International Friendly Football matches result (28/5/12)

International Friendly Football matches result (28/5/12):
France 3 - 2 Iceland.
Mexico 2 - 0 Wales.
Albania 1 - 0 Iran.
Tunisia 5 - 1 Rwanda.
Oman 1 - 1 Lebanon

Bangladesh will play 7 T20s with Ireland,Scotland and Netherlands.

Ireland has agreed to play T20s instead of ODIs against us.Earlier
Bangladesh wanted to play 5 ODIs against Ireland,Scotland and
Netherlands in europe.But few days ago Bangladesh proposed Ireland to
play t20 matches rather than ODIs and Ireland also said yes to
it.So,we will play 7 T20s with Ireland,Scotland and Netherlands in
July.In June, Bd will play a tri-nation T20 tournament with Zimbabwe
and South africa.In august, Bd will visit Trinidad to play a T20
tournament with Trinidad & Tobago,Jamaica and Afganstan. Apart from
that,most of the Bd players will play in Srilankan premier league to
be held in August.

DLF IPL-5 2012 AWARDS.

::: DLF IPL 2012 AWARDS :::

# DLF Maximum Sixes Award - Suresh Raina (CSK)
# Karbonn Kamal Catch - Shakib al Hasan (KKR)
# Man of the Match - Manvinder Bisla (KKR)
# Rising Star of the tournament - Mandeep Singh (Kings XI Punjab)
# Orange Cap - Chris Gayle (RCB)
# Purple Cap - Morne Morkel (DD)
# Volks Wagon Power Performance : AB DE Villiers (RCB)
# Fair Play award - Rahul Dravid (Rajhasthan)
# Golden player of the season - Sunil Narine (KKR)

Kolkata won maiden IPL Cup beating Chennai.

27/5/12 IPL-5 Final. KKR vs CHENNAI.
Scorecard:
After won the toss Chennai Super Kings elected to bat first.
# Chennai Super Kings: 190/3 (20 Overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
M Hussey 54 43 4 2 125.58
M Vijay 42 32 4 1 131.25
Suresh Raina 73 38 3 5 192.10
MS Dhoni not out 14 9 2 0 155.55
* Shakib Al Hasan 25/1, J Kallis 34/1, R Bhatia 23/1.

# Kolkata Knight Riders: 192/5 (19.4 overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
MS Bisla 89 48 8 5 185.41
Gautam Gambhir 2 4 0 0 50.00
J Kallis 69 49 7 1 140.81
L Shukla 3 6 0 0 50.00
Yusuf Pathan 1 2 0 0 50.00
Shakib Al Hasan not out 11 7 1 0 157.14
M Tiwary not out 9 3 2 0 300.00
* Hilfenhaus 25/2, A Morkel 38/1, R Ashwin 41/1, D Bravo 49/1.

=> Man of the match: M Bisla for his wonderfull innings.
=> => Player of the series S Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders).

Top 10 most precious players of this transfer market.

Top 10 most precious players of this transfer market:
(transfermarket.co.uk):

1. Lionel Messi (Striker)
Value: 100 million Euros

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Striker)
Value: 90 million Euros

3. Andrés Iniesta (Midfield)
Value: 65 million Euros

4. Wayne Rooney (Striker)
Value: 65 million Euros

5. Cesc Fàbregas (Midfield)
Value: 55 million Euros

6. Kun Agüero (Striker)
Value: 47 million Euros

7. David Silva (Midfield)
Value: 46 million Euros

8. Robin van Persie (Striker)
Value: 45 million Euros

9. Franck Ribéry (Midfield)
Value: 42 million Euros

10. Mario Gomez (Striker)
Value: 42 million Euros

Chennai moves to Final beating Delhi by 86 runs.

2nd Qualifying Match, IPL-5
Delhi Daredevils won toss and elected to field.
# Chennai Super Kings: 222/5 (20 overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
M Vijay 113 (58) 15 4 194.83
M Hussey 20 (22) 2 0 90.91
S Raina 27 (17) 3 1 158.82
MS Dhoni 23 (10) 1 2 230
D Bravo not out 33 (12) 3 2 275
* Umesh Yadav 27/1, Aaron 63/2, P Negi 33/1.

# Delhi Daredevils: 136/10 (16.5 overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
Jayawardene 55 (38) 4 2 144.74
Taylor 24 (14) 1 2 171.43
A Russell 16 (11) 2 0 145.45
* Hilfenhaus 17/1, A Morkel 28/1, Jakati 40/2, R Ashwin 23/3, D Bravo 24/1.

=> Man Of The Match: M Vijay for his 2nd hundred in IPL.

Pakistan players received their outstanding money.

At last Pakistan players have finally received their outstanding dues
from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), after a legal action threat
issued by the Federation of International Cricketers Association
(FICA) to the BCB over non- payment of dues.
FICA chief executive Tim May had sent a letter to BCB president
Mustafa Kamal a few days ago, asking him to clear the dues of all
overseas and local players who took part in the BPL within five days
or face legal action.

Kevin Pietersen has been fined for Twitter comments.

Kevin Pietersen has been fined an undisclosed sum for comments he made
on Twitter about Nick Knight following a disciplinary hearing
involving Hugh Morris, the managing director of England cricket, and
team director Andy Flower.
He tweeted: "Can somebody please tell me how Nick Knight has worked
his way into the commentary box for the Tests?"

Europe's Best 5 Clubs.

Europe's Best 5 Clubs:
1 FC Barcelona
2 Manchester United
3 Chelsea
4 FC Bayern München
5 Real Madrid

Chennai beat Mumbai by 38 runs.

IPL-5 2012
Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
# Chennai Super Kings: 187/5 (20 overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
M Hussey 49 39 8 1 125.64
S Badrinath 47 39 6 1 120.51
MS Dhoni not out 51 20 6 2 255.00
D Bravo not out 33 14 3 2 235.71
* Kulkarni 46/3, Pollard 26/1, Franklin 12/1.

# Mumbai Indians: 149/9 (20 overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
Sachin Tendulkar 11 11 2 0 100.00
D Smith 38 22 5 2 172.72
Rohit Sharma 14 19 0 0 73.68
James Franklin 13 13 0 1 100.00
A Rayudu 11 7 2 0 157.14
K Pollard 16 19 1 1 84.21
S Malinga 17 16 1 1 106.25
Kulkarni not out 10 5 2 0 200.00
* Morkel 31/2, D Bravo 10/2, Jakati 25/1, Hilfenhaus 45/1, R Ashwin
18/1, Jadeja 15/1.

=> Man of the match: MS Dhoni.

Bad weather in bangalore.

IPL-5 2012
Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings.
It has started drizzling now in bangalore.
Weather report: Wednesday Evening Temperature: 30°C
A mix of cloudy and clear skies. Slight chance of a thunderstorm.
If its washed off Mumbai will get into the qualifier because of more points.

Kolkata Qualify into the Finals, beating Delhi by 18 runs.

IPL 5: Qualifier 1:
Delhi Vs Kolkata.
# Kolkata Knight Riders: 162/4 (20 overs).
B McCullum 31runs (36balls), Gautam Gambhir 32 (16), Kallis 30 (33),
Yusuf Pathan not out 40 (21), Shukla not out 24 (11).
* Irphan Pathan 20/1, Umesh Yadav 37/1, P Negi 18/1.

# Delhi Daredevils: 144/8 (20 overs).
Naman Ojha 28runs (28balls), Jayawardene 40 (33), P Negi 14 (11).
* L Balaji 11/1, Shakib Al Hasan 36/1, Kallis 24/2, S Narine 24/2,
Iqbal Abdulla 24/1, R Bhatia 16/1.

=> Man of the Match: Yusuf Pathan.
=> KKR IN FINAL.. DD in Qualifier 2.

Slovenia & Slovakia's National Cricket Team Squad.

Slovenia national cricket team:
* Mark Oman (Captain)
* Damir Alidžanovič
* Urban Blaznik
* Rok Bohinc
* Grega Bohinc
* Domen Bohinc
* Robert Crawford
* Brad Eve
* Tom Furness (Vice Captain)
* Egon Jakofčič
* Lalantha Karunatilake
* Simon Kaučič
* Nejc Zupan.

# Slovakia national cricket team:
* Vladimír Chudáčik
* Ľudovít Vachút
* Juraj Juríček
* Róbert Bennár
* Tibor Lenčéš
* Martin Hambalek
* Jozef Juríček
* Jaroslav Franta
* Michal Bogády
* Ľuboš Petrovský
* Ján Somorovský
* Filip Matušica
* Jozef Kaduc
* Kristián Matušica
* Michal Lencés
* Ivan Juríček
* Juraj Franta
* Roman Múčka
* Tomáš Turanec
* Martin Popelka

England v West Indies, 1st Test, Day-3

England v West Indies, 1st Test, Day-3
West Indies 1st Innings: 243/10 in 89.5 overs.
England 1st Innings: 398/10 in 113.3 overs.
West Indies 2nd Innings: 120/4 in 50.0 overs.
- West Indies trail by 35 runs.

Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan by 10 wickets.

Match 72, IPL-5 2012
# Rajasthan Royals: 162/6 (20 overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
Ajinkya Rahane 13 (15) 2 0 76.47
Shane Watson 45 (36) 4 2 125
S Binny 30 (17) 3 2 176.47
Owais Shah not out 28 (24) 1 1 116.67
Ashok Menaria 21 (20) 1 1 105
* Kulkarni 18/3, S Malinga 32/1, Pollard 29/1.

# Mumbai Indians: 163/0 (18 overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
Sachin Tendulkar not out 58 (51) 6 0 113.73
Dwayne Smith not out 87 (58) 10 3 150

=> Man of the Match: Dwayne Smith.
= All in all, a easy win for Mumbai going into the qualifiers. They
will take on Chennai in the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on May
23rd.

Deccan Chargers beat Bangalore by 9 runs.

Match 71, IPL-5 2012
# Deccan Chargers: 132/7 (20 overs).
JP Duminy 74runs (53balls), P Patel 16 (21).
* Vinay Kumar 22/3, Zaheer Khan 30/2, P Parameswaran 12/1, M Muralitharan 30/1.

# Royal Challengers Bangalore: 123/9 (20 overs).
Chris Gayle 27runs (10balls), Virat Kohli 42 (40), S Tiwary 30 (27).
* Dale Steyn 8/3, A Mishra 26/2, Ashish Reddy 25/3, Pratap Singh 26/1.

= Now Bangalore out of the tournament. Mumbai will face CSK in Bangalore.

Chelsea win the 1ST time ever UEFA Champions League on penalties.

Bayern Munich 1-1 Chelsea (aet, 3-4 on penalties): Blues crowned kings
of Europe for first time after thrilling shoot-out in Bavaria.
Mullar 83'
Didier Drogba 88'

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Pune by 34 runs.

Match 70, IPL-5 2012
=> Man of The Match: Shakib Al Hassan.
# Kolkata Knight Riders: 136/4 (20 overs).
B McCullum 41runs (43balls), Shakib Al Hasan 42 (30), Yusuf Pathan not
out 15 (10).
* W Parnell 18/2, B Kumar 23/1, M Clarke 27/1.

# Pune Warriors India: 102/8 (20 overs).
J Ryder 22runs (24balls), M Clarke 13 (18), Majumdar 17 (22), Ferguson 12 (18).
* Shakib Al Hasan 18/2, L Balaji 20/1, Y Pathan 12/2, R Bhatia 14/1,
Iqbal Abdulla 20/1, S Narine 15/1.
=With this win Kolkata became number 2 in ranking, Delhi at the Top.

Delhi Daredevils beat Punjab by 6 wickets.

Match 69, IPL-5 2012
# Kings XI Punjab: 141/8 (20 overs).
Chitnis 38runs (32balls), Azhar Mahmood 36 (38), Gurkeerat Singh 26 (11).
* M Morkel 20/4, Umesh Yadav 19/3, Russell 51/1.

# Delhi Daredevils: 145/4 (18.2 overs).
David Warner 79runs (44balls), Venugopal Rao not out 21 (19).
* Harris 19/2, Azhar Mahmood 23/2.

= Kings XI Punjab knocked out of IPL-5.

Deccan Chargers beat Rajasthan by 5 wickets.

Match 68, IPL-5 2012
# Rajasthan Royals: 126/8 (20 overs).
Rahul Dravid 39runs (36balls), O Shah 28 (32), A Menaria 20 (17).
* Dale Steyn 16/2, Gony 26/1, Pratap Singh 31/2, A Mishra 20/2.

# Deccan Chargers: 128/5 (18.4 overs).
Reddy 42runs (35balls), S Dhawan 26 (24), JP Duminy 24 (31).
* Chandila 20/1, J Botha 30/1, Trivedi 20/2, Binny 8/1.

=RR out of the playoffs though they finished with the top fair play tables.

BCB announce 27 member's primary squad for Zim Tour.

BCB announce 27 member's primary squad for Zim Tour where Shouvo and
Nafees again left out.
Squads:
Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Jahurul
Islam, Nazimuddin, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Masrafe Bin Mortaza,
Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Nazmul Hossain, Elias Sunny, Shahadat
Hossain, Mohammad Ashraful, Zunaed Siddique, Naeem Islam, Alok Kopali,
Shuvogata Hom, Farhad Reza, Enamul Haque, Anamul Haque, Abul Hasan,
Muminul Hoque, Al Amin, Alauddin Babu, Ziaur Rahman.

IPL-5 Points Table (18/5/2012).

IPL-5 Points Table (18/5/2012):
Rank- Played- Win- Lost- No Result- Points- Net Run Rate:
1) Delhi Daredevils 15 10 5 0 20 0.599
2) KKR 15 9 5 1 19 0.478
3) Mumbai Indians 15 9 6 0 18 -0.16
4) Chennai Super Kings 16 8 7 1 17 0.1
5) RCB 15 8 6 1 17 0.01
6) Kings XI Punjab 15 8 7 0 16 -0.172
7) Rajasthan Royals 14 7 7 0 14 0.335
8) Pune Warriors 15 4 11 0 8 -0.477
9) Deccan Chargers 14 2 11 1 5 -0.68

=> If RCB or Punjab any one will win their last match, then Chennai
OUT! If RCB win, Punjab out same as if Punjab win, RCB out. If both
win, Yet RCB will qualify.

Bangalore beat Delhi by 21 runs.

Match 67, IPL-5 2012
# Royal Challengers Bangalore: 215/1 (20 overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
Chris Gayle not out 128 (62) 7 13 206.45
Virat Kohli not out 73 (53) 9 1 137.74
* Aaron 38/1.

# Delhi Daredevils: 194/9 (20 overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
Venugopal Rao 36 (24) 4 1 150
R Taylor 55 (26) 7 2 211.54
A Russell 31 (15) 1 3 206.67

* Zaheer Khan 38/3, Vinay Kumar 35/2, M Muralitharan 44/1, Parameswaran 30/3.

=> Man of the Match: Chris Gayle for his blasting knock.

Kings XI Punjab thrash Chennai by 6 wickets.

Match 66, IPL-5 2012
KXIP won the toss and elected to field.
# Chennai Super Kings: 120/7 (20 overs).
Suresh Raina 17runs (13balls), D Bravo 48 (43).
* P Kumar 18/2, R Harris 24/1, Azhar Mahmood 28/2, P Awana 12/2.

# Kings XI Punjab: 123/4 (16.3 overs).
Adam Gilchrist not out 64runs (46balls), Mandeep Singh 24 (21).
* D Bravo 18/2, Hilfenhaus 20/1, Morkel 28/1.

Life time ban for KKR Owner Shahrukh Khan at the Wankhede

Life time ban for Kolkata Knight Riders Owner Shahrukh Khan at the
Wankhede stadium, Mumbai. He misbehaved with the security guards and
used some abusive language. The members tried to pacify him but he was
not in a mood to listen to anyone.

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai by 32 runs.

Match 65, IPL-5 2012
Kolkata won 2 matches out of 10 matches played against Mumbai in all IPL.

# Kolkata Knight Riders: 140/7 (20 overs).
Gautam Gambhir 27runs (23balls), M Tiwary 41 (43), Shakib Al Hasan 13
(12), Yusuf Pathan not out 21 (21).
* RP Singh 33/2, M Patel 17/1, SL Malinga 32/1, K Pollard 20/1, DR Smith 8/1.

# Mumbai Indians: 108/10 (19.1 overs).
H Gibbs 13runs (24balls), Sachin Tendulkar 27 (24), D Karthik 21 (26),
Rohit Sharma 12 (14), A Rayudu 11 (8), K Pollard 8 (5), D Smith 0 (1),
Harbhajan Singh 1 (2), S Malinga 8 (6), RP Singh 3 (5), Munaf Patel
not out 0 (0).
* Sunil Narine 15/4, L Balaji 11/2, Shakib Al Hasan 25/1, Iqbal
Abdulla 23/1, J Kallis 32/2.

=> Man of the Match: Sunil Narine for his match winning bowling performances.

Gayle Longest Sixes List.

Gayle Longest Sixes List:
1st Six: (112 m) against India in T20 World Cup 2010.
2nd Six: (112 m) against NSW in Champions T20 League 2011
3rd Six: (104 m) vs Brett lee in T20 World cup 2009
4th Six: (105 m) vs Brett Lee in T20 World cup 2009
5th Six: (101 m) vs Brett Lee in T20 World cup 2009
6th Six: (101 m) against NSW in Champions T20 League 2011
7th Six: (114 m) against Newzealand
8th Six: (116 m) against Bangladesh
9th Six: (100 m) against Kolkatta Knight Riders in IPL 2010
10th Six: (103 m) against NSW in Champions T20 League 2011
11th Six: (109 m) against newzealand Test match.

Anderson named England cricketer of the year for 2011-12.

England fast bowler James Anderson has named England cricketer of the
year for 2011-12. Anderson, third in the ICC world rankings, has risen
to fifth in the list of England's all-time test match wicket-takers
with 258.

Arsenal's team(2003-04) chosen as the Best Team of EPL.

Arsenal's team of 2003-04 have been votes as the Best Team of EPL:

Forwards:
Thierry Henry, Sylvain Wiltord, Nwankwo Kanu, Jeremie Aliadiere,
Dennis Nicolaas Bergkamp

Midfielders:
Robert Pires, Justin Hoyte, Aparecido Gilberto Silva, Eduardo Cesar
Daude Gaspar Edu, Patrick Vieira, Kolo Toure, Fredrik Ljungberg,
Raymond Parlour

Defenders:
Gael Clichy, isan Etame Mayer Lauren, Pascal Cygan, Sol Campbell,
Philippe Senderos, Ashley Cole, Martin Keown

Goalkeepers:
Graham Stack, Jens Lehmann, Rami Shaaban, Stuart James Taylor

IPL governing council has suspended five players.

The IPL governing council has suspended five players named by a sting
operation alleging corruption until an inquiry into the accusations is
conducted.
According to IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla the players are : TP Sudhindra
(Deccan Chargers), Mohnish Mishra (Pune Warriors), Shalabh Srivastava
(Kings XI Punjab), Amit Yadav (Kings XI Punjab) and Abhinav Bali.
India TV, a television channel, showed footage of a player bowling a
big no-ball in a limited-overs match and played a recording of a phone
conversation that it said was of a current IPL player negotiating a
fee for bowling a no-ball. It also had at least three players on
camera allegedly seeking more lucrative deals - including extra money
that would have violated their IPL contracts - with other league
franchises through an undercover reporter posing as a sports agent.

Delhi Daredevils beat Punjab by 5 wickets.

Match 64, IPL-5 2012
# Kings XI Punjab: 136/8 (20 overs).
Mandeep Singh 21runs (12balls), D Hussey not out 40 (35).
* Aaron 19/2, P Negi 24/1, Umesh Yadav 21/3.

# Delhi Daredevils: 140/5 (19 overs).
M Jayawardena not out 56 (49), N Ojha 34 (29).
* P Awana 22/3, Piyush Chawla 33/1.

Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata by 5 wickets.

Match 63, IPL-5 2012
# Kolkata Knight Riders: 158/6 (20 overs).
G Gambhir 62runs (43balls), B McCullum 37 (29), DB Das not out 19 (10).
* Jakati 26/2, Hilfenhaus 26/1, R Ashwin 26/1.

# Chennai Super Kings: 160/5 (20 overs).
M Hussey 56 (39), M Vijay 36 (25), MS Dhoni 28 (21), D Bravo not out 11 (7).
* S Narine 14/2, R Bhatia 33/2.

=> Man of the Match: Michael Hussey.

Mumbai Indians beat Bangalore by 5 wickets.

Match 62, IPL-5 2012
# Royal Challengers Bangalore: 171/6 (20 overs).
T Dilshan 47runs (50balls), S Tiwary 21 (16), Agarwal not out 64 (30).
* Munaf Patel 54/1, RP Singh 23/1, Harbhajan Singh 33/1, K Pollard 20/1.

# Mumbai Indians: 173/5 (19.4 overs).
Dinesh Karthik 16runs (14balls), Ambati Rayudu not out 81 (54), KA
Pollard not out 52 (31).
* Zaheer Khan 34/1, Vinay Kumar 36/1, H Patel 25/1, M Muralitharan 16/1.

Points Table of IPL-5 (14/5/2012).

Points Table of IPL-5 (14/5/2012).
Rank- Played- Won- Lost- No Result -Points- Net Run Rate:
1) Delhi Daredevils 13 9 4 0 18 0.729
2) KKR 13 8 4 1 17 0.431
3) Mumbai Indians 13 8 5 0 16 -0.077
4) Chennai Super Kings 14 7 6 1 15 0.223
5) Bangalore 13 7 5 1 15 -0.058
6) Rajasthan Royals 14 7 7 0 14 0.335
7) Kings XI Punjab 13 7 6 0 14 -0.27
8) Pune Warriors 15 4 11 0 8 -0.477
9) Deccan Chargers 14 2 11 1 5 -0.68

Tri Nation t20 fixture: Bangladesh South Africa Zimbabwe.

Bangladesh South Africa Zimbabwe Tri Nation t20 fixture :
18 June : Ban vs Zim
19 June : Ban vs SA
20 June : Zim vs Sa
21 June : Ban vs Zim
22 june : Ban vs SA
23 June : Zim vs Sa
Final : 24th June.

Kings XI Punjab beat Deccan by 4 wickets.

Match 61, IPL-5 2012
# Deccan Chargers: 190/4 (20 overs).
S Dhawan 71runs (50balls), CL White not out 67 (41), Christian 24 (10).
* Azhar Mahmood 39/2, P Kumar 31/1, Awana 41/1.

# Kings XI Punjab: 194/6 (20 overs).
Mandeep Singh 28runs (20balls), Azhar Mahmood 31 (20), D Hussey not
out 65 (35), Gurkeerat Singh not out 29 (12).
* Dale Steyn 26/2, Christian 31/2, Gony 40/1, Amit Mishra 31/1.

BCCI decided to invite Pak's Sialkot Stallions.

Very Good news for Pak-India cricket relation:
BCCI has decided to invite Pakitstan domestic T20 champion Sialkot
Stallions to champions league 2012.

David Cameron donated a bat signed by Sachin Tendulkar.

British prime minister David Cameron, who considered a bat signed by
Indian cricket icon Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar as one of his 'most
valuable possessions', has donated it to raise money for a cricket
stadium in Rwanda. The bat fetched 3,400 pounds at an auction at the
Lord's to raise funds for the stadium project.

Rajasthan Royals beat Pune by 45 runs.

Match 60, IPL-5 2012
# Rajasthan Royals: 170/4 (20 overs).
Rahul Dravid 21runs (20balls), A Rahane 61 (47), S Watson 58 (31), B
Hodge 14 (14).
* Ashish Nehra 23/3, Mathews 29/1.

# Pune Warriors India: 125/9 (20 overs).
Ferguson 23runs (26balls), Smith 37 (31), A Mathews 23 (19).
* Chandila 13/4, S Watson 19/2, S Tait 25/1, J Botha 25/2.

=> Man of the Match: Chandila for his 1st Hat Trick Of IPL 5.

LAST NIGHT FOOTBALL RESULT.

LAST NIGHT RESULT:

¤ Betis 2-2 Barcelona.

¤ Real Sociedad 1-0 Valencia

¤ Borussia Dortmund 5-2 FC Bayern München.

Asia XI beat World XI by 3 wickets.

World XI vs Asia XI : T20
# World XI: 164/5 (20 overs).
D Smith 69 runs, B Taylor 39.
* Rizwan Cheema 31/2

# Asia XI: 167/7 (18.5 overs).
Sanath Jayasuriya 41 runs, Hiten Patel 39, Nasir 21.

* Tino Best 36/4, Jacob oram 36/3.

Congrats Asia XI.

Chennai beat Delhi by 9 wickets.

Match 59, IPL-5 2012
# Delhi Daredevils: 114/5 (20 overs).
Venugopal Rao 27runs (24balls), Y Nagar not out 43 (47), Irphan Pathan
not out 13 (17).
* Hilfenhaus 27/3, A Morkel 15/1, R Ashwin 17/1.

# Chennai Super Kings: 115/1 (15.2 overs).
M Hussey 38runs (32balls), M Vijay not out 48 (40), Suresh Raina not
out 28 (20).
* Irphan Pathan 15/1.

=> Man of the match: BW Hilfenhaus.

Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata by 27 runs.

Match 58, IPL-5 2012
# Mumbai Indians: 182/1 (20 overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
H Gibbs not out 66 (58) 7 2 113.79
Sachin Tendulkar 2 (2) 0 0 100
Rohit Sharma not out 109 (60) 12 5 181.67

* Shakib Al Hasan 27/1.

# Kolkata Knight Riders: 155/4 (20 overs).
J.Kallis 79 (60) 7 3 131.67
M Tiwary 27 (25) 4 0 108
Yusuf Pathan not out 40 (31) 2 1 129.03

* Munaf Patel 32/1, P Ojha 26/1, Pollard 29/1, D Smith 32/1.

=> Man Of The Match: Rohit Sharma.

Bangalore beat Pune by 35 runs.

Match 57, IPL-5 2012
# Royal Challengers Bangalore: 173/3 (20 overs)
Chris Gayle 57runs (31balls), Dilshan 53 (44).
* Mathews 14/1, Rahul Sharma 31/1.

# Pune Warriors India: 138/9 (20 overs)
Robin Uthappa 38 (23), A.Majumdar 31(26).
* Vinay Kumar 32/3, Zaheer Khan 21/2.

=> With this win RCB got 3rd rank.

New Jersey of Liverpool

New Jersey of Liverpool for next season

Tendulkar to be presented with golden bat & ball.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar to be presented with golden bat and ball by
Mamata Banerjee at Eden Gardens Tomorrow.

Ganguly stepped down as a player

Sourav Ganguly stepped down as a player but however will continue to
be the mentor of the team. Pune owner Subhrata Roy said "Sourav will
be the mentor next season. We rather pushed him to play in IPL 5 as he
is such a fantastic captain''.
Dada scored 261 runs in 13 matches with a strike rate of 100.77 in this IPL.
At this time Pune is standing at number 8 in the ranking.

Ganguly stepped down as a player

Sourav Ganguly stepped down as a player but however will continue to
be the mentor of the team. Pune owner Subhrata Roy said "Sourav will
be the mentor next season. We rather pushed him to play in IPL 5 as he
is such a fantastic captain''.
Dada scored 261 runs in 13 matches with a strike rate of 100.77 in this IPL.
At this time Pune is standing at number 8 in the ranking.

Richardson picked as next chief executive by ICC board.

Dave Richardson, the former South Africa wicketkeeper and
International Cricket Council general manager (cricket), has been
picked by the ICC board to succeed Haroon Lorgat as chief executive.
Richardson will be the first former Test cricketer to occupy this position.

Chennai beat Rajasthan by 4 wickets.

Match 56, IPL-5 2012
CSK won the toss and elected to field first.
# Rajasthan Royals: 126/6 (20 overs).
Hodge 33Runs (28balls), Stuart Binny 27(18).
* Hilfenhaus 8/2, Mahesh 21/2.

# Chennai Super Kings: 127/6 (18 Overs).
Srikkanth Anirudha not out 18 (6), Albie Morkel not out 18 (6), Suresh
Raina 23 (17).
* S Trivedi 18/2.

Bangabandhu Stadium will not use in T20 World Cup 2014.

The Bangabandhu National Stadium will not be used for any match of the
T20 World Cup 2014. State minister for sports Ahad Ali Sarkar
confirmed it in a press conference at the National Sports Council.
The inauguration ceremony of the 50-over World Cup 2011 was staged at
the stadium although no match was played there.

Sakib al Hasan will get award of "Best Bengali"

Bangladesh all- rounder sakib Al Hasan will be awarded the "Best
Bengali" personality of the year 2012 by television Star Ananda of
India. Before Shakib, former captain of Bangladesh cricket team,
Habibul Bashar was also honoured by this award in 2007. Congratulation
Shakib on your success.

Australian Cricket Team's Squad for England & Ireland Tour.

Aussie squad has named for the England & Ireland Tour.

=>Squad:
Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, David Warner, Matthew Wade, George
Bailey, Pat Cummins, Xavier Doherty, Ben Hilfenhaus, Michael Hussey,
David Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Clint McKay, James
Pattinson, Steve Smith.

Pakistan Cricket Team's Squad for SriLanka Tour.

Mohammad Hafeez became the new T20 Captain.
Pakistan's Squad for SriLanka Tour:
=> T20 Team:
Khalid Latif, Ahmed Shahzad, Mohammad Hafeez (Captain), Shoaib Malik,
Umer Akmal, Shakil Ansar, Shahid Afridi, Yasir Arfat, Sohail Tanveer,
Saeed Ajmal, Raza Hasan, Umer Gul, Haris Sohaib, Mohammad Sami, Hamad
Azam, Nasir Jamshed.
=> ODI:
Mohammad Hafeez (vc), Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Misbah- ul-Haq
(Captain), Umer Akmal, Sarfaza Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Umer Gul, Rahat
Ali, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Sami, Asad Shafiq, Ijaz
Cheema, Azhar Ali, Imran Farhat.

=> Test:
Mohammad Hafeez (vc), Taufiq Umer, Azhar Ali, Misbah ul Haq (Captain),
Younis Khan, Asad Shafique, Adnan Akmal, Umer Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul
Rehman, Mohammad Sami, Faisal Iqbal, Junaid Khan, Afaq Rahim, Mohammad
Dogar, Aizaz Cheema.

Delhi Daredevils beat Deccan by 9 wickets.

Match 55, IPL-5
# Deccan Chargers: 187/4 (20 overs).
S Dhawan 84runs (49balls), C White 65 (40).
* M Morkel 32/1, Aaron 30/2.
# Delhi Daredevils: 193/1 (16.4 overs).
David Warner not out 109 (54balls 10*4 7*6), N Ojha not out 64 (46 2*4 5*6).
* S Dhawan 27/1.

=> Man Of the Match: David Warner for his outstanding innings of 109*
off just 54 balls.

Canadian Cricket Board has offered to tour Pakistan.

Canadian Cricket Board has offered to have the national team tour
Pakistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board has welcomed the offer and said
that the tour could take place after September 2012. The offer was
made via an email sent by the Canadian Cricket Board to the PCB.

Bad news for bangladeshi cricket fans! UK tour is unlikely to happen
as Ireland didnt get funding from ICC. So no match for Bangladesh
before T20 World Cup in September 2012.

Bangladesh cricket team may not tour Ireland.

Bad news for bangladeshi cricket fans! UK tour is unlikely to happen
as Ireland didnt get funding from ICC. So no match for Bangladesh
before T20 World Cup in September 2012.

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Mumbai by 9 wickets.

Match 54, IPL-5 2012
# Mumbai Indians: 141/6 (20 overs).
Sachin Tendulkar 24runs (27balls), Dinesh Karthik 44 (39), A Rayudul
22 (17), Pollard not out 21 (13), Harbhajan Singh not out 20 (12).
* Muralitharan 24/2, Vinay Kumar 34/2, H Patel 24/2.

# Royal Challengers Bangalore: 142/1 (18 overs).
Chris Gayle not out 82 (59), Virat Kohli not out 36 (25).
* P Ojha 25/1.

Shakib Al Hasan is in Dhaka now.

Due to fever Shakib Al Hasan is in Dhaka now. He has taken a leave
from Kolkata Knight Riders management. Shakib will return back Kolkata
on friday.

Kings XI Punjab beat Deccan by 25 runs.

Match 53, Ipl-5
# Kings XI Punjab: 170/5 (20 overs).
Mandeep Singh 75runs (48balls), S Marsh 22 (20), Miller not out 28 (18).
* Ashish Reddy 39/2, S Dhawan 8/1.

# Deccan Chargers: 145/8 (20 overs).
Harris 30 (29), Reddy 24 (13).
* Praveen Kumar 15/2, DJ Hussey 2/2, Piyush Chawla 33/1, P Awana 27/2.

=> Man of the Match: Mandeep Singh.
=> With this win, Punjab move into the 5th position.

Rajasthan Royals beat Pune by 7 wickets.

Match 52, Ipl-5 2012
Pune won the toss & elected to bat first.
# Pune Warriors India: 125/6 (20 overs).
Saurav Ganguly 14runs (18balls), M Clarke 16 (18), Majumdar 30 (20).
* S Tait 13/3, Binny 12/1.

# Rajasthan Royals: 126/3 (16.2 overs).
Rahul Dravid 14 (16), S Watson not out 90 (51), A Menaria 18 (21).
* M Clarke 12/1, Parnell 12/1, B Kumar 17/1.

Bye-bye time for Pune and Deccan. (Ipl-5)

Likely it's time to say good bye to Pune and Deccan. They have no
chance to come back in the race of Ipl. Sourav Ganguly's Pune Warriors
India won just fours matches out of their 12 games so far. Kumar
Sangakkara's Deccan Chargers won just 2 in 11 matches.

BCB announced an 18 member squad.

Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday announced an 18 member preliminary
squad for a three-week long training camp.
ICC Under-19 World Cup will be held in Australia later this year.
* Preliminary squad:
Asif Ahmed, Anamul Haque, Soumya Sarkar, Liton Kumar Das, Zakaria
Masud, Al Amin, Taskin Ahmed, Dewan Sabbir, Nur Hossain, Asif Hossain
, Mosaddek Hossain, Abu Haider, Nayeem Islam, Touhid Tareq Khan,Salman
Hossain, Abu Zayed Chowdhury Rahi, Nasum Ahmed, Kazi Nurul Hasan.

Kolkata beat Delhi won by 6 wickets.

Match 51, Ipl-5 2012
# Delhi Daredevils: 153/9 (20 overs).
David Warner 21runs (19balls), Virender Sehwag 23 (9), M Jayawardene
30 (27), R Taylor 16 (27), Irphan Pathan 36 (22).
* Jacques Kallis 20/2, S Narine 23/2, B Lee 39/1, Sangwan 42/1.

# Kolkata Knight Riders: 154/4 (18.4 overs).
B McCullum 56 (44), Gautam Gambhir 36 (21), Jacques Kallis 30 (27).
* Umesh Yadav 30/2, Aaron 20/1.
=> Man of the Match: Jacques Kallis for his Allround performance.

Yesterday's Football Matches Result.

Yesterday's Football Matches Result.
Top Match:
INTER Milan 4-2 AC MILAN
* Barclays Premier League:
Man Utd 2-0 Swansea
Bolton 2-2 West Brom
Wolverhampton 0-0 Everton
Newcastle 0-2 City
Fulham 2-1 Sunderland
QPR 1-0 Stoke
Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham

* French Ligue 1:
Evian TG 2-1 AC Ajaccio
Lyon 1-1 Brest
Valenciennes 3-4 PSG

* Italy Serie A:
Siena 0-2 Parma
Udinese 2-0 Genoa
Palermo 4-4 Chievo
Novara 3-0 Cesena
Bologna 2-0 Napoli
Cagliari 0-2 Juventus

* Dutch Eredivisie:
AZ 1-0 FC Groningen
Vitesse 1-3 Ajax
ADO Den Haag 3-5 De Graafschap Heracles 1-2 NEC
Roda JC 1-3 FC Utrecht
VVV 4-2 FC Twente
Excelsior 1-3 PSV
Heerenveen 2-3 Feyenoord
NAC 3-2 RKC

IPL-5 Points Table (7/5/12).

IPL-5 Points Table (7/5/12).
Rank Teams Played Win Lost No-Result Points Net-Run-Rate:
1) Delhi Daredevils 10 8 2 0 16 1.037
2) Kolkata 11 7 3 1 15 0.603
3) Mumbai Indians 11 7 4 0 14 -0.143
4) Chennai Super Kings 12 5 6 1 11 0.013
5) Bangalore 11 5 5 1 11 -0.333
6) Rajasthan Royals 11 5 6 0 10 0.144
7) Kings XI Punjab 11 5 6 0 10 -0.453
8) Pune Warriors 12 4 8 0 8 -0.134
9) Deccan Chargers 11 2 8 1 5 -0.557

Bangalore beat Deccan by 5 wickets.

Match 50, IPL-5 2012
RCB won the toss and elected to field.
# Deccan Chargers: 181/2 (20 Overs).
Shikhar Dhawan not out 73runs (52 balls), D Harris 47 (41).
*P Parameswaran 45/1.

# Royal Challengers Bangalore: 185/5 (18.5 Overs).
AB de Villiers not out 47 (17), T Dilshan 71 (54).
*A Mishra 28/2, Veer 34/1.

=> MAN OF THE MATCH : AB de Villiers.

Bangladesh Cricket Team's new coach.

Richard Pybus (former SA & Pak coach) & John Buchanan (former Aus
coach) has been added as high favourites for Bangladesh team new
coach.
Recently Allan Donald , the South Africa bowling coach, has denied
claims linking him to the Bangladesh coaching job.

Messi beats Pele's record.

Messi scored 77 goals [72 for FCB & 5 for Argentina] and beat Pele's
all- time record in 1 season [75 goals = Santos & Brazil ].

[ Messi = 50 goals in La Liga & 72 goals in this season ]

Mumbai Indians beat Chennai by 2 wickets.

Match 49, Ipl-5 2012
MI won the toss and elected to field first.
# Chennai Super Kings: 173/8 (20 Overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
M Vijay 41 29 4 3 141.38
Suresh Raina 36 21 3 2 171.43
DJ Bravo 40 33 4 1 121.21
MS Dhoni 25 15 2 1 166.67

* Slinga Malinga 25/3, RP Singh 28/3, James Franklin 8/1.

# Mumbai Indians: 174/8 (20 Overs).
Name Run Ball 4's 6's Strike-rate:
Sachin Tendulkar 74 44 11 1 168.18
Rohit Sharma 60 46 6 2 130.43
Dinesh Karthik 11 5 2 0 220
Dwaybe Smith not out 24 9 2 2 266.67

* Hilfenhaus 34/2, Jadeja 12/2, D Bravo 39/2, R Ashwin 28/1.

Points Table of Ipl-5 2012. (6/5/12)

Points Table:-
Team Played Win Lost No-Result Points Net-run-rate:

Delhi 10 8 2 0 16 +1.037
Kolkata 11 7 3 1 15 +0.603
Mumbai 10 6 4 0 12 -0.162
Chennai 11 5 5 1 11 +0.015
Rajasthan 11 5 6 0 10 +0.144
Punjab 11 5 6 0 10 -0.453
Bangalore 10 4 5 1 9 -0.446
Pune 12 4 8 0 8 -0.134
Deccan 10 2 7 1 5 -0.529

Rajasthan Royals beat Punjab by 43 runs.

Match 48, Ipl-5 2012
# Rajasthan Royals: 177/6 (20 overs).
Rahul Dravid 46runs (39balls), Shane Watson 36 (17), A Menaria 34
(27), B Hodge 36 (23), J Botha not out 14 (8).
* RJ Harris 34/4, PP Chawla 38/2.

# Kings XI Punjab: 134/8 (20 overs).
S Marsh 34 (27), Azhar Mahmood 24 (24), Gurkeerat Singh 23 (24).
* Shane Watson 22/2, S Tait 18/2, J Botha 21/2, Trivedi 28/1, Binny 8/1.

=> Man of the Match: Shane Watson for his brilliant allround performance.

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Pune by 7 runs.

Match 47, Ipl-5 2012
KKR won the toss elect to bat.
# Kolkata Knight Riders: 150/5 (20 overs).
Gautam Gambhir 56runs (36balls), B McCullum 42(43), D Das not out 15 (18).
* A Mathews 17/2 B Kumar 26/2.

# Pune Warriors India: 143/8 (20 overs).
A Mathews 35 (27), Saurav Ganguly 36 (35).
* M de Lange 34/3, S Narine 13/1.

Yesterday Night's Football Result. (3/5/12)

Yesterday Night's Football Result. (3/5/12):
¤ Barcelona 4-1 Malaga
¤ Bilbao 0-3 Real Madrid
¤ Valencia 4-0 Osasuna
¤ Chelsea 0-2 Newcastle United
¤ Milan 2-0 Atalanta
¤ Juventus 1-1 Lecce
¤ Parma 3-1 Inter
¤ Bolton Wanderers 1-4 Tottenham

Total goals of Messi is now 46 and Ronaldo 44.

Kings XI Punjab beat Bangalore by 4 wickets.

Match 44, Ipl-5 2012
# Royal Challengers Bangalore: 158/5 (20 overs).
Chris Gayle 71runs (42balls), Virat Kohli 45 (42).
* Azhar Mahmood 20/3 , P Chawla 35/1, Harris 21/1.

# Kings XI Punjab: 163/6 (19.5 overs).
Mandeep Singh 43 (30), N Saini 50 (36), David Hussey 45 (29).
* AB McDonald 25/2, Appanna 30/1.

=> Man of the Match: Azhar Mahmood.

Kevon Cooper Out Of IPL 5.

Bad news for Rajasthan Royals that allrounder Kevon Cooper ruled out
for the rest of the IPL-5 with a fractured knee. He got injured in the
game against Delhi Daredevils on April 29.

MESSI VS RONALDO - APRIL STATISTICS.

MESSI VS RONALDO - APRIL STATISTICS:

# MINUTES PLAYED:
Messi: 470
Ronaldo: 469

# GOALS:
Messi: 7
Ronaldo: 6

# PENALTIES:
Messi: 2
Ronaldo: 1

# ASSISTS:
Messi: 5
Ronaldo: 1

# TOTAL SHOTS / ON GOAL:
Messi: 27 / 10 (37%)
Ronaldo: 39 / 13 (33.3%)

# PASSES / COMPLETED:
Messi: 338 / 295 (87.3%)
Ronaldo: 185 / 145 (78.4%)

# GOAL.COM AVG. RATING:
Messi: 7.4
Ronaldo: 7.9

# LA LIGA GOALS:
Both = 43

# 2011-12 TOTAL GOALS:
Messi: 65 (56 appear)
Ronaldo: 57 (52 appear)

Mohammad Asif will release on 5th May.

Mohammad Asif will release on 5th May from london jail. But he will
not be able to play any format of cricket because he was banned for 5
years.

EPL Point Table (2/5/12).

EPL Point Table (2/5/12).
1.Man City 36 83
2.Man Utd 36 83
3.Arsenal 36 66
4.Tottenham 35 62
5.Newcastle 35 62
6.Chelsea 35 61
7.Everton 35 51
8.Liverpool 35 49
9.Fulham 35 46
10.West Brom 36 46
11.Sunderland 36 45
12.Swansea 36 44
13.Norwich 36 43
14.Stoke 35 43
15.Aston Villa 36 37
16.Wigan 36 37
17.QPR 36 34
18.Bolton 35 34
19.Blackburn 36 31
20.Wolves 36 24

Delhi Daredevils beat Rajasthan by 6 wickets.

Match 43, Ipl-5 2012
# Rajasthan Royals: 141/6 (20 overs).
Rahul Dravid 57runs (43balls), A Rahane 42 (32).
* P Negi 18/4, U Yadav 28/1, M Morkel 23/1.
# Delhi Daredevils: 144/4 (15.2 overs).
Virender Sehwag 73 (38), K Pietersen 36 (34)
* B Hogg 32/2.

=> Man of The Match: P Negi (Delhi Daredevils).

Roy Hodgeson becomes new coach of England Football Team.

Roy Hodgson (9 August 1947) became England's national team coach on
Tuesday. He was an English former footballer.

BPL Franchise owners set a deadline of May 9 & 31

Bangladesh Premier League franchise owners have set a deadline of May
9 and May 31 for the clearance of payments for international and local
cricketers respectively. On Monday meeting BCB president Mustafa Kamal
and the franchise owners decided the dates.

Pakistan Premier League (PPL).

Ten Sports, Nimbus and Geo TV show interest in Pakistan's Twenty20.
There are five more companies who have presented their ideas to PCB
whereas 3 more companies will do presentation next week.

Deccan Chargers beat Pune by 13 runs.

Match 42, Ipl-5 2012
# Deccan Chargers: 186/4 (20 overs).
C White 74runs (45balls, 4*4 4*6) , Kumar Sangakkara 82 (52 10*4 2*6).
* M Samuels 33/1, Parnell 25/1, A Nehra 41/1,B Kumar 22/1.

# Pune Warriors India: 173/5 (20 overs).
M Clarke 41 (31 7*4), Saurav Ganguly 45 (40 5*4 1*6), S Smith not out
47 (27 3*4 2*6), Robin Uthappa 26 (18 1*4 1*6).
* Ankit Sharma 9/1, Veer Pratap Singh 31/1, Ashish Reddy 32/1, S Dhawan 9/1.

=> Man of the match: Kumar Sangakkara.

Points Table of IPL-5 2012 (1/5/12).

Points Table of IPL-5 2012 (1/5/12).
Rank- Played- Won- Lost- No Result- Points- Net Run Rate:
1) Delhi Daredevils 9 7 2 0 14 0.902
2) Kolkata 10 6 3 1 13 0.632
3) Mumbai Indians 9 5 4 0 10 -0.187
4) Chennai Super Kings 10 4 5 1 9 -0.029
5) Bangalore 9 4 4 1 9 -0.462
6) Rajasthan Royals 9 4 5 0 8 0.163
7) Pune Warriors 9 4 5 0 8 -0.064
8) Kings XI Punjab 9 4 5 0 8 -0.347
9) Deccan Chargers 8 1 6 1 3 -0.713

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Chennai by 5 wickets.

Match 41, Ipl-5 2012
# Chennai Super Kings: 139/5 (20 overs).
Suresh Raina 44runs (34balls), MS Dhoni not out 34 (30).
* Kallis 21/2, Narine 24/1, B Lee 34/1.

# Kolkata Knight Riders: 140/5 (19.4 overs).
Gautam Gambhir 63 (52), Kallis 26 (31), DB Das not out 11 (4).
* R Ashwin 22/2, Bravo 27/2, A Morkel 24/1.

=> Gambhir is the Man of the Match, but he decides to give it to Deba Das.
=> Gambhir has scored 14 fifty's in IPL and 13 have been in a winning cause. :)