Famous cricket player of West Indian cricket player: Clive Hubert Lloyd
by admin on July 13, 2011
in Famous cricket players profiles
Clive Hubert Lloyd is a former cricket player of the West Indian cricket team which he captained from 1974-1985. Lloyd was quite a dominant and most successful Test captains and won over 27 matches without facing any trounce during the reign of his captaincy inclusive of 11 wins in a row. Lloyd was in fact the 1st ever West Indian player to have earned 100 International Caps.
As an energetic middle-order batsman with a frequent medium-pace bowling style, Lloyd made his first-class debut in 1963-64 which was followed by the Lancashire League in 1967 wherein he played for Haslingden. He also made a debut for Warwickshire in 1968 and won his cap in the next season. Having made his Test debut in 1966 against India, hitting 82 and 78 not out as his feat then included a score of 102 runs to win the match. In 1971, he won the title of Wisden Cricketer of the Year owing to his superb performance over the past twelve months including the time when he hit 1600 runs at 47 for Lancashire.
Lloyd’s first tour as a captain during 1974-75 instigated a lot of improvement in his playing. He made 163 with only 85 balls in Bangalore in the first Test which was then followed by a 242 test-best in the 5th Test innings played in Mumbai. Due to the Packer crisis, Lloyd resigned from the cricket arena yet returned for the 1979 World Cup to lead the team. This was when he made a highly consistent scale of scored with nine successive matches in a low wherein the lowest score was 49. He averaged 76 in the series played against the English cricket team, and made an exceptional 172.50 in domestic cricket.
Having worked as a civil servant for the Guyana Health Ministry, Lloyd has always retained his involvement with cricket by coaching and commentating. In 2008, he was also appointed as the Chairman of ICC Cricket Committee.
Umpires and referees of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the list of umpires and referees who will officiate the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 being held in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka from February 19th. The 12-member Elite Panel of Umpires will be joined by six members of International Panel of Umpires for the ICC Cricket World Cup. The six umpires were chosen by David Richardson (ICC’s General Manager of Cricket), former match referee and player David Lloyd, former umpire S. Venkatargahavan and match referee Ranjan Madugalle.
Following is the list of umpires for 2011 ICC World Cup:
- Billy Bowden
- Aleem Dar
- Steve Davis
- Billy Doctrove
- Marais Erasmus
- Ian Gould
- Daryl Harper,
- Tony Hill
- Asad Rauf
- Asoka de Silva
- Simon Taufel
- Rod Tucker
- Kumar Dharmasena
- Richard Kettleborough
- Nigel Llong,
- Bruce Oxenford
- Amish Saheba
- Shahvir Tarapore
Enam ul Hoque-Moni from Bangladesh is named as the reserve umpire and he will be umpiring in warm-up matches.
Following is the list of match referees announced by International Cricket Council (ICC):
- Chris Broad
- Jeff Crowe
- Ranjan Madugalle
- Roshan Mahanama
- Andy Pycroft
ICC rankings for test cricket before 2011 ICC World Cup
by admin on January 21, 2011
in Test Cricket, World cup 2011
2011 ICC World Cup is just few days away and the thrill is on already. Cricket teams are playing at the moment to test their abilities and performances. This skill test is definitely going to help them evaluate where they stand at the moment. The test cricket is the basic cricket format and is designed to help players develop consistency, build partnerships and game stamina. Presently, the team leading in the ICC rankings for test cricket 2011 is India. India played 42 matches and is leading with 5357 points. The ICC rankings for test cricket before 2011 ICC World cup are:
- Rank 1: India
- Rank 2: South Africa
- Rank 3: England
- Rank 4: Sri Lanka
- Rank 5: Australia
- Rank 6: Pakistan
- Rank 7: West Indies
- Rank 8: New Zealand
- Rank 9: Bangladesh
Top 10 ODI centuries by Bangladesh players
by admin on December 14, 2010
in Bangladesh, One day Cricket
The cricket team of Bangladesh is also popularly known as The Tigers. This is the team that is administered by Bangladesh Cricket Board. They are also a member of ICC for test and one day status. Bangladesh team has entered into international cricket, and they have played their first international match in 1979 ICC trophy that was played in England. Bangladesh cricket team is having good batsman who have also scored centuries against different high level teams. Bangladesh team has played their first one day match with Pakistan in Asia Cup.
The game of cricket has been very popular in their country. Actually, football was considered as most popular game for them, but slowly the game of cricket has also taken good momentum because Bangladesh won ICC in 1997 which was played in Malaysia where their players have scored many centuries. By winning this trophy and scored lots of centuries by their players, Bangladesh had qualified themselves for ICC world cup first time. The top ten century scorers of Bangladesh cricket team in ODI are:
- Mohammad Ashraful
- Habibul Bashar
- Tamim Iqbal
- Shakib Al Hasan
- Shahriar Nafees
- Aftab Ahmed
- Khaled Masud
- Mushfiqur Rahim
- Javed Omer
- Mohammad Rafiq
West Indies Cricket Team – Profile
by admin on February 5, 2010
in West Indies
Profile for West Indies team
West Indies cricket team has already won two cricket World Cups in 1975 (opening World Cup) and 1979. But, current team does not standing anywhere in comparison to those teams. Even though the current West Indies team can surely challenge the teams, but they are less likely to win World Cup. The skipper Chris Gayle is a key point for the team who can score quickly and can turn match on his own. Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnaraine Chanderpaul are two other batsmen who can score easy runs. Dwayne Bravo is a very good all rounder who can score runs as well as can take wickets. Dinesh Ramdin is a very good wicket-keeper and can score some runs too. The bowling attack is headed by Fidel Edwards and Kemar Roach is a new prospect who has impressed many with his bowling skills.
West Indies is standing at 8th place in the ICC rankings for the One-Day Internationals. Sometime back,they faced the issue of contracts and due to that reason, they had to send their second string team to play against Bangladesh and West Indies lost Test as well as One Day series. This loss has cost too much to the West Indies cricket team and except Chris Gayle, nobody has shown consistency after return. Even though team can provide the challenge but they are not favorites to win World Cup 2011.