What a come back

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On 26th there was a match between India and New Zealand.Stephen Fleming(New Zealand captain)won the toss and elected to bat first.India started well and got Loe Vincent,the star of the last game out at 4.The seemers were able to swing the ball and as a result New Zealand was in a bad situation and were only 36-5 aftaer 12.1 overs with Vincent,Fleming,Astle,Marshall and Styris out.Then Mc Millan and Oram were looking good as they helped New Zealand to reach 127 after 28 overs.But then there was a mix up with the batsmen and Oram got runout after making 36.Just one over after Oram's departure Mc Millan also departed when he was caught by Pathan on a ball by Agarkar.New Zealand were 130-7.However,they managed to reach a respectable score of 215.
It seemed that it was India's game before Bond got Ganguly,Sehwag, Venugopal Rao and unfortunately Sir Dravid out.India was 39-6.Then Dhoni and Agarkar also went back to the dressing room for 2 runs each on balls by Adams.It was a nightmare for India as they were 44-8.Then Pathan and Yadav made a partnership of 118 runs.Both of them scored half-centuries.Then Pathan touched a wide ball by Bond and was caught behind.He departed after making 50 runs.Soon after Venugopal also got out at 69 on a ball by Oram.India was all out at 164.New Zealand won the match by 51 runs.Shane Bond was named the man of the match for his brilliant bowling performance.His Bowling figures were 6-19 after 9 overs that he bowled.

An Incredible innings(New Zealand)

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Today Zimbabwe is playing against New Zealand.Due to delay in the start of play the overs were decreased and each team was supposed to bat for 44 overs instead of 50 overs.New Zealand started well with Lou Vincent and Stephen Fleming on fire.Stephen Fleming played a captain's knock and got out after scoring fine 93.He got out when he was caught by Streak at a ball by Ireland.Then McMillan came to join Vincent out in the middle.McMillan also played a good knock and scored 47 runs of just 26 balls.He was caught by Mahwire on a ball by Blignaut.Chris Cairns was not so good with the bat as he got out just on 14.McCullum helped New Zealand to reach a very big score which I'll write in the end of this blog.McCullum scored an unbeaten 51 of just 22 balls.Oram got out on a duck.Vincent scored a brilliant 172 of just 120 balls.Utseya took a brilliant,diving catch and dismissed Vincent on a ball by Blignaut.New Zealand reached 397 at the loss of 5 wicketsin just 44 overs.The inninngs was decided to be of 44 overs.They fell just 1 run short of the world record i.e 398 which Sri Lanka scored against Kenya in 1998.Vincent's 172 was a record score as no other New Zealand batsman has been able to reach 172 in ODIs.Zimbabwe needs 398 to win in 44 overs at 9.05 runs per over which is not only difficult but impossible for them.

Cricket-rules

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Cricket is a technical game which requires a lot of concentration and patience.When one loses
his cocentration and patience, he pays a heavy price for it.Cricket has gained a lot of popularity for the last few years.In this blog Iam going to write about some simple rules of cricket as many people in the world are not familiar with it.Cricket is a game played between 2 teams each team plays with 11 players.The captains of the team decide that which team will bat or bowl first by a coin toss.Two players from the batting team come out in the middle to play and the rest stay in the dressing room.There is a 22 yards long pitch in the middle of the ground.The batsmen stand on either ends of the pitch.One is the strikers end and other is the non striker end.The batsman on the strikers end faces the ball.A wicket-keeper stands behind the batsman on the strikers end and stops the ball if the batsman leaves any ball.The objective of the team batting first is to accumulate as many runs as possible in a limited no. of overs i.e.10,20 or 50.The objective of the team bowling first is to get the batting team all out at the least possible score or finish all the overs and restrict the team to such a score that is easy for them to chase afterwards.After the team batting first finishes its batting,the other team comes to bat.Now the objective of the team that is batting is to make more runs than the other team made.The objective of the bowling team is to get all the players of the batting team out or restrict them from making runs more than the bowling team made.If the batting team is not able to reach the target which was set for them,then the bowling team wins.If the batting team is able to reach the target which was set for them,then the team batting second wins.These were the rules for ODI(One-Day International) cricket.There is another kind of cricket known as test cricket.The rules of test cricket are little bit different from those of ODI cricket.There are many other complex rules in cricket about which I have not written.

Sir Dravid-brilliant knocks

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Sir Dravid(Rahul Dravid) has been a saviour of the Indian Cricket Team since long.In 1996/97 in a match against Pakistan he scored his maiden ODI century (107) when Pakistan set a target of 328 for India.Saeed Anwar scored 194 in the same match(highest score by a batsman in ODIs).Though India list the match by 35 runs but fighted back well.Especially Sir Dravid's innings was a great knock under pressure.It was a marvellous innings.I don't have words to describe Sir Dravid's innings.Many of his great scores hve been match saving scores.Recently in the 1st match against Pakistan in the beginning of this year he scored 104.When he came to the crease India were 4 at the loss of 2 wickets.His innings was a great innings under pressure.He helped India to reach 281.India,fortunately won that match getting Pakistan all out at 194.There many more innings which he has played to save India and has taken India to victory several times.I don't have time to write about all those innings just now.But I'll keep on writing about him.Please keep on reading my blogs about Sir Dravid and Cricket.

The next Indian Matches

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The next Indian series is a tri-series against New Zealand and Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe..The first Indian match is On 26th August against New Zealand.The series will start on 24th August.But the 1st match will be played between New Zealand and Zimbabwe.Iam sure Sir Dravid(Rahul Dravid) will come out with a good result.I was very disappointed when the selection pannel announced that Sir Dravid was no more the captain of the Indian Cricket Team.The selection pannel further announced that Sir Dravid was not even the vice-captain of the Indian Cricket Team for ODIs which was obviously very disappointing.Iam sure that Sir Dravid will score many runs in the forthcoming series and the selection pannel will have to change their opinions about Sir Dravid for the next Indian tour after this tri-series.

Sir Dravid-The great

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The Lords test on 20th June 1996 against England was a great test as it welcomed a new,great test player-Sir Dravid(Rahul Dravid).He made 95 on his debut,which is very difficult to do at International level on debut.He has proved to be avery good test player for India.He has played 89 tests and 151 innings.He has made 7696 runs in tests at an average of 57.86(the highest average by an Indian batsman in tests ever).He has made 20 centuries,36 half centuries and 5 double centuries(the highest no. of double centuries by an Indian batsman ever).He has played 89 consecutive test matches for India since 1996.He has also been incredible in ODIs.In ODIs also he has proved to be very good.He has made 8319 runs in ODIs at an average of 40.18 and has made 10 centuries and 62 half centuries in ODIs.153 being his highest score which he made against New Zealand on15th November,1999 at Nagpur.He has been a saviour of the Indian Cricket Team since 1996.Indian Cricket has found a gem in the form of a player.

Some records made by Sir Dravid

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Iam going write about Sir Dravid.As most of the cricket fans must be knowing that Donald Bradman(Australia) was Knighted because he was a good test player.He scored 12 double centuries at an average of 99.96, just .04 away from 100.Sir Dravid(Rahul Dravid) also has that capability of becoming a good player like Sir Donald Bradman.He has already made 5 double centuries(highest by an Indian),270 against Pakistan at Rawalpindi being his highest score in Tests.After making his 18th century in tests against Bangladesh,he became the 4th person after Steve Waugh, Gary Kirsten and Sachin Tendulkar to make a test century against every test playing nation.But he became the 1st player to make a century in every test playing nation.He has made 62 half centuries in ODIs(3rd highest by any player in the world).He's very close to Aravinda-De-Silva's 64 half centuries and after scoring 65 half centuries he'll become the 2nd highest half centurion in the world.He is a gem that Indian Cricket has ever got.

About Sir Dravid

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Iam writing about Sir Dravid.He's the greatest player of the Indian Cricket team(at present).He's not only my favorite player but he's like an Idol for me.That's a different matter that I don't want to become a cricketer but still i have a lot of respect for him.He's like a saviour of the Indian Cricket team.All the big scores that he's made were always needed by the Indian cricket team.Earlier he was known as a Test player because of his a little slow strike rate.But he has emerged as a great ODI player since 1999.He made 6 centuries in 1999,made 145(highest score by a wicket keeper in World Cup) and closed the mouth of those who said that he is just a test player.These are the reasons and there are many more reasons that I have not written because of which he's known as The Wall,M.R. Dependable etc.

Hello World!

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Iam Harsh Dandona from India.Iam new to this blogger world.So, i don't know much about this site.U can find everything about cricket in my blog,espicially about Sir Dravid(Rahul Dravid).Your comments and suggestions are very valuable.So, keep commenting.