Manchester United v Liverpool 2010: who will win?

Fans of English Premier League is decorating to celebrate the year’s most anticipating match on Sunday, 21 Mach 2010. Liverpool could not showing their strength in this season and standing in the number five by plying 30 matches with 51 points that is less than 5 from Tottenham. This statistic is not important for the visitors in the next match because the opposition Manchester United has very poor winning record against Liverpool. Man United last beat Liverpool two years ago.

Barclays Premier League 2010

Date: Sunday 21 March

Kick-off: 13:30  

Manchester United v Liverpool

Venue: Old Trafford

The wining statistic of the host is well. In the last five matches they have won all of them but the visitor was defeated in two matches. Now, Liverpool is aiming to find a good end in this season and seeking the top-four. At the same time, Manchester United aims to finish the season archiving the title again. To make the side’s stability Sir Alex Ferguson will bring centre-backs Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic on his side. So, Jonny Evans’ absence will not be extra pressure his side.

"I am now playing two games in a week, yet in the last couple of months I've not been able to imagine playing once so it's good to be in this position."

LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS

Man Utd (W3-0 v Fulham, h): Van der Sar; Neville (Fabio 87), Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia (Park 73), Carrick, Fletcher, Nani, Berbatov, Rooney. Subs not used: Kuszczak, Obertan, C Evans, Diouf, Gill.

Liverpool (W4-1 v Portsmouth, h): Reina; Johnson (Kelly 70), Carragher, Agger, Insua, Aquilani, Mascherano, Maxi, Gerrard (Benayoun 73), Babel, Torres (Ngog 80). Subs not used: Cavalieri, Kyrgiakos, Kuyt, Lucas.

All-rounder James Hopes doubt to appear in the Twenty20 Championship 2010

James Hopes is an Australian all-rounder cricketer who uses to play on the side of Queensland. The thirty one years old has signed with the Kings XI Punjab but he may not attend in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier league 2010 because of his injury. It is totally doubtful about his participation in the upcoming Twenty20 World Championship this year that has been scheduled to commence on from May this year.

 “I was pushing to be in the Twenty20 World Cup squad and if I could have gone over there (India) after this game and played some Twenty20 games over there and done OK my case may have been stronger to be included in that team.” Hopes said.

As an all-rounder he has participated in the 43 twenty20 tournament and scored 752 runs. His strike rate is looking pretty good but average is not so fruitful.  But as a bowler he is looking a little bit successful by picking up 32 wickets from 43 appearances. So the next Twenty20 Championship is his one of the important issue. In his T20s career, he appeared in 11 matches and earned 11 wickets and 75 runs.

Victory over Stuttgart: Barcelona is in Quarter final UEFA champions League 2010

It was the second leg match on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 between Barcelona and Stuttgart at Camp Nou Stadium. Barcelona defeated the visitors by 4-0 in UEFA Champions League. This victory has processed them for the quarter final. 

Barcelona striker Mess has scored two goals. At 13th minutes he scored the first goal on the side of Camp Nou and his second goal personally came after halftime in 60th minute which was the third goal for Barcelona because in 22nd minute Pedro scored the second goal. 

No doubt that Lionel Messi’s two goals are the most important part to win the match but Right back, the Brazilian player Daniel Alves’s and important crosses was very important. During the match he was dominated in the ground from first to last. 

The First leg match of the quarter final will be played on 30 and 31th the second leg will be played on April 6th and 7th.

Probable squad of India: Twenty20 World Championship 2010

Indian Squad for Twenty20 World Championship 2010 announced

A probable list of 30 men has found in a website of Indian squad has named for the next Twenty20 World Championship 2010. Among them the complete squad of 15 men will be announced on 26 March. The selection panel has been decorated with the five pioneers headed by Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Selected 15 players will fly for Caribbean to take part in the third edition of the World T20 championship from April 30-May 16.

India will be in the group C where South Africa and Afghanistan will be the opposition and the first match has to play against Afghanistan on May 1, 2010. The selection committee meeting will meet on 26 March to select the members.

It is know that the all-rounder Irfan Pathan would be wept out from the squad for the season 3 even he is not on the list of probable 30 men. Irfan Pathan was played very important role in South Africa when India became champions. Will Sachin Tendulkar be a part of the tour of West Indies? He is performing well in IPL season 3.

T20 World Cup probable

M S Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, S Sreesanth, Sudeep Tyagi, Rohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Wriddhiman Saha, Naman Ojha, Piyush Chawla, Abhimanyu Mithun, Manish Pandey, R P Singh, Munaf Patel, M Vijay, Vinay Kumar, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin

Who will lead Pakistan: Afridi or Razzaq in Twenty20 World Cup 2010?

In spite of playing very good cricket, Pakistan is always in trouble in both areas internal & external. At this moment they are without captain. The upcoming international cricket competition Twenty20 World Championship 2010 is knocking at the door. In this critical moment, when they should move to improve their quality, they are running behind leader selection. Last week some of the cricket has stepped them down from their responsibilities. Now the selection body is searching appropriate person to lead the nation in the international tournament. It was heard that the vice-caption Shahid Afridi suppose to be the responsible captain. Instead he is proposing Razzaq as a skipper for the team. During a discussion with the Butt he has proposed his mane.

Quote from dawn

“Butt discussed a scenario where Afridi could be captain for the T20 World Cup but also asked him who he would suggest if the board decided against making him (Afridi) captain because of his recent disciplinary problems,” cricket365 quoted the source as saying.

“Afridi suggested the name of Abdul Razzaq to Butt when asked to name a possible person who could lead Pakistan and enjoy the confidence of other players in the team,” the source added.

ICC World Twenty20 World Cup Fixtures and venues

IPL is celebrating the season 3. At the same time, the entire top nations are taking preparation for the Twenty20 World Championship 2010. You all the venue have been selected as the Caribbean country. This is the season 3 the world will be celebrate the very short formatted cricket competitions. It is a two-year competition by turn but due to change the Mini-World Cup schedule, it is taking place after one year. India achieved the prestigious trophy in the inaugural ceremony that was held in South Africa and Pakistan earns the trophy in the second season in England.

According to the FTP & ICC cricket schedule, West Indies will organize the season’s ceremony. Twelve teams will be the competitors. Among the two teams achieves the qualification by playing the pre –selection match that was held in Dubai.

The new comer, Afghanistan has showed a magical performance in the Qualifying round. They have beaten the experienced nation Ireland in the final in February. So, beside the 10 Test playing countries the audience will get to watch the extra performances.

The twelve teams will play a Robin-Round match by dividing 4 groups and two teams from each group will play super-eight matches in two groups. Top two will be qualified for the first Knock-out round in semifinals.

The cover Twenty20 Championship 2010 will be opened on Friday, April 30th 2010 and Super-eight from May 6th 2010. Two matches will be held in same stadium each day and all the match will be played in three cricket grounds.

2010 Twenty20 World Cup Fixtures

Group Stages

Friday, April 30th 2010 New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 13:00 local | 17:00 GMT | 18:00 BST Providence Stadium, Guyana West Indies vs Ireland 17:00 local | 21:00 GMT | 22:00 BST Providence Stadium, Guyana Saturday, May 1st 2010 Afghanistan vs India 09:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 14:30 BST Beaysejour Stadium, St Lucia Bangladesh vs Pakistan 13:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 18:30 BST Beaysejour Stadium, St Lucia Sunday, May 2nd 2010 India vs South Africa 09:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 14:30 BST Beaysejour Stadium, St Lucia Australia vs Pakistan 13:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 18:30 BST Beaysejour Stadium, St Lucia Monday, May 3rd 2010 Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe 09:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 14:30 BST Providence Stadium, Guyana West Indies vs England 13:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 18:30 BST Providence Stadium, Guyana Tuesday, May 4th 2010 New Zealand vs Zimbabwe 09:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 14:30 BST Providence Stadium, Guyana England vs Ireland 13:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 18:30 BST Providence Stadium, Guyana Wednesday, May 5th 2010 Australia vs Bangladesh 09:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 14:30 BST Kensington Oval, Barbados Afghanistan vs South Africa 13:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 18:30 BST Kensington Oval, Barbados

The Indian Premier League Fixture and time schedule of first 10 days

The Indian Premier League has been back to its home country and the season-III is going to take place from 12 March 2010.  The defending champions Deccan Chargers will move against Kolkata Knight Riders at the ground Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai where the final of the season will be held. Before the opening match it will be colorful procession and during the inaugural ceremony.

Here I have included the Fixtures and time schedule of first 10 days’ matches.

Fri Mar 12          
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 1st match - Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

Sat Mar 13
09:30 GMT | 15:00 local
15:00 IST 2nd match - Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Sat Mar 13          
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 3rd match - Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Sun Mar 14          
10:30 GMT | 16:00 local
16:00 IST 4th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Sun Mar 14          
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 5th match - Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Mon Mar 15          
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 6th match - Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Tue Mar 16          
10:30 GMT | 16:00 local
16:00 IST 7th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Tue Mar 16          
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 8th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Wed Mar 17          
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 9th match - Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Thu Mar 18          
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 10th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Fri Mar 19          
10:30 GMT | 16:00 local
16:00 IST 11th match - Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Fri Mar 19          
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 12th match - Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

Sat Mar 20          
10:30 GMT | 16:00 local
16:00 IST 13th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Sat Mar 20          
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 14th match - Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Sun Mar 21          
10:30 GMT | 16:00 local
16:00 IST 15th match - Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

Sun Mar 21          
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 16th match - Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Mon Mar 22          
14:30 GMT | 20:00 local
20:00 IST 17th match - Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai