Fire in Babylon – what lessons for West Indies cricket now?
As a new film about the all-conquering West Indies cricketers of the 1980s premieres, fast bowler Colin Croft tells Channel 4 News that there is no management to create heroes in the Windies today.

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Dhoni takes his gloves off and bowls! and even picks up a wicket in his 1st over

West Asia’s finest braced for action
The 2010 West Asian Football Federation Championship begins in Jordan on Friday, with four-time winners Iran looking to continue their domination.

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Watch West Indies vs Sri Lanka ICC World Cup Live Streaming : In Today’s match, West Indies is facing against Srilanka on May 7th, 2010. ICC world cup Twenty 20 match is start at 11.00PM(IST).

West Indies has reached super Eight from Group D and Srilanka has reached Super Eight from Group B. Both teams has played 2 matches. West Indies has won 2 matches and Srilanka has won 1 match, these lost 1 match, West Indies has won 1 match against England and Ireland. Srilanka has won one match against Zimbabwe and lost 1 match against New Zealand.West Indies has got 4 points and Net PR is +2.780 and Srilanka has got 2 points and Net PR is +0.355.Based on the ratio West Indies has got high ratio than Srilanka.

Time: 23:00P.M(IST).

Match Venue:Kensington Oval,Bridgetown, Barbados.

Dilshan and Sangakkara’s low returns this tournament and in the IPL are as uncharacteristic as their modes of dismissals although the common thread seems to be starving them of runs.

Against New Zealand, Dilshan faced 19 balls for his three while Sanga faced 11 balls for his four, against Zimbabwe they both tried to belt their way back into form but fell for 2 and 3 respectively.

West Indies team:

CH Gayle*, SJ Benn, DJ Bravo, S Chanderpaul, N Deonarine, ADS Fletcher, WW Hinds, NO Miller, KA Pollard, D Ramdin, R Rampaul, KAJ Roach, DJG Sammy, RR Sarwan, JE Taylor.

Sri Lanka team:

KC Sangakkara*, M Muralitharan, LD Chandimal, TM Dilshan, CU Jayasinghe, ST Jayasuriya, DPMD Jayawardene, S Randiv, CK Kapugedera, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, AD Mathews, BAW Mendis, NLTC Perera, UWMBCA Welegedara.

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It was 5th day of the second test match and everyone was sure that English Bowlers would stuck seven players of West Indies and probably level the series by 1-1. When 5th day of test match started it was Chanderpaul and Sarwan who has to resume the innings. Both the players started their innings with a positive attitude and played their natural game and they build a strong partnership and took score to 244 from 96. This was the first turning point of the match that was done by West Indian Batsmen. Then at that stage West Indies had to face their first blow of the day and they have to bear the loss of Sarwan who scored 106 runs. In first inning, he became the victim of nervous ninety’s but this time he finished that well and completed his century. His century turned the match into West Indies side and that innings put a dramatic impact on the cricket result.

West Indian team wanted some more contribution from Sarwan but he got out and then and Nash came on the crease to defend its tail ender batsmen. Soon after the dismissal of Sarwan, Chanderpaul also got out after scoring 55 runs, a decent contribution, but not up to the mark and total score was raised by 55 runs. The team wanted much more than this from Chanderpaul. Anyhow Ramdin, the West Indian team’s wicket keeper, along with Nash consumed a number of balls and make the flow of match towards a draw. When the score reached at 287, Nash got out lbw on the ball of Swann. This was the sixth wicket which has been fallen and English team was very hopeful for a victory at that time. After the dismissal of Sarwan, English bowlers had started out to take wickets with regular intervals of time which stuck the http://www.scorespro.com/“>live scores of the West Indian Batsmen. But God was writing something different then our assumptions and West Indian tail Enders continues to fight against English bowlers.

When Taylor got out, West Indian team was at 313, and it was the 7th wicket that has been fallen. At that time, England was assured of their win as they have taken 7 West Indian batsmen and only 3 have to go. But at that stage Benn and Powell take the charge and they became rock hard. God also gave favor to West Indian tail Enders as the light gone bad and umpires put banned on the pacers. Andrew flintoff, who was severely injured, just came back by taking medicine and injections to bowl but as soon as he came, just after the ban became active. When they are just about to end the match in a draw, West Indies lost another wicket of SJ Benn. Benn and Powell consumed 51 and 65 deliveries respectively and take their team out from losing the match. When Benn got out, at that time it looked like that West Indies going to lose again as it was the 8th wicket which has been fallen.  But FH Edwards played a responsible innings along with the Powell and ends the match in a draw.  It was a great day for West Indies as they have saved their 1-0 lead in the series but a hopeless day for England as they are at an arm’s length from the victory.

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Now, the fever of world cup is on the soaring heights. As West Indies cricket world cup 2007 has started, cricket fans have glued themselves to the medium that allow them to have access to scores, news and other related information of the biggest event. As everyone knows that world cup comes after four consecutive years and this increases the curiosity of fan. History of cricket tells that till now eight world cup tournaments have been played and this is the ninth one that West Indies is hosting. West Indies cricket world cup 2007 seems to be really high on the popularity charts because West Indies have been extravagant in organizing the event and welcome of 16 playing nations.

West Indies cricket world cup 2007 has started seeing some of the classy show of performances. In their first match with Pakistan, West Indies have proved that they are really worth of being the tough contenders for world cup championship. After all, West Indies cricket world cup 2007 vehemence is creating an atmosphere of heat in the entire world. All the countries have been doing something or the other for their players, to boost their morale. West Indies are hosting this world cup tournament for the first time ever and this makes it important for them to show remarkable performance. They have to keep up the reputation of their nation and try to win the trophy.

It is because of the West Indies cricket world cup 2007; West Indies have also been promoting their tourism destinations. The reason for this is that they plan to earn more and more rewards through this promotion. It is the Caribbean Islands of West Indies that will be a proof of one of the most memorable shots and performances of playing nations. All the teams would be trying hard to become a strong contender for the trophy. Kingston, Basseterre, Gros Islet, Port of Spain and St. John’s are some of the venues that will see number of classic shots, along with caught and bowled moments. All the players will also be getting enough time for site seeing and enjoying in the Caribbean Islands.

What is more important in West Indies cricket world cup 2007 is the information related to this event. There are lots of aspects that have to be seen for looking forward to this tournament. First of all, all the cricket fans would be looking out for West Indies cricket world cup 2007 schedule, so that they are able to know the exact dates of every match. This will also help them to make certain arrangements well in advance to catch up with the match of their favorite team. Another thing to be checked out is news related to this event. West Indies cricket world cup 2007 news will inform the cricket enthusiasts about the latest happenings in the match and some of the controversial issues that might have cropped up during the match.

Since the West Indies cricket world cup 2007 has started, every other cricket enthusiast would be trying to have access to the source that is available to them. Some of you may stick themselves to television sets, some of you might be looking at the sports page of newspaper and many of the working professionals would be taking the assistance of cricket websites that are providing information on this tournament. Though world cup has started; still, there is long way to go in this direction and we all have to wait eagerly for the finals to come.

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