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Lighter Moments of Summer 2007 Cricket

                                                         

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Funny cricket moments

Here is a compilation of some funny cricket moments to lighten up your day....

                                                     

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Pakistan tour of India 07-08 Schedule

                                                   

Date	Match Details	Start Time	Day or D/N
Monday 05-Nov-2007	1st ODI - Nehru Stadium, Guwahati,	03:30 GMT 09:00 IST 19:30 PST**	Day
Thursday 08-Nov-2007	2nd ODI - Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	09:00 GMT 14:30 IST 01:00 PST	D/N
Sunday  11-Nov-2007	3rd ODI - Green Park, Kanpur	03:30 GMT 09:00 IST 19:30 PST**	Day
Thursday 15-Nov-2007	4th ODI - Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior	09:00 GMT 14:30 IST 01:00 PST	D/N
Sunday 18-Nov-2007	5th ODI - Sawai Mansingh Stadium,, Jaipur	09:00 GMT 14:30 IST 01:00 PST	D/N
Thursday 22-Nov-2007	1st Test - Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	04:00 GMT 09:30 IST 20:00 PST**	Day
Friday 30-Nov-2007	2nd Test - Eden Gardens, Kolkata	04:00 GMT 09:30 IST 20:00 PST**	Day
Saturday 08-Dec-2007	3rd Test M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	04:00 GMT 09:30 IST 20:00 PST**	Day

** Matches start on the previous day for users in the PST (Pacific Time) zone.

 

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India Vs Australia 20-20 Result and Highlights

India 167 for 3 (Gambhir 63, Uthappa 35) beat Australia 166 for 5 (Ponting 76) by 7 wickets

 

The one-day series might have gone but India lived up to their world champions tag in the Twenty20, finishing with a thumping seven-wicket win in Mumbai. India's unofficial national anthem, the inspirational 'Chak de India', was played by the DJ about hundred times on Saturday. And it didn't inspire India a hundred times. They were inspired ten thousand times as they crashed, banged and walloped the Aussie attack to race to a seven-wicket win with 13 balls to spare in the steamy one-off Twenty20 international at the Brabourne Stadium on Saturday.Australia have bossed around for most of the last month but India can take consolation from one stat: the last eight internationals between the two sides have been shared 4-4.
                                                                 

Chasing 167 to win at an asking rate of 8.35, the Indians recovered from the early loss of Virender Sehwag to a scorching Brett Lee delivery. Gautam Gambhir and Robin 'I don't like Twenty20' Uthappa learnt that they liked the Australian bowlers very much and tore into them.
They were also aided by some freebies from the Aussie opening bowlers, who decided to leave India by giving the hosts some Dusshera presents.

 

Australian Innings (All 20 Overs) Full Innings - All videos

                                             

India Innings (All 20 Overs) Full Innings - All videos

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India Vs Australia 20-20 match Mumbai, India

The first-ever Twenty20 International on Indian soil promises plenty of fireworks as Mahendra Singh Dhoni's world champions cross swords with Australia in what promises to be a humdinger at the Brabourne Stadium on Saturday.Ricky Ponting admitted that his team was looking forward, quite keenly, to the Twenty20 match against the ICC World Twenty20 champions. Ponting also conceded that it was difficult to plan too much for a Twenty20 match.

Both teams have a lot to prove in the one-off contest that is expected to draw a full house at the flood-lit Cricket Club of India. Dhoni and his team-mates would be eager to show that their against-the-odds triumph in the inaugural World T20 championship in South Africa, including their semi-final win over 50-over champions Australia, was no flash in the pan.

But the visitors have put the rare defeat to India behind them and played some top-quality cricket to clinch the best-of-seven ODI series before floundering in the last tie at nearby Wankhede Stadium two days ago. "We are pretty excited actually and looking forward to the match against a team which won the World Cup (Twenty20) a few weeks ago," said Ponting at a pre-match press conference. He also sought to underplay the hype surrounding the game, just as he hoped the tired debate over verbal volleys would die down.

 

India, on the other hand, would not have their trio of senior batsmen - Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid - as well as pace spearhead Zaheer Khan to fall back on.
The home team will be looking up to Virender Sehwag and fit-again Gautam Gambhir to fire them on in the initial stages for the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni, and Robin Uthappa to capitalise on later.

                                                    

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India Vs Australia 7th ODI Result and Highlights

India 195 for 8 (Uthappa 47) beat Australia 193 (Ponting 57, Kartik 6-27) by 2 wickets

India pulled off an incredible two-wicket victory relying on the tail-enders to salvage some pride in the seventh and final cricket One-dayer against Australia here on Wednesday night. The stage was set for India's most loved cricketing son to bid adieu to his home crowd with the sort of innings that he often played to illuminate this venue for almost two decades. Instead, it was Murali Kartik, forever condemned to Indian cricket's fringes, who basked in the late-afternoon sunshine with a mesmeric spell of left-arm spin bowling, before taking part in the unlikeliest of rearguard actions to script a famous victory.

                                                                
In a low-scoring thriller, India first bundled out Australia for a paltry 193 in 41.3 overs, riding on Murali Kartik's career-best six for 27 and then staged a dramatic recovery to overhaul the target with four overs to spare and reduce the margin to 4-2 in the series. The Indians owed their remarkable victory to left-arm spinner Kartik, who produced a mesmerising spell to derail the Australian batting and then was involved in a cheeky 52-run unbeaten partnership with Zaheer Khan (31 not out) to guide the team home.

 

 

 

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India Vs Australia 7th ODI Mumbai, India

After conceding the seven-match series meekly, India will play for pride and seek a consolation win when they take on Australia in the seventh and final cricket ODI on Wednesday.
The series so far has been fought both on and off the playing arena and the formidable Australians, well known for their aggressive approach, will be keen to maintain their stranglehold on the hosts in the last game to be played under lights at the Wankhede stadium.

 

For the Australians Ponting emphatically said there could be one change, and that's if the "85 to 90%" fit Matthew Hayden is well enough to play. Then he'll come into the side, in place of either of the Brads, Haddin or Hodge. That will mean that Ben Hilfenhaus, who went through the World Twenty20 without playing a game, will have done the same in this seven-match series.

In the Indian camp, there's plenty of rumour over resting Rahul Dravid to make way for Rohit Sharma or Subramaniam Badrinath, but there's no hard news on the subject. Dravid certainly isn't overly bogged down over his lack of runs, or distressed, as there's plenty of cricket to come this season, in one-dayers and Tests. And it would be wise to look forward, for win or loss in the final game, this series is already well and truly finished.

The visitors have already taken an invincible 4-1 lead and the home team can at best reduce the margin and gain some condidence ahead of the forthcoming series against archrivals Pakistan.
The Indians, who were accorded a tumultous welcome in this city three weeks ago on their return as Twenty20 World Champions, have to put in a far more inspired performance to stop the Aussies from increasing the victory margin.

                                                                 

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India Vs Australia 6th ODI Result and Highlights

Australia 316 for 7 (Symonds 107*, Gilchrist 51, Ponting 49) beat India 299 for 7 (Ganguly 86, Tendulkar 72, Hogg 4-49) by 18 runs

Australia on Sunday relied on an all-round display to clinch the One-day series with a 18-run victory over India in the sixth ODI which saw the hosts frittering away a solid start and running out of steam in the slog overs. Riled by the behaviour of some of the Indian cricketers and the crowd in Vadodara, Andrew Symonds channelised his ire to hit the Indians where it hurt most, with a glorious 82-ball century which inspired Australia to a series-sealing victory with a match to spare. Just for good measure, he added a nearly immaculate spell of off-spin bowling as Australia staved off a 140-run partnership between Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, and a thrilling late flourish from Robin Uthappa to clinch an 18-run triumph.

                                                                  

After scoring a mammoth 317 for eight built around Andrew Symonds rollicking unbeaten 107, the Australians held their nerve to restrict the home team to 299 for seven and take an invincible 4-1 lead in the seven-match series.  The trusted opening pair of Sachin Tendulkar (72) and Sourav Ganguly (86) provided the foundation for the chase with a 140-run stand, but the Indians lost the plot in the middle overs to allow the asking rate to climb beyond manageable limits.

 

Australia Innings

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India v Australia, 6th ODI, Nagpur India

India will need to play out of their skin to stop the mighty Australians from clinching the series as they go into the must-win sixth cricket ODI on Sunday with their confidence dented by the Vadodara debacle.

The nine-wicket thrashing in Vadodara not only allowed the Australians to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the seven-match series but came as a big blow for the home team which had raised hopes of a spirited fightback.

                                                                 

The Indians have now been left with the daunting task of winning the last two matches to level the series, a task which is not impossible but appears extremely difficult going by their current form.

 

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Vidarba CA ground in Nagpur.

 

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India Vs Australia 5th ODI - Result and highlights

25.5 overs Australia 149 for 1 (Gilchrist 79*) beat India 148 (Tendulkar 47, Johnson 5-26) by 9 wickets

If this was a final, as Ricky Ponting wanted his side to view the fifth one-dayer in Vadodara, it was reminiscent of the hopelessly one-sided conclusion to the World Cup in 1999. Mahendra Singh Dhoni let out a big smile at the toss, with the crowd cheering as if the result was a foregone conclusion, but trudged away in the knowledge that his side could no longer win the series.India paid a heavy price for their pathetic batting display against Australia who humiliated the hosts with an emphatic nine-wicket victory in the fifth One-dayer to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the seven-match series here on Thursday. Even drawing level from here will take some getting.

                                                                 

The distinctly brick-red surface, one that demanded application, was to leave India's batsmen ashen faced. A combination of injudicious shot-selection, accurate new-ball bowling, efficient left-arm pace and outstanding wicketkeeping is often a recipe for a lop-sided contest. The Australians first bundled out the home team for a paltry 148 in 39.4 overs and then raced to the target with 24.1 overs to spare in a totally lop-sided contest at the Reliance Stadium.It resulted in India's lowest home total against Australia. In fact the game was up much earlier; spectators leaving the ground after 25 overs of the game realised as much.

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Australia Innings

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India Vs Australia 5th ODI Vadodara, India

                                                                

Having managed to halt the Australian juggernaut in its tracks at Chandigarh, India will seek to carry the momentum when they go into the fifth One-dayer on Thursday, hoping to level the seven-match series. The problem, for any team in the world, with playing against Australia is that you're always trying to catch up. It is Australia who set the standards, Australia who call the shots, Australia who control the game. Of course, a team as talented as this Indian one has the ability to beat anyone, even the Australians, on their day.

 

The eight-run victory over Ricky Ponting's men and the semi-final win over the Aussies in the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa last month clearly indicated that when put under severe pressure, even a champion team can feel the heat and fumble.This is exactly the kind of situation that captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team would be aiming to put the visitors in again when the two clash in another high-voltage tie in front of a capacity 20,000-crowd at the Reliance Stadium.

 

The script, even before the toss is done, suggests Australian dominance, and the challenge before Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team is to break this mould as early as possible. For the Australians, the fifth match in Vadodara, with the first of the series being washed out, is a chance to shut India out. It's a chance for them to ensure that they can't lose the series, and this is likely to translate into all-out attack. If India manage to turn the tables here again, they would have beaten Australia in two successive games for the first time in six years. But to achieve that, they need to show the sort of aggression they displayed in South Africa and in the fourth ODI two days ago.
                                                                

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India Vs Australia 4th ODI Chandigarh, India - Result and Highlights

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India 291 for 4 (Tendulkar 79, Dhoni 50*) beat Australia 283 for 7 (Hayden 92, Symonds 75) by eight runs

 

 

India held their nerves in the nail-biting final moments to snatch a dramatic eight-run victory in the fourth One-dayer against Australia and keep themselves afloat in the seven-match series on Monday. India's bowlers fought back from a blistering opening by Matthew Hayden to snatch an eight-run victory and keep the seven-match series alive. Two of India's additions at Chandigarh, RP Singh and Murali Kartik, bowled superbly in the dying stages and Zaheer Khan held his nerve with a composed last over to secure the win.

The Indian batting line-up came good as they rattled up 291 for four and then stopped the mighty Australians at 283 for seven to reduce the margin to 2-1 at the Sector 16 stadium. The Australians were cruising along comfortably at 268 for five till the 46th over before two wickets in the span of two balls completely changed the complexion of the game much to the delight of a vociferous home crowd.

Batting first, India owed their total to some lusty hitting by Robin Uthappa (30 runs off 18 balls) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who slammed 50 off just 35 balls. Sachin Tendulkar (79) and Sourav Ganguly (41) provided a solid start to the side.

                                                         

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India Vs Australia 4th ODI Chandigarh, India

 

India have left themselves a mountain to climb to win this series; down 0-2 and with four games to play, they will have to raise their game significantly, knowing Australia need only a half-chance to shut out the opposition in the 4th ODI at the Sector 16 Stadium in Chandigarh. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's and his men, trailing 2-0 in the series, have no option but to pull up their socks and try to stop the Australian juggernaut to keep themselves afloat in the series.

                                                            

Their high-flying balloon of Twenty20 success pricked by Australia's back-to-back wins, India go into the fourth One-dayer faced with the Herculean task of winning four matches in a row to clinch the series. India have, however, responded well to such extreme pressure in the recent past. Trailing 3-1 in the Natwest Series in England, they were out for the count but managed to stretch the series till the final game at Lord's. At the ICC World Twenty20, India were faced with three must-win games against Pakistan, England and South Africa and won all three to make the semi-finals - and the two knockout games as well.

The task at hands seems all the more difficult with the Indians failing to get big partnerships and the bowlers lacking sting and direction against the formidable Australian who have piled on over 900 runs in three matches so far.

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India Vs Australia 3rd ODI Hyderabad, - Result and Highlights

                                                            

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Australia 290 for 7 (Symonds 89, Hayden 60, Clarke 59) beat India 243 (Yuvraj 121, Lee 3-37) by 47 runs  

 

Yuvraj Singh hammered a superb century but failed to stop Australia from posting a 47-run win over India in the third One-Day International on Friday. It wasn't a one-sided drubbing like the Kochi game, but the Australians won all the key moments in the contest to sweep to a 47-run win in Hyderabad. In a series so far punctuated by verbal skirmishes, this match was surprisingly incident-free, but the cricket was often scintillating.

Following a coruscating 67-ball 89 by Andrew Symonds which powered them to 290, Australia survived an equally brilliant 121 by Yuvraj Singh and restricted the Indian run-chase to 243 to concede a 2-0 lead in the seven-match series. The opening match was abandoned due to rain.

 

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India Vs Australia 2nd ODI - Kochi - Result and Highlights

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Australia 306 for 6 (Haddin 87*, Symonds 87, Hayden 75, Sreesanth 3-67) beat India 222 (Dhoni 58, Hogg 3-40) by 84 runs

 

Australia duly claimed the 1-0 lead that they had threatened during Saturday's washed-out series opener, stamping their authority over India. India were brought down to earth after the euphoria of the Twenty20 World Cup triumph by a determined Australia who thrashed the hosts by an emphatic margin of 84 runs in the second One-dayer on Tuesday.

 

With all the rain about, the decision at the toss was always going to be a tricky one but Dhoni's decision to bowl first, having chosen to play two spinners and to leave out a medium-pacer, smacked of a gamble on the weather intervening. Dhoni put the Australians in to bat in the hope of exploiting the wet conditions, but as the sun dried out the pitch and its surrounding area, India's hopes evaporated.

 

In a completely lop-sided encounter, the Australians first recovered from early jolts to post a commanding 306 for six and then bundled out the home team for 222 in 47.3 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the seven-match series.

 

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India Vs Australia 2nd ODI Kochi, India

Unexpected showers in Kochi have put the second one-day international at the Jawaharlal

Nehru Stadium in doubt. The rain made it almost impossible for the ground staff to work on the outfield, which has already sustained an entire monsoon of showers.

 

After the washout in the first match at Bangalore, the second cricket ODI between India and Australia on Tuesday may suffer a similar fate with the rain showing no signs of relenting. It has been raining for the last few days and a heavy shower this morning forced the two teams to abandon their plans for a net practice at the ground which has been left completely soggy.

A sudden shower at 10.50 am today became a 20-minute downpour; locals said a repeat before the start of play would be enough to rule out a match. There were near-perfect blue skies by early evening yet the surface remained soft underfoot and the Met department predicts further rain tomorrow.

 

With the met office predicting more rains on Tuesday, chances of any play being possible tomorrow appear to be very bleak, giving sleepless nights to the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) which is toiling hard to keep the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in good condition for the match.

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