Can you ever imagine a fielder fielding with his pants down? Have a look at the video it is damn funny.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Kolkata stripped of ICC World Cup Match
Eden Gardens is not ready for the India-England ICC cricket world cup match and has been stripped of this fixture. "Regrettably, Eden Gardens has not made sufficient progress to justify the level of confidence required to confirm that the venue would be ready in good time," Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, said. "This was no easy decision to take and while it is most unfortunate, it is absolutely necessary." At this point of time the decision whether Kolkata will stage the remaining three world cup matches was not clear.
So who is to be blamed for this mess? Certainly CAB officials are the prime culprit. It was not that they were not aware of the ground situation but they didnt show any urgency. Eden Gardens was supposed to be ready by 31st December but it is not match ready till now. How could ICC allow a premier world cup match to be staged when details like the media broadcasting and sponsorship facilities were not finalized for the venue yet.? Why was the media not allowed inside the stadium when the inspection was going on? Were the CAB officials hiding something? Now Jagmohan Dalmiya is asking for a ten day extension. Why do we have to keep on asking for extensions when we are staging some international event? Cant we manage it professionally and complete all the work on time? After the negative media coverage recieved for the Commonwealth Games preparation we expected something better from our cricket officials.
BCCI is also equally responsible for this fiasco. Prof. Ratnakar Shetty kept on assuring everyone till the last moment that every thing would be ready in time but one can now say that deep down in his heart he must have known the truth. Why did BCCI allow Kolkata to stage IPL matches when they knew that Eden Gardens was one of the selected venues for the world cup? Were they so sure that the renovation work would be completed in six months? Did they not think it necessary to give Kolkata the extra time for preparation by rescheduling the IPL matches somewhere else?
The reality is that Eden Gardens has been stripped of its first match and the general public of Kolkata is at loss to watch an Indian- England world cup match live.
So who is to be blamed for this mess? Certainly CAB officials are the prime culprit. It was not that they were not aware of the ground situation but they didnt show any urgency. Eden Gardens was supposed to be ready by 31st December but it is not match ready till now. How could ICC allow a premier world cup match to be staged when details like the media broadcasting and sponsorship facilities were not finalized for the venue yet.? Why was the media not allowed inside the stadium when the inspection was going on? Were the CAB officials hiding something? Now Jagmohan Dalmiya is asking for a ten day extension. Why do we have to keep on asking for extensions when we are staging some international event? Cant we manage it professionally and complete all the work on time? After the negative media coverage recieved for the Commonwealth Games preparation we expected something better from our cricket officials.
BCCI is also equally responsible for this fiasco. Prof. Ratnakar Shetty kept on assuring everyone till the last moment that every thing would be ready in time but one can now say that deep down in his heart he must have known the truth. Why did BCCI allow Kolkata to stage IPL matches when they knew that Eden Gardens was one of the selected venues for the world cup? Were they so sure that the renovation work would be completed in six months? Did they not think it necessary to give Kolkata the extra time for preparation by rescheduling the IPL matches somewhere else?
The reality is that Eden Gardens has been stripped of its first match and the general public of Kolkata is at loss to watch an Indian- England world cup match live.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
ICC WORLD CUP 2011 - Teams and Groups
Teams
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Group A Group B
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Australia India
Pakistan South Africa
New Zealand England
Sri Lanka West Indies
Zimbabwe Bangladesh
Canada Ireland
Kenya Netherlands
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Group A Group B
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Australia India
Pakistan South Africa
New Zealand England
Sri Lanka West Indies
Zimbabwe Bangladesh
Canada Ireland
Kenya Netherlands
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
2011 CRICKET WORLD CUP SCHEDULE
Sat Feb 19 1st Match, Group B - India v Bangladesh Mirpur
14:00 IST
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Sun Feb 20 2nd Match, Group A - Kenya v New Zealand Chennai
09:30 IST
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Sun Feb 20
14:30 IST 3rd Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Canada Hambantota
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Mon Feb 21
14:30 IST 4th Match, Group A - Australia v Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
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Tue Feb 22
14:30 IST 5th Match, Group B - England v Netherlands Nagpur
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Wed Feb 23
14:30 IST 6th Match, Group A - Kenya v Pakistan Hambantota
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Thu Feb 24
14:30 IST 7th Match, Group B - South Africa v West Indies Delhi
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Fri Feb 25
09:30 IST 8th Match, Group A - Australia v New Zealand Nagpur
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Fri Feb 25
14:00 IST 9th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v Ireland Mirpur
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Sat Feb 26
14:30 IST 10th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Pakistan Colombo
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Sun Feb 27
14:30 IST 11th Match, Group B - India v England Bangalore
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Mon Feb 28
09:30 IST 12th Match, Group A - Canada v Zimbabwe Nagpur
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Mon Feb 28
14:30 IST 13th Match, Group B - Netherlands v West Indies Delhi
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Tue Mar 1
14:30 IST 14th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Kenya Colombo
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Wed Mar 2
14:30 IST 15th Match, Group B - England v Ireland Bangalore
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Thu Mar 3
09:30 IST 16th Match, Group B - Netherlands v South Africa Chandigarh
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Thu Mar 3
14:30 IST 17th Match, Group A - Canada v Pakistan Colombo
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Fri Mar 4
09:30 IST 18th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
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Fri Mar 4
14:00 IST 19th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v West Indies Mirpur
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Sat Mar 5
14:30 IST 20th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Australia Colombo
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Sun Mar 6
09:30 IST 21st Match, Group B - England v South Africa Chennai
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Sun Mar 6
14:30 IST 22nd Match, Group B - India v Ireland Bangalore
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Mon Mar 7
14:30 IST 23rd Match, Group A - Canada v Kenya Delhi
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Tue Mar 8
14:30 IST 24th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Pakistan Pallekele
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Wed Mar 9
14:30 IST 25th Match, Group B - India v Netherlands Delhi
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Thu Mar 10
14:30 IST 26th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Pallekele
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Fri Mar 11
09:30 IST 27th Match, Group B - Ireland v West Indies Chandigarh
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Fri Mar 11
14:00 IST 28th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v England Chittagong
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Sat Mar 12
14:30 IST 29th Match, Group B - India v South Africa Nagpur
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Sun Mar 13
09:30 IST 30th Match, Group A - Canada v New Zealand Mumbai
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Sun Mar 13
14:30 local 31st Match, Group A - Australia v Kenya Bangalore
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Mon Mar 14
09:00 IST 32nd Match, Group B - Bangladesh v Netherlands Chittagong
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Mon Mar 14
14:30 IST 33rd Match, Group A - Pakistan v Zimbabwe Pallekele
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Tue Mar 15
14:30 IST 34th Match, Group B - Ireland v South Africa Kolkata
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Wed Mar 16
14:30 IST 35th Match, Group A - Australia v Canada Bangalore
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Thu Mar 17
14:30 IST 36th Match, Group B - England v West Indies Chennai
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Fri Mar 18
09:30 IST 37th Match, Group B - Ireland v Netherlands Kolkata
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Fri Mar 18
14:30 IST 38th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Sri Lanka Mumbai
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Sat Mar 19
09:00 IST 39th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v South Africa Mirpur
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Sat Mar 19
14:30 IST 40th Match, Group A - Australia v Pakistan Colombo
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Sun Mar 20
09:30 IST 41st Match, Group A - Kenya v Zimbabwe Kolkata
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Sun Mar 20
14:30 IST 42nd Match, Group B - India v West Indies Chennai
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Wed Mar 23
14:00 IST Quarter Final -A1 v B4 Mirpur
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Thu Mar 24
14:30 IST Quarter Final - A2 v B3 Ahmedabad
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Fri Mar 25
14:00 IST Quarter Final - A3 v B2 Mirpur
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Sat Mar 26
14:30 IST Quarter Final - A4 v B1 Colombo
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Tue Mar 29
14:30 IST 1st Semi Final Colombo
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Wed Mar 30
14:30 IST 2nd Semi Final Chandigarh
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Sat Apr 2
14:30 IST ICC WORLD CUP FINAL 2011 Mumbai
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Sat Feb 19 1st Match, Group B - India v Bangladesh Mirpur
14:00 IST
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Sun Feb 20 2nd Match, Group A - Kenya v New Zealand Chennai
09:30 IST
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Sun Feb 20
14:30 IST 3rd Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Canada Hambantota
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Mon Feb 21
14:30 IST 4th Match, Group A - Australia v Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
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Tue Feb 22
14:30 IST 5th Match, Group B - England v Netherlands Nagpur
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Wed Feb 23
14:30 IST 6th Match, Group A - Kenya v Pakistan Hambantota
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Thu Feb 24
14:30 IST 7th Match, Group B - South Africa v West Indies Delhi
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Fri Feb 25
09:30 IST 8th Match, Group A - Australia v New Zealand Nagpur
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Fri Feb 25
14:00 IST 9th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v Ireland Mirpur
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Sat Feb 26
14:30 IST 10th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Pakistan Colombo
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Sun Feb 27
14:30 IST 11th Match, Group B - India v England Bangalore
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Mon Feb 28
09:30 IST 12th Match, Group A - Canada v Zimbabwe Nagpur
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Mon Feb 28
14:30 IST 13th Match, Group B - Netherlands v West Indies Delhi
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Tue Mar 1
14:30 IST 14th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Kenya Colombo
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Wed Mar 2
14:30 IST 15th Match, Group B - England v Ireland Bangalore
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Thu Mar 3
09:30 IST 16th Match, Group B - Netherlands v South Africa Chandigarh
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Thu Mar 3
14:30 IST 17th Match, Group A - Canada v Pakistan Colombo
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Fri Mar 4
09:30 IST 18th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
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Fri Mar 4
14:00 IST 19th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v West Indies Mirpur
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Sat Mar 5
14:30 IST 20th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Australia Colombo
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Sun Mar 6
09:30 IST 21st Match, Group B - England v South Africa Chennai
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Sun Mar 6
14:30 IST 22nd Match, Group B - India v Ireland Bangalore
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Mon Mar 7
14:30 IST 23rd Match, Group A - Canada v Kenya Delhi
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Tue Mar 8
14:30 IST 24th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Pakistan Pallekele
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Wed Mar 9
14:30 IST 25th Match, Group B - India v Netherlands Delhi
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Thu Mar 10
14:30 IST 26th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Pallekele
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Fri Mar 11
09:30 IST 27th Match, Group B - Ireland v West Indies Chandigarh
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Fri Mar 11
14:00 IST 28th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v England Chittagong
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Sat Mar 12
14:30 IST 29th Match, Group B - India v South Africa Nagpur
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Sun Mar 13
09:30 IST 30th Match, Group A - Canada v New Zealand Mumbai
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Sun Mar 13
14:30 local 31st Match, Group A - Australia v Kenya Bangalore
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Mon Mar 14
09:00 IST 32nd Match, Group B - Bangladesh v Netherlands Chittagong
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Mon Mar 14
14:30 IST 33rd Match, Group A - Pakistan v Zimbabwe Pallekele
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Tue Mar 15
14:30 IST 34th Match, Group B - Ireland v South Africa Kolkata
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Wed Mar 16
14:30 IST 35th Match, Group A - Australia v Canada Bangalore
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Thu Mar 17
14:30 IST 36th Match, Group B - England v West Indies Chennai
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Fri Mar 18
09:30 IST 37th Match, Group B - Ireland v Netherlands Kolkata
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Fri Mar 18
14:30 IST 38th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Sri Lanka Mumbai
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Sat Mar 19
09:00 IST 39th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v South Africa Mirpur
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Sat Mar 19
14:30 IST 40th Match, Group A - Australia v Pakistan Colombo
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Sun Mar 20
09:30 IST 41st Match, Group A - Kenya v Zimbabwe Kolkata
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Sun Mar 20
14:30 IST 42nd Match, Group B - India v West Indies Chennai
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Wed Mar 23
14:00 IST Quarter Final -A1 v B4 Mirpur
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Thu Mar 24
14:30 IST Quarter Final - A2 v B3 Ahmedabad
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Fri Mar 25
14:00 IST Quarter Final - A3 v B2 Mirpur
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Sat Mar 26
14:30 IST Quarter Final - A4 v B1 Colombo
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Tue Mar 29
14:30 IST 1st Semi Final Colombo
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Wed Mar 30
14:30 IST 2nd Semi Final Chandigarh
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Sat Apr 2
14:30 IST ICC WORLD CUP FINAL 2011 Mumbai
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
Narain Karthikeyan to join Hispania?
Is Narain Karthikeyan set to join the Hispania Racing Team in Formula 1after a six year break? Well his Twitter comments says so
"Back in F1 in 2011. Signed a deal to race for Hispania. I've always maintained that my time in F1 was not over."
His fellow Indian Karun Chandok was signed up last year and drove a few races for Hispania before he was replaced by Yamamoto because Yamamoto bought more money for the team through sponsorship.
Will Narain face the same fate? Only time will tell.....We can only wish him all the very best and hope to see him racing at the new Indian grand prix circuit.
"Back in F1 in 2011. Signed a deal to race for Hispania. I've always maintained that my time in F1 was not over."
His fellow Indian Karun Chandok was signed up last year and drove a few races for Hispania before he was replaced by Yamamoto because Yamamoto bought more money for the team through sponsorship.
Will Narain face the same fate? Only time will tell.....We can only wish him all the very best and hope to see him racing at the new Indian grand prix circuit.
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