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After a virtuoso performance in an emotionally charged campaign-opener against arch-rivals Pakistan, India will have to maintain the attacking form when they take on Australia in their second Pool B match of the hockey World Cup on Tuesday.
India produced one of the finest performances in long time in front of a capacity crowd at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium to beat Pakistan 4-1 on Sunday and now would want to overcome Australia to brighten their chances for semi-finals.
Pumped up by a cheering home crowd, everything clicked for India against Pakistan with the midfield, defense and upfront spot on.
The defence of Sandeep Singh, Diwakar Ram and Dhananjay Mahdik were able to keep at check the dangerous strike duo of Rehan Butt and Shakeel Abbasi throughout the match.
The upfront led by Prabhjot Singh, Shivendra Singh and Rajpal Singh created havoc with their fast-paced interchanges, but the difference was the midfield with an outstanding Sardar Singh.
On the other hand, Australia would be an altogether different side with their one-touched fast-paced hit and run style of play and India will have to be extra vigilant as the Kookaburras are now like a wounded tiger after their 2-3 loss to England on Sunday.
Having won 51 of their 72 World Cup matches, Australia boast a winning percentage of 71 - higher than any other team. They finished runners-up in the last two editions (2002 and 2006).
Rightly for India, coach Jose Brasa has advised his boys to remain grounded on their feet and not being carried away by the triumph against Pakistan.
For Ric Charlesworth's side, it will be a must-win match against India and any hiccup would make it difficult for Australia to qualify for the semi-finals.
Charlesworth himself has acknowledged that it would be a must-win match for them.
"It is a must-win situation now," he said. The last match between the two teams was in Champions Trophy in Chennai five years ago when Australia won it 4-1.
Australia have come into the tournament at the back of their Champions Trophy triumph at home last year and they have been one of the title contenders though that tag has been dented by their loss to England.
They are the second-ranked side in the world but Olympic and World Cup records (just one gold medal each) do not match with their formidable prowess.
Australia, however, are the favourites as far as history goes with the Indians having won just one of the six matches the two sides have played in World Cup since 1975.
The Australians committed mistakes in the defence and also was poor in converting the penalties against England. Specially, Australia need to improve penalty corner conversion rate as they could score just once from the 12 they got on Sunday.
In the two other Pool B matches on Tuesday, South Africa take on England while Pakistan play Spain.
Teams (from)
India: Rajpal Singh (capt), Adrian D'Souza, Sandeep Singh, Arjun Halappa, Prabhjot Singh, Sardar Singh, Gurwinder Singh Chandi, Deepak Thakur, Sarvanjit Singh, Gurbaj Singh, Tushar Khandker, Sreejesh Raveendran, Shivendra Singh, Bharat Chikara, Dhananjay Mahadik, Vikram Pillay, Danish Mujtaba, Diwakar Ram.
Australia: Jamie Dwyer (capt), Liam De Young, Simon Orchard, Glenn Turner, Robert Hammond, Matthew Butturini, Mark Knowles, Edward Ockenden, Luke Doerner, Grant Schubert, Matthew Swann, Nathan Burgers, George Bazeley, Kieran Govers, Kiel Brown, Graeme Beg bie, Fergus Kavanagh, Desmond Abbott.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Monday, October 26, 2009
India Australia Cricket Schedule
Complete Schedule
Source: http://www.cricketworld4u.com
- Sun Oct, 25 - 09:00, 1st ODI - India v Australia, Baroda
- Wed Oct, 28 - 14:30, 2nd ODI - India v Australia, Nagpur
- Sat Oct, 31 - 14:30, 3rd ODI - India v Australia, New Delhi
- Mon Nov, 02 - 14:30, 4th ODI - India v Australia, Mohali
- Thu Nov, 05 - 14:30, 5th ODI - India v Australia, Hyderabad
- Sun Nov, 08 - 09:00, 6th ODI - India v Australia, Guwahati
- Wed Nov, 11 - 14:30, 7th ODI - India v Australia, Mumbai
Source: http://www.cricketworld4u.com
Monday, July 20, 2009
England beat Australia by 115 runs in 2nd Ashes Test
London: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff celebrated his final test at Lord's on Monday with five for 92 to give the home side their first victory over Australia at the home of cricket for 75 years.
Australia, who had resumed at 313 for five in their second innings chasing 522 for victory, were bowled out for 406 in the morning session. England won by 115 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
"To win an Ashes test match at Lord's is something that many guys have dreamt of doing over the last 50, 60 years or so and to be the 11 guys who have actually pulled it off, it feels very, very special at the moment," England captain Andrew Strauss said.
Flintoff, who will retire from test cricket after the fifth test at the Oval next month, said: "It's nice to get five on the last morning and take the plaudits but it's been a real team effort."
England's only test victory of the 20th century against Australia at Lord's came in 1934 when Yorkshire left-arm spinner Hedley Verity took 15 wickets on a rain-affected pitch, dismissing Don Bradman twice.
"We were outplayed right through the course of the game," Australia captain Ricky Ponting told Sky TV. "I think from the first ball on the first day, right up until the end today, I think England have been the better team."
Flintoff bowled magnificently for the second day in a row, rapping Brad Haddin on the pads with his third ball which beat the Australian wicketkeeper for pace.
The next drew Haddin forward, caught the outside edge and flew low to Paul Collingwood at second slip. He had not added to his overnight score of 80.
Mitchell Johnson got off the mark with a handsome drive for four off Anderson. He was then struck on the pads by a low full toss from Flintoff which would have hit the stumps but umpire Rudi Koertzen had already signalled a no-ball.
Michael Clarke, 125 not out overnight, unfurled a glorious off-drive to the boundary off Stuart Broad, who had replaced James Anderson at the Nursery end.
Johnson off-drove Broad for four to bring up the 350 but then lost Clarke, who was bowled for 136 by Graeme Swann's second delivery of the morning. The batsman was deceived in the flight by a ball which knocked back his off-stump.
CROWD SUPPORT
Flintoff, still steaming in from the Pavilion end after more than an hour of high-pace bowling, bowled Nathan Hauritz for one and Peter Siddle for seven.
Johnson, dropped on 36 hitting a difficult return chance to Swann, continued to play his shots while wickets fell at the other end. He was the last man out, bowled by Swann for 63 with nine boundaries.
Flintoff, who twisted his right knee during the first drawn test in Cardiff, said he would have been unwilling to surrender the ball on Monday.
"It's one of those situations where you are a little bit tired or you might be aching a little bit but when the crowd get behind you you just can't stop," he told Sky TV.
"I just want to give a special mention to Andrew Flintoff, who was magnificent this morning," Strauss said.
"We are not going to get carried away, there's a lot more cricket to be played in this series but to go 1-0 up and, I think, deserve a victory, makes it even better."
Ponting said his team needed to pick themselves up again for the third test at Edgbaston, starting on July 30.
"One-nil down now with three test matches to go we've got to regroup and hit the ground running at Edgbaston," he said.
"At the end of the day we were beaten by over 100 runs in a test and we can't change anything that's happened in the course of the game, only our own performances and that's what we've got to do with some hard work over the next week."
When the crowd applauded his comments, Ponting added, laughing: "That's the first round of applause I've got for five days."
Source: http://www.cricketworld4u.com
Australia, who had resumed at 313 for five in their second innings chasing 522 for victory, were bowled out for 406 in the morning session. England won by 115 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
"To win an Ashes test match at Lord's is something that many guys have dreamt of doing over the last 50, 60 years or so and to be the 11 guys who have actually pulled it off, it feels very, very special at the moment," England captain Andrew Strauss said.
Flintoff, who will retire from test cricket after the fifth test at the Oval next month, said: "It's nice to get five on the last morning and take the plaudits but it's been a real team effort."
England's only test victory of the 20th century against Australia at Lord's came in 1934 when Yorkshire left-arm spinner Hedley Verity took 15 wickets on a rain-affected pitch, dismissing Don Bradman twice.
"We were outplayed right through the course of the game," Australia captain Ricky Ponting told Sky TV. "I think from the first ball on the first day, right up until the end today, I think England have been the better team."
Flintoff bowled magnificently for the second day in a row, rapping Brad Haddin on the pads with his third ball which beat the Australian wicketkeeper for pace.
The next drew Haddin forward, caught the outside edge and flew low to Paul Collingwood at second slip. He had not added to his overnight score of 80.
Mitchell Johnson got off the mark with a handsome drive for four off Anderson. He was then struck on the pads by a low full toss from Flintoff which would have hit the stumps but umpire Rudi Koertzen had already signalled a no-ball.
Michael Clarke, 125 not out overnight, unfurled a glorious off-drive to the boundary off Stuart Broad, who had replaced James Anderson at the Nursery end.
Johnson off-drove Broad for four to bring up the 350 but then lost Clarke, who was bowled for 136 by Graeme Swann's second delivery of the morning. The batsman was deceived in the flight by a ball which knocked back his off-stump.
CROWD SUPPORT
Flintoff, still steaming in from the Pavilion end after more than an hour of high-pace bowling, bowled Nathan Hauritz for one and Peter Siddle for seven.
Johnson, dropped on 36 hitting a difficult return chance to Swann, continued to play his shots while wickets fell at the other end. He was the last man out, bowled by Swann for 63 with nine boundaries.
Flintoff, who twisted his right knee during the first drawn test in Cardiff, said he would have been unwilling to surrender the ball on Monday.
"It's one of those situations where you are a little bit tired or you might be aching a little bit but when the crowd get behind you you just can't stop," he told Sky TV.
"I just want to give a special mention to Andrew Flintoff, who was magnificent this morning," Strauss said.
"We are not going to get carried away, there's a lot more cricket to be played in this series but to go 1-0 up and, I think, deserve a victory, makes it even better."
Ponting said his team needed to pick themselves up again for the third test at Edgbaston, starting on July 30.
"One-nil down now with three test matches to go we've got to regroup and hit the ground running at Edgbaston," he said.
"At the end of the day we were beaten by over 100 runs in a test and we can't change anything that's happened in the course of the game, only our own performances and that's what we've got to do with some hard work over the next week."
When the crowd applauded his comments, Ponting added, laughing: "That's the first round of applause I've got for five days."
Source: http://www.cricketworld4u.com
Oz cricket columnist says Koertzen must retire now
Australia''s premier cricket writer Robert Craddock has said that South African and ICC elite umpire Rudi Koertzen should be asked to retire immediately following several questionable decisions that he took in the ongoing second Ashes Test at Lords
Stating that he should have retired two years ago when he convinced his co-umpires to misinterpret the rain rule, which made a farce of the World Cup final, Craddock said that Koertzen’s performance in the current Ashes was equally dismal.
“Amazingly, he is still at large making major blunders which shape the results of series,” Craddock writes in his news.com.au blog.
“I can forgive Billy Doctrove - just - for failing to detect the fact that Mike Hussey hit the ground and not the ball when he was given out. And even forgive Koertzen for not picking up that Flintoff’s dismissal of Katich should have been a no ball. But there was absolutely no excuse for Koertzen not to go to the third umpire to decide whether Andrew Strauss has correctly caught Phil Hughes at slip,” Craddock says.
“Had he done so Hughes would have been given not out because at the very least there was major doubt the ball carried? That Koertzen had to ask Doctrove what he thought should have been reason enough to go upstairs,” he adds
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
20th Indian student attacked in Australia
An Indian hospitality student was punched and had his turban removed at the Dandenong station in southeast Melbourne on Monday. This is the 20th attack on Indians in the past one month in Australia.
Resham Singh, 22, who came to Australia from Punjab six months ago, was also subjected to taunts such as, "You Indians, you guys should go back", according to Amit Menghani, president of the Federation of Indian students in Australia, who spoke with the victim over phone. Singh was returning home around 8:30 pm on Monday when he was attacked at the train station.
Two people abused him, left and returned with four others who then punched him, removed his turban and attempted to cut his hair, Menghani said. "My friends tried to save me," Singh was reported as saying.
He admitted that "education agent back in India never gave me any information of how hard life will be here." Three of the attackers were caught on the scene by police, while the other three managed to escape, according to Menghani's conversation with Singh.
The latest attack comes during an Australian tour by seven Indian print and television journalists. They were invited by Australia's department of foreign affairs and trade to repair Australia's image in the Indian press.
Resham Singh, 22, who came to Australia from Punjab six months ago, was also subjected to taunts such as, "You Indians, you guys should go back", according to Amit Menghani, president of the Federation of Indian students in Australia, who spoke with the victim over phone. Singh was returning home around 8:30 pm on Monday when he was attacked at the train station.
Two people abused him, left and returned with four others who then punched him, removed his turban and attempted to cut his hair, Menghani said. "My friends tried to save me," Singh was reported as saying.
He admitted that "education agent back in India never gave me any information of how hard life will be here." Three of the attackers were caught on the scene by police, while the other three managed to escape, according to Menghani's conversation with Singh.
The latest attack comes during an Australian tour by seven Indian print and television journalists. They were invited by Australia's department of foreign affairs and trade to repair Australia's image in the Indian press.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sikh student attacked in Australia, attempt to cut his hair
In a fresh attack, a 22-year-old Sikh youth was assaulted by a group of teenagers who tried to remove his turban and cut his hair. Two of the attackers have been arrested.
Resham Singh 'was assaulted by a group of six teenagers. They tried to remove the turban of this youth and cut his hair', dailynews365.com reported Tuesday.
Singh said the group first abused him and left and again came back with more people and a pair of scissors. They tried to remove his turban and to cut his hair.
The incident took place Monday at the station in Dandenong, a Melbourne suburb. With this attack, the number of victims has risen to 19 since May 9.
Singh said: 'My friends tried to save me', adding the 'education agent back in India never gave me any information of how hard life will be here'.
A student of hospitality, Singh came from Punjab six months back to study in Australia.
Two of the attackers were arrested.
'The youths from Dandenong - aged 13 and 15 years - were charged with intentionally causing serious injury, recklessly causing serious injury and assault in company,' the report quoted a police spokesperson as saying.
Nearly 90,000 Indian students are studying in various Australian education institutions.
A series of attacks and robberies on Indian students had been highlighted prominently in the Indian media, which had led to statements of assurance on safety from the highest level of the Australian government.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Two more Indians assaulted in Sydney
A television channel report said that police were called in at 4 a.m. on Sunday. They were told that the two Australian teenagers struck the two Indian friends on their heads with glass beer bottles.
The Indians, both aged 20, were taken to a Sydney Hospital where they were treated for bruising and minor lacerations, before being discharged.
The police have arrested the two Australian youngsters after a short foot pursuit. The accused, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old were both charged with two counts of assault causing bodily harm in company of others at Sydney's City Central Police Station.
A number of items have been seized for forensic examination. Police also spoke with a number of witnesses.
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