India Vs England 2012 Schedule/Timetable of Test, ODI & T20

Cricket is the most popular game almost everywhere in this world. India has organized an International bilateral series, India vs England 2012-13 that has been started from Saturday, November 3, 2012 in India. India is hosting England tour of India 2012 that contains four Test matches, two Twenty-20 matches and five ODI matches from November 2012 to January 2013. This bilateral series will complete on January 27, 2013. This bilateral series is a section of FTP (Future Cricket Tour Programs) that is made by ICC (International Cricket Council). Every one is expecting that this tour will be very exiting.

Pune IPL cheerleader Sana arrested for illegal prostitution

Sana Manish Chirawala, IPL cheerleader was arrested for her involvement in a prostitution racket on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 around 4.30 pm by The Pune crime branch. The Social Security Cell (SSC) of the Pune Police has taken Sana and her local female agent, Seema Jagtap into custody on charges of prostitution under Sections 4, 5 and 8 of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA). As per senior inspector Bhanupratap Barge of the social security cell of the crime branch, the case against her and Jagtap has been registered at the Koregaon Park police station. 22 year old, Sana lives in Mumbai, and also takes up modeling assignments. When they were informed about Sana that she was in search of prospective customers, they got the lure to contact her agent 34 years old, Seema Jagtap, over the phone.

Suresh Raina's Tweets stir Controversy

An attacking left-handed batsman and an athletic fielder, Suresh Raina is known for his ability to hit the stumps from the infield. He has charming personality as well as fine character in the Indian dressing room….is it so? Unfortunately in the recent times, Suresh Raina has become the point of focus in India due to his embarrassing tweets against Pakistan players on their exit from the World Twenty20 tournament and this badly embroiled him in a controversy.

ICC T20 world cup 2012 Ranking and Point Table

The entire world is eagerly waiting for the fourth season of ICC World Twenty20 to begin. For the first time Twenty20 tournament will take place in an Asian country. The last three Twenty20 matches were held in England, West Indies and South Africa respectively. International Cricket Council (ICC) has selected Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga as the event ambassador for the tournament. Twenty20 will be held between18th of September and 7th of October in Sri Lanka. The developer and operational body of the 2012 World Twenty20 fixtures is the Future Cricket Tour Programs (FTP).

India Vs England: Schedule For Test, ODI & T20 (2012-13)

The never ending cricket craze is on its top once again. This time England will visit India for a long tour including 4 Tests, 2 T20s and 5 One Day International matches. England went on the top of the Test world rankings as Andrew Strauss led the team to a 4-0 whitewash over the Indian team last year. However, the English team got a similar result in last winter on being thrashed 3-0 by Pakistan in the UAE before drawing a Test series in Sri Lanka. This series would be the first complete tour of England to India since November 2008. This time English players will get enough time for practice and rest. Cricket enthusiasts in both countries will be eagerly waiting for an exciting series of competition in all three forms of the game.

ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012: Schedule, Teams & Fixtures

T20 cricket world cup is the most entertaining and interesting cricket tournament which held every two years by ICC (International Cricket Council). Just a few days remain to welcome fourth most awaited cricket tournament ICC Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka. The fourth ICC event will be held from 18th September to 7th October 2012. This year, Sri Lanka has got honor to arrange this great world cup series in their home town. The schedule, teams and fixtures of the tournaments are officially declared by ICC. Total 12 teams including 10 Test teams and two qualifiers (Ireland & Afghanistan) will participate in this tournament to give their best by playing 27 matches including 12 qualifier matches, 12 quarter finals, 2 semi finals, and 1 final.

India Vs New Zealand Test Series 2012: Schedule & Players

London Olympics is over and once again the cricket fever is back. Team India is ready to enter the stadium once again. The India versus New Zealand Test Series 2012 is set to start from 23 August. The team for the Test Series has already been selected. On August 10, the All-India Senior Selection Committee of the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) met at the Cricket Centre in Mumbai to select the players of the test team. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been selected as the captain of the team. Yuvraj Singh, who has recently recovered from cancer, will not be playing in this Test series.

Brett Lee retires from all format of International Cricket

Australia's fast bowler Brett Lee announced retirement from International Cricket. Though, he will continue playing in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash & the Indian Premier League, this announcement is surely going to upset some of his fans. Brett is described as a fierce, fine, brave and generous opponent who always maintained the standards of sportsmanship. The 35-year-old bowler was forced to return home from Australia's recent tour to England because of a calf injury which made him realize enough is enough.

India vs Sri Lanka 2012 Schedule & Players

It is announced by ICC that Indian tour to Sri Lanka will start on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Sri Lanka has organized an international bilateral series, India vs Sri Lanka 2012. India tour to Sri Lanka 2012 will feature 5 ODI and only one T20 match in July-August 2012 that will be hosted by Sri Lanka. India tour to Sri Lanka 2012 bilateral series is the part of International Cricket Council’s new approach, Future Cricket Tour Programs to promote the game to every corner of the world. First ODI match in this 2012 bilateral series would be played between Sri Lanka and India on July 21, 2012 at 14:30 local time at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota.

2012 SLPL Schedule and Fixture

SLPL (Sri Lanka Premier League) which was expected to schedule in July 2011 is now going to take place in August 2012. The official announcement of 2012 SLPL was made by Sri Lanka Cricket on 14th May at a media conference. SLPL is the franchise-based Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. The inspiration of SLPL is the Indian Premier League. The reasons behind the delay of the SLPL 2011 are insufficient finances and unavailability of Indian players. On 5th May, a new deal has been signed by Sri Lanka Cricket with Somerset Entertainment Ventures to organize the tournament systematically.

Sri Lanka Premier League teams List & Format

A new franchise-based Twenty20 tournament was introduced by Sri Lanka Cricket called Sri Lanka Premier League by taking an inspiration from Indian Premier League in 2011. Unfortunately, SLC postponed the league last year due to the non-participation of the Indian cricketers. This year would be the inaugural season of the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Sri Lanka. Finally, Sri Lanka Cricket is very glad to announce the emergence of Sri Lanka Premier League. Probably, it would be organized between the dates of August 10 to August 31. It is announced that the inaugural program will be held at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy and R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

T20 Cricket World Cup 2012: Full Schedule & dates for Qualifier Round

The T20 Cricket World Cup 2012 is scheduled to be held from 18th September to 7th October in Sri Lanka. Before that, 16 teams will fight for qualifying the tournament, among which only six will be selected to play in the T20 world cup. The schedule for T20 Cricket World Cup 2012 Qualifiers has already been released. All 16 teams have been classified into two groups. Group A includes Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Hong Kong, Nepal, Netherlands and Papua New Guinea (PNG) while Italy, Kenya, Namibia, Oman, Scotland, USA and Uganda are included in Group B.

Asia Cup 2012 Schedule & Team Fixtures

Asia Cup 2012 is going to start on 11th March, 2012. The complete schedule or team fixtures of the Asia cup series is available on the web, so cricket lover can get it from list of website. Asia cup 2012 cricket series will be played between Asia’s top cricket team India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The 11th cricket Asia Cup 2012 will be running through 11th March to 22^nd March, 2012. The whole series will be played in Bangladesh’s Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. The opening time of the all matches is also similar.

Top 10 Batsmen with 10,000 Runs in ODI

The fifty over match or better known as the One Day International is very popular form of cricket. In fact, it used to be a 40, 45 or 60 over match earlier. On 5 January 1971, the first ODI was played between England and Australia at the Melbourne. Since then, many legends chose this game as their careers. The top ten batsmen who have crossed the 10,000 runs milestone in their One Day International cricket career are listed here. This list includes India and Sri Lanka as the leading countries to have placed their three batsmen in the honorable list, followed by four other countries that include West Indies, South Africa, Pakistan and Australia with one batsman each. Five of the batsmen have taken retirement from the ODIs and the rest are still playing.

10. Kumar Sangakkara (10,019)

Born on October 27, 1977, in Matale, Sangakkara the 34-year-old batsmen has played in 315 matches and scored 10019 runs with an average of 37.80. He has a strike rate of 75.33. On July 5, 2000 in his first match against Pakistan, at Galle International Stadium, he scored 35 runs. With 12 centuries and 67 half centuries, his best ODI score till date is unbeaten 138. The left hand top order batsman is an excellent wicket keeper also.