Sachin Tendulkar : The GOD of Cricket World !!

Hey everyone,
Today we saw one of the greatest player, Rahul Dravid retired from international cricket. And that might trigger the retirement process in Indian cricket team. And it gives opportunity to many (so-called) critics a chance to talk about other great players.
So, to make sure everyone know whom the critics want to retire after recent forgetful tour of India I've come up with this article. To start of my article,

Who is Sachin Tendulkar ?

To answer this question in detail, I might not be the right person. So, I'll let you know about him in short.
Sachin Tendulkar is known as God of cricket. He is the god of the religion CRICKET. The reason why he is given that title because he is the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket, as per many.
Wisden rated him the 2nd best batsmen of all times in test behind Don Bradman and 2nd best ODI batsmen after Viv Richard in the year 2002. He is the first man on earth to score a double century (200 runs) in ODI (one day international), a cricket game format. First man on Earth to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. He is known by many names, like master blaster, little master, little champion, nightmare for bowlers, etc..  by his fans.
He holds the record for most cricket matches played by an individual, most runs (in both test and ODI), highest centuries (100+ runs in an inning), and many others !

It is stated that Shane Warne, one of the greatest leg-spinners of all times, once said that, he has a nightmare of Sachin Tendulkar hitting him sixes all over the park, after the match where Sachin tendulkar actually gave him a nightmare.
More info about his personal life and career @ Sachin Tendulkar
You can see his contribution to Indian Team & cricket as a player @ Sachin Tendulkar
Cautionary Note: Don't ask this question to any of his die-hard fans, you might end up in out of shape !

Now, being a fan of Sachin Tendulkar Why am I writing this article today ?
Reason: As I stated earlier in this article, that many (so-called) critics want him to retire !
Let me introduce you to the Sachin Tendulkar in different style, that is the way in which he was never described till now.

Impact of Sachin tendulkar !
Sachin tendulkar has 48 centuries in ODI, does that make you say wow ! unbelievable ! Amazing !. But that is not the impact I'm talking about. I'm talking about the impact index which measures the impact of a player in a match he plays. Impact index is a scale whose range goes from 0 to 5 and it is based on players strike rate, pressure he absorbs on the field, average runs scored, and other factors of cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has got 74 times impact index as 5, and that is the highest times any player has got impact factor of 5 !
He got 55 times 5 impact index based on his batting and 19 times because of his bowling capabilities, and that means he is multi-skilled player.

What is his best landmark till now ?
Did you say Sachin Tendulkar scoring 200 against South Africa last year ?
Yes, then I'm afraid that I'm talking about that milestone. I agree that was one of the best innings of Sachin tendulkar and absolute delight for his fan, but there are other landmarks also like he scored 117 in 1st CB series final and 91 in 2nd CB series final in the year 2008, which made sure India win the best of 3 finals without even India playing 3rd ODI, 143 v/s Australia in Sharjah 1998, 95 v/s pakistan in finals of independence cup 1998, etc..

Highest Pressure Impact !
Pressure impact is measure of pressure a players faces on field when the wickets are tumbling/falling at the other end. Now, many would say it should be M.S. Dhoni, but contrary to this myth it is Sachin Tendulkar who has the highest Pressure impact among Indians. It is around 45%, and that is quite good.

Average runs doesn't speak truth !
When you see Sachin tendulkar's average,44.74 in ODI, it looks good but not great. He comes on 10th spot if you see the average of all the cricketers till now, who has minimum of 75 matches. And 3rd in current Indian team averages (Only M.S.Dhoni & Virat Kohli has more than him). But this doesn't speak about the greatness of this man ! As averages are calculated based on number of runs scored and number of times you got out. That is, it is screwed for batsmen who play till the end without getting out (even though he scores less).

Sachin Tendulkar is the Greatest chasers in Cricket World !
Many believes that he is good when setting up the target, but the fact is he has chased down opponents score 54 times with his partner on cricket field. It is the highest by any player in the world. Other Indians who come among the top 10 are Mohammad Azharuddin (44 times) & Yuvraj Sing (35 times). Jacques Kallis is second in the list, with 52 chased score and Ricky Pointing with 46 is on 3rd.

Remarkable Strike rate !
He has a strike rate (ratio of runs scored by number of balls faced) of 86.29 in ODI. And that is amazing for a player who has played more than 450 ODIs.

Can he play any cricketing stroke with perfection ?
Name any stroke of cricket and this little champion can hit the ball with his bat that strike with perfection ! See following images to see few examples of his stroke play,


Least failure rate as a batsmen !
Sachin Tendulkar has least failure rate among Indians and 14th overall, that is a player who didn't made an impact in a game which he played. That his he got impact index 0. Adam Gilchrist has the least failure rate in the world, though he has played only 287 matches, far lessthan matches played by Sachin tendulkar.

Greatest ODI Batsmen of current generation !
As stated earlier that he is the 2nd all time best ODI batsmen after Viv Richard, but Viv richard played in previous generation for us and in present generation we have Sachin Tendulkar !

Longevity & consistency !
The amount of time Sachin tendulkar spend on cricket and on cricket field tell us about his longevity. And the way he scored against all opponents every year tells us about his consistency.

Most Respected Cricketer in World !
He is the only cricketer who is respected by more then billion people in the world. He was never engaged in any major controversies and always carried himself on & off field gracefully.

Hopefully after reading this article some of the (so-called) critics shut there mouth, as they are no where near  his greatness !! And we will continue to see Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar on field smashing the bowlers all over the park and making his most awaited 100th international century. And Sachin Tendulkar doesn't retire from cricket soon.

Hope every cricket fan liked this article and share it to make sure everyone read & understand about the greatness of Sachin tendulkar, the God of cricket !
I'll be coming back articles like this in future as well, till then keep surfing Everything Under the Sun and have fun.. :)

India Wins Cricket World Cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of cricket world !

In Finals India met Sri Lanka, and we saw some of the most amazing innings played in cricket world by Mahela Jayawardene from Sri Lanka, Gautam Gambhir from India and Mahendar Singh Dhoni (Indian Skipper). They played with the heart of the Tiger and made sure that there has a chance to win, but as only one team can win the hard work of Gautam Gambhir & M.S. Dhoni along with Yuvraj Singh paid off.

And by this it means the dream of master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar along with the dream of million Indians was fulfilled.

Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World, Semi-Finals !

In 4 days we saw 4 quarter final matches in Cricket World cup, and in these 4 days 4 teams started there journey towards next round, that is semi finals and other 4 teams started there journey towards Home. In First match Pakistan thrashed West Indies comfortably and in second match we saw the World Champions, Australia, losing to India going empty hands this time, after winning 3 cricket world cup final (1999, 2003, 2007) consecutively. In 3rd match New Zealand won against South Africa, which was unexpected as South Africa was one of the strong contender to win this year world cup ! And in the last quarter Final match Sri Lanka won the match against England Comfortably.

Before I start talking about Semi Finals, let me give brief summary of quarterfinal matches.
Cricket World Cup 2011 Quarter Final Match - 1 : Pakistan v/s West Indies
Winner: Pakistan
Even before the match started many expected that Pakistan will win this match, as they are were doing good work from group stage matches by stopping opponents to score more runs. West Indies were struggling from there form as they received some major blow just before the tournament started, that is some players of West Indies were injured while practicing and some while playing match. And that is the reason they were bowl out for a score of 112 in 43.3 overs. Shahid Afridi (captainf of Pakistan team) and Pakistan Team showed great character while batting and won the match by 10 wickets.

Cricket World Cup 2011 Quarter Final Match - 2 : India v/s Australia
Winner: India
Considered to be one of the most exciting match of the tournament, and it turned out to be. India won the match against kangaroos a=made sure that kangaroo's journey towards winning the cup 4th time halt.

Cricket World Cup 2011 Quarter Final Match - 3 : New Zealand v/s South Africa
Winner: New Zealand
Everyone expected South Africa to win, but New Zealand made sure that expecttions can go wrong and won the match handsomely.

Cricket World Cup 2011 Quarter Final Match - 4 : Sri Lanka v/s England
Winner: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka team is on a dream run. There openers are firing and making sure that there middle order is not exposed to new ball and they are giving solid opening partnership for there team. They won this match by defeating the creator of cricket game, England.

Semi-Finals:

Cricket World Cup 2011 Semi Final Match - 1 :  Sri Lanka v/s New Zealand
Winner: Sri Lanka
As I told earlier Sri Lankan team is on a dream run and they crushed New Zealand in 1st semi final and made sure they are in Finals, which is going to be held in Mumbai.

Cricket World Cup 2011 Semi Final Match - 2 : India v/s Pakistan
Winner: India
India met arch rivals, Pakistan on 30th march, 2011 in 2nd semi final match of the cricket world cup 2011 and made sure that also book there berth for Finals to meet Sri Lanka on 2nd April, 2011. Sachin Tendulkar was the top scorer of the match and was awarded man of the match for his effort. Though his innings was not too much convincing as he was given life 4 times in the match, courtesy Pakistani fielders.

Now..
The Finals will be played on 2nd April, 2011 in Mumbai. Make sure you don't miss the finals, as it will be one of the finest match ever played in history of cricket !

Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World, Group stage Winners & Quarter Finals !!

Last Time I gave you a brief introduction about Cricket world cup 2011, The Biggest tournament of Cricket World, and some interesting facts remember ?
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Today I'll be sharing the Winners of group stage matches, the teams which qualified for quarter finals (knock out round) and the schedule for the knockout round in Cricket World cup 2011 in tabular and pictorial form. There are 49 matches to be played in total (1 Final, 2 Semi-Finals, 4 Quarter finals, 42 group stage matches (which are completed)). And match number (Match no. column) gives the match number of the match in the Cricket World Cup 2011. The winners are listed on the last column of the Table.

Winners for Group Stage Matches:

• Schedule for Group-A:

Group-A: Group stage Winners

Match No.	Teams playing	Venue	Match date & Type of Match (Day or D/N)	Winner
2	Kenya v/s New Zealand	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	20th February, 2011 Day	New Zealand
3	Canada v/s Sri Lanka	Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka	20th February, 2011 Day	Sri Lanka
4	Australia v/s Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India	21st February, 2011 D/N	Australia
6	Kenya v/s Pakistan	Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka	23rd February, 2011 D/N	Pakistan
8	Australia v/s New Zealand	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India	25th February, 2011 D/N	Australia
10	Pakistan v/s Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	26th February, 2011 D/N	Pakistan
13	Canada v/s Zimbabwe	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India	28th February, 2011 Day	Zimbabwe
14	Kenya v/s Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st March, 2011 D/N	Sri Lanka
17	Canada v/s Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	3rd March, 2011 D/N	Pakistan
18	New Zealand v/s Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India	4th March, 2011 Day	New Zealand
20	Australia v/s Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	5th March, 2011 D/N	Match abandoned/No result
23	Canada v/s Kenya	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	7th March, 2011 D/N	Canada
24	New Zealand v/s Pakistan	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, kandy, Sri Lanka	8th March, 2011 D/N	New Zealand
26	Sri Lanka v/s Zimbabwe	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, kandy, Sri Lanka	10th March, 2011 D/N	Sri Lanka
30	Canada v/s New Zealand	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	13th March, 2011 Day	New Zealand
31	Australia v/s Kenya	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India	13th March, 2011 D/N	Australia
32	Pakistan v/s Zimbabwe	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, kandy, Sri Lanka	14th March, 2011 D/N	Pakistan
35	Australia v/s Canada	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India	16th March, 2011 D/N	Australia
37	New Zealand v/s Sri Lanka	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	18th March, 2011 D/N	Sri Lanka
39	Australia v/s Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	19th March, 2011 D/N	Pakistan
41	Kenya v/s Zimbabwe	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	20th March, 2011 Day	Zimbabwe

• Schedule for Group-B:

Group-B: Group stage Winners

Match No.	Teams playing	Venue	Match date & Type of Match (Day or D/N)	Winner
1	Bangladesh v/s India	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	19th February, 2011 D/N	India
5	England v/s Netherlands	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India	22nd February, 2011 D/N	England
7	South Africa v/s West Indies	Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, India	24th February, 2011 D/N	South Africa
9	Bangladesh v/s Ireland	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	25th February, 2011 Day	Bangladesh
11	England v/s India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India	27th February, 2011 D/N	tie/draw
12	Netherlands v/s West Indies	Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, India	28th February, 2011 D/N	West Indies
15	England v/s Ireland	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India	2nd March, 2011 D/N	Ireland
16	Netherlands v/s South Africa	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India	3rd March, 2011 Day	South Africa
19	Bangladesh v/s West Indies	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	4th March, 2011 D/N	West Indies
21	England v/s South Africa	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	6th March, 2011 Day	England
22	India v/s Ireland	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India	6th March, 2011 D/N	India
25	India v/s Netherlands	Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, India	9th March, 2011 D/N	India
27	Ireland v/s West Indies	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India	11th March, 2011 Day	West Indies
28	Bangladesh v/s England	Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh	11th March, 2011 D/N	Bangladesh
29	India v/s South Africa	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India	12th March, 2011 D/N	South Africa
33	Bangladesh v/s Netherlands	Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh	14th March, 2011 Day	Bangladesh
34	Ireland v/s South Africa	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	15th March, 2011 D/N	South Africa
36	England v/s West Indies	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	17th March, 2011 D/N	England
38	Ireland v/s Netherlands	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	18th March, 2011 Day	Ireland
40	Bangladesh v/s South Africa	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	19th March, 2011 Day	South Africa
42	India v/s West Indies	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	20th March, 2011 D/N	India

Schedule for Knockout Round (Quarter finals):

Quarter Final matches

Match No.	Teams playing	Venue	Match date & Type of Match (Day or D/N)
43	Pakistan v/s West Indies	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	23rd March, 2011 D/N
44	India v/s Australia	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, India	24th March, 2011 D/N
45	South Africa v/s New Zealand	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	25th March, 2011 D/N
46	Sri Lanka v/s England	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	26th March, 2011 D/N

Now, same schedule you can see in Pictorial form (compressed form),

Note:

• D/N means Day-Night match, and it will start at 2:30 PM IST, that is 14:30 IST
• All Day matches will start at 9:00 AM IST.
• IST = GMT + 5:30
• Bengaluru and Bangalore indicate same city (Bengaluru is alias/pet name for Bangalore or you can say it is vice-versa). So, don't get confuse when somebody says you that match is in Bengaluru but not in Bangalore.

Observations:

• All the knockout round matches are day-nighters.
• The only team common in the first and the last match of the group stages matches is India !
• The Knockout round matches is based on points table, which I've shown below and explained about it briefly.
• The matches in quarterfinals are scheduled by seeing the Points table, that is the top team in one group will play against the bottom team in the points table from the other group and vice-versa. (This statement is valid only for the teams which qualified for knockout round).

The Points table for the group stage matches is as follows,
Group-A Points Table :

Group-B Points Table :

 

Note:

1. Based on the points table the teams qualify for the next round, that is knockout round in this tournament. The top 4 teams from each group (background colored in green) advanced into Quarter finals to fight the battle on cricket field to be the World champions in Cricket world !
2. In Table you could see some symbols and abbreviations, those are explained below,
   
   • Pld means number of matches a team played in group stage
   • W means number of matches a team win/won in group stage
   • L means number of matches a team Lost/lose in group stage
   • T means number of matches a team tied/draw in group stage
   • NR means number of matches a team playing doesn't yield any result/abandoned in group stage. For example, Sri Lanka and Australia has number 1 placed under this column as one of there match was abandoned, that is that match didn't have any result.
   • NRR means Net run rate of a team, and it is one of the main factors to decide teams fate. It calculated based on the team performance and the way they won the matches against there opponent.
   • Pts means points. A team is awarded 2 points for winning a match to the winning team, and in case if tie/draw/no result/abandoned 1 point is awarded to both the teams. It is the most important factor for a team to advance.
3. Points are given higher priority over anything for a team to advance into next round (that is, it has more importance than any other column in the table), and if points are equal then NRR has the priority (that is, it is the second most important factor to advance into next round). For example, If team A has points=6, NRR=1.456 and Team B has points=6, NRR=1.546 then Team B is placed higher in the table.

We will update you with more information about this tournament (Biggest tournament of cricket world) as the tournament advances. Hope you like this article also, keep surfing while having fun :)

Top 10 Cricket World cup, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World, Batting innings!!

Hey Everyone,
Now we are seeing the 10th edition of cricket world cup and before this we have already seen 9 cricket world cups, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World. In previous editions of world cup we saw some swashbuckling batting performance by few cricketers who turned the tables, heads and made sure that there teams goes into next round in the cricket world cup or made sure that there team has good chance to advance in the tournament ! These innings entertained the crowd worldwide, which has the capacity to win the match for there team single handedly and gave bowlers tough times.
I'm going to share the top 10 batting innings as came in in a survey, the list is as follows,

1. Sourav Ganguly's (India) knock of 183 in 158 balls against Sri Lanka in the year 1999, 7th cricket world cup edition. He scored 183 runs which include 7 sixes and 17 fours. India lost initial encounters in the year 1999 and it was compulsory for them to win the big game against Sri Lanka, that to handsomely so that there chances to go in next round widen up, and Sourav Ganguly gave India this chance.
   
   
2. Viv Richards(West Indies) scored 181 runs in 125 balls against Sri Lanka, which include 7 sixes and 16 fours in the year 1987. He came to bat on the hat-trick ball and scored the highest individual score in cricket world cup (till then). This inning was very important from West Indies point of view as they lost previous world cup to India and they wanted the title back. This inning provided them the momentum.
   
   
3. Mathew Hayden's (Australia) knock of 158 runs in 143 balls against West Indies, which include 14 fours and 4 sixes in the year 2007. He played the role of anchor in this game. He wasn't able to open his account in 18 balls, that means his score was zero when he faced first 18 balls and then slowly changed his gear to reach 50 runs in 72 deliveries(balls) and then everyone saw the storm, which Mathew Hayden hided in his heart to hit the bowl hard and he reached 158 runs in quick time.
   
   
4. Adam Gilchrist (Australia) scored 149 runs in 104 balls, which include 14 fours and 8 sixes, against Sri Lanka in finals of the year 2007, that is 9th edition of the cricket world cup. And because of his knock Australia won the cricket world cup for the 3rd consecutive time and 4th time overall.
   
   
5. AB de Villiers (South Africa) scored 146 runs in 130 balls which include 12 fours and 5 sixes against Sri Lanka in the year 2007. West Indies's (then) captain, Brian Lara experimented with team selection in this match as they were already out of semi-final spot and AB de villiers made sure that South Africa reach Semi-finals by this knock.
   
   
6. Rahul Dravid (India), the wall or Mr. Dependable, scored 145 runs in 129 balls, which include 17 fours and 1 six, against Sri Lanka in the year 1999. In this knock he shared the world record partnership of 318 runs with Sourav Ganguly, which I've shared in my earlier articles.
   
   
7. Andrew Symonds (Australia) scored 143 not out in 125 balls against Pakistan, which include 18 fours and 2 sixes, in the year 2003. It was the first match of Australian team in the 8th edition of world cup and Australians saw something unusual in this match. Pakistani fast bowlers removed Adam Gilchrist, Mathew Hayden, Damien Martyn and Jimmy Maher in short span of time as Australia started their campaign. And it was Andrew Symonds along with Ricky ponting who saved the match for Australia.
   
   
8. Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) scored 143 runs in 141 balls against New Zealand, which include 19 fours and 3 sixes, in the year 2003. Though this outstanding innings couldn't save South Africa from defeat, this inning is special and definitely comes in top 10 innings of cricket world cup.
   
   
9. Dave Houghton (Zimbabwe) scored 142 runs in 137 balls, which include 13 fours and 6 sixes against New Zealand in the year 1987. Although Houghton scored this majestic knock still they were not able to win as rest of the team disappointed Zimbabwe.
   
   
10. Scott Styris (New Zealand) scored 141 runs in 125 balls, which include 3 fours and 6 sixes, against Sri Lanka in the year 2003. This is the third majestic knock, I'm sharing, which was scored by batsmen of losing team. He batted like a sole survivor amidst a sinking ship, and as we know cricket is the team game and to win games team should perform and in this match New Zealand failed to win.
    
    

Observations:

• The team against which the top 10 innings are highest in number is Sri Lanka, that is 6 times in top 10 list  batsmen has scored majestic innings against Sri Lanka.
• There are 3 Australians, 2 Indians, 2 South Africans, 1 from New Zealand, 1 from West Indies and 1 from Zimbabwe in the top 10 list.
• All the knocks which I shared are 140+, and only two of them are 180+.

Recently, Virender Sehwag(India) scored 175 against Bangladesh, which India won and Andrew Strauss (England) scored 158 against India, which was a draw, in this edition of world cup. I guess these two knocks will come in top 10 batting knocks as this year world cup advances. Hope you liked this article on Cricket World cup top 10 batting innings.
I'll be coming with more articles related to cricket world cup and the facts related to it, till then keep surfing and have fun.. :)

Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World, Facts-3 !!

Hello Everyone,
Here is the final list of facts which I'll be sharing before the finish of 10th Cricket world cup 2011, the biggest tournament of cricket world. I'm naming these facts as fact-3 !
You can see the previous facts which I've already shared from below links,
Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World, Facts !!
Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World, Facts-2 !!

Fact-26:

Glenn McGrath (Australia) has dismissed highest number of batsmen in world cup matches, that is he has dismissed 71 batsmen in all the world cup matches he played. The others in the list are Wasim Akram, who took 55 wickets and then it is Muttiah Muralitharan, dismissing 53 batsmen. These 3 are the only bowlers who took more than 50 wickets in all world cup matches. Also, these are the top 3 bowlers in terms of number of wickets they took in world cup tournament.

Fact-27:

Number of All rounders who scored more than 500 runs and took more than 25 wickets in world cup tournament: 4
And the Top 3 players in this category are,

1. Imran Khan of Pakistan, scored 666 runs and dismissed 34 batsmen
2. Kapil Dev of India, scored 669 runs and dismissed 28 batsmen
3. Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka, scored 1165 runs and dismissed 27 batsmen

Another allrounder who achieved this feat is, Steve Waugh of Australia, scored 978 runs and dismissed 27 batsmen

Observation:

Only Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka scored more than 1000 runs and took more than 25 wickets in above list of allrounders.

Note: Here I gave more importance to wickets, that is number of batsmen allrounder dismissed and then runs, in giving the rank.

Fact-28:

The only pair of batsmen who has aggregated more than 1000 runs in partnership are Adam Gilchrist and Mathew Hayden of Asutralia. Together they scored 1220 runs in 20 innings, that is 20 times they played together in all the world cups. They scored 521 runs in 2003 world cup, that is 8th world cup, and 699 runs in 2007 world cup, that 9th (last) world cup tournament, both the world cup tournaments Australia won.

Note: Adam Gilchrist and Mathew Hayden are also considered as one of the best opening batsmen pair world has ever seen. Also, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly of India are one among the best, I would say THE BEST opening pair, opening pairs World has ever seen.

Fact-29:

The record for the highest runs scored by a pair of batsmen in one inning in world cup matches is held by Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. They scored 318 runs for second wicket against Sri Lanka in the year 1999, 7th world cup tournament. This record is also the highest runs scored by pair of batsmen for any wicket.

Fact-30:

Only two players has appeared in 6 world cup tournaments (including this (10th) world cup tournament). They are Javed Miandad of Pakistan and Sachin Tendulkar of India. Javed Miandad represented Pakistan in 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992 and 1996 world cup tournaments and Sachin Tendulkar represented India in 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011 world cup tournaments. Also, these are the only two players who played more than 5 cricket world cup, the biggest tournament of cricket world, in there career.

Hope you liked the facts which I shared in this post. I'll be sharing the other list of facts after the end of 10th cricket world cup tournament. So keep surfing and learn new things which are shared on web !

Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World, Facts-2 !!

Hello again !
I'm back with some more interesting facts about Cricket World cup matches and players involved in it. I'm gonna start with Fact No.11 in this article, as I've already shared 10 facts in my previous article @ Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World, Facts !! :).

Fact-11:

No. of hundreds scored in World Cup matches: 103 (72 by right hand batsmen and remaining, 31 hundreds by left hand batsmen). Australians lead the list in scoring number of centuries in World Cup matches. Australians has scored 21 centuries till now, Indians has scored 15, West Indies players scored 13, Pakistanis has scored 13, New Zealanders scored 11, England 8, Sri Lankans scored 2, South Africans scored 6, Zimbabwean scored 4, Netherlands player scored 2, Ireland players scored 1 and Canadians scored 1 century, that makes total of 103 centuries !

Fact-12:

1st Hundred in World cup was scored by Dennis Amiss (England) vs India in the year 1975 (first cricket world cup, biggest tournament of cricket world edition), 50th hundred was scored by Mark Waugh (Australia) vs New Zealand in the year 1996, 100th century of World cup tournament was scored by Matthew Hayden (Australia) against New Zealand.

Fact-13:

Highest Individual Score in World Cup Matches: 188 by Gary Kirsten (South Africa), present Indian cricket team coach, in the year 1996 against UAE. Next in the list comes Sourav Ganguly (India), who scored 183 against Sri Lankan's in the year 1999. Third highest score is 181 which was achieved by Viv Richards (West Indies) against Sri Lanka in the year 1987 and it was the highest score by any captain in a world cup match. So, in Top 3 we have Gary Kirsten, Sourav Ganguly and Viv Richards.

Fact-14:

Top 3 Highest individual scores by Wicket Keeper:

1. Adam Gilchrist (Australia) scored 149 against Sri Lanka in the year 2007.
2. Rahul Dravid (India) scored 145 against Sri Lanka in the year 1999.
3. Dave Houghton (Zimbabwe) scored 142 against New Zealand in the year 1987.

Fact-15:

Highest Individual score by a batsmen for losing cause: 143 by Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) against New Zealand in the year 2003.

Fact-16:

Highest aggregate score by batsmen in world cup edition:

1. Sachin Tendulkar scored 673 runs in the year 2003.
2. Matthew Hayden scored 659 runs in the year 2007.
3. Mahela Jayawardene scored 548 runs in the year 2007.
4. Ricky Ponting scored 539 in the year 2007.
5. Sachin Tendulkar of India scored 523 in the year 1996.

Important observations in the top 5 (which has top 3) scorers:

• Only 2 batsmen scored more than 600 in a world cup edition.
• Only there are 5 instances, listed above, when batsmen scored more than 500.
• Sachin tendulkar is listed twice !

Fact-17:

Highest No. of centuries in the World cup as a captain : 3 (Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Pointing shares the record).

Fact-18:

Top 3 Bowling Performance by a Bowler in a World Cup match:

1. Glenn McGrath (Australia) took 7 wickets by giving only 15 runs against Namibia in the year 2003 (Australia won this year world cup edition).
2. Andy Bichel (Australia) took 7 wickets by giving only 20 runs against England in the year 2003 (Australia won this year world cup edition).
3. Winston Davis (West Indies) took 7 wickets by giving only 51 runs against Australia in the year 1983 (India Won this world cup edition).

Fact-19:

Only 30 times bowlers took 5 wicket haul (which means bowler taking 5 wickets or more) in world cup matches till now. And in 90 occasions bowlers took exactly 4 wickets in all the world cup tournaments played till now.

Fact-20:

Glenn McGrath (Australia), Vasbert Drakes (West Indies), Gary Gilmour (Australia) and Asantha de Mel (Sri Lanka) share the record of capturing five or more wickets on most occasions, that is 2 occasions in World cup tournaments.
Shane Warne holds the record for capturing 4 wickets on most number  of occasions, that is 4 occasions.

Fact-21:

Best Bowling performance for losing cause:
Shane Bond (New Zealand) taking 6 wickets and giving only 23 runs against Australia in the year 2003.

Fact-22:

No. of occasions in World cup matches when bowler giving 80 or more than 80 runs in there quota of overs: 16
And only 1 time a bowler gave more than 100 runs in bowling. This record is hold by Martin Snedden of New Zealand, he took 2 wickets giving 105 runs !

Fact-23:

Records Hold by Wicket Keepers in terms of number of wicket-keeping dismissals:

1. Adam Gilchrist (Australia) holds the record with 52 dismissals (7 stumps and 45 catches) in all the World cup editions he played.
2. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) is 2nd in the list with 32 dismissals (6 stumps and 26 catches).
3. Mark Boucher (South Africa) is 3rd in the list with 31 dismissals, and all of them are catches.

And next in the list comes Moin Khan, who has a share in 30 dismissals with 23 catches and 7 stumps. 

These are the only 4 wicket keepers who has dismissed 30 or more than 30 batsmen in World cup matches.

Fact-24:

Ricky Ponting holds the record for taking highest number of catches, when we count total number of catches in all the world cups, as a fielder. Next in the list are Sanath Jayaruriya, Chris Cairns, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Brian Lara.

Fact-25:

Mohammad Kaif of India holds the record for highest number of catches in a World cup match (inning). He took 4 catches in one inning against Sri Lanka in the year 2003 (the only World cup he played). And then there are 21 fielders who took 3 catches in a inning in a World cup match.

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Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World, Facts !!

Hello everyone,
I'm back with some interesting facts which can improve your knowledge about cricket and history of cricket world cup ! I'll be sharing 10 facts which are really interesting and mind boggling. I chose them randomly, which I would call it as top 10 world cup facts.
I'm gonna share more facts in my next article about cricket world cup facts-2 :D
As the cricket world cup 2011 is nearing, I'm focusing more on cricket world cup and trying to share the stories, facts, etc. about Cricket World cups. Cricket World cup tournament was started in the year 1975 and it was won by West Indies comfortably. In those times ODI matches used to be 60 overs each side instead of 50 overs each side (which is played presently, by name ODI).

Fact-1:

No. of Countries who have won this Title: 5 !
And they are (in alphabetical order of country name),
Australia (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007) ->4 times
India (1983) ->1 time
Pakistan (1992) ->1 time
Sri Lanka (1996) ->1 time
West Indies (1975,1979) ->2 times

Fact-2:

Only Australia has won 3 or more than 3 world cup title and they are the only team which has won world cup 3 times in a row !

Fact-3:

Australia is the only team to win more than 50 World cup matches !
They have played 69 matches in World cup tournament and won 51 matches, one tied and 17 lost. That means winning percentage is 73.9, almost 74% !

Fact-4:

Highest Score reached by a team in a World cup match is 413 and this was achieved by India against minnows Bermuda in the year 2007. They broke the previous record held by Sri Lankans, that is 398 against another minnows Kenya in the year 1996.

Fact-5:

Lowest total scored by any team in World cup matches is 36 all out, by Canada against Sri Lanka in the year 2007.

Fact-6:

The highest margin by which any team has won against opposition in terms of runs is India. Indian thrashed Bermuda in the world cup 2007 by 257 runs. It is the largest victory margin with respect to runs.

Fact-7:

In terms of wickets, there are 7 instances when a team won against there opposition by 10 wickets, and that is the maximum margin they can win in terms of wicket !

Fact-8:

Sachin Tendulkar of India holds the record for most 50+ scores in World cup matches. He has scored 50+ runs 17 times, which includes 4 century and 13 half centuries.
Next in the list is Herschelle Gibbs (2 centuries, 8 half-centuries) of South Africa and Ricky Ponting (4 centuries, 6 half-centuries) of Australia having scored 10 times 50+ score.

Note: Century means 100 or more than 100 runs scored, and half century means 50 or more than 50 runs scored.

Fact-9:

Sachin Tendulkar of India holds the record for scoring highest amount of runs in World cup matches, that is he scored 1796 runs from only 36 games. And then in the list comes, Ricky Ponting of Australia, Brian Lara of West Indies, Sanath Jayasuriya os Sri Lanka, Adam Gilchrist of Australia, Javed Miandad of Pakistan, Stephen Fleming of New Zealand, Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa, Aravinda de Silva of Sri Lanka, Viv Richards of West Indies, Sourav Ganguly of India and Mark Waugh of Australia. Each have scored 1000+ runs in World cup tournament the amount of runs scored decreases in the order I gave.

Fact-10:

Glenn McGrath and Ricky Ponting holds the record for appearing in highest number of matches in World cup Tournaments, each has played 39 games in World Cup till now. And others who are in the range of 35+ games in world cup are Sanath Jayasuriya played 38 matches, Wasim Akram played 38 matches and Sachin Tendulkar played 36 matches in world cup.

Hope you liked the way I presented these facts. I'll be sharing the facts version 2 in short time, till then keep surfing and have fun.. :)

Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World, Schedule !!

Last Time I gave you a brief introduction about Cricket world cup 2011, The Biggest tournament of Cricket World, remember ?
No ? Then I would strongly recommend you to visit Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World !! so that you get an idea about the tournament we are discussing/sharing, teams participating in the tournament, venues, etc...
Today I'll be sharing the schedule of matches to be held in Cricket World cup 2011. There are 49 matches to be played in total (1 Final, 2 Semi-Finals, 4 Quarter finals, 42 group stage matches). You can see the match schedule in tabular way. And match number (Match no. column) gives the match number of the match in the Cricket World Cup 2011.

Schedule for Group Stage Matches:

• Schedule for Group-A:

Group-A: Group stage Matches

Match No.	Teams playing	Venue	Match date & Type of Match (Day or D/N)
2	Kenya v/s New Zealand	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	20th February, 2011 Day
3	Canada v/s Sri Lanka	Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka	20th February, 2011 Day
4	Australia v/s Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India	21st February, 2011 D/N
6	Kenya v/s Pakistan	Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka	23rd February, 2011 D/N
8	Australia v/s New Zealand	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India	25th February, 2011 D/N
10	Pakistan v/s Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	26th February, 2011 D/N
13	Canada v/s Zimbabwe	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India	28th February, 2011 Day
14	Kenya v/s Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st March, 2011 D/N
17	Canada v/s Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	3rd March, 2011 D/N
18	New Zealand v/s Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India	4th March, 2011 Day
20	Australia v/s Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	5th March, 2011 D/N
23	Canada v/s Kenya	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	7th March, 2011 D/N
24	New Zealand v/s Pakistan	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, kandy, Sri Lanka	8th March, 2011 D/N
26	Sri Lanka v/s Zimbabwe	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, kandy, Sri Lanka	10th March, 2011 D/N
30	Canada v/s New Zealand	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	13th March, 2011 Day
31	Australia v/s Kenya	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India	13th March, 2011 D/N
32	Pakistan v/s Zimbabwe	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, kandy, Sri Lanka	14th March, 2011 D/N
35	Australia v/s Canada	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India	16th March, 2011 D/N
37	New Zealand v/s Sri Lanka	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	18th March, 2011 D/N
39	Australia v/s Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	19th March, 2011 D/N
41	Kenya v/s Zimbabwe	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	20th March, 2011 Day

• Schedule for Group-B:

Group-B: Group stage Matches

Match No.	Teams playing	Venue	Match date & Type of Match (Day or D/N)
1	Bangladesh v/s India	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	19th February, 2011 D/N
5	England v/s Netherlands	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India	22nd February, 2011 D/N
7	South Africa v/s West Indies	Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, India	24th February, 2011 D/N
9	Bangladesh v/s Ireland	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	25th February, 2011 Day
11	England v/s India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India	27th February, 2011 D/N
12	Netherlands v/s West Indies	Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, India	28th February, 2011 D/N
15	England v/s Ireland	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India	2nd March, 2011 D/N
16	Netherlands v/s South Africa	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India	3rd March, 2011 Day
19	Bangladesh v/s West Indies	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	4th March, 2011 D/N
21	England v/s South Africa	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	6th March, 2011 Day
22	India v/s Ireland	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India	6th March, 2011 D/N
25	India v/s Netherlands	Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, India	9th March, 2011 D/N
27	Ireland v/s West Indies	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India	11th March, 2011 Day
28	Bangladesh v/s England	Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh	11th March, 2011 D/N
29	India v/s South Africa	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India	12th March, 2011 D/N
33	Bangladesh v/s Netherlands	Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh	14th March, 2011 Day
34	Ireland v/s South Africa	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	15th March, 2011 D/N
36	England v/s West Indies	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	17th March, 2011 D/N
38	Ireland v/s Netherlands	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India	18th March, 2011 Day
40	Bangladesh v/s South Africa	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	19th March, 2011 Day
42	India v/s West Indies	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	20th March, 2011 D/N

Note:

• D/N means Day-Night match, and it will start at 2:30 PM IST, that is 14:30 IST
• All Day matches will start at 9:00 AM IST.
• IST = GMT + 5:30
• Bengaluru and Bangalore indicate same city (Bengaluru is alias/pet name for Bangalore or you can say it is vice-versa). So, don't get confuse when somebody says you that match is in Bengaluru but not in Bangalore.

I've given the schedule of knockout round of this world cup in the pictorial way in my last post. You can see the image from Cricket World Cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of cricket knock out rounds schedule .It includes the venue and date of the match, but it doesn't include the type of the match, as all the knockout round matches are scheduled as Day-Night matches.
You can see the schedule in stylish way, that in a oval shape (cricket ground shape) developed in flash from everything-underthe-sun :)

We will update you with more information about this tournament (Biggest tournament of cricket) as the tournament approaches. Hope you like this article also, keep surfing while having fun :)

Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World !!

Let me start my article by asking a simple question, Do you like Cricket ?
Nope ? Did I asked something wrong ?
Okay, let me re-write it, Do you love Cricket ?
Now, probably your answer is YES !! And if your answer is still No, then probably this article can change your view, as the amount of excitement involved in this game is equivalent to anyother game!!

Let me give you an introduction to the Biggest tournament of Cricket, which is held every four years (same as Olympics, FIFA world cup, and many major tournaments) !!! Many teams participate in this tournament to win this tournament, it involves ODI matches (that is 50 overs per side, that is on an average a match will end in 7 hours). There are group matches, and then super 6/8 (depending on the teams participating), also known as quarter finals, then you have semifinal (having only 4 teams) and then you have final (2 teams, and one will be the winner !!). This was a brief introduction in general about Cricket world cup. Also, it is the 3rd largest and the biggest tournament, related to sports on the Earth !

Now, I share some highlights of the Cricket World cup 2011,

• No. of teams participating: 14
• No. of countries Hosting: 3 (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh)
• No. of groups: 2 (7 in each group)
• No. of teams advances to next round (quarter finals): 8 (Top 4 from each group)
• First Match date (inauguration match): 19th February, 2011 (India v/s Bangladesh)
• Last Match date (Final Match): 2nd April, 2011
• Total No. of Venues: 13 (2 from Bangladesh, 3 from Sri Lanka, 8 from India).
• No. of umpires selected for the whole tournament (excluding reserve umpires): 18
• Mascot: Stumpy (shows young and energetic standing elephant)
  
• Names of Knockout Rounds: Quater, Semi and Final (group stage matches are not knockout).
• Total No. of matches: 49 (1 Final, 2 Semi-Finals, 4 Quarter finals, 42 group stage matches).
• No. of matches each team will play in group stage: 6

See the below image, which shows the venue for the quarter final, semi-final and final matches with dates !

Pictorial view of Knock Out Rounds

Now, I would be sharing how the teams are divided (alphabetically sorted),

Group A:

• Australia
• Canada
• Kenya
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka
• Zimbabwe

Group-B:

• Bangladesh
• England
• India
• Ireland
• Netherlands
• South Africa
• West Indies

We will be sharing more information, as the tournament starting date approaches !
Till then Good bye from our side, and have fun.. Keep surfing !!