Ishant from west indies ?

Is Ishant from west indies . Kolkata Knight Riders please correct it !

Image from Kolkata Knight Riders site.

Men in blue on Top

Congrats to Dhoni's men for the historic win over the ozzzz.
Men in blue has given a sweet revenge for all the Monkey business and surveillance camera activities.

Its a farewell day for Gilchrist, not a very good one for him though. We will surely miss his actions in ODI format of cricket. The wicketkeeper batsman is known for his professionalized cricket, which is not seen in the rest of the team. But he'll sure bring feast in IPL clashes.

Back in home, now its the decision time for the BCCI, to make right decisions. We have bundle of talents now in all direction, mostly from the young blood. We need to give them oppurtunities to perform and to shine.

picture courtesy : rediff

Congrats to Kumble's 11

It was really a good show by Team India, by winning Australia in 3rd Test played in Perth.

Thanks rediff.

Cricket Terminologies

These are some of the famous terminologies used in Gully cricket

1. Dokku -- Duck (Play defendly)
   
2. Aapside -- Offside
3. Atitale -- Hurt retired
   
4. Bold -- Bowled
   
5. Stemp -- Stump
   
6. Stemped -- Stumped
   
7. Gaauge -- Innings
   
8. Over Guaage -- Batsman taking single run in last ball of the Over.
9. Pazham -- Slow or Easy bowling
10. Appitu -- Caught
11. Wait of the grease -- ???
    

Poor Misbah !!

In the last over of the T20 world cup Misbah thought of chipping the ball to the no-man area, but he's not aware that there is no such area in the globe; surely a mallu (Sreesanth) will be there .

chak de India

Congrats Team India for winning T20 World Cup !!!
It will be written in history, that we Indians won the first Inaugural T20 world cup that too by winning our arch rival Pakistan.

What to say II

Ena Kodumai Sir ethu ?

To stay on in this tournament, India need to bowl at least 14.5 overs. Because if Pakistan get the total in 14.4 overs or less, the India will have a net run rate that will be worse than Scotland and thus they will be knocked out!!!

Nama nilamai Scotland run rate oda compare pandra alavuku poiduchu ...

What to say

 

Mascarenhas to Yuvraj, out Caught by Collingwood!! good length delivery angling across outside off, Yuvraj looks to run it through to third man, couldn't keep it down, simple catch for Collingwood at widish slip position! Yuvraj c Collingwood b Mascarenhas 28(48) [4s-1 6s-1]

 

30.2 Mascarenhas to Yuvraj, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

30.1 Mascarenhas to Yuvraj, no run, pitched up, angling across outside off, Yuvraj looks to push it to off but decides to leave it alone

 

 

Yuvi gives return for Mascarenhas

Yuvi gives in return for the last treatment given to his bowling in 6 ODI.

 

 

26.6 Mascarenhas to Yuvraj, no run, pitched up, outside off, Yuvraj drives it to point, slight fumble by Pietersen there!

26.5 Mascarenhas to Yuvraj, no run, pitched up, outside off, Yuvraj drives it to mid off, finds a fielder there

26.4 Mascarenhas to Yuvraj, no run, quicker delivery, angling across outside off, Yuvraj looks to cut, misses

26.3 Mascarenhas to Yuvraj, no run, good length delivery on the off, Yuvraj gets behind and plays it to mid off region

26.2 Mascarenhas to Yuvraj, no run, slow good length delivery, angling across outside off, Yuvraj drives it to mid on fielder

26.1 Mascarenhas to Yuvraj, no run, on the off, Yuvraj defends it to silly point

 

Even I won’t agree in giving a maiden to bowler in our matches, but this fella Mascarenhas hit 5 sixes in a row and in return yuvi gave 6 in the form of dot balls.

 

 

 

Big Win Against Lanka Should Be Avoided!

Shankar Raghuraman | TIG

Here’s a bit of contrarian advice. It is crucial that India win their last group match against the Lankans on Friday; but it would be in the team’s longerterm interest not to win big.
That’s because India’s chances of making the semifinals would be much better with Sri Lanka in the Super 8 rather than Bangladesh (see accompanying reports).
And India can make it almost certain that the islanders and not the Bangladeshis will join them in the next stage if they beat Lanka by a thin margin.
Here’s how the maths work out in four different scenarios. (It’s based on detailed numbercrunching and excel-sheet analysis, but we’ll spare you the details and instead give you the bottomline.)
Assume that Lanka win against Bangladesh by 55 runs (the average margin of victory they have against Bangladesh in all matches since the last Cup).
Scenario 1: If India beat Sri Lanka by 75 runs, that would assure India of qualifying for the Super 8 irrespective of what happens in the Bangladesh-Bermuda match. But, it would also mean that if Bangladesh beat Bermuda by 270 runs or more, they would displace Sri Lanka from second spot and squeak into the next stage on a better net run rate (NRR).
Scenario 2: If India beat Sri Lanka by 30 runs, we are still sure of qualifying, but Bangladesh would now need to beat Bermuda by 315 runs, which is near impossible, to get ahead of Lanka’s NRR. Scenario 3: If India win by an even narrower margin, say five runs against Sri Lanka, it is the islanders who become assured of a Super 8 slot. But India’s also as good as certain to make it, because Bangladesh would then have to beat Bermuda by more than 300 runs to get ahead of India’s NRR. Scenario 4: But, what if Sri Lanka itself wins against Bangladesh by only a narrow margin of say five runs? India would still be better off with a narrow win against Sri Lanka. A five-run victory would in such a case mean that India finishes with an NRR above Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, which will then have to beat Bermuda by 240 runs or more to get ahead of Lanka. A bigger margin of victory for India would mean a more modest challenge for Bangladesh in its last match.
All this, of course, is assuming that Sri Lanka beats Bangladesh and we beat the islanders. If on the other hand Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka and India beat Sri Lanka, then Sri Lanka with just one win and two defeats get knocked out while India with two wins and one defeat and Bangladesh with at least two and possibly three wins go through. There’s no three-way tie and NRRs do not enter the picture. But it’s not a scenario India would relish.

Really great !

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Retire List

List of veteran players retiring after world cup season !

From left to right ..
Lara,Inzy,Sanath,Atapattu,Gilli,Mcgrath,Hayden

What about Anil Kumble he's also in the list.