Tuesday 9 August 2011

Shoaib Malik

Shoaib Malik Biography
Shoaib Malik is an ex captain of the Pakistani cricket team. He made his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh and One Day International (ODI) debut in 1999 against the West Indies. Malik was appointed Captain on 19 April 2007 by the Pakistan Cricket Board, replacing Inzamam-ul-Haq. Former skipper Imran Khan, who led the team to World Cup glory in 1992, backed Malik for the role earlier the week he appointed a captain.

“He appears to have a good cricket brain and could turn out to be a very good choice for Pakistan cricket,” Imran said.

Prior to the commencement of the World Cup Malik is ranked as 7th best all-rounder in the world on the LG ICC Cricket Rankings. As a batsman he is ranked 29th and as a bowler 47th, which indicates that he is a batting all-rounder.

Shoaib Malik

He started his career as an off spinner, and is now regarded as a useful batsman with a batting average in the mid 30s in both Test and ODI cricket. In Tests, he has a better batting average against Sri Lanka and South Africa than other nations. In ODIs he has a better batting average against India, South Africa, and the West Indies than his overall career average. During his Test career he has batted at 5 different positions, mainly either opening or at 6th position. Malik has the unusual record of batting at every position except 11th in ODIs. Pakistan’s recent poor opening statistics have lead to Malik being alloted the position of opener in Test matches.

As with most Test-playing nations selection in the final XI is very competitive; particularly for an allrounder in Pakistan as there are 2 other accomplished allrounders in Abdul Razzaq and Shahid Afridi. Razzaq’s current injury and Malik’s good recent form have ensured that Malik has retained his position in the team.

Malik is regarded as a flexible player. He is capable of hitting big shots and has a strike rate of 77.01 runs per 100 balls, which compares favourably to players such as Rahul Dravid and Inzamam ul-Haq. His most brazen display of “power hitting” came in 2003 against South Africa when he scored 82 from 40 balls. As is required of most modern players he also has displayed good defensive batting at times. He has taken over 100 ODI wickets at an average under 35 and economy rate below 4.5. His bowling action has come under scrutiny (particularly his doosra) but he has had elbow surgery to correct this.

Shoaib Malik’s father died on January 25th 2006 when he succumbed to an illness that had afflicted him for a long period. Consequently, Malik missed the 3rd Test played between Pakistan and India. However, he returned for the ODI series with impressive form, including scores of 90, 95, and 108.

Shoaib Malik

In Test cricket he made a big impression with his match-saving innings against Sri Lanka, in which he batted for the whole day and finished with 148 runs not out. His bowling has been effective at times, especially in one-day cricket where his best bowling figures are four wickets for 19 runs (4/19) in addition to many 3-wicket hauls.

Shoaib Malik

Shoaib Malik 125 vs India 2008 Asia Cup

Shoaib Malik Six Against Sri Lanka

S.Sreesanth

S.Sreesanth Biography

Full name: Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Date of birth (Birthday): February 6, 1983
Place of birth: Kothamangalam, Kerala, India

Day of birth: Sunday
Nickname: Sree, Gopu
Height: 6'1.5"
Weight: 78 kgs
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Family:
Parents:
Father's name: Shanthakumaran Nair
Mother's Name: Savithri Devi
Brother's Name: Dipu Santhan
Sister's Name: Nivedita (Television actress in Kerala)
Brother in law: Madhu Balakrishnan (Famous South Indian playback singer)
Major teams: India, Asia XI, Kerala, Kerala Under-19s, Kings XI Punjab, Warwickshire
Batting style: Right-handed (Right-hand bat)
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium
Playing role: Bowler
National side: India
Test debut: 1 March 2006 v England
ODI debut: 25 October 2005 v Sri Lanka
S.Sreesanth is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. Sreesanth is a psychology student

S.Sreesanth

Sreesanth credits County stint

Sreesanth dancing after hitting Nel for a six

Imran Tahir

Imran Tahir Biography

Full name Imran Tahir

Born March 27, 1979, Lahore, Punjab

Current age 31 years 299 days

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak googly

Major teams Dolphins, Easterns, Hampshire, Lahore, Middlesex, Pakistan A, Redco Pakistan Ltd, Staffordshire, Sui Gas Corporation of Pakistan, Titans, Warwickshire, Water and Power Development Authority, Yorkshire

Imran Tahir Profile

Imran Tahir is the epitome of a journeyman cricketer. In fact, he has barely stopped moving. Since starting his first-class career in 1996-97 he has racked up at least 10 teams ranging from Lahore to Yorkshire via the Titans in South Africa. He has had stints with three English counties; Middlesex, Yorkshire and Hampshire, who he signed for in 2008. That he has never remained anywhere for very long suggests a cricketer who has failed to live up to his potential, but his first-class record is impressive with a fine average and imposing strike-rate – impressive enough, in fact, to earn him a call-up to the South Africa Test squad in January 2010 during their home series against England.

However, confusion reigned supreme as later the same day the decision was overturned after it became clear Tahir was not yet eligible for South Africa. A few days later Gerald Majola, the CSA boss, admitted it came as a “shock” to see Tahir in the 15-man party and that the incident had caused “much embarrassment.” It was confirmed that Tahir was not available for South Africa until December 2010, which rules him out of the tours to India and West Indies when it was originally believed in qualified in April 2009. Tahir continued to pick up loads of wickets in the domestic circuit for Dolphins, and was finally granted South African citizenship by by naturalisation in January 2011. Less than a week later, he was picked for South Africa’s squad for the one-dayers against India.

Imran Tahir Career

First-class debut 1996/97
Last First-class Warriors v Dolphins at Port Elizabeth, Jan 6-9, 2011
List A debut 1997/98
Last List A Dolphins v Knights at Durban, Dec 3, 2010
Twenty20 debut Lahore Lions v Karachi Dolphins at Karachi, Feb 24, 2006
Last Twenty20 Warwickshire v Hampshire at Birmingham, Jul 26, 2010

Imran Tahir

Imran Tahir bowling

South Africa vs West Indies, Imran Tahir, Debut

Shane Robert Watson

Shane Robert Watson Biography
Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981 in Ipswich, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast medium bowler. He debuted for the Australian cricket team in 2002, playing his first one-day international against South Africa. While he has become a regular member of the one-day squad, Watson has played few Test Matches for Australia, having debuted against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2005. Despite being allocated to be Australia's designated Test all-rounder, injuries have prevented him from claiming his position in the Test team. Watson started his first-class cricketing career for Tasmanian Tigers after leaving his home state of Queensland, but returned to play for his native Queensland Bulls as his international career was beginning. He has also played for Hampshire in the English County Championship. He regards Terry Alderman as one of his mentors. Watson was selected for his first Australian team in early 2002, being selected to tour South Africa with the Test team after topping the Pura Cup wicket-taking charts for Tasmania, as well as steady middle-order batting performances. Australian captain at the time Steve Waugh stated that Watson would possibly be Australia's first genuine all rounder since Keith Miller and Alan Davidson in the 1950s. Watson expressed joy at being selected in an Australian team with Waugh, whom he cited as his idol. Watson scored an unbeaten century on his debut in a tour match, but did not play in the Tests as the selectors retained the same XI that had swept South Africa 3-0 in the Australian season. Watson did make his ODI debut on tour, ironically replacing Waugh, who was sacked after the team failed to make the ODI finals in the preceding Australian summer. Watson continued as a regular member of the ODI team until he three stress fractures in his back, at the start of 2003, missing the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He was replaced by his Queensland teammate Andrew Symonds, who proceeded to establish his position as the all rounder after scoring 140* and 91 during the tournament. Watson's injury sidelined him until the 2003/04 Australian season, and during his rehabilitation he played most of the season as a batsman, allowing himself to improve his batting skills while his back was still healing. During this time he smashed an unbeaten 300* for his club side, Lindisfarne. Watson returned to regular ODI duty in the 2004/05 season, as a bowling all rounder. He also played in the Third Test against Pakistan as the fifth bowler, in order to allow Australia to play two spinners and three pace bowlers on a dry Sydney Cricket Ground pitch. Following England's Ashes victory over Australia in 2005 with a five bowler strategy, Australia responded by including Watson as the fifth bowler and all rounder in all Test matches. Watson stated his intention to emulate Andrew Flintoff, who plays the analogous role for England. Watson played against the ICC World XI in the role, but he dislocated his shoulder in just his second Test in that designated role against the West Indies, after diving to field a ball. Watson was again replaced by Symonds and was unable to represent Australia for the remainder of the summer. He was recalled for the one day squad for the 2006 tour of South Africa but was dropped when all-rounder Andrew Symonds returned from injury. Watson was looking to establish a place in the Test side when he got injured, and Andrew Symonds stepped in to fill the gap. Watson had been previously criticised for his relatively flat bowling trajectory and inability to move the ball, reflected in his relatively high bowling average. Jamie Cox, a former Tasmanian team-mate and future Australian selector, felt that Watson was being mis-used as a bowling allrounder, believing that he was better suited as a conventional batsman and part-timer bowler, rather than a bowler who engaged in power hitting in the latter part of an innings. This changed when Watson opened the batting for Australia at the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, alongside wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist, instead of Simon Katich. In the competition he impressed with both the ball and bat, as Australia moved to their first Champions Trophy victory. Critics and captain Ricky Ponting cited his better strike rate, straight hitting and the ability to bowl as the reasons why he was selected ahead of Katich. After failing in the first two matches against the West Indies and England, Watson made a 50 in Australia's victory over India, which sealed their place in the semi-finals. Ponting suggested that Watson would bat at the number 6 position in the Ashes series against England in 2006/07, and he was named in the squad. However, he came off the ground in a one-day domestic game the week before the first Test with a suspected hamstring tear, which ruled him out for the first three Tests. Michael Clarke was called up in Watson's place, and responded with a half-century, and then a century to cement Clarke's place in the team. Watson was expected to be fit for the fourth Test on Boxing Day and the MCG in Melbourne, and because of Damien Martyn's unexpected retirement, it looked likely that Watson would be included in the side. However, another injury setback in a match for Queensland ruled Watson out for the rest of the Ashes series. Watson eventually returned in February to the ODI side, replacing Cameron White in the all rounder position, However he again broke down with injury during the 2007 Cricket World Cup and missed most of the Super 8's before returning in fine style smashing an unbeaten 65 of 32 balls against New Zealand. Injury again struck Watson prior to the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 as he missed most of the tournament due to hamstring strain.‎

Shane Robert Watson

Shane Watson 81 vs Pakistan Twenty20 World Cup

Shane Watson 43 vs NSW ball by ball 2003

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni Biography
Personal information
Full name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
D.O.B: 7th July, 1981
Place of Birth: Ranchi, Bihar
Nickname: MahiCricketing information
Role: Captain of the Indian ODI and Twenty20 team and Vice captain of the Test team
Batting style: Right hand batsman
Bowling style: Right arm medium
Field position: WicketkeeperClubs played: Jharkhand

Cricketing profile
Mahendra Singh Dhoni started his first class career in the year 1999-2000. His one day international debut came after playing five years of first class cricket on the 23rd of December 2004 against Bangladesh. The venue of the match was in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Unfortunately, he was run out on the first ball he faced. It wasn’t a great debut for him where batting is concerned. Luck wasn’t on his side in the first four matches he played. Where as on the fifth match which was played against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam, Dhoni came to the crease one down and managed to score 148 runs from just 123 balls. He hit 15 boundaries and four sixes. He got his first man of the match award that day. Not only a good wicketkeeper but Dhoni proved himself to be a first class batsman too. He is one of the few finest wicketkeeper batsman India has seen after a very long time.
On the 31st of October, Dhoni broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Srilanka which was played at Jaipur. Adam Gilchrist was the former record holder with 172 runs.
Before he started playing cricket, he was a football goalkeeper. Its said he drinks around four litres of milk everyday but he denied it by saying that has been exaggerated a bit. He said he loves milk and drinks around a litre on a daily basis.
On the 2nd of December 2005, Dhoni made his Test cricket debut against Srilanka which was played in Chennai, India.
Personal profile
Dhoni was born and brought up in the city of Ranchi. He has two siblings. A sister who is married and a brother who lives in Almora. Almora is a high-lying town at the foot of the Himalaya which is his father’s home town. His father’s name is Pan Singh and mother’s name is Devki Devi.
His hobbies and interests include:

Hearing music, ghazals and songs by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar
Loves to ride bikes
Enjoys playing computer games and badminton

Not interested in:

English songs
Working out at gyms

Special qualities:

Thinks positive
Highly confident about himself
Is aggressive on the field

His Idol:

Adam Gilchrist

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Anil Kumble

Ian Bell's run out against India - Dhoni calls him back | India vs England 2nd Test 2011

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli Biography

Personal Information

Full name:-Virat Kohli

Born:-5 November 1988, Delhi, India

Age:- 22

Height:-1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Father's Name:-Prem Kohli

Mother's Name:-Saroj Kohli

Girlfriend:-Sanjana (Archana Galrani) (Kannada actress)

Career Information

Batting style:-Right-handed

Bowling style:-Right-arm medium

Role:- Batsman

ODIs debut:-18 Aug 2008 India v Sri Lanka

T20I debut:-Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Jun 12,2010

Twenty20 debut:-Delhi v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard

First-Class debut:-23 Nov 2006 Delhi v Tamil Nadu

Virat Kohli . He was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. He represents Delhi in first-class cricket. He played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2008 Indian Premier League. He represents the same team for the 2009 season of the IPL.

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli hundred sets up Indian victory

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