Some interesting tidbits on sledging in cricket:

In a Sheffield Shield game between NSW and SA, a Waugh twin was taking an enternity to take guard, asking the umpire for centre, middle and leg, two legs - the whole lot. Then he steps away towards leg side and has another look around the field, before re [...]

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Here we are. The most exciting summer of cricket in a long while is almost over, with one last flourish still left. India and England are going to fight out at Lord’s for the final one-dayer in this long and grueling tour. Just a week ago, India were staring at defeat with the series slipping [...]

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With the match scheduled start in a few hours, I wanted to have a look at the injury concerns for both the squads. The home team, ie England, will always have an advantage as they can always call backup players anytime. It gets more serious for the visitors, if they have two or more players [...]

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Here is the official list of the teams and players as per ICC rankings. I will try to keep this updated as regularly as possible. However the latest and most updated rankings can be found
here.

Test

Teams

Batsmen

Bowlers

Australia (141)
India (111)
South Africa (109)
England (108)
Sri Lanka (106)
Pakistan (94)
New Zealand (91)
West Indies (77)
Bangladesh (1)

Hussey (AUS)
Ponting (AUS)
Sangakkara (SL)
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)
Kallis (SA)
Hayden (AUS)
Chanderpaul (WI)
Jayawardena (SL)
Younis Khan (PAK)
Pietersen (ENG)

Muralidaran (SL)
Steyn (SA)
Stuart Clark [...]

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1. New Zealand

They have always been the underdogs in any world cup that they played. And this one is not going to be any different. New Zealand has never had any “STAR” players in their team, and this squad holds no surprises as well. OK, a lot would disagree with me here, so I will [...]

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