Indian police are experts in the investigation of match fixing in cricket. Yes, its true, match fixing has started to show its ugly face again. The man caught this time is West Indies all rounder Marlon Samuels. It has been confirmed that Marlon Samuels exchanged match information with the bookie Kochar. He leaked information about pitch condition, batting lineup etc. Kochar has a close relationship with Dawood Ibrahim. It’s not sure whether he intentionally underperformed in that match. Now ICC has asked WICB to undergo an investigation in this matter. The point to be noted in this is that last week, Marlon Samuels was suspended from bowling in international cricket matches by ICC as the off break conditions of his bowling exceeded the limit fixed by ICC.
Match fixing returns
Friday, February 29, 2008
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What the hell is happening in the world of cricket????
I have told many times in my other blogs that this Indians tour to Australia is the most controversial one. Now, recently, yet another controversy has emerged. Australian opener Mathew Hayden called Indian spinner Bhajji as “obnoxious little weed”. Mathew Hayden told this statement to a radio station in Brisbane during an interview
“It's been a bit of a long battle with Harbhajan. The first time I ever met him he was the same little obnoxious weed that he is now”
After getting this news, the only question that came to my mind is that why Australians are criticizing their opponents like this. Australians are the world champions, but where is the sportsmanship in them???? A champion without sportsmanship is not actually a champion. Is this the team which was led by the great Don Bradman and Steve Waugh??? Why Ricky’s men started sledging their opponents??? This is not the sign of true sportsmanship. I am watching cricket from 1995, I have never seen a series with these many controversies. Exchanging of statements, ICC not taking any severe action against Australian players, what else??? I hope I wont see any other series like CB series in future.
Letter wrote by a cricket fan to Ricky Ponting
Dear Ricky,
Humility makes men look twice as honourable.
As an impressionable youth who started following cricket in the early 90s, your team found a fan in one for the resilient brand of cricket it played under Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh.
As someone who appreciates cricket played the hard way, nothing gladdened one's heart more than the sight of a brave Steve Waugh scoring two hundreds on one leg in the Ashes of 1997, or the punts Taylor took to inject life into dead games, often thinking more about cricket's interest than winning or losing.
Allan Border made your team courageous. Taylor made them consistent, and Waugh took them to invincibility. Yet, these three eras had one thing in common: the will to win wasn't alienated from respect for opponents. Australia was the team one loved to see win. Also because its players were never heard on radio calling an opponent an "obnoxious little weed."
Which brings us to you and your men, Ricky.
There's no doubting your muscle. Australia are strong as a thoroughbred, making cricket look like a one-horse race.
But when it comes to humility, you are as graceless as a three-legged donkey.
Are you from the same country as the great Bradman, whose greatness was matched only by the modesty and gentleness with which he was known to conduct himself?
When one looks at the Australian team today, one sees a bunch of smug beings who lack respect for their peers, and are given to dishonesty and double-speak (as we saw in Sydney, twice over) and their desire to win is as conspicuous by its presence as their arrogance.
For the Don's sake, Ricky, open your eyes. Are you blind? Do you not see what you've done to your team's reputation?
Why is that team after team has a problem with the conduct of your men? Why must the talk of sledging arise only when Australia play? Graeme Smith, Stephen Fleming, Rahul Dravid, Mahela Jayawardene, Brian Lara, Inzamam-ul Haq --- is there a captain in your time who hasn't had a problem with the unsubtle abuse your team has subjected him to?
Has the meaning of the word 'decent' changed since the time one looked it up? Or must your desire to win overpower everything considered decent on a cricket field?
Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Justin Henin, Tiger Woods --- are these small names? No. Are they great? Yes. Do we love them? Yes. Why?
One word: grace.
We stood up and applauded Taylor when he laid West Indies and South Africa low. We felt a lump in our throats when Steve Waugh bid the game goodbye. You too are nearing the end of your career, Ricky. And though you are a fine player, one doubt if you'd ever be loved and remembered the way your predecessors are.
Here you are, having won every accolade imaginable at cricket's highest stage. A World Cup here, a Champions Trophy there, Ashes now, a Frank Worrell then, there's nothing left for you to win.
Yet there's one thing you may never be able to win as captain.
Hearts.
Sincerely,
A Cricket Fan
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IPL Match Schedules
| April 2008 | |
| Fri 18 | IPL Bangalore v IPL Kolkata |
| Sat 19 | IPL Mohali v IPL Chennai |
| Sat 19 | IPL Delhi v IPL Jaipur |
| Sun 20 | IPL Mumbai v IPL Bangalore |
| Sun 20 | IPL Kolkata v IPL Hyderabad |
| Mon 21 | IPL Jaipur v IPL Mohali |
| Tue 22 | IPL Hyderabad v IPL Delhi |
| Wed 23 | IPL Chennai v IPL Mumbai |
| Thu 24 | IPL Hyderabad v IPL Jaipur |
| Fri 25 | IPL Mohali v IPL Mumbai |
| Sat 26 | IPL Bangalore v IPL Jaipur |
| Sat 26 | IPL Chennai v IPL Kolkata |
| Sun 27 | IPL Mumbai v IPL Hyderabad |
| Sun 27 | IPL Mohali v IPL Delhi |
| Mon 28 | IPL Bangalore v IPL Chennai |
| Tue 29 | IPL Kolkata v IPL Mumbai |
| Wed 30 | IPL Delhi v IPL Bangalore |
| Thu 1 | IPL Hyderabad v IPL Mohali |
| Thu 1 | IPL Jaipur v IPL Kolkata |
| Fri 2 | IPL Chennai v IPL Delhi |
| Sat 3 | IPL Hyderabad v IPL Bangalore |
| Sat 3 | IPL Mohali v IPL Kolkata |
| Sun 4 | IPL Mumbai v IPL Delhi |
| Sun 4 | IPL Jaipur v IPL Chennai |
| Mon 5 | IPL Bangalore v IPL Mohali |
| Tue 6 | IPL Chennai v IPL Hyderabad |
| Wed 7 | IPL Mumbai v IPL Jaipur |
| Thu 8 | IPL Delhi v IPL Chennai |
| Thu 8 | IPL Kolkata v IPL Bangalore |
| Fri 9 | IPL Jaipur v IPL Hyderabad |
| Sat 10 | IPL Bangalore v IPL Mumbai |
| Sat 10 | IPL Chennai v IPL Mohali |
| Sun 11 | IPL Hyderabad v IPL Kolkata |
| Sun 11 | IPL Jaipur v IPL Delhi |
| Mon 12 | IPL Mohali v IPL Bangalore |
| Tue 13 | IPL Kolkata v IPL Delhi |
| Wed 14 | IPL Mumbai v IPL Chennai |
| Wed 14 | IPL Mohali v IPL Jaipur |
| Thu 15 | IPL Delhi v IPL Hyderabad |
| Fri 16 | IPL Mumbai v IPL Kolkata |
| Sat 17 | IPL Delhi v IPL Mohali |
| Sat 17 | IPL Jaipur v IPL Bangalore |
| Sun 18 | IPL Hyderabad v IPL Mumbai |
| Sun 18 | IPL Kolkata v IPL Chennai |
| Mon 19 | IPL Bangalore v IPL Delhi |
| Tue 20 | IPL Kolkata v IPL Jaipur |
| Wed 21 | IPL Mumbai v IPL Mohali |
| Wed 21 | IPL Chennai v IPL Bangalore |
| Thu 22 | IPL Delhi v IPL Kolkata |
| Fri 23 | IPL Mohali v IPL Hyderabad |
| Sat 24 | IPL Delhi v IPL Mumbai |
| Sat 24 | IPL Chennai v IPL Jaipur |
| Sun 25 | IPL Bangalore v IPL Hyderabad |
| Sun 25 | IPL Kolkata v IPL Mohali |
| Mon 26 | IPL Jaipur v IPL Mumbai |
| Tue 27 | IPL Hyderabad v IPL Chennai |
| Fri 30 | 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC |
| Sat 31 | 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC |
| Sun 1 | Final - TBC v TBC |
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IPL team details
IPL Chennai
- MS Dhoni
- Stephen Fleming
- Matthew Hayden
- Michael Hussey
- Joginder Sharma
- Albie Morkel
- Muttiah Muralitharan
- Makhaya Ntini
- Jacob Oram
- Parthiv Patel (wk)
- Suresh Raina
IPL Bangalore
- Mark Boucher (wk)
- Nathan Bracken
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul
- Rahul Dravid
- Wasim Jaffer
- Jacques Kallis
- Zaheer Khan
- Anil Kumble
- Dale Steyn
- Cameron White
IPL Delhi
- AB de Villiers
- Tillakaratne Dilshan
- Gautam Gambhir
- Dinesh Karthik
- Glenn McGrath
- Farveez Maharoof
- Mohammad Asif
- Virender Sehwag
- Shoaib Malik
- Manoj Tiwary
- Daniel Vettori
- Greg Shipperd
IPL Hyderabad
- Herschelle Gibbs
- Adam Gilchrist (wk)
- VVS Laxman
- Shahid Afridi
- Rohit Sharma
- Chamara Silva
- Rudra Pratap Singh
- Scott Styris
- Andrew Symonds
- Chaminda Vaas
- Nuwan Zoysa
IPL Jaipur
- Mohammad Kaif
- Kamran Akmal
- Justin Langer
- Munaf Patel
- Yusuf Pathan
- Graeme Smith
- Shane Warne
- Younis Khan
IPL Kolkata
- Ajit Agarkar
- Sourav Ganguly
- Chris Gayle
- David Hussey
- Murali Kartik
- Brendon McCullum (wk)
- Ricky Ponting
- Ishant Sharma
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Umar Gul
- John Buchanan
IPL Mohali
- Mahela Jayawardene
- Simon Katich
- Brett Lee
- Irfan Pathan
- Piyush Chawla
- Ramesh Powar
- Kumar Sangakkara
- Ramnaresh Sarwan
- Sreesanth
- Yuvraj Singh
- Tom Moody
IPL Mumbai
- Loots Bosman
- Dilhara Fernando
- Harbhajan Singh
- Sanath Jayasuriya
- Lasith Malinga
- Shaun Pollock
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Robin Uthappa
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