Biography: Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen was born on 27^th June 1980 in Pietermartizburg, Natal, South Africa. He is a South African born English cricketer. He is one of the most destructive batsmen in all forms of cricket. He was also the skipper of the England ODI and test squad but was sacked shortly after dispute with England coach Peter Moores and the coach was also sacked with him.

He made his first class debut for Natal in South Africa in 1997 before he moved to England following the racial quota in South Africa. His English Mother gave him eligibility to play for England after playing for four years in first class cricket. He was soon selected for the national cricket team of the England and soon became an important part of the team.

He made his debut in Test cricket for England in the 2005 Ashes series against Australia on 21^st July 2005. He also became only the third England batsman to be on the top of the ICC batmen rankings. He has achieved many milestones in his short carrier and is ready to take on any bowler.

Pietersen went to Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg and started his early cricket from their playing for Natal at an age of 17 years. His mother taught him basic values and disciplines all which had come to great use and helped him to be a dignified human being. He married singer Jessica Taylor on 29^th December 2007 and still going strong in their relationship.

Pietersen is also the member of the ICC World Cup 2011 squad and all the England fans and ECB have great hopes from this man as he has got capabilities to help his team lifting the World Cup trophy though England has never won an ODI World Cup so far. England also recently won the ICC T20 World Cup beating the ODI Champions Australia in the World Cup finals.

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Trott starred in England’s victory

Jonathan Trott, the mighty England batsman played a very delightful innings to reach to his second century in ODI cricket. England having lost three games of the series in succession had to win this game to keep the series alive and Trott did the job for them. They still have to win all the next three games to seal victory in the series which is still not such a cake walk for England.

Australia had to face defeat loss in spite of a decent batting performance from the Aussie batsmen but their bowlers didn’t keep it tight enough for the England players. The way Australia’s top seamer’s bowled was not the way the champion cricket team plays. Australia will have to stay focused with their strategies to once again lift the ICC cricket World Cup trophy.

England still have to tough road ahead to clinch the series, while Australia just needs to win one more game to seal the series which doesn’t seem to be such a tough job for them seeing their current cricket form. England would really have to work hard and all their players need to play sensibly.

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Murali to bid goodbye to international cricket after the World Cup

Muttiah Muralitharan has announced to retire from all form for international cricket after World Cup 2011. The world’s most dangerous spinner who has already retired from test cricket is ready to say goodbye to international cricket, who has the highest number of wickets in both ODI and test cricket.

This cricket World Cup would be really special as this could be the last World Cup for many legendary and greatest players in international cricket. Murali has been the part of the World Cup winning squad in 1996 and this would be his fourth and last World Cup. The world will definitely miss this spinning legend after his departure from international cricket even though he will continue to play in IPL for two more years.

Murali has played only three matches since his retirement from the test cricket. The Sri Lankan fans would be hoping that Murali wins the World Cup for them since it’s his last and also in the subcontinent. Murali also doesn’t have any plans to start coaching soon after his retirement and wants to focus on the World Cup to give his best and say goodbyr to international cricket in style.

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India fails to conquer maiden series victory in South Africa

Today was the final cricket match for India of the series and before the cricket World Cup. India were hoping to win their first ever series win in South Africa by winning the game but all their hopes were shattered in final game of cricket. India lost the final to the mighty South Africa.

India won the toss and elected to field thinking the things will go in the way they wanted but expect the toss it was just Yusuf Pathan’s thrilling fourth century that went in India’s way. South Africa started a slow and calm innings and Amla yet again made a century troubling the Indian bowlers to the core. Amla helped the team reach to a decent total of 250 in the 46 overs of the rain hit cricket match. Yusuf Pathan was the only Indian batsman who played and brought hope on the Indian faces but all were shattered once his wicket fell soon after his century and India were left on the losing side.

South Africa are going strong and high on confidence after defeating a strong cricket nation like India and will go into the World Cup with spirits high. India on the other hand were quite impressed by their bowling in the death over by getting six wickets for just 24 runs in the end but their batting has collapsed drastically in the whole series which will be a worry point for them. They will be hoping that all things are well set once all their star players return to the game.

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New Zealand end their losing streak with the help of Southee

New Zealand wins their first cricket match of the ODI series against Pakistan. Bowlers played a significant role in ending their losing streak. Tim Southee and Bennett are the main bowlers who troubled the Pakistan batmen with their swinging deliveries and Southee also grabbed five wickets while Bennett bagged three wickets in the cricket game.

Pakistan had won the test series against the black caps pretty convincingly but failed to show the same temperament in the first game of the series and their last series before the cricket World Cup of 2011. All the Pakistan batsmen failed to score runs except Misbah who was able to reach to his half century somehow. Pakistan would have to think about their present skipper Afridi who hasn’t been in good shape nor has showed any good captainship so far ahead of the cricket World Cup.

New Zealand is thrilled to grab the first game but there are still five more matches to go in the series to look forward to. Pakistan will have to concentrate on the upcoming games to get back in rhythm before the world cup and even New Zealand would be working hard in the camp to keep the momentum going.

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Biography: Jacques Kallis

Jacques Henry Kallis, the playing South African legendary all-rounder was born on 16^th October 1975. He also holds the record of second highest number of centuries in test cricket next only to Sachin Tendulkar. He also holds many more records to count. He is one of the finest all-rounders of all time.

Kallis went to Wynberg Boys High School for his early schooling and also started playing cricket at his school. He made his first class debut in 1993/94 and played for the Western Province. Later on he soon made his debut at the international level of cricket in Test cricket in December 1995 against England, soon he made his first appearance in the ODI on 9^th January 1996 against England.

Kallis has been a major part of the South African cricket squad since his debut. Kallis has evolved a lot to reach a prestigious level in international cricket. Kallis holds countless number of records in the international cricket considering his batting and bowling. He also holds a record for scoring 4 centuries in 4 consecutive tests, there are only four men who have achieved such feat.

Jacques Kallis is also the part of the ICC cricket World Cup 2011 which will be in the subcontinent and 

South Africa has all their hopes from this legendary player to help them lift the World Cup trophy and change the history. Kallis had recently scored his one and only double ton against India. Kallis has been in a solid form from the past couple of months.

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Biography: Shane Watson

Shane Robert Watson, the mighty Australian all-rounder was born on 17^th June 1981 in Ipswich, Queensland. He is one of the most talented all-rounders Australia had ever had. This Right Handed batsman opens the batting for Australia generally.

Watson started his cricketing career playing for Tasmanian Tigers opting out of Queensland but later returned to the home team after his immense performance in the International cricket. He made his Debut in ODI cricket against South Africa at Centurion on March 2002, while his Test debut took some time but the chance came on 2^nd January 2005 against Pakistan at Sydney.

Since Shane Watson marked his coming in the international cricket he has been an important part of the Australian cricket team. His consistent performance has led to many victories for Australia and his ability with both bat and ball has been a vital factor. He has kept himself out of any controversy and has been a decent payer focused on his game.

He is also a part of the 15 member Australian squad for the cricket World Cup 2011 and also a vital player from Australian perspective. His recent form has been tremendous and recently played his career best innings score a unbeaten 161 for Australia chasing a huge target of 294 against the England. His form will be vital for Australia in their campaign for the World Cup 2011.

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Australia announce final 15 men squad for cricket World Cup 2011

 Australia has named their final squad for the cricket World Cup happening in the subcontinent. There are a couple of surprises waiting for the players as well as the spectators. Peter Siddle and Xavier Doherty while both had proved themselves tough contenders for the spot in the final 15 but have been left out of the squad of the cricket World Cup.

While Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey both the top Aussie players who are to be playing are currently suffering from injuries which could be a cause of worry for them. Australia won’t be risking their players injury during the cricket World Cup neither can they afford any more injuries to their current squad. Australia also have named the pace combo Lee and Tait in the squad which may be an element of doubt as Tait hasn’t been in top of his form for a couple of months and will also be returning from injuries. That now makes that their squad is facing injury issues while some facing form issues and some are still recovering from their injuries.

Australia though have lost their top position in the tests to India long back but they still are way ahead of any other team in the limited overs cricket. The rest of the squad is placed as expected. Australia still remains the top contenders but they will still have to watch out to keep their players safe from injuries. This cricket World Cup is having lot of hype about let’s hope it proves to be that exciting and thrilling.

Australia squad Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Cameron White, Tim Paine (wk), Steven Smith, John Hastings, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, Doug Bollinger.

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Biography: Yusuf Pathan

Yusuf Pathan, the smashing and powerful batman of India was born on 17^th November 1982. He is also the elder brother of another Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan. He has been part of Indian team as an all-rounder since his debut in international cricket and will also be featuring the cricket World Cup 2011.

Yusuf Pathan grew up in Vadodara a small town in Gujarat with his brother Irfan Pathan and his family. He was indulged in cricket right from the early age and used to play for passing time with his brother. No one would have thought that the kid playing cricket in the mosque will grow up to become one of the most lethal batsman and play for the Indian cricket team.

He made his first class Debut in 2001/02, his performance in the IPL then soon made a way for him in international cricket and was picked up for the T20 World Cup 2009. He had made his ODI debut in Dhaka against Pakistan on 10^th June 2008.

Yusuf Pathan recently played an ODI against the mighty Proteas where he scored his third half century to help India to grab victory against them. Yusuf Pathan’s one and only century came against the New Zealand, which was also for a winning purpose when India was chasing a mammoth total of 316. He also said that century was a huge motivation for him and turned the course for him since then.

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England’s cricket World Cup 2011 squad announced

Matt Prior returns to the ODI format after being named in the 15 member World Cup squad. Matt Prior’s inclusion was one and only surprising decision made by the England Cricket Board (ECB).

Matt Prior’s return was only because of his recent form as he played many handy innings for England in the Ashes cricket and the selectors also hope that his experience will bring more strength to the squad. While Collingwood is also in the squad and is one of the important players for England ahead of the World Cup but his recent cricket form is a part of concern for the team.

The selectors feel that they have chosen the right men required for the cricket World Cup which is being held in the subcontinent. They have kept all the things in mind before preparing the squad. England is confident that their cricket team will perform well in the World Cup as they have been in great touch for the past couple of months.

Squad Andrew Strauss (capt), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Ajmal Shahzad, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy.

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Bhajji and Yusuf clinch the thriller for India

India is ahead of the Proteas 2-1 in the ODI cricket series with two more games to go to decide the series champion. India had lost the series opener game but has won the next two consecutive games and need one more win to grab the series. Yusuf Pathan and Harbhajan Singh were the heroes for India in the previous game of cricket securing victory for India.

Firstly Indian bowlers bowled superbly restricting the host to a total of just 220 in the fifty overs, with Zaheer and Bhajji picking up 3 and 2 wickets consecutively. After India announced their final member squad for the World Cup 2011, the game showed that the team was highly spirited for the coming cricket World Cup by winning the cricket game against South Africa.

Yusuf Pathan helped India reach the total with three massive sixes and making another half century in international cricket. While Harbhajan finished off the game striking two huge sixes for India. India will be now looking forward to clinch the next game to grab the series.

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India announce their final squad for World Cup 2011

India announced a final 15 member squad for the cricket World Cup 2011 today. The team was mostly as expected, while still there some shocking inclusions and exclusion. Rohit Sharma, who had been in a pretty decent form recently has been excluded from the squad along with the experienced left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha was a surprising decision.

India also has couple of their players down with injury at the moment but all of them are included in the squad. India would be expecting them to be fit for the whole lot of cricket to be played in the World Cup. Piyush Chawla is another surprise inclusion, who hasn’t played a single ODI cricket match since July 2008. India also doesn’t have a backup keeper for MS Dhoni. The rest of the team looks to be the same as expected.

The national selection committee of cricket is expecting this young cricket team to let their wait for the World Cup for 28 years to come to an end. This Indian cricket team has been performing well in all forms of cricket and they are sure they will do a good job in the World Cup and win it. They also said that as we are playing in the subcontinent, spin is bound to play a major role.

Squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla, R Ashwin

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Watson stars in sizzling Aussie victory

Australia comeback superbly in ODI against England after a humiliating defeat in the Ashes. Australia seized the first game of the ODI series with the help of a mind boggling century by Watson chasing down a mammoth target of 294 set by the England batsmen. Watson also made his career best in one day cricket bye smashing an unbeaten 161.

Australia is now ahead in the seven match cricket series by 1-0, the match was a sizzler with the teams scoring huge. Australia has World Cup 2011 in mind and won’t give up easily letting things get out of their control. England bowlers were smashed hard by the Aussie batsmen. Shane Watson finished the game by striking a huge six with five balls to spare. Australia seems to have regained their lost form back.

England who were looking favorites after the Ashes were pushed aside by the home team. England would have work out their strategies once again to make a comeback in the cricket series. Australia on the other hand would be looking to keep their form alive till the cricket World Cup.

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Clint McKay ruled out of cricket World Cup 2011

Aussie fast bowler Clint Mckay one of the pace spearhead is ruled out of the coming cricket World Cup 2011 following stress fracture in his left foot. The Absence of one of top class bowler at international cricket will hamper the already morally down Australia, losing the Ashes recently.

Australia will be aiming to conquer the World Cup fourth time in a row, while the news is blow to them. Mckay will require an operation and a rest of 10 weeks for the recovery. Mckay has been in great form ever since he made his debut for Australia in international cricket. Mckay has 27 wickets under his belt with an average just under 20 in the year 2010. Mckay had grabbed five wickets for Australia when he last played ODI cricket against Sri Lanka.

Australia are to announce their final 15 member squad for the 2011 cricket World Cup next week and will be hoping that they don’t face any more injury woes. Cricket Australia will still be getting the top 15 for the World Cup so that Australia don’t let go of the World Cup that easily. There is more cricket action to be followed, so stay tuned.

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Pakistan crushes New Zealand to gain victory

Pakistan recently coming out from the spot-fixing allegation starts a fresh start under a new skipper Misbah-ul-Haq. Their team though inexperienced but showed class against the Black Caps to seal the test cricket on the third day of the test. New Zealand on the other hand carried on their losing streak and face another humiliating defeat in test cricket.

Abdur Rehman bowled superbly without giving the New Zealand batmen any chance to score and also grasped three crucial wickets, along with Tanvir Ahmed who bagged four wickets and continued his good test cricket form. The New and inexperienced Pakistani players would be looking forward to play consistently to fix their spot for the World Cup 2011, as many of the senior Pakistan players are facing either fixing allegations or disciplinary actions or facing injury issues.

New Zealand bowlers bowled inconsistently and the fielder also dropped catches to add to their miseries, while Pakistan hardly gave anything away. New Zealand was dismissed for just 110 in their second innings just overcoming the lead by a few runs. Now Pakistan had already won the game needing a couple runs to assure victory. Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul and Wahab Riaz all grabbed three wickets each to restrict New Zealand to a score of 110.

New Zealand will have to improve their performance if they want to improve their chances in the World Cup 2011 of the ODI cricket. Pakistan on the other hand needs to carry on their winning momentum they have got and players need to be away from controversies in cricket. 

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England crushes Australia to win the Ashes

At last England accomplish their long awaited dream of winning Ashes in Australia after a long journey of 24 years of struggle. England won the Ashes 3-1 and all the three games they won were by an innings which is also an amazing feat against a team like Australia. England cricket is on highs after crushing the Aussie’s.

England bowlers and batsmen showed great cricket performance in the series to help England conquer the series. Andrew Strauss is the proud skipper to guide his team to victory and also did a decent job with the bat as well. Matt Prior who performed fantastically in the series also accomplished his feat of scoring a maiden century against Australia.

Ricky Ponting will have to go through a lot of critics after an unsuccessful campaign against England in the Ashes. It would be interesting to see the approach of cricket Australia for the World Cup 2011, will Ricky Ponting still be leading his team in the World Cup after a humiliating defeat or he will be axed from the team. To know all that you will just have to wait and watch.

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India draws the test series with South Africa

India managed to keep the series equal in spite of Kallis consecutive centuries in both the innings. Kallis always kept the Proteas ahead in the game. Indian batmen didn’t give away wickets in the second innings to keep the game on the safe side. This the first time they had achieved a draw in the country even though their dream of winning the series is still a dream.

Kallis played like a true cricket legend in the whole series and also made his maiden test double ton. While on the other hand master blaster of cricket also reached to his 50^th century in international test cricket. Kallis was also adjudged with man of the match and man of the series trophies for his excellent performance with both bat and ball in the series.

India is now left with a last task in hand before the World Cup 2011, the ODI series between India and South Africa. Both the teams are on high after a successful test campaign and would be looking forward to clinch the ODI series as well. We will have to wait and watch who will emerge as a winner in the last series before World Cup 2011.

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Kallis keeps the match under control

South Africa managed to get past a lead of 350 plus with Kallis keeping his wicket intact on the other hand and reaching a magnificent century again in his second innings making him the magic man for South Africa helping them keep this game of cricket interesting. Harbhajan Singh kept taking wickets on the other hand to keep the match evenly balanced and got 7 South African wickets.

India only managed to be really aggressive in getting a couple of wickets in the first session of today’s day. While South African wickets were falling on regular intervals but the partnership of Kallis with the tailenders posed trouble for India. Both the teams have played an immense cricket and would be looking forward to clinch the series to go into the World Cup 2011 with having a fair bit of advantage over the other.

Harbhajan Singh got 2 quick wickets at the end of the day to get India back into the game. India will now be looking forward to get a blasting opening partnership from Sehwag and Gambhir to put them on the driving seat. Sehwag hasn’t been in much of form in the whole series but one innings might make the difference as a player of his caliber doesn’t need much time to get back to form. Cricket is a game of grace and temperament.

India still has a chance to clinch the test series and once again prove to the world that they are the top side in the international test cricket. This World Cup will be of great importance to see all the teams in top form. To keep updated with the coming World Cup 2011 news, stay tuned with the cricket tv available on site. Catch the World Cup action also with all your friends and enjoy your favorite team and players play.

Cook keeps England ahead in the fifth Ashes test

England is on their way of victory in the fifth test with a lead of 208 with still having three wickets in hand. Cook and Bell both scoring magnificent centuries helped England get to a huge lead in their first innings. While Australia is struggling to save the last game of the Ashes.

This game of cricket cannot get better with England over powering Aussie after 24 years in a test series in Australia. England seems to be getting better and better with each game and is now amongst the top contenders of the World Cup 2011 with their performance in the past couple of months. Now coming back to the game, the partnership between Cook and Bell was the turning point of the game.

Australia’s cricket team which is considered to be the top team in all forms of international cricket for the past many years now have their position of the champions in danger with other teams increasing their standards with classy performances. Australian bowlers are incapable of keeping the mighty England batsmen under control.

Matt Prior’s century stand with Bell also added to more troubles for the Aussie’s bowlers. England still has two days to grab the last test of the Ashes and reclaim Ashes. This World Cup 2011 will be one of the most exciting World Cup’s with all the teams evolving to get better and now we have all teams on fire to show up their class on the big stage of World Cup 2011 set for all.

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South Africa and India both evenly balanced in the third test

India played well on the third day to keep them into the game and keep this series decider cricket match alive. India managed a 2 run lead in the first innings and grabbed two South African wickets for a score of 50 at the end of the day. Sachin Tendulkar and Dale Steyn were the stars of the day for each of the teams.

India didn’t got off to such a start as required but Gambhir and Tendulkar managed to keep things under control. While Gambhir fell short of his century by just seven runs and Tendulkar fought hard to reach to 51^st international test cricket century. Indian side looks pretty balanced for the approaching World Cup 2011 in the subcontinent.

Dale Steyn on the other hand showed his fierce bowling performance against the batsmen of the No. 1 ranked side in the test cricket. All the teams are focusing on the coming World Cup 2011 which less than two months away from now and they will want their players to be in top form. Dale Steyn had certainly ripped off Indian batting line up taking five wickets.

The fate of the game will be decided in remaining two days left in the game, cricket looks really fascinating while watching an encounter between the two great sides. Harbhajan Singh balanced the things for India by getting two quick wickets towards the end of the day. Tomorrow’s day will be an important one in the deciding factor of the test series.

World Cup 2011 will see the all the best cricket teams facing each other to emerge as champions. This is a high time to catch all the cricketing action happening around us, stay in touch with all the cricket action and keep watching the cricket tv on the site.

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