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The game of cricket always had two official versions, the five day test match and the one day 50 overs match. Since last 2-3 years, the hottest form of cricket is T20 or Twenty twenty or 20-20 cricket. This is a 20-over game per side. It takes around 3-3.5 hours to complete a single game. This shortening of the time period has helped to increase the popularity of the game. Now, people don't have to watch the game for an entire day or more. It is more like a game of football/soccer where the game starts in the evening and ends in 3 hours. T20 cricket has also brought in a new generation of cricketers, namely T20 experts. Cricketers proficient in power hitting from ball one have become extremely important. The inaugural world t20 cup held in South Africa in 2007 was a very successful sporting event. Since then, the popularity of this version has skyrocketed. The highly successful Indian premier league was started by the BCCI in 2008. This is an annual event. The 2008 version brought

The Cricket World Cup is the most important cup in the ODI. The first one was organized in England in 1975; The Woman's World Cup was held in 1973 and is still held every 4 years. The Finals of this cup are played together with all ten tests and ODI contestants along with other nations which qualify for the Cup. Out of all the teams Australia has been the most successful, winning 4 titles. First world cup was played in 1975, and West Indies won this one. The second one was no different with West Indies winning it in 1979. After the first two occasions, asians took the lead. 1983 cup belongs to India. Australia won their maiden cup in 1987. Pakistan was brilliant under the captaincy of Imran Khan, one of the best cricket captains the world has ever seen, and won the 1992 cup. In 1996, the cup still remained in Asia, and Srilanka emerged as winners. Australia has been ruling the cricket world for the past decade, and has bagged the cup in 1999, 2003 and 2007. In 2007 the format of cr

Cricket balls come in different sizes and materials. For practise or indoor games you use a plastic ball, and for official games you use a cork ball. It actually comprises of a core of cork, which is wrapped tightly with string, and covered by a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. Red balls are used in official day games, but you will probably use a white ball in day / night matches. This is because red balls are much harder to pick up under lights. In men's cricket the ball must weigh between 5.5 and 5.75 ounces (155.9 and 163 grams) and measure between 8 13/16 and 9 inches (22.4 and 22.9 cm) in circumference. Youth & women's cricket use slightly smaller & lighter balls. For what you get, cricket balls are expensive. You have to spend about £6 on a ball (based on 2009 prices) if you want buy a decent one. Even then you won't get the best quality; you can easily spend £12 or more if you want this. This is because they are not particularly easy to make and

Chennai Super Kings are some say the complete team with good clean strikers of the ball, an imaginative captain and a great crop of Indian players, a magical spinner and one of the best all rounders in the world in Andrew Flintoff. Coached by former South African cricketer Kepler Wessels, the team makes up for the absence of an Icon Player by having stalwarts like Stephen Fleming, Matthew Hayden, Jacob Oram, Makhaya Ntini, Michael Hussey, and Muttiah Muralidharan lending their participation to the Super Kings. The team's name was chosen as a tribute to the rulers of the golden era of Tamil culture. The 2009 competition which was held on foreign soil in South Africa was a mixed bag affair for the Chennai Super Kings. Some saw them as potential Champions in making their stats are they played 14 won 8 lost 5 N/R 1 and they gained 17 points. The opening match was against Mumbai Indians a game they felt they could easily win however they soon found themselves on the back foot and ended

There are many very good players in cricket no matter what position they play, but here are 3 of the best. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is probably considered the best in he league there is, He holds the record for the most cumulative runs in an ODI and the most number of centuries scored in both ODI and Test Cricket. He made his International debut at the age of 16 against Pakistan, which allowed him to become the youngest player. Probably one of the highest achievements he has accomplished was receiving the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1997-1998, this is considered India's highest sporting honor. Viv Richards is considered another one of the greatest batsman there is in cricket. In December of 2002 Richards was said to have played the best ODI, and was chosen as the greatest batsman of 2002, as well as the third greatest batsman of al time. In his test career Richards scored 8,540 runs in 121 test matches with an average of 50.23 including 24 centuries. In 1976 perhaps considered Rich

Ever since its inception T20 has captured the attention of all cricket lovers world over. Explosive batting, outstanding fielding, well crafted bowling. It's a format of the game which gives immense amount of entertainment to the spectators. The just concluded IPL 2 has proved to the world that this format of the game has tones of pleasure to be presented to the audience. No wonder cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the T20 World Cup. This game has many parallels to our life as given below: Game is very short and interesting Life is very short and interesting like this game. Few years go in infancy, few for studies. These years can be compared to the restricted fielding called the power play. By the time you are employed and learn to be responsible almost half of the life is gone. Restricted or not restricted if one can stick to the discipline of the game runs can be scored at random. Life can be successful if discipline is maintained. Life span of man has reduced considerably li

The Twenty Twenty Cricket World Cup 2009, currently in progress in England, ended in a debacle for India. It was the defending champion, since it won the first edition of the Twenty Twenty Cricket World Championship held in South Africa in the year 2007. Before the beginning of the tournament, tipped as the joint favourite with South Africa to win the World Twenty Twenty Championship, 2009, India failed miserably losing all its matches that it played at the Super Eight League stage with the West Indies, England and lastly with South Africa. Australia, the champion of both the shorter and longer version of the game also made its early exit by losing in the qualifying rounds. The early Australian exit did not shock anybody because the team having lost many of its cricket legends like Shane Warne and others was only a shadow of its former strong cricket outfit. Considering their present form and performance, the South African and the Sri Lankan teams having won most of the matches that th

The World Cup is without question the final word in cricket worldwide. And like the Olympics, there are teams from all around the world. But there is more than just watching the matches. And just because one team wins or looses, individual players can have a better or worse day than their teammates. Below are the numbers for the top five wicket-keepers in tests. And some are pretty amazing. With amazing results, five wicket-keepers in test who are among the best in the field are listed below: 1. Mark Boucher with 475 dismissals, an average of 0.95, 4,693 runs and an average run of 29.89. Boucher is known for his swiftness with the gloves and is also a very good batsman. As a result he has always been a very good all round support for South Africa. 2. Adam Gilchrist with 416 dismissals, an average of 0.86, 5,570 runs and a runs average of 47.61. A lot of Australian cricket victories are due to untiring efforts of Gilchrist. 3. Another brilliant wicket keeper, batsman on the list is, Ale

A decisive cricket defeat in India is like a dengue virus that infects one to all of cricket crazy fans. There was a near riot situation throughout the country when India crashed out of World Cup 2007 owing largely to its ignominious loss to the minnows Bangladesh. The situation was on expected lines when India made an early exit from the ICC World Twenty20 Cricket Championship played at England during June 05-21, 2009 and skipper Mahnendra Singh Dhoni had to apologize to the nation. India's campaign for the World T20 Championship did not start on a positive note. Leading from India's dashing opener Virender Sehwag's suspected fitness problems the media shot off stories of possible conflict between Dhoni and Sehwag. Dhoni did not help matters by responding to it in a negative way and even parading his entire team in a press conference to prove unity. Finally Sehwag was sent home and India suffered a setback without playing a match yet. At the league stage India was in the w

Though England is the birthplace of cricket but the game has gained immense popularity across the globe for the sheer excitement and engaging spectacle incorporated in it. As a matter of fact in many countries like India, Australia etc. cricket is synonymous to the religion. People from all age groups strive most to acquire the Latest Cricket News related to the popular cricket stars and also the matches and tournaments. The excitement level reaches the summit when the mega tournament called cricket world cup takes place. It is held once in every four years and almost all eminent cricket teams from different countries contest for the World cup. The Latest Cricket News says that to meet the growing expectations of the audiences many small world class tournaments have also been initiated. These include the Tea twenty world cup and Twenty-twenty world cup tournaments. County cricket is another spectacular event that many cricket lovers long for through out the year. The Latest Cricket New

Everything seems to be getting shorter and shorter, the advent of 20/20 cricket is designed to appeal to fans who cricket wouldn't normally attract by the longer versions of the game. (It seems absurd to be calling one day internationals a longer form of the game!). However are we running the risk of changing the game as we know it? Already we can see that many cricketers simply don't have the skill set or mind set to play test cricket, Bangladesh being a great example. They have talent, but they don't like batting or bowling for very long before they either throw their wicket away or try something absurd!. Night cricket remains a possibility to attract viewers that may not have time during the day. Adam Gilchrist warns we are not ready for it yet, and I agree. There are "ball issues" but for me the problem is the limited venues where night cricket will be an option. It requires areas where the dew and conditions don't change the conditions so much that the na

With the 2009 Ashes Test Series about to start there is a growing expectation among England cricket fans that it will be just as dramatic as the 2005 Ashes won by the home side 2-1 which was their first victory over the Australian cricket team since 1987. The victory by the Australians some eighteen months later is a painful memory best forgotten by England cricket fans! With the Lions Rugby tour being over the Ashes will take over the sporting centre stage. The composition of both sides is far different to the sides that took to the field to do battle for the Ashes in 2005. Although Andrew Strauss returns this time as captain hoping to regain the sacred urn, many of his team are young and up and coming with no experience against the Australians. There are however a few old heads in the shape of Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood and Andrew Flintoff with the relevant experience to steady the England cricket team. The Australian cricket team have lost a number of players considered to be