Thursday, January 30, 2014

Australian Open Tennis Tournament 2014

Result of the Australian Open Tennis Tournament 2014:
EventsWinnerRunner-Up
Men’s SinglesStanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)Rafael Nadal(Spain)
Women’s SinglesLi Na (China)Dominika Cibulková (Slovakia)
Men’s DoublesŁukasz Kubot (Poland) and Robert Lindstedt (Sweden)Eric Butorac (United States) and Raven Klaasen (South Africa)
Women’s DoublesSara Errani (Italy) and Roberta Vinci (Italy)Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) and Elena Vesnina (Russia)
Mixed DoublesKristina Mladenovic (France) and Daniel Nestor (Canada)Sania Mirza (India) and Horia Tecau (Romania)

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Hat-Tricks in Test and One Day International Cricket


A hat-trick in the cricket is actually an occasion when a bowler takes three wickets in consecutive deliveries of three bowls. It can be in two different matches or in different over of same match, but a no or wide ball shouldn’t be bowled in between.
Test Match:
Till 13 October 2013, this has been achieved 40 times in over 2000 Test matches. The first Test hat-trick was got on 2 January 1879, in only the third Test match to take place, by the Australian pace bowler Fred Spofforth, nicknamed “The Demon Bowler”, who dismissed three English batsmen at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
At least one bowler from each of the ten nations that play Test cricket has taken a Test hat-trick. The most recent, a Bangladeshi spinner Sohaag Gazi has achieved the record against New Zealand on 13 October 2013. He made his Test debut in first test during West Indies’s tour of Bangladesh in 2012, taking six wickets in the second innings. He is the first and so far, only man to score a century and take a hat-trick in the same Test match and the first man to do it twice in First Class matches while Peter Siddle (Aus) is the only bowler to take a hat-trick on his birthday.
Harbhajan Singh and Irfaan Pathan are the only Indian bowlers who have got the hat-tricks in the test match. Irfaan Pathan got his hat-trick in Karachi against Pakistan in 2006. It is only hat-trick in the world cricket which was achieved in the first over of the match.
Jimmy Matthews (Aus) is only bowler who has taken two hat-tricks in the both innings of the same Test match against South Africa in the first match of the Triangular Tournament at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, on 28 May 1912. Only two other cricketers have taken more than one Test hat-trick – Hugh Trumble (Aus) andWasim Akram (Pak). Only three players Maurice Allom (Eng) in 1930, Peter Petherick (NZ) in 1976, andDamien Fleming (Aus) in 1994 have taken a hat-trick on their Test debut. Geoff Griffin took only 8 Test wickets in his entire Test career with a hat-trick. Griffin was repeatedly called for throwing by the umpires during the match he took his hat-trick, and after that he never bowled again in a Test match.
Following is the list of Hat-tricks in Test Match Crickets:
Bowler (country)V/SVenueYear
Fredrick Spofforth (Aus)EngMelbourne02.01.1879
Billy Bates (Eng)AusMelbourne20.01.1883
Johnny Briggs (Eng)AusSydney02.02.1892
Gregory Lohmann (Eng)SAP’Elizabeth14.02.1896
Jack Hearne (Eng)AusLeeds30.06.1899
Hugh Trumble (Aus)EngMelbourne04.01.1902
Hugh Trumble (Aus)EngMelbourne08.03.1904
Jimmy Mathews (Aus)SAManchester28.05.1912
Jimmy Mathews (Aus)SAManchester28.05.1912
Maurice Allom (Eng)NZC’church10.01.1930
Tom Goddard (Eng)SAJo’burg26.12.1938
Peter Loader (Eng)WILeeds25,07.1957
Lindsay Kline (Aus)SACape Town03.01.1958
Wes Hall (WI)PakLahore29.03.1959
Geoff Griffin (SA)EngLord’s24.06.1960
Lance Gibbs (WI)AusAdelaide30.01.1961
Peter Petherick (NZ)PakLahore09.10.1976
Courtney Walsh (WI)AusBrisbane18.11.1988
Merv Hughes (Aus)WIPerth04.12.1988
Damien Fleming (Aus)PakRawalpindi09.10.1994
Shane Warne (Aus)EngMelbourne29.12.1994
Dominic Cork (Eng)WIManchester30.07.1995
Derren Gough (Eng)AusSydney02.01.1999
Wasim Akram (Pak)SLLahore06.03.1999
Wasim Akram (Pak)SLDhaka14.03.1999
Nuwan Zoysa (SL)ZimHarare26.11.1999
Abdul Razzaq (Pak)SLGalle21.06.2000
Glenn McGrath (Aus)WIPerth01.12.2000
Harbhajan Singh (India)AusKolkata11.03.2001
Mohammad Sami (Pak)SLLahore08.03.2002
Jermeny Lawson (WI)AusBridgetown02.05.2003
Alok Kapali (Bng)PakPeshawar29.08.2003
Andy Blignaut (Zim)BngHarare22.02.2004
Mathew Hoggard (Eng)WIBarbados03.04.2004
James Franklin (NZ)BngDhaka20.10.2004
Irfan Pathan (India)PakKarachi29.01.2006
Ryan Sidebottom (Eng)NZHamilton08.03.2008
nuwan Zoysa (SL)EngBrisbane25.11.2010
Stuart Broad (Eng)AusNottingham30.07.2011
Sohaag Gazi (Bng)NZChattgaon13.10.2013

One Day International:
In the year 2013, it was a very lucky year for Bangladeshi bowlers because two bowlers have got hat tricks. They are Sohaag Gazi and Rubel Hussain who got hat tricks in test and one day international matches against New Zealand in their home.
The most recent bowler to enter the list is Rubel Hussain of Bngladesh who grabbed 3 back to back wickets against NZ in Mirpur on 29 Oct, 2013. Pakistani bowlers Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq have got two hat-tricks in their One day career while Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka is the only bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 balls, doing it in a world cup 2007 match against South Africa, even though his effort couldn’t win the game for his country. Aaqib Javed is the youngest bowler to take a hat trick in one day internationals.
Following is the list of Hat-tricks in One Day International Crickets:
Batsman (Country)V/SVenueDate
Jalal-ud-din (Pak)AusHyderabad20.09.1982
Bruce Reid (Aus)NZSydney29.01.1986
Chetan Sharma (India)NZNagpur31.10.1987
Wasim Akram (Pak)WISharjah14.10.1989
Wasim Akram (Pak)AusSharjah04.05.1990
Kapil Dev (India)SLKolkata04.01.1991
Aaqib Javed (Pak)IndSharjah25.10.1991
Danny Morrison (NZ)IndNapier25.05.1994
Waqar Younis (Pak)NZEast London12.12.1994
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak)ZimPeshawar03.11.1996
Eddo Brandes (Zim)EngHarare03.01.1997
AM Stuart (Aus)PakMelbourne16.01.1997
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak)ZimThe Oval11.06.1999
Chaminda Vaas (SL)ZimColombo08.12.2001
Mohammad Sami (Pak)WISharjah15.02.2002
Chaminda Vaas (SL)B’deshP’burg14.02.2003
Brett Lee (Aus)KenyaDurban15.03.2003
James Anderson (Eng)PakThe Oval20.06.2003
Steve Harmison (Eng)IndNottingham01.10.2004
Charl Lengeveldt (SA)WIBarbados11.05.2005
Shahadat Hossain (B’desh)ZimHarare02.08.2006
Jerome Taylor (WI)AusMumbai18.10.2006
Shane Bond (NZ)AusHobart14.01.2007
Lasith Malinga (SL))SAGuyana28.03.2007
Andrew Flintoff (Eng)WISt Lucia03.04.2009
Farveez Maharoof (SL)IndDam bulla22.06.2010
Abdul Razzak (Bng)ZIMMirpur03.12.2010
Cemear Coache(WI)N’landsNew Delhi28.02.2011
Latish Malinga (SL)KenyaColombo01.03.2011
Latish Malinga (SL)AusColombo22.08.2011
Denial Cristian (Aus)SLMelbourne02.03.2012
Thisara Parera (SL)PakColombo16.06.2012
Clint Mechay (AUS)EngCardiff14.09.2013
Rubel Hussain (Bng)NZMirpur29.10.2013