World cup 2007 has thrown up plenty of surprises and the weird thing is that most of these things have been associated with the off field things connected with the game. The so called minnows upsetting the big teams have always been a feature of world cups, but this time it was not only upsets which were causes by minnows but they seem to be on a giant killing spree. If you are a serous cricket fan and have been following the cricket world cup updates regularly, you will surely be acquainted with the latest which is happening in the West Indies. Many fans are disappointed that their favorite teams are out of the championship, but nonetheless they keep in tune with the latest though the cricket world cup updates. For them it is not only about their team playing, but about the game of cricket.
In countries of the world, where the game is followed there is no dearth for fans about the source through which they can come to know about the latest cricket updates. For many fans that live in countries with different time zones then the West Indies, catching up with the live telecast for the matches on television may not be an easy thing to do. However they do not have to worry as they will have easy access to all other sources of latest cricket world cup updates from different medium. Newspapers are the easiest source to get all the information about happening in the cricket world. In fact most newspapers in countries where cricket is followed have a special page or column that talks about the latest cricket world cup updates.
The web is another source through which one can get to know about the latest cricket world cup updates. This is a perfect medium for those fans that are crazy about the game, but do not have enough time to see the live telecast and read the newspapers every time. All they need is an internet enabled computer which will help them to stay updated with the latest cricket world cup updates and help them to know what is happening. It is not that through cricket world cup updates fans can only come to know about the results of the matches that are being played or have been played, but also about all the aspects that is happening on the field of cricket. Fans simply want to be updated about everything that is happening during the world cup.
The competition is heating up in the world cup and it is just a matter of few games before the winners of the 2007 world cup will be known to everyone. This makes watching and knowing the latest cricket world cup updates all the more interesting for fans. Well which fan would not like to know about the winners and also know about anything else that is taking place on the field? Fans must make sure that the medium through which they have access to different types of news must be a reliable source so that they are not bombarded with just any type of news instead of news and cricket world cup updates that are genuine and really matters to fans.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Monday, April 9, 2007
Wicket Keeping Success Tips
The wicket keeper is an essential and key part of the cricket team. Every team needs a reliable wicket keeper. As well as taking catches, stumping the batsmen and taking run outs, the wicket keeper is one of the team’s most important players: motivating and inspiring the bowlers and fielders to raise their game and WIN.
To be a wicket keeper you need fast reactions and precise judgement as you have very little time to react to such things as fast deliveries especially if there are changes and deviations in the balls line due to variations in swing, movement off the pitch and edges.You need to be alert and have high levels of concentration. Like a top batsmen you want to be able to ‘switch on and off’ your concentration between deliveries and overs to avoid getting mentally tired, as it’s impossible to fully concentrate non-stop for hours at a time.
High levels of fitness and flexibility are also very important for a wicket keeper as it can be very tiring because you are effectively doing hundreds of squats and diving around the field. So stay fit, warm up and down and stretch thoroughly to remain in peak condition and avoid injury.Equipment for wicket keeping-Wicket keeping gloves (and inner gloves),-Box,-Wicket keeping pads,-Helmet.Basic technique: Wicket keeping stanceYou can stand up to spin bowlers and slower paced bowlers. The wicket keepers stance is quite straight forward, you need to stand about one step behind the stumps, making sure no part of your body or equipment is in front of the line of the stumps.Crouch down with your left foot (reverse for left hand batsmen) inline with middle stump, therefore on you are crouched a little on off side.
Try to keep your head still and eyes level during the delivery to help you judge the pace and line. You should be balanced and relaxed with your weight slightly forward on the balls of your feet. Be alert and ready to react to the delivery.Catching the ballWhen you are catching the ball, aim to get your head/eyes above the line of the ball and your body behind the line of the ball. As the ball rises from the pitch, rise from the crouching position with the ball, so you mirror the height of the ball. Watch the ball into your hands and catch it with your fingers pointing downwards. You’ll need to cushion the impact of the ball hitting your gloves when catching by ‘giving’ with your hands. If the ball continues to rise as it reaches you, step with your outside foot backwards and across, rotating your body outwards, taking the ball on one side of the body. To catch a ball delivered on the off side or leg side, move your feet and body across immediately to get your head back into line with the delivery. (Move the outside foot first and follow with the inside.)
Rise with the ball as discussed above and ‘give’ with hands to reduce the impact.If you are standing back which you should be to medium and fast bowlers take your stance as discussed above, however stand in a position so that the ball is taken once it begins to drop.Sometimes you may have to dive to take wide deliveries or thick edges, always try to take the ball in two hands if possible, roll after the dive if you can to reduce the impact of landing and changes of injury.StumpingYou can attemp a stumping if the batsman is out of the crease after you have caught the delivery. Once you’ve taken the ball move your body weight towards stumps and move hands fast to break the wickets.
To be a wicket keeper you need fast reactions and precise judgement as you have very little time to react to such things as fast deliveries especially if there are changes and deviations in the balls line due to variations in swing, movement off the pitch and edges.You need to be alert and have high levels of concentration. Like a top batsmen you want to be able to ‘switch on and off’ your concentration between deliveries and overs to avoid getting mentally tired, as it’s impossible to fully concentrate non-stop for hours at a time.
High levels of fitness and flexibility are also very important for a wicket keeper as it can be very tiring because you are effectively doing hundreds of squats and diving around the field. So stay fit, warm up and down and stretch thoroughly to remain in peak condition and avoid injury.Equipment for wicket keeping-Wicket keeping gloves (and inner gloves),-Box,-Wicket keeping pads,-Helmet.Basic technique: Wicket keeping stanceYou can stand up to spin bowlers and slower paced bowlers. The wicket keepers stance is quite straight forward, you need to stand about one step behind the stumps, making sure no part of your body or equipment is in front of the line of the stumps.Crouch down with your left foot (reverse for left hand batsmen) inline with middle stump, therefore on you are crouched a little on off side.
Try to keep your head still and eyes level during the delivery to help you judge the pace and line. You should be balanced and relaxed with your weight slightly forward on the balls of your feet. Be alert and ready to react to the delivery.Catching the ballWhen you are catching the ball, aim to get your head/eyes above the line of the ball and your body behind the line of the ball. As the ball rises from the pitch, rise from the crouching position with the ball, so you mirror the height of the ball. Watch the ball into your hands and catch it with your fingers pointing downwards. You’ll need to cushion the impact of the ball hitting your gloves when catching by ‘giving’ with your hands. If the ball continues to rise as it reaches you, step with your outside foot backwards and across, rotating your body outwards, taking the ball on one side of the body. To catch a ball delivered on the off side or leg side, move your feet and body across immediately to get your head back into line with the delivery. (Move the outside foot first and follow with the inside.)
Rise with the ball as discussed above and ‘give’ with hands to reduce the impact.If you are standing back which you should be to medium and fast bowlers take your stance as discussed above, however stand in a position so that the ball is taken once it begins to drop.Sometimes you may have to dive to take wide deliveries or thick edges, always try to take the ball in two hands if possible, roll after the dive if you can to reduce the impact of landing and changes of injury.StumpingYou can attemp a stumping if the batsman is out of the crease after you have caught the delivery. Once you’ve taken the ball move your body weight towards stumps and move hands fast to break the wickets.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
England cricket team
The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
The sport of cricket evolved in England, and England is a founding Test cricket, One-day International and Twenty20 nation. England played in the first ever Test match in 1877 (against Australia in Melbourne) and also the first ever One-day International in 1971 (also against Australia in Melbourne).
Performances
England has traditionally been one of the stronger teams in international cricket, fielding a competitive side for most of cricket's history. After Australia won The Ashes for the first time in 1881-82 England had to fight with them for primacy and one of the fiercest rivalries in sport dominated the cricket world for seventy years. In 1963 this duopoly of cricket dominance began to fall away with the emergence of a strong West Indies team.
England failed to win a series against the West Indies between 1969 and 2000. England similarly failed to compete with Australia for a long period and the The Ashes stayed in Australian hands between 1989 and 2005. England struggled against other nations over this period as well and after a series loss to New Zealand in 1999 they were ranked at the bottom of the ICC Test cricket ratings. From 2000, English cricket had a resurgence and England reached the final of the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004 and regained The Ashes in 2005. The team is currently ranked second behind Australia in the Test rankings, but One Day performances have been very poor with England falling to 8th place in the ICC rankings.
In the 2006/07 tour of Australia The Ashes were lost in a 0-5 "whitewash" (see 2006-07 Ashes series) but England did succeed in clinching victory in the Commonwealth bank ODI Tri-series against Australia and New Zealand. The loss of The Ashes prompted the announcement by the England and Wales Cricket Board of an official review of English cricket amid much criticism from the media, former players and fans.
Eligibility of players
The England cricket team represents England and Wales. However, under ICC regulations[3], players can qualify to play for a country by nationality, place of birth or residence, so (as with any national sports team) some people are eligible to play for more than one team.
ECB regulations[4] state that to play for England, a player must be a British or Irish citizen, and have either been born in England or Wales, or have lived in England or Wales for the last four years. This has led to players of many other nationalities becoming eligible to play for England. England have been captained by a Scot, Mike Denness, and three South Africans, Tony Greig, Allan Lamb and Andrew Strauss. The South African cape coloured, Basil D'Oliveira, famously played for England during the apartheid era. In recent times Graeme Hick (Zimbabwe); Andrew Caddick (New Zealand); Geraint Jones (Australia via Papua New Guinea); and Kevin Pietersen (South Africa) have all played for England. Some players have played for another (non Test-playing) country as well as England, for example Gavin Hamilton who played for Scotland in the 1999 World Cup and later played one Test match for England, while Ed Joyce played for Ireland in the ICC Trophy before making his England ODI debut in June 2006 against his former team.
The sport of cricket evolved in England, and England is a founding Test cricket, One-day International and Twenty20 nation. England played in the first ever Test match in 1877 (against Australia in Melbourne) and also the first ever One-day International in 1971 (also against Australia in Melbourne).
Performances
England has traditionally been one of the stronger teams in international cricket, fielding a competitive side for most of cricket's history. After Australia won The Ashes for the first time in 1881-82 England had to fight with them for primacy and one of the fiercest rivalries in sport dominated the cricket world for seventy years. In 1963 this duopoly of cricket dominance began to fall away with the emergence of a strong West Indies team.
England failed to win a series against the West Indies between 1969 and 2000. England similarly failed to compete with Australia for a long period and the The Ashes stayed in Australian hands between 1989 and 2005. England struggled against other nations over this period as well and after a series loss to New Zealand in 1999 they were ranked at the bottom of the ICC Test cricket ratings. From 2000, English cricket had a resurgence and England reached the final of the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004 and regained The Ashes in 2005. The team is currently ranked second behind Australia in the Test rankings, but One Day performances have been very poor with England falling to 8th place in the ICC rankings.
In the 2006/07 tour of Australia The Ashes were lost in a 0-5 "whitewash" (see 2006-07 Ashes series) but England did succeed in clinching victory in the Commonwealth bank ODI Tri-series against Australia and New Zealand. The loss of The Ashes prompted the announcement by the England and Wales Cricket Board of an official review of English cricket amid much criticism from the media, former players and fans.
Eligibility of players
The England cricket team represents England and Wales. However, under ICC regulations[3], players can qualify to play for a country by nationality, place of birth or residence, so (as with any national sports team) some people are eligible to play for more than one team.
ECB regulations[4] state that to play for England, a player must be a British or Irish citizen, and have either been born in England or Wales, or have lived in England or Wales for the last four years. This has led to players of many other nationalities becoming eligible to play for England. England have been captained by a Scot, Mike Denness, and three South Africans, Tony Greig, Allan Lamb and Andrew Strauss. The South African cape coloured, Basil D'Oliveira, famously played for England during the apartheid era. In recent times Graeme Hick (Zimbabwe); Andrew Caddick (New Zealand); Geraint Jones (Australia via Papua New Guinea); and Kevin Pietersen (South Africa) have all played for England. Some players have played for another (non Test-playing) country as well as England, for example Gavin Hamilton who played for Scotland in the 1999 World Cup and later played one Test match for England, while Ed Joyce played for Ireland in the ICC Trophy before making his England ODI debut in June 2006 against his former team.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
SERIESMore ICC World Cup 2007
Cricket Australia is the custodian of the game in Australia. It is made up of six member associations:
Cricket New South Wales;
Queensland Cricket;
South Australian Cricket Association;
Tasmanian Cricket Association;
Cricket Victoria; and
Western Australian Cricket Association.
The Australian Capital Territory Cricket Association and the Northern Territory Cricket Association Cricket Association are non-member associations.
Board of DirectorsCricket Australia is governed by 14 Directors appointed by their respective member associations, and managed by a Senior Management Team and approximately 60 full-time staff.
The Chief Executive Officer reports to the Board of Directors.
The state associations appoint the following number of Directors to the Board;
New South Wales - three Directors;
Queensland - two Directors;
South Australia - three Directors;
Tasmania - one Director;
Victoria - three Directors; and
Western Australia - two Directors
The Board of Directors maintains a strategic focus in its governance of the game. However, the responsibility for implementing the strategic plan and managing Cricket Australia's operating activities rests with the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Management Team.
Click here to go to the Board of Directors profile page.
Cricket Australia organisational overviewIn addition to the Executive department, which manages the day-to-day operations of the Chief Executive Officer and Directors, Cricket Australia operates six other departments.
Cricket Marketing Services
Overall role: Drive and consolidate revenue-raising and new business activities for Australian cricket.
Responsibilities:
media rights;
acquiring and servicing commercial partners;
continue to develop the consumer products (licensing) program;
formulating advertising strategies;
market research;
event management for international matches; and
promotions.
Cricket Operations
Overall role: Manage Australian teams at international level, administer the country's premier domestic competitions, the Pura Cup and the ING Cup and oversee all umpiring.
Responsibilities:
all elite-level men's and women's cricket operations, including management of the Australian Test and one-day international teams;
programming for international and domestic cricket, including Australia A;
playing conditions for international and interstate cricket;
pre-tour inspections;
Australian Cricketers' Association relationship management; and
umpiring.
Finance and Business Services
Overall role: Manage Australian cricket's finances and administer its internal operations.
Responsibilities:
financial management of the business behind cricket;
human resources;
information technology infrastructure and service; and
office management.
Game Development
Overall role: Responsible for overseeing all cricket development activity from the game's highest level through to its grassroots.
Responsibilities:
increasing cricket participation across the nation;
fostering club cricket;
co-ordinating world-class development programs for players, coaches and umpires;
contemporary education and training models for coaches, umpires, administrators and curators, designed to better service the game;
national youth championships; and
ICC East Asia Development program.
Legal and Business Affairs
Overall role: Manage the provision of legal services to the organisation and assist with the implementation of various strategic business initiatives.
Responsibilities:
negotiate and draft agreements
review Codes and Policies and assist with player education
oversee the development and management of various special business projects
oversee the implementation of various strategic initiatives involving the use of digital technology
Public Affairs
Overall role: Plan and implement the organisation's strategic communications programs, ensuring that cricket's stakeholders are kept informed about the game.
Responsibilities:
issues management;
media relations;
strategic communications;
publication production;
publicity;
internet management; and
corporate hospitality.Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' AssociationCricket Australia recognises the importance of Australian players' rights to an active independant representative body.Cricket Australia works closely with the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) to ensure the best possible outcome for Australian cricket.
Cricket New South Wales;
Queensland Cricket;
South Australian Cricket Association;
Tasmanian Cricket Association;
Cricket Victoria; and
Western Australian Cricket Association.
The Australian Capital Territory Cricket Association and the Northern Territory Cricket Association Cricket Association are non-member associations.
Board of DirectorsCricket Australia is governed by 14 Directors appointed by their respective member associations, and managed by a Senior Management Team and approximately 60 full-time staff.
The Chief Executive Officer reports to the Board of Directors.
The state associations appoint the following number of Directors to the Board;
New South Wales - three Directors;
Queensland - two Directors;
South Australia - three Directors;
Tasmania - one Director;
Victoria - three Directors; and
Western Australia - two Directors
The Board of Directors maintains a strategic focus in its governance of the game. However, the responsibility for implementing the strategic plan and managing Cricket Australia's operating activities rests with the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Management Team.
Click here to go to the Board of Directors profile page.
Cricket Australia organisational overviewIn addition to the Executive department, which manages the day-to-day operations of the Chief Executive Officer and Directors, Cricket Australia operates six other departments.
Cricket Marketing Services
Overall role: Drive and consolidate revenue-raising and new business activities for Australian cricket.
Responsibilities:
media rights;
acquiring and servicing commercial partners;
continue to develop the consumer products (licensing) program;
formulating advertising strategies;
market research;
event management for international matches; and
promotions.
Cricket Operations
Overall role: Manage Australian teams at international level, administer the country's premier domestic competitions, the Pura Cup and the ING Cup and oversee all umpiring.
Responsibilities:
all elite-level men's and women's cricket operations, including management of the Australian Test and one-day international teams;
programming for international and domestic cricket, including Australia A;
playing conditions for international and interstate cricket;
pre-tour inspections;
Australian Cricketers' Association relationship management; and
umpiring.
Finance and Business Services
Overall role: Manage Australian cricket's finances and administer its internal operations.
Responsibilities:
financial management of the business behind cricket;
human resources;
information technology infrastructure and service; and
office management.
Game Development
Overall role: Responsible for overseeing all cricket development activity from the game's highest level through to its grassroots.
Responsibilities:
increasing cricket participation across the nation;
fostering club cricket;
co-ordinating world-class development programs for players, coaches and umpires;
contemporary education and training models for coaches, umpires, administrators and curators, designed to better service the game;
national youth championships; and
ICC East Asia Development program.
Legal and Business Affairs
Overall role: Manage the provision of legal services to the organisation and assist with the implementation of various strategic business initiatives.
Responsibilities:
negotiate and draft agreements
review Codes and Policies and assist with player education
oversee the development and management of various special business projects
oversee the implementation of various strategic initiatives involving the use of digital technology
Public Affairs
Overall role: Plan and implement the organisation's strategic communications programs, ensuring that cricket's stakeholders are kept informed about the game.
Responsibilities:
issues management;
media relations;
strategic communications;
publication production;
publicity;
internet management; and
corporate hospitality.Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' AssociationCricket Australia recognises the importance of Australian players' rights to an active independant representative body.Cricket Australia works closely with the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) to ensure the best possible outcome for Australian cricket.
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