Famous Australian cricket player: Justin Lee Langer
by admin on June 28, 2011
in Famous cricket players profiles
Justin Lee Langer is an ex left-handed batsman of the Australian cricket team who represented his country in 105 Test matches on International level. He is recognized for his strong and successful partnership with famous Australian cricket player Mathew Hayden at the time. He also occasionally performed the role of a wicket keeper for One day matches owing to his strong built as a fielder.
Langer had a remarkable strike rate i.e. 54.22 which exceeded the achievement of the most notable stroke-makers like some of the best Australian cricket players Mark Waugh and Damien Martyn. He is also known to have own the title of being the highest run-scorer for the Pura Cup and Sheffield Shield matches that he participated in for Western Australia. In 2009, Langer played a match against Worcestershire wherein he made a landmark strike of the highest score in the history of first-class cricket by an Australian player. He was a strong-willed cricketer whose determined demeanor was a highlight. With 394 runs at an average of 43.77, Langer was the leading scorer in the team.
In total, he was part of only eight ODIs at a superb strike rate of 88.88! He won himself quite a lot of International Awards as Man of the Match – a proof of his strong and unrivalled profile. He is still remembered for his aggressive and full of power playing stature.
Most half centuries at ICC World T20: nation wise
by admin on January 13, 2011
in 20Twenty Cricket, World Cup
Scoring a half century in a cricket match by a batsman gives a sound standing to his team. During 2007-2010 ICC World T20, quite a number of batsmen from different nations have scored half centuries. Nation wise list of most centuries scored in ICC world Cup T20 is as follows:
| Players | Country | Innings | Strike Rate | 50 | 50+ |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Srilanka | 18 | 146.77 | 4 | 5 |
| Matthew Hayden | Australia | 6 | 144.80 | 4 | 4 |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | 11 | 153.47 | 3 | 4 |
| Gautam Gambhir | India | 15 | 119.35 | 4 | 4 |
| KP Pieterson | England | 15 | 148.33 | 4 | 4 |
| Jaques Kallis | South Africa | 10 | 122.08 | 3 | 3 |
| Kamran Akmal | Pakistan | 18 | 121.89 | 3 | 3 |
| Muhammad Arshaful | Bangladesh | 9 | 148.73 | 2 | 2 |
| Brendan Taylor | Zimbabwe | 3 | 124.21 | 1 | 1 |
| Aaron Redmond | New Zealand | 4 | 162.50 | 1 | 1 |
ICC World T20: Most Half Centuries World Cup wise
by admin on January 13, 2011
in 20Twenty Cricket, World Cup
Half Centuries in general stimulate round of applause and at times a standing ovation from the crowd in case of a nail biter when there is a dire need of runs to win a match. The batsman gets a pat on the back from his partner even an cuddle from his batting partner. In response to a 50, the batsman usually elevates his bat towards the stand and his team sitting in the pavilion. In case of a close match when batsmen score a half century they show their pleasure by hopping or kissing the bat or their helmet.
Such glimpses have also be seen in ICC World T20. The most frequent of batsmen who show such gestures and postures are Matthew Hayden (Australia), Tilikaratne Dilshan (Srilanka) and Mahela Jayawardene (Srilanka) who registered the most 50s in 2007, 2009 and 2010 ICC World T20 tournaments respectively
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Player |
Country | Matches | Strike Rate | No of 50s | ICC World T20 |
| Matthew Hayden | Australia | 6 | 144.8 | 4 | 2007-08 |
| Tilikaratne Dilshan | Srilanka | 7 | 144.76 | 3 | 2009 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Srilanka | 6 | 159.78 | 2 | 2010 |
2007-2010 ICC World T20: Most Fifties by an opening batsman
by admin on January 13, 2011
in 20Twenty Cricket, Record Holders in Cricket, World Cup
The Matthew Hayden, the iron man of the Australian batting line up has marched to the apex of greatness, to the cricketing perpetuity, to an alcove where his name will be called out with great batsmen like Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulker or even Sir Garry Sobers and Sir Don Bradman.
Another coveted record which Mathew Hayden Holds is being the best Opening Batsman at the T20 world Cup to date who has made most number of fifties . Mathew Hayden has played only one T20 World Cup which is 2007 ICC World T20, and recorded four half centuries with a phenomenal strike rate of 144.8. During the discussed tournament he averaged out his score at 88.2 as he played around his front pad, his strong spot. Though his career in T20 was limited to 2007 ICC World T20, if he would have been there, there was a strong possibility that he might have clutched all the batting records of T20 cricket.
Top ten best batsmen-World Cup wise
by admin on January 4, 2011
in Top ten batsmen, World Cup, World cup history and records
This best batsman list contains many great players who have given huge performances in prior World Cups and have helped their teams to come out on top. No one would be surprised by the presence of SACHIN TENDULKAR in this list twice because a player of his caliber can win this title many more times. Another distinguished player in this best batsman list is Matthew Hayden, a former Australian opener who scored a lot of runs and was famous for his unleashed strokes, he literally deserves these statistics. Among all these best batsmen, for me SACHIN can easily be distinguished because the amount of runs he scored in his World Cup career is actually quite big!
| Year | player | Runs |
| 1975 | Glenn Turner | 333 |
| 1979 | Gordon Greenidge | 253 |
| 1983 | David Gower | 384 |
| 1987 | Graham Gooch | 471 |
| 1992 | Martin Crowe | 456 |
| 1996 | Sachin Tendulkar | 523 |
| 1999 | Rahul Dravid | 461 |
| 2003 | Sachin Tendulkar | 673 |
| 2007 | Matthew Hayden | 659 |
| 2011 | - | - |