Asia Cup 2008 Schedule and Results

QUALIFYING MATCHES

Tue 24th June
Group A - Bangladesh beat UAE - Scorecard
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Tue 24th June
Group B - Pakistan beat Hong Kong - Scorecard
National Stadium, Karachi

Wed 25th June

Group A - Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh - Scorecard
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Time : 15:00 IST, 10:00 GMT

Wed 25th June
Group B - India beat Hong Kong - Scorecard
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 15:00 IST, 10:00 GMT

Thu 26th June
Group A - Sri Lanka beat UAE - Scorecard
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Time : 15:00 IST, 10:00 GMT

Thu 26th June
Group B - India beat Pakistan - Scorecard
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 15:00 IST, 10:00 GMT

SUPER FOUR MATCHES

Sat 28th June
Super Four Match - India v Bangladesh
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Sun 29th June
Super Four Match - Pakistan v Sri Lanka
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Mon 30th June
Super Four Match - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Wed 2nd July
Super Four Match - Pakistan v India
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Thu 3rd July
Super Four Match - India v Sri Lanka
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Fri 4nd July
Super Four Match - Pakistan v Bangladesh
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

FINAL

Sun 6nd July
Final - TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi
Time : 16:00 IST, 11:00 GMT

Indian Premier League in EA Sports Cricket 2007 Game

Indian Premier League (IPL) In EA-Sports Cricket 2007 Patch

Contents in this patch:

1. This patch has got all the IPL teams with their correct logos, and 7 predicted kits .

2.Most of the international players have their original faces.

3.New International Logos ( never seen before)

4.New overlays & new shots in the game.

5.International teams squads are up to date & their abilities also changed.

6.All new players like Ishant Sharma, Misbah-ul-haq , Virat kohli. (All IPL contracted players in it.)

7.New IPL menu with cricket 08 look.

And Many More ……..

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Gillespie announces retirement to join ICL

Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie announced his retirement from first-class cricket in Australia on Friday. Local media reported that Gillespie, 32, had signed a three-year contract with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL).

"I have invited you here to finally put an end to the speculation and officially announce my retirement from first-class cricket in Australia," Gillespie told a news conference in Adelaide.

"Cricket has been very good to me. I have travelled the world, I have met some fantastic people, and I have spent my time doing the thing I love the most - playing cricket.

"But it has always been important to me to end my career on my own terms, while I am still contributing. I do not want to get tapped on the shoulder and shown the door.

"And the time has come. I have a young family to consider. My daughter has reached her teens, I have travelled for all of her life, I think it is time I was around for her, and her brothers and my wife."

Gillespie is Australia's sixth-highest test wicket taker with 259 victims at an average of 26.13 in 71 matches.

He formed a formidable new-ball partnership with Glenn McGrath from 2002-05 and was capable of bowling long spells with consistent line and length.

Indian Premiur League - Schedule

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Indian Premier League will kick off on April 18 in Bangalore with the match between Bangalore and Kolkata. Mumbai will host the semifinals and the final, which is scheduled for June 1.

April 18: Bangalore v Kolkata at Bangalore
April 19: Mohali v Chennai at Mohali and Delhi v Jaipur at Delhi
April 20: Mumbai v Bangalore at Mumbai; Kolkata v Hyderabad at Kolkata
April 21: Jaipur v Mohali at Jaipur
April 22: Hyderabad v Delhi at Hyderabad
April 23: Chennai v Mumbai at Chennai
April 24: Hyderabad v Jaipur at Hyderabad
April 25: Mohali v Mumbai at Mohali
April 26: Bangalore v Jaipur at Bangalore; Chennai v Kolkata at Chennai
April 27: Mumbai v Hyderabad at Mumbai; Mohali v Delhi at Mohali
April 28: Bangalore v Chennai at Bangalore
April 29: Kolkata v Mumbai at Kolkata
April 30: Delhi v Bangalore at Delhi.
May 1: Hyderabad v Mohali at Hyderabad; Jaipur v Kolkata at Jaipur
May 2: Chennai v Delhi at Chennai.
May 3: Hyderabad at Bangalore at Hyderabad; Mohali v Kolkata at Mohali
May 4: Mumbai v Delhi at Mumbai; Jaipur v Chennai at Jaipur
May 5: Bangalore v Mohali at Bangalore
May 6: Chennai v Hyderabad at Chennai
May 7: Mumbai v Jaipur at Mumbai
May 8: Delhi v Chennai at Delhi; Kolkata v Bangalore at Kolkata
May 9: Jaipur v Hyderabad at Jaipur
May 10: Bangalore v Mumbai at Bangalore; Chennai v Mohali at Chennai
May 11: Hyderabad v Kolkata at Hyderabad; Jaipur v Delhi at Jaipur
May 12: Mohali v Bangalore at Mohali
May 13: Kolkata v Delhi at Kolkata
May 14: Mumbai v Chennai at Mumbai; Mohali v Jaipur at Mohali
May 15: Delhi v Hyderabad at Delhi
May 16: Mumbai v Kolkata at Mumbai
May 17: Delhi v Mohali at Delhi; Jaipur v Bangalore at Jaipur
May 18: Hyderabad v Mumbai at Hyderabad; Kolkata v Chenna at Kolkata
May 19: Bangalore v Delhi at Bangalore
May 20: Kolkata v Jaipur at Kolkata
May 21: Mumbai v Mohali at Mumbai; Chennai v Bangalore at Chennai
May 22: Delhi v Kolkata at Delhi
May 23: Mohali v Hyderabad at Mohali.
May 24: Delhi v Mumbai at Delhi; Chennai v Jaipur at Chennai
May 25: Bangalore v Hyderabad at Bangalore; Kolkata v Mohali at Kolkata
May 26: Jaipur v Mumbai at Jaipur
May 27: Hyderabad v Chennai at Hyderabad
May 28 and 29: Rest days
May 30: First semi-final at Mumbai
May 31: Second semi-final at Mumbai
June 1: Final at Mumbai

SRK wants Dhoni in Kolkata team, Ganguly does not

SRK : Not shooting for any film currently, is giving all his time and attention to cricket after he won the bid of the Kolkata Indian Premier League team for nearly Rs 300 crore (Rs 3,000 million).

From a source I came to know that SRK trying his best to buy the India's ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. They had starred together in a Videocon ad and since then have developed a close friendship. Apparently, Dhoni was the most sought after player in the IPL, the Board of Control for Cricket in India's multi-million dollar Twenty20 league, which is scheduled to start on April 18.

The players auction took place in Mumbai on February 20, and Dhoni's asking price was reported around $400,000 (about Rs 1.6 crore). It is now clear that Dhoni will not join SRK's team considering the fact that it is being led by former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who is keen on having Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist in his team.

Ganguly and Dhoni are not in the best of terms after the former was not picked for the ongoing tri-series in Australia. It is alleged that Dhoni was unhappy with Ganguly's fitness and hence, did not want him in the team.

Another player that SRK wants in his team was Shoaib Akhtar. This Pakistani fast bowler joined his team for US $ 425,000.

IPL Teams - Players sold out

Mumbai: India skipper Mahendra Dhoni and Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds went for astronomical amounts as the Indian Premier League (IPL) conducted the much hyped auction of top international players in Mumbai.

Dhoni, who led India to a tremendous triumph in the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa last year, was picked by Chennai Superkings for a whopping $ 1.5 million (Rs 6 crore). The surprise of the day though was Symonds, who was bought by Hyderabad for $ 1.35 million (Rs 5.4 crore) despite being unpopular in the country because of his recent spat with Indian players.

Dhoni, the only top Indian player not to figure among the icon players (who are not up for bids and will play for their home teams) was a prime property and was lapped up in what was the highest bid in the first list of players and gave the team the big Indian name they missed owing to the absence of an icon player.

Delhi

Virender Sehwag (icon),
Daniel Vettori (US$ 625,000),
Shoaib Malik (US$ 500,000),
Mohammad Asif (US$ 650,000),
AB de Villiers (US$ 300,000),
Dinesh Karthik (US$ 525,000),
Farveez Maharoof (US$ 225,000),
Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$ 250,000)

Kolkata

Sourav Ganguly (icon),
Ishant sharma (US$ 950,000)
Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000),
Ricky Ponting (US$ 400,000),
Brendon McCullum (US$ 700,000),
Chris Gayle (US$ 800,000),
Ajit Agarkar (US$ 330,000),
Murali kartik (US $425,000)

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Mohali

Yuvraj Singh (icon),
Mahela Jayawardene (US$ 475,000),
Kumar Sangakkara (US$ 700,000),
Brett Lee (US$ 900,000),
Sreesanth (US$ 625,000),
Irfan Pathan (US$ 925,000)
Piyush Chawla (US $400,000)

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Hyderabad

Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000),
Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million),
Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000),
Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000),
Scott Styris (US$ 175,000)
R P Singh (US $875,000)

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Bangalore

Rahul Dravid (icon),
Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000),
Jacques Kallis (US$ 900,000),
Zaheer Khan (US$ 450,000),
Mark Boucher (US$ 450,000),
Cameron White (US$ 500,000),
Makhaya ntini (US$ 200,000),
Nathan bracken (US$ 325,000. )
Dale Steyn (US$ 325,000)

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Mumbai

Sachin Tendulkar (icon),
Sanath Jayasuriya (US$ 975,000),
Harbhajan Singh (US$ 850,000),
Shaun Pollock (US$ 550,000),
Lasith malinga (US$ 350,000)
Dilhara fernando (US$ $150,000)

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Chennai

MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million),
Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00),
Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000),
Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000),
Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000),
Parthiv Patel (US$ 325,000),
Joginder Sharma (US$ 225,000),
Albie Morkel (US$ 650,000)

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Jaipur


Shane Warne (US$ 450,000),
Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000),
Younis Khan (US$ 225,000),
Kamran Akmal (US$ 150,000),
Munaf Patel (US$ 275,000)
Yusuf (US$ 475,000)