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All Time XI (With a Twist)
I've been binge watching a LOT of cricket's All Time XI lists by former and current cricketers; but since we all have been diagnosed with a case of 'IPL Fever', I wanted to know your All Time XI, using 7 players from your own country and only 4 overseas players. No uncapped players are needed because OBVIOUS :P. My list is as follows,
Sangakarra backs MS Dhoni To Make Grand Come Back in IPL 2021
Chennai Super Kings' lackluster showing in IPL 2020 has concurred with chief MS Dhoni's helpless structure also. Dhoni has in the past removed his group from issue with his batting yet this season has been extraordinary. Sanga belives MSD will play a key role in IPL 2021 Schedule and might lead his franchise to become CHAMPIONS of IPL 2021. A contributor to the issue has been Dhoni's long nonattendance from global cricket, which in the end finished with the previous India commander reporting his retirement on August 15, 2020. The absence of match practice has unmistakably left its blemish on Dhoni's structure, who has looked sketchy all through the season. With the following period of IPL expected to occur in around a half year's time, Dhoni needs to get back in structure to change the fortunes of his group. Previous Sri Lanka chief Kumar Sangakkara, who is commentating in the IPL feels this could simply be one of those years for Dhoni when things didn't go right. In any case, he also feels that Dhoni needs to play serious cricket to be in structure for a competition as extreme as the IPL, where the best parts on the planet contend. ".... you will consistently have a season or arrangement where you're off the bubble, and this is MS'. It has pondered the group's fortunes also. Also, it's something you will anticipate. You can over examine it, you break down it whichever way, it simply occurs. Furthermore, it's occurred at the back finish of MSD's vocation. "Yet, that doesn't make him a lesser player or less significant for CSK by any means. It's only one of those stages that he must arrangement with and he must emerge from it," Kumar Sangakkara revealed to Star Sports on Thursday. "I am certain he is ravenous to continue playing, hungry to perform. Knowing MSD, he would much preferably take a group prevail upon 50 years for himself. That is the manner in which he has been manufactured, that is the manner in which he has consistently thought. On the off chance that he can add to it in any capacity, even by scoring 10 runs he'd be upbeat. "He will obviously be baffled with his own structure yet with just 2 games to go, I don't think there is any point in attempting to rescue that. It's tied in with dominating matches. He can address it after he proceeds to return one year from now. READ| Gautam Gambhir names player who is going to 'become one of the top-most all-rounders over organizations' "Be that as it may, what he needs to do is to play some more super-serious cricket in the middle. You can't have long holes between your IPL seasons, not playing worldwide cricket or not playing territorial or top notch cricket. He must be too serious and play serious cricket to be in structure." It will be intriguing to check whether Dhoni plays any homegrown cricket or takes the T20 course by taking an interest in associations around the globe. In any case, for that he would require an authorization from the BCCI.
Evaluating ODI Batsmen Using Relative Strike Rates
Often any kind of discussion or comparison in sport automatically devolves into the "you can't compare different eras!" conclusion, which in limited overs cricket is probably even more prominent than elsewhere - the climate for a batsman today post-IPL, post-white ball swing, with huge bats and ramp shots and general pandemonium, would be impossible for a batsman in the 70s, 80s, or even the early part of this century to imagine. And the area where these differences are most highlighted is in strike rates, which simply put have risen exponentially. A cursory look at the stats will make you think all batsmen of the past were glorified Boycotts, nudging and prodding without any real flair or power. But that would be stupid. A possible workaround is instead of looking at the raw strike rates, to look at a batsman's strike rate in the context of their contemporaries. Doing that is easy - You take the batsman's strike rate, you take the overall strike rate over the course of this batsman's career, and you divide the first number by the second. A figure greater than 1 implies they scored more freely than "expected", while a figure less than 1 implies they scored more restrictively than expected. The further away from 1 the more remarkable the strike rate, either positively or negatively. For convenience and to make things a bit cleaner and slightly less nitpicky, I define a batsman's career as follows: 1 January "first year batting" - 31 December "final year batting" Furthermore, since the primary motivation of this is for comparisons in all time XIs and such, I've decided to break things up into 3 roles: Openers, 3-4, 5-7. The basis of these designations came from glancing at the overall strike rate trends per individual batting position, but I admit they're crude and maybe even arbitrary. I'll also only consider a batsman's stats in their primary role, eg Tendulkar played all over the place initially but played the best and most significant part of his career as an opener, so only those stats are counted when comparing openers. A batsman can still be considered in more than one role, but the numbers will be accurately divided. The strike rates are of course also calculated according to each role, which helpfully excludes useless tailender data and allows us to see how a batsman plays in relation to the general demands of their position. To filter more, only those who've scored at least 1000 runs in their role are looked at. To get an intuitive feel for a batsman's overall "effectiveness", I've taken a geometric mean of their batting average (A) and their relative strike rate (RS), ie sqrt(A*RS). Essentially with this metric, below 6 represents a fairly ineffective batsman, 6-7 a good to great batsman, 7-8 a world class batsman, and 8+ a truly special batsman. The batsmen I've done this for are a mix of the top run scorers, and people who for some reason I thought this would be interesting. Sorting is done in order of the relative strike rate, but not everyone is included so expect to see some big gaps. I've looked at more people in the openers category to show a broad range of numbers representing different eras, and because it's what I looked at first and I got lazier afterwards. Openers
Player
Runs
Average
Strike Rate
Era Strike Rate
Relative Strike Rate
Rating
Virender Sehwag
7518
36.49
104.72
77.42
1.3526
7.0255
Shahid Afridi
3543
24.6
101.66
75.46
1.3472
5.7568
Adam Gilchrist
9200
36.5
98.02
74.91
1.3085
6.9109
Brendon McCullum
3363
32.97
102.74
79.13
1.2984
6.5427
Jonny Bairstow
2214
51.48
109.06
85.94
1.269
8.0827
Sanath Jayasuriya
12740
34.61
92.48
74.62
1.2393
6.5493
Jason Roy
3381
42.79
107.4
86.73
1.2383
7.2793
Sachin Tendulkar
15310
48.29
88.05
75.41
1.1676
7.5089
Shane Watson
3882
45.13
91.68
78.78
1.1637
7.2471
Saeed Anwar
8156
39.98
79.93
69.74
1.1461
6.7692
Marcus Trescothick
4335
37.37
85.21
74.47
1.1442
6.5391
David Warner
4969
45.58
95.26
83.3
1.1436
7.2197
Quinton de Kock
4823
45.5
95.61
84.59
1.1303
7.1713
Shikhar Dhawan
5518
44.5
94.01
83.4
1.1272
7.0825
Romesh Kaluwitharana
2798
26.14
78.72
70.66
1.1141
5.3965
Chris Gayle
10179
39.45
88.02
79.58
1.1061
6.6056
Rohit Sharma
6977
58.14
92.28
83.68
1.1028
8.0072
Gordon Greenidge
4993
45.39
64.65
58.8
1.0995
7.0644
Herschelle Gibbs
6103
35.69
82.86
75.82
1.0929
6.2453
Tillakaratne Dilshan
7367
46.04
89.08
82.1
1.085
7.0678
Matthew Hayden
5892
44.3
78.7
73.22
1.0748
6.9004
Mark Waugh
5729
44.06
76.74
71.8
1.0688
6.8623
Hashim Amla
8083
49.89
88.65
83.12
1.0665
7.2945
Sunil Gavaskar
2651
35.34
61.5
58
1.0603
6.1215
Martin Guptill
6001
43.8
88.25
83.3
1.0594
6.812
Desmond Haynes
8648
41.37
63.09
59.61
1.0584
6.617
Aaron Finch
4539
40.89
89.52
84.59
1.0583
6.5782
Graeme Smith
6974
38.1
80.94
77.73
1.0413
6.2987
Gary Kirsten
6647
41.8
72.25
71.88
1.0051
6.4819
Sourav Ganguly
9146
41.57
73.59
74.45
0.9884
6.4101
Alastair Cook
3204
36.4
77.13
78.94
0.9771
5.9637
Shai Hope
1349
96.35
82.3
85.75
0.9598
9.6163
Tamim Iqbal
6892
35.52
77.74
82.42
0.9432
5.7882
Michael Atherton
1572
38.34
59.68
67.28
0.887
5.8317
Roshan Mahanama
3283
30.97
57.47
66.14
0.8689
5.1875
Conclusions:
To no real surprise, players 'ahead of their time' are Sehwag, Afridi, Gilchrist, McCullum, Jayasuriya.
Aaron Finch is far, far less impressive than I thought he was. Both in terms of scoring rate and size, so many of his peers totally eclipse him: Bairstow, Roy, Watson, Warner, de Kock, Amla, Rohit, Dhawan, Guptill, Dilshan... And the same goes for players before his time, Desmond Haynes for instance.
Bairstow may have sacrificed his test technique, but he didn't just do it to become a good or even a great white ball player, he did to become possibly the best one day opener we've ever seen. And no you're not clever for saying Trescothick would actually walk into this England team.
Tendulkar stands out as the model of longevity, consistent scoring, and fluent scoring.
Shane Watson probably doesn't get enough credit, and is arguably the best one day opener Australia have had.
Swashbuckling Ganguly is somewhat of a myth, he actually scores at a slower rate than his peers. Similarly stodgy Gavaskar is also somewhat of a myth, he actually scores at a faster rate than his peers, by a decent distance too.
Gary Kirsten was the player most in line with the scoring trends of his era.
Among 'older' players, Gordon Greenidge is certainly the standout.
Mahanama worst ODI opener to have played this much?
3-4
Player
Runs
Average
Strike Rate
Era Strike Rate
Relative Strike Rate
Rating
Viv Richards
5791
52.17
91.19
68.94
1.3227
8.3071
AB de Villiers
6457
53.8
100.98
78.19
1.2915
8.3355
Eoin Morgan
3780
45.54
94.42
78.9
1.1967
7.3823
Virat Kohli
11260
62.2
93.8
80
1.1725
8.5399
Aravinda de Silva
7801
36.45
81.62
70.12
1.164
6.5137
Brian Lara
6962
40.47
81.69
71.54
1.1419
6.7979
Kevin Pietersen
3131
35.57
83.78
75.92
1.1035
6.2652
Ricky Ponting
13308
42.51
80.49
73.29
1.0982
6.8327
Faf du Plessis
4761
52.9
88.44
81.67
1.0829
7.5687
Steve Smith
3384
47.66
85.88
80.91
1.0614
7.1125
Kumar Sangakkara
12234
44
79.97
75.86
1.0542
6.8106
Joe Root
5633
50.29
86.52
82.16
1.0531
7.2773
Ross Taylor
8213
48.59
82.79
78.9
1.0493
7.1404
Babar Azam
3271
54.51
87.01
83.07
1.0474
7.5562
Mahela Jayawardene
8325
34.97
77.98
74.88
1.0414
6.0347
Kane Williamson
5601
48.7
81.5
80.21
1.0161
7.0344
Jonathan Trott
2611
49.26
77.77
76.64
1.0147
7.0701
Allan Border
3781
31.77
69.5
68.67
1.0121
5.6704
Jacques Kallis
10484
45.78
73.35
73.97
0.9916
6.7377
Michael Clarke
5073
45.29
75.42
76.84
0.9815
6.6673
Younis Khan
4871
31.22
73.34
75.43
0.9723
5.5095
Rahul Dravid
7301
37.63
70.18
73.18
0.959
6.0073
Sanjay Manjrekar
1165
34.26
61.25
69.55
0.8807
5.4929
Conclusions:
Before doing this, I expected AB, Viv, and Kohli to come out most impressively, and that's pretty much exactly what's happened. Viv's numbers are just astounding, the way he scored so much more prolifically and so much more freely than his peers borders on incomprehensible.
I'm realising I've really romanticised Jayawardene as a one day player in my head, despite his numbers being really unremarkable. Might not even qualify for an all time Sri Lanka ODI team.
Kallis looks like the most 'of his time' player as far as scoring rate is concerned.
I've got my issues with Faf as a test player, but we shouldn't forget just how incredible he is in white ball cricket, the numbers make him one of the absolute best ODI batsman of all time. Eoin Morgan similarly seems to get pigeonholed as some kind of specialist captain recently, but his batting is up there amongst the greats.
5-7
Player
Runs
Average
Strike Rate
Era Strike Rate
Relative Strike Rate
Rating
Shahid Afridi
3141
23.26
129.63
78.23
1.657
6.2083
Glenn Maxwell
2443
33.01
118.07
87.05
1.3563
6.6913
Jos Buttler
3396
39.95
116.26
87.05
1.3356
7.3045
AB de Villiers
2075
79.8
109.15
82.6
1.3214
10.2689
Lance Klusener
1068
35.6
94.42
73.43
1.2859
6.7658
Andrew Symonds
4315
40.7
92.83
76.47
1.2139
7.029
Jonty Rhodes
4744
35.66
82.26
72.94
1.1278
6.3416
Michael Hussey
4211
47.31
88.95
79.43
1.1199
7.2788
Suresh Raina
4355
34.56
92.43
82.57
1.1194
6.2199
Ben Stokes
2400
43.63
95.16
86.35
1.102
6.934
Yuvraj Singh
4870
38.34
86.73
80.31
1.0799
6.4347
Steve Waugh
5797
34.3
77.39
73.37
1.0548
6.0149
Michael Bevan
4510
51.25
77.3
73.4
1.0531
7.3466
Arjuna Ranatunga
6041
35.12
76.88
73.02
1.0529
6.0808
MS Dhoni
8273
48.09
85.73
82.75
1.036
7.0585
Angelo Mathews
5367
42.25
83.33
84.2
0.9897
6.4663
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
2845
40.64
73.4
76.08
0.9648
6.2617
Conclusions:
Afridi stands out here with by far the highest relative strike rate of any player in any role. Maybe if he were a few years younger, and subsequently his pretend age also a few years younger, while also not being as much of a prick, he could have been a more appreciated cricketer.
For current players, no surprise to see Buttler and Maxwell so high.
Not a huge sample size, but AB's numbers here are insane.
Andrew Symonds was too good a cricketer in all formats to have faded out the way he did.
So with that in mind, and also using some personal judgement, here's my rough attempt at an all time ODI top 7, not considering bowling and the balance of the side: Jonny Bairstow (Tendulkar if you have a sample size issue) Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Viv Richards AB de Villiers Jos Buttler (wk) Michael Bevan (Ben Stokes/Andrew Symonds if you want a more enthusiastic allrounder) Problems:
The central assumption of relative strike rate is that scoring faster is desirable for all batsmen of all eras, which is a simplistic way of looking at things. With ODI sides for a long time just being copies of test sides, there wasn't necessarily that onus to play more aggressively, it's an issue of capability but also an issue of intention. So even with this adjustment older players are disadvantaged.
I've also not made any adjustments to averages over time, I've assumed that any batsman goes out with the intention of scoring as much as possible. However as we all know team scores have risen and so obviously individual scores have risen, batsmen now score more than their predecessors. So perhaps an adjustment is needed there.
The geometric mean method is very basic, unsophisticated. It's good for basic intuition, but still I think it's heavily biased towards bigger averages, so it depends in part on how each of us value one day batsmen. Would you rather have a Shai Hope or a Virender Sehwag? A Chanderpaul or a Maxwell?
My system also disadvantages players who are systematically promoted up the order in certain match situations, which is quite a frequent occurrence these days. Jos Buttler for instance has some of his best, most destructive numbers when playing in the top 4, yet those aren't counted.
The usual "big game" issue - none of this tells us about performances in world cup knockouts, home and away, against the biggest rivals, in front of the biggest crowds...
The ODI landscape has changed a lot through time, does the emergence of associate and other weaker nations distort things? Or is a hungry Afghanistan side in 2019 a bigger challenge than a bored test leftover England side in 1980? And not necessarily just when these weaker teams are opponents, more in how their results against each other would impact the era strike rates.
As I said before the 1-2/3-4/5-7 designations are far from perfect. In fact looking at the numbers, I found that while openers, 3-4, and 6-7 can be pretty much grouped together at least in the modern era, 5 stands out. But talking about a specialist number 5 still feels very odd to me, and I thought grouping it made more sense.
Another unaccounted for issue is the strength of a batsman's team. For instance it's easy to look at Tamim Iqbal's numbers and call him a poor opener, but he's required to put a higher price on his wicket than say Jason Roy is.
Players with stop-start career paths are given an unfair advantage. For instance someone who plays a random one off ODI in 2005 as a teenager, but then returns to play consistently from 2015-2020 will have their career calculated as 2005-2020 instead of 2015-2020, which will artificially inflate their relative strike rate.
Help us decide the winner of this All-Time T20 Auction (2/2)
Me and a bunch of redditors from ipl had an All-Time T20 Auction and we need your help to decide the winner. This is the finals and the number one team will be crowned the winner Team 1 KL Rahul (wk) Mathew Hayden Faf du Plessis (c) Moeen Ali David Miller Hardik Pandya Dwayne Bravo Albie Morkel S Narine Bhuvaneshwar Kumar Imran Tahir
Team 2 A Gilchrist V Sehwag M Hussey K Pietersen Yuvraj Singh MS Dhoni (c)(wk) A Symonds M Starc S Tait K Rabada A Mendis
Team 3 Shaun Marsh Colin Munro Virat Kohli (c) AB de Villiers (wk) Shoaib Malik Brad Hodge Ravindra Jadeja Pat Cummins Sohail Tanvir Lasith Malinga Amit Mishra
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[Long Post] Which triple century was the best innings?
So it's Easter weekend, I'm bored, there is no cricket on (well, there's IPL but it starts at fucking 2:30am in the morning), and I want to talk cricket. So I wondered what cricket thought about something I have been thinking about: which triple century was the best innings? There is a general admission among fans that scoring a triple century, no matter the conditions, requires a tremendous display of skill and concentration; however, when talking about great Test innings, it feels like triple centuries aren't talked about very often in fan circles. There are a number of potential reasons for this: they usually take place in high-scoring draws or crushing wins rather than competitive matches, there are usually questions over the opposition or match conditions (fact: no 300+ score has ever been scored on a spicy pitch), and there are also sometimes questions over players being selfish and the ethics of chasing milestones. But it is still a fun thing to think about. Anyway, I thought it was useless to discuss 300s that none of us (or nearly none of us) have ever seen nor probably heard about, so I just looked at 300s since Graham Gooch's in 1990. I think this is a good cut-off point because the most recent 300 before that was Lawrence Rowe in 1974, which I can safely assume most of us have never seen. Also, there are no decent highlights of anything before that anyway. So I complied a list of the 19 300+ scores after Rowe, complete with scorecards and any highlights I could find. I've also included a fun fact about each innings (I gave it a go at least). I've read far too much about all these innings. Anyway, here's the list:
Graham Gooch's 333 vs India at Lord's, 1990
Fun fact: In this match, Gooch scored 333 in the first innings, 123 in the third innings, took one wicket, took two catches, and affected one run-out, all while as captain. The most all-round all-rounder ever. Scorecard Highlights
Brian Lara's 375 vs England at the Antigua Recreation Ground, 1994
Fun fact: This was only Lara's third century in his 16-test career, but it was the highest individual Test score at the time, and his previous two centuries were 277 and 167. It was also described as utterly chanceless until he was well passed 350 - Lara hit zero sixes in this innings. Scorecard Highlights Pt. 1 and Pt. 2
Sanath Jayasuria's 340 vs India at the R. Premadasa International Stadium, 1997
Fun fact: 952/6d. This was Sri Lanka's first innings total, the highest test innings of all time. Jayasuria and Roshen Mahmana put on a partnership of 576. India made 537/8d in the first innings. This match sounds like it would have been fucking boring to watch. Scorecard Highlights
Mark Taylor's 334* vs Pakistan at Arbab Niaz Statdium, 1998
Fun fact: Taylor ended Day 3 on 334*, equal to Don Bradman's highest ever score. There was speculation as to whether he would overtake the Don and have a crack at Lara's record. Taylor said he planned to declare 20 minutes into the next day to tire out the Pakistani openers more, but realised he would end up on a slightly higher score than The Don and thought it would make him look like a selfish record chaser; therefore he chose to declare overnight. Scorecard Highlights
Inzamam-ul-Haq's 329 vs New Zealand at Gaddafi Stadium, 2002
Fun fact: While no New Zealand bowler escaped punishment in their heaviest Test defeat ever, Inzy took a particular liking to poor Brooke Walker, hitting three sixes off one over before holing out. The 5-test legspinner Walker bowled 14.5 overs, and took two wickets at the borderline-abusive run-rate of 6.53. He never played a Test again. Scorecard Highlights
Matthew Hayden's 380 vs Zimbabwe at the WACA Ground, 2003
Fun fact: Hayden's 380 was the new highest score in Test cricket as he surpassed Lara's 375. He took 210 balls to get to his century, but only took 227 balls to make the next 280 runs as he brutalised the Zimbabwean bowlers. Scorecard Highlights
Virender Sehwag's 309 vs Pakistan at Multan Cricket Stadium, 2004
Fun fact: Sehwag belted his 309 off 364 balls, and in the process was dropped four times. This was also the match where Dravid controversially declared with Sachin not out on 194. Scorecard Highlights
Brian Lara's 400* vs England at the Antigua Recreation Ground, 2004
Fun fact: Still the highest Test score ever made. It only took Lara 19 innings to overtake Hayden's 380 (which overtook Lara's previous record of 375). Some criticised Lara's decision to go for the 400, but Lara defended his decision by saying it was done to ensure at least a draw and avoid a series whitewash. Scorecard Highlights
Chris Gayle's 317 vs South Africa at the Antigua Recreation Ground, 2005
Fun fact: Having only 12 runs from his previous four innings, Gayle's 300 was the third triple century at the Antigua Recreation Ground, equaling Headingly as the highest number of triple centuries at a single ground. Journalist Andrew Miller also described the pitch at Antigua as the kind of pitch "that makes bowlers comntemplate early retirement". Scorecard Highlights
Mahela Jayawardene's 374 vs South Africa at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, 2006
Fun fact: After being bowled out for 169 runs, the South Africans suffered through a monstrous 624 run stand between Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara (who made 287). This is still the highest partnership in Test and first-class cricket ever. Scorecard Highlights
Virender Sehwag's 319 vs South Africa at MA Chidambaram Stadium, 2008
Fun fact: Sehwag's second (and India's second) triple century was belted at an even faster rate than his first. Sehwag smashed his 319 off 304 balls, the only triple century to be hit at a strike-rate over 100. Scorecard Highlights
Younis Khan 313 vs Sri Lanka at Karachi National Stadium, 2009
Fun fact: Younis Khan's 313 was made at a strike-rate of 55.10 - the second slowest in this list - as he helped Pakistan to respond to Sri Lanka's 644/7d. It was also Younis' final innings on home soil before the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan players' bus six days later. Scorecard Highlights
Chris Gayle's 333 vs Sri Lanka at Galle International Stadium, 2010
Fun fact: With this innings, Gayle joined a very exclusive club, becoming one of only four batsmen (including Sehwag, Lara, and Bradman) to have two 300+ scores. His 333 is also the highest score by a visiting batsman in Sri Lanka, and the highest away score by a West Indian batsman. Scorecard Highlights
Michael Clarke's 329* vs India at the SCG, 2012
Fun fact: Clarke arrived at the crease with Australia in trouble at 37/3 (previously 8/2). But two partnerships of 288 (with Ponting) and 334 (with Hussey) made it one-way traffic. This is still the only team innings in Test history to contain two partnerships worth 250 or more. Scorecard Highlights
Hashim Amla's 311* vs England at Kennington Oval, 2012
Fun fact: The first triple century by a South African, Amla's 311* was the main part of South Africa's utter dominance of England. South Africa made a remarkable 637/2d, with Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis making 131 and 182 respectively (and Alviro Peterson making a duck lol). Amla's 790-minute stay at the crease is the fourth longest innings ever in terms of minutes at the crease, and the longest undefeated innings ever. Scorecard Highlights
Kumar Sangakkara's 319 vs Bangladesh at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, 2014
Fun fact: After falling short by 13 runs in 2006, Sangakkara finally cracked the triple eight years later in Bangladesh. Sangakkara joined Graham Gooch in becoming the second man to score a triple century and a century (105) in the same match, although he missed Gooch's record of most aggregate runs in a Test match by 32 runs. Scorecard Highlights
Brendon McCullum's 302 vs India at the Basin Reserve, 2014
Fun fact: Baz arrived at the crease in the third innings with New Zealand at 87/4, still needing 159 runs to make India bat again. McCullum, along with BJ Watling and debutant Jimmy Neesham, did enough not only to rescue New Zealand from defeat, but put on New Zealand's then highest ever total of 680/8d and give them a potential shot at victory (which they could not manage). McCullum's 302 (the first triple by a Kiwi) was made at the un-Baz-like strike-rate of 54.02 - the slowest on our list. It is also only the second triple hundred ever to be made in the third innings of a Test (the other being Hanif Mohammad's 337 in 1958). Scorecard Highlights
Azhar Ali's 302* vs the Windies at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, 2016
Fun fact: Ali's 302* is, so far, the only triple hundred to be made in a day/night Test match. Azhar Ali also reached 250 with a very unusual "six". He pulled a ball to the boundary, and two fielders converged to stop it. The first fielder slid and grabbed the ball, and then flicked it up to the oncoming second fielder to return it. The oncoming fielder misread this however, and the ball ended up being flicked over the boundary for four overthrows to go with the two runs already run by the batsmen. Scorecard Highlights
Karun Nair's 303* vs England at MA Chidambaram Stadium, 2016
Fun fact: Kaptain Karun's 303* formed the bulk of India's higest ever Test score of 759/7d. This triple was scored in only his third Test innings, the least number of Test innings an individual player has batted before scoring a triple century. He went from 200 to 300 in only 75 balls, and became only the second batsmen in history - after Wally Hammond in 1932-33 - to reach both 200 and 300 in the same session of Test match. Nair's triple is also notable for being the only 50+ score of his so-far short career of six Tests. Scorecard Highlights: None! Couldn't find any. If anyone locates some, that would be great. So, that's all the 300s since 1990! This took way longer than I expected. Which one is the best innings? Which one is your favourite? If you have anymore cool facts or shit to say about any of these innings, feel free to share :)
9 days between the 3rd and 4th tests in the England vs India series, during this time if you need a daily cricket fix here is a rough compilation of some interesting cricket highlights. Mostly Test matches, with some IPL thrown in. If you want to watch the highlights not knowing who wins the game, meaning avoiding the video title, the link will take you to a surprise.ly link. Which allows you to share a YouTube video without revealing the title. Of course these are famous matches and you are likely to remember once you start watching, but I think this makes it a bit more fun to watch. Scorecard and total video time is also provided. 22nd August - Test, India vs NZ in NZ; Scorecard [1:20:52] (this couldn't be linked via surprise.ly but the title isn't too much of a spoiler) 23rd August - Test, Pakistan vs NZ in NZ; Scorecard [30:49] 24th August - Ishant Sharma Special:
Match thread: Pepsi Indian Premier League, Eliminator: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings
Mistake in title - team names should be reversed as game is being played in Ranchi (CSK Home Ground) Toss: CSK won the toss and chose to field Cricinfo Ball-by-ball Coverage Livestream Wiki Umpires - AK Chaudhary and CB Gaffaney (New Zealand) TV umpire - C Shamshuddin Match referee - RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire - K Srinath Some pre-match comments: MS Dhoni: We are worried about the dew factor. We have had the chance of playing that extra game. We are playing the same team. A lot at stake now. But it will be the small things which will matter. It is quite dry and there will be some dew. Again he is on national duty to play a Test match. Hussey can anchor the innings. Virat Kohli: I would have liked to bat first to be honest. It is a big game and we are playing with the same XI. I am relaxed right now. Another exciting game to look forward. It has been a ground where I have enjoyed my cricket. The pitch looks dry as MS said as well. It may have had grass, it is drier than before. DJ Bravo: The loss to Mumbai Indians was bad. We have another chance. We are trying to focus on this game tonight. It is going to be another tough game. We do miss him [Baz]. He is replaced by Hussey, who is just as good. Hopefully, we get a better start. Teams: RCB Team: CH Gayle, V Kohli*, AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, KD Karthik†, SN Khan, D Wiese, MA Starc, HV Patel, YS Chahal, S Aravind CSK Team: DR Smith, MEK Hussey, F du Plessis, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, DJ Bravo, RA Jadeja, P Negi, R Ashwin, MM Sharma, A Nehra Form (last five matches, most recent first): Chennai Super Kings - LWLWL Royal Challengers Bangalore - WWLWW Head-to-head: CSK 11 - 7 RCB Pitch and conditions: The pitch appeared pretty dry on the eve of the game. The average first-innings score in IPL games in Ranchi is 150, suggesting a surface more to Super Kings' liking than Royal Challengers'. The city is expected to sizzle at a maximum of 41 degrees but conditions will not be so extreme in the night. No rain is forecast. Stats and trivia:
Royal Challengers beat Super Kings by five wickets in the only game between the two sides in Ranchi, in 2014
Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in IPL games between the two teams - 694 with six half-centuries at an average of 46.26 and a strike-rate of 126.87
Dinesh Karthik has 17 dismissals in IPL 2015. The season record is 19 by Kumar Sangakkara in 2011
Zaheer Khan (born 7 October 1979) is an Indian former cricketer who played all forms of the game for the Indian national team from 2000 till 2014. He was the second-most successful Indian pace bowler in Test cricket, behind Kapil Dev. Khan started his domestic career by playing for Baroda. In the early years of his career, Khan was known for his hostile seam and pace bowling, especially fast inch-perfect yorkers. In a bid to improve his bowling, Khan moved to England for a short stint with Worcestershire in 2006. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he was best known for his ability to "move the ball both ways off the wicket and swing the old ball at some pace". Khan continues to excel in reverse swing with the old ball. He is praised for his performances on flat subcontinent pitches and the controlling of different types of cricket balls.[citation needed] He was one of the key members of the 2011 ODI World Cup winning team, leading the pace attack with 21 wickets in just 9 games. In 2011 he was conferred with the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award by the President of India. Khan's career is also noted for recurring injuries, which often interrupted his progress at the international level. That is also the reason Zaheer has set up ProSport Fitness & Services, a special rehab & training center in association with Adrian Le Roux and Andrew Leipus.In where zaheer and Malinga (Mumbai Indians) were the most successful pace bowling combination in the Ipl history. Khan was selected as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2008. Zaheer Khan announced his retirement from international cricket in October 2015. He also played for Worcestershire in County Cricket and played for Mumbai and Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians in Indian domestic cricket. Only Muttiah Muralitharan (325) and Shaun Pollock (252) have dismissed more left-hand batsmen than Zaheer, who has gotten the better of southpaws 237 times. He also has the distinct record of dismissing Graeme Smith, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya and Matthew Hayden – some of the game’s most feared left-hand batsmen over 10 times each in international cricket. He announced his retirement from international cricket on 15 October 2015. See other Wikipedia Page of the Day posts on /IndiaNews .
With the IPL getting closer, I tend to get just a touch more addicted to Cricket than I usually am. As the retention list is just out, I am a bit disappointed with the fact that I have just mentioned on another thread. Nonetheless, I am still quite excited for the upcoming auction. Teams are available with some mouthwatering picks. Some big names which are available for this year's auction are:
Yuvraj Singh
Kevin Pietersen
Steven Smith
Virender Sehwag
Tillekaratne Dilshan
Jacques Kallis
Mitchell Johnson
Aaron Finch
Faf du Plessis
Michael Hussey
Eoin Morgan
Mahela Jayawardene
Jos Buttler
Kumar Sangakkara
Glenn Maxwell
Brett Lee
Murali Vijay
Albie Morkel
Morne Morkel
Azhar Mahmood
And it maybe a long shot, but if somehow the Pakistani players can be added, the following four potential T20 picks might be:
Shahid Afridi
Saeed Ajmal
Mohammad Hafeez
Umar Gul
I would be hoping these players could ideally join the following teams: DD:
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IPL has always been a surprising tournament. Whenever you think that a team has it all and it has the players, the potential and the power to outplay any other team, that team usually performs worst. But there are personally perceived rankings which we always imagine in our own heads. To cut the long story short, not based on your personal choices, but based on power players in all the teams, what do you think is the ranking of all IPL teams, currently, before the start of the tournament. This could be fun, as after the completion of IPL, we can again bring this post up and see how many of us were correct or even close. Below are my rankings:
With a batting line up of Gayle, Dilshan, AB and Kohli, I have never been able to figure out why RCB is yet to win a title. On the other hand, its bowling consists of Zaheer, Murali and Vettori, and you wonder what more can be put into this team. Murali Kartik and Rampual have also joined the ranks. Hence, Royal Challengers Bangalore makes the first spot for me.
When in a T20 team you have Malinga, you almost send a message to the opposition that they'll have to bat 16 overs to beat you. That's what Mumbai Indians have. And then populate the list with Pollard, Harbhajjan, Munaf Patel, Dwayne Smith, Franklin, Mitchell Johnson, Rohit Sharma, Rayudu, Dinesh Kartik and Ojha. And this time, the team may feature with the opening duo of Sachin and Ponting. Team has also been strengthened with the arrival of Oram and Maxwell. MI certainly deserves the number two spot.
With Sehwag and Warner at the top, Delhi Daredevils can go nowhere below the top 3. They may have lost KP and Ryder, but the side still looks really tough. Team captained by Jayawardene, bowling lead by Morne Morkel and Irfan Pathan, supported by Yadav, Aaron and Agarkar, Chand may just be the new find, Botha added, and DD may be able to break the shackles this time.
When you have a one man army of Shane Watson, you cannot just go down without giving a fight. Infact, in the T20 format, Watson can offer more than a fight. He can single handedly win matches at the top with Rahane, and then Dravid and Hodge to stabilize, followed by the occasional Owais Shah. Adding Badree to this team along with the already present Hogg and Tait, Rajastan Royals can be rated as the number 4 team of this tournament.
The current champions, with Gambhir, Kallis, McCullum, Morgan, Lee, Yousuf Pathan, Narine, Doeschate are going nowhere below the top 5. Not only they have added Senanayake and Pattinson, but the confidence they got from the previous version will help them against most teams. Kolkata Knight Riders will certainly be at number 5. However, the loss of Shakib might not go easy on the team.
Yuvraj is back and Pune Warriors might rise to at least 6. Although they have lost Clarke, but Mathews as captain might just be the best option. PWI is nowhere short of options. They have the power house of Marlon Samuels, Ross Taylor, Robin Uthappa, Luke Wright, Tamim Iqbal, Steven Smith and Aaron Finch. Coming to their bowling they have unique talents like Ajantha Mendis, Rahul Sharma and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. Furthermore, players like Dinda, Mitchell Marsh and Parnell will always have something to offer.
CSK has always been able to qualify for the top 4. But this time, Chennai Super Kings might just not be able to. The team will be the same as it has been featuring for sometime now with the addition of the regular Michael Hussey. Dirk Nannes has already joined the existing Faf, Vijay, Raina, Bravo, Dhoni, Jadeja, Albie, Ashwin, Hilfenhaus and Kulasekara.
With the new bowling coach Waqar Younis, Hyderabad Sunrisers might have a chance to reach at number 8. Bowling led by Steyn and Sharma, this time supported by Mckay. Sangakkara the captain, followed by White and JP in the middle order. But the man to look out this time will be Shikhar Dhawan after his heroics against Australia.
It is so unfortunate that a team which consists of Gilchrist, Mahmood, David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Miller, Chawla and Ryan Harris is ranked last, but that's IPL for you. Kings XI Punjab may rank last this time.
Some more cricketing facts/trivia. (Mostly related to Indian players)
In 6 IPLs, Sachin Tendulkar hit just 3 sixes! The last one of which, in his last IPL match, went into the Sachin Tendulkar Stand at the Wankhede Stadium.
Kapil Dev's 175 not out, under pressure against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup, was the first ODI 100 by an Indian.
Talking of centuries, MS Dhoni has none outside Asia. Perhaps that's the reason India haven't done exceedingly well in overseas conditions under his captaincy.
Chennai Super Kings is the only team in the history of IPL to have never changed their captain or jersey in the 8 seasons.
Sourav Ganguly holds the record for getting four consecutive Man-of-the-Match Awards.
Sachin Tendulkar is NOT the first player to score a double hundred in ODIs. It is Belinda Clarke, who hit 229 against Denmark in the 1997 ICC Women's World Cup match in Mumbai.
Jonathan Trott has not hit a single six in his Test career spanning 50 matches, over 3,700 runs and a 45-plus average.
England is the only team to have played five World Cup semi-finals on-the-trot (1975-1992).
Adam Gilchrist took a wicket on the only ball he bowled in T20 cricket. In his last IPL game in 2013 for KXIP, Harbhajan Singh was the victim.
Kumar Sangakkara is the only player to have scored four consecutive hundreds in ODI cricket and World Cups.
Debashish Mohanty's bowling action was used as a reference point for the logo of the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England. http://imgur.com/VIBQg5l
Hashim Amla does not endorse liquor in the South African team's branding on jerseys.
Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32 overs against England in Madras in 1963, giving away five runs and bowling 27 maidens, 21 of them on the trot.
During India's 1974 tour of England, a team member Sudhir Naik was arrested for shoplifting.
New Zealand's only double centurion in ODIs, Martin Guptill, has just two toes in his left foot.
Rahul Dravid holds the record for most catches in Test cricket - 210. Under his captaincy, Team India managed 14 consecutive successful ODI run chases. Dravid also is the first batsman in the world to hit hundreds in all Test-playing nations.
The black stickers that Shivnarine Chanderpaul wears under his eyes while playing read 'Mueller' - a glare reducing strip.
Former Kenya batsman Hitesh Modi, and his father Subhash Modi, are the first father-son duo to play/officiate in the same international match.
Jason Gillespie scored a double hundred against Bangladesh in the second and last match of the 2006 Test series. Little did he know, it was to be the last Test match of his career. He was dropped from the team after the series.
Suresh Raina is the only Indian to score hundreds in all formats of the game. In fact, no Indian has a score of more than 80 except for him in T20 Internationals.
The curse of Ashok Dinda: In seven previous editions of the IPL, the best that Dinda's team has come up to, is 6th. KKR managed the feat in 2008 and 2010.
England off spinner Sydney Barnes, arguably the greatest bowler of all time, took 189 wickets in just 27 Tests at an unbelievable average of 16.
Last month, an allrounder named Liam Livingstone hit a record 350 from 137 balls in a one-day match of the ECB National Club Championship. Playing for Nantwitch Town against Caldy, he hit 34 fours and 27 sixes amounting to 298 runs in boundaries.
Kohli at today's Press Conferences says "We noticed Australia have been taking help from dressing room for DRS reviews and India had complained about it to the match referee." (325 points, 513 comments)
With the 5th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League about to begin on the 4th of November, this year's competition is looking to surpass its previous editions. With a lot more star power this year one has reasons to be hopeful. If the pitches are made right, this will be an exciting edition. As one of the teams from the previous edition, Barisal Bulls could not provide Bank guarantee they were left out of this year's competition but the new rule of playing a maximum number of 5 overseas players per side which was reintroduced after season 1 remained. This is a game changer as the games look to be much more competitive this year while the local lads have to fight much harder to gain a place in the team. So without further ado let me drop my personal power rankings for this year's edition in ascending order. Chittagong Vikings Squad: Soumya Sarkar (Icon), Yasir Arafat, Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Luke Ronchi (wk) (New Zealand), Jermaine Blackwood (Windies), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), Luis Reece, Liam Dawson (England), Jeevan Mendis (Sri Lanka), Najibullah Zadran (Afghanistan), Anamul Haque (wk), Taskin Ahmed, Subashis Roy, Sunzamul Islam, Al-Amin, Alauddin Babu, Tanbir Hayder, Irfan Sukkur, Naeem Hasan, Stiaan Van Zyl (South Africa) Having failed with stronger sides in the previous 2 editions CV were less determined and made a comparatively weaker side this year. The team lacks experience and format specialists who can provide extra confidence in the dressing room. They lack consistent seamers and will largely depend on their Icon Soumya Sarker, Experienced gun Misbah-Ul-Haq and English All-rounder Liam Dawson this year with out of form Taskin Ahmed leading the pace attack. Luke Ronchi's form will largely determine how they finish in this tournament. But on paper its safe to say they will have a really difficult time. Sylhet Sixers Squad: Sabbir Rahman (Icon), Babar Azam (Pakistan), Krishmar Santokie, Usman Khan Shinwari, Andre McCarthy, Andre Fletcher (Windies), Davy Jacobs (South Africa), Liam Plunkett, Ross Whiteley (England), Chaturanga de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka), Nasir Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Wanidu Hasaranga, Taijul Islam, Abul Hasan, Shuvagata Hom, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Nabil Samad, Ghulam Mudasser Khan, Mohammad Sharif, Imtiaz Hossain, Mohammad Sharifullah, Upul Tharanga(Srilanka) The new team added this year is the Sylhet Sixers. This team will also have to depend on their youth as they lack destructive overseas batsmen. They will rely on in form Pakistan sensation Babar Azam(who will be unavailable for around 9 days if things don't change) to lead with the bat as well as their icon player Sabbir Rahman. While having many young all-rounders the department where the Sylhet sixers stand out is their seam bowling. With seamers like Liam Plunkett, In form Usman Shinwari, talked about young star Ghulam Mudassar and Krismar Santokie their overseas strength lies with their bowling while the batting will depend more on their local players. Nasir Hossain will look to make a mark after being out of form with the bat in competitions for Bangladesh. Rajshahi Kings Squad : Mushfiqur Rahim (Icon), Lendl Simmons, Darren Sammy, Kesrick Williams (Windies), Malcom Waller (Zimbabwe), James Franklin (New Zealand), Luke Wright, Farhad Reza, Samit Patel (England), Mohammad Sami (Pakistan), Mominul Haque, Mehidy Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Zakir Hasan, Nihaduzzaman, Rony Talukdar, Usama Mir, Raja Ali Dar, Hossain Ali, Naeem Islam Jnr, Kazi Anik The injury of Mustafizur Rahman might hurt the Rajshahi kings. They held on to a lot of players from their previous outing when they fell one short and lost in the finals. This year they have an even better team with experienced batsmen like Lendl Simmons and Luke Wright joining the squad. Pakistani prospect Usama Mir will be a good prospect to their bowling line-up teaming up with the likes of Mehedi Hassan Miraz, Kesrick Williams. Their strength lies in their all-rounders with Samit Patel who has had a good season in England joining the likes of consistent Farhad Reza and pinch-hitter James Franklin. Their first 11 will be very competitive against any team but whether they have the proper back up required to win a long tournament like this is questionable. Khulna Titans Squad: Mahmudullah (Icon), Rillee Roussow, Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Benny Howell, Jofra Archer, Dawid Malan (England), Chadwick Walton, Carlos Brathwaite (Windies), Shadab Khan, Sarfraz Ahmed, Junaid Khan (Pakistan), Shehan Jayasurya, Seekkuge Prasanna (Sri Lanka), Mosharraf Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Abu Jayed Rahi, Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Imran Ali, Mukter Ali, Dhiman Ghosh, Saif Hassan, Ariful Haque, Michael Klinger(Australia) Khulna Titans have a pretty strong squad this year as they look pretty balanced in all departments. With the presence of Mahela Jayawardene as head coach, one might expect a pretty calm dressing room as well. They will miss Dawid Malan as he is in the Ashes squad. Experienced top-order players like Riley Rossouw and Michael Klinger will be key to their batting while pinch hitters like Carlos Brathwaite and Sekkuge Prasanna provide decent coverage for the lack of power in the end. Chadwick Wilton the star of this years CPL will be a key member of the team if they want to find success. Quality in the bowling line up is plenty with the likes of Junaid Khan, Kyle Abbott,Shadab Khan, Mosharraf Hossain Rubel and Young Bangladeshi prospect Abu Jayed Rahi. They have the same problem as Rajshahi with not many options to go for if some of their key players were to get injured/fail to find form. Icon and Captain Mahmudullah will need to repeat his consistency from last year if the team has any chances of lifting the cup. Comilla Victorians Squad: Tamim Iqbal (Icon), Imrul Kayes, Marlon Samuels, Darren Bravo (Windies), Shoaib Malik (Pakistan), Jos Buttler (England), Solomon Mire (Zimbabwe), Mohammed Nabi (Afghanistan), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Hasan Ali, Rumman Raees, Fahim Ashraf, Imran Khan Jr (Pakistan), Liton Das (wk), Mohammad Saifuddin, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Alok Kapali, Mehidy Hasan, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Enamul Haque, Raqibul Hasan, Dwayne Bravo (Windies) Comilla Victorians are pretty strong in all the departments. They will miss Tamim Iqbal in the earlier stages of the tournament but have enough firepower to keep fighting anyway. Jos Butler, Colin Munro, Dwayne Bravo, MD Nabi, Shoaib Malik, Hassan Ali, Rashid Khan, Rumman Raees Provide plenty of overseas power to choose from. Imrul Kayes, Liton Das, Arafat Sunny, Al-Amin Hossain are some of the more known Bangladeshi players. Looking at the squad you can easily see how they outclass most of the teams mentioned above. Rangpur Riders Squad : Mashrafe Mortaza (Icon), David Willey, Ravi Bopara, Adam Lyth (England), Thisara Perera, Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka), Samuel Badree, Johnson Charles (Windies), Mohammad Mithun, Sohag Gazi, Rubel Hossain, Shahriar Nafees, Nazmul Islam Apu, Ziaur Rahman, Fazle Mahmud, Sam Hain, Samiullah Shenwari, Abdur Razzak, Ebadat Hossain, Elias Sunny, Nahidul Islam, Zahir Khan, Lasith Malinga(Sri Lanka) , Chris Gayle(Windies), Brendon McCullum(New Zealand) Rangpur Riders have some of the specialists of t20 cricket with local players who have performed well in this tournament before. McCullum and Gayle as destructive openers, the experience of Ravi Bopara, all-rounders like Thisara Perera and David Willey, Seamers like Mashrafe, Malinga, Rubel Hossain; spinners like Shohag Gazi, Samuel Badree and Afghan mystery spinner Zahir Khan one might expect them to have a good run . Not to forget experienced Local players like Shahriar Nafees, Elias Sunny and Md Mithun who will have a good role to play as well. Dhaka Dynamites Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (Icon), Kumar Sangakkara (wk) (Sri Lanka), Cameron Delport (South Africa), Shane Watson (Australia), Evin Lewis, Kevon Cooper, Rovman Powell, Ronsford Beaton, Sunil Narine (Windies), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan), Graeme Cremer (Zimbabwe), Mohammed Amir, Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan), Mehedi Maruf, Mosaddek Hossain, Abu Hider, Mohammad Shahid, Jahurul Islam, Nadif Chowdhury, Saqlain Sajib, Joe Denly (England), Akeal Hosein, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Shadman Islam, Noor Hossain Saddam, Kieron Pollard(Windies) Hmm, look at the squad. Is it not good enough to compete with even any Ipl squad? This is frighteningly good for the rest of the competition and you would be very surprised if the defending champs do not make it to the finals. One thing they will have to worry about is to give every overseas player a fair shot. Luckily they have someone like Kumar Sangakkara, Shahid Afridi and Shane Watson who can keep things good in the dressing room while Shakib Al Hasan leads the team.
Kohli at today's Press Conferences says "We noticed Australia have been taking help from dressing room for DRS reviews and India had complained about it to the match referee." (321 points, 514 comments)
Hi cricket, I am Mike Hussey, former Australian cricketer and current ICC Champions Trophy 2017 ambassador. I'll be at Edgbaston today watching the Aussies take on England and will stop by during the first innings to answer some questions, so AMA! by MikeHussey_ICC (1103 points, 248 comments)
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Kumar Sangakkara is considered one of the legends of the modern game, having scored over 28,000 runs in his 16-year career The Indian Premier League's Rajasthan Royals have appointed former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara as director of cricket for the fourteenth season of the world's richest cricket league. IPL 2021: Rajasthan Royals appoint Kumar Sangakkara as director of cricket Sangakkara scored over 28,000 runs for Sri Lanka over a hugely successful 16-year and has the highest Test batting Spin bowling legend Muttiah Muralitharan and former captain Kumar Sangakkara have been named in the four-member Sri Lanka cricket committee. Former Sri Lanka cricketers Aravinda de Silva and Roshan Mahanama have also been appointed in the committee, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said on Friday. Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has been named director of cricket of the Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2021. According to a statement from the franchise on Sunday, the 43-year-old "will be IPL 2021 IPL 2021: Rajasthan Royals appoint Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara as Director of Cricket Sangakkara will oversee the franchise’s cricketing ecosystem including coaching structure IPL 2020, DC vs MI: ‘I would not be too sure,’ Kumar Sangakkara ‘worried’ for Delhi Capitals’ playoff possibilities IPL 2020, MI vs DC: Things have gone a little downhill in the last few Visit IPLT20.com the official IPLT20 website for minute-to-minute LIVE updates. IPL's Royals appoint Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara as director. By AFP Jan 24, 2021 Kumar Sangakkara, an elegant stroke player, a reliable keeper, an astute thinker, was the cornerstone of Sri Lankan cricket for close to 15 years.
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Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals have announced the appointment of Kumar Sangakkara as the team's Director of Cricket. The Rajasthan-ba... Kumar Sangakkara and Scott Styris caught with The Quint to discuss the stars to watch out, what has been ailing Royal Challengers Bangalore and their captain... This is why Kumar Sangakkara is considered as the best Wicket Keeper of all time! This Video shows some of the best dismissals behind the wickets taken by Sa... Read full article here: https://readnews.io/m8907b NEW DELHI: Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkarais afraid that Delhi Capitalscould miss out on a play-... Sri Lankan batting great Kumar Sangakkara was on Sunday appointed as the director of cricket by Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals for the upco... Rajasthan Royals has roped in former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara as its director of cricket for the Indian Premier League 2021.On a day Royals decided...
