T20 Cricket World Cup 2010 Schedule

This year Twenty20 cricket world cup tournament will be played in West Indies in April -- May 2010. The 3rd T20 world cup will see some new teams such as Afghanistan and Ireland. Overall 12 teams will be contesting in the T20 cricket world cup 2010.

Thease teams are divided into four groups:



Group A - Pakistan (A1), Bangladesh (A2) and Australia

Group B - Sri Lanka (B1), New Zealand (B2) and Zimbabwe

Group C - South Africa (C1), India (C2) and Afghanistan

Group D - West Indies (D1), England (D2) and Ireland



Seeding has been provided to each team as A1, D2 etc.



The schedule follows:

Hockey World Cup 2010 Points Tally

The current points-tally of the Hero Honda World Cup Hockey Championship 2010 is as follows:

Hosts India out of the Hockey World Cup 2010

The hosts India are out of the International Hockey World Cup 2010. Their way to the exit was made sure when the hosts lost their critical match against England on Saturday, 7th March. Even after getting such an overwhelming support from the spectators all over the country, their team couldn't even get past the first round of plays.

Sachin Tendulkar = 200

It takes 442 ODIs, 20 years of cricketing experience, 36 years of age and moreover a Sachin Tendulkar to hit a double century in an ODI! Today, Sachin has achieved the landmark of scoring 200 runs in a single inning of an ODI. This milestone was missed by narrow margins in the past by many batsmen. This not only helped India to win convincingly against South Africa but also set a new benchmark for other batsmen.

Hockey World Cup 2010

Hero Honda International Hockey Federation (FIH) World Cup

Do you know where the Hockey World Cup 2010 is being played? It is in India, starting on the 28th of February 2010! Find the complete schedule of the International Hockey Federation World Cup below!

India wins a thriller to retain the number one spot

A trilling match which kept the fellow cricket fans in a nail-byting position till it's end. That was India's second Test match against South Africa. Indian bowlers finally took over their chance and went on winning the match for their team, even though they couldn't get Amla's wicket. A huge share of the credit  lies on the shoulders of Harbhajan Singh, who at the time of requirement, bowled flawlessly and placed India on the winning side. With this win, India has retained their position of being the best team playing Test Cricket till the next match, atleast.

Who will take responsibility of India's loss against South Africa?

India went through a very embarrassing and well expected defeat in the first test against India, at Nagpur. The Indian batting line-up, even in two innings, was not able to get par the South African first innings score of 568. Even after Sehwag and Tendulkar scoring a century each in two of the innings, why was the Indian team not able to do good? Aren't the Indian batsmen not capable of facing a quite good pace attack like that of South Africa?

IPL 3 Schedule

Much awaited and one of the most coveted cricket tournament IPL T20 will start in another one month's time. Those who have got the tickets can enjoy the Live tournament at the ground. Those who couldn't can look at the schedule below and watch for their favorite teams and players in action.

Steyn shines on South Africas road to victory

Dale Steyn's outstanding bowling performance is taking South Africa closer and closer towards victory. What a brilliant bowling performance! He was bowling one of the most lethal and stunning spells of pace and swing, rare to see in this part of the world! India are on the verge of losing the test match to South Africa on their own soil.

India sweating in the first test match

The Indian cricket team is sweating already in their first test match against South Africa. South Africa are at a very good position in the match. They have put across a very huge score for the Indians to chase. On the second day of the play, South Africa has declared at 558 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. Now, the Indian team batsmen, top-order as well as the middle-order, needs to fire well in order to get some hold in this match. India are at 25 runs without the loss of any wickets, when the day's play was called off.

Chelsea gets transfer ban lifted

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has lifted the transfer ban on Chelsea. They have been cleared of any wrong doings, regarding the transfer of Gael Kakuta from the Lens. They now have all the Sanctions on it, lifted. Chelsea are the leaders of the current Premier League.

All teams tamper with ball: Imran, Rameez

Shahid Afridi is not the only one who thinks that all teams tamper with the ball.
Pakistan's World Cup winning former captain Imran Khan and another ex-skipper Rameez Raja also feel the same.

Media barred from Indian hockey World Cup camp

As the Indian hockey team began getting a feel of the National Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday, ruckus erupted outside the World Cup venue with authorities shunting out media on the pretext of security.

Sevilla continues to resurge under Jimenez

This weekend saw Sevilla continuing their resurgence, with this victory against Valencia. They are just three points below Valencia, who are at the third place in the Primera Division table. Sevilla outplayed the threat of their rivals for a score of 2-1 to overtake Mallorca and reach into the fourth place. It was a deserving win for the hosts, who deserved it well. This victory certainly must have boosted their confidence to a higher levels.

Massa and Schumacher celebrate day of comebacks

Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher, once brothers in arms but now Formula One rivals, returned to the racetrack on a day of comebacks on Monday.

Both the Brazilian and the German had moments when they thought their eyes were deceiving them but the lap times in Valencia were real enough.

Federer takes home the Australian Open Trophy

Roger Federer adds another cup to his collection of Grand Slam titles. The Australian Open 2010 was his 16th Grand Slam title. He certainly has proved the statement that he is the greatest of the champions till now! What an Unmatchable beauty! That's what one might feel when gets a chance to see this Swiss Maestro with racquet in his hand. I would like to call it as bad luck of Murry because he had to face the most talented tennis player that the world has ever seen till now! Else, he would have been successful in taking Britain's hopes to it's destination.

Ball Tampering Controversies: Shahid Afridi Chewing the Ball

The recent incident of chewing the ball by Shahid Afridi was indeed unfortunate. Afridi was banned for two T20 matches after this incident. In cricket, players tamper the ball in order to make the situation difficult for the batsmen by gaining the reverse swing with the tampered ball. Mostly, fielders and bowlers tamper balls in frustration and annoyance in case they are loosing the match, maybe.

Master Blaster and The Wall does it again

The master blaster showed his excellence yet another time. Another test, Another century! That's what he is providing his fellow fans. And when he has the partnership of "The Wall of Indian Batting" along with him on the other end, what else could block him? Sachin Tendulkar seems to be going non-stop. Its good news for the Indian fans around the world. The Master is in good touch. What a marvelously carved century! Dravid too scored a century and seemed to be going all well, till a Shahadat Hossain bouncer that smashed into the side of his face. Their combined effort has placed India into a very well and secured place in the match.

Bowlers give India an upper Hand

It was an impressive performance by the Indian bowlers. The Indian pace duo of Zaheer and Ishant shared 7 of the Bangladesh wickets among themselves. Together, they put on pressure on the Bangladesh batsmen. The only highlight of the Bangladesh innings was the batting performance of Mahmudullah. He remained unbeaten by the Indian bowlers at a personal score of 96 runs. He was impressive with his bat, although he could not manage to get to that hundred run mark.

Manchester Rolls over, behind Rooney

Wayne Rooney scored 4 goals in a match to take the reigning Champions Manchester United, to the top of the Premier League. On the basis of Rooney's goals, Manchester United defeated Hull for a margin of 4 goals to nill. On the eighth minute itself Rooney beat the Hull goalkeeper Boaz Myhill, latching onto the rebound after a shot from Paul Scholes was parried. But even with the goal from Rooney in the initial phase, Manchester seemed to be fighting a lot in the game. It was in the last ten minutes that Rooney scored three more goals to take the score to 4. His tally for the season is 20 now, with this performance.

Australia victorious in the first ODI

Australia, yet another time proved massive to be defeated. Australia bet Pakistan in the first one day match at Brisbane. The Pakistan cricket team might've had a sigh of relief when they got rid of Ricky Ponting in the 18th over itself, leaving Australia struggling at 84 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. But there onwards Cameron White took over the control. His partnerships with Michael Clarke and Hussey took Australia to a much decent victory.

5 out of 5 for Gambhir

Donald Bradman, Jacques Kallis, Mohammad Yousuf and now Gautam Gambhir! The champion Delhi batsman has joined the group of players who have scored 5 hundreds in consecutive test matches. With that sixer off the bowling of Shakib Al Hasan, he is now the fourth only cricketer who have scored hundreds in 5 tests in a row. He is the first Indian batsman to achieve such a milestone. Indian Cricket is seeing its future in the shoulders of this young Delhi batsman now.

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India has advantage in the First Test

India Vs Bangladesh, First Test Match - A summary

India finished off the Bangladesh innings at 242, leading by one run. The Bangladesh team seemed to be troubled facing the Indian Bowling attack. It was a Medium pacer show, in the Bangladesh first innings. In their tour to Bangladesh, for the first time, Indian bowling was highlighted apart from the fact that Sreesanth and Mishra had 12 no-balls to be shared between them.

The Algerian "Draw" Theory

Algeria Football team coach Rabah Saadane admitted that he and his team were actually playing for a draw against Angola, since they knew that they would go through into the next round in the Africa Cup of Nations. This has cost Mali, who, despite a victory against Malawi lost their chance to advance in the tournament. Saadane was quoted saying "We had the rules and knew that if Mali won, we would go through. So we said to our players: 'Now stop. Either score or draw - absolutely minimum." to the team, when they were sure of the spot.

Unmatched Brilliance

India Vs Bangladesh, First Test Match - First Innings summary

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the name written with gold in the history of Indian cricket. The Little master once again proved his worth by scoring a very brilliant and marvelous century to guide the Indian Cricket team to post a score for Bangladesh to chase. Look at him man, he is 36 and yet his hunger for runs hasn't stopped. That's the classic little master of India. Nothing can stop Sachin from scoring runs if he decides, that's what a fellow Indian Cricket fan might think when he sees the match.

Srilanka Won Triangular Series, the pitch retained its Name!

Once again, it was the same result in this pitch. Right from the beginning, it was supporting the team who batted second. It kept its legacy in the finals too. When it joined the Srilankan team's luck and habit of winning in triangular series finals, there was hardly any chance for the Indian team in the field. But Indian team and Suresh Raina in particular, can be proud of a competent failure.

The Michael Schumacher Comeback Saga begins now

This is how it begins, again: Michael Schumacher begins his Formula One comeback tour this week with a set of GP2 tests in Spain.

The Kohli Show!

Splendid! Not more about Virat Kohli. As Sports Affairs already mentioned, these youngsters are proving out to be assets for the team. Amongst the Indian batsmen, Virat stood tall with a marvellously earned hundred. While the other batsmen were looking quite sloppy with their bats, Virat Kohli was in no mood to give up the chance. He took over and finished up a very matured looking hundred.

Schedule for Cricket Match Series between South Africa and India

Amidst the war to retain number one position in five day test matches, India is really keen to play with its nearest competitor – South Africa. The plan was made on a very short notice. BCCI requested South Africa board for this series. South Africa also showed its interest for the competition and they decided for a series in India.

Dhoni rescues India again

Impressive! Such elegant was Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the duo of Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina with their bat. Yet another time the India Captian Mahendra Singh Dhoni displayed his credibility with his bat and sailed the Indian Cricket Team to a well comfortable victory. Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina helped him in his course of rescue. Batting in pressure situations is being a habit for these young cricketers. Now and they come into the crease when the team is under immense pressure, keep their head cool, bat impressively and flawlessly finish off with victory secured. These young men are turning out to be very valuable assets for the team as well as the country. What else do the captain need more? Well a good bowling support is what India misses this time.

Top Websites for Live Cricket Score

If you are among the unfortunate ones to miss the Live cricket on the field and the TV, you can still track your favourite matches ball by ball on Internet. Although there are a number of websites providing scores, I have found following ones to be the best in the lot:

Sevilla upsets Barca in Spanish League

The champions Barcelona had their upset very early in 2010 itself. Sevilla beat the reigning champions Barcelona by 2 Goals to 1, in their last 16 tie on Tuesday. Nuo Camp will be a good memory for Diego Capel and Alvaro Negredo of Sevilla, where they scored for the first time in 2010 leading the team to victory.

India Lost First Cricket Match of 2010 – What Went Wrong?

Indian cricket team finished 2009 on a very high note. It became no. 1 in test matches and won the series against Sri Lanka convincingly in December 2009. This led to high expectations on the first ODI of the tri-Series being played in Bangladesh currently. Much to the Indian fans’ disappointment, the team lost to relatively inexperienced Sri Lankan team today. Let us dig out what went wrong?

Well Played, Srilanka

Not a very well compiled victory. Yet, Sangakkara would be a happy man. Srilanka, finally proved to be the better team, holding their nerves in pressure situations. All credits to Thilan Samaraveera for his wonderfully carven century and also some last minute heroics from Thissara Perera, which fixed up the match in Srilanka's favour. It was really wonderful to watch Thilan Samaraveera scoring his second ODI career Century. More interesting, is the fact that his previous best score against India was a mere 16 in seven ODI matches. He has proved his calibre by getting through testing situation in adverse conditions.

Flawless Victory for Lankans

Tilakaratne Dilshan was fabulous in 2009, he made it better by starting 2010 scoring a wonderful century (104 runs of just 122 balls) in the first ODI match in the Tri-Series. He is absolutely proving to be a certain match winner for the Srilankan team. Chasing a total of 260, Srilanka were totally under control till they finished off, winning the match in style and honour. Winning the Tri-Series Opener, Something for Srilanka and Sangakkara to be proud of! Sangakkara can walk in confidently for tomorrow's match with India. They seem to be a team with full confidence.

12 Pakistani Cricketers Ready for IPL 3 Auction

So far a dozen of Pakistani cricketers have made themselves available for the players' auction to be held on January 17. The deadline for Pakistani players to apply for the auction ends on Thursday.

XIX Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010 Calendar

Here is the XIX Commonwealth Games, New Delhi 2010 Calendar.

Australia is Enthusiastic about 2010 Commonwealth Games

After England’s positive response, Australia also showed enthusiasm to participate in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Also, Australia is planning to send largest-ever delegation of over 600 athletes, coaches, managers, medicos and officials, including Olympic and world champions.