COMEBACK FOR VETTORI

New Zealand  coming up with a surprise for Pakistan. New Zealand have announced that left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori has been added to the squad for the third Test against Pakistan in Sharjah. Vettori, 35, hasn't played a Test since July 2012 and, after suffering a series of injuries in recent years, had questioned whether he had the fitness necessary to last a five-day game.

New Zealand fielded the inexperienced spin pair of Ish Sodhi and Mark Craig in the first two Tests, and are now likely to go in with a spin trio for the Sharjah Test. That would present an unheard-of bowling combination for New Zealand, a side that usually banks heavily on its quick bowlers.

"From the first two Tests it's been pretty clear how important spin is in these conditions and we expect the pitch in Sharjah to be the slowest of all three wickets," New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said. "The possibility of having three bowlers who can exploit those conditions is an exciting option for us to have."

Vettori was in the UAE with the New Zealand A side, and trained with the Test squad on Monday. If he is picked, he will move past Stephen Fleming to become New Zealand's most experienced Test player.
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HASHIM AMLA BREAKS VIRAT KOHLI'S RECORD

Hashim Amla is going very well on breaking records set up by Virat Kholi .South African opener Hashim Amla has now become the fastest cricketer to score 17 ODI centuries. He reached the mark by scoring a hundred in the third ODI vs Australia played at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on last Wednesday. Amla reached to this milestone in his 98th innings, 14 less than the earlier record-holder Virat Kohli.Virat Kholi took 112 Innings to score 17 Centuries.
Amla has been South Africa’s Mr. Consistent over the past few years, frequently giving them good starts at the top of the order and piling on the runs in every series. He earlier became the fastest to score 15 ODI hundreds as well when he scored a century against Zimbabwe in, again going past Kohli. Amla achieved that feat in his 86th innings while the Indian superstar  took 20 more innings to get to the mark. Amla made his ODI debut for South Africa in 2008, the same year Kholi made his debut and has developed into an extremely effective one-day cricketer over the years.

Cheteshwar Pujara got out in a Dramatic way

Few months back Cheteshwar Pujara became the first Indian batsman ever to be dismissed
“handled the ball” in first-class cricket. The incident occurred on day 1 of the County
Championship Division Two match between Derbyshire and Leicestershire at the County

Ground in Derby.

Pujara was batting on 6 when he was given out to handled the ball on the last delivery of
the 20 th over of the innings, which was bowled by left-arm medium pace bowler Atif Sheikh.

According to Derbyshire’s official Twitter account, the Saurashtra batsman “swatted” the
ball away, when it seemed destined to be going on to hit the stumps.

This is just the second instance of an Indian batsman losing his wicket to this mode of
dismissal. The only previous time it happened was when Mohinder Amarnath was given out to
handled the ball in an ODI match against Australia, way back in 1986.

Just last week, the 26-year-old Pujara had inspired Derbyshire to victory over Surrey with
an unbeaten knock of 90* in the fourth innings.

This is the 59th time a batsmen has been dismissed handling the ball in first-class cricket.
The last instance of such a dismissal occurring in England was in 1996 .

Sachin Tendulkar & Steve Waugh to be honured by Bradman Honour

The two great batsman of time Sachin Tendulkar & Setve Waugh are to be honured by the Bradman honour next month.
Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar joined Steve Waugh in Sydney for their inductionas  for the october  2014 Bradman Honourees.

Tendulkar and Waugh joined the likes of Dennis Lillee and Adam Gilchrist as inductees at a gala
dinner at the Sydney Cricket Ground on October 29.

"There could be no more principled and
deserving individuals in the game than Sachin
and Steve," said Bradman Foundation Executive
Director Rina Hore.
"Were Sir Donald to still be alive I'm sure he would unhesitatingly applaud their recognition at
the ground where his ambition to play Test cricket was first kindled."
Tendulkar will be just the third Indian and fourth non-Australian to be inducted following Sunil
Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid and Sir Richard Hadlee.
Both men enjoyed impressive records at the SCG, with Tendulkar scoring three centuries from
five Tests at the ground, including an unbeaten innings of 241 in the 2004 New Year's Test.
Waugh, who retired after that match, scored three centuries from 17 Tests at his home
ground, including his memorable last-ball century against England in 2003.

Tendulkar has scored more international runs than any other player in cricket history and was
famously regarded by Bradman as the player who most reminded him of himself.

India will play four Tests in Australia this
summer, the first time they have toured the
country without Tendulkar in over two decades.
Previous Bradman Honourees
2006: Norm O’Neill

2007: Neil Harvey, Sam Loxton

2008: Bill Brown, Arthur Morris

2009: Alan Davidson, Dennis Lillee

2010: Sunil Gavaskar, Adam Gilchrist

2011: Sir Richard Hadlee, Bob Simpson

2012: Rahul Dravid, Glenn McGrath

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FEW FACTS

Fact 1:
It is said that cricket originated in England. Since they used to raise sheep, the grass was so short that it was possible to roll a lump of wool on it which they used as a ball.

Fact 2:
The first ever historical players of this great game were fined.
The first recorded game was played in 1646, and later fines were handed out for those who missed the church to play.

Fact 3: 
Before 1760 players used curved bats.
In the 1760’s, pitching a ball through the air was considered normal, thus the bat shape changed from a curve to a straight one.

Fact 4:
In 1939 a match ended in 14 days and thus is considered as longest cricket match in the history of cricket.
In 1939 England and South Africa played a match that made history as the longest match ever, after 14 days it ended with a tie.

Fact 5:
An animal stop the game.
A cricket game was once stopped because a pig ran across the field. It is even considered legal to suspend the game if an animal entered the field.

Fact 6:
Only one player can run out at a time. Usually left for the umpire to decide.

8th Feb

The day history 8th feb.........

1952 - India's first Test Victory in their 25th test. It was vs Eng at Chennai. Thanks to Vinoo Makad's 8/55 & 4/53 which resulted in a victory of an inning & 8 runs.

1963 - Birth of Mohammad Azharuddin who went on to become the first cricketer to play 300 ODIs and score 9000 ODI runs.

 1994 - Kapil takes 432nd test wkt to go past Hadlee as the highest wicket taker at that time. His victim was Sri Lanka's Hashan Tillakaratne.

The Day of History

On January 11, 1930 history was made when England managed to play two tests on two different sides of the world on the same day - That has not happened again since that series and is almost certain never to happen again.

On January 10th 1930: The test between England and New Zealand started
On 11th January 1930: A test between England and West Indies started 
(and again) On Feb 21, 1930: A test match was started between England and New Zaealnd & England West Indies 
STATS of England and New Zealand on 10th Jan

Fri, 10 Jan	- day 1 - England 1st innings 147/4 (GB Legge 35*, MS Nichols 10*)
Sat, 11 Jan	- day 2 - no play
Sun, 12 Jan	- rest day
Mon, 13 Jan	- day 3 - England 2nd innings 66/2 (18.5 ov) - end of match

STATS of England and West Indies on 11th Jan

Sat, 11 Jan	- day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 338/8 (LA Walcott 7*, HC Griffith 5*)
Sun, 12 Jan	- rest day
Mon, 13 Jan	- day 2 - England 1st innings 233/2 (A Sandham 111*, EH Hendren 64*)
Tue, 14 Jan	- day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 46/1 (CA Roach 29*, GA Headley 16*)
Wed, 15 Jan	- day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 326/4 (GA Headley 157*, JED Sealy 5*)
Thu, 16 Jan	- day 5 - England 2nd innings 167/3 (65 ov) - end of match

It happened because ICC wanted to promote cricket in smaller countries and when they asked England's board they agreed to send two different teams - one in New Zealand and one in West Indies.

But due to the time difference both the English teams were never seen in action at the same time. By the time play was started on the second day in West Indies, the match was already over in New Zealand and before their was rain. But in the test match started on 21st Feb the second day in New Zealand - February 22, 1930 - the start of play coincided with the last session of the first day's play in the Caribbean (where it was still February 21st).

So that was a time when the same country was playing test cricket simultaneously for less than two hours - Something which will never happen again

SACHIN TENDULKAR

                                                     SOME FACTS ABOUT SACHIN

- Sachin Tendulkar is India's first active cricketer to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha.

- As an aspiring fast bowler a young Sachin Tendulkar was rejected by Dennis Lillee’s MRF Pace Foundation in 1987.

- During the 1987 world cup, Sachin was a ball boy for the match between India and Zimbabwe at the Wankhede Stadium. He was 14 then.

- Sachin Tendulkar fielded for Pakistan as a substitute during a one-day practice match against India at the Brabourne Stadium in 1988.

- Tendulkar has 13 coins from his coach Ramakant Achrekar. He would win a coin if he could get through an entire session of nets without being dismissed.

- In October 1995, Sachin became the richest cricketer when he signed a five-year contract worth Rs 31.5 crore with World Tel.

- Sachin Tendulkar used to sleep with his cricket gear during his junior days.

- Sachin Tendulkar loves collecting perfumes and watches.

- Tendulkar’s first car was a Maruti-800.

- Sachin Tendulkar was the first international batsman to be given out by the third-umpire. In 1992, on the second day of the Durban Test, a Jonty Rhodes throw caught Tendulkar short of the crease. After watching TV replays he was adjudged out. Karl Liebenberg of South Africa was third umpire in the match.

- At 19, Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest Indian to play county cricket.

- The first advertisement in which Sachin featured was for a sticking plaster.

- The first brand which Sachin Tendulkar endorsed was the health drink ‘Boost.’ He was seen alongside Kapil Dev in many of their ad films, the start of which happened in 1990.

- In his debut Test match English fast bowler Alan Mullally complained that Sachin Tendulkar was batting with a bat broader than the normal willow.

- Sachin Tendulkar started off with centuries in his debut matches in the Ranji, Duleep and Irani Trophy.

- Sachin Tendulkar was led onto the field on his Ranji debut by his then captain, Ravi Shastri.

- Sachin Tendulkar uses a very heavy bat at the crease, weighing 3.2lbs. Only South Africa's Lance Klusener used a heavier bat in world cricket.

- Sachin Tendulkar, who is considered as calm character was a big bully in the school.

- Sachin Tendulkar went to watch the movie Roja in 1995 with a beard and disguise. It all went wrong when his glasses fell off and the crowd in the cinema hall recognized him.

- Sachin Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by the Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.

- When young Sachin fell from a tree on a Sunday evening during his summer vacation, while Guide was shown on national TV, his infuriated brother (and mentor) Ajit sent him to cricket coaching class as punishment.

- The naughty Sachin Tendulkar used to go fishing for tadpoles and guppy fishes in the stream that ran through the compound of Sahitya Sahawas at Bandra East.

- Sachin Tendulkar once told a Marathi news channel in an interview that his weakness is 'vada-pao', a popular Maharashtrian snack.

- Sachin used his favourite vampire bat during the innings in which he scored the historical 50th Test ton.

- Sachin Tendulkar batted in his debut Test against Pakistan wearing the pads gifted to him by Sunil Gavaskar.

- Sachin Tendulkar was a huge fan of John McEnroe, a former tennis legend. He grew his hair and tied a band around it to copy his idol.

- Tendulkar has scored most centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998.

- In 1998 he made 1,894 ODI runs, a record for ODI runs by any batsman in a calendar year.

- Sachin Tendulkar is himself a role model for many admires from other sports such as tennis starts Pete Sampras and Boris Becker, and Argentina footballer Diego Maradona.

- Sachin Tendulkar was named after the great musician Sachin Dev Burman. Sachin’s father’s, Ramesh Tendulkar was a big fan of SD’s music.

- Sachin loves Kishore Kumar and rock group Dire Straits.

- Sachin calls Sourav Ganguly 'Babu Moshai' while Ganguly calls him 'Chhota Babu'.

- Sachin once made his mother look for a frog Bhaji recipe!

- The nanny who looked after Sachin has been universally called Sachuchi Bai.

- Sachin is so possessive about his Ferrari that wife Anjali is not allowed to drive it.

- Sachin loved to play tennis ball cricket and darts during rain breaks.

- A prankster that he is, Sachin once put a hose pipe into Sourav Ganguly's room and turned the tap on.

- Sachin Tendulkar was without a bat contract until the start of the 1996 Cricket World Cup. At the end of the tournament a famous tyre manufacturer sponsored his willow.

                                                     This is how a cricket field actually look like.

                                             SOME FAMOUS PERSONALITIES

SIR DON BRADMAN of AUSTRALIA had a Test average of 99.94 and an overall first-class average of 95.14, records unmatched by any other player.

SIR VIV RICHARDS of WESTINDIES He was voted as the best one day batsman of all the time.

SACHIN TENDULKAR of INDIA After Sir Don Bradman he was rated as second greatest batsman in test matches.

Jacques Kallis of South Africa is one of the greatest all-rounders of all time, being the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 11,000 runs and 250 wickets in both one day and Test match cricket.

Brian Lara of the West Indies holds the record for highest score in both Tests and first-class cricket.

Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, the highest wicket taker in both Test and ODI forms of cricket.

SAHID AFRIDI of PAKISTAN had record of hitting the longest six (158 m).

And there are many more like RAHUL DRAVID , MARK WAGH , ALAN DONALD, SOURAV GANGULY , CRIS GAYLE , GLEN MAGRATH, WASIM AKRAM ,WAQAR YOUNIS , ADAM GILKRIST , SHANE WARNE , JAVED MIADAD, RICK POINTING and many more. 

                                              EMERGING OF CRICKET

Cricket can definitely be traced back to Tudor times in early 16th-century England. Written evidence exists of a game known as creag being played by Prince Edward, the son of Edward I (Longshanks), at Newenden, Kent in 1301[4] and there has been speculation, but no evidence, that this was a form of cricket.
The earliest definite reference .to cricket being played in England (and hence anywhere) is in evidence given at a 1598 court case which mentions that "creckett" was played on common land in Guildford, Surrey, around 1550.

A newspaper report survives of "a great cricket match" with eleven players a side that was played for high stakes in Sussex in 1697 and this is the earliest known reference to a cricket match of such importance.

                                                                                       The game underwent major development in the 18th century and became the national sport of England.The Hambledon Cricket Club was founded in the 1760s and, for the next 20 years until the formation of MCC and the opening of Lord's Old Ground in 1787, Hambledon was both the game's greatest club and its focal point. MCC quickly became the sport's premier club and the custodian of the Laws of Cricket.

New Laws introduced in the latter part of the 18th century included the three stump wicket and leg before wicket (lbw).

In 1844, the first international cricket match took place between the United States and Canada (although neither has ever been ranked as a Test-playing nation).

In 1862, an English team made the first tour of Australia and in 1876–77, an England team took part in the first-ever Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against Australia.

ICC  It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989 International Cricket Councile. After thisWESTINDIES JOINED IN 1926 INDIA & NEWZELAND joined cricket in 1926, PAKISTAN joined in 1953 and SRILANKA in 1981.