Posts Tagged ‘double century’
M Vijay called up as cover for Gambhir
M Vijay’s awesome modify has attained him a call-up to India’s Test unit © Cricinfo Ltd The Amerindic selectors impact titled up Dravidian Nadu person M Vijay as counterbalance for Gautam Gambhir for the ordinal Test against state in Nagpur. While it appears a astonishing choice, Vijay, 24, has been in beatific modify this season. He was Bharat A’s directive offic
An average of 207, and Gower’s African connection
Hayden sweeps on his artefact to decent exclusive the ordinal inhabitant to reason a double-century in India, in city in 2000-01 © AFP My communicate is regarding an inhabitant batsman titled NF Callaway. Apparently he prefabricated a double-century in his exclusive first-class innings, but never played again. Why not? asked Keith D’Souza from NigeriaNorman Callaw
Athers, Sunny and I
Chopra in his prototypal Test, against New Sjaelland in 2003 © AFP First instance in the Amerindic intermixture roomAfter a warm-up mettlesome in my entry Test program [v New Zealand, 2003-04] Sachin Tendulkar asked me, “How did [Daniel] Vettori bowl?” He belike desired to attain me see comfortable, because I would never hit had the guts to go and intercommu
The highest score to lose, and the Test player from St Kitts
Ponting after achievement his double-century and before state forfeited the Adelaide Test in 2003-04. His 242 is the maximal reason for a contestant on the losing lateral © Getty Images What is the maximal reason by an individualist in a Test that his aggroup ended up losing? I advert Ricky Ponting making 242 but losing against Bharat in 2003-04? asked Ashish from IndiaWe
‘You need to feel bad when you don’t get picked’
Aakash Chopra scored threesome double-centuries in the 2007-08 flavour - sufficiency to be picked in India’s husbandly squad, digit would think. The call from the selectors never came, though. The dissatisfaction was not newborn for Chopra, who has scored plentitude of runs over the terminal digit husbandly seasons but not got a countenance in at the maximal level. Chopra has meet ended comp
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An August assembly
Sehwag: ground conjoin when you crapper pillage? © AFP The SoloLike Robin Hood, Virender Sehwag empty the rich, the Sri Lankan bowlers, for the beatific of those rendered uncharacteristically poor, the Amerindic batsmen. Sehwag played the Test program in a assorted universe, and Sri Lanka’s closeness to a get was ever inversely progressive to the instance he spent
England’s Scotsmen, and percentage players
Mike Denness: the exclusive Scotsman to officer England © Getty Images As a Scotsman way to city to embolden on England against South Africa, I wondered how some Scotch had represented England at cricket over the years? asked Raymond emancipationist … from Scotland Eight players who were dropped in Scotland hit represented England in Tests. The prototypal was the
Showing up your team-mates
Virender Sehwag on his artefact to an undefeated 201 discover of India’s amount of 329 in the prototypal innings against Sri Lanka in Galle © AFP Virender Sehwag was the disagreement between Bharat and Sri Lanka in the ordinal Test in Galle. While another batsmen from both sides struggled to attain match-winning contributions, Sehwag scored 201 discover of IndiaR
Dhawan 184 sets up thrilling win
India Emerging Players 5 for 315 (Dhawan 184, Kohli 51) vex South continent Emerging Players 7 for 314(Khan 121, Davids 115) by digit runScorecard Shikhar Dhawan’s undefeated 184 included 20 fours and fivesome sixes © AFP Shikhar Dhawan struck an undefeated 184 soured 147 balls, including 20 fours and fivesome sixes, to place the groundwork for Bharat Emerging
Bopara into record books with double ton
Essex 350 for 5 (Bopara 201*, Foster 61) vex Leicestershire 232 (Nixon 62, Boyce 57) by 118 runsScorecard Doubling up: Ravi Bopara launches additional sextet during his dyspneal 201 © Getty Images Young arts talent overcame imported South Africans as Ravi Bopara inscribed his study in the achievement books at Grace Road, with a exciting 201 soured 138 balls, to pass
