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Australia tour of India, 2008/09
The below is match schedule for India Vs Australia in september and october 2008.
ICC Test and ODI Team for the year 2008
ICC Test Team of the Year Graeme Smith (SA, capt), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Jacques Kallis (SA), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, wk), Brett Lee (Aus), Ryan Sidebottom (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL). 12th man: Stuart Clark (Aus).
ICC ODI Team of the Year Hershelle Gibbs (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus, capt), Younis Khan (Pak), Andrew Symonds (Aus), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind, wk), Farveez Maharoof (SL), Daniel Vettori (NZ), Brett Lee (Aus), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Nathan Bracken (Aus). 12th man: Salman Butt (Pak)
ICC Awards 2008
West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul - ICC Cricketer of the Year
Steyn - Test Player of the Year award
Mahendra Singh Dhoni- ODI Player of the Year award.
Yuvraj Singh - Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Award
Ajantha Mendis- Emerging Player of the Year award
Australian umpire, Simon Taufel - Umpire of the Year for the fifth successive time.
England captain Charlotte Edwards - Women’s Cricketer of the Year award.
Netherlands allrounder, Ryan ten Doeschate - Associate Player of the Year.
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Nominations for the LG ICC Awards 2008
Dhoni Reaches the first spot in ODI Batsmen
M.S.Dhoni retained his No.1 spot in ICC Player rankings after India defeat SriLanka 3-2 in the past series.
ICC player rankings
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ODI batsmen
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| Rank |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
| 1 | M.S. Dhoni | ||
| 2 | G.C. Smith | ||
| 3 | R.T. Ponting | ||
| 4 | M.E.K. Hussey | ||
| 5 | Mohammad Yousuf | ||
| 6 | S. Chanderpaul | ||
| 7 | K.P. Pietersen | ||
| 8 | A. Symonds | ||
| 9 | S.R. Tendulkar | ||
| 10 | M.L. Hayden | ||
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ODI bowlers
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| Rank |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
| 1 | N.W. Bracken | ||
| 2 | D.L. Vettori | ||
| 3 | S.E. Bond | ||
| 4 | S.C.J. Broad | ||
| 5 | M.G. Johnson | ||
| 5 | M. Muralidaran | ||
| 7 | W.P.U.J.C. Vaas | ||
| 8 | B. Lee | ||
| 9 | K.D. Mills | ||
| 10 | A. Nel | ||
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ODI allrounders
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| Rank |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
| 1 | A. Flintoff | ||
| 2 | Shoaib Malik | ||
| 3 | J.D.P. Oram | ||
| 4 | Shahid Afridi | ||
| 5 | J.H. Kallis | ||
| 6 | C.H. Gayle | ||
| 7 | S.T. Jayasuriya | ||
| 8 | P.D. Collingwood | ||
| 9 | S.B. Styris | ||
| 10 | M.J. Clarke | ||
ICC Test and ODI Championships
ICC Test Championship
1 Aug 2008
| Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 26 | 3597 | 138 |
| South Africa | 29 | 3323 | 115 |
| India | 31 | 3507 | 113 |
| England | 33 | 3490 | 106 |
| Sri Lanka | 24 | 2480 | 103 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1895 | 100 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1738 | 83 |
| West Indies | 22 | 1791 | 81 |
| Bangladesh | 14 | 0 | 0 |
ICC ODI Championship
1 Aug 2008
| Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 25 | 3238 | 130 |
| South Africa | 21 | 2697 | 128 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 2443 | 116 |
| India | 31 | 3474 | 112 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 2752 | 110 |
| England | 23 | 2447 | 106 |
| Sri Lanka | 22 | 2327 | 106 |
| West Indies | 21 | 1994 | 95 |
| Bangladesh | 24 | 1102 | 46 |
| Ireland | 7 | 124 | 18 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 237 | 16 |
| Kenya | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Click here to access the full rankings on www.icc-cricket.com
India tour of Sri Lanka, 2008 Schedule
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Test Squad for India Vs Sri Lanka series
India have announced the test squad for the upcoming Test series between India and Srilanka.
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Parthiv Patel (wk), Anil Kumble (capt), Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Munaf Patel, Pragyan Ojha.
New face Pragyan Ojha earned a place in the Test Squad. Ojha, the Hyderabad left-arm spinner, told "It’s a dream come true. Any cricketer would want and expect to play for the country." Further more he said "I didn’t particularly think about the Sri Lanka series but I knew if I keep bowling well I would get a chance. No wild celebrations now as I want to perform on the field. I will be concentrating on my flight and changes in pace and will generally try to bowl like I do in the Ranji Trophy."
Gautam Gambhir replaces Wassim Jaffer in this series. Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Mohammad Kaif and Ramesh Powar are the other omissions from the Test squad that featured in the home series against South Africa.
Sir Don Bradman Career Best 334
Sir Don Bradman 334 Runs Innings Which he played against england in the third test of Australia VS Englad series 1930. Test Venue wad headingley
Sir Don Bradman 334 Runs Innings Video
Dhoni not playing the upcoming Srilanka Test Series
Previously while during the Asia Cup Series Dhoni said "We were a bit disappointing, but one of the reasons for it is that we have played cricket for 36 of the last 84 hours," after the press conference of match with Bangladesh. For this Rajiv Shukla, the vice-president of the Indian board, has responded to Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s complaint saying "If a player wants rest, he can inform the board and we’ll be happy to send replacements."
Shukla referred to the case of Sachin Tendulkar to make his point. "Sachin had informed us well in advance and hence he was not picked." Keeping this in mind Mahendra Singh Dhoni had informed BCCI that he need some rest. Ratnakar Shetty, BCCI’s chief administrative officer said Dhoni, India’s ODI captain, had personally conveyed the message. "Yes, he (Dhoni) has told the board that he would like to rest for the Test series against Sri Lanka", Shetty said.
So Dinesh Karthik is likely to replace Dhoni to do wicketkeeping duties for the series. Karthik last played in the Bangalore Test against
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