First ICC Twenty-20 Cricket World Cup

ICC Twenty-20 Cricket World Cup

• The first ICC twenty-20 (T-20) World Cup Cricket held in South Africa in September (11-24), 2007
• Opening match was played between the host South Africa and West Indies.
• In the final match played at Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg, India defeated the Pakistan by 5 runs and finalized the first T-20 World Cup trophy.
• M.S. Dhoni was the Captain of the Indian Team.

Source: Cricket Facts. (n.d.). Facts About India, Indian Facts, Everything About India. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.facts-about-india.com/cricket-facts.php

Amazing facts about Cricket

With the help of the internet, i found some amazing facts about cricket:

• • It is believed that Cricket was started in England in 1300 AD.
  • It started as a game of shepherds and became widespread among other classes in 18th century AD.
  • After some time a club known as "Merylebone Cricket Club (MCC)" was formed at Lords in London.
  • Cricket became popular in Australia due to British effect there.
  • The first official cricket test match was played in the year 1877 between Australia and England in Melbourne.
  • When some other countries started played Cricket Imperial Cricket Conference was formed in 1909      which gave birth to International Cricket Conference in 1956.
  • The first One Day International cricket match was played in the year 1971 between England and Australia in Melbourne.
  • The first World Cup on one day matches was played in 1975 in London. West Indies won’t the World Cup beating Australia 17 runs.
  • The apex institutions of world cricket are the 'International Cricket Council'(ICC) and its headquarters is now in Dubai from August 1, 2005. Earlier it was in Lords (England).
  • Australia won the maximum of four World Cups till date.
  • In India Cricket was introduced by British royalty. Parsee community of India was the first to take part in Cricket in 1848.
  • Later on Parsee team visited England in 1886. Matches between European and Parsee teams, called Presidency matches, were started in Poona (now Pune) and Bombay (now Mumbai)
  • Raja Bhupindra Singh of Patiala donated the Ranji Trophy in 1934 for the national championship of Cricket.
  • The Board of Council for Cricket in India was formed in 1927.

Source: Cricket Facts. (n.d.). Facts About India, Indian Facts, Everything About India. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.facts-about-india.com/cricket-facts.php

Measurement in Cricket

Measurement in Cricket:

Size of Pitch - 22 yards (20.11 meters) 
Size of Crease - 1.22 - 1.83 meters (4 ft) 
Weight of Ball - 155 to 163 gram 
Perimeter of the Ball - 22.4-22.9 cm (9 inch) 
Size of Bat - 96.5 cm (38 inch) 
Width of Bat - 10.8 cm (4.25 inch) 
Size of the Stumps - 71.1 cm (28 inch)
Length of Bells - 11.1 cm (each bail)

Source:
1.  pm, �. J. (n.d.). Cricket ground, bat, ball, wicket, bowling and batting crease measurement . Welcome to OnePlace.in,free signup and access dating,matrimony,bollywood news,coming movies,released movies,disscuss forum,blog.. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.oneplace.in/blog_details.php?id=ODA=
2. Cricket Facts. (n.d.). Facts About India, Indian Facts, Everything About India. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.facts-about-india.com/cricket-facts.php

Winner of the world Cup Cricket Since 1975

Winner of the world Cup Cricket Since 1975.
Year	Place	Winner	Runner Up
1975	England	West Indies	Australia
1979	England	West Indies	England
1983	England	India	West Indies
1987	India and Pakistan	Australia	England
1991	Australia and New Zealand	Pakistan	England
1996	India,Pakistan,Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Australia
1999	England	Australia	Pakistan
2003	South Africa	Australia	India
2007	West Indies	Australia	Sri Lanka
2011	India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangaldesh	India	Sri Lanka

Source: Winners of World Cup Cricket since 1975 | onlineGKguide.com. (n.d.). General Knowledge 2012/2011 Current Affairs 2012 Questions Answers 2011 General Knowledge India Online GK Awareness. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.onlinegkguide.com/2009/02/27/winners-of-world-cup-cricket-since-1975

India vs Sri.Lanka - Highlights of World Cup 2011 Final

                                       
                                         India vs Sri.Lanka - Highlights of World Cup 2011 Final

It's the highlight broadcast of India vs Sri Lanka's final match, in which Team India won.

 
Source: India vs Sri.Lanka - Highlights of World Cup 2011 Final 720p HD - YouTube . (n.d.). YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3UT8_rFgfI

ODI Ranking

ICC ODI Championship		As on : 12-Feb-2012
S#	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1.	Australia	36	4685	130
2.	India	47	5572	119
3.	South Africa	27	3135	116
4.	Sri Lanka	40	4380	110
5.	Pakistan	37	4018	109
6.	England	35	3706	106
7.	New Zealand	28	2466	88
8.	West Indies	27	2146	79
9.	Bangladesh	32	1995	62
10.	Zimbabwe	33	1511	46
11.	Ireland	12	492	41
12.	Netherlands	7	37	5
13.	Kenya	5	0	0

Source: ICC rankings - ICC Test, ODI and Twenty20 rankings | ESPN Cricinfo. (n.d.). Live Cricket Scores | Cricket news, statistics | ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.espncricinfo.com/rankings/content/page/211271.html

ICC Test Ranking

Reliance ICC Test Ranking

	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	England	41	4830	118
2	South Africa	28	3277	117
3	India	46	5111	111
4	Australia	42	4655	111
5	Pakistan	35	3781	108
6	Sri Lanka	35	3426	98
7	West Indies	30	2654	88
8	New Zealand	24	1998	83
9	Bangladesh	18	135	8
Developed by David Kendix			Last Updated: Mon, Feb 6, 2012

Zimbabwe is currently unranked, as it has played insufficient matches. It has 167 points and a rating of 42.


Source: Reliance ICC Rankings - ICC Team Rankings, ICC Test Rankings, ICC ODI Rankings. (n.d.). International Cricket Council - ICC Events, ICC Cricket Rankings, Live Cricket Scores, ODI Fantasy League, Test Predictor.