18th May IPL Schedule

SUNDAY 18TH MAY
Kolkata Night Riders vs Chennai Super Kings - 4 pm. Venue: Kolkata
Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers - 8 pm. Venue: Hyderabad

IPL - Kolkata Embarrassed In Record Rout at Mumbai 2008

3 Cheers for Mumbai Indians!

Mumbai won!

Yippee!!! We won the match big time. I am so very proud to belong to Mumbai. Great going Mumbai's cricketers! Yeah my better half doesn't meet me when you guys are playing, but what the hell I should crib about coz it's worth watching you all playing

U, me aur cricket!

There were times when all the wives and girlfriends in the world (of course, the ones who are not die-hard cricket fans) used to sacrifice some of their time-with-spouse/boyfriends for the sake of cricket. But back then, there were just a few test and one-day matches every year.

Now, with the advent of twenty20 and the recent never-ending IPL, almost half of the year is dedicated to cricket! And with that comes more hours spent by the guys with the television, beer and the tummy-enhancing accompaniments. Not that I have anything against cricket (I love this sport more than any other sport and I'm sure I can watch it all my life with my hubby dear), but then when you are still in the pre-marriage stage looking forward to spend some time with him, aaarrgh, this cricket comes like a spinner and screams, "maiden over".

IPL final live scores

IPL finals are something you must not miss. And if you are unable to watch them on the TV, the links below will definitely keep you updated. So if you are among those who solely depend on getting the IPL scores over the internet, here are some sites you might find useful:

Rediff
Cricket Point
Stickcricket.aol.in
Yahoo Sports
Thetwenty20cup
Cricketnext
Sify
Cricket World

Hundred tests, 1 Sourav Ganguly

The first Test Match of the upcoming India-Australia series will start on 26 December 2007. It's a big match for Sourav Ganguly as it's the left-hand batsman's 100th Test.

Other Indian cricketers to have played 100 tests are Dilip Vengsarker, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid.

For more, read here.

Sport quote of the day

A test is as slow as your strike rate.
-Annu

Wasim Jaffer scored 202 runs in just 274 balls! A strike rate of 73.72 with 34 fours in a test match is what sets him far ahead in the league of good test cricketers. So while one finds test cricket a tortoise-slow match, cricketers like Wasim Jaffer make it an interesting watch. Good speedy show Wasim, congrats!

For more on the player's performance, read The Times Of India article.