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ICC WT20 2014 in Highlights

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April 2, 2011 – India and Sri Lanka are battling for the greatest feather in a cricketing nation’s hat, the ODI Cricket World Cup Final. After nearly 3 years, they meet in another Final, this time for the shortest format. Sri Lanka has had a history of losing all of their last 4 ICC Trophy Finals but brilliant Lasith Malinga and somehow Kumar Sangakara overturned the fortune and Sri Lanka finally win an ICC Trophy after their ODI World Cup win 1996. 22 days of pure entertainment, from Match 1 to the Final, it got better and better with each passing hour. Here I bring you the shinning and the glittering highlights of this year’s WT20, the moments we will remember for a long time. Team of the Tournament Sri Lanka finally won an ICC Trophy after 1996. Sri Lanka may have defeated India but they were far behind India to be the Team of the Tournament. India outplayed its opponent in nearly all of the matches (except the Final where Sri Lanka got better of them). The...

Cricket - Pakistani Cricketers On Social-Networking Sites

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Do you love Cricket? And the cricketers, who serve their best for their countries? Are you mad about your favorite cricketer? Want to know what are they doing in their personnel life? Finally, Do you bleed Green? If your answer is YES, then here's what I got for you ! Follow them on  Twitter , you may be wondering why not Facebook? The answer is, as you know a lot of people can make FAKE accounts on Facebook and pretend to be a celebrity, but that's not the case on twitter ! Check-and-balance on twitter is much better than that on Facebook and also twitter is much easier and comprehensive to use ! How to Sign-up for Twitter? You don't have any account on twitter? Want to sign-up on twitter? Signing-up for twitter is easier than you think, Simply click here . Enter your details and Sign-up ! Easy ! Pakistani Cricketers on Twitter After you are done with the signing-up, here's where you can Follow your favorite Pakistani cricketers! Ahmed Shehzad: @IamA...

Cricket - Statical Analysis Of Champions Trophy

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England's ODI Captain Alaistar Cook with ICC Champions Trophy 2013. Champions Trophy, previously called the ICC Knock-Out Cup, will be held in England and Wales between 6 and 23 June, 2013. Three cities will host the tournament's matches: London (at The Oval), Birmingham (at Edgbaston) and Cardiff (at Cardiff Wales Stadium). Champions Trophy was first played as Wills International Cup in 1998/99 which was won by South Africa. It will be the seventh and final ICC Champions Trophy, as it is due to be replaced by the ICC World Test Championship in 2017. With Champions Trophy coming nearer and nearer, let us take a look at some of the Records/Stats of the previous Champions Trophies.   Winners: South Africa won the inaugural tournament of 1998/99 beating West Indies. ICC Knock-Out Cup in 2000 was won by New Zealand when they knocked-out India in the final. Sri Lanka and India shared the Champions Trophy in 2002 as rain disturbed play on the day of the ...

Stones Left Unturned by Pakistan Cricket Team

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Pakistan started its cricket back in October 1952 when a team led by Abdul Hafeez Kardar faced India in their first test at Delhi. Since then, Pakistan has made a name for themselves in world cricket and have won all of the major ICC trophies which include the 50-over World Cup under Imran Khan in 1992, 20-over World Cup under Younis Khan in 2009 and most recently, the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017 under the leadership of Sarfraz Ahmed. Members of the Pakistan's first Cricket team. This team has also performed well in regional tournaments such as winning the Asia Cup in 2000 and 2012 and the Asian Test Championship in 1998/99. Despite the PCB's jersey sworn with star-badges of every major trophy, there are some hills that are yet to be conquered by the 'Men in Green' discussed below: Test Series Win in Australia Australia has been an uncharted territory for Pakistan in Test cricket where they have won only four of their thirty-five test matche...