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Friday, 2 April 2010
Rooney back in three weeks
It had been feared that 24-year-old could be doubtful for this summer's World Cup,
Ferguson
Rooney underwent scans on Thursday and the vastly-experienced Scottish tactician insists the nation can breathe a sigh of relief that he will be fit for the World Cup in South Africa.
"The nation can breathe again. We're relieved," explained Ferguson. "It could have been worse."
While Ferguson is down that Rooney will miss some big games in the coming weeks he is delighted he will be back in action before the end of what is sure to be a fantastic conclusion to the campaignSparkling Ganguly stars in vital Kolkata victory
Inspired by their captain and urged on by the cauldron that is the Eden Gardens, Kolkata Knight Riders roared back into the competition with a clinical win over Deccan Chargers. A splendid 88 from Ganguly, who with David Hussey led Kolkata's revival, propelled the home side to a formidable total and the bowlers struck telling blows across Deccan's two-faced chase that petered out tamely. At the halfway stage of their innings Kolkata had 80 on the board, but the last five overs yielded 65 runs to furrow Adam Gilchrist's brow. In stark contrast, Deccan managed just two boundaries in the last six overs and after Shane Bond bowled four consecutive dot balls in the penultimate over the last six deliveries were but a formality. Deccan's nightmare was best summed up by the plight of their captain, Gilchrist, who missed two stumpings and was then knocked over for just nine.
For any Ganguly fan down the years, the man's innings would have warmed the heart. Ganguly had been under the scanner for his sluggish scoring, but it was he and Hussey who added 78 in a steady 7.3 overs after Kolkata were , at 68 for 3. From the time he put away the first ball of the game away to the boundary off his hips, and cut the third one past point, Ganguly looked the best he's been this year. But once again Kolkata had failed to make a strong start, with Chris Gayle and Cheteshwar Pujara failing to make an impression. Gayle was utterly clueless about a gentle offcutter from Andrew Symonds that he lobbed high in the air to long-off. Pujara played three classy boundaries but was undone by the slowness of the track, becoming Symonds' second victim. Despite some wayward bowling, Deccan had kept Kolkata to 46 for 2 after the Powerplays.
Sparkling Gasnguly stars in vital Kolkata
Inspired by their captain and urged on by the cauldron that is the Eden Gardens, Kolkata Knight Riders roared back into the competition with a clinical win over Deccan Chargers. A splendid 88 from Ganguly, who with David Hussey led Kolkata's revival, propelled the home side to a formidable total and the bowlers struck telling blows across Deccan's two-faced chase that petered out tamely. At the halfway stage of their innings Kolkata had 80 on the board, but the last five overs yielded 65 runs to furrow Adam Gilchrist's brow. In stark contrast, Deccan managed just two boundaries in the last six overs and after Shane Bond bowled four consecutive dot balls in the penultimate over the last six deliveries were but a formality. Deccan's nightmare was best summed up by the plight of their captain, Gilchrist, who missed two stumpings and was then knocked over for just nine.
For any Ganguly fan down the years, the man's innings would have warmed the heart. Ganguly had been under the scanner for his sluggish scoring, but it was he and Hussey who added 78 in a steady 7.3 overs after Kolkata were struggling at 68 for 3. From the time he put away the first ball of the game away to the boundary off his hips, and cut the third one past point, Ganguly looked the best he's been this year. But once again Kolkata had failed to make a strong start, with Chris Gayle and Cheteshwar Pujara failing to make an impression. Gayle was utterly clueless about a gentle offcutter from Andrew Symonds that he lobbed high in the air to long-off. Pujara played three classy boundaries but was undone by the slowness of the track, becoming Symonds' second victim. Despite some wayward bowling, Deccan had kept Kolkata to 46 for 2 after the Powerplays.
loose for sloppy punjab
A clutch of cameos from their batsmen, including the under-fire pair of Kumar Sangakkara and Yuvraj Singh, pushed Kings XI Punjab to a fighting total in Mohali. Ravi Bopara, pushed down to No. 4, chipped in with a well-paced knock to ensure the momentum wasn't lost though both Sangakkara and Yuvraj were dismissed just as they looked set to explode.
Bangalore's bowlers were spot-on with the new ball after a couple of matches of being ragged. Praveen Kumar got the ball to move a touch and tied down Shaun Marsh in the first over before Vinay Kumar, opening instead of Dale Steyn, had Marsh poking to Rahul Dravid at first slip in the next over.
Sangakkara, though, invigorated the innings with a couple of classy square drives and a whip past square leg for four. Steyn, the spearhead, was brought in but he too leaked boundaries, and a string of fours from opener Manvinder Bisla pushed Punjab to 26 for 1 after five overs. The pair kept averaging a boundary an over, and had added 63 runs without much trouble when Bisla fell attempting a scoop off Anil Kumble, being done in by a straight one.
Still, Sangakkara was looking the most fluent he has all tournament, and continued to find the gaps. A controlled, superbly timed lofted off-drive of Kevin Pietersen's first ball and a flat-batted bash down the ground kept the runs coming.
Till then, Steyn had had a poor game, being expensive in his first over and a misfield at the boundary his only contributions. However, he made a crucial intervention, removing the ominous Sangakkara in the first ball when he returned for the 12th over.
That brought in the man in the eye of the controversy that engulfed the build-up to this game - Yuvraj. Steyn rattled him with a bunch of short balls, including a 151kmh bouncer that struck Yuvraj on the back shoulder.
Yuvraj, though, showed glimpses of his destructive best, swatting Jacques Kallis into the crowd behind midwicket and then picking a Kumble googly early and clubbing it beyond long-on for six. With Bopara offering solid support, and Bangalore presenting a bunch of full tosses, Yuvraj powered Punjab ahead but just when the fans were getting ready for a feast of hitting from Yuvraj, he miscued a legstump ball to midwicket in the 18th overThursday, 1 April 2010
Buzz Up
Aussie cricketers forget fear, fly to IPL
Yahoonews, Indian Express, 01 April 2010
There will be no rest for Australian cricketers Shane Watson, Mike Hussey, Ryan Harris and Doug Bollinger, as they will be heading to India for participation in the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament.
Last month, the Australian players were caught in a security furor after a threat from a militant group linked to al-Qaeda raised the prospect of mass withdrawals.
But the threat was not credible, according to the Australian government, and the arrival of the last four Australians proves the rich show will go on in all but the most extreme circumstances, reports The Age.
Still, some Australian players already in India have reported concerns about safety arrangements to their union at home. One team bus was stranded on a bridge for 90 minutes, while other concerns have been raised about team hotels.
'I don't know if the security issue really ever goes away,' the paper quoted Australian Cricketers Association boss Paul Marsh, as saying.
'There are concerns no matter where we tour. We are now just playing a monitoring role on behalf of the players, which we'll continue to the do for the rest of the tournament,' he said.
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Jacob Oram is another immensely talented New Zealand player in the long list, whose career has been continuously hampered by various injuries. A tall all-rounder, Jacob Oram is an exciting cricketer to watch. Being a power-house batsman, the southpaw has the capability to smash the ball out of the ground. Considering his 1.98m height, Oram is surprisingly an agile outfielder. The southpaw is predominantly a one-day player but has also done a fair job in Test cricket. He believes in entertaining the crowd and it is hard to keep your eyes off the action when Oram is out in the middle. He makes great use of his height and generates pace and bounce from the pitch at his will. Oram has the knack of picking wickets at the right time and is capable of clocking deliveries around 140 kph.His performance in recent Test and ODI matches have been very impressive. If Oram is able to keep himself fit, one can see New Zealand winning more matches and touching greater heights, courtesy the big all-rounder.
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Matches Innings Runs NO Avg. SR 100's 50's
Test 33 59 1780 10 36.33 50.38 5 6
ODI 139 101 2189 13 24.88 84.62 1 12
T20 23 21 378 5 23.63 138.97 0 2
Matches Innings Balls Runs Wickets BBI BBM Avg. Econ. 4w 5w 10w Extras
Test 33 55 4964 1983 60 4/41 / 33.05 2.4 1 0 0 40
ODI 139 133 5909 4293 140 5/26 / 30.66 4.36 2 2 0 130
T20 23 19 333 503 9 3/33 / 55.89 9.1 0 0 0 13
Catches Stumpings Runouts
Test 15 0 1
ODI 41 0 7
T20 9 0 0
Career
Span:
Test:
2002-2009
ODI:
2001-2010
T20:
2005-2010
Test
Debut:
New Zealand Vs India at Basin Reserve, Wellington - Dec 12, 2002
Last played:
New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo - Aug 26, 2009
ODI
Debut:
New Zealand Vs Zimbabwe at WestpacTrust Stadium,Wellington - Jan 04, 2001
Last played:
New Zealand Vs Australia at McLean Park, Napier - Mar 03, 2010
T20
Debut:
New Zealand Vs South Africa at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Oct 21, 2005
Last played:
New Zealand Vs Australia at AMI Stadium, Christchurch - Feb 28, 2010
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