India vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI and Vaas’s 400 wickets

Sri Lankan seamier Vaas is the 4th blower in the world who has acquired 400 wickets in the ODI cricket. He achieve this title during he match alongside India during the Idea Cup Cricket tournament that was hosted by Sri Lanka. Before him only three blowers was titled considered on Wasim Akram (Pak), M Muralitharan (Asia/ICC/SL) and Waqar Younis (Pak). During the 4th ODI, by dismissing Yuvraj Singh he has come to the 4 hundred family. He is the second bowler after M Muralitharan who has achieve 400 wickets in ODI.

He is one of three bowlers to have taken two hat-tricks in ODIs, Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq being the other two. Vaas' first came in the ODI where he took 8 for 19; the second came against Bangladesh in Pietermaritzburg during the World Cup in 2003. His hat-trick came off the first three balls of the match - a feat matched by no other - and he went on to take 6 for 25, his second-best figures in ODIs.

As a bowler he has very good bowling statistic is very well and the average is 27.53 and bowling economy is 4.18. His best bowling in an innings is 8 wickets by 19 runs. His figure is form 322 matches, 320 innings.

England vs South Africa: England is leading the series 2-0

Last year the ODI NatWest series held between India vs England. But this year it is running between England vs South Africa. It was held before Twenty20 World Cup championship. This year it is taking place before ICC championship 2008.Althow it was postpones for security problem. The last NatWast series was full of climax; it is looking lifeless this year.

Prior and Ian Bell took just 14.1 overs to chase down the measly target, England winning by 10 wickets half an hour before the scheduled dinner break.

The two ODIs already been over and south Africa has been beaten seriously to England. South Africa showed a very good performance in the test series, but ODI performance astonished all the fans of South Africa over the globe. The last ODI was held on 26 August 2008; South Africa lost all wickets just acquiring 83 runs. England is leading the 2-0 of 5-match series.

India vs Sri Lanka: live score, buzz and reviews 4th ODI

Ten Sports and Zee Sports are telecasting live the Idea Cup Cricket between India and Sri Lanka but Doordarsha is not. Anyway it is an important thing for the cricket fan home and abroad. Beside it, there are some important things about the previous match of the both team. In the two teams you could examine that the top order batsman are totally failure to move the team in a big score. Do you think that it is a big problem or the condition of Pitch of the Ground is the main fact?

I think this is not a big excuse to stretch the team in the long score. After Sachin Tendulka, Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag, Indian selection board did not get anyone who can dominate the opening bowler well. But most important thing is that against Sri Lanka it is almost impossible against the left-arm bowler Chaminda Vaas. On the other hand, new spinner Ajantha Mendis is a panic for Indian batsmen from Asia Cup Cricket Championship.

Similarly for the Sir Lankan batsmen, opener ST Jayasuriya and Kumara Sangakara is thoroughly failed to show their little performance in the last ODI matches in the five matches’ series. Those are depressed all the cricket fans of the Asian Cricket Champion Sri Lankan fans. Is it meaning that Cricket Giant batsmen ST Jayasuriya’s day has gone to end? I think it is not at all.

The Cricket Pitch of the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo is similar to the previous match. So, the luck is on the toss. Cricket intelligent thinks that the turning point of the match result is depending on the winning toss. They are also telling the pitch will act on the favor to the bowers after the fist innings.

You can visit in the different website to see the text live score, commentary. Cricinfo is the most popular sited among them. Ten Sports telecasting live with English Commentary and Zee Sports with Hindi commentary. So visit the site and enjoy the match.

India vs Sri Lanka 4th ODI the Squad and who will win?

The two serial victories of the ongoing Idea Cup Cricket Tournament make confident India to finish the series result in the 4^th ODI. The next match is match will be held on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Start time 2.30pm (local time) 0900 (GMT) at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. India is thinking positively and Sri Lanka is trying to come back to the series equal. I think India and Indian fans are trying to dream well to make sure the series result but is it possible?? What do you think and who will win the 4^th ODI?

The third ODI was full of incitement. This is big warning for the Indian side. Sri Lanka always plays a positive cricket all time from Ranatunaga’s era. When he used to dominate the opposite bowlers he looks cool and smiley. It seems that Mahela Jayawardena is a reflection of him.

Last two victories, however, Indian players will get inspiration to play well. They will have to more conscious about their fault and try to avoid any mistake during the fourth match of the Idea Cup Cricket tournament.

This is the players’ lists of both Teams who will play:

Sri Lanka (from): Mahela Jayawardena (captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Dilhara Fernando, Nuwan Kulasekera, Thilina Thushara, Ajantha Mendis, Mahela Udawatte, Malinda Warnapura.

India (from): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Harbhajan Singh, Gautham Gambhir, Virat Kohil, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Irfan Patahan, Yuvraj Singh, Subramaniam Badrinath. Praghyan Ohja, Rudra Prathap Singh.

USA vs Spain Basketball final Live Score and timetable

USA has proved again that there is none similar in Basketball. Spain and United State is going to meet to secure the Gold Medal in the closing Ceremony day of Olympics 2008. We can not say that Spain is week team. In the preliminary round USA beat Spain 82-119 points. This is the most positive for USA Basketball team to secure the Gold Medal.

In the semifinal Unites State defeated Argentina 101-81. US is leading the top position in the Medal standing list with highest total 107 of 34 Gold 37 Bronze and 36 Silver. Everyone is thinking that from Men’s Basketball they will get Gold and will move ahead.

Spain defeated to US seriously in the group round match. So they will try to take revenge in the final match in the Olympics 2008.

The match will be held at 14:30 Local time (CST). So it is a very bad time for US people. For US people it will be midnight.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Timing Third (3rd) ODI

A few hours later India and Sri Lanka is going to meet at R Premadasa Stadium. It is the third ODI of the five matches ODI series. Both the team is dreaming to take the lead with the 3rd ODI. Now the result is 1-1 of five-match series between the two countries. The timetable of the match is a Day-Night match and will taken place at 2.30pm (local time) 0900 (GMT) and according to the IST it will be 2:00PM. This will be Holiday match for India fans.

Sri Lanka has won the fist match for eight wickets when India filed to lead a big score than 146 runs by loosing all wickets just playing 46 overs. To reached the target of 147 runs Sri Lanka has to spend 24.5 overs and 2 wickets. BAW Mendis was crowned the man of the match title strong bowling figure (9-4-21-3-2.33). This is his second man of the match against India in as short time. On the other hand Sri Lankan Captain Jayawardene has secured his 11th fifty against India whenever he was not with 61 runs in the first ODI.

We can not say that the second ODI was totally positive for the India although they got victory by three wickets. I think bowling first was the most positive to level the series. In the Test series and two ODIs where abortive batting is the main caused to get defeat. In this series India has secured some lowest records whereas Sri Lanka hero.

Both team’s eyes are to take lead in the series. Sri Lanka steps ahead to compare the last ODIs winning statistics, including the Asia Cup Series which was held in Pakistan. So enjoy the match.

Nigeria vs Argentina Final Match Timing

In the Olympics 2008 Games that has been organize by Beijing. It is the eastern country in the Globe? So timing will be different with the distance of Latitude and Longitude. The counties that are situated in the West side of China, for those countries the time be decrees comparing with the CST. The Olympics Football match between Argentina vs Nigeria will be grounded at 12:00 CST in the National Stadium, Beijing, China.

There are many fans of Argentina in India, Pakistan, middle-east. According to the Indian time IST the match will be started 2:30 hours less than CST. If you want to compare with GMT it will be 8 hours less that CST.

As the match between Argentina vs Nigeria will be held on 12:00 so according to Indian time (IST), it will be 9:30AM and the fans who are in the European countries please adjust your time with GMT. I am giving the timetable with comparing GMT. At 4:00 GMT the final match will be held. The people of American continent will have to enjoy the match at midnight. So enjoy the match by comparing with you your local time.