Online Cricket: India won in batsmen fight

Result India won by 58 runs
India innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
V Sehwag b Mills 3 15 6 0 0 50.00
SR Tendulkar retired hurt 163 206 133 16 5 122.55
G Gambhir c wicketkeeperMcGlashan b Butler 15 46 27 1 0 55.55
Yuvraj Singh c McGlashan b Elliott 87 82 60 10 6 145.00
MS Dhoni c wicketkeeperMcGlashan b Mills 68 76 58 5 2 117.24
SK Raina not out 38 22 18 0 5 211.11
YK Pathan not out 1 6 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (lb 5, w 8, nb 4) 17

Total (4 wickets; 50 overs) 392 (7.84 runs per over)

Did not bat P Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, MM Patel

Fall of wickets1-15 (Sehwag, 2.4 ov), 2-65 (Gambhir, 12.4 ov), 3-203 (Yuvraj Singh, 29.2 ov), 3-338* (Tendulkar, retired not out), 4-382 (Dhoni, 48.4 ov)


Bowling O M R W Econ
KD Mills 10 0 58 2 5.80 (3nb)
TG Southee 10 0 105 0 10.50 (2w)
IG Butler 5 0 37 1 7.40 (2w)
JDP Oram 8 1 34 0 4.25 (1w)
JS Patel 5 0 37 0 7.40
JD Ryder 5 0 56 0 11.20 (1nb)
GD Elliott 7 0 60 1 8.57 (1w)


New Zealand innings (target: 393 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
JD Ryder c Khan b Harbhajan Singh 105 108 80 12 4 131.25
captain BB McCullum run out (Raina/wicketkeeperDhoni) 71 88 68 6 3 104.41
LRPL Taylor run out (Yuvraj Singh/wicketkeeperDhoni) 7 9 6 1 0 116.66
MJ Guptill lbw b Yuvraj Singh 1 3 4 0 0 25.00
GD Elliott b Khan 18 27 24 1 0 75.00
JDP Oram b Harbhajan Singh 7 9 11 0 0 63.63
wicketkeeper PD McGlashan b Khan 7 14 9 0 0 77.77
IG Butler b Yuvraj Singh 24 23 19 1 1 126.31
KD Mills c Khan b Pathan 54 55 32 6 3 168.75
TG Southee c & b Kumar 32 36 20 3 2 160.00
JS Patel not out 0 2 0 0 0 -
Extras (lb 2, w 4, nb 2) 8

Total (all out; 45.1 overs) 334 (7.39 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-166 (McCullum, 21.6 ov), 2-179 (Taylor, 24.2 ov), 3-182 (Guptill, 25.3 ov), 4-188 (Ryder, 26.6 ov), 5-203 (Oram, 30.3 ov), 6-217 (Elliott, 33.3 ov), 7-218 (McGlashan, 33.5 ov), 8-251 (Butler, 37.6 ov), 9-334 (Mills, 44.6 ov), 10-334 (Southee, 45.1 ov)


Bowling O M R W Econ
Z Khan 9 0 65 2 7.22 (1w)
P Kumar 8.1 0 60 1 7.34 (1w)
MM Patel 7.2 0 79 0 10.77 (2nb, 1w)
Yuvraj Singh 10 0 71 2 7.10 (1w)
Harbhajan Singh 10 0 56 2 5.60
YK Pathan 0.4 0 1 1 1.50

Online Cricket:Australia to play pakistan in UAEApril-May, 2009.

Australia tour of Pakistan is shifted to nuteral venue in United Arab Emeriates. PCB chairman said in a statement that Australia will fly directly to UAE to play 5 odi's and a 20-20 match after the compleation of their South African tour, and also added that Dubai and Abu Dhabi will host this series. Australia had cancelled the tour in March 2008 because of Violence andso PCB arranged this altrenatives. "If Australia do not play the Tests in Pakistan there is a possibility of playing the Test series in England," PCB said.

Cricket Schedule
April 22	1st ODI - Pakistan v Australia Dubai
April 24	2nd ODI - Pakistan v Australia Dubai
April 27	3rd ODI - Pakistan v Australia Abu Dhabi
May 1	4th ODI - Pakistan v Australia Abu Dhabi
May 3	5th ODI - Pakistan v Australia Abu Dhabi
May 7	T20I - Pakistan v Australia Dubai

Kallis gets 10,000

Jacques Kallis is now 8th test batsmen to get 10,000 runs. He achieved this feet in the first test between SA and AUS at Wanderers. He scored 27 runs before getting out to Siddle. This is 129th test match for kallis and started the innings needing just 12 runs. Kallis is only South African to reach this mile stone, raised his bat helmet after getting 10,000. Upto now he has made 30 hundreds and 50 fifties with healthy average of 54.57. This allrounder has 252 wickets and 100-plus catches in his kitty and is rated as one of the legends of the game.

Kallis progress to 10,000

Milestone	Tests	Innings
1000	22	36
2000	35	55
3000	51	82
4000	61	101
5000	73	120
6000	81	134
7000	90	151
8000	101	170
9000	110	188
10,000	129	217

Online Cricket: New Zealand takes series with a thriller

	India Innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		G Gambhir	c BB McCullum b Butler	10	29	13	0	1	76.92
		V Sehwag	c Vettori b O'Brien	24	15	11	5	0	218.18
		SK Raina	c Southee b Butler	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
		Yuvraj Singh	c Oram b O'Brien	50	33	34	3	4	147.05
		MS Dhoni	not out	28	57	30	2	0	93.33
		YK Pathan	b Vettori	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
		RA Jadeja	c Guptill b Southee	19	14	16	1	1	118.75
		IK Pathan	not out	15	13	10	0	1	150.00
		Extras	(lb 2, w 1)	3
		Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	149	(7.45 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-29 (Sehwag, 3.3 ov), 2-36 (Raina, 4.3 ov), 3-47 (Gambhir, 6.1 ov), 4-92 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.4 ov), 5-94 (YK Pathan, 13.2 ov), 6-121 (Jadeja, 16.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	TG Southee	4	0	36	1	9.00
	IE O'Brien	4	0	30	2	7.50
	IG Butler	4	0	42	2	10.50
	DL Vettori	4	0	21	1	5.25
	JD Ryder	4	0	18	0	4.50

	New Zeland Innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		JD Ryder	b Khan	26	22	15	3	2	173.33
		BB McCullum	not out	69	94	55	8	1	125.45
		MJ Guptill	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	10	15	19	1	0	52.63
		LRPL Taylor	b IK Pathan	27	35	25	2	0	108.00
		JDP Oram	c Dhoni b IK Pathan	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
		NT Broom	c IK Pathan b Yuvraj Singh	5	5	3	1	0	166.66
		NL McCullum	not out	1	11	2	0	0	50.00
		Extras	(b 1, lb 6, w 5)	12
		Total	(5 wickets; 20 overs; 94 mins)	150	(7.50 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-53 (Ryder, 4.4 ov), 2-69 (Guptill, 8.5 ov), 3-125 (Taylor, 17.2 ov), 4-125 (Oram, 17.3 ov), 5-134 (Broom, 18.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	IK Pathan	4	0	41	2	10.25
	Z Khan	4	0	30	1	7.50
	I Sharma	2	0	19	0	9.50
	Harbhajan Singh	4	0	15	1	3.75
	RA Jadeja	4	0	21	0	5.25
	Yuvraj Singh	2	0	17	1	8.50

India gets first Kiwi taste!

	India Innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		G Gambhir	b O'Brien	6	8	7	1	0	85.71
		V Sehwag	b O'Brien	26	14	10	0	4	260.00
		SK Raina	not out	61	74	43	2	5	141.86
		RG Sharma	c BB McCullum b Butler	7	9	7	0	1	100.00
		Yuvraj Singh	lbw b Vettori	1	4	3	0	0	33.33
		MS Dhoni	b Butler	2	5	6	0	0	33.33
		YK Pathan	c Oram b NL McCullum	20	7	8	0	3	250.00
		IK Pathan	c NL McCullum b Ryder	12	13	14	1	0	85.71
		Harbhajan Singh	b Southee	21	25	22	2	0	95.45
		Extras	(lb 3, w 3)	6
		Total	(8 wickets; 20 overs)	162	(8.10 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-25 (Gambhir, 1.6 ov), 2-32 (Sehwag, 3.1 ov), 3-54 (RG Sharma, 5.2 ov), 4-56 (Yuvraj Singh, 6.2 ov), 5-61 (Dhoni, 7.5 ov), 6-82 (YK Pathan, 9.4 ov), 7-101 (IK Pathan, 13.3 ov), 8-162 (Harbhajan Singh, 19.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	TG Southee	4	0	42	1	10.50
	IE O'Brien	4	0	36	2	9.00
	IG Butler	4	0	29	2	7.25
	DL Vettori	4	0	18	1	4.50
	NL McCullum	2	0	27	1	13.50
	JD Ryder	2	0	7	1	3.50

	New Zeland Innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		JD Ryder	lbw b I Sharma	1	5	4	0	0	25.00
		BB McCullum	not out	56	88	49	2	3	114.28
		MJ Guptill	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	41	26	28	4	3	146.42
		LRPL Taylor	b Khan	31	28	20	1	3	155.00
		JDP Oram	not out	29	26	15	3	2	193.33
		Extras	(w 5, nb 3)	8
		Total	(3 wickets; 18.5 overs; 88 mins)	166	(8.81 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Ryder, 1.1 ov), 2-56 (Guptill, 6.4 ov), 3-106 (Taylor, 13.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	4	0	20	1	5.00
	I Sharma	4	0	35	1	8.75
	IK Pathan	3	0	38	0	12.66
	Harbhajan Singh	4	0	19	1	4.75
	YK Pathan	2.5	0	37	0	13.05
	Yuvraj Singh	1	0	17	0	17.00

Bucknor Quits after this season.

One of the most experienced and widely respected umpires through out the world 'Steve Bucknor' from West Indies will going to retire from International duties after the 3rd test between South Africa and Australia in tests and Odi's between West Indies and England will be his last assignments in his career. Bucknor said "I have notified the ICC that the South Africa versus Australia series will be my last Test series," and also added Africa versus Australia series will be my last Test series," Bucknor, 62, told the Jamaica Gleaner. "The body is feeling quite good and I know I could go on for another two or three years. However, something inside me is telling me that it is time to go."

Online Cricket:Last pair sees the end of the day.

Number 10 & 11 batsmen of West Indies saved their team from defeate. Pair of Fidel Edwards and Daren Powell survived final 36 minutes of the 2nd test match to maintain the 1-0 lead in the series. Chasing the target of 503 started well, RR Sarwan and S Chanderpaul made 106 and 55 respectively before WI falling at 370/9. England bowlers bowled well to make the series level but in vain, particularly veteran bowler Andrew Flintoff bowled with limping 12 over spell to see his team home. Final day started after rain interrupted the game for 1 hour and 15 min.

Online Cricket:Dhoni & Co. leave for tough series.

Indian team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni had left to the New Zealand tour which will be different series compared to other series. It will be first time for captain himself to play in Kiwi conditions. India was terribly beaten in both the tests and one day formats with 2-0 and 5-2 respectively in their previous visit in 2002-03. Only five players in present Squad that is touring New Zealand Series had the weather experience (Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan). On other hand black caps skipper said that India will find easier this time, also added that pitches were eased out after their previous tour and become flatter. Vettori added that he was very excited for the series which gives his team a good chance to test his young team’s skills.

Online Cricket:Pakistan tour of Bangladesh, 2008/09

Cricket Schedule
Tue 10 15:00 local, 09:00 GMT	1st T20I - Bangladesh v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Thu 12 15:00 local, 09:00 GMT	2nd T20I - Bangladesh v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Fri 13 09:00 local, 03:00 GMT	1st ODI - Bangladesh v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sun 15 09:00 local, 03:00 GMT	2nd ODI - Bangladesh v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Tue 17 09:00 local, 03:00 GMT	3rd ODI - Bangladesh v Pakistan Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Fri 20 09:00 local, 03:00 GMT	4th ODI - Bangladesh v Pakistan Chittagong Divisional Stadium
Sun 22 09:00 local, 03:00 GMT	5th ODI - Bangladesh v Pakistan Chittagong Divisional Stadium

Online Cricket: Bracken's spell gives victory.

Nathen Bracken bowled a spell of his life time in T20 game against Kiwi's to ensure a one run victory. He suffocated NZ batsmen in last 10 dot balls without giving a single run to them. Chasing the target of 150 New Zeland started off well courtesy Brendon McCllum(61 from 47) quick fire, even they are in the hunt for victory until 16th over; then Man of the Match Bracken changed the game by tightining the line and length.
Only T20 Match

	Australia Innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		DA Warner	c Vettori b O'Brien	23	19	15	4	0	153.33
		BJ Haddin	c & b Southee	15	15	10	2	0	150.00
		CJ Ferguson	b Butler	8	15	9	1	0	88.88
		DJ Hussey	c Broom b Vettori	41	51	39	1	1	105.12
		AC Voges	lbw b Elliott	26	28	24	2	0	108.33
		CL White	c Vettori b O'Brien	16	16	11	0	1	145.45
		JR Hopes	not out	16	12	10	1	0	160.00
		MC Henriques	run out (BB McCullum/Southee)	1	1	2	0	0	50.00
		PM Siddle	not out	1	3	1	0	0	100.00
		Extras	(lb 1, w 1, nb 1)	3
		Total	(7 wickets; 20 overs)	150	(7.50 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-34 (Haddin, 3.4 ov), 2-38 (Warner, 4.3 ov), 3-52 (Ferguson, 6.6 ov), 4-104 (Voges, 14.5 ov), 5-128 (Hussey, 17.2 ov), 6-135 (White, 18.4 ov), 7-138 (Henriques, 19.0 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JEC Franklin	1	0	6	0	6.00
	TG Southee	4	0	31	1	7.75
	IE O'Brien	4	0	34	2	8.50
	IG Butler	4	0	30	1	7.50
	DL Vettori	4	0	23	1	5.75
	NL McCullum	2	0	14	0	7.00
	GD Elliott	1	0	11	1	11.00

	New Zeland Innings(target: 151 runs from 20 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		BB McCullum	c Voges b Hilfenhaus	61	61	47	5	2	129.78
		MJ Guptill	lbw b Siddle	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
		PG Fulton	c Haddin b Siddle	1	8	8	0	0	12.50
		NT Broom	c Ferguson b Hopes	36	31	26	6	0	138.46
		GD Elliott	not out	23	38	30	1	0	76.66
		JEC Franklin	run out (Haddin)	3	6	3	0	0	100.00
		NL McCullum	not out	10	3	4	1	1	250.00
		Extras	(b 3, lb 10, w 2)	15
		Total	(5 wickets; 20 overs)	149	(7.45 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Guptill, 0.4 ov), 2-12 (Fulton, 2.2 ov), 3-73 (Broom, 10.4 ov), 4-131 (BB McCullum, 18.1 ov), 5-137 (Franklin, 19.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	PM Siddle	4	0	24	2	6.00
	NW Bracken	4	1	16	0	4.00
	BW Hilfenhaus	4	0	32	1	8.00
	JR Hopes	4	0	40	1	10.00
	DJ Hussey	4	0	24	0	6.00

Online Cricket:ICC Lunches T20 World Cup Trophy!

Online Cricket:Muttiah Muralitharan is highest wicket taker in onedays.

Muralitharan has become the highest wicket taker in onedays, breaking The Pakistan's legendary left arm fast blwler Wasim Akram's(502) record. He achieved this record by taking the wicket of India's Gautham Gambhir(155) who played splendid innings in 4th odi. Murali's lone wicket in innings brought up the the record. India scored a mamoth 332/5 in that match eventually won the match by 67 runs. Murali 36 said that he was happy by achieving this record and want's to quit the game with coming world cup 2011 in sub-continent.

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
M Muralitharan (Asia/ICC/SL)	1993-2009	328	320	17653	11444	503	7/30	22.75	3.88	35.0	14	10
Wasim Akram (Pak)	1984-2003	356	351	18186	11812	502	5/15	23.52	3.89	36.2	17	6
Waqar Younis (Pak)	1989-2003	262	258	12698	9919	416	7/36	23.84	4.68	30.5	14	13
WPUJC Vaas (Asia/SL)	1994-2008	322	320	15775	11014	400	8/19	27.53	4.18	39.4	9	4
SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SA)	1996-2008	303	297	15712	9631	393	6/35	24.50	3.67	39.9	12	5
GD McGrath (Aus/ICC)	1993-2007	250	248	12970	8391	381	7/15	22.02	3.88	34.0	9	7
A Kumble (Asia/India)	1990-2007	271	265	14496	10412	337	6/12	30.89	4.30	43.0	8	2
J Srinath (India)	1991-2003	229	227	11935	8847	315	5/23	28.08	4.44	37.8	7	3
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	1989-2009	431	357	14448	11476	312	6/29	36.78	4.76	46.3	8	4
B Lee (Aus)	2000-2008	173	170	8853	6955	303	5/22	22.95	4.71	29.2	11	8
SK Warne (Aus/ICC)	1993-2005	194	191	10642	7541	293	5/33	25.73	4.25	36.3	12	1
AB Agarkar (India)	1998-2007	191	188	9484	8021	288	6/42	27.85	5.07	32.9	10	2
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak)	1995-2003	169	165	8770	6275	288	5/20	21.78	4.29	30.4	11	6

Online Cricket:Sharma Saves the day for India

Kandamby scored an unbeaten 93 to nearly snatch victory for Sri Lanka. He recovered shaky start from 36/3 to 136/3 along with his captain who is struggling for form made a patient 52. They kept moumentem going with the partnership of exactly 100, but India's premium fast bowler Ishanth Sharma kept his cool in last 10 overs of the innings taking 3 wickets and bowling tight line with Zaheer Khan. Sharma has awarded the player of the match for his match winning figures of 4/57.

Online Cricket: Lonwabo Tsotsobe pushes South Acrica to #1!

Debutant Tsotsobe made Austraila toil under Perth's sun to take his team home with Test and one day trophies along with the No. 1 oneday status. His figures of 4 for 50 from his alloted quota made the difference. He took two wickets at top order and 2 in middle order. Now officially South Africa declared as No. 1 one day team. If SA can win the test in return series starting on 26 Feb they will be ranked in the top spot in tests also. Austraila were set with a siff target of 289 to save themselves from losing the top spot in oneday rankings, but they were rounded off for 249 to lose onday series with 1-4! to SA. Amla was declared the Player of the Match and JA Morkel for the series.

Online Cricket:England tour of West Indies, January-April 2009

Cricket Schedule
Sun 25 - Tue 27 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	St Kitts Invitational XI v England XI Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Thu 29 - Sat 31 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	West Indies A v England XI Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
February 2009
Wed 4 - Sun 8 10:00 local, 15:00 GMT	1st Test - West Indies v England Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Fri 13 - Tue 17 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	2nd Test - West Indies v England Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
Sat 21 - Sun 22 14:00 GMT	Barbados Cricket Association President's XI v England XI Venue TBC Barbados
Thu 26 - Mon 2 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	3rd Test - West Indies v England Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
March 2009
Fri 6 - Tue 10 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	4th Test - West Indies v England Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Sat 14 14:00 GMT	West Indies Players Association XI v England XI Venue TBC Trinidad
Sun 15 14:00 local, 18:00 GMT	Only T20I - West Indies v England Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Fri 20 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	1st ODI - West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana
Sun 22 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	2nd ODI - West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri 27 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	3rd ODI - West Indies v England Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sun 29 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	4th ODI - West Indies v England Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
April 2009
Fri 3 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	5th ODI - West Indies v England Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Online Cricket: Srilanka's veteran records an oldest ton

Srilanka's opening batsment Sanath Jayasuriya has made a ton against India which is older in terms of age. He is in second spot first being G Boycott of England against his favorite opposition Austraila with 39yrs 51days while Sanath recorded at 39yrs 6days. He won the Man of the Match for this effort. Despite his heroics India comfartably chased the target of 246 losing 4 wickets.

List shows the table of oldest ton records

Player	Age	Runs		Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
G Boycott	39y 51d	105		England	v Australia	Sydney	11 Dec 1979
ST Jayasuriya	39y 6d	125		Sri Lanka	v India	Karachi	6 Jul 2008
SM Gavaskar	38y 113d	103*		India	v New Zealand	Nagpur	31 Oct 1987
DL Haynes	38y 18d	115		West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	5 Mar 1994
CG Greenidge	37y 321d	117		West Indies	v India	St John's	18 Mar 1989
M Amarnath	37y 185d	102*		India	v New Zealand	Sharjah	27 Mar 1988
SO Tikolo	37y 116d	102		Kenya	v Zimbabwe	Nairobi (Gym)	19 Oct 2008
AJ Stewart	37y 103d	100*		England	v West Indies	Nottingham	20 Jul 2000
BE Congdon	37y 26d	101		New Zealand	v England	Wellington	9 Mar 1975
GA Gooch	36y 306d	112*		England	v New Zealand	The Oval	25 May 1990
AC Gilchrist	36y 93d	118		Australia	v Sri Lanka	Perth	15 Feb 2008
CB Lambert	36y 57d	119		West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	8 Apr 1998
Zaheer Abbas	35y 331d	103*		Pakistan	v New Zealand	Nottingham	20 Jun 1983
W Larkins	35y 331d	124		England	v Australia	Hyderabad (Decc)	19 Oct 1989
IVA Richards	35y 304d	110*		West Indies	v India	Rajkot	5 Jan 1988
ME Waugh	35y 299d	133*		Australia	v India	Pune	28 Mar 2001
GM Turner	35y 298d	140		New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Auckland	20 Mar 1983
BC Lara	35y 271d	156		West Indies	v Pakistan	Adelaide	28 Jan 2005
Javed Miandad	35y 248d	107		Pakistan	v South Africa	East London	15 Feb 1993
M Azharuddin	35y 224d	101		India	v Pakistan	Toronto	20 Sep 1998
ML Hayden	35y 173d	103		Australia	v New Zealand	St George's	20 Apr 2007
SR Waugh	35y 75d	114*		Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne (Dock)	16 Aug 2000
CL Hooper	35y 64d	112*		West Indies	v Pakistan	Sharjah	17 Feb 2002
G Kirsten	35y 23d	102*		South Africa	v Pakistan	Paarl	16 Dec 2002

Online Cricket: Zimbabwe tour of Kenya, Jan - Feb 2009

Cricket Schedule
Tue 27 09:30 local, 06:30 GMT	1st ODI - Kenya v Zimbabwe Mombasa Sports Club Ground
Thu 29 09:30 local, 06:30 GMT	2nd ODI - Kenya v Zimbabwe Mombasa Sports Club Ground
Sat 31 09:30 local, 06:30 GMT	3rd ODI - Kenya v Zimbabwe Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
February 2009
Sun 1 09:30 local, 06:30 GMT	4th ODI - Kenya v Zimbabwe Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Wed 4 09:30 local, 06:30 GMT	5th ODI - Kenya v Zimbabwe Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi

Online Cricket: India tour of New Zealand, Feb-April 2009

Cricket Schedule
Wed 25 D/N 19:00 local, 06:00 GMT	1st T20I - New Zealand v India AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Fri 27 D/N 19:00 local, 06:00 GMT	2nd T20I - New Zealand v India Westpac Stadium, Wellington Originally scheduled for March 6, 2009
March 2009
Tue 3 D/N 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT	1st ODI - New Zealand v India McLean Park, Napier Originally scheduled for March 8, 2009
Fri 6 D/N 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT	2nd ODI - New Zealand v India Westpac Stadium, Wellington Originally schedule for March 17, 2009
Sun 8 D/N 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT	3rd ODI - New Zealand v India AMI Stadium, Christchurch Originally scheduled for March 20, 2009
Wed 11 D/N 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT	4th ODI - New Zealand v India Seddon Park, Hamilton
Sat 14 D/N 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT	5th ODI - New Zealand v India Eden Park, Auckland
Wed 18 - Sun 22 11:00 local, 22:00 GMT	1st Test - New Zealand v India Seddon Park, Hamilton Originally scheduled for March 26-30, 2009
Thu 26 - Mon 30 11:00 local, 22:00 GMT	2nd Test - New Zealand v India McLean Park, Napier
April 2009
Fri 3 - Tue 7 11:00 local, 22:00 GMT	3rd Test - New Zealand v India Basin Reserve, Wellington

Online Cricket: England's tour to West Indies, Jan-April 2009

Cricket Schedules
Sun 25 - Tue 27 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	St Kitts XI v England XI Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Thu 29 - Sat 31 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	West Indies A v England XI Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
February 2009
Wed 4 - Sun 8 10:00 local, 15:00 GMT	1st Test - West Indies v England Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Fri 13 - Tue 17 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	2nd Test - West Indies v England Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
Sat 21 - Sun 22 14:00 GMT	Barbados Cricket Association President's XI v England XI Venue TBC Barbados
Thu 26 - Mon 2 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	3rd Test - West Indies v England Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
March 2009
Fri 6 - Tue 10 10:00 local, 14:00 GMT	4th Test - West Indies v England Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Sat 14 14:00 GMT	West Indies Players Association XI v England XI Venue TBC Trinidad
Sun 15 14:00 local, 18:00 GMT	Only T20I - West Indies v England Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Fri 20 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	1st ODI - West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana
Sun 22 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	2nd ODI - West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri 27 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	3rd ODI - West Indies v England Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sun 29 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	4th ODI - West Indies v England Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
April 2009
Fri 3 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	5th ODI - West Indies v England Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Online Cricket: Australia in South Africa, February-April 2009

Cricket Schedule
Fri 20 - Sun 22 10:30 local, 08:30 GMT	South Africa A v Australians Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Thu 26 - Mon 2 10:30 local, 08:30 GMT	1st Test - South Africa v Australia New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
March 2009
Fri 6 - Tue 10 10:30 local, 08:30 GMT	2nd Test - South Africa v Australia Kingsmead, Durban
Thu 19 - Mon 23 10:30 local, 08:30 GMT	3rd Test - South Africa v Australia Newlands, Cape Town
Fri 27 D/N 18:00 local, 16:00 GMT	1st T20I - South Africa v Australia New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Sun 29 D/N 18:00 local, 16:00 GMT	2nd T20I - South Africa v Australia SuperSport Park, Centurion
April 2009
Fri 3 D/N 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	1st ODI - South Africa v Australia Kingsmead, Durban
Sun 5 10:00 local, 08:00 GMT	2nd ODI - South Africa v Australia SuperSport Park, Centurion
Thu 9 D/N 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	3rd ODI - South Africa v Australia Newlands, Cape Town
Mon 13 10:00 local, 08:00 GMT	4th ODI - South Africa v Australia St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Fri 17 D/N 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	5th ODI - South Africa v Australia New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Online Cricket: India's tour to West Indies, June-July 2009

Cricket Schedule
Fri 26	1st ODI - West Indies v India Venue TBC
Sun 28	2nd ODI - West Indies v India Venue TBC
Fri 3	3rd ODI - West Indies v India Venue TBC
Sun 5	4th ODI - West Indies v India Venue TBC

Online Cricket: Ashes Series, June-September 2009

Cricket Schedule
Wed 24 - Sat 27 11:00 local, 10:00 GMT	Sussex v Australians County Ground, Hove
July 2009
Wed 1 - Sat 4 11:00 local, 10:00 GMT	England Lions v Australians County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Wed 8 - Sun 12 11:00 local, 10:00 GMT	1st Test - England v Australia Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Thu 16 - Mon 20 11:00 local, 10:00 GMT	2nd Test - England v Australia Lord's, London
Fri 24 - Sun 26 11:00 local, 10:00 GMT	Northamptonshire v Australians County Ground, Northampton
Thu 30 - Mon 3 11:00 local, 10:00 GMT	3rd Test - England v Australia Edgbaston, Birmingham
August 2009
Fri 7 - Tue 11 11:00 local, 10:00 GMT	4th Test - England v Australia Headingley, Leeds
Sat 15 - Sun 16 11:00 local, 10:00 GMT	Kent v Australians St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Thu 20 - Mon 24 11:00 local, 10:00 GMT	5th Test - England v Australia Kennington Oval, London
Fri 28 10:45 local, 09:45 GMT	Only ODI - Scotland v Australia Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
Sun 30 14:30 local, 13:30 GMT	1st Twenty20 International - England v Australia Old Trafford, Manchester
September 2009
Tue 1 D/N 19:00 local, 18:00 GMT	2nd Twenty20 International - England v Australia Old Trafford, Manchester
Fri 4 D/N 13:00 local, 12:00 GMT	1st ODI - England v Australia Kennington Oval, London
Sun 6 10:15 local, 09:15 GMT	2nd ODI - England v Australia Lord's, London
Wed 9 D/N 14:30 local, 13:30 GMT	3rd ODI - England v Australia The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Sat 12 10:15 local, 09:15 GMT	4th ODI - England v Australia Lord's, London
Tue 15 D/N 14:30 local, 13:30 GMT	5th ODI - England v Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Thu 17 D/N 14:30 local, 13:30 GMT	6th ODI - England v Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Sun 20 10:15 local, 09:15 GMT	7th ODI - England v Australia Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

Online Cricket: ICC World Twenty20 June 2009

Twenty20 World Cup Cricket Groups:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
India	Pakistan	Australia	New Zealand
Bangladesh	England	Sri Lanka	South Africa
Ireland	Netherlands	West Indies	Scotland
Group E	A1, B2, C1, D2	Group F	B1, A2, C2, D1

Twenty20 World Cup Cricket Schedule:

Cricket Schedule
Fri 5 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	1st Match, Group B - England v Netherlands Lord's, London
Sat 6 10:00 local, 09:00 GMT	2nd Match, Group D - New Zealand v Scotland Kennington Oval, London
Sat 6 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT	3rd Match, Group C - Australia v West Indies Kennington Oval, London
Sat 6 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	4th Match, Group A - Bangladesh v India Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Sun 7 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT	5th Match, Group D - Scotland v South Africa Kennington Oval, London
Sun 7 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	6th Match, Group B - England v Pakistan Kennington Oval, London
Mon 8 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT	7th Match, Group A - Bangladesh v Ireland Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Mon 8 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	8th Match, Group C - Australia v Sri Lanka Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Tue 9 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT	9th Match, Group B - Pakistan v Netherlands Lord's, London
Tue 9 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	10th Match, Group D - New Zealand v South Africa Lord's, London
Wed 10 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT	12th Match, Group C - Sri Lanka v West Indies Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Wed 10 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	11th Match, Group A - India v Ireland Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Super Eight's
Thu 11 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT	13th Match, Group F - TBC v TBC Trent Bridge, Nottingham D1 v A2
Thu 11 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	14th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC Trent Bridge, Nottingham B2 v D2
Fri 12 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT	15th Match, Group F - TBC v TBC Lord's, London B1 v C2
Fri 12 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	16th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC Lord's, London A1 v C1
Sat 13 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT	17th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC Kennington Oval, London C1 v D2
Sat 13 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	18th Match, Group F - TBC v TBC Kennington Oval, London D1 v B1
Sun 14 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT	19th Match, Group F - TBC v TBC Lord's, London A2 v C2
Sun 14 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	20th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC Lord's, London A1 v B2
Mon 15 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT	21st Match, Group E - TBC v TBC Kennington Oval, London B2 v C1
Mon 15 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	22nd Match, Group F - TBC v TBC Kennington Oval, London B1 v A2
Tue 16 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT	23rd Match, Group F - TBC v TBC Trent Bridge, Nottingham D1 v C2
Tue 16 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	24th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC Trent Bridge, Nottingham D2 v A1
Thu 18 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Fri 19 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT	2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Kennington Oval, London
Sun 21 15:00 local, 14:00 GMT	Final - TBC v TBC Lord's, London

Price spins Bangladesh for victory

Veteran spinner Raymond Price of Zimbabwe showed allround performance to see his team's victory, which in turn earned the man of the match prize. He recorded his careers best figures of 4-22 and hammered two 4's in last over in which 6 runs are needed from 6 balls. Zimbabwe has gone 1-0 up in 3 match series in Mirpur. Bangladesh fought well to defend their 3rd lowest score against them but lost the temperment and allowed the bottom half batsmen to settle the game.

Angelo Mathews stedied Srilanka for win

Angelo Mathews innings will be remembered by him for a long time coz saved wobbling Sri Lanka and also won the Man of the Match award. At a stage SL were struggling at 5/97 at this stage Mathews steadied the ship and built a valuable partnerships with Mubarak and Thushara, then bowlers did the rest. Mean while A Mendis broke the Agit Agarker's(India) for the fastest 50 wickets in one day internationals, Mendis achieved in 19 odi's while Agarker in 23 odi's, and also Jayawardene equaled the most catches record in odi's with M Azharuddin(India) with 156 catches.

Table depicts the list of fastest wicket takers:

Player	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Debut	Time	Mat
BAW Mendis (SL)	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka (SBNS)	12 Jan 2009	10 Apr 2008	0y 277d	19
AB Agarkar (India)	v Zimbabwe	Harare	30 Sep 1998	1 Apr 1998	0y 182d	23
DK Lillee (Aus)	v India	Sydney	18 Dec 1980	24 Aug 1972	8y 116d	24
SK Warne (Aus)	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	13 Sep 1994	24 Mar 1993	1y 173d	25
LS Pascoe (Aus)	v West Indies	Sydney	27 Jan 1982	2 Jun 1977	4y 239d	26
BP Patterson (WI)	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	20 Mar 1988	18 Feb 1986	2y 31d	26
CEL Ambrose (WI)	v Pakistan	Sharjah	14 Oct 1989	12 Mar 1988	1y 216d	26
Waqar Younis (Pak)	v West Indies	Karachi	9 Nov 1990	14 Oct 1989	1y 26d	27
SE Bond (NZ)	v Pakistan	Dambulla	11 May 2003	11 Jan 2002	1y 120d	27
IR Bishop (WI)	v Pakistan	Lahore	11 Nov 1990	21 May 1988	2y 174d	28
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak)	v Zimbabwe	Peshawar	3 Nov 1996	29 Sep 1995	1y 35d	28

Table is the list of catches in odi's:

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Ct	Max	Ct/Inn
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL)	1998-2009	289	287	156	4	0.543
M Azharuddin (India)	1985-2000	334	332	156	4	0.469
RT Ponting (Aus/ICC)	1995-2008	301	299	135	3	0.451
SP Fleming (ICC/NZ)	1994-2007	280	276	133	4	0.481
AR Border (Aus)	1979-1994	273	270	127	3	0.470
SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2008	419	413	126	4	0.305
M Muralitharan (Asia/ICC/SL)	1993-2009	319	317	123	3	0.388
R Dravid (Asia/ICC/India)	1996-2007	333	258	121	4	0.468
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2003	227	225	120	4	0.533
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2007	299	296	120	3	0.405
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	1989-2009	422	419	118	3	0.281
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak)	1991-2007	378	373	113	3	0.302
SR Waugh (Aus)	1986-2002	325	324	111	3	0.342
RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1999	213	212	109	3	0.514
ME Waugh (Aus)	1988-2002	244	243	108	3	0.444
SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SA)	1996-2008	303	300	108	2	0.360
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-2003	245	242	105	5	0.433
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)	1996-2008	283	279	104	3	0.372
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1991	187	186	100	3	0.537
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	234	232	100	3	0.431
SC Ganguly (Asia/India)	1992-2007	311	309	100	3	0.323
MS Atapattu (SL)	1990-2007	268	266	70	3	0.263

DA Warner innings gave win for Australia

An innings of 89 form 43 balls from Warner of Australia gave his team win in first Twenty20 match against South Africa, for which he won the Man of the Match award. He blazed against the SA bowlers right from the word go with out any even first class experience. In reply to the target of 182, SA started horribly by losing early wickets, but in middle Duminy stabilized with superb innings but ran out of partners to see his team home.

Guptill efforts were rained

MJ Guptill the NZ debutant gone into the record books to become the first kiwi to make a century on debut. He joined the elite list of players by achiving this feet. But this effort gone in vain as rain washed the game out. His score(122*) and also Strike rate(90.37) were the second best, first being the DL Haynes(148 with 108.82) of West Indies.

Following list is the hundreds on debut.

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR		Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
DL Amiss	103	134	9	0	76.86		England	v Australia	Manchester	24 Aug 1972
DL Haynes	148	136	16	2	108.82		West Indies	v Australia	St John's	22 Feb 1978
A Flower	115*	152	8	1	75.65		Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	New Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
Saleem Elahi	102*	133	7	1	76.69		Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Gujranwala	29 Sep 1995
MJ Guptill	122*	135	8	2	90.37		New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	10 Jan 2009

Upcoming Matches

Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh, January 2009

Srilanka tour of Pakistan, January-Feb 2009

England's tour to West Indies, Jan-April 2009

Australia in South Africa, February-April 2009

India tour of New Zealand, March-April 2009

Sri Lanka's tour to England, April-June 2009

Ashes Series, June-September 2009

ICC World Twenty20 June 2009

India's tour to West Indies, June-July 2009

Hayden over looked for CB Series w.r.t. future

Hayden was dropped for Twenty20 and CB Series against South Africa. Australia announced the squads for both formats of the game stating "We are moving on," and added "There is no doubt our advance plans were for Matthew to go through to the Ashes. That would be our ideal outcome. We've got to sit down as a panel to make a decision whether it's still the way to go." Considering his recent poor performance CA had looked for young players who can do good for the game. While Michael Clarke will miss Twenty20 games due to ligament damage to his right thumb, on other hand Mitchell Johnson rested because of busy work load.

Twenty20 Squad:Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Hopes, Nathan Bracken, Brad Haddin (wk), Shaun Marsh, Shaun Tait, David Warner, Ryan Harris, Cameron White, Nathan Hauritz.

Oneday Squad:Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin (wk), James Hopes, Nathan Bracken, Shaun Marsh, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, Cameron White, Shaun Tait, Peter Siddle.

Pieterson stands down as England captain.

Pieterson stated to media that he is resigning as captain, while he'll continue as a player in both formats of the game. He also added that he will do all to reclaim the Ashes this summer at home. On other hand ECB sacks coach Peter Moores. ECB said that strauss will lead the unit in West Indies.