Bangladesh and Pakistan clash in the final of the Asia Cup at Dhaka at Shere-Bangla Stadium on Thursday. Bangladesh would like to create history by winning the final. Pakistan on other hand would like to make amends after the mauling at the hands of the Indian team two days ago.
With the internet user base growing day by day, the concept of watching the matches live on your laptop/desktop has taken a massive step. People do multi-tasking even without being in front of the television set.
Live streaming is becoming a rage among the cricket fans as those who are struck at their workplaces, colleges, waiting in long queues and elsewhere, can access live cricket action from their latest gadgets, as a huge number of TV
Pakistan openers Aamer Sohail and Saeed Anwar raised 84 in 10 overs chasing 288 to win against India in their 1996 World Cup quarter-final.
Sohail kept the scoreboard in fast-forward mode and soon reaching his half-century. He celebrated the moment tonking Venkatesh Prasad to the point boundary.
What followed got every cricket fan’s adrenaline pumping as Sohail memorably walked up to the bowler and pointed his bat towards the point region as if to say ‘Go Fetch it’.
Prasad was no way going to take the taunt lying down in front of his home crowd. He exacted revenge off the next ball, cleaning up Sohail when he attempted a similar shot and played all over it. The bowler gave him a mouthful while sending off
A video of Salim Malik's superb knock of 72 against India in Kolkata to guide Pakistan to a thrilling two-wicket win over India on February 18, 1987 at the Eden Gardens.
Malik's knock is regarded very highly as he turned the game around and guided Pakistan to a famous win, batting at no. 7.
Malik slammed 11 boundaries and a six to 72 not out off just 36 balls. Chasing a target of 239 to win from 40 overs, Pakistan scored 241 for eight from 39.3 overs.
Batsmen, in cricket have found many weird ways of getting dismissed over the years that have been shocking and in many instances, funny.
In the ongoing Asia Cup 2012, Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi was dismissed in an absurd manner in the tournament’s opener against Bangladesh on Sunday. He was caught and bowled by Bangladeshi bowler Shakib Al Hasan in the 40th over for a duck.
Afridi’s dismissal was also aided by Misbah-ul Haq’s reflexes or perhaps the lack of it. Bangladeshi players enjoyed the dismissal as the batsman watched in disbelief.
Watch the video of Shahid Afridi’s dismissal. Very funny!
Former India cricketer Javagal Srinath shared his views on former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid who announced retirement from Test cricket on Friday.
The former fast bowler said Dravid had an excellent technique and the team could rely on him in times of trouble.
He said, "For me Dravid is the ideal person to look up to when you are facing a tough situation. He is one person who can navigate through tough situations," Srinath said.
Dravid a veteran of 164 Test bid adieu to international cricket on Friday.
The Asia Cup kick starts at Mirpur on Sunday as Pakistan faces off with hosts Bangladesh in the first match at Shere Bangla National Stadium.
Many people love watching cricket on web. There are many TV companies that offer live telecast of cricket on internet, and one would think that it would be satisfying to watch the sport via these companies, owing to the fact that there are so many of them, and the competition would spur them to good provision.
Number of people watching live cricket on web has sprung up as the number of internet users has been growing over the years. People do multi-tasking even without being infront of the television set.
Because of the demand there are several sites which stream cricket matches on
Australia were bowled out for 231 in 49.3 overs against Sri Lanka in the CB Series third final at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.
Australia kept losing wickets in regular intervals, which hampered their aspirations to put up a huge score after a strong start.
David Warner and Matthew Wade added 75 runs for the first wicket, but both the openers missed out on scoring half-centuries. Wade was dismissed for 49, whereas Warner fell for 48.
Shane Watson disappointed with the bat scoring just 19 runs batting at no.3.
A crucial 40-run partnership between Clint McKay and Brett Lee pushed Australia past 200.
Rangana Herath and Farveez Maharoof bagged three wickets each.
The PCB appointed Australian Dav Whatmore as the new coach of the national team on a two-year contract.
His first test will be the four-nation Asia Cup, starting March 11 in Bangladesh that also includes defending champion India and Sri Lanka.
PCB chairman, Zaka Ashraf made the announcement during a media briefing in which he said Whatmore has been appointed because of his strong background and coaching credentials.
"The coaching committee of the board felt that this was the right time to bring in a foreign coach who is best equipped to exploit the talent in Pakistan cricket," he said.
Whatmore's appointment was a foregone conclusion since he reached Lahore two days back but the PCB held back the official announcement
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said his side had to make some tough calls, which eventually paid off, in the second final match of the CB Series against Australia at Adelaide Oval.
Jayawardene said he was disappointed with the fielding but credited the batsmen for finishing the job for them.
"It is disappointing, we were dropping catches like hot potatoes. We bowled well up front, but then gave them about 20 runs extra but we had a good start while chasing," he said.
"Dilshan played well. He started well and took the pressure off. I hope he ends at the top of the table by the end of the series. We are proud of our game as no one gave us a chance when we came to Australia, we've done a lot of hard work, we just
This dialogue is from the movie Namak Halaal. The scene is the one in which Amitabh is introduced to Ranjeet by Ram Sethi for the first time in the movie.
In the scene, Amitabh explains how well he can speak the English language by giving a couple of examples from the sport of cricket.
His repetitive use of certain words causes a great deal of confusion and makes the scene hilarious.
Veteran pacer Brett Lee injured his toe during the Twenty20 International against India in Melbourne on February 3.
Lee needed to rest at least for a month before making a comeback; however he came back to action against Sri Lanka in Sydney two weeks later.
Since then he has been playing with injury and on Friday he said he is ready to play despite the toe injury.
Lee said that the scans show that the toe is still broken. Despite these entire Lee is determined to play in the ongoing tri-series finals, starting coming Sunday.
However, the limited-overs specialist might be rested for Friday’s clash against Sri Lanka at Melbourne Cricket Ground, which will decide whether Sri Lanka or India reaches the final.
Virat Kohli smashed 16 boundaries and two sixes during his whirlwind 133 off 86-ball knock.
India will now have to await the result of the last league match between Australia and Sri Lanka to know their fate. They will qualify to the finals only if Australia beat Sri Lanka in the last league game.
Australia, who are already through to the finals are leading the table with 19 points while Sri Lanka and India are tied on 15 points with the latter haviung completed their league engagements.
Much as Kohli deserves to be applauded, no less critical roles were played by openers Virender Sehwag (30, 16 balls, 5x4, 1x6) and Sachin Tendulkar (39, 30 balls, 5x4) as well as the two subsequent batsmen, Gautam Gambhir (63, 64
Shane Warne will be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame at the annual Allan Border Medal ceremony, where current skipper Michael Clarke is expected to make a clean-sweep of the top honours Monday night.
Hall of Fame chairman David Crow said the 42-year-old's contribution to cricket had been huge.
"He revived leg-spin, combining accuracy with variety and enormous turn, even on unhelpful pitches," Crow said in a statement.
"It was the timing of his performances in addition to his sheer weight of wickets that further underlined his legendary status," he added.
Warne's Test record boasts of 708 wickets from 145 matches and places him second on the all-time list.
Mahela Jayawardene chats after Sri Lanka claimed victory over Australia in their Commonwealth Bank ODI Series match at Blundstone Arena Bellerive.
Jayawardene, who was adjudged man-of-the-match for his 85-run knock that set the tone for the successful chase, said his young team is shaping up well.
Sri Lanka are the unlikely table-toppers right now with 15 points from six matches.
"The youngsters are learning a lot from these games.
We are top of the table, but we still need to do a lot of hard work," he added.
Talking about his own innings, Jayawardene said he was lucky to get more strike.
"I probably got more of the strike than Dilly (Tillakaratne Dilshan). I was in a zone and it was one of those days when most
Australian opener David Warner, accompanied by team mates David Hussey, Peter Forrest and Clint McKay paid a visit to ailing children at the Sydney Children's Hospital ahead of the sixth ODI of the CB series against Sri Lanka.
The Australian cricketers wandered around the hospital amusing young patients with their funny attire. Vice-captain Warner was delighted he was able to spread smiles on faces of the little ones.
