Ricky Ponting produced arguably his most fluent performance in nearly 2 years on the first day of the 4th test as he and Michael Clarke proceeded once again to knock the stuffing out of India. Ponting, who has been criticised over the past year or so has now racked up his 2nd century in 3 matches and at 137* looks set to go on further. In an almost Dravid style return to form the former captain now looks a key unit in the team again at his new found number 4 position.
Cricket has always been a positively impacted game which refreshes you with the shots and runs you make. The fun element in playing this game is the dedication for scoring the maximum running between the wickets. But before thinking anything further let me ask you one thing that has you ever been satisfied with the performance you gave on field?
Also known as internal dialogue, self-talk is simply the way you talk to yourself inside your head. You worry over a bad innings, congratulate yourself after a good result, even tell yourself how sexy you look in fresh, clean whites. People do it every day, but mostly it's negative.
By understanding how your mind functions, you will be able to utilise its power, to get the most from yourself or those you coach. It is often claimed we use less than ten percent of our mind, therefore its vast, latent power is still unknown to medical research. Your mind has two parts, the conscious and the subconscious, otherwise known as the unconscious.
A hat-trick by Krishman Santokie saw the Dutch collapse from 110 for four to 116 all out as Jamaica took the final group match by eight wickets on Friday.
Relax guys. Why all this public outcry all over again? Tell me one instance where any cricket team from India did well in conditions that are not Indian. I don't think you will be able to recollect many.
Dhoni's out-of-the-box thinking has done the team good and while they may look like shrewd cricketing decisions, his choices, in retrospect, come across as lucky breaks. And the thing with luck is that it usually tends to run out. With six straight overseas Test defeats everything about Dhoni seems wrong. The only question bigger than Dhoni's immediate future as the Test captain is that if not Dhoni then who?
Staggering is the only word that comes to mind when one thinks of Muttiah Muralitharan. Arguably the greatest spinner in the history of cricket, Muralitharan has amassed 792 wickets in 132 Tests and it's impossible to even imagine that that someone will ever join ranks with the Sri Lankan who is playing his last Test as you read this.
Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke raced into the record books this week with a phenomenal 319 runs, but rather than going on to supersede Brian Lara's world record 400 runs in an innings, declared for the good of the team and the game. Critics had argued that Clarke was driven by ego, but this performance shines a kinder light on his motives.
Fantasy Sports are some of the most popular pastimes for both men and women around the world. In the United States alone over 32 million people play some form of the hobby. A fantasy team is a team that an individual constructs based on their favorite players from all teams; this is called their draft or fantasy draft. Than each player (or team) play other fantasy teams, or people, for the entire season to see who has chosen the best team from all of the top players. Each sport has a scoring system that can vary from sport to sport and from different leagues or websites, but in all leagues the idea is to gain the most points. In any event, it is very enjoyable and can be a monetary bonus for some players.
From the New Zealand domestic HRV Twenty20 competition. This is the most incredible catch I have ever seen. Bevan Small catches the ball in the air while crossing over the boundary rope, before hitting the ground he throws the ball to Michael Mason who takes the catch. More info below. Ok, for those who actually read the full description, here are a few things that people seem to be commenting on. 1. The Northern Districts team wear pink in support of the Breast Cancer Foundation. 2. When Mason & Small high five, it's NOT 6 runs. The catch has already been completed and the ball is now dead.....look up the rules on catching. 3. Sorry all you Sri Lanka fans, this is better than the Angelo Mathews catch, as in this one the catcher has to leap, catch the ball and throw before hitting the ground. In Angelo's catch, he caught the ball, took a couple of steps then threw just as he was crossing over the boundary. 4. For those who don't know the game of cricket and want to know why the 1st guy didn't just take the catch. In cricket, if during the act of catching the ball you make contact with the boundary rope or the ground on the other side of the boundary and the ball is still in contact with you, it is deemed the ball has gone over, which is 6 runs and can't be given out. By throwing the ball back in field before hitting the ground, the fielder has saved 6 runs. As the ball was then caught without having touched the ground or a fielder touching the ground on the other side of <b>...</b>
India has lost all the four test matches in England by huge margins. Going further India has been walloped in the first test in Australia and are on a leather hunt in the second test. This despite the presence of Sachin Tendulkar the much touted Indian batting star.
