Monday, September 19, 2011

#Players Profile #Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (India)

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 38 years 148 days
Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire
Nickname Tendlya, Little Master
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly
Height 5 ft 5 in
Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

In a nutshell Perhaps the most complete batsman and the most worshipped cricketer in the world, Tendulkar holds just about every batting record worth owning in the game, including those for most runs and hundreds in Tests and ODIs, and most international runs.




Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 181 298 32 14965 248* 56.25

51 61
64 108 0
ODIs 453 442 41 18111 200* 45.16 20980 86.32 48 95 1981 193 136 0
T20Is 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 12 83.33 0 0 2 0 1 0
First-class 285 451 48 23884 248* 59.26

78 107

176 0
List A 541 528 55 21684 200* 45.84

59 113

171 0
Twenty20 60 60 8 2069 100* 39.78 1659 124.71 1 13 268 26 23 0

Bowling averages


Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 181 137 4132 2416 45 3/10 3/14 53.68 3.50 91.8 0 0 0
ODIs 453 269 8044 6838 154 5/32 5/32 44.40 5.10 52.2 4 2 0
T20Is 1 1 15 12 1 1/12 1/12 12.00 4.80 15.0 0 0 0
First-class 285
7497 4308 70 3/10
61.54 3.44 107.1
0 0
List A 541
10220 8466 201 5/32 5/32 42.11 4.97 50.8 4 2 0
Twenty20 60 8 93 123 2 1/12 1/12 61.50 7.93 46.5 0 0 0

Career statistics

Test debut Pakistan v India at Karachi, Nov 15-20, 1989 scorecard
Last Test England v India at The Oval, Aug 18-22, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics

ODI debut Pakistan v India at Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989 scorecard
Last ODI India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai, Apr 2, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics

Only T20I South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics

First-class debut 1988/89
Last First-class England v India at The Oval, Aug 18-22, 2011 scorecard
List A debut 1989/90
Last List A Sussex v Indians at Hove, Aug 25, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians at Chennai, May 27, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
21 Indians v Sussex Hove 25 Aug 2011 List A
0/11, 23, 91 India v England The Oval 18 Aug 2011 Test # 2004
1, 0/17, 40 India v England Birmingham 10 Aug 2011 Test # 2003
16, 56 India v England Nottingham 29 Jul 2011 Test # 2001
34, 12 India v England Lord's 21 Jul 2011 Test # 2000
26 Indians v Somerset Taunton 15 Jul 2011 First-class
40 Mumbai v Bangalore Chennai 27 May 2011 Twenty20
36 Mumbai v Kolkata Mumbai 25 May 2011 Twenty20
38 Mumbai v Kolkata Kolkata 22 May 2011 Twenty20
31 Mumbai v Rajasthan Mumbai 20 May 2011 Twenty20

Profile

Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, the most prolific runmaker of all time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon the game has ever known. His batting is based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses: anticipation. If he doesn't have a signature stroke - the upright, back-foot punch comes close - it is because he is equally proficient at each of the full range of orthodox shots (and plenty of improvised ones as well) and can pull them out at will.

There are no apparent weaknesses in Tendulkar's game. He can score all around the wicket, off both front foot and back, can tune his technique to suit every condition, temper his game to suit every situation, and has made runs in all parts of the world in all conditions.
Some of his finest performances have come against Australia, the overwhelmingly dominant team of his era. His century as a 19-year-old on a lightning-fast pitch at the WACA is considered one of the best innings ever to have been played in Australia. A few years later he received the ultimate compliment from the ultimate batsman: Don Bradman confided to his wife that Tendulkar reminded him of himself.
Blessed with the keenest of cricket minds, and armed with a loathing for losing, Tendulkar set about doing what it took to become one of the best batsmen in the world. His greatness was established early: he was only 16 when he made his Test debut. He was hit on the mouth by Waqar Younis but continued to bat, in a blood-soaked shirt. His first Test hundred, a match-saving one at Old Trafford, came when he was 17, and he had 16 Test hundreds before he turned 25. In 2000 he became the first batsman to have scored 50 international hundreds, in 2008 he passed Brian Lara as the leading Test run-scorer, and in the years after, he went past 13,000 Test runs 30,000 international runs, and in 2010 became the first player to score 50 Test centuries.
He currently holds the record for most hundreds in both Tests and ODIs - remarkable, considering he didn't score his first ODI hundred till his 79th match. Incredibly, he retains a divine enthusiasm for the game, and he seems to be untouched by age: at 36 years and 306 days he broke a 40-year-old barrier by scoring the first double-century in one-day cricket. It now seems inevitable that he will become the first cricketer to score 100 international hundreds, which like Bradman's batting average, could be a mark that lasts for ever.
Tendulkar's considerable achievements seem greater still when looked at in the light of the burden of expectations he has had to bear from his adoring but somewhat unreasonable followers, who have been prone to regard anything less than a hundred in each innings as a failure. The aura may have dimmed, if only slightly, as the years on the international circuit have taken their toll on the body, but Tendulkar remains, by a distance, the most worshipped cricketer in the world. 

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#Players Profile #Jonathan Neil Rhodes (South Africa)

Full name Jonathan Neil Rhodes
Born July 27, 1969, Pietermaritzberg, Natal
Current age 42 years 54 days
Major teams Ireland, South Africa, Gloucestershire, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium






Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 52 80 9 2532 117 35.66 5467 46.31 3 17 256 22 34 0
ODIs 245 220 51 5935 121 35.11 7336 80.90 2 33 392 47 105 0
First-class 164 263 31 9546 172 41.14

22 52

127 0
List A 371 339 68 8907 121 32.86

2 51

158 0
Twenty20 6 5 0 49 42 9.80 52 94.23 0 0 3 1 1 0
Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 52 2 12 5 0 - - - 2.50 - 0 0 0
ODIs 245 2 14 4 0 - - - 1.71 - 0 0 0
First-class 164
162 83 1 1/13
83.00 3.07 162.0
0 0
List A 371
80 45 2 1/2 1/2 22.50 3.37 40.0 0 0 0
Twenty20 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career statistics
Test debut South Africa v India at Durban, Nov 13-17, 1992 scorecard
Last Test Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), Aug 6-10, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics

ODI debut Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Feb 26, 1992 scorecard
Last ODI South Africa v Kenya at Potchefstroom, Feb 12, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics

First-class span 1988-2003
List A span 1988-2005
Twenty20 debut Gloucestershire v Worcestershire at Bristol, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Gloucestershire v Surrey at Nottingham, Jul 19, 2003 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
25 Ntini XI v West Indians East London 14 Dec 2007 Other match
Profile
The Jonty Rhodes legend may have begun with the diving run-out of Inzamam-ul-Haq during the 1992 World Cup but it would never have grown as it did without genuine substance. Rhodes worked harder than anyone else in a team of hard workers, frequently delaying the team bus at the end of practice for one more round of reflex catches hit from ten metres or less. Nobody has ever fielded better in the key one-day position of backward point, where he leapt like a salmon, threw off balance, and stopped singles by reputation alone. He laboured just as hard over his batting which needed, and underwent, a complete technical overhaul in 1997 - whereupon he averaged 50 for the rest of his Test career, until he gave it up to concentrate on one-day cricket in 2000. The problem was a tendency to bring the bat down from gully and through to midwicket, a legacy of the extraordinary hockey skills that brought him selection for the Olympic Games in 1996 - an offer he had to refuse. Few batsmen have turned the quick single into a finer art form, and his willingness to experiment and adapt enabled him to lead the way with the reverse-sweep under Bob Woolmer's tutelage. But Rhodes was just as likely to delay the bus by relentlessly signing autographs for gaggles of persistent children; the arrival of his own, a daughter, was instrumental in his semi-retirement. Indeed, Rhodes may have become the first cricketer to claim paternity leave. Rightly, there is give and take in Rhodes's life. He has more endorsements than any team-sport player in South Africa's history, is at the forefront of the sporting dotcom revolution, and is constantly exploring the boundaries and horizons of commerce. His final retirement was hastened by an inopportune finger-fracture early in the 2003 World Cup, although there was still time for a successful farewell season in county cricket for Gloucestershire. 


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#Players Profile # Ricky Thomas Ponting (Australia)

Full name Ricky Thomas Ponting
Born December 19, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania
Current age 36 years 274 days
Major teams Australia, ICC World XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Somerset, Tasmania
Nickname Punter
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 1.78 m
Education Mowbray Primary; Brooks Senior High School, Launceston
Relation Uncle - GD Campbell



Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 153 261 28 12411 257 53.26 20919 59.32 39 56 1413 72 180 0
ODIs 367 357 39 13602 164 42.77 16876 80.59 30 81 1218 162 156 0
T20Is 17 16 2 401 98* 28.64 302 132.78 0 2 41 11 8 0
First-class 256 438 55 21380 257 55.82

73 94

272 0
List A 439 429 52 15958 164 42.32

34 96

188 0
Twenty20 22 21 2 460 98* 24.21 375 122.66 0 2 44 13 10 0
Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 153 31 551 247 5 1/0 1/0 49.40 2.68 110.2 0 0 0
ODIs 367 5 150 104 3 1/12 1/12 34.66 4.16 50.0 0 0 0
T20Is 17 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 256
1446 773 14 2/10
55.21 3.20 103.2
0 0
List A 439
349 269 8 3/34 3/34 33.62 4.62 43.6 0 0 0
Twenty20 22 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career statistics
Test debut Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Dec 8-11, 1995 scorecard
Last Test Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Aug 31-Sep 3, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics

ODI debut Australia v South Africa at Wellington, Feb 15, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Aug 22, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics

T20I debut New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I Australia v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Jun 8, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics

First-class debut 1992/93
Last First-class Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Aug 31-Sep 3, 2011 scorecard
List A debut 1992/93
Last List A Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Aug 22, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Somerset v Northamptonshire at Taunton, Jul 15, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Australia v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Jun 8, 2009 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
44, 4, 0/5 Australia v Sri Lanka Galle 31 Aug 2011 Test # 2005
31 Australia v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 22 Aug 2011 ODI # 3184
0 Australia v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 20 Aug 2011 ODI # 3182
22 Australia v Sri Lanka Hambantota 16 Aug 2011 ODI # 3180
90* Australia v Sri Lanka Hambantota 14 Aug 2011 ODI # 3178
53 Australia v Sri Lanka Pallekele 10 Aug 2011 ODI # 3175
47 Australia v Bangladesh Dhaka 13 Apr 2011 ODI # 3151
37* Australia v Bangladesh Dhaka 11 Apr 2011 ODI # 3150
34 Australia v Bangladesh Dhaka 9 Apr 2011 ODI # 3149
69 Australians v BCB XI Fatullah 7 Apr 2011 Other OD
Profile
Ricky Ponting, the most uncompromising player of his generation, grew into Australia's most successful run-maker and only sits below Bradman in the country's overall ratings. It takes an extremely critical eye to diminish his run-scoring achievements, which seem to collect new records in every series. Like spotting a celebrity, it's necessary to look twice when analysing Ponting, first as the archetypal modern batsman, then as the country's 42nd Test captain. There is no doubt about his greatness after taking guard, but his leadership has been under scrutiny for much of his reign. While his blade has sparkled, his stewardship is pock-marked by three Ashes defeats - two in England and one at home - and stumbles to South Africa and India.
Those results didn't stop him from becoming the most successful captain in Test history after passing Steve Waugh's 41 wins in the 2009-10 Boxing Day Test. In the same match he overtook Shane Warne's 92 victories as the most by an individual, and he led Australia to 34 consecutive undefeated World Cup games. He stepped down from the captaincy when that run ended, in the 2011 World Cup. For the first three years of his reign he was in charge of a superstar unit and did not have to decide much tactically, but once that group headed for retirement he had to change from a manager to moulder.
As a batsman the only debate is where to rank him in the high reaches of the game's greatest run-makers. Acclaimed by Academy coach Rod Marsh as the best teenage batsman he had ever seen, Ponting began with Tasmania at 17 and Australia at 20, and was given out unluckily for 96 on his Test debut. There were some teething problems, including a public admission of an alcohol problem, but the longer he went on the more he matured, building up records and runs.
He plays all the shots with a full flourish of the bat - the cover drive and the pull are particularly productive methods - and knows only to attack. His breathtaking, dead-eye fielding is a force in the game by itself. Only Sachin Tendulkar has more centuries in Tests and ODIs than Ponting, who is a natural in the game's traditional forms, but resistant to the perks of Twenty20, which he retired from in 2009. There have been setbacks against probing seam attacks, high-class finger-spin and, latterly, short balls, which he insists are meant to be pulled or hooked. These will be minor matters whenever he retires.


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Ricky Thomas Ponting

Sunday, September 18, 2011

#Players Profile # Kevin Pietersen (England)

Kevin Peter Pietersen
Full name Kevin Peter Pietersen
Born June 27, 1980, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Current age 31 years 83 days
Major teams England,                 Deccan Chargers, Dolphins, Hampshire, ICC World XI, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Nottinghamshire, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Surrey
Nickname KP, Kelves, Kapes, Kev
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height 6 ft 4 in
Education Maritzburg College, University of SA


Batting and fielding averages


Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 78 133 7 6361 227 50.48 10154 62.64 19 25 766 56 49 0
ODIs 119 108 15 3733 116 40.13 4283 87.15 7 22 353 66 35 0
T20Is 32 32 4 1011 79 36.10 706 143.20 0 5 101 27 13 0
First-class 173 281 19 13084 254* 49.93

41 56

134 0
List A 232 212 32 7332 147 40.73

13 43

79 0
Twenty20 63 62 7 1766 79 32.10 1272 138.83 0 9 176 50 24 0

Bowling averages


Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 78 50 1071 722 5 1/0 1/10 144.40 4.04 214.2 0 0 0
ODIs 119 21 382 353 7 2/22 2/22 50.42 5.54 54.5 0 0 0
T20Is 32 3 30 53 1 1/27 1/27 53.00 10.60 30.0 0 0 0
First-class 173
5959 3460 63 4/31
54.92 3.48 94.5
0 0
List A 232
2372 2105 41 3/14 3/14 51.34 5.32 57.8 0 0 0
Twenty20 63 23 324 425 17 3/33 3/33 25.00 7.87 19.0 0 0 0

Career statistics

Test debut England v Australia at Lord's, Jul 21-24, 2005 scorecard
Last Test England v India at The Oval, Aug 18-22, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics

ODI debut Zimbabwe v England at Harare, Nov 28, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI England v Sri Lanka at Manchester, Jul 9, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics

T20I debut England v Australia at Southampton, Jun 13, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I England v India at Manchester, Aug 31, 2011 scorecard
T20I statistics

First-class debut 1997/98
Last First-class England v India at The Oval, Aug 18-22, 2011 scorecard
List A debut 1998/99
Last List A England v Sri Lanka at Manchester, Jul 9, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20 England v India at Manchester, Aug 31, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
33 England v India Manchester 31 Aug 2011 T20I # 204
175, 0/27, 0/17 England v India The Oval 18 Aug 2011 Test # 2004
63, 0/12 England v India Birmingham 10 Aug 2011 Test # 2003
29, 0/13, 63, 0/7 England v India Nottingham 29 Jul 2011 Test # 2001
202*, 0/3, 1, 0/12 England v India Lord's 21 Jul 2011 Test # 2000
5 England v Sri Lanka Manchester 9 Jul 2011 ODI # 3170
- England v Sri Lanka Nottingham 6 Jul 2011 ODI # 3169
41 England v Sri Lanka Lord's 3 Jul 2011 ODI # 3168
0/15, 13 England v Sri Lanka Leeds 1 Jul 2011 ODI # 3167
26 England v Sri Lanka The Oval 28 Jun 2011 ODI # 3165

Profile

He's tall, he's loud, he's brash ... but "KP" is also a superb batsman, capable of annexing many of England's Test records before he's done. He reached 1000 one-day runs in just 21 matches - equalling Viv Richards' record - while he made more runs in his first 25 Tests than anyone else except Don Bradman. He's strong on the drive, with a crunching pull and hook, while his signature shot is the "flamingo" - a wristy pull-drive played with back foot balletically off the ground. There's also the switch-hit reverse sweep, which needed a ruling on its legality from MCC. 
Pietersen's career path has been unconventional, starting with his decision to quit South Africa in protest at a racial-quota system which, he felt, was hindering him. Back then he was seen more as an offspinner who could bat a bit, but in county cricket it was immediately apparent that description was back to front. The runs flowed, and it was no surprise when, as soon as he was eligible, he played one-dayers for England in Zimbabwe late in 2004. A good display there resulted in a late call-up for the tour that followed in South Africa, where Pietersen clouted three superb centuries to silence crowds which booed him as a turncoat.
Test cricket beckoned, and he made his debut under more pressure, being preferred to the 100-Test veteran Graham Thorpe for the 2005 Ashes. Pietersen started with two half-centuries at Lord's, then ensured the return of the urn after 17 years with a stroke-filled 158 at The Oval. The next five years were a whirl of runs and celebrity engagements, plus a short-lived tilt at the England captaincy. That started well, with a century and victory against South Africa at The Oval in 2008, but ended in recriminations early the following year after a falling-out with the coach, Peter Moores. Pietersen recommended, rather too publicly, that Moores be removed ... and got his way, only to be summarily sacked as well.
The flak probably affected Pietersen more than he cared to admit. Before the captaincy debacle, abuse had rarely fazed him. Early on he reacted to some banter in a club game in Australia by announcing that it was bad form to sledge the man of the match before he'd batted: money followed mouth with a century. Occasionally the show-off does win out, as in the first Ashes Test of 2009 at Cardiff, when an extraordinary swipe at Nathan Hauritz's underestimated offspin clipped his helmet and plopped obligingly into short leg's hands.
Injuries have been a worry - that 2009 Ashes campaign was cut short by leg trouble that needed surgery - but when fit and fired up Pietersen is a bowler's nightmare, and the wicket England's opponents crave the most. Latterly he has sometimes looked bored with domestic cricket, quitting Hampshire after 2009 as, he said, it was too far from the Chelsea home which, just to hammer home the celebrity lifestyle he now enjoys, Pietersen shares with his pop-singer wife Jessica.
At the end of an an unproductive 2010 season, Pietersen was dropped for the first time by England - an indignity to which he reacted with an ill-advised "tweet" - but the bold decision paid dividends. On the subsequent Ashes tour, he ended a 20-month wait for an international century by making a career-best 227 in England's innings victory at Adelaide, their first in a "live" Ashes Test in Australia for 24 years. 
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