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.

Nathan Lyon: A New comer Australian Spinner

Nathan Lyon is a new Australian off-spinner, who born on November 20, 1987 in Young, New South Wales. He is a great spinner and gets fame within few months of entry in the Australian team. The journey of this 24-year-old cricketer is amazing. With only 4 first-class matches to his credit, the career of Nathan Lyon's took a massive jump when he gained a surprise call-up in Australia's Test squad for the tour to Sri Lanka. He had an excellent international debut as he took a wicket on the very first ball of his career. He likes to spend more time outdoors going to the beach or water-skiing rather than watching TV, movies, or playing computer games. As his area of expertise in the kitchen, he credits his skills at cooking 2 minute noodles.