Some New ODI cricket rules

Here are some new ODI rules that are going to be incorporated on an experimental basis October 1st onwards -
1. An additional fielder will be allowed outside the fielding circle during the second or third power play.
2. If an ODI innings is reduced, the numbers of overs making up each of the three Powerplays shall be reduced proportionately.
3. If a bowler bowls a front foot no-ball in a ODI, the following delivery will be deemed a free hit and the batsman cannot be dismissed by the bowler from that delivery.
4. There will be a mandatory change of ball after 35 overs of each innings in a ODI; the replacement will be a clean used ball.
5. The ICC had also increased the stipulated minimum boundary sizes for all international matches.
We can see that some 20/20 rules, like the free hit have been included in the ‘longer’ version of the game! The India-Australia series will be the first to test these out!

Rain stops play in India v Australia one-dayer

Rain stopped play when India were nine for one wicket after 2.4 overs in the first one-day international against Australia here on Saturday.
Heavy rains right at the start of the India innings forced umpires Suresh Shastri and Steve Bucknor to take the players off the field in the day-night game.
Gautam Gambhir was on four while Irfan Pathan was yet to open his account when play was halted.
Australia, electing to bat, made 307 for seven in 50 overs in what is the first of the seven-match series.

Shastri accepts NCA chairman post

Ravi Shastri, the former Indian allrounder, has accepted the offer to take over as chairman of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), the Board of Control for Cricket in India confirmed. Shastri, who had earlier agreed in principle to take up the assignment, informed the board of his decision after taking his media commitments into consideration.
"Ravi Shastri has accepted the offer to take over as chairman," Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary, told Cricinfo. "How he manages his media commitments and time is up to him. His primary role is to set up a structure for the functioning of the NCA and he will have a team under him to execute the process."
Shastri takes over from Ajay Shirke, who was made acting chairman of the Bangalore-based academy after Kapil Dev was sacked from the post for signing up with the Indian Cricket League. Kapil had refused to step down as chairman of the ICL's executive board even after the BCCI refused permission for the league.
Shastri took over as the Indian team manager for the tour of Bangladesh earlier this year. However, given his commentary commitments with television channel ESPN-Star Sports, he had declined the offer for an extension

LG ICC ODI Championship rules

A rating for each team is obtained by dividing total points by matches played, with the answer given to the nearest whole number.
If ratings are equal, the ratings calculation is refined to three decimal places to determine the higher ranked team.
The matches column for each team includes all ODIs played since August 2005 but earlier matches have a lower 'weighting' so that the rankings more fully reflect recent form.
The number of points earned by a team for any ODI match depends on two factors: the result (won, tied or lost) and the rating of the opponent against whom the result was achieved. The higher an opponent's rating, the more points are earned for beating them. Points are ‘weighted’ in the same way as matches.
A team that over the period being rated wins as often as it loses while playing an average mix of strong and weak opponents will have a rating of close to 100.
Matches abandoned with no result are always ignored. Period covered:
The ratings are based on up to three years of results.
The table currently reflects all ODIs played since August 2005.
All ODIs played until the start of August 2007 will be added on to this table.
Every August, the first year of results will be dropped from the table, so it will then cover the most recent two years of results. Thus once a year, the rankings will change overnight without any new ODIs being played. Weighting of results:
All matches included within the rankings will always fall into one of three time periods. Weightings are applied to these three groups of matches so that the rankings more fully reflect recent form. These weightings are:
Period One covers the first year of matches (weighting: one-third)
Period Two covers the second year of matches (weighting: two-thirds)
Period Three covers the remaining more recent matches (weighting: one)
The number of matches played and the number of points earned in each period is multiplied by the weighting factor. For example, when the table was first launched, Sri Lanka had played 33 ODIs in Period One, with a weighting of one third, this counted as 11 matches towards its rating. Similarly, 21 ODIs played in Period Two counted as 14. so the number of matches shown for Sri Lanka in the table was 11 plus 14 plus the 10 they had played at that time in Period Three - a total of 35. A small technical adjustment ensures that, for all teams, the total number of matches and rating points is always a whole number. Applying the ratings formula:
After each match, the two teams each score a certain number of points. These points are then added to their existing total and used to generate their updated ratings. The number of points a team scores is based on two factors:
the result of the match and
the gap between the ratings of the two teams going into the match.
There are two different formulae. One applies if the gap between the two teams' ratings is less than 40 points, the other if the gap is 40 points or more. The points you score from a particular ODI are as follows: Case 1 - gap between the two teams' ratings is less than 40 points:
if you win, you score 50 points more than your opponent's rating
if you lose, you score 50 points less than your opponent's rating
if you tie, you score your opponent's rating Case 2 - gap between the two teams' ratings is 40 points or more:
if the stronger team wins, it scores 10 points more than its own rating while the weaker team scores 10 points less than its own rating
if the weaker team wins, it scores 90 points more than its own rating while the stronger team scores 90 points less than its own rating
if the match is tied, the stronger team scores 40 points less than its own rating and the weaker team scores 40 points more than its own rating.
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Oneday Series between India and Australia

Match Schedule

September, 29 2007
Ist Oneday International - Bangalore

October, 2 2007
2nd Oneday International - Kochi

October, 5 2007
3rd Oneday International - Hyderabad

October, 8 2007
4th Oneday International - Guwahati

October, 11 2007
5th Oneday International - Vadodara

October, 14 2007
6th Oneday International - Nagpur

October, 17 2007
7th Oneday International - Mumbai

India beat Pakistan by 5 runs

India Won the First Twenty20 World Cup

India - 157/5

Gautam Gambhir 75(54)
Rohit Sharma 30(16)

Pakistan - 152 for All Out

Imran Nazir 33(14)
Misbah-ul-Haq 43(38)

Man of the match: Irfan Pathan

Man of the Tournament: Shahid Afridi

India ‘A’ wins series against South Africa 'A'

Despite the best efforts of the ground staff, play was abandoned again on the fourth and final day of the second cricket ‘Test’ between India ‘A’ and South Africa ‘A’.

Umpires Tarapore and Pratapkumar inspected the ground only to officially bring an end to the game 45 minutes later. Water-loggingmeant that no play was possible. The visiting team had scored 264 for four in its first innings on Wednesday.

The draw meant that India clinched the two-match Test series 1-0. Last week, India won the first Test in New Delhi by an innings and 242 runs.

Finals between India vs Pakistan cricket teams

First Semi-Final

Pakistan beat Newzealand by 6 wickets

Newzealand - 143/8

• R Taylor 37(23)
• L Vincent 28(28)
• B McCullum 26(27)

Pakistan - 147/4

• I Nazir 59(41)
• M Hafeez 32(21)
• S Malik 26(14)

Man of the match: Umar Gul

Second Semi-Final

India beat Australia by 15 runs

India - 188/5

• Yuvarj Singh 70(30)
• M S Dhoni 36(18)
• R Uthappa 34(28)

Australia - 173/7

• M Hayden 62(47)
• A Symonds 43(26)

Man of the match: Yuvraj Singh

Semi-Final Matches

Ist Semi-final Match

Sept 22nd Newzealand vs Pakistan - Cape Town 1100 GMT

2nd Semi-final Match

Sept 22nd India vs Australia - Durban 1600 GMT


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All the Best Wishes for Indian Cricket Team.

India beat South Africa by 30 runs

India - 153/5

Rohit Sharma 50(40)
MS Dhoni 45(33)

South Africa - 116/9

M Boucher 36(41)
A Morkel 36(37)

Man of the match: Rohit Sharma

India beat South Africa by 30 runs.
South Africa missed semifinal berth.

Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 4 wickets

Bangladesh - 140 for All Out

Z Siddique 71(49)

Pakistan - 141 for 6

S Afridi 39(15)
I Nazir 27(18)
M Hafeez 23(21)

Man of the match: Zunaed Siddique

Australia beat Srilanka by 10 wickets

Srilanka - 101 for All Out

J Mubarak 28(26)
K Sangarkara 22(23)
C Vaas 21(28)

Australia - 102 for No Loss

Gilchrist 31(25)
M Hayden 58(38)

Man of the match: Stuart Clark

Stuart Clark took four for 20, the best figures by an Australian bowler in Twenty20 internationals.

India beats England by 18 runs

India - 218/4
England - 200/6

V Solanki 43(31)
K Pietersen 39(23)

India beats England by 18 runs
Man of the match: Yuvaraj Singh

India Starts Terrific on England

This is the crucial match for India. India must win this match and also win on South Africa match, Unless there is no semi-final for India.

India -218/4

V Shewag 68(52)
G Gambhir 58(41)
Yuvaraj Singh 58(16)

Sehwag (68) and Gambhir (58) set the foundation - an opening partnership of 136. Both openers scored half-centuries. Yuvraj Singh came to the wicket at the start of the 17th over to begin the fireworks.

Yuvraj Singh scored a record 12-ball fifty and did a Gibbs when he smacked fast bowler Broad for 6 consecutive sixes to give India the best total of the tournament.

South Africa beats New Zealand by 6 Wickets

New Zealand - 153/8

L Vincent 32(29)
B McCullum 38(26)
C McMillan 48(25)

South Africa - 158/4

J Kemp 89(56)
M Boucher 23(23)

Man of the match: Justin Kemp

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 64 runs

SriLanka - 147/5

J Mubarak 31(19)
M Jayawardena 30(30)
U Tharanga 23(14)
T Dilshan 21(16)

Bangladesh - 83 All Out(15.5 overs)

A Ahmed 18(11)
Al Hasan 18(19)

Dhoni named India ODI captain

Indian cricket selectors named wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as one-day captain on Tuesday after Rahul Dravid abruptly quit the job last week, television channels reported.
The 26-year-old, captain at the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa, will lead the team for the home one-day series against Australia starting in September

Pakistan beat Australia by 6 wickets

Australia - 164/7

A Gilchrist 24(12)
R Ponting 27(26)
A Symonds 29(18)
M Hussey 37(25)
b Hodge 36(29)

Pakistan - 165/4

S Malik 52(38)
Misbah-ul-Haq 66(42)

Pakistan beats SriLanka by 33 runs

A 101-run partnership between Younus Khan and Shoaib Malik and some inspired bowling from Shahid Afridi proved to be the key to Pakistan’s first victory of the super eight stage, by 33 runs, at the ICC World Twenty20 in Jo’burg on Monday night as for the first time in the tournament, Sri Lanka did not look quite as composed as usual.

Having been sent in to bat after Sri Lanka won the toss, Pakistan did not have the greatest of starts, losing three wickets with 33 runs on the board by the end of the sixth over. But Khan and Malik set to work steadying the ship with some glorious batting. Sri Lankan veteran Sanath Jayasuriya was at the receiving end of much of this, having 64 runs blasted from his four overs with no wickets for consolation.

The devastating duo finally both fell to Lasith Malinga (both caught by TM Dilshan), Khan for 57 (off 36 balls) and Malik for 57 (off 45) with Pakistan eventually finishing their innings on 189-6.
Dilhara Fernando was by far the stand-out bowler for Sri Lanka, conceding just 17 runs from his four overs and taking the wickets of both Salman Butt and Mohammad Hafeez. Despite his heroics, however, 190 was always going to be a challenging target for victory.

And it was a nervous start for the Sri Lankans who had looked completely composed in this tournament until this point. But at 5-2 at the beginning of the second over they had cause for concern. Upul Tharanga was the first to go (caught by Umar Gul off Mohammad Asif without scoring) and Jayasuriya soon followed after being bowled by Sohail Tanvir for five.

The early wickets seemed to provide the fire for Pakistan who kept the pressure on. While captain Mahela Jayawardena and Chamara Silva looked like they would be the ones to save the day for the Sri Lankans, putting together a partnership of 50 off 31 balls (after Kumar Sangakkara went for 18 after a ball from Asif dribbled on to his stumps), the comeback wasn’t to last and the wickets kept tumbling. Afridi dismissed both Jayawardena and Silva, for 28 and 38 respectively and while Dilshan gallantly tried to hang on, scoring 38 off 28, he couldn’t keep up with the soaring required run-rate, as the Sri Lankans eventually needed 60 off the final two overs for victory.

After losing Dilshan to Hafeez (caught by Khan), that was reduced to 39 off the final over, but in the absence of a Herschelle Gibbs-esque performance and the help of a few no-balls, that was never going to happen and the Sri Lankans lost by 33 runs.

Big win for India ‘A’

Spinners Pragyan Ojha and Amit Mishra spelt doom for South Africa ‘A’ and scripted a huge victory by an innings and 242 runs for India ‘A’ in the first four-day Test at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here on Saturday.

Seventeen wickets tumbled on the third day and brought an early end to the proceedings as Ojha and Mishra finished with eight and five wickets, respectively, in the match.

Resuming the day at 93 for two in reply to the imposing 588 for eight declared posted by the host, South Africa ‘A’ crashed to 145 in the first innings. Following on, the visiting team fared marginally better due to an unbeaten 63 by wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile in the second innings and folded at 201.

Left-arm spinner Ojha, the 21-year-old who took 29 wickets for Hyderabad in the last Ranji Trophy season, stuck to a disciplined line and length to reap the harvest against a circumspect South African line-up.

From the other end, leg-spinner Amit Mishra, kept up the pressure by tossing up the ball more, much to the discomfort of the visiting batsmen.

Scores:
India ‘A’ — 1st innings: 588 for four decl.
South Africa ‘A’ — 1st innings: 145 for All Out
South Africa ‘A’ — 2nd innings: 201 for All Out

Super8 match results

• NZ Vs IND NZ bt IND by 10 runs
• AUS Vs BAN AUS bt BAN by 9 wickets
• SA Vs ENG SA bt ENG by 19 runs

Twenty-20 Super-8 Schedule

Super Eight stage:
September 16 (Sunday) India v New Zealand

September 16 (Sunday) Australia v Bangladesh

September 16 (Sunday) South Africa v England

September 17 (Monday) Pakistan v Sri Lanka

September 18 (Tuesday) New Zealand v England

September 18 (Tuesday) Australia v Pakistan

September 18 (Tuesday) Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

September 19 (Wednesday) South Africa v New Zealand

September 19 (Wednesday) England v India

September 20 (Thursday) Australia v Sri Lanka

September 20 (Thursday) Bangladesh v Pakistan

September 20 (Thursday) South Africa v India

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 7 wickets

Sri Lanka Top Batsman

S Jayasurya 61(44)
U Tharanga 37(25)
M Jayawardene 35(18)

SriLanka restricted Newzealand at 164/7

NewZealand Batsmen
R Taylor 62(42)
J Oram 33(20)
P Fulton 25(19)

Is it Right Decision taken by Rahul Dravid?

Dravid has taken good decision. He is an honest player and always wanted India to lead in world of Cricket but failed to achieve this task. It seems that some players particularly Sachin is not giving him chance to act tough because of his lobby inside team India. It is right time to retire Sachin also from Team India because he has failed miserably in building team spirit. It is beyond doubt and proof that he plays for himself only and not for team India. Other aspect of Dravid's decision should be seen in the light of Jack Kallis's resignation from Vice-Captaincy of South Africa because he was not selected for 20-20WorldCup. It seems that Dravid also wanted to lead India in this 20-20WorldCup but denied the chance. We are not knowing inside developments and it is difficult to get the truth from Indian players compared to other country players like Gibbs, Kronje, Kallis who openly express their mind. But anyway new players should get chance and there should be lot of energy in the team rather than stagnation due to some old players. Old players should motivate new players for winning than making individual records. Team of Shewag-Captain and Dhoni-Vice-Captain may do the task leading in World of Cricket. That will be in best interest of India.

India Win bowl-out Pakistan after thrilling tie

India beat Pakistan 3-0 in a five-ball bowl-out at three stumps after the crucial Twenty20 World Cup Group D game in Durban ended in a tie on Friday.
Chasing India's modest total of 141 for 9, Pakistan made a late charge to finish level on 141-7.
In the bowl-out, Virender Sehwag , Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa were on target for the Indians while none of the Pakistanis could find the target. Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi were way off the mark.


As per the rules of cricket's latest version, if a match ends with the scores tied there must be a winner. The tie is broken by a bowl-out, something similar to a penalty shoot-out in football and field hockey.
The teams nominate five players to bowl at a set of stumps over 22 yards and take alternate attempts at hitting the target. The team that registers the most hits wins.
In case there is still a tie after the first round, the same bowlers have another go.
If the number of wickets is equal after the first 10 balls per side, the bowl-out continues and is decided by sudden-death, which means that the team missing the first hit loses.
Defending a total that hardly left any margin for error, R P Singh made early inroads when he castled Imran Nazir for 7.
Salman Butt (16), Kamran Akmal (15) and Younis Khan (2) returned in quick successions as Pakistan woke up to harsh reality with four of their top batsmen back in the pavilion with the score reading just 47.
They kept losing wickets at regular intervals and Harbhajan Singh raised hopes of an Indian victory when he dismissed dismissing the dangerous Shahid Afridi for just seven.
Misbah-ul Haq (53 - 35b, 7x4, 1x6) almost pulled off victory for his team, but an alert Yuvraj had him run-out to leave the scores tied.
Despite the defeat, Pakistan also made it to the next stage, thanks to their victory over Scotland, who ended up with a solitary point from the rain-ruined match against India on Thursday.
Scotland could have qualified for the Super Eights had Pakistan reached the target inside 14.4 overs.
Earlier, a four-wicket burst from Mohammad Asif rocked India before Robin Uthappa and Mahendra Singh Dhoni propped the side to 141 for 9.
In a rain-plagued match at Kignsmead, the Indian top order succumbed to Asif's deadly spell, stuttering to 36 for four, before Uthappa (50, 39b, 4x4, 2x6), and later Dhoni (33, 31b, 3x4, 1x6), helped bring some respectability to the score.
The Indians had a disastrous start as the cagey Gautam Gambhir (0) left the first ball from Mohammad Asif, missed the second and perished to the third. The pressure of two dot balls got the better of the batsman who came dancing down the track to hit Asif only to see the pacer catch him off his own bowling on the second attempt.
Virender Sehwag opened the account with a crisp flick off Umar Gul but then attempted a drive and dragged an Asif delivery onto the stumps to end his three-ball stay that yielded five runs.
With the team score one-run shy of double figures, India had both its openers cooling their heels in the pavilion.
Asif ensured that was not the end of trouble for the Indians. His third over again yielded a wicket and this time it was Yuvraj Singh (1) who spooned a simple catch for Shoaib Malik at point and India were gasping for breath at 19 for three in 4.1 overs.
Dinesh Karthik (11) struck Asif for couple of fours in that over to bring some relief, but in the end the pacer had the last laugh when he came back in his final over to castle the batsman when the ball came off a thick inside edge.
Asif thus struck once in each of his four overs and returned impressive figures of 4-0-18-4.
In walked Dhoni with his team in a mess and he too was at sea against Sohail Tanvir's difficult angles.
Uthappa was silent at the other end, but once Asif was off, he went after Yasir Arafat in the 10th over, hitting the seamer for two towering sixes to score 17 off that over that also took India past the 50-run mark.
India were 68 for 4 in 10.3 overs when light rain interrupted play. Uthappa came back to hit Shahid Afridi for a couple of fours to reach his 50 in the 12th over, but his concentration was snapped as he nicked Tanvir and was caught behind after a scintillating 39-ball knock that was studded with four fours and two sixes.
Dhoni and Irfan Pathan (20, 15b, 2x6) were happy with the occasional boundaries before Pathan decided to go after Afridi. He smote the bowler for two massive sixes, but Afridi foxed him with a faster delivery that upset his timberwork and India were 111 for six.
Dhoni too opened up, straight driving Yasir for a four and then hoicking him over fine leg for the maximum. But another brief rain break was followed by another setback as Afridi castled Harbhajan Singh (1).
Ajit Agarkar (14) provided some lusty heats but Dhoni departed just when he looked like unleashing himself. He went for a drive only to offer a skier to Younis Khan.

I suggest Indian Team for 20-20 World Cup

1.Viru Sehwag
2.Robin Uthappa
3.Yuvraj Singh
4.Gautam Gambhir
5.M S Dhoni
6. Dinesh Karthik
7. Yusuf Pathan
8. Irfan Pathan
9. Joginder Sharma
10. Harbhajan Singh
11. S Sreesanth

Do or Die For Australia

Australia must & should win with England. Australia is the No.1 team rankings in oneday internationals & Test Cricket. But, Yesterday failed with Zimbabwe Team. Tommorow struggle with England Team. We will wait for Tommorrow what happens.


In group'A' West Indies is out of tournament. It is a Bad Luck for West Indies Team.

Twenty-20 Match Schedule & Results

Date Match Venue Result

Sep 11 SA v WI Johannesburg SA bt WI by 8 wkts

Sep 12 NZ v Ken Durban NZ bt KEN by 9 wkts

Sep 12 Pak v Sco Durban PAK bt SCO by 51 runs

Sep 12 Aus v Zim Cape Town ZIM bt AUS by 5 wickets

Sep 13 WI v B'desh Johannesburg BAN bt WI by 6 wickets

Sep 13 Zim v Eng Cape Town England bt Zimbabwe by 50 runs

Sep 13 India v Sco Durban Match Abandoned

Sep 14 Aus v Eng Cape Town AUS bt ENG by 8 wickets

Sep 14 India v Pak Durban Tied - IND win bowl out

Sep 14 SL v Ken Johannesburg SL beat KEN by 172 runs

Sep 15 SL vs NZ Johannesburg

Sep 15 SA v B'desh Cape Town

Australia shocked with Zimbabwe performance

Zimbabwe caused the first and what could be the biggest upset of the Twenty20 World Cup, when they beat Australia by five wickets in a Group B match in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday.
After restricting the One-Day International World champions to 138-9, the Zimbabweans, powered by an unbeaten 60 off 45 balls from Brendon Taylor, hit up the required runs without much difficulty, finishing with a ball to spare.


Score Board

Rules of Twenty-20 Cricket

Each team shall bat for 20 overs unless all out earlier.
Fielding restrictions apply for the first 6 overs of each innings (only two fieldsmen permitted outside the fielding restriction area at the instant of delivery).
During the non Fielding Restricted Overs, no more than 5 fieldsmen shall be permitted outside the fielding restriction area.
No bowler shall bowl more than 4 overs in an innings.

In the event of a tied match, the teams shall compete in a bowl out to determine the winner. A bowl-out may also be used in the Final in the event of a No Result, provided weather conditions permit.
The captains nominate five bowlers, who will bowl one delivery each, and teams will take alternate turns to bowl at the stumps.
If, after both teams have bowled 5 deliveries, both have scored the same number of hits on the wicket, or have not scored any hits, a second series of deliveries must be started with the same players and shall continue until one team has scored a hit more than the other team from the same number of deliveries.
The sequence of bowlers need not be the same as in the previous series and the captain shall have the freedom of choice at the time of each delivery as to which of the 5 nominated bowlers shall bowl.
In the second series, all 5 nominated bowlers shall bowl a delivery before all of them are eligible to bowl a further delivery.

If, due to suspension of play after the start of the match, the number of overs in the innings of either team has to be revised to a lower number than originally allotted (minimum of 5 overs), then a revised target score (to win) will be set for the number of overs which the team batting second will have the opportunity of facing. The revised target is calculated using the Duckworth/Lewis method.
Additional time is allowed for matches when the start is delayed or play is suspended.

First Match of World Cup 20-20

Ist Innings West Indies 205/6

C Gayle 117(52)
Deyon Smith 35(34)

South Africa ......?

who will Win this Match?

Who will win Twenty20 World Cup ?

Group 'A'
South Africa
West Indies
Bangladesh

Group 'B'
Australia
England
Zimbabwe

Group 'C'
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Kenya

Group 'D'
India
Pakistan
Scotland