Information is the source of knowledge for people, be it of cricket or any other field. The main aim of the information is to create awareness among a variety of people about a particular event or tournament or any aspect related to the particular field. Cricket stats hold a very high importance for the cricket fans. It is because cricket stats help the fans to know and understand the game more deeply. These stats enable the cricket officials and experts to take a note and hand on the details, and analyze the performance of the player or team.

The game of cricket does not limit itself to only batting and bowling, there is more to it. Cricket stats also tell cricket fans about the world records that are set by the players. With the help of these cricket stats, cricket fans are able to know that how well their favorite player is doing and if at all he is making or breaking world records or not. Cricket is one of the most interesting sports and a lot of people attach their emotions with the game. If their favorite team losses the match, they keep on making a war of rage. Cricket stats create awareness among the fans about different aspects of cricket.

Whenever there is a tournament, people either leave their work or take out some time from the busy schedule to catch up the live action. In fact, this has become a regular atmosphere that prevails at the time of ongoing cricket series. For the working professionals, it is the online cricket stats that are more important than any thing else. After all, it is the only basis that keeps them abreast of the latest happenings in the turf of cricket. Cricket stats are prepared on the basis of huge data that is available with the authorities. Be it batting or bowling or entire team’s performance, cricket stats tell you about the level of a team and player in the ICC rankings.

Cricket stats are such valuable information pieces that no one wants to miss out the details at any cost. And for the cricket fans, it is the ultimate source of sharpening their cricket “intelligence questionnaire”. There are a variety of cricket websites that provide details and cricket stats on the latest as well as the previous matches also. This will help the cricket enthusiasts to keep a hand on the important tournaments and acquaint themselves with the golden moments and records that have been set by the all time favorite players and teams.

Regular updates are necessary to maintain the importance of cricket stats. It is because no one will tend to access the stale and old information that is not useful to them. The main thing is that every cricket fan is crazy about the accurate and updated cricket stats, so that they can sharpen their knowledge with accuracy. Cricket is the only game that is valued and seen by every individual in the world. And this makes the importance level of cricket stats so high.

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It’s obviously us. Iran is getting better and right now their the best team in Asia. 2010 will be a great world cup for them and I believe we can go far.
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No Chivas. I’m Iranian but an Italian fan. Remember country comes first.

my picks are
EUROPE (13) Netherlands, Italy, Serbia, France, England, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Poland, Croatia

AFRICA (5 +host) South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon

ASIA (4 or 5) Australia, Japan, South Korea, Iran
OCEANIA (1 or none) New Zealand

SOUTH AMERICA (4 or 5) Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay
NORTH AMERICA (3 or 4) USA, Costa Rica, Honduras
egypt would be my 5th arican team

Also, don’t you think Group 1 is the hardest?
Australia
Iraq
China
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For all the fame he achieved even before the start of his international career, Sachin Tendulkar’s wife Anjali couldn’t recognize him when they first met in 1990 and she says the batting maestro perhaps fell for her lack of cricket knowledge.

“I first met him at the Mumbai airport when he returned from his first tour of England in 1990, after scoring his maiden Test ton. In fact, when I first saw him at the airport, I didn’t even know who he was. It was purely by accident!” Anjali, who married Tendulkar in 1995, said.

“I was there to pick up my mother and Sachin was arriving with the Indian team. That’s where we saw each other for the first time… we had a courtship of five years and got married in 1995. We had got engaged a year before that in 1994 and that was in New Zealand,” she said in a published interview.

Ignorant about cricket when she first started dating Tendulkar, Anjali said she read up everything about the game soon after but the man himself didn’t like discussing the sport at home.

 ”I think what he liked about me was that I knew nothing about cricket when I first met him. But then, me being me, I read everything about the game. I came to know all the fielding positions but he doesn’t like me discussing cricket at home. But at times when he is low or upset, I do talk to him about cricket. Again, it’s not the game but things related to it that we discuss,” she said.

 On whether Tendulkar’s fame had come in the way of getting the simple pleasures like a movie, Anjali recalled how the batting great had to come in disguise to watch a movie during their courtship.

“… We had gone to see the movie Roja. I was studying medicine then and a couple of my friends planned. Sachin did try telling me that it would be difficult but I insisted that he come along. To make sure nobody recognized him, we even got him a beard. He wore specs as well and we went in late. We watched the first half of the film, but during the interval, Sachin dropped his specs and people immediately recognized him. It was a bit of disaster and we were forced to leave halfway,” she told ‘Times of India’ in an interview.

 Anjali gave up her promising medical career to be Tendulkar’s “biggest support” and after 14 years of marriage, she doesn’t regret her decision one bit.

“Though I loved every moment of my studying days and my days at the government hospital, it then came to a stage when I realized that I could not be married to Sachin and also have a full-time career. It wasn’t possible because he depends on me for almost everything. It was my decision. I thought I should be at home with him and make everything perfect for him,” she recalled.

“In his childhood, brother Ajit did everything for Sachin, sacrificing his own interests. I thought I should do the same. Besides, mine would not have been a 9 to 5 job. I’m a paediatrician, so if there’s a patient calling me or someone admitted at odd hours, I have to make myself available”, she said.

“With Sachin not around and me with two kids at home, it wouldn’t have been possible. I took a decision and I have never, ever regretted it,” Anjali said.

Tendulkar completes 20 years of international cricket tomorrow and Anjali said she still can’t stop herself from getting tensed when he comes out to bat, so much so that she doesn’t even get up to take a phone call when he is at the crease.

“Actually, I have one particular spot in the house from where I can watch TV and also keep an eye on my Ganpati (Ganesha). I don’t eat. I don’t answer phones. I don’t drink. I don’t even move. I don’t reply to any SMS until he’s out,” she said.

Nineteen years of knowing the cricketer India worships, Anjali said she has learnt to deal with the pulls and pressures that come with being his better half.

“For me, it’s very easy because I’ve known Sachin for 19 years now. I understand him so well. So whether I am his girlfriend or his wife, it’s the same thing, just an extension of that bond. I don’t find it very difficult and I’m used to it.

“Maybe, it’s also because I’ve not known any other person in my life except Sachin. Of course, there are many challenges and difficulties to being his wife but the whole family, including my children, has learnt to deal with it,” she said.

But Anjali wishes that Tendulkar doesn’t have to spend so much time away from his home and two young children. PTI

Everyone in this world knows that cricket is the game of passion that involves action and speed. And this makes it all the more necessary to get yourself informed about the latest happenings in the field of cricket. Well, it is the cricket news that keeps on informing about the latest happenings. In fact, this is the most updated source of information for cricket enthusiasts to keep themselves abreast of the latest things. Cricket news has a special value for fans as they are able to know more and more about their favorite player or team.

Is it that you are do not enough time to catch up the entire tournament and still do not wish to miss any information? Cricket news is surely going to help you in this case. It is because cricket news tells not only about the ins and outs of cricket field; it also provides detailed information on scores and position of the team in a tournament too. Regular updations in the cricket news help the cricket enthusiasts to know that facts about cricket. Knowing about latest happening in the field of cricket seems to be the only thing left for cricket enthusiasts.

Many times fans are on a constant watch for cricket controversies that keep on adding spice to the daily monotonous life of fans. Usually, controversies have the ability to raise discussions and this makes it possible for the fans to talk out something related to their interests. Cricket news always has a special value for fans because this is the main thing that acts as the information data for fans. With the help of such sources, cricket fanatics can enhance their knowledge and prove that they are the most special fans of the game.

News is meant to inform the people about some new incident in the field of cricket. Latest cricket news creates awareness among fans because news helps to tell about the things to happen in near future. Such news can be seen in newspapers, on news or sports channels and on the cricket sites too. Everyone tries to access that means which is convenient for them to gain information on cricket events. After all, it is the importance of cricket that has made the fans crazy for each and every detail of things related to cricket.

The game of cricket has got so much praise that people have started living and thinking that action. The actual pleasure is seen with the opening of a match. It is the actual time that entire nation is packed with excitement and thrill. During this period of time, latest and updated cricket news holds much significance as fans are eager to know the details of the happening. With the increasing passion of fans, cricket news has become demandable. It is the best thing with which fans can keep in touch with on-field and off-field moments.

How many people in the world do you think would know, or would have heard of Sachin Tendulkar….i just had a curiousity about this.