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Shoaib Akhter Profile

Shoaib Akhtar
Pakistan

Profile: Shoaib Akhtar proved from just his third Test at Durban in 1998 that he had raw, explosive pace, when he claimed five for 43 with the wickets of Kallis, Hudson, Boucher, Klusener and de Villiers. Although once guilty of focusing too much on the speedometer (he became the first man to officially clock a delivery of more than 100 miles-per-hour), he has since matured into another skilled exponent of reverse swing, emulating countrymen such as Sarfraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. He proved his resilience in 2005 when, after receiving criticism from all quarters about his fitness and attitude, he claimed 17 wickets on slow pitches to help beat England 2-0 in the Test series. His use of the yorker and slower ball showed a man who had mastered his craft, while his stamina was unquestionable.

Full Name: Shoaib Akhtar.

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Birthday: August 13, 1975.

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Birthplace: Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

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Star Sign: Leo.

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Height: 5ft 11in.

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Nickname: Shobi or The Rawalpindi Express

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Residence: Rawalpindi in Pakistan and anywhere else I’m playing around the world.

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Family: Unmarried; three older brothers and one younger sister.

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Education: Elliott High School; Asgharmall College, Rawalpindi.

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Teams: Pakistan, Khan Research Laboratories, Rawalpindi, Worcestershire.

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Position: Right-hand batsman; right-arm fast bowler.

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Fielding Position: Anywhere I can rest, like third man or fine leg.

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Test Debut: Vs West Indies at Rawalpindi, November/December 1997.

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Highest Test score: 47 vs India at Faisalabad, January 2006.

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Best Test Bowling: 6 for 11 vs New Zealand at Lahore, May 2002.

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ODI Debut: Vs Zimbabwe at Harare, March 1998.

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Highest Score: 43 vs England at Cape Town, February 2003.

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Best Bowling: 6 for 16 vs New Zealand at Karachi, April 2002.

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Adam Gilchrist Profile

Adam Gilchrist
Australia


Adam Gilchrist entered the international cricketing scene as a wicket keeper/batsman with the Australian One Day International side against South Africa on 25th October 1996 in Faridabad. He was bowled by Alan Donald for 18, then effected his first dismissal by catching Hanse Cronje off Paul Reiffel for a duck. South Africa won the match by 2 wickets. In 1998, Steve Waugh elevated Adam to the pivotal position of opening batsman. In his second game, Adam scored 100 against South Africa and since then, has played a significant part in redefining the role of an opening batsman in One Day Internationals.

Full Name: Adam Craig Gilchrist
Date of Birth: Nov 14, 1971, Bellingen, New South Wales
Major Team: Australia, Deccan Chargers, ICC World XI, New South Wales, Western Australia
Playing Roll: Wicket Keeper Batsman
Batting Style: Left
Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak
Nick Name: Gilly, Churchy
Height: 1.86 m

Career Statistics

International Debut: 1996

Test Debut: Australia v Pakistan, Nov 05, 1999

ODI Debut: Australia v South Africa, Oct 25, 1996

Twenty20 Debut: Australia v New Zealand, Feb 17, 2005

Batting and fielding records
	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	96	137	20	5570	204*	47.61	6976	79.85	17	26	677	100	379	37
ODI	287	279	11	9616	172	35.88	9922	96.92	16	55	1162	149	417	55
T20I	13	13	1	272	48	22.67	192	141.67	-	-	27	13	17	-

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Ricky Ponting Profile

Ricky Ponting is the present captain of the Australian One-Day and Test cricket teams. He is one of the world's leading batsmen in both forms of the game, as of July 2009 having made over 11,150 runs, played over 132 Tests with the outstanding batting average of 56.31. In one-day international matches, Ponting has made over 11,523 runs at an average of 42.52 with a strike rate of 78. Ponting's nickname is "punter" or "punt".


Full Name: Ricky Thomas Ponting
Date of Birth: Dec 19, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania
Major Team: Australia, ICC World XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Somerset, Tasmania
Playing Roll: Batsman
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Nick Name: Punter
Height: 1.78 m
Education: Brooks Senior High School, Launceston
Career Statistics
International Debut: 1995
Test Debut: Australia v Sri Lanka, Dec 08, 1995
ODI Debut: Australia v South Africa, Feb 15, 1995
Twenty20 Debut: Australia v New Zealand, Feb 17, 2005

Batting and fielding records

M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Test 132 224 26 11150 257 56.31 18835 59.20 38 46 1252 65 152 -

ODI 315 306 35 11523 164 42.52 14323 80.45 26 67 1014 138 137 -

T20I 17 16 2 401 98* 28.64 302 132.78 - 2 41 11 8 -

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ASHES 2009 LIVE: England v Australia - day two of the second Test from Lord's

Leading from the front: Strauss on his way to a commanding 161 runs yesterday

Andrew Strauss registered his 18th Test century and reached 5,000 Test runs but England slid from 196-0 to 364-6 on a an enthralling opening day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's. England have it all to do again today as they attempt to post a big total and put the Australians under pressure. Keep up-to-date with the latest details on day two.

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Kevin Pieterson Profile

Full name: Kevin Peter Pietersen

Born: June 27, 1980, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Current: age 29 years 19 days

Major teams: England, Hampshire, ICC World XI, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Nottinghamshire, Royal Challengers Bangalore

Nickname: KP, Kelves, Kapes, Kev

Batting style: Right-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak

Height: 6 ft 4 in

Education: Maritzburg College, University of SA

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	53	95	4	4571	226	50.23	7261	62.95	16	15	528	48	31	0
ODIs	92	82	15	3127	116	46.67	3577	87.41	7	20	290	58	32	0
T20Is	19	19	1	529	79	29.38	361	146.53	0	2	58	12	7	0
First-class	139	231	16	10950	254*	50.93			38	44			111	0
List A	200	181	32	6562	147	44.04			12	41			74	0
Twenty20	39	39	1	977	79	25.71	702	139.17	0	4	102	27	12	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	53	31	735	518	4	1/0	1/11	129.50	4.22	183.7	0	0	0
ODIs	92	15	214	201	5	2/22	2/22	40.20	5.63	42.8	0	0	0
T20Is	19	1	6	9	0	-	-	-	9.00	-	0	0	0
First-class	139		5539	3229	61	4/31		52.93	3.49	90.8		0	0
List A	200		2174	1920	39	3/14	3/14	49.23	5.29	55.7	0	0	0
Twenty20	39	14	234	290	13	3/33	3/33	22.30	7.43	18.0	0	0	0

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Kevin Pieterson Got out for 32

Kevin Pietersen, The English batsman succumbed for 32 after tea break on the first day of the second Ashes test against Australia on Thursday.

Pietersen was playing in a new way. He was trying to do something in strategic way but he was caught behind off Peter Siddle shortly after tea. England was 267 for three with captain Andrew Strauss on 102.

*Strauss has completed his 18^th test century and third century against Australia in the last over before tea break. He did it at 178 balls with 15 fours.

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Andrew Flintoff Profile

Full name Andrew Flintoff
Born December 6, 1977, Preston, Lancashire
Current age 31 years 222 days
Major teams England, Chennai Super Kings, ICC World XI, Lancashire
Nickname Freddie
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Height 6 ft 4 in
Education Ribbleton Hall High school

Batting Average:

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	76	125	8	3708	167	31.69	6044	61.35	5	25	493	81	51	0
ODIs	141	122	16	3394	123	32.01	3821	88.82	3	18	308	93	47	0
T20Is	7	7	1	76	31	12.66	60	126.66	0	0	7	2	5	0
First-class	179	283	21	8774	167	33.48			14	52			184	0
List A	277	247	28	6520	143	29.77			6	33			104	0
Twenty20	29	27	3	588	93	24.50	406	144.82	0	3	57	27	16	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	76	131	14388	7121	219	5/58	8/156	32.51	2.96	65.6	11	2	0
ODIs	141	119	5624	4121	169	5/19	5/19	24.38	4.39	33.2	6	2	0
T20Is	7	7	150	161	5	2/23	2/23	32.20	6.44	30.0	0	0	0
First-class	179		22026	10661	342	5/24		31.17	2.90	64.4		3	0
List A	277		9206	6380	284	5/19	5/19	22.46	4.15	32.4	10	2	0
Twenty20	29	25	525	609	30	4/12	4/12	20.30	6.96	17.5	1	0	0

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Flintoff is getting retirement after Ashes

English all rounder Flintoff announced that, he is going to take retire from the five-day game after Ashes series.
He said: "I believe we may see players' careers getting shorter."
Flintoff was passed fit to play in the second Ashes Test at Lord's after having injections in his knee.
Flintoff is hopeful that he would be able to play one day cricket for four more years after having the retirement from Test match.
The 31-year-old's right knee, which had recently been operated on, swelled during the first Test against Australia at Cardiff and he had to have pain-killing injections in order to be able to start in London.

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Abdur Razzak Profile

Abdur Razzak
Bangladesh

Full Name: Abdur Razzak
Date of Birth: Jun 15, 1982, Khulna
Major Team: Bangladesh, Asia XI, Bangalore Royal Challengers, Khulna Division
Playing Roll: Bowler
Batting Style: Left
Bowling Style: Slow left-arm orthodox
Nick Name: Raj

Bowling Records

	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Eco	SR	4W	5W	10W
Test	5	7	1134	565	7	3/93	4/144	80.71	2.99	162.00	-	-	-
ODI	81	81	4229	3098	111	5/33	5/33	27.91	4.40	38.10	2	1	-
T20I	12	12	264	276	20	4/16	4/16	13. 80	6.27	13.20	1	-	-

Batting And Fielding Career

	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s		6s	Ct		St
Test	5	9	3	129	33	21.50	218	59.17	-	-	21		-	2		-
ODI	81	53	22	467	33	15.06	666	70.12	-	-	33		13	20		-
T20I	12	9	5	8	5	2.00	26	30.77	-	-		-	-		2	-

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