Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan is not a conventional off break bowler.Muralitharan can otherwise called as a off break wrist bowler since he generates all his off-spin from his wrist rather than from the fingers, which is the conventional way.Muralitharan is the highest wicket taker in both ODI and test international games.He was also rated as the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack in 2002.

Muttiah Muralitharan has got a unique arm rotation and a terrific wrist action which produced all the magic deliveries from his hands.His unique bowling action called into question a number of times especially the doosras. The match officials reported that he was bending his arm upto 10 degrees when he was bowling doosras which was against the acceptable guidelines of ICC, that is only 5 degrees in 2004.But in 2005 ICC amended the rules, which says that any bowlers (fast and slow bowlers) can bent their arms upto 15 degrees,and Muralitharan’s doosra once again became a legal delivery.

The video will show you why he is bowling with this unique off -break style and the secrets of his great success in his cricketing career as a bowler.

"140" Bradman bat

The number “140″ has got a great value in cricket since the “140 cricket bat” was used by the greatest batsman of all time,  sir Donald Bradman of Australia.The name “140 bat” came when he scored 140 valuable runs against Yorkshire at Sheffield on July 16, 1934.

The Bradman Willows, posing by Michael Ball, chairman of the Bradman Foundation (left), and the former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, at the Goring Hotel in central London,July 14,2009

The bats, one of which is the famous ‘140’ Bradman bat and the other cricket bat which is signed by the Australian and England Test teams from the fourth Test of the 1934 series, have been loaned to the International Cricket Hall of Fame in Bowral, New South Wales, by current owners Martin and Eugene Withers from Scotland.

Sachin poses next to his wax statue

Sachin Tendulkar is the first Indian sportsman to be in this prestigious Madame Tussauds wax Museum in London.The process of creating this legendary cricketer’s wax statue started early in February.

He told to the media that he was really stunned to see the statue and he also added that the only difference he can notice between the statue and him is that the statue is not really breathing.

Sachin Tendulkar and family posing for the photograph

He told in the ceremony that his wife Anjali and his mother had played a crucial role in his life.He also said that his wife and his mother had encouraged and motivated him a lot when he travelled through the hard times of his life.

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram is the retired international cricket player of Pakistan.He is popularly known as the “king Of Swings“.He is a left handed fast bowler who has the ability to swing the ball.The nick name of this great bowler is called the “Sultan Of Swing“.He is also called as the “Left Arm Of God”

He also represented Pakistan cricket team both in test and One Day Internationals.He is one of the bowlers who has the ability to bowl reverse swing.He also has the ability to bat since he scored a double century in test.

Test debut  – 25 January 1985 v New Zealand
Last Test  – 9 January 2002 v Bangladesh
ODI debut   - 23 November 1984 v New Zealand
Last ODI  - 4 March 2003 v Zimbabwe

He Captained 102 and 53 tests and ODIs respectively for Pakistan

Career Statistics Of Wasim Akram

The legendary cricketer of West Indies Brian Lara once told that wasim Akram is certainly the most outstanding bowler he had ever faced in his whole cricketing career.Wasim Akram was the member of the team during the famous World Cup in 1992 in Australia in which Pakistan became victorious.

Wasim Akram took two Hat-Tricks in test matches and both was taken against Sri Lanka in the year 1999.The 1st Hat-Trick was in 6th March at Gaddaffi Stadium in Lahore in which he took the wickets of Romesh Kaluwitharana (c Moin Khan),Niroshan Bandaratilleke (b),Pramodya Wickramasinghe (b)

The 2nd Hat-Trick was on the 14th of that same month at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka in which he took the wickets of Avishka Gunawardene (c Shahid Afridi),Chaminda Vaas (b),Mahela Jayawardene (c Wajahatullah Wasti).He is the cricketer who took the most number of Hat-Tricks ever in both forms of cricket.

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Kapil Dev with the World Cup at Lord's In 1983

Kapil Dev (Full name-Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj) is the former Indian cricket player regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders of all time.He was the captain of the indian cricket team when India won the world cup at Lord’s in London in 1983.Kapil dev was named as the Indian cricketer of the century in 2002 by wisden.

Kapil Dev is a right arm fast bowler and he is also a great outswinger of the cricket ball.He also have the capability to bowl an inswinging yorker which he developed during the 1980s.

Kapil Dev,naturally is an aggressive batsman who can hook and drive the cricket ball very effectively.He used to represent Haryana Cricket team and he have a nickname called “Huryana Hurricane”.

Kapil Dev’s Career Statistics

Test Debut-16th Oct 1978 vs Pakistan
Last Test-19th March 1994 vs New Zealand
ODI Debut-1st Oct 1978 vs Pakistan
Last ODI-17th Oct 1994 vs West Indies

Shane Warne

Warne started his carrier in the year 1992 in a test match and he got a record of 708 wickets which was recently broken by the Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan and constitutes about 1000 wickets in both test as well as One-Day Internationals.

Warne also played in the domestic cricket for his home team Victoria and for the English team Hampshire.Shane Warne bade Adieu from the International cricket in January 2007.

Shane Warne’s Career Statistics

There was a time in the history of international cricket where West Indies was the most dominating cricket team(In 70s and 80s) and that was an era of Vivian Richards who made magic shots with his blade.Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards was born on 7th march 1952 at St.john’s,Antigua in West Indies.Richards is one of the five wisden cricketers of the century.He is considered as the finest batsman of all time and he is also a part time off break bowler.

Richards started his test carrier against India in the year 1974 and played his One-Day international debut against sri Lanka in the world-cup of 1975.He ended his cricketing carrier in the year 1991 when he last played against England both in the test and One-day International at oval and Lord’s respectively.

The entry of Richards to the middle of the field with his usual style of chewing the gum,sent shivers down the spines of the International bowlers.He played all the cricketing shots with much ease and his Flick and Pull shots are really mind blowing.

Sachin and his wife

The Little master as called by the fans of the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is making about rupees 200 crores a year from ads and endorsements is now going to act in a movie.The name of the movie is called “Vighnahartra Shri Siddhivinayak” which is based on the Hindu mythology and the mightiness of sri Siddhivinayak (Lord Ganesha).This is not a movie based on cricket but the movie will have Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali for a short time performing prayers at the famous lord Ganesha temple.This is not the first time he is appearing in a movie.In the movie named “Stumped” he had just appeared to pass a message but this is the first time he is acting in a film.

Lara honoured by team mates

Brian Lara(full name:Brian Charles Lara) nicknamed as the prince was born in 2nd May 1969.He holds the record for the highest individual score in test innings with a 400 not out.He started his international cricket in the west Indies cricket team.He is one of the best batsman that the international cricket had seen.He is a left handed batsman and admired by his unique style of batting.

Brian Lara at the age of six got in to the world of cricket by joining in the Sunday coaching sessions in Harward coaching centre.

He has got batting techniques at this tender age.At the age of fourteen he joined the Fatima college where he developed as a promising young cricket player under cricket coach Harry Ramdas.At this same age he amassed 745 runs in the schoolboys’ league and he got selected to the Trinidad national under-16 team.At the age of fifteen Lara played in the West Indian under-19 tournament and he represented the Under-19 west Indies cricket team in that same year.

1987 was a golden year for Lara,when in the West Indies Youth Championships he scored 498 runs and also he captained Trinidad and Tobago which finally won the tournament due to a match winning 116 from Lara.In 1988 he was selected to the West Indies team,but unfortunately coincided with the death of his father which made him to withdrew from the team.But he captained west Indies B team in Zimbabwe in the following year and scored 145.In 1990 at the age of twenty he started his International career in ODI as well as test both against Pakistan.

Lara scored 9 double centuries second only to Bradman’s twelve.

Brian Lara had laid a foundation called Pearl and Bunty in memory of his parents and it is also a charitable organization which addresses health and social care issues.He is also the ambassador for sport of the public of Trinidad and Tobago.

Test centuries of Brian Lara

ODI Centuries of Brian Lara