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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Biography-Adam Gilchrist

Adam Craig Gilchrist, nicknamed Gilly or Church, is a former Australian cricket player. He is an aggressive left-handed opening batsman and a record-breaking wicket-keeper of the Australian team. He has declared as the best wicket-keeper-batsman of the history. He has gained the world record as a wicket-keeper. He made the most dismissals among all wicket-keepers of the World in the ODI match and the most dismissals among the Australians in the test match. The strike rate of Gilchrist is the highest in both ODI and test cricket. He holds the record of the second fastest century of the test at present. He is the unique player who had scored 100 sixes in test cricket. He has also the record of having at least 50 runs in the three successive world cup finals in 1999, 2003 and 2007.

Gilchrist started his test career in 1999 against Pakistan at the Brisbane Cricket Ground of Brisbane. In that match, he scored 81 runs in the first innings. He did not need to do batting in the second innings. His ODI (One-Day International) career began in 1996 against South Africa at Nahar Singh Stadium of Faridabad. He scored only 18 runs in that match.

A. Gilchrist has played a total 96 test and 287 one-day matches in his career. His highest scores are 204 and 172 in the test and one-day matches respectively. He has 17 test centuries and 16 one-day centuries. In test, his total run is 5570. For one-day, it is 9619. His overall batting average is 47.60 in test, and 35.89 in one-day. He also played 68 Tewnty20 matches where his highest score is unbeaten 109 runs
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Biography - Stephen Waugh


Stephen Rodger Waugh is a former Australian cricket player. He was born at Canterbury of Sydney in 1965. He became the captain of Australian Cricket Team from the year 1999 to the year 2004. He is publicly known as “Iceman” due to his calm and cool behavior in the high-pressure situations in all time. He became “Australian of the year” in 2004.
Steve Waugh started his test career in 1985 against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In that match, he scored total 18 runs and got 2 wickets giving 36 runs in both the innings. His ODI (One-Day International) career began in 1986 against New Zealand at Melbourne Cricket Ground. In that match, he got 1 wicket giving 13 runs, but no result was made due to rain.

Steve Waugh has played a total 168 test and 325 one-day matches in his career. His highest scores are 200 and 120 in the test and one-day matches respectively. He has made 32 centuries in the test and 3 centuries in the ODI. In test, his total run is 10927. For one-day, it is 7569. His overall batting average is 51.06 in test, and 32.90 in one-day. As a bowler, he took 92 test wickets and 195 ODI wickets. He got five wickets 3 times in the test match.
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Biography-Michael Bevan


Michael Gwyl Bevan, nicknamed Bevo, is a former Australian cricket player. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm china-man bowler. He was a part of Australia team in 1999 and 2003 that won the world cup. He made the world record scoring the highest ODI average (53.58) among all the retired players.
Bevan started his test career in 1994 against Pakistan at the National Stadium of Karachi. In that match, he scored 82 runs in the first innings. But in the second innings, his run was zero. His ODI (One-Day International) career began in 1994 against Sri Lanka at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium. He did not need to do batting in that match.

Bevan has played a total 18 test and 232 one-day matches in his career. His highest scores are 91 and 108 in the test and one-day matches respectively. He has 6 centuries and 46 half-centuries in ODI. In test, he has 6 half-centuries, but no century. In test, his total run is 785. For one-day, it is 6912. His overall batting average is 29.07 in test, and 53.58 in one-day. As a bowler, he took 29 test wickets and 36 ODI wickets. He got five and ten wickets 1 time in the test match.
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Biography-Mark Waugh


Mark Edward Waugh is a former Australian cricket player. He was born at Canterbury of Sydney in 1965. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium bowler of the team. He is regarded as one of the most stylish and talented stroke makers of the world. His nick name was “Junior”, because of his born after a few minutes than his twin Steve Waugh, another great cricketer of the history.
Waugh started his test career in 1991 against England at the Adelaide of Oval. In that match, he scored total 138 runs in the first innings and 23 runs in the second innings. But he got no wicket in that match. His ODI (One-Day International) career began in 1988 against Pakistan at the Adelaide of Oval. In that match, he did not need to bat or bowl.

Mark Waugh has played a total 128 test and 244 one-day matches in his career. His highest scores are 153 and 173 in the test and one-day matches respectively. He has made 20 centuries in the test and 18 centuries in the ODI. In test, his total run is 8029. For one-day, it is 8500. His overall batting average is 41.81 in test, and 39.35 in one-day. As a bowler, he took 59 test wickets and 85 ODI wickets. He got five wickets one time in the test match and one time in the ODI match.
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Biography -Justin Langer

Justin Lee Langer, nicknamed Alfie, is a former Australian cricket player. He is the left-handed opening batsman of Australia in the test match who used to make partnership with Matthew Hayden most times. He is a solid gully fielder of the team. He has the ability to play both defensively and aggressively. He retired from the international cricket in 2007.

Langer started his test career in 1993 against West Indies at Adelaide Cricket Ground of Oval. In that match, he scored 74 runs from both the innings. He did not need to do batting in the second innings. His ODI (One-Day International) career began in 1996 against Sri Lanka at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium. But he did not need to bat in that match.

Justin Langer has played a total 105 test and 8 one-day matches in his career. His highest scores are 250 and 36 in the test and one-day matches respectively. He has 23 test centuries, but no one-day century. In test, his total run is 7696. For one-day, it is 160. His overall batting average is 45.27 in test, and 32.00 in one-day. He also played 41 Tewnty20 matches where his highest score is unbeaten 97 runs.
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Time For Tiered Tests?

Hello, this is your above average American cricket fan again... I've been watching with interest the current ICC Intercontinental Cup final between a pretty consistant Scotland side and the up-and-coming Afghanistan cricket team.


And I have to ask myself, so what?
What is in it for the winner?
As it is now, the ICC has a structure for the "big eight" Test teams to play each other, year after year, fighting for... rankings. True, a "Test Championship" is on the way, but realistically speaking, who is in the running? India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Australia and England are in the top five, and really the only countries with a shot.
West Indies, New Zealand and Bangladesh are contenders in the shorter forms of the game, but not really competitive in the 5 day game. They play against the top teams, but never really harbor a chance of winning.
Then there's the 'minnows': Zimbabwe, Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands... and now Afghanistan! While it is nice to see a new side gain international attention, under the current ICC 'system' (or lack of a system) Afghanistan and teams with smilar talent have nowhere to go and no framework to build for the future.
Imagine a large dinner hall where a large, elegant table seats eight people. India, Pakistan, South Africa England and Australia are there, feasting on the finest foods. The West Indies, New Zealand are there as well, but sitting at the far end of the table, rely on the others to pass down the few paltry morsels that remain after "the big guys" have taken the best morsels.
Next to this big table sits a smaller one, where Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands sit. There are empty seats, and depending on the year, someone like Kenya or Afghanistan is allowed to sit. After the waiters have attended to the big table, they bring what scraps are left fom the big boys' plates and dump them into a bowl where the little guys fight for what remains.
And outside this banquet room, standing in the cold, starving and watching the others eat are the lowliest nations; the UAE, Hong Kong, the United States, Canada and Bermuda. While they can dream of picking through the garbage one day, they know they will never be able to sit at the large table and fully enjoy the feast. This is no way to enjoy a meal, is it?
But what if, instead of a series of tables, the ICC chose a ladder structure instead? Here is the model I propose:
At the highest level, six teams would play 5-day cricket in a two year round robin format. Four 3-Test series the first year, one 3-Test series and a semifinal/final Test series the next. The winner, of couse, would be crowned Test Champion, but the loser would be relegated down to the next tier, where it gets interesting...
The second tier would have a further six teams, but they would be playing four-day Tests. This not only reduces the cost and time commitment for part-time nations like Ireland and Scotland, but would allow the 'better' of the second tier teams (Bangladesh, New Zealand) to hone their skills and improve their game without weakening themselves over extra days that aren't usually needed. The 4 day Test also promotes a more attacking cricket as teams strive for a result.
The winner of this second tier would then, after the two year cycle, be promoted to 5 day cricket and have the chance to eat at the big table. Do not underestimate how important this would be. For a team like Ireland to be able to win its way up to compete with the big boys on cricket's greatest stage... would they not fight harder? Would their nation not find a way to promote and grow the game? If Scotland or the Netherlands knew that someday they could play a Test series in India or Australia - would that not be incentive to promote better cricket in their countries?
Likewise, a third tier - one where 3 day matches are played - could have any number of teams, and give a platform for the smaller countries to build on. Imagine Afghanistan and the USA playing a three day series in Florida fo the right to step up and take on better competition?
It HAS to be an improvement on the current setup - one where the outsiders are always outside, and the big guys share the feast only amongst themselves.
If the ICC is truly serious about improving the game globally, then they need to consider a way to grow, for a game played amongst 8 members year after year has nowhere to go and nowhere to grow, and that is what's killing Test cricket today.
Please let me know what you think of this idea. I want to know what you think!
Sobosan
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