Feb 17, 2012

South Africa in New Zealand 2012, Test match Schedule

DateMatch DetailsTime
(IST)
Place
Mar 07 - 11South Africa v New Zealand, 1st Test03:00
(Mar 7)
Dunedin
Mar 15 - 19South Africa v New Zealand, 2nd Test03:00
(Mar 15)
Hamilton
Mar 23 - 27South Africa v New Zealand, 3rd Test03:00
(Mar 23)
Wellington

South Africa in New Zealand 2012 Complete Series Schedule

Feb 10, 2012

David Hussey Dream for to Play Test Cricket

David Hussey will turn 35 in July this year but the veteran batsman has not given up hopes of playing in the next World Cup in 2015 and also making a late Test debut for Australia and the he feels that it will be tough for the selectors to keep him out of the side if he keeps.

"You want to be in a winning World Cup, it's probably second to playing Test cricket for Australia," said Hussey, who will be 37 by the time of the next World Cup.

He said he had also taken heart from the way his brother Michael had fought back last summer, after critics had called for his head ahead of the Ashes series and they are both stubborn people say you're too old or you've lost your form or you're not good enough to play at the level, you get your back up and want to get out there and prove a lot of people wrong, he said.

Feb 9, 2012

ICC Hall of Fame

The Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar was inducted into the International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame and he was presented with the Hall of Fame cap by India's 1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev in the induction ceremony took place at the residence of Ajay Sethi in Dubai and the Sethi is the Director of the Channel 2 group.

ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat and former Pakistan captains Waqar Younis, Ramiz Raja and Aamir Sohail were present during the occasion for the gavaskar has played for India at the International level for 16 years, representing the country in 125 Test matches and 108 ODIs. He was the 1st player to cross 10,000 runs in Test cricket and he also held the record of the most number of centuries at one time.

Gavaskar was thrilled to receive the cap from Kapil Dev who was his captain at the ICC Cricket World Cup 1983: "Kapil is somebody who I consider as the greatest Indian cricketer and to receive this cap from him is a real big plus, a real big honour and the Kapil and I have had some wonderful times playing in the Indian team to being part of the World Cup winning squad is a memory that will always stay with me Kapil lifting the Cup at Lord's is something that I will always treasure and to receive the cap from him makes this occasion even more special."


Feb 8, 2012

ICC Test Player Ranks: Sachin Tendulkar in 10th position


Sachin Tendulkar 3 places to be the only Indian cricketer in the list of top-ten batsmen in the ICC Player Rankings for Test released here on Tuesday and he is placed at 10th position along with Pakistan's Azhar Ali, who scored a match-winning 157 during the 2nd innings of the 3rd and final Test against England in Dubai earlier this week.

India's pace spearhead Zaheer Khan remained static at the 10th spot with an aggregate of 697 points and the Saeed Ajmal consolidated his 2nd position, achieving a career-best rating of 835 points and he is won the player of the series award for claiming 24 wickets in the 3-0 drubbing of England.

Feb 6, 2012

Pakistan Won Test Serie 3-0 and Whitewash against England at Duba

3rd Test: England v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Feb 3-6, 2012

Pakistan 99 & 365

England 141 & 252 (97.3 ov)

Pakistan won by 71 runs

Saeed Ajmal is the Man of the Series

Pakistan are now just three points away from 4th ranked India and Australia

Pakistan had entered the series in 5th position on 99 rating points and moved to 108 points and now, are within striking distance of the top four for the first time since 2007.

England have placed their lead in jeopardy before they head to Sri Lanka for a two-Test series starting next month.

For England, it was its first series loss since 2008-2009 when it suffered a 1-0 series defeat to the West Indies while it is the first time since the 2006-2007 Ashes in Australia that England has lost all the Tests of a series.

Pakistan's 3-0 series win has also kept alive South Africa's chances of finishing as the number-one ranked side at the 1 April annual cut-off date and with it, win a prize of USD 175,000.

Clearly blown away by Pakistan's supremacy in their adopted home. Team Misbah is the one everyone would want to beat.