Yesterday, Bangladesh played ODI match against England at County Ground, Nevil Road, Bristol, England. England won the toss and put Bangladesh to bat first.
Tamim Iqbal did not play well as he got out in the first delivery of the sixth over by giving a straight catch to Craig Kieswetter. He returned scoring only 18 runs from 23 deliveries. After the fall of their first wicket, Bangladesh made two good partnership which help the team to go in the positive track. Non-strike opener Imrul Kayes stayed till 43.2 over scoring 76 runs from 111 deliveries. After 50 overs, Bangladesh scored 236 runs in total and lost 7 wickets. Ajmal Shahzad took 3 wickets for England.
England started their chase of 237 runs with the openers Andrew Strauss and Craig Kieswetter. They both opened the innings well and played till England put up a total of 49 runs. At 7.5 over, England lost its first wicket. After this fall, England kept on loosing wickets in regular intervals. Jonathan Trott played one down and he was playing till the fall of England's last wicket. England needed 6 runs from 4 deliveries and has one wicket in hand. But Jonathan Trott got out by giving a clear catch to Jahurul Islam. Hence England lost all its 10 wickets and fell before Bangladesh.
Bangladesh won the match by 5 wickets. Man of the match was chosen as Mashrafe Mortaza.
July 11, 2010
July 9, 2010
Mathematical formula predicts that Spain will win the FIFA World Cup on Sunday
Mathematicians Dr Javier López Peña and Dr Hugo Touchette from Queen Mary, University of London have come up with an new mathematical analysis that predicts the clear favorite for the FIFA World Cup.
These two, who are also the supporters of football, collected the data's regarding ball passing from all the games played in this Football World Cup and have analyzed every teams playing styles. They used an mathematical technique called Graph Theory and have revealed the gaping holes in England's tactics when they played Germany. They have now predicted that Spain will win this FIFA World Cup which will be played against the Netherlands in the finals on Sunday.
They have drawn a network of passes between the players of the entire tournament and have compared it between the teams. They analyzed these networks using Graph theory which gave a clear picture to them to predict.
According to the networks, Spanish players have made a more passes which is almost 40% more than Germany and almost twice the times as Dutch did in this tournament. David Villa who is the highest goal scorer in this tournament has received 37 passes on average per game which is supposed to be a great number of passes received by any other forward from all the teams. On the other hand, Fernando Torres has not scored even a single goal in this tournament so far. Torres has received only 13 passes per match which is very low when compared to Torres. Like this the mathematicians have extracted more number of results which has resulted in prediction that Spain will win this World Cup.
Hmmmmm, this sounds great and very logical to me. Let's wait and watch what happens on Sunday whether Spain will lift the World Cup or Netherlands.
They have drawn a network of passes between the players of the entire tournament and have compared it between the teams. They analyzed these networks using Graph theory which gave a clear picture to them to predict.
According to the networks, Spanish players have made a more passes which is almost 40% more than Germany and almost twice the times as Dutch did in this tournament. David Villa who is the highest goal scorer in this tournament has received 37 passes on average per game which is supposed to be a great number of passes received by any other forward from all the teams. On the other hand, Fernando Torres has not scored even a single goal in this tournament so far. Torres has received only 13 passes per match which is very low when compared to Torres. Like this the mathematicians have extracted more number of results which has resulted in prediction that Spain will win this World Cup.
Hmmmmm, this sounds great and very logical to me. Let's wait and watch what happens on Sunday whether Spain will lift the World Cup or Netherlands.
ODI cricket: Bangladesh vs. England
Yesterday, Bangladesh played a ODI cricket against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first.
Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes opened the batting innings for the Bangladesh team. There was no great partnership which was put up but all the players contributed some runs to their team which helped to put up a good total against the England. Zunaed Siddique and Raqibul Hasan scored half centuries respectively. By 50 overs, Bangladesh managed to score a total of 250 runs loosing 9 wickets with a run rate of 5.00 runs per over. Paul Collingwood bowled very economically but did not take any wicket. James Anderson took 3 wickets with an economy rate of 7.4 runs per over.
England started their chase of 251 runs with the openers Andrew Strauss and Craig Kieswetter. Andrew Strauss got out in the 12th over which was an run out made by Mahmudullah and he returned to the pavilion scoring half century. Ian Bell came into bat where he stayed unbeaten till the end of the innings and scored a magnificent 84 runs. Rest other top order batsmen contributed very good runs to the total which helped to reach their target in 45.1 overs. England by 45.1 overs scored 251 runs loosing 4 wickets and won the match by 6 wickets with 4.5 overs to spare. Shakib Al Hasan was very economical bowler from Bangladesh where he took 2 wickets with an economy rate of just 3.5 runs per over from his 10 overs. Man of the match was chosen as Ian Bell for his unbeaten 84 runs.
July 7, 2010
second Twenty20: Australia vs Pakistan
Pakistan has already won the first Twenty20 match which was played 2 days ago against the Australians. Yesterday, second 20-20 match was played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. Pakistan again in this match won the toss and elected to bat first.
Shahzaib Hasan returned to pavilion without scoring any run in the very first over itself. After the fall their first wicket, rest other players batted well and contributed some runs from their side to the team. This really helped the team to put a decent total against the Aussies. By 20 overs, Pakistan scored 162 runs loosing 9 wickets. Stephen O'Keefe and Dirk Nannes took 3 wickets each.
Australia needed 163 runs to win, this was not at all great score but the bowling attack is very good from Pakistan side. Hence it was an real challenge to chase down the target. Australians played well but some batsmen failed to contribute some runs to their team. By 19.4 overs, Australia lost all its 10 wickets scoring 151 runs in total. Pakistan won the match by 11 runs. Mohammed Aamer took 3 important wickets and also bowled well. Aamer was chosen as the man of the match for his 3 wickets and a magnificent 21 runs from 11 deliveries which helped the team to win the match against the Aussies.
Shahzaib Hasan returned to pavilion without scoring any run in the very first over itself. After the fall their first wicket, rest other players batted well and contributed some runs from their side to the team. This really helped the team to put a decent total against the Aussies. By 20 overs, Pakistan scored 162 runs loosing 9 wickets. Stephen O'Keefe and Dirk Nannes took 3 wickets each.
Australia needed 163 runs to win, this was not at all great score but the bowling attack is very good from Pakistan side. Hence it was an real challenge to chase down the target. Australians played well but some batsmen failed to contribute some runs to their team. By 19.4 overs, Australia lost all its 10 wickets scoring 151 runs in total. Pakistan won the match by 11 runs. Mohammed Aamer took 3 important wickets and also bowled well. Aamer was chosen as the man of the match for his 3 wickets and a magnificent 21 runs from 11 deliveries which helped the team to win the match against the Aussies.
July 6, 2010
Pakistan vs Australia: 1st Twenty20 international
Yesterday Australia and Pakistan played their first Twenty20 cricket match at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. Pakistan won the toss & elected to bat first.
Shahzaib Hasan was out in the very first ball of his batting innings. Salman Butt faced 21 deliveries and scored just 13 runs and then got out in David Hussey's over. Three wickets fell from 6.4 over to 7.4 over. At this point of time, Pakistan had scored 47 runs from 7.4 overs. Shahid Afridi failed to hit big, as he was duck out by getting bowled in the Steven Smith's over. Umar Akmal played magnificently scoring 64 runs from just 31 deliveries which included 7 fours and 3 sixes. This helped Pakistan to put up a decent total against the Australians. After 20 overs, Pakistan scored a total of 167 runs loosing 8 wickets.
Australia needed 168 runs to win the Twenty20 match. Shane Watson did not score a single run as he got out in the last delivery of the first over. Australians kept on loosing wickets in regular intervals. David Warner survived for some time, but there was no good partnership from Australian side. After the fall of their sixth wicket, they started to struggle a lot just to add a run to their total. By 18.4 overs, Australia lost all its 10 wickets and ended up scoring 144 runs in total. Pakistan won the match by 23 runs. Man of the match was Umar Akmal for his magnificent 64 runs from just 31 deliveries.
Shahzaib Hasan was out in the very first ball of his batting innings. Salman Butt faced 21 deliveries and scored just 13 runs and then got out in David Hussey's over. Three wickets fell from 6.4 over to 7.4 over. At this point of time, Pakistan had scored 47 runs from 7.4 overs. Shahid Afridi failed to hit big, as he was duck out by getting bowled in the Steven Smith's over. Umar Akmal played magnificently scoring 64 runs from just 31 deliveries which included 7 fours and 3 sixes. This helped Pakistan to put up a decent total against the Australians. After 20 overs, Pakistan scored a total of 167 runs loosing 8 wickets.
Australia needed 168 runs to win the Twenty20 match. Shane Watson did not score a single run as he got out in the last delivery of the first over. Australians kept on loosing wickets in regular intervals. David Warner survived for some time, but there was no good partnership from Australian side. After the fall of their sixth wicket, they started to struggle a lot just to add a run to their total. By 18.4 overs, Australia lost all its 10 wickets and ended up scoring 144 runs in total. Pakistan won the match by 23 runs. Man of the match was Umar Akmal for his magnificent 64 runs from just 31 deliveries.
July 4, 2010
Final ODI between England and Australia
Yesterday, Australia played their last ODI match of the tour against England at Lord's, London. England had already won the series by winning the first 3 matches. Australia won the toss and elected to bat first.
As usual, Shane Watson was out did not stay long in the pitch as he was dismissed in the 5th delivery of the 9th over. Australians were loosing wickets in regular fashion, no survived to hit a big score, but everyone contributed a very good runs which helped them to put up a good total at the end. Tim Paine, Michael Hussey and Shaun Marsh scored half centuries which really helped Australia. By 50 overs, Australia scored a total score of 277 runs loosing 7 wickets.
England right from the start kept on loosing wickets, Except Paul Collingwood no one survived for long period. Except him, no other top order batsmen bat well yesterday. In the end there was some good partnerships in the lower orders but that did not help England to win the match as they lost all their wickets in 46.3 overs. England had scored 235 runs and lost all its 10 wickets. Australia won the match by 42 runs. Paul Collingwood scored 95 runs from 121 deliveries which included 7 fours and 2 sixes. Shaun Tait was picked as the man of the match for his brilliant bowling where he took 4 important wickets. Although Australia won the lost 2 matches, England was the winner of the series by 3-2. Man of the series was Eion Morgan for his brilliant batting throughout the series.
As usual, Shane Watson was out did not stay long in the pitch as he was dismissed in the 5th delivery of the 9th over. Australians were loosing wickets in regular fashion, no survived to hit a big score, but everyone contributed a very good runs which helped them to put up a good total at the end. Tim Paine, Michael Hussey and Shaun Marsh scored half centuries which really helped Australia. By 50 overs, Australia scored a total score of 277 runs loosing 7 wickets.
England right from the start kept on loosing wickets, Except Paul Collingwood no one survived for long period. Except him, no other top order batsmen bat well yesterday. In the end there was some good partnerships in the lower orders but that did not help England to win the match as they lost all their wickets in 46.3 overs. England had scored 235 runs and lost all its 10 wickets. Australia won the match by 42 runs. Paul Collingwood scored 95 runs from 121 deliveries which included 7 fours and 2 sixes. Shaun Tait was picked as the man of the match for his brilliant bowling where he took 4 important wickets. Although Australia won the lost 2 matches, England was the winner of the series by 3-2. Man of the series was Eion Morgan for his brilliant batting throughout the series.
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