Saturday, December 12, 2009

Amit's ... Did You Know ........... (6)

Sachin Cricket Trivia from the Web

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Setting records has become commonplace for Sachin Tendulkar. He is the all time leader for runs and centuries in both five dat Tests and one day internationals. He has reached 30,000 runs in all forms, with his closest rival, Ricky Ponting of Australia, still 6000 behind.

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Sachin has five calendar years with 1000 or more runs - 2008 (1063), 2002 (1392), 1999 (1088) and 1997 ( 1000 runs). Sunil Gavaskar is the only other indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs. Only Tendulkar, Hayden, Ponting and Lara have five seasons with 1000 or more runs in Test cricket.

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Sachin has scored centuries against all Test playing countries. He is the third batsman to achieve this distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten. The current list also includes Lara, Ponting, Dravid, Kallis, Gilchrist and Atapattu.

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Fundamental Analysis ... 2009 India Vs SriLanka ... T20 - 2nd Match

India Vs Sri Lanka played at Mohali, Chandigarh - India won by 6 wickets
  • Sri Lanka 206 for 7 wickets in 20 overs
  • India 211 for 4 wickets in 19.1 overs
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Analytics Behind India's Chase

Target of 207 runs to be scored in 20 overs

Score at end of 7 overs ... 66 for the loss of one wicket
Batting Resources still available was ... 75 %
Remaining Chase Target % was ... 68 %
Hence at end of 7 overs ... Resource Clock favors India

Score at end of 13 overs ... 142 for the loss of 2 wickets
Batting Resources still available was ... 48 %
Remaining Chase Target % was ... 31 %
Hence at end of 13 overs ... Resource Clock continues to favor India significantly

Opening Overs and Middle Overs the "Resource Clock" clearly indicated that India was ahead of the Resource Clock and was likely to win.

In the End-Game India kept the momentum and did manage their "Batting Resources" better and it was quite sufficient.

Overall India dominated the chase and were ahead of the "Resource Clock" for all the 19 overs, to win the game with 6 wickets and 5 balls to spare.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Amit's ... Did You Know ........... (5)

Cricket Trivia from the Web

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Which cricketer faced the first ball in One Day Cricket...?

Geoff Boycott of England was the one who faced the first ball.

Graham Mckenzie of Australia was the bowler.

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In the first ever Test match in 1877, Australia defeated England by 45 runs.

100 years later, in the Centenary test, the result was exactly the same.

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Which style of play is known as a "MANKAD" ...?

The running out of a non-striking batsman who leaves his crease before the bowler has released the ball is called doing a "MANKAD".

It is named after Indian Test all-rounder Vinoo Mankad, who used this method controversially in a Test match.

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