Thursday, March 18, 2010

Harris a first Test doubt for Australia

Australia might have to go into the first Test against New Zealand without their pace bowler Ryan Harris due to injury.

The match starts on Thursday in Wellington and is the first of a two match series before Australia head off to the ICC World Twenty20 tournament, a competition the cricket betting makes them joint thirds favourites for.

Harris had complained of feeling sore on the left hand side of his body and as a result is considered doubtful to face New Zealand, which means the selectors have called up Peter George as cover for the fast bowler.

Alex Kountouris, physiotherapist for Australia, said Harris felt the injury after the fourth one-day match against New Zealand, a series which ultimately the home team won 3-2.

"Since then he has improved significantly and has bowled at low intensity for the last two training days," the medical expert said.

"However, due to the inclement weather he was unable to bowl outdoors as planned today (Wednesday) and therefore it is not clear if he will be available for the first Test match."

Harris has signed to be the overseas player for Yorkshire for the 2010 season but the county has admitted the bowlers impressive displays for Australia means he may play more for his country than expected over the duration of the campaign.

Meanwhile, Australia's footballers are gearing up for this year's World Cup.

However, despite an impressive qualifying campaign the Socceroos are unlikely to prove a good World Cup bet this time around.

Sunday, March 07, 2010

Indian Premier League 2010 Schedule, Fixtures and Teams

DLF Indian Premier League 2010 Schedule and Fixtures: The 2010 Indian Premier League season (IPL 3) the third season of the Indian Premier League will start on March 12 and end on April 25, 2010.


IPL has been a revolution to the cricketing world. The eight teams in the IPL have fought like warriors fight in a war. At the end, one emerged victorious. In 2008, it was Rajasthan Royals, whereas this year it was Deccan Chargers. Irrespective of the winner, these 8 teams promised a great show of cricket. The teams were Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The franchises of these 8 teams were sold at a whooping price of $723.59 million

IPL 2010 Schedule and Venue

Sr Day IST Match IPL 2010 Venue
March 2010
1) Friday 12 20:00 Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders Navi Mumbai
2) Saturday 13 15:00 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Mumbai
3) Saturday 13 20:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab Mohali
4) Sunday 14 16:00 Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata
5) Sunday 14 20:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers Chennai
6) Monday 15 20:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals Ahmedabad
7) Tuesday 16 16:00 Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab Bangalore
8) Tuesday 16 20:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata
9) Wednesday 17 20:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians Delhi
10) Thursday 18 20:00 Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals Bangalore
11) Friday 19 16:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils Delhi
12) Friday 19 20:00 Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab Cuttack
13) Saturday 20 16:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Ahmedabad
14) Saturday 20 20:00 Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians Mumbai
15) Sunday 21 16:00 Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils Cuttack
16) Sunday 21 20:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab Chennai
17) Monday 22 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Mumbai
18) Tuesday 23 20:00 Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings Bangalore
19) Wednesday 24 20:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals Mohali
20) Friday 25 20:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Mumbai
21) Friday 26 20:00 Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals Ahmedabad
22) Saturday 27 16:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Mohali
23) Saturday 27 20:00 Royal Challengers vs Delhi Daredevils Bangalore
24) Sunday 28 16:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Ahmedabad
25) Sunday 28 20:00 Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians Navi Mumbai
26) Monday 29 20:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi
27) Tuesday 30 20:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians Mumbai
28) Wednesday 31 16:00 Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings Chennai
29) Wednesday 31 20:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils Delhi
April 2010
30) Thursday 01 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Kolkata
31) Friday 02 20:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Mohali
32) Saturday 03 16:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Chennai
33) Saturday 03 20:00 Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers Mumbai
34) Sunday 04 16:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Kolkata
35) Sunday 04 20:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Delhi
36) Monday 05 20:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers Nagpur
37) Tuesday 06 20:00 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Chennai
38) Wednesday 07 16:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab Jaipur
39) Wednesday 07 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils Kolkata
40) Thursday 08 20:00 Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers Bangalore
41) Friday 09 20:00 Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab Mohali
42) Saturday 10 16:00 Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings Nagpur
43) Saturday 10 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
44) Sunday 11 16:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils Delhi
45) Sunday 11 20:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Jaipur
46) Monday 12 20:00 Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Nagpur
47) Wednesday 13 16:00 Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils Mumbai
48) Tuesday 13 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Chennai
49) Thursday 14 20:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Jaipur
50) Friday 15 20:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings Chennai
51) Thursday 16 20:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers Dharamshala
52) Saturday 17 16:00 Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
53) Saturday 17 20:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata
54) Sunday 18 16:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings Dharamsala
55) Sunday 18 20:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Delhi
56) Monday 19 20:00 Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata
57) Wednesday 21 20:00 1st Semi Final Match Team 1 vs Team 2 Bangalore
58) Thursday 22 20:00 2nd Semi Final Match Team 3 vs Team 4 Bangalore
59) Saturday 24 20:00 Play-off for 3rd Place Team A vs Team B Navi Mumbai
60) Sunday 25 20:00 Final Match of IPL 2010 Team 1 vs Team 2 Navi Mumbai

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IPL Mumbai – Mumbai Indians

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Batsmen
Jean-Paul Duminy
Mohammed Ashraful
Shikhar Dhawan
Sachin Tendulkar(Captain)
Saurabh Tiwary
Ajinkya Rahane
Jaydev Shah

All Rounders
Sanath Jayasuriya
Ryan McLaren
Dwayne Bravo
Graham Napier
Kyle Mills
Abhishek Nayar

Wicket Keepers
Luke Ronchi
Pinal Shah
Yogesh Takawale

Bowlers
Dilhara Fernando
Harbhajan Singh
Dhaval Kulkarni
Rohan Raje
Zaheer Khan
Lasith Malinga
Chetanya Nanda
Rahil Sheikh

Coaches
Head Coach: Lalchand Rajput
Assistant Head Coach: Sameer Dighe
Bowling Coach: Subroto Banerjee
Physiotherapist: Dr. Nitin Patel

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IPL Bangalore – Royal Challengers

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Batsmen
Rahul Dravid
Robin Uthappa
Ross Taylor
Kevin Pietersen
Jesse Ryder
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Wasim Jaffer
Jagadeesh Arunkumar
Bharat Chipli
K.P. Appanna
Gaurav Dhiman

Wicket Keepers
Mark Boucher
Shreevats Goswami
Devraj Patil

All Rounders
Jacques Kallis
Virat Kohli
Praveen Kumar
Cameron White
Sunil Joshi
Balachandra Akhil

Bowlers
Pankaj Singh
Dale Steyn
Anil Kumble
Nathan Bracken
Ranganath Vinay Kumar
Abdur Razzak
N.S.C. Aiyappa
Dillon du Preez

Coaches
Head Coach: Ray Jennings
Assistant Head Coach: Vijay Bharadwaj
Bowling Coach: Venkatesh Prasad
Physiotherapist: TBA

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IPL Delhi – Daredevils

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Batsmen
Owais Shah
David Warner
Gautam Gambhir
Manoj Tiwary

All Rounders
Andrew McDonald
Daniel Vettori
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Paul Collingwood
Farveez Maharoof
Rajat Bhatia
Virender Sehwag(Captain)
Mithun Manhas
AB de Villiers

Wicket Keepers
Dinesh Karthik

Bowlers
Glenn McGrath
Dirk Nannes
Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh
Ashish Nehra
Amit Mishra
Pradeep Sangwan

Coaches
Head Coach: Greg Shipperd
Assistant Head Coach: David Saker
Bowling Consultant: Dennis Lillee
Physiotherapist: Justin Steer

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IPL Hyderabad – Deccan Chargers

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Batsmen
Chamara Silva
Herschelle Gibbs
V.V.S.Laxman
Arjun Yadav
Venugopal Rao
Rohit Sharma
D.B.Ravi Teja
T.Suman
Abhinav Kumar

All Rounders
Dwayne Smith
Scott Styris
Andrew Symonds
Ryan Harris

Wicket Keepers
Adam Gilchrist
Halhadar Das
M.S.Bisla

Bowlers
R. P. Singh
Fidel Edwards
Chaminda Vaas
Nuwan Zoysa
D.Kalyankrishna
Pragyan Ojha
M Sarveesh Kumar
H.S.Bansal
Jaskarandeep Singh
P. Vijay Kumar

Support Staff
Head Coach: Darren Lehmann
Assistant Coaches: Kanwaljit Singh
Assistant Coaches: Mike Young
Physiotherapist: Dr Sean Slattery
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Steve Smith

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IPL Jaipur – Rajasthan Royals

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Batsmen
Robert Quiney
Graeme Smith
Mohammad Kaif
Niraj Patel
Swapnil Asnodkar
Taruwar Kohli
Raiphi Vincent Gomez

Wicket Keepers
Naman Ojha
Mahesh Rawat

All Rounders
Lee Carseldine
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Shane Watson
Tyron Henderson
Yusuf Pathan
Ravindra Jadeja

Bowlers
Shane Warne (captain)
Shane Harwood
Morne Morkel
Shaun Tait
Mohammad Kamran Khan
Munaf Patel
Siddharth Trivedi

Coaches
Head Coach: Shane Warne
Assistant Head Coach: Harish Joshi
High Performance Coach: Jeremy Snape
Physiotherapist: John Gloster
Performance Analyst: Mohsin Sheikh
Director Of Coaching: Darren Berry

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IPL Kolkata – Knight Riders

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Batsmen
Brad Hodge
Aakash Chopra
Debabrata Das
Cheteshwar Pujara

Wicket Keepers
Brendon McCullum
Wriddhiman Saha

Bowlers
Ashok Dinda
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ajantha Mendis
Mohnish Parmar

All Rounders
David Hussey
Moises Henriques
Chris Gayle
Mashrafe Mortaza
Angelo Mathews
Sourav Ganguly(C)
Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Ajit Agarkar
Iqbal Abdullah
Sachin Rana

Coaches
Head Coach: John Buchanan
Assistant Head Coach: Matthew Mott
Physiotherapist: Andrew Leipus
Physical Trainer: Adrian Le Roux
Physical Trainer: Michael Buchanan

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IPL Mohali – Kings XI Punjab

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Batsmen
Shaun Marsh
Mahela Jayawardene
Simon Katich
Luke Pomersbach
Sunny Sohal
Karan Goel
Tanmay Srivastava
Sahil Kukreja
Yash Gandhi

All Rounders
Ravi Bopara
James Hopes
Yuvraj Singh(Captain)
Wilkin Mota
Ramesh Powar
Irfan Pathan
Ryan Ninan
Piyush Chawla

Wicker Keepers
Kumar Sangakkara
Uday Kaul

Bowlers
Brett Lee
Jerome Taylor
Burt Cockley

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Thursday, March 04, 2010

New Pakistan coach identifies areas for improvement

The new head coach of Pakistan wants to make the team a more attacking outfit to get them out of the doldrums.

Waqar Younis was appointed earlier this week and has immediately identified areas in which the players need to improve on their recent poor results against Australia.

They were unable to win either a Test or one day international match during the tour and Younis will be looking for strides to be made ahead of the World Twenty20 competition in April - a tournament they won last time - before the side embarks on a tour of England.

Younis told the BBC Asian Network he wanted to remove divisions within the Pakistan dressing room and create "unity" among the ranks.

"My first target is to get the guys to play a little more aggressively," said the coach.

"It's a young side and the England tour is going to be a real tough one. It's a challenge and I'm really ready to take it."

The appointment of Younis as head coach follows hot on the heels of the announcement that Mohsin Khan would be the new chief selector of the Pakistan national team.

Former selector Iqbal Qasim quit the role after the tour of Australia and Khan's first job will be choosing the squad for the World Twenty20.

The cricket betting makes Pakistan 6/1 shots to defend their title, so they could struggle in the competition.

Meanwhile, in football news, Spain have secured their position as favourites in the World Cup betting markets with a convincing win over France.