25th June, 1983 Indian Cricket History

On this Day: 25th June, Saturday 1983 - India beat West Indies by 43
runs at Lords & become the World Champions of 1983.

Bangladesh-Zimbabwe-South Africa tournament analysis.

Bangladesh-Zimbabwe-South Africa tournament analysis.

Positives for Bangladesh Team:
* Mahmudullah Riyad's all round performance. Riyad has scored more
than hundred runs this series and picked up wickets as well.
* The return of Mohammad
Ashraful. After a long time we've got to see our old Ashraful.
Ashraful was the highest scorer for Bangladesh in this tournament.
* Elias Sunny and Mashrafe
Mortaza bowled beautifully.
* Mushfiqur Rahim was consistent throughout, young talents like Ziuar
have impressed.

Zimbabwe beat South Africa in the final by 9 wkt.

June 24, 2012:
# South Africa: 146/6 (20 overs).
F du Plessis 66(57b 4x4 & 6x1)
JA Morkel * 34(23b 4x3 & 6x1)
* KM Jarvis 4-0-22-2

# Zimbabwe: 150/1 (17.1 overs).
H Masakadza * 58(50b 4x6 &
6x2)
BRM Taylor * 59(41b 4x6 & 6x1)

=> Zimbabwe won the Tri nation cup Final.

South Africa beat Zimbabwe by 6 wickets & reached Final.

Zimbabwe Vs South Africa,
Twenty20 Triangular Series.
# Zimbabwe: 124/6 (20 overs)
Masakadza 36runs (30balls), Matsikenyeri 22 (29), Cremer not out 36 (27).
* W Parnell 16/3, Morkel 8/1, Morris 26/1, Peterson 17/1.

# South Africa: 130/4 (17.4 overs).
Rechard Levi 54 (30), Ontong 24 (32), Behardien not out 19 (27).
* Mpofu 10/1, Jarvis 17/1, Waller 3/1.

=> Bangladesh are out of the series. Final will played between
Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Argentina beat Brazil by 4-3 goals. Messi's Hattrick.

Argentina beat Brazil by 4-3 goals in an international friendly soccer
match in East Rutherford, New Jersey , June 9, 2012. And Messi scored
Hattrick.
Scorers:
ARG(a) BRA(b):
Borges Romulo (23')b
Lionel Messi (31')a
Lionel Messi (34')a
dos Santos Oscar (56')b
Hulk (72')b
Federico Fernandez (76')a
Lionel Messi (85')

Maria Sharapova wins the French Open title

Russia's Maria Sharapova wins the French Open title for the first
time. She beats Sara Errani by 6-3, 6-2 to claim the Roland Garros
title.

Shakib Al Hasan will not go to Zimbabwe.

Today BCB accepted Shakib Al Hasan's application of taking rest. So,
he will not go to Zimbabwe to play the triangular series.
Another news is Shakib will not play in IPL 6 due to Zimbabwe tour.
He'll lose 3.17 crore.

South African Cricketer of the Year.

South African Cricketer of the Year:
Major Awards:
* RSA Cricketer of the Year : V Philander
* ODI Cricketer of the Year: AB de Villiers
* RSA Player's Player Award: AB de Villiers
* Fans Cricketer of the Year: V Philander
* KFC So Good Award: Richard Levi
* Sunfoil Test Cricketer of the Year: V Philander
* T20I Cricketr of the Year: Richard Levi
* Domestic Player's Player of the Year: F du Plessis
* Newcomer of the year : Marchant de Lange.

Maria Sharapova beat Petra Kvitova and reached Final.

ROLAND GAROS:
Maria Sharapova beat Petra Kvitova by 6-3, 6-3 and reached inthe final
for the 1st time.
Maria Sharapova also reached in the top of the ranking.

Goal.com's Top 10 players of European championship ever.

Goal.com's Top 10 players of European championship ever:

10. Xavi (spain)
9. Peter Schemeichel (Denmark)
8. Paolo Maldini(Italy)
7. Dino joff (Italy)
6. Gunter Netjer (Germany)
5. Dragan Dzagic (Yogoslavia)
4. Zinedine Zidane (France)
3. Franz Beckenbauer(Ger many)
2. Marco Van Basten (Holland)
1. Michel Platini (France)

Gayle returned to West Indies squad.

Gayle is back national team after 15 months left.
Chris Gayle was formally recalled to the West Indies ODI squad for the
forthcoming series against England, starting in Southampton on June
16.

¤ West Indies' ODI squad:
Darren Sammy (captain), Chris Gayle, Johnson Charles, Lendl Simmons,
Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh
Ramdin (wk), Dwayne Smith, Andre Russell, Tino Best, Fidel Edwards,
Ravi Rampaul, Sunil Narine.

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 23 runs

Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20.
# Pakistan: 122/6 (20 Overs).
Afridi not out 52, Malik 27, Hafeez 24
* Kulasekara 13/2, Lokuarachchi 31/2, Perera 31/1

# Sri Lanka: 99/10 (20 Overs).
Kapugedera 19, Thirimanne 18, Dilshan 18, Chandimal 12.
* Sami 16/3, Afridi 17/2, Arafat 18/3, Tanvir 15/1, Ajmal 20/1.

=T20 series finished at 1-1

Yesterday's Football Match Result (03/06/2012).

Yesterday's Football Match Result (03/06/2012).

¤World Cup Qualifying :

# Argentina 4-0 Ecuador
[ Sergio Aguero 19' (Angel Di Maria assist)
Gonzalo Higuain 29' (Lionel Messi assist)
Lionel Messi 31' (Gonzalo Higuain assist)
Angel Di Maria 75' (Jose Sosa assist) ]
# Uruguay 1-1 Venezuela
# Bolivia 0-2 Chile

¤ International Friendly:
# Netherlands 6-0 Northern Ireland
# Portugal 1-3 Turkey
[ Umut Bulut 35', Umut Bulut 52', Nani 57', Pepe 88'
* Cristiano Ronaldo missed penalty ]
# England 1-0 Belgium
# Luxembourg 0-2 Malta
# Poland 4-0 Andorra
# Denmark 2-0 Australia
# Norway 1-1 Croatia
# El Salvador 0-3 Honduras

¤ World Cup Qualifying - CAF:
# Ivory Coast 2-0 Tanzania
# Kenya 0-0 Malawi
# Central African Republic 2-0 Botswana
# Cameroon 1-0 Congo DR
# Sierra Leone 2-1 Cape Verde Islands
# Gambia 1-1 Morocco
# Tunisia 3-1 Equatorial Guinea
# Sudan 2-0 Zambia Burkina
# Faso 0-0 Congo
# Senegal 3-1 Liberia
# Algeria 4-0 Rwanda

¤World Cup Qualifying - OFC:
# Vanuatu 5-0 Samoa

ICC takes New rules in Cricket.

ICC Cricket Committee has recommended some new rules in Cricket.
And the decision regarding their implementation will be taken only
when ICC meets at Kuala Lampur for its annual meeting at end of this
month.
# Recommendations are:

- Only 4 fielders can be allowed outside half-circle in Non-Power Play
Overs. Currently 5 fielders can stay outside.
- A bowler can be allowed to bowl at least 2 bouncers in an over of
ODI Cricket. Currently bowler can bowl 1 bouncer in an over.
- Day or Night Tests in bilateral series can be played if both the
countries get agreed to terms.