Friday, February 13, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
Cricket India's First Test Victory in 1952 - Memorable Achievement
India won a cricket test for the first time in 1952. It was the fifth test in the series against England side during 1951-52. The match was played on the Chepauk ground of Madras during 6,8,9, and10 February 1952.
India won by an innings and 8 runs
Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras during 6,8,9,10 February 1952
England 1st innings
FA Lowson b Phadkar 1
RT Spooner c Phadkar b Hazare 66
TW Graveney st Sen b Mankad 39
JDB Robertson c & b Mankad 77
AJ Watkins c Gopinath b Mankad 9
CJ Poole b Mankad 15
DB Carr* st Sen b Mankad 40
MJ Hilton st Sen b Mankad 0
JB Statham st Sen b Mankad 6
F Ridgway lbw b Mankad 0
R Tattersall not out 2
Extras (b 4, lb 4, nb 3) 11
Total (all out; 121.5 overs) 266 (2.18 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Lowson), 2-71 (Graveney), 3-131 (Spooner), 4-174 (Watkins), 5-197 (Poole), 6-244 (Robertson), 7-252 (Hilton), 8-261 (Statham), 9-261 (Ridgway), 10-266 (Carr)
Bowling O - R - W
DG Phadkar 16 49 1
RV Divecha 12 27 0
L Amarnath 27 56 0
Ghulam Ahmed 18 53 0
MH Mankad 38.5 55 8
VS Hazare 10 15 1
India 1st innings
S Mushtaq Ali st Spooner b Carr 22
P Roy c Watkins b Tattersall 111
VS Hazare b Hilton 20
MH Mankad c Watkins b Carr 22
L Amarnath c Spooner b Statham 31
DG Phadkar b Hilton 61
PR Umrigar not out 130
CD Gopinath b Tattersall 35
RV Divecha c Spooner b Ridgway 12
PK Sen b Watkins 2
Ghulam Ahmed not out 1
Extras (b 8, lb 2) 10
Total (9 wickets dec; 153 overs) 457 (2.98 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-53 (Mushtaq Ali), 2-97 (Hazare), 3-157 (Mankad), 4-191 (Roy), 5-216 (Amarnath), 6-320 (Phadkar), 7-413 (Gopinath), 8-430 (Divecha), 9-448 (Sen)
Bowling O - R - W
JB Statham 19 54 1
F Ridgway 17 47 1
R Tattersall 39 94 2
MJ Hilton 40 100 2
DB Carr 19 84 2
AJ Watkins 14 50 1
JDB Robertson 5 1 18
England 2nd innings
FA Lowson c Mankad b Phadkar 7
RT Spooner lbw b Divecha 6
TW Graveney c Divecha b Ghulam Ahmed 25
JDB Robertson lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 56
AJ Watkins c & b Mankad 48
CJ Poole c Divecha b Ghulam Ahmed 3
DB Carr c Mankad b Ghulam Ahmed 5
MJ Hilton st Sen b Mankad 15
JB Statham c Gopinath b Mankad 9
F Ridgway b Mankad 0 0 0
R Tattersall not out 0 0 0
Extras (b 7, lb 2) 9
Total (all out; 75.5 overs) 183 (2.41 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Spooner), 2-15 (Lowson), 3-68 (Graveney), 4-117 (Robertson), 5-135 (Poole), 6-159 (Carr), 7-159 (Watkins), 8-178 (Statham), 9-178 (Ridgway), 10-183 (Hilton)
Bowling O R W
DG Phadkar 9 17 1
RV Divecha 7 21 1
L Amarnath 3 6 0
Ghulam Ahmed 26 77 4
MH Mankad 30.5 53 4
MATCH DETAILS
Toss - England, who chose to bat
Series - 5-match series drawn 1-1
Umpires - BJ Mohoni and MG Vijayasarathi
Description of Days Play
Wed, 6 Feb - day 1 - England 1st innings 224/5 (JDB Robertson 71*, DB Carr 12*)
Thu, 7 Feb - rest day
Fri, 8 Feb - day 2 - England First innings 266, India 1st innings 206/4 (L Amarnath 27*, DG Phadkar 3*)
Sat, 9 Feb - day 3 - India First innings 457, England 2nd innings 12/0 (FA Lowson 6*, RT Spooner 6*)
Sun, 10 Feb - day 4 - England 2nd innings 183 (75.5 overs) - end of match
Indian Cricket Great Moments - 1932 to 1976 - YouTube Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkBaQL2EjwA
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Tangible Emotions Upload
http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/indias-first-ever-test-match-victory-11261
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/62729.html
Playing for India - Sujit Mukherjee
Wisden on India - Anthology Page
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
M.S. Dhoni - Retired from Test Cricket - 30 December 2014
Dhoni announced that he is retiring from test cricket on the last day of third test between Australia and India at MCG. He declared that he will not play the fourth test at Sidney.
M.S. Dhoni - Biography and Cricket - Opinion, Articles and Videos
Dhoni announced his retirement from test cricket on 30 December on 2014 on the last day of the third test between India and Australia at MCG, Melbourne.
Panel Discussion on Dhoni as a batsman and captain
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ESPNcricinfo
19 July 2013
Gavaskar explans Dhoni's gut instincts
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NDTV
25 July 2013
Dhoni's match winning 91 not out in the final of World Cup 2011 against Sri Lanka
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The last over of the World Cup 2011 Final
15 runs required with only one wicket remaining. See Dhoni get those run to win the cup for India
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Best of M S Dhoni 2009 IPL
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Best of M S Dhonie 2008 IPL
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Kidambi Srikanth - Badminton - Biography
Srikanth Nammalwar Kidambi was born in a Brahmin family in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh on 7 February 1993. His father KVS Krishna is a farmer, and his brother Nanda Gopal is also a badminton player.
He joined Gopichand's academy along with his brother and trained there.
In the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in Isle of Man, Srikanth won the silver in mixed doubles and bronze in doubles. In India, he became the champion in the singles and doubles category at the All India Junior International Badminton Championship held in Pune.
In 2012 Srikanth overcame the then Junior World Champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli of Malaysia in the Maldives International Challenge to claim the Men’s singles title
In the 2013 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold event, Srikanth won the finals match in singles beating then world number eight and local favorite Boonsak Ponsana in straight sets won the title. In that year, Srikanth beat reigning champion and Olympian Parupalli Kashyap in the All India Senior National Championships in Delhi and claimed his first senior national title. He was a member of of the Awadhe Warriors team that finished second in the Indian Badminton League, 2013.
He finished runner up at the 2014 India Open Grand Prix Gold event in Lucknow and was a quarter finalist 2014 Malaysian Open. He reached the semi finals of the Mixed-team event at the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow and reached the quarter finals of the Men's Singles event. In November 2014, he created a major upset in the final of the 2014 China Open Super Series Premier by beating 5 times World Champion and 2 times Olympic Champion Lin Dan in straight sets (21-19 21-17), thus becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series Premier Men's title.
2014 China Open Super Series Premier Final
Srikant beat Lin Dan 21-19, 21-17
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WBC 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srikanth_Kidambi
Interview - 24 Nov 2014 - Never thought That I Could beat Lin Dan
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-24/news/56420912_1_lin-dan-hong-kong-open-kidambi-srikanth
He joined Gopichand's academy along with his brother and trained there.
In the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in Isle of Man, Srikanth won the silver in mixed doubles and bronze in doubles. In India, he became the champion in the singles and doubles category at the All India Junior International Badminton Championship held in Pune.
In 2012 Srikanth overcame the then Junior World Champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli of Malaysia in the Maldives International Challenge to claim the Men’s singles title
In the 2013 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold event, Srikanth won the finals match in singles beating then world number eight and local favorite Boonsak Ponsana in straight sets won the title. In that year, Srikanth beat reigning champion and Olympian Parupalli Kashyap in the All India Senior National Championships in Delhi and claimed his first senior national title. He was a member of of the Awadhe Warriors team that finished second in the Indian Badminton League, 2013.
He finished runner up at the 2014 India Open Grand Prix Gold event in Lucknow and was a quarter finalist 2014 Malaysian Open. He reached the semi finals of the Mixed-team event at the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow and reached the quarter finals of the Men's Singles event. In November 2014, he created a major upset in the final of the 2014 China Open Super Series Premier by beating 5 times World Champion and 2 times Olympic Champion Lin Dan in straight sets (21-19 21-17), thus becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series Premier Men's title.
2014 China Open Super Series Premier Final
Srikant beat Lin Dan 21-19, 21-17
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WBC 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srikanth_Kidambi
Interview - 24 Nov 2014 - Never thought That I Could beat Lin Dan
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-24/news/56420912_1_lin-dan-hong-kong-open-kidambi-srikanth
Monday, July 7, 2014
Sunil Gavaskar - Biography and Cricket Career Videos - YouTube
Double Century (221) against England in the fourth test in 1979
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Star Sports Video
101 - First Test against England in 1974
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Star Sports Video
World Cup Best Performances Selected by Sunil Gavaskar
Part 1
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