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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Posted by Nanda under New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Twenty20
Sri Lanka continued on its merry way by posting a comfortable 7 wicket win over New Zealand. Daniel Vettori won the toss and decided to bat first. The Kiwis lost their opening duo for only 25 runs and had it not been for Peter Fulton, Ross Taylor and Jacob Oram, this would have been an [...]
Tags: highlights, jayawardene, match highlights, oram, ross taylor, sanath jayasuriya, scorecards, sri lanka vs new zealand, Twenty20, twenty20 world cup, vettori, videoHere 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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags: brian lara, England, flintoff, gayle, kevin pieterson, New Zealand, oram, Sarwan, scott styris, shane bond, shivnarine chanderpaul, vettori, video, west indies, world cup 2007