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Monday, January 4, 2010

Cricket current - a cricket blog

Cricket current - a cricket blog

Kallis proves persistent thorn in England's side

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 05:43 AM PST


At 34 Jacques Kallis could be near the end of his illustrious career. But far from showing signs of slowing down, the Cape Town born batsmen has been in outstanding form in the Test series with England, consistently defying the England attack even when those around them were dropping like flies.

Take the first day of the third test at Newlands. South Africa, put in to bat on a greenish surface by Andrew Strauss, were in deep trouble after Ashwell Prince fell in the first over and Graeme Smith was given a life when a routine slip catch went down.

Kallis eventually came to the crease with South Africa 46-2, hardly a comfortable position. And with the side already 1-0 down with one to play in the four-match series this was a crucial period, with England sniffing blood.

But Kallis, who averages more than 70 at his favourite ground, rose above the pressure and the failure of his team-mates to hit a marvellous 108, steering South Africa to 279 for 6 at stumps as he did so. His hit will no doubt have an impact on England's Test odds .

Kallis used all his skill and experience to see off the England quicks, who bowled on a surface that offered them something throughout the course of the day. But far from being a defensive job Kallis displayed an array of attacking strokes to ruthlessly punish bad deliveries and slowly drag his side out of the huge hole they found themselves in early in the day. It was Kallis' 7th century in 28 matches against England, his third in successive tests and evoked memories of his magnificent 149 he smashed against the same side at the same ground three years ago.

It was a slightly different match situation this time round. In 2005 he drove a beaten England into the ground, but the one consistent factor is that Kallis again proved an immovable object, barely offering the bowlers any opportunities, much to England's frustration.

Strauss' men can have no real complaints with their efforts on this tour so far. Question marks raised about their batsmen were dismissed with a confident display in the second test and their bowlers helped to seal a vital test win. But while Kallis is around and in this defiant mood, any talk of an historic series win should be put very much to the back of their mind.

In other sports news, betting experts have already begun casting their eyes over the likely runners and riders for the 2010 Grand National.

Guest post by Tom Mallows

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh - Highlights from Idea cup tri-series 2010

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 02:52 AM PST


Its the first ODI of Tri-series in Dhaka. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are battling in this first ODI on Jan 4. Bangladesh have batted first and after somewhat good opening, batting has collasped suddenly. Tamim Iqbal looked good but after the fall of his wicket, everything was under the control of Sri Lankan bowlers till Ashraful and Mahmudallah rescued the team. Bangladesh made 260/7 in the 50 overs.


You can watch the video highlights of the SL vs Ban match on cricketnirvana. Live video too is shown in the same page.

Talking about the match, it was revived by the batting of Mohammad Ashraful who made 75 runs. His partnership with Mahmudallah was a crucial one. Finally Naeem Islam finished up with a 22 of just 9 balls.

Idea cup 2010 - Live | Bangladesh Tri-series

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 12:13 AM PST


Its 2010 and we can enjoy cricket from the beginning. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh play in the tri-series named Idea cup in Bangladesh which starts from Jan 4. As, its on Bangladesh Neo cricket has the broadcasting rights. On Internet you can watch live streaming and highlights on cricketnirvana.com. Here is how you can watch Idea cup Tri-series 2010 - Live.:


ON TV: Neo cricket and Doordardarsan in India. For other TV channels..

On Internet : Cricketnirvana.com will broadcast the match live streaming on their website for free. Just click on the live scorecard and video on their homepage.


On Internet for US only: US viewers can watch the live action of the series for free on ESPN. You can watch live video an highlights of the matches.

Highlights video: cricketnirvana.com will be showing the highlights video of the match for free.

Other options : If you want live scorecard and commentary or live 3d animation, try crinfo.com. For desktop scorecards, cricinfo, espnstar.com, cricketnirvana.com will work.

List of players registered for IPL 2010 auction

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 06:19 PM PST


A total of 97 overseas players have registered for the auction of Indian Premier League, IPL 2010. The list of players includes 26 players from Pakistan, 17 from Sri Lanka,12 from South Africa, 9 from New Zealand, 9 from Australia, 8 from West Indies, 8 from England, 2 from Bangladesh, 2 from Zimbabwe, 2 from Canada, 1 Ireland and 1 from Netherlands. The players will be listed in January 19 auction if the Franchises express interest on them. Last year out of 100 registered 50 were in auction for 17 places.


Among the players, many are those who played for the Indian cricket League (ICL). Pakistani players couldn't play the IPL 2009 and only 4 have retained the contracts. All others apply for the auction. Mohammad Aamer and Umar Akmal are the promising players from Pakistan in the auction list.

Here is the list of players from Different countries who registered for the IPL 3 auction:

Pakistan (26): Mohammad Aamer, Shahid Afridi, Ahmed Shahzad, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Yasir Arafat, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Faisal Iqbal, Asim Kamal, Danish Kaneria, Mohammad Khalil, Abdur Rauf, Khalid Latif, Azhar Mahmood, Shoaib Malik, Khurram Manzoor, Saqlain Mushtaq, Rana Naved, Imran Nazir, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Sami.

Sri Lanka(17): Malinga Bandara, Indika de Saram, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Thilina Kandamby, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekera, Suranga Lakmal, Jehan Mubarak, Thisara Perera, Dammika Prasad, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, Suraj Randiv, Rangana Herath, Gihan Rupasinghe, Upul Tharanga, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Chanaka Welegedara.

South Africa(12): Yusuf Abdulla, Nicky Boje, Zander de Bruyn, Tyron Henderson, Justin Kemp, Rory Kleinveldt, Andre Nel, Wayne Parnell, Vernon Philander, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Johan van der Wath, CJ de Villiers.

New Zealand(9): Shane Bond, Ian Butler, Chris Cairns, Brendon Diamanti, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Nathan McCullum, Daryl Tuffey, Lou Vincent.

West Indies(8): Carlton Baugh, Tino Best, Daren Ganga, Wavell Hinds, Kieron Pollard, Kemar Roach, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lendl Simmons.

Australia(8): Brad Haddin, Phillip Hughes, Ashley Noffke, Jason Krejza, Ben Laughlin, Graham Manou, Damien Martyn, Clint McKay, Adam Voges.

England(8): Tim Bresnan, Anthony McGrath, Eoin Morgan, Monty Panesar, Adil Rashid, Jonathan Trott Usman Afzaal, James Foster.

Bangladesh(2): Shakib Al Hasan, Shahriar Nafees.

Canada(2): Rizwan Cheema, Khurram Chohan.

Zimbabwe (2): Murray Goodwin, Ray Price.

Ireland (1): Niall O'Brien.

Netherlands(1): Ryan ten Doeschate.
Posted by MohammaD IsmaiL at 7:13 AM

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