Mar 22, 2006 02:15 PM
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(Updated Mar 22, 2006 08:05 PM)
WARNING: Dear friends this review is based upon the players who are in form, but not the legends. And some part of the review is in the comments section due to lack of space MouthShut provides
☺Hello Friends!
There are about 10 recognized cricket teams competing now in International cricket. Each and every one want to be the best in the world. A cricket team must have eleven players in a cricket team. According to me there must be five batsmen, four bowlers, one wicketkeeper and one all rounder. The performance of each and every player matters in the teams victory or defeat. So if a team has to win not one or two but all the players must contribute their share of performance. Australia is the cricket team with a lot of unity and will power among their players. They never lose hope or give up in any stage of the game. So lets stop right here. Actually I am supposed to write on My Dream Team.
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Shahid Afridi [ Pakistan ] :
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He is a kind of batsmen who loves to see the ball sail over the fence. He currently has the highest strike rate in world cricket. Shahid Afridi was born on March 1, 1980. His real name is Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi. He joined the Pakistan Cricket team in 1996. He made his ODI debut on October 2, 1996 against Kenya at Nairobi and his Test debut on October 22, 1998 against Australia at Karachi. He hs scored over 4,500 ODI runs at a strike rate of more than 107 runs per 100 balls, and has taken over 160 ODI wickets. He made his debut at the age of sixteenth. He was brought into the team as a legspinner at the age of sixteen. He holds the record for scoring the fastest century (which he scored off 37 balls) in One Day Internationals. He also shares the record for the second fastest century (off 45 balls) in One Day Internationals with Brian Lara. He is Pakistan's most useful all rounders, his extremely aggressive batting style has ensured that he has a strike rate higher than most batsman in the world though his average of around 25 underlines the inconsistency in his batting. Even the best bowlers like Bret Lee and Chaminda Vaas are frigtned of his aggressive batting. He was elected as the most aggressive batsmen of 2004 by the ICC.
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''The Wall'' is the nick name of Rahul Dravid. Really he is a wall. He frustrates the bowlers very much by his defensive batting especially in the test matches. He is always cool and untensed on the crease. He never gets angry or agressive on the crease. His presence in the Indian Cricjet team has raisen the tension among other teams in world cricket. He is the present captain of the Indian cricket team. He is also the favorite cricketer of Greg Chappel. He hits sixes very less often. His aim when on the crease is to lead his team to victory. Some times when there is no professional wicket keeper he even does Wicket keeping. He loves to take singles and hit fours. His full name is Rahul Sharad Dravid. He was born in January 11, 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Now he has got the tenth rank among batsmen in world cricket. His foot work and timing are perfect and his style of batting is great. He is now opening the innings for India. He started his international cricket career in 1996. He has scored 20 centuries in Test cricket at a phenomenal average of 57.86 and in one days 11 centuries at an average of 40.19. Dravid has been involved in two of the largest parnerships in ODI's: a 318-run partnership with Sourav Ganguly, thus becoming the first pair to combine for a 300-run partnership, and then a 331-run partnership with Sachin Tendulkar. He has the ability of standing on the crease for very longer time period. He His highest scores in ODI's and Tests are 153 and 270 respectively. His double tons are 200, 217, 222, 233, 270. All of them were scored in high style. He had his test debut VS England in 1996.
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He is one of England best all rounder. He is often compared to the legendary Sir Gari Field Sobers. What makes him the best is his ability to face pressure and handle it with out any faults. He is also a hard hitter of the cricket ball. But he is not that inconsistant as Shahid Afridi is. He plays with all his wisdom. He was born on December 6, 1977. His nick name is ''Freddie'' or ''Fred'' due to perceived similarities with Fred Flintstone. He made his Test match debut for the England cricket team in 1998 against South Africa. He was dragged out of the England team in 2000 for his bowling action. Then he paid much more attention to his fitness and remodelled his bowling action in 2001 and returned to the England team with lots of goals and desires. In early 2004 he was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. In the Second Test against Australia at Edgbaston in August 2005, he was made man of the match after he broke Ian Botham's 1981 record of six sixes in an Ashes Test Match with five in the first innings, and a further four in the second innings. In the same game he took a total of 7 wickets. And hence he was named the Man of the match. In the year 2005 his biography '' Being Freddie '' was published all over the world and it became a best seller. Now he is in good form and is in good touch with the game. He is blessed with a daughter ''Holly''.
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Stephen Fleming is the current captain of the New Zealand team which is also called ''Black Caps''. He has got great batting talent as well as he can handle pressure in a fair manner. He is a very height and strong man. His full name is Stephen Paul Fleming. He was born on April 1, 1973. He is a left handed batsmen. He made his debut in 1994 against India. He is the most successful Newzealand captain. He has played 97 test and 273 one day internationals. He scored abot 6100 runs in test cricket and 7200 runs in one day internationals. His batting average is about 35 in both forms of the game. HIs top score in tests is 274 and ODI's is 134. Both of them were scored with great style and passion.
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Continued in comments section Too lengthy no ?!?!?!?!?!?
