Top 11 Fastest Century by a batsman in ODI

Batsman              Country        Score  Balls   4s   6s               Versus                      Venue       Mon/Year Shahid Afridi        Pakistan       102    37      6    11      Pakistan v Sri Lanka       Nairobi        Oct 1996 Mark Boucher      South Africa 147   44       8    10     South Africa v Zimbanwe p’stoom      Sep 2006 Brian Lara           West Indies    117  45       18  4       West Indies v Bangladesh Dhaka       Oct 1999 Shahid Afridi        Pakistan       102    45      18   4      Pakistan v India                Kanpur       Apr 2005 Sanath Jayasuria Sri Lanka     134    48      11  11    Sri Lanka v Pakistan          Singapore  Apr 1996 Kevin O’Brien       Ireland         113    50      13  6       Ireland v England              Bengaluru  Mar 2011 Shahid Afridi        Pakistan       124   53       17  4      Pakistan v Bangladesh      Dambulla   Jun 2010 AB De Villiers       South Africa  102  58        11  3     South Africa v India          Ahmedabad Feb 2010 Virendra Sehwag India              125  60       14  6      India v New Zealand         Hamilton     Mar 2009 Md Azharuddin    India              108  62       10  3      India v New Zealand         Baroda        Dec 1988 Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh  104  63       8    4      Bangladesh v Zimbabwe  Bulawayo     Aug 2009

England beat India !

On Saturday, 29 October 2011 an International   Twenty 20 Match  India v England  was played  at Kolkata, India. India won the toss and decided to bat.

Opening batsman in India for T20 Uthappa  1 off 3 balls, Rahane 0 off 3 balls, Kohli 15 off 16 balls included 3 fours, Raina 39 of 29 balls included 4 fours and 2 sixes, Tiwary 15 off 17 balls, Dhoni  21 off 26 balls included 1 six, Pathan 10 off 12 balls  included 1 four,  Ashwin 17 off 11 balls included  3 fours and extras 2 runs.

           India Inning 120 for 9 in 20.0 overs .

          Opening batsman England Hales 11 off 19 balls, Kieswetter 12 off 10 balls included 2 fours,  Piertersen  53 off 39 balls 5 fours and 3 sixes.  S Patal 21 off 25 balls  included 1 four and 1 six , Bopara 15 off 16 balls included 1 four, Bairstow 2 off 3 balls and extras was 7 runs.

England  Inning 121 for 4 in 18.4  overs .

England beat India by 6 wickets.

World Cup of Twenty 20 , 2012

On September, 2012  The 4^th ICC International World Cup of Twenty 20 will be began  in Sri Lanka and the tournament  is likely to be mix of Robin Round and Knockout.

 Groups :

Group A – England , India , Qualifier 2

Group B – Australia , West Indies, Qualifier 1

Group C – Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Group D – Pakistan, New Zealand , Bangladesh

Super Eight (S8) Groups :

Group 1 – A1 , B2 , C1 , D2 
Group 2 – A2 , B1 , C2 , D1

Date                   Local      GMT       Group             Match Details                    Match No     Venue 18 Sep, 2012   19.30     14.00    Group C          Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe      1st T20       Hambantota 19 Sep, 2012   15.30     10.00    Group B          Australia v TBC                  2nd T20      Colombo 19 Sep, 2012   19.30      14.00   Group A           India v TBC                         3rd T20      Colombo 20 Sep, 2012   19.30      14.00   Group C           South Africa v Zimbabwe  4th T20      Hambantota 21 Sep, 2012   15.30      10.00   Group D          New Zealand v Bangladesh 5th T20    Kandy 21 Sep, 2012   19.30      14.00   Group A          England v TBC                     6th T20      Colombo 22 Sep, 2012   15.30      10.00   Group C         Sri Lanka v South Africa     7th T20      Hambantota  22 Sep, 2012   19.30      14.00   Group B          Australia v West Indies      8th  T20     Colombo 23 Sep, 2012   15.30      10.00   Group D         New Zealand v Pakistan     9th T20      Kandy 23 Sep, 2012   19.30      14.00   Group A          England  v India                 10th T20     Colombo 24 Sep, 2012   19.30      14.00   Group B         West Indies v TBC              11th T20     Colombo 25 Sep, 2012   19.30     14.00    Group D         Bangladesh v Pakistan      12th T20     Kandy 27 Sep, 2012   15.30     10.00   S8 Group 1    TBC v TBC                            13th T20     Kandy 27 Sep, 2012   19.30     14.00   S8 Group 1    TBC v TBC                            14th  T20     Kandy 28 Sep, 2012   15.30     10.00    S8 Group 2    TBC v TBC                           15th T20     Colombo       28 Sep, 2012   19.30     14.00    S8 Group 2    TBC v TBC                           16th T20     Colombo     29 Sep, 2012   15.30      10.00    S8 Group 1    TBC v TBC                           17th T20     Kandy 29 Sep, 2012   19.30      14.00    S8 Group 1    TBC v TBC                           18th T20     Kandy    30 Sep, 2012   15.30      10.00    S8 Group 2    TBC v TBC                           19th T20     Colombo   30 Sep, 2012   19.30      14.00    S8 Group 2    TBC v TBC                           20th T20     Colombo 1 Oct ,   2012    15.30     10.00    S8  Group 1    TBC v TBC                           21st T20     Kandy   1 Oct ,   2012    19.30     14.00    S8  Group 1    TBC v TBC                           22nd T20     Kandy   2 Oct ,   2012    15.30     10.00    S8 Group  2   TBC v TBC                            23rd T20     Colombo                       2 Oct ,   2012    19.30     14.00    S8 Group  2   TBC v TBC                            24rd T20     Colombo                       4 Oct,    2012    19.00     13.30                           TBC v TBC          1st Semi Final T20       Colombo 5 Oct,    2012    19.00     13.30                           TBC v TBC          2nd  Semi Final T20     Colombo 7 Oct,    2012    19.00     13.30                           TBC v TBC           Final T20                     Colombo

Pakistan won by 58 runs !

On  06 December, 2011 Pakistan v Bangladesh 3^rd ODI match played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium , Chittagong. Misbah-ul-Haq was the captain of Pakistan and Mushfiqur Rahim was the captain of Bangladesh. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.

Pakistan opening batsman Mohammad Hafeez 0 off 4 balls, Asad Shafiq 7 off 23  balls  included 1 four , Younis Khan  26 off 38 balls included 3 fours, captain Misbah–ul-Haq 47 off 89 balls included 4 fours and 1 six, Umar Akmal 57 off 84 balls included 3 fours and 2 sixes, Shahid Afridi 9 off 9 balls included  1 fours,  Abdur Rehman 4 off 10 balls, Sohail Tanvir 8 off 12 balls included 1 four, Saeed Ajmal 3 off 6 balls and extras was 16 runs.

Pakistan   177 for 10  in 46.1  overs and run rate 3.83  per over .

 The opening batsman  of Bangladesh Tamim Iqbal took 0 off 01 ball , Shariar Nafees 25 off 52 balls included 4 fours, Mohammadullah 35 off 73 balls included 4 fours, captain Mushfiqur Rahim 0 off 3 balls, Shakib Al Hasan 9 off 17 balls included 1 four, Nasir Hossain 3 off 8 balls, Alok Kapali 12 of 32 balls  , Elias Sunny 1 off 5 balls, Farhad Reza 21 off 29 balls included 2 four, Abdur Razzak Hossain 1 off 4 balls and extras was 12 runs.

Bangladesh  119  for 10 in 38 overs and run rate 3.13 per over .

Player of the match was Umar Akmal ,Pakistan.

Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 58 runs.

Pakistan beat Bangladesh by an innings & 184 runs !

On  09-13 December, 2011 Pakistan v Bangladesh 1^st Test match played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium , Chittagong. Misbah-ul-Haq was the captain of Pakistan and Mushfiqur Rahim was the captain of Bangladesh. Pakistan won the toss and decided to field.

So as per rules 1^st Innings  Bangladesh was starting to bat and the opening batsman  of Bangladesh Tamim Iqbal took 9 off 23 balls, Nazimudddin  31 off 79 balls included 5 fours, Mohammad  Ashraful  1 off 11 balls, captain Mushfiqur Rahim 4 off 12 balls included 1 four, Shakib Al Hasan 8 off 20 balls included 1 four, Mahmudullah 18 of 31 balls  included 2 fours, Nasir Hossain41 off 68 balls included 7 fours and 1 six , Elias Sunny 2 off 29 balls, Shahadat Hossain 8 off 16 balls included 1 four, Rubel Hossain 3 off 15 balls and extras was 10 runs.

 

          Bangladesh 1^st Innings 135 for 10 in 51.2 overs and run rate 2.63 per over .

Pakistan 1^st Innings opening batsman Mohammad Hafeez took 143 off 237 balls included 14 fours and got century, Taufeeq Umar 61 off 164 balls included 8 fours, Azahar Ali 26 off 80 balls included  3 fours, Younis Khan  200 off 290 balls included 18 fours and 3 sixes and got double century, captain Misbah–ul-Haq 20 off 38 balls included 2 fours, Asad Shafiq 102 off 235 balls  included 9 fours and 2 sixes , Adnan Akmal  6 off 29 balls and extras was 34 runs.

Pakistan 1^st  Innings  594  for 5  in 176.5  overs and run rate 3.35 per over .

          2^nd Innings Bangladesh opening batsman  Tamim Iqbal took 15 off 27 balls included 3 fours, Nazimudddin  78 off 186 balls included 9 fours and 2 sixes, Shahriar Nafees  28 off 35 balls included 5 fours, captain Mushfiqur Rahim 49 off 88 balls included 7 fours, Shakib Al Hasan 51 off 69 balls included 8 fours, Mahmudullah 0 of 8 balls   , Nasir Hossain 3 off 18 balls , Elias Sunny 20 off 38 balls included 1 four and 1 six, Shahadat Hossain 21 off 26 balls included 3 fours,   and extras was 10 runs.

 

          Bangladesh 2^nd  Innings 275 for 10 in 82.3 overs and run rate 3.33 per over .

Pakistan beat Bangladesh by an Innings.

Test Match : South Africa v Sri Lanka

On Thursday, 15 December 2011 at Centurion South Africa V Sri Lanka  test match 1^st Innings has opened.  Sri Lanka Captain is  Dilsan and  South Africa captain is Smith and umpires are S J Davis, R J Tucker, B C Broad and R A Kettleborough. South Africa won the toss and decided to field. So as per rules Sri Lanka Started to bat.

1^st Innings Opening batsman of Sri Lanka Paranavitana took 32 runs that came off 67 balls included 4 fours and other opening batsman Dilsan who was the captain of Sri Lanka 6 off 7 balls included 1 four, M Jayardene 30 off 73 balls included 2 fours, Samaraweera 36 off 67 balls included 5 fours, Mathews 38 off 52 balls included 6 fours, Heruth 14 off 16 balls included 2 fours, Perera 1 off 2 balls , Welegedara  4 off 3 balls included 1 four and extras was 18 runs.

Sri Lanka 1^st  Innings 180 for 10 in 47.4 overs.

Opening batsman of South Africa  Rudolph 27 off 98 balls included 3 fours and not out, other opening batsman Smith ,who was the captain of South Africa  61 off 105 included 7 fours and out by lbw, Steyn had no run off 3 balls and not out.

 South Africa 1^st Innings  90 for 1 in 34.o overs

India beat West Indies !

On Sunday, 11 December 2011 at Chennai one-day international series India v West Indies played. Indian captain was Goutom Gambhir and West Indies  captain was Sammy. India won the toss and decided to bat.

Indian young batsman Tiwary breathtaking  104 that  came off 126 balls and included 10 fours and one six. Virat Kohli is India’s highest – ranked batsman  80 off 85 balls included 10 fours, Goutom Gambhir 31 off 41 balls included 2 fours, Rohit Sharma 21 off 26 balls included 1 four, Raina 16 off 12 balls included 2 fours, Pathan 4 off 10 balls and extras11 runs.

India Innings 267 for 6 in 50.0 overs.

Genius batsman of West Indies  Pollard scored highest run 119 off 110 balls included 4 fours and 10 sixes, K Powell 15 off 16 balls, Samuels 6 off 11 balls , Ramdin 14 off 20 balls, Mohammed 2  off 21 balls , Rusell 53 off 42 balls and included 5 fours and 3 sixes, Sammy 3 off 14 balls, Narine 8 off 15 balls and extras 13 runs.

 West Indies Innings  233 all out in 44.1 overs.

India  Beat West Indies by 34 runs.

New Zealand Won Test Match !

On  December 12,2011 is the historical  memorable day of New Zealand. More than 25 years after New Zealand won a test match against 3 times World Cup winner stronger team Australia.

Australia won the toss and decided to field. As per rules New Zealand starting to bat.

 

1^st Innings New Zealand’s opening batsman Brendom McCullum took 16 runs that came off 44 balls included 02 fours. Dean Brownlie  56 runs off 85 balls included 10 fours, Kane Williamson19 off 41 balls, Doug Bracewell 12 off 37 balls included,02 fours, Tim Southee 18 off 32 balls, and the captain of New Zealand Ross Taylor 06 off 18 balls and extras 20 runs.

New Zealand 1^st Innings 150 for 10 in 45.0 overs and run rate 3.27

1^st Innings  Australia’s opening bats man David Warner took 15 off 30 balls included 1 four, other opening   batsman Phillip Hughes 4 off5 balls included 1 four, Usman Khawaja  7 off  51 balls, Ricky Ponting 5 off 16 balls, Captain Michael Clarke 22 off 56 balls included 1 four, Michael Hussey 8 off 16 balls included 1 four, Brad  Haddin 5 off 13 balls, Peter Siddle 36 off 58 balls included 3 fours, Mitchell Starc 4 off 09 balls included 1 four and extras 12 runs.

Australia 1^st Innings 136 for 10 in 51.0 overs .

 2^nd Innings New Zealand opening batsman Martin Guptill 16 off 38 included 4 fours, Brendon McCullum 12 off 34 balls included 1 four, Jesse Ryder16 off 28 balls included 2 fours, Captain Ross Taylor 56 off 169 balls included 6 fours , Kane Williamson 34 off 48 balls included 4 fours, Dean Brownlie 21 off 69 balls included 4 fours, Reece Young 9 off 32 balls, Doug Bracewell 4 off 27 balls included 1 four, Tim Southee 13 off 5 balls included 1 four and 1 six, Trent Boult 21 off 13 balls included 4 fours, Chris Martin 2 off 9 balls.

New Zealand 2^nd Innings 226 for 10 in 78.3 overs and run rate 2.88

In 2^nd Innings Australia opening batsman Phillip Hughes 20 off 69 balls included 3 fours, David Warner 123 off 170 balls included 14 fours , Usman Khawaja 23 off 48 balls included 3 fours, Ricky Ponting 16 off 30 balls  included 2 fours, Brad Haddin 15 off 21 balls included 2 fours, Peter Siddle 2 off 3 balls, James Pattinson 4 off 4 balls included 1 four, Nathan Lyon 9 off balls included 1 four and extras 21 runs.

 Australia 2^nd Innings 233 for 10 in 63.4 overs and run rate 3.66 

New Zealand Beat Australia by 7 runs.

Virender Sehwag has broken Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI record !

Virender  Sehwag  (viru ) is one of the leading batsman  in the Indian cricket team. He is an aggressive right – handed  opening batsman and an occasional  right-arm off-spin bowler. His performance led India to 418 for 5, their highest ODI total and sealed victory in the five match  series against  West Indies on December 08,2011.

It was an  innings characteristic of Sehwag’s approach to batting. He  was playing very well with no tension. He hit his second balls for four and simply did not stop. He went to 50 off 41 balls, to 100 off 69 balls, to 150 off 112 balls, and past 200 off 140 balls and 219 off 149 balls. His  219 had 25 boundaries and seven sixes as he smashed the West Indian bowlers all over the park to help India post  418 for 5 in 50 overs.

 Virender  Sehwag   became only the 2^nd batsman in history to  score a double century in a one- day  international following Sachin Tendulkar, who made 200 against South Africa in Gwailor last year. Now Virender  Sehwag   is the highest ODI run scorer in the Cricket World.

Childhood of the little master

         

    The little master Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973 in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India. He began his cricketing career under his coach Ramakant in Shradashram Vidyamandir High School, Mumbai.

During his school life he starts to train as a fast bowler. But he is very interested to establish himself as a batsman. As a young Tendulkar would practice for hours at the net and was driven hard by his coach Ramakant.

In his school life, his extra ordinary batting skills got noticed by the sports circuit. Then people felt that he would soon become one of the greats in cricket world.

In 1988 season, he scored a century in every inning that he played. And in 1988 the inter school matches he had an unbroken 664 run partnership with his friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.

When he was 14 years old, a great Indian batsman of that time Sunil Gavaskar gave him a pair of his own light pads. This touching gesture greatly encouraged the budding cricketer, who 20 years later broke Gavaskar’s  world record of 34 Test Centuries.