India tour of Australia and Super Century

Indian team arrived in Australia well in advance this time and also has played 2 practice matches. This show that team India and BCCI is really looking forward to perform well in the test match series. Because another tour like one team Indian had in England will mean the team is good at home grounds only.

We will get to know how team India will perform against slightly inexperienced Australian squad one day after Christmas, when the first test match will begin. But one thing that has been wondering cricket fans is will Sachin Tendulkar score the super century or not. Historically Sachin has scored one century on every tour of
Australia thus we can believe that this time too he will score a century and complete his century of centuries in international cricket.

Lets wait for watch for all the live action of India Vs Australia test cricket after Christmas.

Cricket Updates for today - Current Matches

Today cricket lovers can enjoy three matches on the weekend i.e.

1. Australia Vs Sri Lanka Test Match Day 4 - Australia is just 1 wicket away to win the first test match of the series. Whereas Sri Lanka need 130 runs. Thus all Sri Lanka can hope for a century of .... nothing Its a matter of one ball while I was updating the blog. Australia has won the match by 129 runs.
   
   
2. Pakistan Vs Zimbawe Test Match Day 3 - This is the only test match to be played between two teams and Zimbawe is once again on the track to improve their cricket. They scored 412 runs in first innings. However Pakistan batsmen are quick in scoring runs and scoring runs quickly. So far result for this match seems to be impossible untill we see some magical spell by Zimbabwe bowlers. Even a drwa would be satisfactory for Zimbabwe.
   
   
3. India Vs England Frist ODI - India lost test series 4-0, they also lost only Twenty twenty match and now they have to play the five match one day series. If India get defeated here then this means the bad phase on Indian cricket has begun. But as India are the world champions one can expect them to win this series, one must not forget they were number one test team in the world before the our of England.
   

England Look for clean Sweep - India Vs England Live Test Match

England team already won the series, achieve number one rankings in ICC test rankings and leading series 3-0. Imagin what frame of mind the England team may be at this point of time, certainly they might be looking for winning the fouth and final test to make it a clean sweep. I'd no doubt about that.

On the other hand India cricket team is all lost, there's nothing good goin for them at the moment however if they need to be back in the number one position they had to begin the process by winning this test.

Latest update is that England won the toss and elected to bat first. Parveen Kumar is not playing for India and R.P Singh makes a comeback in the team after a gap of three years.

Lets see what team India can do in this match.

Also I am posting few wallpapers of what happening in the cricket work in recent days.

India vs England Second Test Match Live - India in Trouble

Forget about team India winning the test this test match India is on the verge trailing series by 2-0. England has already taken 374 runs lead on day third and its most likely that they will add another 100 or 150 runs before declaring the inning. And at any cost a target of 500 or 450 will be difficult for India to achieve.

Indian batting line is already depleted and they need to bat 2 full days to save the test which is highly unlikely to happen. Indian batting opening is very weak right from the tour of West Indies and it would be very much if you can expect a 50 runs opening partnership and I bet if that happen tomorrow then definitely Indian can draw the test match.

Now once again debate of India being the number one test team and England claiming to be the number test team will become hot. But one must not forget that Indian team is already playing without leading fast bowlers Zaheer Khan and also missing regular openers Virendar Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. I wonder if they all made to the this test match India will have a good chance to make a comeback in the series but also they need to save this match at any cost to keep the numero uno position safe.

All the best to team India go save yourselves :)

One thing I mention to forget to say, actually its a message for Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, sir this is the risght time for you to get the 100th century not better time than this, hope you get the much hyped test 100 in this match. All the best.



VVS Laxman - The DRS of India, DRS = Disaster recovery system, hope he will once again play a saving knock for India

India tour of England - Can India make a comeback in Second test

India got to a good start on the first day of the second test match however Indian bowlers took quiet longer time to get rid of tail of England batting. Thus a quick half century from Broad who was the top scorer for England sailed England to a respectable and sufficient total of 221 runs.

Had Indian bowlers handled the tail tactfully the score of the English team would have been much lower as at one point of time the scoreboard read Englang 85/6.

India got the terrible start with the only specialist test opener A. Mukund got out in the first ball of the innings. However both Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman rescued India for the remaining overs of the day and India end up with a score of 24/1 on day first. Trouble for India is that there batting line has been meshed up with both regular openers Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir not availalbe for the second test due to injuries. In the absence of the regular openers Indian batting line now is total mesh with Rahul Dravid opening the innings and if you see the stats he is the highest run getter at number 3. Same goes for VVS Laxman the number 6 specialist batsmen in made to bat at number 3 still we can expect good batting from Laxman, he is a class player.

India has also included Yuvraj Singh, the world cup hero in this test and we have to see if he can replicate the world cup magic in the test matches in England as well.

All will depend upon the batting of team India lets catch all the live action tomorrow.

Murali test carrer ends with 800 wickets

Tension in finally over as Pragyan Ojha became wicket number 800 for Muralitharan. Murali thus will see his exit as a champion from the test matches, though he had expressed his desire to play one day cricket in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011...

SL now need 95 runs to win, hoping for a winning farewell to Murali.

Can India save first test match - India vs Sri Lanka

Can India save first test match or will it be a winning farewell to the legendary spinner Muralitharan. I am not sure if India can save the test match or not but one thing is for guaranteed that Muthiah Muralitharan will retire from text cricket with 800+ wickets in his stats. Murali thinks only Harbhjan Sing can get closer to his records but he is not as consistent as the Sri Lankan offie, and none other bowler seems to be close to him, thus his record will stay longer.

Now comming to the match India is 63 suns behind the Sri Lankan score with only batting pair of Laxman and Dhoni left. Even if they get close to a 100 runs partnership then also its nothing for Sri Lanka to chase. Now only rain can draw the match for India or a rare partner ship or a long innings that last for atleast 3 sessions.

Stay tuned and watch the live score at http://icccricket.blogspot.com

Also you can catch a glimpse of Muralithan at your blog in the past:

• Video of Murali taking his 500th wicket

• Murali breaks Warne's record

• Shane Warne : 700 Test wickets n gud byee to cricket

India Sri Lanka Test Series - Day 3

Well today it didn't rained and play started. Last days rains and stormed made favorable conditions for Indian seamers and they looked dangerous. But despite the early blog Sri Lakan score has gone past 400 runs and this can be alarming for team India. Currenty Sri Lanka is batting at Sri Lanka 419/7 (104.0 ov) . With another 50+ overs possible today it will a test of stron Indian batting line if they can save the match and India can only play for draw this time.

None of the Indian spinner got any wicket in this inning so far, perhaps it will be Murali to take wickets in his last match.

India vs Sri Lanka - 1st Test, Galle Day one

The test that will saw the end of the carreer of legendary bowler who single handedly lead the Sri Lankan bowling attack has begun. In the morning Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first. Given the inexperienced Indian bowling attack Sri Lanka started well against the number one test team in the world.

Both the batsmen Paranavitana and Sangakara are on the verge to reach the centuries. Current score is Sri Lanka 188/1 (47.6 ov) now it would be interesting how Indian bowlers perform post tea session.

India Sri Lanka Test Series - India without main pace attack

India Sri Lanka Test Series - India without main pace attack - Ruling out of main bowler Zaheer Khan alongith Sreeshanth due to injuries is the main concern of recently wed Indian cricket team Captain M S Dhoni. Adding to his worries is the news that main spinner Harbhajan Singh is suffering from fever and will miss the practice match. Hoever he is expected to be fit by the first test match. The firt match of the series will also be interesting as its the last match of the ace spinner from Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan who have took 792 test wickets so far and it'd be exciting to see if he can make it to the 800 mark. Wish you all the best Murali.

Below is the match schedule for the test series:

1st Test: Sri Lanka v India at Galle
Jul 18-22, 2010 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
2nd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC)
Jul 26-30, 2010 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
3rd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS)
Aug 3-7, 2010 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)

You can also check live score of othe international cricket tournaments goin on currently:

• Pakistan v Australia in England
• Bangladesh in England
• Pakistan in England
• Australia in England