Hey Everyone,
Today I'll be writing about Cricket (a game which is considered as religion in India whose god is treated to be Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, a professional game in Australia) tournament which is going to be started with Boxing day test from 26th Dec, 2011 ! You will see the best of the best playing against each other to win tournament.
Actually, tournament started on a high note with Rahul Dravid from India gave Sir Don Bradman oration (first man on earth who is not an Australian), focusing on importance of test matches and the glory of test matches !
Now, back to action, almost all the cricket fans are awaiting for Star Batsmen Sachin Tendulkar from India to score 100th Century in international cricket, and become first batsmen in history achieve this feat, at MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia).
Currently India is positioned at No.2 (siped from No.1 after losing to England in India v/s England Series) in Test ranking & Australia at No.4, and that means you expect something interesting to happen.
Summary of Series:
How many Test Matches will India & Australia play in ongoing series ?
4
How many T20 Matches will India & Australia play in ongoing series ?
2
What is next ?
A tri-nation ODI (one day international) series, which includes India, Australia & Sri Lanka.
What kind of matches will India & Australia play ?
All test matches are day matches (as most of cricket fans know).
All T20 & ODI are day-night matches.
As Test series will start from 26th Dec, 2011 I'll be sharing the schedule for India v/s Australia test series and T20 matches in tabular format & as tournament goes on I'll be sharing the schedule for ODI series, which involve 3 nations (India, Australia, Sri Lanka).
Today I'll be writing about Cricket (a game which is considered as religion in India whose god is treated to be Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, a professional game in Australia) tournament which is going to be started with Boxing day test from 26th Dec, 2011 ! You will see the best of the best playing against each other to win tournament.
Actually, tournament started on a high note with Rahul Dravid from India gave Sir Don Bradman oration (first man on earth who is not an Australian), focusing on importance of test matches and the glory of test matches !
Now, back to action, almost all the cricket fans are awaiting for Star Batsmen Sachin Tendulkar from India to score 100th Century in international cricket, and become first batsmen in history achieve this feat, at MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia).
Currently India is positioned at No.2 (siped from No.1 after losing to England in India v/s England Series) in Test ranking & Australia at No.4, and that means you expect something interesting to happen.
Summary of Series:
How many Test Matches will India & Australia play in ongoing series ?
4
How many T20 Matches will India & Australia play in ongoing series ?
2
What is next ?
A tri-nation ODI (one day international) series, which includes India, Australia & Sri Lanka.
What kind of matches will India & Australia play ?
All test matches are day matches (as most of cricket fans know).
All T20 & ODI are day-night matches.
As Test series will start from 26th Dec, 2011 I'll be sharing the schedule for India v/s Australia test series and T20 matches in tabular format & as tournament goes on I'll be sharing the schedule for ODI series, which involve 3 nations (India, Australia, Sri Lanka).
| Start Date | End Date | Place | Game start time (GMT) | Game Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26th Dec, 2011 | 30th Dec, 2011 | MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) | 23:30 | Test |
| 3rd Jan, 2012 | 7th Jan, 2012 | SCG (Sydney Cricket Ground) | 23:30 | Test |
| 13th Jan, 2012 | 17th Jan, 2012 | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth | 02:30 | Test |
| 24th Jan, 2012 | 28th Jan, 2012 | Adelaide Oval | 00:00 | Test |
| 1st Feb, 2012 | 1st Feb, 2012 | Stadium Australia, Sydney | 08:35 | T20 |
| 3rd Feb, 2012 | 3rd Feb, 2012 | MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) | 08:35 | T20 |
More Cricket facts:
- India has never won a test series in Australia in 9 previous tournament in past 64 years !
- The odds of Sachin Tendulkar scoring 100th international century at Boxing day test is 9/4 as per many bookies. And that is a huge odd !
| Australia | Matches-Runs-Average | India | |
| Ed Cowan | - (debut) | 92 - 7980 - 52.2 | Virender Sehwag |
| David Warner | 2 - 153 - 76.5 | 44 - 3531 - 47.7 | Gautam Gambhir |
| Shaun Marsh | 3 - 284 - 56.8 | 160 - 13094 - 53.2 | Rahul Dravid |
| Ricky Ponting | 158 - 12656 - 52.3 | 184 - 15183 - 56.0 | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Michael Clarke | 76 - 5283 - 46.3 | 130- 8626 - 47.1 | VVS Laxman |
| Michael Hussey | 66 - 5196 - 50.4 | 4 - 191 - 27.3 | Virat Kohli |
| Brad Haddin | 39 - 2171 - 36.2 | 64 - 3407 - 38.3 | MS Dhoni |
| Australia | Matches-Wickets-Average | India | |
| Nathan Lyon | 7 - 22 - 24.6 | 3 - 22 - 22.9 | R Ashwin |
| Peter Siddle | 27 - 91 - 31.7 | 79 - 273 - 31.8 | Zaheer Khan |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 17 - 55 - 34.7 | 41 - 128 - 35.8 | Ishant Sharma |
| James Pattinson | 2 - 14 - 14.0 | 2 - 9 - 21.2 | Umesh Yadav |
Note: I've created comparison table assuming these players will be in playing 11 in test match from both the sides. Also, I've kept background color to signify the color of respective country. :)
Awaiting Milestones:
- Sachin Tendulkar scoring 100th international century.
- India winning test series in Australia for first time in history of 64 years.
Many critics predicted India winning the series with scoreline of 2-1.
Do you agree with critics ?
If no, the who do you think will win the series ? And can you guess the scoreline of the series ?
Waiting for the prediction in comments from all of you..
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