New Zealand Clean Sweep

I tend not to put matches on this blog, rather I focus to put great cricketing moments of the past. However, this great clean sweep by New Zealand forced my attention.

Would this be the downfall of the Aussies? Or will they come back strong with Ponting in the world cup? We will have to see but certainly Aussies seem to have lost some balance in the team. Other teams like South Africa, New Zealand, India have a perfect chance to sneak away the highest trophy in world cup this spring in the Caribbean.

Anyway, let's hope for a great cricket world cup 2007, whoever wins.

Throw it away

Let's see some funny fielding. Spoiling a chance of a runout and gifting the opponent with a four. How is that? Hurting in two ways. The ball seems to have slip from the fielder's hand but no excuses for professional players; you may lose the game for it.

Hit the Stumps but the bells don't come off.

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Shaun Pollock can't believe that. In fact, it's weird because most of the times the bells come out even with a very small impact. Here, however, the batsman is very lucky that the bells stood firm.

Will we see another Tendulkar World Cup Special?

Tendulkar scored a great not out century of the last ball of the innings against West Indies. A bit of luck towards the end to get him to the magical three figures but overall it was a very fine performance by the little master.

Tendulkar fans, there are quite a few around the world, are hoping for another Sachin World Cup special as he had shown in 1996 and 2003. Definitely Tendulkar will be trying to do that and after his recent 41st century it is more likely that will happen. Still to see how he does against Sri Lanka before the world cup and not to forget that he is playing in India and the world cup is in West Indies, I sense something special from him before he retires--a Tendulkar season. I hope that will be the World Cup.

Sahid Afridi Scoring a 12 in Power Cricket

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What is the highest number of runs one can make in cricket of a normal delivery without running? Six? Well, in this video Sahid Afridi scores a 12. That is not in ODI or a test match but in the Power League Tournament. The game was held in a close roof stadium and hitting the ceiling would be counted as a 12.