"The Wall" Rahul Dravid announces his retirement

Dravid announcing his retirement

Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from international cricket at his home ground, the Chinnaswamy Stadium, in a formal function ending his 16 years long International cricketing career. Dravid has already declared his retirement from One Day International and T20 on August 7, 2011. And now on March 9, 2012, he announced his retirement from International cricket, which means we can no longer see his game in Test matches as well.

Dravid is a well-established Indian cricketer. He was also captain of the Indian national cricket team in both Test and ODI. Dravid is considered to be one of the finest classical test player in the world of cricket. Dravid had a remarkable career but clearly it was over-shadowed. He is often considered as one of the most dependable batsman. He is also nicknamed “The Wall” by his team mates and opponents as his game play was really steady and  it was really hard to take his wicket.

Dravid has been awarded with Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2000 and ICC Player of the Year in 2004. He has taken highest number of catches in Test Matches, and is the second highest run-getter in history of Test Cricket (only surpassed by his team-mate Sachin Tendulkar).

Rahul "The Wall"  Dravid

	Matches	Innings	Jersey No	Runs	Highest Score	Average	Balls	Strike Rate	100	50	4s	6s
ODI	344	318	40	10889	153	39.16	15284	71.24	12	83	950	42
Test	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	31258	42.51	36	63	1654	21

Hats-off to this wonderful cricketer, who not just changed Indian Cricket but also made an impact in the Cricketing world.

West Indies cricket player Runako Morton dies in Car accident

West Indies Authorities have confirmed the death of the cricket player from the National cricket team of West Indies. Runako Morton, 33, lost his life in a car accident in Trinidad. His car crashed into a utility pole. He was riding back home after a cricket match. The accident took place in 11pm local.

Morton has played about 15 test matches and 56 ODIs for West Indies. He is more accomplished batsman in ODIs than the Tests. He has scored two centuries and ten fifties in ODI while scoring just four half centuries in his test career.

Runako Morton

	Matches	Innings	Jersey No	Runs	Highest Score	Average	Balls	Strike Rate	100	50	4s	6s
ODI Test	56 15	51 27	6 1	1519 573	110* 70*	33.75 22.03	2289 1192	66.36 48.07	2 0	10 4	123 79	15 7

We express our deep sympathy for his untimely demise; May his soul Rest In Peace.

Australia take a lead in finals over Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka secured their position in finals against Australia after being ahead of India in points table. The 1st match in the finals took place today in Brisbane. The match went in favor of Australia. Australia defeated Sri Lanka by mere 15 runs in a nervous chase.

Warner after his century

Australia batted first and set up a score of 321 runs. The Australian Innings was supported by the century from David Warner. He alone made 164 runs for the Aussies. 

The chase of 322 runs was not easy for the Lankans but they some how managed to cross the mark of 300. At the end they could only manage 306 runs giving the 1st victory to Aussies in the finals. Australia now leads this 3 match finals by 1-0 over Sri Lanka.

Match Score Summary:
Australian Innings:     321/6 (50 Overs)
                  Batting:     D. Warner 163, Wade 64
                 Bowling:     Prasad 2-51

Sri Lankan Innings:     306/10 (49.2 Overs)
                    Batting:     Kulsekara 73, Tharanga 60
                   Bowling:     D. Hussey 4-43,Watson 3-33,B. Lee 3-59
Player of the Match: D Warner
Australia won by 15 runs.
The next final will take place at Adelaide in March 6.

Unbelievable Victory over Sri Lanka keeps hope alive for India

Indian team put all their efforts in winning today's match and to keep their hope alive for moving onto finals. India is currently tied in points with Sri Lanka. Their place at finals will depend on the outcome of the last match between Australia and Sri Lanka that will take place in March 2, 2012 at Melbourne.

Kohli and Raina after victory

When the century from Dilshan and Sangakkara allowed Sri Lanka to create a huge score of 320 runs, even Indian fans might have had doubt about getting the victory; considering their last performances. But an awe inspiring performance from Indian team cleared those doubts. Clearly, it is one of their best performance in recent times.

The major credit for this victory goes to Virat Kohli who has been outstanding in his performance this series. Unlike other matches, he was well supported by other members of the team as well. India caught up quickly to the target with the help of some destructive batting from Kohli. Their run rate was clearly over the required run rate and thus they got their victory in just 36.4 Overs.

Match Score Summary:
Sri Lankan Innings:     320/4 ( 50 Overs)
                   Batting:     Dilshan 160, Sangakkara 105

         Indian Innings:     321/3 (36.4 Overs)
                     Batting:     Kohli 133*, Gambhir 63, Raina 40*
 Player of the Match:     V Kohli

India won by 7 wickets.