| |
Pathan
Pulls Off a Rare Hat - Trick
|
| |
|
Left-arm
medium pacer Irfan Pathan became the first
man in the history of Test cricket to claim
a hat-trick in the first over of an innings,
at the National Stadium in Karachi on Sunday.
The 21-year-old dismissed opener Salman
Butt, stand-in captain Younis Khan and Mohammad
Yousuf on the first day of the third Test
to reduce Pakistan to 0 for three, after
Indian skipper Rahul Dravid elected to bowl.
Pathan is the second Indian after off-spinner
Harbhajan Singh - who performed the feat
against Australia at Kolkata in 2001- to
take a Test hat-trick. He finished with
5 for 61 as India failed to capitalise on
its start and allowed Pakistan, which was
struggling at 39 for 6 at one stage, to
make 245.
Courtesy:
The Hindu, January 30, 2006
Back
to Index
|
| |
Aus
Open, 1st Round: Sania Beats Azarenka
|
| |
|
Tennis
sensation Sania Mirza beat junior world
champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7-6,
6-2 in the first round match of the Australian
Open on Tuesday. Sania, seeded 32nd, could
run into French third seed Amelie Mauresmo
in the third round.
Courtesy:
Hindustan Times, January 17, 2006
Back
to Index
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
India
will go to Pakistan on high for sure because
they are at present the best Test team in
the world on current form. They started
the year as the fourth best Test in the
world and ended as No.2 but statistically
their success rate in 2005 is better than
any other team in world cricket making them
the best in the world. Significantly, not
a single Indian batsman or bowler figures
in the top-10 which just goes to prove cricket
is a team game in which individual performance
count for nothing. India played eight Tests
last year winning eight,losing five, drawing
two and losing just one which means a success
rate of 75 percent. On the other hand world
champions Australia have played 16 Tests,
won nine, lost two and drawn four resulting
in a 73 percent success rate, two points
less than India. South Africa is No.3 in
the list with a success rate of 63 percent,
followed by New Zealand with 57 and Sri
Lanka with a 55 percent rate of success.
India's next rival Pakistan is sixth on
the list having played nine Tests, won four,
lost three and drawn three resulting in
a 55 percent success rate. They are followed
by Vaughan's England who will come to India
in March for a Test series. The English
have a 53 percent success rate. Bangladesh,
West Indies and Zimbabwe fill up the bottom
half of the list.
Courtesy:
The Times of India, January 3, 2006
Back
to Index
|
| |
|
|
|
