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
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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.