Full Toss September 29 2012 ... Cricket Radio Show

Cricket Radio Show from New Jersey covering domestic and international cricket.

Timeline :
1:30 ... Today's Show Line-up and Overview - ICC World T20 in SriLanka; Match between England and New Zealand ;

SriLanka and West Indies; New Jersey Cricket...CLNJ Finals, NJSCUA; This Day In Cricket etc., Preview of India Vs Pakistan etc.

3:50 ... ICC World T20 Match between England and New Zealand ... detailed discussion with Fundamental Analysis and RCI Run Chase Index. England won the game comfortably.

9:45 ... New Jersey Cricket ... CLNJ-Cricket League of New Jersey, Spartans CC beat Hightstown CC and to become Champions and get promoted to Division A.

15:00 ... ICC World T20 Match between SriLanka and West Indies ... detailed discussion with Fundamental Analysis and RCI Run Chase Index. Sri Lanka won the match easily by a huge margin.

20:27 ... This Day in Cricket ... Events- 1995 Saleem Elahi scores a century for Pakistan on his ODI debut; Birthdays (Ramnath Kenny of India played 5 Tests mentor/coach of Gavasakar, Lance Gibbs of West Indies first spinner to take 300 wickets, Linday Kline of Australia mainly remembered for the tied Test Match between Australia and West Indies in 1960-61, Rajinder Goel of India one of India's best spinners who never played for India, DS Steele opener for England in 1975-76, Chris Broad of England); Obituary of Walter Hadlee father of legend Sir Richard Hadlee.

27:00 ... ICC World T20 Match between India and Australia ... detailed discussion. Australia won the match in a dominant fashion.

31:45 ... ICC World T20 Match between Pakistan and South Africa ... detailed discussion with Fundamental Analysis and RCI Run Chase Index. Pakistan won the match against all odds in the last over, after being given up for dead.

36:28 ... ICC World T20 Match between Pakistan and India West Indies ... Preview of team selection and strategy.

40:13 ... BCCI announces new Selection Committee with former Test player Sandeep Patil as Chairman. Amongst other members are former Test players Saba Karim, Roger Binny.

44:05 ... ICC World T20 Matches in the Coming Days ... brief discussion and Preview and predictions of the matches ahead.

46:01 ... Announcement of NJSCUA's 2012, Season FINALS game, between Berbice Royals Cricket Club and Planet CC on Sept 30, 2012 at 11.00 AM, at Naaman William Park, Somerset, NJ.

Full Toss September 22 2012 ... Cricket Radio Show

Timeline :
1:20 ... Today's Show Line-up and Overview - ICC World T20 in SriLanka; Match between Australia and West Indies; SriLanka and South Africa; New Jersey Cricket...Millenium , CLNJ, NJSBCL, NJCUA; This Day In Cricket etc.

2:25 ... ICC World T20 Match between Australia and West Indies ... detailed discussion with Fundamental Analysis and RCI Run Chase Index. Australia won the game based on Duckworth Lewis method.

8:50 ... Misgivings with current ESPN telecasts in the US; fans being deprived of watching the games.

11:10 ... New Jersey Cricket ... Millennium Cricket League Finals; Rebels CC beat East Coast Titans to become Division A Champions; Indians CC beat Warriors CC to become Division B Champions.

17:05 ... ICC World T20 Match between Sri Lanka and South Africa ... detailed discussion; South Africa won a rain shortened game of 7 overs.

20:45 ... ICC World T20 Match between India and Afghanistan ... Brief discussion; India won a close game.

21:29 ... This Day in Cricket ... Events- 1982 Duleep Mendis of Sri Lanka scores a century in each innings against India; 1986 India and Australia play to a historic tie at Chennai Test; Birthdays (Sorabji Colah of India, Martin Crowe of New Zealand, Thilan Samaraweera  of Sri Lanka) and Obituaries.

26:04 ... Shout Out for listener Siva in Wayne New Jersey and Abhi Diwakar of Woodlot CC New Jersey.

29:04 ... ICC World T20 Points Table Standings among the four Groups; Schedule of matches; New Zealand Vs Pakistan Preview; India Vs England Preview.

39:11 ... New Jersey Cricket ... Cricket League of New Jersey League Finals; Newark CC beat Miro CC to become Division 1 Champions.

43:20 ... New Jersey Cricket ... NJSBCL New Jeersey Soft Ball Cricket League Points Table Leaders.

46:10 ... New Jersey Cricket ... NJCUA New Jersey Cricket & Umpires Association Points Table Leaders.

Full Toss September 8 2012 ... Cricket Radio Show

Highlights : Special Guest Caller to the studio Mr.Mahalingam Swaminathan of New England Cricket Club .

Timeline :
1:30 ... Today's Show Line-up and Overview - 1st T20 Match between South Africa and England; 2nd T20 Match between Pakistan and Australia at Dubai; Interview with Maha Swaminathan of NECC from Boston MSCL; Did You Know

4:30 ... New Jersey Cricket ... CLNJ Game of the Week ... Miro CC Vs Middlesex CC, thriller won by Miro CC with just one ball to spare while successfully chasing a target of 210 runs; Rochak Mehta was Man of the match.

14:10 ... 1st T20 match between England and South Africa...detailed discussion.

21:15 ... This Day in Cricket ... Events, Birthdays (Geoff Miller of England) and Obituaries.

25:40 ... Interview with Guest (on call from Boston) Maha Swaminathan of NECC; Darshan Tumkur the Manager ... details of NECC and the Massachusetts State Cricket League.

39:23 ... 2nd T20 Match between Pakistan and Australia at Dubai ... detailed discussion ... including Fundamental Analysis.

46:30 ... Did You Know That segement

48:30 ... ICC T20 World Cup at Sri Lanka ... Preview

Full Toss August 25 2012 ... Cricket Radio Show

Highlights : Special Guest in the studio Mr.Atul Huckoo, President of Edison Cricket Club New Jersey.... Message from all time great Sunil Gavaskar.

Timeline :
1:25 ... Today's Show Line-up and Overview - 1st Test Match between India and New Zealand at Hyderabad; 3rd Test match between England and South Africa at Lords; ODI between Australia and Afghanistan; Under 19 World Cup Final between Australia and India; This Day in Cricket; New Jersey Cricket -Games of the Week; Inspirational Audio Clip message from batting legend Sunil Gavaskar; Audio Clip message from Ms.Zainab Ali of Money Gram announcing Ultimate fan Contest.

3:00 ... Scorecard and brief discussion of ODI between Australia and Afghanistan currently being played at Sharjah.

4:20 ... 1st test match between India and New Zealand at Hyderabad ... detailed discussion.

15:10 ... Sunil Gavaskar's eagerly awaited visit to Edison Cricket Club, introduced as Money Gram's brand ambassador.

19:38 ... Cricket League of New Jersey ... Details of the Match between Edison Cricket Club and Warriors Cricket Club.

28:11 ... Atul Huckoo announcing the first woman cricketer in New Jersey cricket ... Dilkash.

28:42 ... This Day in Cricket --- Birthdays of Duleep Mendis of Sri Lanka, Sikandar Bakht of Pakistan; Obituary of Aussie Test batsman Stan McCabe, one of Australia's greats, prolific scorer in the thirties and contemporary of Don Bradman.

33:43 ... Did You Know That  ... Andy Flower (213) of Zimbabwe and Brendon McCullum of New Zealand (225) scored double centuries in their second innings playing in India. 104 is the lowest winning score in the first innings in a Test Match in India...it happened in the Mumbai test between India and Australia in 2004.

35:35 ... 3rd Test England Vs South Africa ... Discussion.

40:30 ... 3rd Test England Vs South Africa ... Fundamental Analysis ... the scorecard analytics, importance of Top Order differential .

44:30 ... New Jersey Cricket Leagues, CLNJ, MCL, NJSBCL --- Game of the Week ...Scorecard of CLNJ match between Parsippany Panthers CC and Punjab-11 CC. Scorecard analysis and key batting of Savan Patel who scored a century.

49:30 ... Audio Clip of Zainab Ali of Money Gram introducing Money Gram Brand Ambassador Sunil Gavaskar and also announcing Money Gram Ultimate Cricket fan Contest.

52:53 ... Audio Clip of Sunil Gavaskar the brand ambassador of Money Gram motivating the club cricketers of New Jersey.

59:03 ... Shout-Out to Aniket and Pallavi Patankar of Oklahoma listeners of Full Toss.

Full Toss August 18 2012 ... Cricket Radio Show

Highlights : Special Guest in the studio Mr.Avinash Gaje, President of NJSBCL (New Jersey Soft Ball Cricket League)

Timeline :
1:10 ... Introduction to and Overview of New Jersey Soft Ball Cricket League by Avinash Gaje.

4:01 ... Today's Show Line-up and Overview - 3rd Test Match between England and South Africa at Lords; Retirement news of VVS Laxman ; Team Selection impact; This day in Cricket; Did You Know; Domestic Cricket; Games of the Week.

6:03 ... England Vs South Africa 3rd Test, detailed discussion, match very interestingly poised.

15:04 ... Did You Know that South Africa has had only 4 wicket keepers since 1991.

17:30 ... Interview with Avinash Gaje of NJSBCL; 84 teams in the League consisting of 2 Divisions, covering geographical areas across CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE. Special mention of the Legends CC.

22:30 ... Organizational structure of Cricket Leagues, including non-conventional cricket Leagues. The setting up of ACF the American Cricket Federation.

29:50 ... This Day in Cricket August 18, and Birthdays; Special mention of Bradman, Ponsford, Godfrey Evans, Sandeep Patil.

37:40 ... Discussion of the retirement of VVS Laxman, one of India's finest middle order batsmen.

41:00 ... Impact on Indian team selection for the New Zealand Test series.

43:22 ... Caller ... Skanda from Dayton New Jersey. Views on Yuvraj Singh etc.

46:20 ... New Jersey Cricket Leagues Round Up. Games of the Week ...Scorecard of CLNJ match between Middlesex CC and Miracle CC. Scorecard analysis and key bowling of Rochak Mehta and Mustafa Khan. Exciting match between Gymkhana CC Vs Stars CC

51:12 ... NJSBCL ... Leaders in the points table etc... 84 teams competing against each other. Current leaders are Tom's River CC, Maha CC, NJ Stars, Piscataway CC. Top Performers of NJSBCL

57:54 ... Winding Up.... Avinash Gaje's request for promoting cricket in schools etc.

Full Toss 2012-08-11 ... Cricket Radio Show

Highlights : India beats Sri Lanka in T20 match and other discussion; Indian team selected for new Zealand series and T20 World Cup; This Day in Cricket, England Vs South Africa and Kevin Pietersen saga;  Details of all New Jersey Cricket Leagues.

Timeline :
1:00 ... Overview of New Jersey Leagues, Sri Lanka Vs India series; England Vs South Africa Test series.

3:40 ... Overview of Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL).

5:55 ... India Vs sri Lanka T20 match in depth discussion.

12:09 ... Fundamental Analysis for the India Sri Lanka T20 match. Analytics and analysis of Srilanka' run chase.

15:54 ... Positives from the Sri Lanka tour for team India. Improved fielding and Duncan Fletcher's contribution.

17:16 ... Team India selection for the coming New Zealand series; Discussion.

21:29 ... T20 World Cup Team selection; inclusion of Yuvraj singh and Harbhajan Singh

22:24 ... This Day in Cricket August 11... Events, Birthdays and Obituaries. Warren Bardsley of England scoring a century in each innings in a Test match. Birthday of 1983 World Cup star Yashpal Sharma and others. Obituary of Australian Test captain Bill Woodfull, skipper during the controversial Bodyline series.

30:35 ... Caller ... Skanda from Dayton New Jersey. Views on Rohit Sharma, Pijush Chawla etc.

37:08 ... Did You Know ... Pakistan had 5 batsmen scoring fifties in an ODI match.

40:20 ... England Vs S.Africa Test series discussion. Kevin Pietersen's shocking announcements.

43:00 ... New Jersey Cricket Leagues Round Up. Scorecard of CLNJ match between Middlesex CC and Newark CC. key bowling of Mustafa Khan.

46:20 ... New Jersey Millennium Cricket League; Scorecard of Stumperz CC Vs Cricmax Rutgers.

48:20 ... NJSBCL ... Leaders in the points table etc

52:09 ... Shout-out to Sanjeev Kaduja, Vikram Kaushik and Manu Kaushik of New Delhi; Mahesh Sahasranamam of New Jersey.

Full Toss 2012-08-04 ... Cricket Radio Show

Highlights : India beats Sri Lanka in 5th ODI; Strong fightback from England in the 2nd Test Vs South Africa; West Indies take control of 2nd Test against New Zealand.; Details of all New Jersey Cricket Leagues.

Timeline :
1:00 ... Overview of Sri Lanka Vs India ODI series; India jumps to 2nd position in ODI rankings.

2:00 ... Overview of England Vs South Africa 2nd Test at Headingley, Leeds.

3:00 ... Overview of West Indies Vs New Zealand 2nd Test at Kingston, Jamaica.

4:30 ... Overview of Cricket in New Jersey; The days' matches scheduled for Cricket League of New Jersey, Millennium Cricket League and NJSBCL . 

8:08 ... India Vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI in depth discussion.  

14:10 ... Fundamental Analysis for the India Sri Lanka match. Analytics and analysis of Srilanka' run chase.

22:42 ... Scorecard for the CLNJ cricket match between Gymkhana CC Vs Miracle CC.  

25:20 ... This Day in Cricket August 4... Events, Birthdays and Obituaries. Birthday of wicket-keeper Naren Tamhane and others.

32:10 ... England Vs S.Africa 2nd Test in depth discussion.  

35:20 ... England Vs S.Africa 2nd Test, Dead Ball Incident/Controversy. Steve Finn denied Graeme Smith's wicket for dislodging the wicket at the bowler's end.   

38:40 ... Shout-out to Sidharth Bhagirath and Ashok Bhagirath, listeners from Orange County, New York.

39:24 ... West Indies Vs New Zealand 2nd Test in depth discussion, West Indies likely to win.

41:00 ... Cricket Quotes by Farookh Engineer, Steve Waugh and Mike Brearely.

42:09 ... New Jersey Cricket Leagues Round Up. High Scoring Batsmen and Top Wicket taking Bowlers for Cricket League of New Jersey, Millennium Cricket League and SBNJCL. 

Cricket Radio Show ... July 14 2012 ... Mark Boucher Retires

Highlights : Mark Boucher of South Africa announces his retirement owing to the freak injury which lacerated his left eye. One of all the all time wicket keeping greats he had 999 victims in Test Matches and ODIs.

Timeline :
2:22 ... West Indies Vs New Zealand ODI Match 4. Importance of tail wagging, West Indies post a total of 264 runs.

7:15 ... Sri Lanka Pakistan 3rd Test. Rain affected draw but Pakistan's youngsters perform.

11:30 ... Batting Power plays and further discussion of DRS

16:04 ... Mark Boucher's Injury and Retirement

20:40 ... This Day in cricket...Malcolm Marshall's one handed devastation of England.

27:20 ... Shout-out to Skanda and Anand Godbole

28:10 ... Retirement of Tatenda Taibu and Brett Lee

31:30 ... India Sri Lanka series , Irfan Pathan's inclusion and other team selection issues for Team India.

39:03 ... England South Africa series schedule.

41:58 ... New Jersey Cricket Leagues Round Up

July 07 2012 ... Day's Play

July 07 2012 ... Day's Play

1932 -- Don Bradman scores a double century in Montreal Canada against a local all Montreal team.

1958 -- CA Milton scores an unbeaten 104 on his Test cricket debut for England against New Zealand at  Headingley.

1859 -- Birthday of George Hearne of England, brother of Frank and Alec Hearne played Test cricket.

1970 -- Birthday of MN Patel, born in Bombay played for England in 1996 against India, left arm spinner.


1979 -- Birthday of Douglas Hondo of Zimbabwe. Test fast bowler played in 2001.

1981 -- Birthday of Mahendra Singh Dhoni of India. One of India's most successful captains and ODI batsman with a great ability to finish matches.

1984 -- Birthday of Mohammad Ashraful of Bangladesh. Dashing batsman who became the youngest to score a Test century.


Cricket Radio Show on 2012-07-07 ... Highlights



Timeline :
2:00 ... Indus CC Vs Woodbridge CC in the Nj Millenium Cricket League.

4:08 ... England Vs Australia 4th ODI, which England won convincingly.

6:39 ... Cricket Analytics ... Fundamental Analysis of England - Australia 4th ODI, analysis of the run chase

12:48 ... West Indies Vs New Zealand 2nd ODI at Kingston Jamaica. Chris Gayle's magnificent century

16:05 ... India Vs Sri Lanka, team selection.

19:05 ... This Day in Cricket ... Events, Birthdays, Obituaries. Birthday of MS Dhoni

27:30 ... Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan Test Series discussion. 2nd Test highlights and preview of 3rd Test.

33:55 ... Did You Know segment. Big Partnerships, Most LBW decisions in a Test Match.

37:09 ... Round Up of all New Jersey Cricket Leagues.

41:10 ... Top Scorers, Top Wicket Takers  in New Jersey Cricket Leagues

June 30 2012 ... Day's Play

June 30 2012 ... Day's Play

1899 -- Jack Hearne medium fast bowler of England registers England's first hat-trick against Australia in the Leeds Test. The victims were Clem Hill, Syd Gregory and Monty Noble, all scoring ducks.

1924 -- England score 503 for the loss of 2 wickets against S.Africa in the 2nd Test at Lords. A double century by Jack Hobbs and a century apiece by Herbert Sutcliffe and Frank Woolley enabled this record score.

1930 -- Don Bradman of Australia scores 254 against England in the 2nd Test at Lords, consisting 25 fours in 320 minutes.  Australia posted an imposing total of 721 overshadowing a brilliant 173 by Duleepsinhji for England .

1966 -- Test Debut of  Derek Underwood of England against the West Indies at Trent Bridge. Though he went wicket less, he was one of the best spin bowlers for England capturing 297 wickets. 

1933 -- Birthday of Mike JK Smith of England, captain of the mid 1960s. Toured India in 1961-62 and 1964.

1941 -- Birthday of John Jameson, born in Bombay played for England in the early 70s.


1941 -- Birthday of Peter Pollock of South Africa. Leading fast bowler in the 1960s, taking 116 wickets in just 28 Tests at 24 runs a wicket. Part of the great Pollock family, brother Graham and son Shaun.

1969 -- Birthday of Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka. One Of Sri Lanka's all time greats, MVP for the 1996 World Cup which SriLanka won. Opening batsman known for his attacking style and also a very useful spin bowler.

1973 -- Birthday of Dodda Ganesh of India. Fast bowler from Karnataka, took a lot of wickets in domestic cricket but had only a brief Test career,

June 09 2012 ... Day's Play

June 09 2012 ... Day's Play

1983 -- Zimbabwe of register a shock victory (their 1st ODI) over Australia by 13 runs at the Prudential World Cup at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Duncan Fletcher who captained the side was the man of the match with all round performance scoring an unbeaten 69 and taking 4 wickets for 42 runs.

1908 -- Birthday of G Harry 'Bull' Alexander  fast bowler from Australia. He played played only one Test match in the infamous 'Bodyline' series in 1932-33 between Ashes rivals, which happened to be the last Test played by the legendary Harold Larwood the main 'villain' as per the Aussies.

1937 -- Birthday of  West Indian S C Stayers, fast bowler who played against India in the 1962 series. Also he bowled for Bombay in the Ranji Trophy later. This was part of an experiment by BCCI wherein fast bowlers from West Indies played in local tournaments to make Indian batsmen familiar and confident against playing pacemen. Apparently the experiment did not succeed.

1942 -- Birthday of  Richard Hutton, of England. Batsman son of the all time great Sir Len Hutton, Richard played five Test matches against Pakistan and India in 1971.

1972 -- Birthday of Bryan Strang  of Zimbabwe. Left arm fast bowler who played 26 Test matches and 49 ODIs. His career was curtailed owing to the political turmoil in Zimbabwe.

1975 -- Birthday of Andrew Andrew Symonds of Ausitralia. All-rounder who left his mark both on the field and off the field too. Raw talent who ran into trouble with the authorities constantly. Symonds represented Australia in 26 Tests, 198 ODIs and 93 T20 matches, He also represented Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians in the IPL.

June 02 2012 ... Day's Play

June 02 2012 ... Day's Play

1865 -- Birthday of George Lohmann  of England, one of the greatest fast bowlers of the 19th century. Captured 112 wickets in just 18 test matches at a staggering 10.75 runs per wicket. Unfortunately tuberculosis cut short an even greater career. By sheer statistics, he ranks in the top echelon even today.

1908 -- Birthday of Gordon Weir  all-rounder from New Zealand.. He played 11 Tests during the 30s, and also completed the "double" in first class cricket taking over 100 wickets and scoring over 1000 runs.

1965 -- Birthday of  Aussie twin Mark Waugh, great batsman who represented Australia with distinction. Mark played 128 Tests, scoring 20 centuries and taking 181 catches. Steve played 168 matches

1965 -- Birthday of  Aussie twin Steve Waugh, one of Australia's all-time greats who set a new standard of excellence. Steve played 168 Test matches, scoring 32 centuries and 10927 runs. His personal brand of captaincy was inspirational.  

1971 -- Birthday of Martin Suji  of Kenya. Fast bowler who played in three World Cups in 1996, 1999 and 2003. In 2003 was instrumental in Kenya's shock victory of Zimbabwe with figures of 3-19, winning him the man of the match award.

Fundamental Analysis ... IPL 5 Final --- Chennai Super Kings V Kolkata Knight Riders

May 27 2012 ... Chennai super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Chepauk Chennai - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets and 2 balls to spare.

• Chennai Super Kings ......190 for 3 wickets 20 overs
• Kolkata Knight Riders ....192 for 5 wickets in 19.4 overs
• Scoreboard
• Photos

Analytics Behind Chennai Super Kings Scoring Effort 

Set a Target of at least 170 runs to be scored in 20 overs

Score at end of 7 overs ... 63 for the loss of 0 wickets

Projected score at that stage was around 200, if the resources continued to be used in a similar fashion.

Score at end of 13 overs ... 111 for the loss of 1 wicket

Projected score at that stage was between 180-190.

Actual score turned out to be 190.

Analytics Behind Kolkata Knight Riders Chase

Target of 191 runs to be scored in 20 overs

Score at end of 7 overs ... 69 for the loss of 1 wicket

Based on Batting Resources still available and remaining runs yet to be scored, probability of KKR achieving its target stood at 65%, indicating a KKR victory.

Score at end of 13 overs ... 129 for the loss of 1 wicket

Based on Batting Resources still available and remaining runs yet to be scored, probability of KKR achieving its target stood at 89%, again indicating a clear KKR victory.

During the Opening Overs, KKR did not lose wickets steadily and were thus ahead of the Resource Clock Index. During the Middle Overs they maintained their wickets and went well ahead of the Resource Clock.

During the critical end overs, KKR continued its march ahead and though they lost a few wickets, they won the game with 2 balls to spare. The Middle overs were the key to KKR's success.  

May 26 2012 ... Day's Play

May 26 2012 ... Day's Play

1999 -- India beats Sri Lanka by 157 runs at ICC World Cup in England, with Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid scoring superb centuries.

1920 -- Birthday of Jack Cheetham batsman from South Africa. He skippered the Springboks in the fifties and was notable for drawing a series in Australia with a very young team. Ray Lindwall had tremendous praise for him in his book Flying Stumps.

1947 -- Birthday of  Kiwi Glenn Turner, prolific opening batsman and was the mainstay of the New Zealand team for a long time, with a high score of 259. At a personal level made news when he married an Indian Sukhinder Kaur Gill.

1977 -- Birthday of Paul Collingwood  of England, he played all forms of the game, but is notably remembered for leading England to the T20 World Championships in 2010 in the Caribbean , their first .


Did You Know ... Melbourne  in Australia witnessed the most centuries in the fourth innings, 14 of them to be precise. Adelaide and Lords are not far behind with 13.

Did You Know ... Murali Vijay  of the Chennai Super Kings is the fourth batsman to score two hundreds in the IPL, others being Adam Gilchrist, David Warner, and Chris Gayle.

Did You Know ... Varun Aaron of the Delhi Daredevils has the dubious record of the most expensive  bowling figures in the IPL conceding 63 runs while taking two wickets in his quota of four overs.   

Did You Know ... Rohit Sharma  currently with the Mumbai Indians has the most catches 42, in the IPL.  

Apr 14 2012 ... Day's Play

Apr 14 2012 ... Day's Play

1995 -- India beats Sri Lanka at Sharjah in the finals  to lift the Asia Cup.

1870 -- Birthday of Syd Gregory of the illustrious Gregory family from Australia. He played 58 test matches between 1890-1912 with a top score of 201. The Gregorys have at least 4 who have represented the country.

1916 -- Birthday of  C R Rangachari  of India  medium pacer played Test cricket in 1947-48, a very colorful presence on the field.

1947 -- Birthday of Bob Massie of Australia who had a sensational debut taking 16 wickets against England in 1972.  


1965 -- Birthday of Craig McDermott of Australia who had a great run as a fast bowler since 1984. Currently Australia's bowling coach..   

Did You Know ... Ricky Ponting of Australia has been run out 15 times in Test matches, the most for any cricketer. Rahul Dravid of India is not far behind at 13.

Apr 7 2012 ... Day's Play

Apr 7 2012 ... Day's Play

1973 -- Doug Walters one of Australia's best batsmen had his career best Test cricket bowling performance of 5 for 66 against the West Indies in Georgetown.

1878 -- Birthday of CMM Hawthorn of South Africa, he in those days scored a Test century in 1905-1906.

1882 -- Birthday of  Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger  of Australia played in 1928-33, recall he played in the Bodyline series.

1943 -- Birthday of Dennis Amiss of England, tremendous opening batsman of the seventies, scored heavily..   

Mar 3 2012 ... Did You Know

Mar 3 2012 ... Did You Know

Michael Hussey of Australia one of the few players to possess a batting average of around 50 in Tests and one day internationals at 50.82 and 48.92 respectively. Hashim Amla of South Africa and Jonathan Trott of England are also in the same vicinity.

Sir Don Bradman of Australia had a remarkable record as a captain as well. He led Australia in 24 Tests, winning 15 and losing only three. He never lost a series.

Virat Kohli reached 3000 runs in one-day internationals at Adelaide recently, It was fastest for an Indian to get there in 78 ODIs, and overall fifth across all cricket playing nations.

Mar 3 2012 ... Day's Play

Mar 3 2012 ... Day's Play

1978 -- Test cricket debut of Desmond Haynes versus Australia. Haynes proved to be one of the greatest opening batsman in West Indies history forming an outstanding partnership with Greenidge,

1991 -- On a sad note, the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked by terrorists while travelling by bus on their way to play a Test match at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore in Pakistan. There were serious injuries but no Sri Lankan player was killed.

1956 -- Birthday of John F Reid, Kiwi batsman during the 1970s and 80s.

1970 -- Birthday of Inzamam-ul-Huq, one of Pakistan's all time greats, who has set countless records and was instrumental in making Pakistan cricket a formidable force.

Fundamental Analysis 2011-12 India Vs SriLanka Tri-Series ODI-11

February 27 2012 ... India Vs Sri Lanka at Bellerive Oval, Hobart Australia - India won by 7 wickets and 80 balls to spare.

• Sri Lanka    ......320 for 4 wickets in 50 overs
• India ................321 for 3 wickets in 36.4 overs
• Scoreboard
• Photos

Analytics Behind India's Chase
Target of 321 runs to be scored in 50 overs, but effectively in 40 overs in order to qualify

Score at end of 13 overs ... 108 for the loss of 2 wickets

Batting Resources still available was 71 % ...
Remaining Chase Target % was lower at 66 %

Excess of Capacity 5 %
Hence at end of 13 overs ... Resource Clock favors India

Score at end of 26 overs ... 196 for the loss of 2 wickets

Batting Resources still available was 48 % ...
Remaining Chase Target % was higher at 39 %

Excess of Capacity 9 %
Hence at end of 26 overs ... Resource Clock has strongly tilted in India's favor  

During the Opening Overs, India did lose wickets but were ahead of the Resource Clock Index. During the Middle Overs they maintained their wickets and went further ahead of the Resource Clock, because of a decent run rate and no loss of wickets.

During the critical end overs, India continued its march ahead, accelerated at the right time and won the game quite comfortably in the 37th over itself.

One of the rare occasions when a 50 over ODI chase had a Twenty-20 flavor, but on larger scale. It was Virat Kohli's match, a defining moment for him.  

Feb 18 2012 ... Day's Play

Feb 18 2012 ... Day's Play

1977 -- Test Match debuts of West Indies fast bowlers Colin Croft & Joel Garner against Pakistan at Bridgetown Barbados. Both of them played a significant part in Clive Loyd's strategy of having a fearsome battery of four pace men.

1996 -- Kenya makes its ODI debut by playing their first ODI against India in the Cricket World  Cup.

1996 -- Sachin Tendulkar scores an unbeaten 127 in India's win over Kenya.

1927 -- Birthday of  Fazal Mahmood, legendary medium fast bowler who played for Pakistan in 34 Test matches , during 1952-1962 and taking 139 wickets. He led Pakistan to many notable victories, finest being at the Oval in 1954.

1938 -- Birthday of  Barry Knight of England, all-rounder who played 29 Tests with average level of success. In first class cricket one of the few who took over 1000 wickets and scored over 10,000 runs. Later in Australia as a coach he mentored Allan Border.

1966 -- Birthday of Phil De Freitas of  England,  medium fast bowler born in Dominica. He played 44 Tests and took 140 wickets. Also an ODI performer he took 115 wickets in 103 ODI matches. Career spanned from 1986 to 1995.

Feb 11 2012 ... Day's Play

Feb 11 2012 ... Day's Play

1851 -- First Cricket First Class game in Australia ... Tasmania Vs Victoria at Launceston Tasmania

1908 -- Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run victory vs England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Minor point,  Australian batting great Victor Trumper scored a 'pair' in this match.

1948 -- Test cricket debut of Frank Worrell vs England at Port of Spain. Sir Frank Worrell (one of the the famed 3 Ws) became one of cricket legends, and as captain laying the foundation for the dominance of West Indies cricket.

1959 -- Vinoo Mankad one of India's best all rounders, plays his final Test Match vs West Indies at Delhi.

1985 -- All time great Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his second Test match, vs New Zealand  at Dunedin, however in a losing effort. The Kiwis win by two wickets, thanks to an unbroken sixty run ninth wicket  partnership between Jeremy Coney and Ewen Chatfield.

1891 -- Birthday of  J W (Jack) Hearne, leg-spinner/all-rounder who played for England in 24 Test matches , during 1911-1926.

1937 -- Birthday of  WM (Bill) Lawry of Australia, left-handed opener and captain, he played 67 Tests and had an average of 47, scoring over 5000 runs. Visited India in 1964 and 1969, a very colorful character, currently a commentator.

1937 -- Birthday of Peter Lashley of West Indies, he played only 4 Tests and never lived up to his earlier promise.

1938 -- Birthday of Bevan Congdon of New Zealand, a right handed batsman, captained the Kiwis with distinction leading them to their first ever Test victory over the Australians in 1974. He played in 61 Tests.

1970 -- Birthday of Alistair Brown of England, ODI opening batsman, played between 1996-2001. Scored a century against India in the third ODI.

1996 -- Obituary of Cyril Poole of England, played during 1951-52 tour of India.