AUSSIE ON TOP OF BRISBANE TEST

Hi friends.Happy to meet you all again with an interesting topic.Australia are top in the Brisbane test after Kiwis were bowled out for just 156 runs in second day.Kiwis started the second day without any loss but the Australian fast bowlers thrashed the top order batsmen.Taylor scored 40 runs and Flynn* scored 39 runs.Ryder scored 30 runs and How managed to pass two digit mark in the score card.All the other batsmen did not passed two digit mark.Mitchell Johnson took 4 wickets where Lee,Watson and Clark shared 2 wickets each.In the second innings Australia again failed to get a good start from the openers.Hayden got out without scoring run and Ponting scored only 17 runs.Hussey went for a duck and Clarke got out for 9 runs.Symonds scored 20 runs for his part.Opener katich scored 67* and still in crease.Haddin not out at 6.Australia scored 131 for a loss of 6 wickets and lead by 189 runs with 4 wickets remaining.Still three days play remaining there is a chance for Australia to win the test match.

AUSTRALIA vs NEW ZEALAND - BRISBANE TEST DAY 1

Hi friends.Happy to meet you all again with an interesting topic.Today in Brisbane,the first test between Australia and New Zealand started in a brisk pace.New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first.Australia did not got a good start as the openers felled below 10 runs to the Kiwis fast bowler Southee.Captain Ricky ponting who is full of controversy failed to score runs by returning pavilion for just 4 runs.When Aussie were at a crucial stage osing 3 wickets for just 23 runs hussey and Clarke joined and made a partnership of 73 runs.But hussey failed to stand in the crease when Martin sent him pavilion for a leg before decision.Andrew Symonds,who joined team after a series of bad names and comments scored 26 runs for his part.Haddin and watson failed to impress by scoring in single digit.The tail enters added 22 runs to the total.Clarke missed ton by short of 2 runs.Kiwi fast bowlers managed to bowl out Aussie for 214 runs.Then New Zealand batsmen started of thier innings and scored 7 runs without any loss of wicket at Day one.

PONTING WAS FINED FOR SLOW OVER RATE

Australian Skipper Ricky ponting was fined 20 percent of his match fee for the slow over rate maintained on the fourth day of the last test match in Nagpur.on the fourth day of the test match the Aussies were running out of the over rate.They were short by 7 overs in the final session.So that Ponting used his part time bowlers Hussey and Clarke to maintain the over rate.But he did nt able to maintain with that bowling.By using the part time bowlers Indian Skipper MS Dhoni and Harbhajan got into a steady partnership of 100 plus runs which played as a Vital partnership of the match.The ICC match refreechris Broad take a look upon the over rate and fine Ricky ponting of about 20 percent of his match fee and 10 percent or the other players of the playng eleven.

INDIA WON THE TEST SERIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA

Hi friends.Happy to meet you all again.The much excited India-Australia test series has been finished by the great style of Indians.The last and final test match in Nagpur has been won by India by a massive difference of 172 runs.The final day was started well by the Aussie batsmen with their splashing style.Simon Katich and Mathew Hayden went o to give a sparkling start.But the Indian pacer Ishant Sharma broken the partnership by dismissing Katich.Then the game went on to the Host side.They constantly took wickets at regular intervals.At the lunch break the Aussies scored 111 for the loss of 3 wickets.But after that the game went to the Indians side.At last Aussies were bowled out for 209 and India won by 172 runs.Debutant Australian bowler Jason Krezja named as Man of the Match and Indian fast pacer Ishant Sharma named as Man of the Series.The legendary innings of Former Indian Skipper Sourav Ganguly came to end yesterday as he retired from this test series.

HUSSEY'S TON LEAD TO AVOID FOLLOW-ON

Hussey's ton made the Aussies to avoid the follow-on in their practise match against the Indian Board PresidentXI team.At the end of day 3 Aussies managed to reach the reasonable score of 314 with the help of Mike Hussey's extra- ordinary knock of 126(302)*.At one stage they went down to 218 with the loss of 9 wickets after the last pair Clark-Hussey mae a beautiful partnership of 96 runs.In thier second innings the IndianXI scored 110 runs for a loss of 2 wickets in a quick session.Brett lee and Clark managed to get one wicket each.Since there is only one day remaining the 4 day match is going to end in draw.

PONTING PREDICTS "IT WILL BE A TOUGH SERIES"

Ricky ponting the captain of Australian cricket team predicted that the upcoming test series against India will be the toughest job.He added that the Indians will play with their best performance against all the oppositions so that the Australian team should be keen in finding the faults with the Indians.Since the star spinner of the team McGain returned to home due to injury, the team is still in confident for the test series.

WELCOME AUSSIES

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I LOVE WINNING, SAYS SHAH RUKH KHAN

"I love winning - whether it's IPL matches or films or a game of carom with my kids or the entire world. I believe my victory is God's assurance that I really worked hard," the superstar said.
"We are the toughest competition for the other seven teams. Why one team at a time-put all the seven teams on one side and see how the Knight Riders battle it out against them," Shah Rukh said on the sidelines of a press conference after Sunday's match.
What is beyond the team motto - "Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo" (Do, Fight, Win)?

"The Kolkata Knight Riders are here to teach the world how to believe and win a dream that no one else dares to do. Discipline, dedication and dignity are the three powers that are combined at every stroke of our bat and every throw of our ball," he said.

AUSTRALIA: AUSSIES CONFIRM PAKISTAN TOURS

Australia will tour Pakistan in 2009 and 2010 after this year's scheduled tour was cancelled due to security fears. Cricket Australia and the Pakistan Cricket Board revealed that the sides will meet in April and May 2009 and again in 2010. Australia, who have not toured Pakistan since 1998/99, will also host the return series at the end of 2009.

"Although disappointed that the tour couldn't be completed as originally scheduled, the PCB is very pleased that the Australian team will come to play in Pakistan twice, in 2009 and again in 2010," PCB chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf.

"Our discussions with Cricket Australia showed both countries' strong desire to ensure the postponed matches were played in Pakistan. As well as the two tours at home, the PCB has also confirmed the Pakistan team's tour of Australia for the 2009-10 season."

Australia's 2009 tour of Pakistan will consist of five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international following the Australian team's commitments in South Africa.

Pakistan will then travel to Australia for three Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international before Australia return to Pakistan in August/September 2010 to play three Test matches, with final dates and venues to be agreed depending on each nation's Future Tours Program (FTP) obligations.

"The announcement demonstrates Cricket Australia's commitment to fulfilling its obligations under the FTP and also to Pakistan cricket," added Cricket Australia chairman Creagh O'Connor.

"We're pleased to have reached agreement to travel to Pakistan to complete the postponed matches and to play in them in Australia as agreed under the FTP."

IPL-ROYALS TO TAKE ON KINGS

Today in IPL tournament Rajasthan Royals taking charge on Punjab kings.At the first match punjab kings lost to chennai super kings and Royals lost to Knight riders . So this game is very much important to both the teams since they did not started in the points table.Also from the punjab side Yuvraj singh stands as a big and strong plus point and fron the Royal side Warne looking for the way to bring success for his team.So there is sure fireworks in the ground and it seems good entertainment to the fans.

INDIA TO PLAY FOUR TESTS IN ENGLAND IN 2011

India have been agreed for the tour of England for a series of 4 tests , 5 one-dayers and a 20-20 international in 2011, the English Cricket Board (ECB) announced today. Also the venues are announced .The test matches will be in the following Lord's,Trent bridge,Edgbaston,The oval .Since the final schedule will be announced later.The venues for one day internationals are also announced as Cardiff, Durham, Lord's, The Oval and Hampshire's Rose Bowl .But the venue for 20-20 match has not been announced yet.
England team is slated to tour India in November this year.But the schedule of normal 3 tests has been reduced to 2 tests since Australia's 4 test series will end in early November only so that BCCI could not accomodate the third test and it consists of 7 one day internationals as per schedule.The ECB has been delighted since India had agreed to play 4 test match series and also they are keen in finishing the series as per the schedule so that the players can have time to relax and start practising for the future tours.

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