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
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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.