Golden Time of Cricket Teams: West Indies 1975-1984
by admin on December 9, 2011
in Facts and figures of Cricket World Cups, General Information about Cricket, West Indies
Gone are the days when West Indies aka Windies reigned the ODI cricket in its early days. Those were the days when an ODI match was of 60 overs, without any power plays and fielding restrictions. Holding a red ball, Men dressed in white played the first world cup in 1975 where West Indies under the captaincy of Clive Lloyd lofted the first World Cup trophy.
West Indies during 1975-1984 was one team that was always a hard nut to crack for all the cricketing nations. Windies were blessed with legendary players like Viv Richards, Andy Roberts, Clive Lloyd, Gordon Greenidge, Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, Rohan Kanhai, Michael Holding, Collis King and Desmond Haynes. All these players who rose from the Caribbean have registered profuse golden memories of the glorious days they spent entertaining the spectators on the cricket grounds – the defeat of Aussies in the 1975 world cup final was not less than stupendous and this performance was repeated in 1979 when England lost to West Indies in a pulsating World Cup final match.
Although there was a major hit to West Indies in 1983 world cup final when they lost playing against India, But it is a reality that Windies enjoyed their supremacy as the best ODI team from 1975 to 1984.
Humaira Asad
Stunning Maiden T20I Century by Tilakaratne Dilshan
by admin on August 6, 2011
in 20Twenty Cricket, Afghanistan, T20 cricket records
With chances of rain later in the night, Australia cricket team’s Captain Cameroon White decided to bowl first after winning the toss of the first T20 International match of the tour in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka had a reasonable start until they lost their veteran batsman Mahela Jayewardene in the 3rd over. Taking the opportunity Sri Lankan skipper Tilakaratne Dilshan charged on Australian bowlers heavily. Thus, making a stunning maiden T20I century in just 55 balls. He ended scoring 104* runs from just 57 balls with the help of 12x4s and 5x6s. The dashing innings by Dilshan enabled Sri Lanka cricket team to put a defendable score of 199 runs to win for Australia.
Popular/ Best Cricket players from Holland/Netherlands-Ryan Neil ten Doeschate
by admin on February 22, 2011
in Cricket records, Famous cricket players profiles, General Information about Cricket, World cup 2011
Coming from the Holland/Netherlands cricket team, Ryan Neil ten Deoschate is one of the very few sharp batsmen this cricketing side has ever produced. Ryan is known for his great batting skills. Ryan Deoschate has played 27 matches so far. He has scored 3 centuries and 8 fifties in his career so far. The total runs scored by Ryan Neil ten Doeschate amount to 1234 runs at an average of 68.55 runs per innings which is by far amongst the best.
Ryan-The Netherlands best all rounder in Cricket
Ryan Neil ten Doeschate is one of the best players and the trump cards of Netherlands cricket squad for the World Cup cricket 2011. Ryan was named the Associate player of the year-2011 by the ICC. Due to his exceptional skills, he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2011 season. He is considered to be the best all rounder from Netherlands ever. He has a remarkable batting average. His debut was against Sri lanka in 2006. He is an asset for the Netherlands Cricket team.
Top scorers in T20-World
by admin on January 23, 2011
in 20Twenty Cricket, Record Holders in Cricket
A century in a twenty 20 match can be defined as the fastest and quickest century. One has to have untiring stamina and quick reflexes to make century in fast format of twenty 20 match. In a twenty 20 match, players should have strong decision power to decide the fate of ball. Cricket history has only 4 players with records of centuries in their twenty 20 career. Other top scorers are also near to making a century. Here is the list of top scores in world twenty 20 matches.
|
Player |
Runs | Country | Year |
| Chris Gayle | 117 | West Indies | 11 Sep 2007 |
| Brendon McCullum | 116* | New Zealand | 28 Feb 2010 |
| Suresh Raina | 101 | India | 2 May 2010 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 100 | Sri Lanka | 3 May 2010 |
| Ricky Ponting | 98* | Australia | 17 Feb 2005 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 98* | Sri Lanka | 7 May 2010 |
| Chris Gayle | 98 | West Indies | 9 May 2010 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 96* | Sri Lanka | 19 Jun 2009 |
| Jean-Paul Duminy | 96* | South Africa | 10 Oct 2010 |
| Damien Martyn | 96 | Australia | 9 Jan 2006 |
Top Pakistani scorers in Twenty 20
by admin on January 23, 2011
in 20Twenty Cricket, Pakistan, Top ten batsmen
To achieve top score in Twenty 20 matches, a player has to have unbeatable stamina and quick reflexes. This format of matches tests the playing capability of a player under a time-compressed environment. Due to the fast format of the twenty 20 game, the popularity of this match has increased many folds. Pakistan’s cricket team has very few top scorers in twenty 20 matches, but they are really very quick and smart to achieve decent scores in twenty 20. Here you can see the top scorers of Pakistan cricket team in T20:
|
Player |
Score | Year |
| Misbah ul Haq | 87* | 20 Apr 2008 |
| Salman Butt | 74 | 10 Oct 2008 |
| Kamran Akmal | 73 | 1 May 2010 |
| Salman Butt | 73 | 1 May 2010 |
| Salman Butt | 67* | 8 May 2010 |
| Misbah ul Haq | 66* | 18 Sep 2007 |
| Kamran Akmal | 64 | 5 Feb 2010 |
| Umar Akmal | 64 | 5 Jul 2010 |
| Kamran Akmal | 59* | 7 May 2009 |
| Imran Nazir | 59 | 22 Sep 2007 |