Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Diff Between Test,ODI and T20




In the last decade mainly 3 formats of cricket had been introduced which includes Test match, The One Day International(ODI) and the Most popular one The Twenty20 international(T20). Many rules had been made and changed with time in the Cricket by the ICC(The International Cricket Council).
The Test Match is the Maximum duration type of Cricket consisting 5 days. Each day 80 overs are played.The team which win the toss has the right to bat first or either ball first. This consists of 2 innings. Each inning overs when all the players are out or if the batting team declares their inning. Each team plays two innings. If the innings do not complete the match leads to tie. If the second batting team scores 200 runs lees then the first batted team then that team will be Follow On(Follow-on is a term used in the sport of cricket to describe a situation where the team that bats second is forced to take its second batting innings immediately after its first, because the team was not able to get close enough (within 200 runs for a five-day match) to the score achieved by the first team batting in the first innings). The team which scores better and bowled the the opposite players before they chase the given score Wins. In test cricket white uniforms are used and the player's name is not displayed on the back of the shirt. Due to the use of white kits red colored Hard Ball is used instead of white.
The most popular trend of test Cricket is The ASHES which is played between Australia and England every year.
The ODI cricket( One Day International) is a 50 over game. One Day International matches are also called "Limited Overs Internationals (LOI)". Each over of a ODI comprises 6 balls. Each bowler is allowed to bowl 10 overs. The team batting first sets the target score in a single innings. The innings lasts until the batting side is "all out" (i.e., 10 of the 11 batting players are "out") or all of the first side's allotted overs are used up. The uniforms of players are colored and the color responds the flag color of that nation.
The team which chases the given score declares to be the winning team.
POWERPLAY: The bowling team is subject to fielding restrictions stipulating that nine fielders, including two fielders in catching positions, must be inside the fielding circle for a set number of overs. Traditionally, the fielding restrictions applied for the first 15 overs of each innings.


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

ICC Twenty20





Twenty20 cricket originally introduced in the United Kingdom for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board(ECB), in 2003. Twenty cricket is also known as T20 cricket.
The first T20 World Cup was played in South Africa in 2007 with India defeating Pakistan in the final by 5 runs. Pakistan again featured in the final of the 2009 World Twenty20, this time against Sri Lanka, winning by eight wickets.
The first men's full international T20 match was played in 2005 between Australia and NewZeland in which Australia defeated NewZealand and the match was played in Eden Park in Auckland. This game was played in a light-hearted manner both teams wore kits similar to that worn in 1980's. The Kiwis wore kit exactly the same as of Beige Brigade. Some players pasted moustaches/beards and make heair styles popular in 1980;s taking part in a competition amongst themselves for best retro look, at the request of Biege Brigade. Aus won the game completely, and as the result became obvious towards the end of NZ innings, the players and umpires took things less seriously - Glenn MacGrath jokingly replayed the Trevor Chappell under arm incident from a 1981 ODI between two sides and Billy Bowden showed him a red card(red cards are not used in cricket).



In 9 January 2006 the first T20 international game was played in Australia between Aus and South Africa in which Aus won. In this match each player's nickname appeared on the back of his uniform, rather then his sur name. this match drew a crowd of 38,894 people in The Gabba.



Since the 20 overed fashion game had been introduced two T20 International World Cups has been played. First Worldcup was staged in South Africa in 2007. The tournament was won by India after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs . The second event, the 2009 ICC Wold T20 took place in England. This tournament was won by the previous runner-ups Pakistan who defeated SriLanka by 8 Wickets in the Lord's Stadium.



The third ICC World T20 has been arranged in West Indies which after a strong competition has won by England who defeated Australia by 7 wickets (with 3 overs remaining).
England won the first major ICC tournament in the History. England team reached three times (1975, 1987, 1992) World Cup Final and one time in ICC Champions Trophy (2004) but they never win ICC series.

Man of the Match : C Kieswetter (England) in Final
Man of the Series : KP Pietersen (England)