Monday, March 2, 2009

ICC Champions Trophy schedule 2009

The following are the two groups (with seedings in brackets):

Group A: Australia (1), India (4), Pakistan (5), West Indies (8)

Group B: South Africa (2), New Zealand (3), Sri Lanka (6), England (7)

11 September � Pakistan v West Indies, Lahore.
12 September � New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Karachi.
13 September � Australia v India, Lahore.
14 September � England v Sri Lanka, Karachi.
15 September � South Africa v New Zealand, Rawalpindi.
16 September � West Indies v India, Karachi.
17 September � Pakistan v Australia, Rawalpindi
18 September � South Africa v Sri Lanka, Lahore.
19 September � England v New Zealand, Rawalpindi.
20 September � Pakistan v India, Lahore.
21 September � Australia v West Indies, Karachi; England v South Africa, Rawalpindi.
24 September � 1st semi-final, Karachi.
25 September � 2nd semi-final, Rawalpindi.
28 September � Final, Lahore.

Former winners:
1998 � South Africa
2000 � New Zealand
2002 � India and Sri Lanka (joint winners)
2004 � West Indies
2006 � Australia

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Cricket - Who is the next world cup winners?

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The next cricket world cup is going to be held in 2011. This will be the tenth time this tournament will be held. The 2011 Cricket world cup is scheduled to be held @ the Indian sub-continent . There are going to be four countries that are going to host this tournament.

The four countries are
  • India
  • Sri Lanka
  • Bangladesh
  • Pakistan
India would host 22, Pakistan 16, Sri Lanka 9 and Bangladesh 6 matches. The finals will be played at the State of the Art Stadium near the banks of the river Yamuna. The 2011 Cricket world cup will also allow non-test cricketing sides to compete. The have been some labored negotiations as to how the tournament will be structured. The eventual schedule agreed by the ICC sees the opening ceremony held in Bangladesh.

Venues
India: Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Mohali, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Mumbai
Pakistan: Peshawar, Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Karachi, Rawalpindi
Sri Lanka: Colombo
Bangladesh: One from Dhaka, Fatullah or Mirpur

Its too
early to guess the winners but lets take analyze the teams

1. Team Australia
Australia is definitely an important nominee for the Cricket World Cup 2011. Keeping in mind that most of the experienced Australian Cricket players are going to retire by 2011, this team might not be the same as its being seen now. Think of Australian team without Mathew Hayden, Ricky Pointing, Adam Gilchrist. Well there is definitely a chance for a different team this time.
Result : Tentative

2. South Africa
The South African Cricket Team is one of the top ranking teams in the world, rated at par with the world champions Australia. Also known as The Proteas, South Africa surprised the cricketing world in their first ever world cup appearance in 1992, when they reached up to the semi-finals. In the ICC World Cup 1999, South Africa again reached to the semi-final but lost to Australia, as a result of tie. Today, the South African team has emerged as one of the most elite teams, competing with Australia for the acknowledgment as the best cricket team in the world. With the Ausis team getting little weak for the world cup 2011 it would be a real good chance for the Proteas to actually win the cup this time.
Result: Pass


3. India
India’s batting line-up is looking a little less impressive than usual without the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, the leading ODI run scorer of all time, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, but there are few more spectacular and destructive hitters than captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and the new faces in the team will all be looking to make a lasting impact. The Indian Cricket team has just started preparing for the world cup by allowing then youngsters to get into to team. This would be a real challenge for the selectors.
Result: Pass

4. New Zealand
The New Zealand Cricket Team, popularly referred to as the Black Caps, is one of the best cricketing teams in the world today. Today, New Zealand cricket team is rated as one of the strongest and most challenging teams in the world, and it has the potential to upset any team in the world. The current New Zealand cricket team has several outstanding cricketers.
Result: Tentative


5. West Indies
The West Indies Cricket team has been quiet for a while and hasn't shown much of a performance in the recent months or so. There has be lot of changes and preparation need to be done by the cricketing team. Right now this team doesn't seem like its going to make it.
Result: Fail



6. Sri Lanka
The Srilankan team has always been full of surprises. This team is full of spirit and has shown their abilty in the past and will in the future. Sri Lanka have two particularly good runners in Jayawardane and Sangakkara, and always appear sprightly in the field. They have traditionally been a pretty swift and energetic team, and never are in danger of conceding bucket loads of extras. Solid fielding team, good running team, very neat at the bowling crease
Result: Pass

7. Pakistan
The Pakistan team has been struggling with its players and team performance for sometime. The current team has good players but overall as a team is not playing well. It needs to resove its team and coach issues to begin the preparation for the World Cup 2011
Result: Fail


8. England

The England cricket team is one of the most challenging and dominant cricket teams in the world. The England Cricket Team has been one of the better teams in world cricket for the majority of the cricket they have played. In the recent years this team performance has not been that gre
Result: Fail



Scotland,
Ireland, Netherlands, Kenya, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Canada and Bermuda














Result: Fail

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So you decide who is the Cricket World cup 2011..

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More about ICICI Cricket world cup 2011

The ICC and host nations have agreed to a shortened tournament in 2011. The 2007 World Cup attracted criticism due to its drawn out nature and 2011 will see a reduction in the number of teams to 14 and quarter-finals will follow the group stages rather than the Super Sixes that were included in 2007.

Qualification for the minor cricketing nations is a long and arduous process. The ICC World Cricket League has been established for teams without test status and the top sides from this global competition will meet in the United Arab Emirates in 2009 to compete in the ICC Trophy, the final qualification tournament for the 2011 finals.


ICICI Event Schedule

2008 Champions Trophy - Pakistan

2009 Twenty20 World Championships - England

2009 Women's World Cup - Australia

2010 Champions Trophy - West Indies

2011 World Cup - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

2012 Twenty20 World Championships or Champions Trophy - Sri Lanka

2013 Women's World Cup - India

2014 Twenty20 World Championships or Champions Trophy - Bangladesh

2015 World Cup - Australia and New Zealand

2019 World Cup - England

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ICICI Cricket Ratings

ICC Cricket Rankings

LG ICC ODI TEAM RANKING
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1
Australia
35 4565 130
2
South Africa
38 4772 126
3
New Zealand
33 3683 112
4
India
48 5256 110
5
Sri Lanka
37 4014 108
6
Pakistan
31 3358 108
7
England
35 3736 107
8
West Indies
35 3415 98
9
Bangladesh
29 1350 47
10
Ireland
8 227 28
11
Zimbabwe
29 536 18
12
Kenya
6 0 0

LG ICC ODI BATSMAN RANKING
Rank
Player
Team Rating
1
R.T. Ponting
AUS 832
2
A. Symonds
AUS 773
3
G.C. Smith
SA 757
4
K.P.Pietersen
ENG 748
5
M.L.Hayden
AUS 745
6
Mohammad Yousuf
PAK 738
7
S.R. Tendulkar
IND 736
8
M.E.K. Hussey
AUS 727
9
S. Chanderpaul
WI 722
10
A.C. Gilchrist
AUS 717

LG ICC ODI BOWLERS RANKING
Rank
Player
Team Rating
1
S.M. Pollock
SA 897
2 S.E.Bond NZ 755
3
D.L. Vettori
NZ 748
4
N.W. Bracken
AUS 726
5
W.P.U.J.C. Vaas
SL 717
6
M. Muralidaran
SL 712
7
K.D. Mills
NZ 694
8
B.Lee
AUS 689
9
J.E.Taylor
WI 675
10
M.F. Maharoof
SL 664

LG ICC ODI ALL-ROUNDER RANKING
Rank
Player
Team Rating
1
S.M. Pollock
SA 496
2
S.T. Jayasuriya
SL 363
3
A. Flintoff
ENG 353
4
J.H. Kallis
SA 343
5
C.H.Gayle
WI 242
6
Shahid Afridi
PAK 329
7
J.D.P. Oram
NZ 325
8
Shoaib Malik
PAK 318
9
S.B. Styris
NZ 308
10
A. Symonds
AUS 292

Last updated: Jan 28, 2008