tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33678713442641228372024-03-14T13:20:48.872+05:30Real CricketReal Cricket 2011http://www.blogger.com/profile/01401253580906585848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367871344264122837.post-76119634865844277512011-04-03T12:26:00.000+05:302011-04-03T12:26:15.825+05:30Finally Sharad Pawaar made it.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Finally india has won the worldcup.<br />
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credit must go to Mr.Sharad Pawar and needless to say all the supporters .<br />
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because of us(supporters) Indian cricket is too rich , it can buy any country.</div>Real Cricket 2011http://www.blogger.com/profile/01401253580906585848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367871344264122837.post-21981345034078533092011-03-21T19:11:00.000+05:302011-03-21T19:11:29.257+05:30Come to Mumbai<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Come to Mumbai and Support Indian team in world cup finals .<br />
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I think India will beat Australia in quarters then Pakistan in semis .<br />
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whereas other semi final will be between Srilanka & South Africa.<br />
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finally Srilanka and India will reach finals .<br />
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All the best INDIA.<a href="javascript:void(0)">Publish Post</a></div>Real Cricket 2011http://www.blogger.com/profile/01401253580906585848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3367871344264122837.post-1570659156622489832011-03-21T17:34:00.000+05:302011-03-21T17:34:33.260+05:30finally knockouts !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This world cup is finally arrived to business end , i.e knockouts .most of the followers I came across are feeling like its been ages since the start of the world cup. mainly due to too many Inconsequential matches.<br />
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though there are few surprise victories by Ireland and Bangladesh finally expected 8 nations have reached the knockout stage.<br />
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Quarter finals in a ICC world cup were there in 1996 world cup for the last time. After that in 1999 ICC opted for super six format with carry forward points , same they continued in 2003 edition .In 2007 they changed that in to a super 8 format .<br />
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Incidentally 1996 ICC world cup was also hosted by sub-continent ( now Bangladesh added ,then Pakistan also part)<br />
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In 1996 Quarter finals were unforgettable and astonishing.<br />
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First of all , all winning teams in quarters from the same group.<br />
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That means irrespective of their group stage winning positions teams from one group performed well.<br />
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1) Srilanka Vs England <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65186.html" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold;">http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65186.html</a><br />
2) India Vs Pakistan <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65187.html" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold;">http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65187.html</a><br />
3) West Indies Vs South Africa <a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65188.html" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold;">http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65188.html</a><br />
4) Australia Vs New Zealand <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65189.html" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold;">http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65189.html</a><br />
<b><i>India Vs Pakistan match was unforgettable for mainly 2 reasons </i></b><br />
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reason 1 : Ajay Jadeja smashing Waqar & Co in late over , especially 23 runs of Waqar's over . in those days 280 + score is almost equal to 330 score now .<br />
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reason 2 : Stand in Captain Aamer Sohail Vs Venkatesh Prasad .<br />
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Aamer was in Terrific form hitting 50 runs in 44 balls , He scored a boundary of Venkatesh Prasad after that , Ball went to point boundary in a flash , immediately after hitting he gestured at bowler to go and collect the ball , in directly he meant that next ball also he would hit there.<br />
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Very next ball , Prasad bowled a leg cutter , which came into the left hander sohail, he tried to repeat the same shot and this ball was hitting stumps . And He was gone . subsequently pakistan slipped to losing position from otherwise dominating situation.<br />
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<b><i>West Indies Vs South Africa</i></b><br />
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No body expected Windies to beat mighty SA , especially after their loss to minnows Kenya and SA was unbeaten in their group matches .<br />
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It was Brian Lara who took the game away from the south africa with brilliant century .</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">in fact many believed that this match forced ICC to think about introducing super six format in 1999.<br />
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<i><b>Australia Vs New Zealand</b></i><br />
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It was very high scoring ( by those days standards ) played chennai .<br />
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first it was innings of life time by Chris Harris , then brilliant chase by Aussies.<br />
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of course there was a match turning drop catch by deepak patel .<br />
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<i><b>Srilanka Vs England </b></i><br />
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This Match was really entertaining due to superb hitting by Man of the series Sanath Jayasurya<br />
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lets hope , this time also quarter finals will be unforgettable and surprising similar to 1996.<br />
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A week later from now we can have real results talk about .<br />
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all the best for all teams .</span></div>Real Cricket 2011http://www.blogger.com/profile/01401253580906585848noreply@blogger.com1