they had been dicily placed at 27 for 3 inside the first hour of an eventful day. (more…)

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South Africa bundled out for 291

cricketJames Anderson and Graham Onions required just 17 balls on the second morning at Newlands to capture South Africa’s four remaining wickets, and hand England control of the third Test.

Resuming on 279 for 6 overnight, South Africa’s hopes and aspirations were invested in the solid figure of Jacques Kallis, unbeaten on 108, his 33rd Test century. But he was dramatically extracted without addition by the second ball of the morning, as Onions fizzed a perfect seaming delivery off his outside edge and into Matt Prior’s gloves. (more…)

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England deny ball tampering charges

cricketEngland strongly denied ball-tampering claims after South Africa raised concerns about the issue with match referee Roshan Mahanama.

On Tuesday evening, a South African spokesman read out a statement confirming they had “raised concerns” over the “allegations about the ball”.

However, England denied any wrong-doing within an hour.

The controversy started when television cameras showed England seamer Stuart Broad stopping a straight drive during the morning session with the sole of his boot in the Newlands Test. Broad seemed to put the spikes of his boot into the ball as he stopped it.

England were able to take only two wickets in 80 overs as South Africa piled up 312 and put the tourists in danger of losing a 1-0 series lead over the final two days of this penultimate Test. (more…)

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