Curious About Highest ODI Score In Cricket? Here It Is

Highest ODI Score in Cricket world belongs to Sri Lankan cricket team they have scored a mammoth 443 for 9 wickets in 50 over’s while playing against Netherlands back in 2006 on Amstelveen ground. However India’s 414 for 7 is Indian teams highest score ever placed by Indian players on the scoreboard while playing against any team of the world.

Unfortunately it is Sri Lanka who took the aggressive blow of India’s fine batting line up.
The second highest ODI Score in Cricket history belongs to South Africa. I believe every cricket
Lover remembers the day when Australia thrashed the ball all over the ground while playing against South Africa on African soil “Johannesburg” back in 2005-2006, but South Africa replied in style when Gibbs scores a massive 167. South African replied Australia with 438 runs with only 1 wicket in hand but they had completed the given talk in 49.5 over making it the highest runs ever chased by any cricket team, hence cricket history books covered the event and named it the second highest score ever put on the score board, whereas the highest ever run chase.

The third number on the victory stand belong to Aussies team with 434 while playing against South Africa with the loss of just 4 wickets in the complete quota of 50 over’s.

Once again the fourth position for making the Highest ODI Score in Cricket belongs to South Africa when they made 418 runs against Zimbabwe back in 2006 on Potchefstroom ground.

Today Indian team secures the fifth position for making the Highest ODI Score in Rajkot while playing against one of the top seed teams of the world “Sri Lanka”.

We still have to discover rather Indian team keeps their fifth position or is it going to be Sri Lanka to won the 5th position leaving Indian team one step behind. If Sri Lanka chases the score successfully Sri Lankan team will stand proudly on the second position, in the ratings after South Africa, whereas 5th position will be Sri Lankans too.

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Dickie Bird against using DRS

Former umpire Dickie Bird said the Decision Referral System will belittle the authority of the on-field match officials.

Bird also said that International Cricket Council (ICC) has committed a serious mistake by introducing it.

The DRS is currently being used in the Test series between Australia and West Indies, and New Zealand and Pakistan.

"I would never have brought them in. They (the ICC) are taking the authority away from the on-field umpires and the whole thing is causing more problems than it's worth," Bird said.
"In the old days, controversial decisions became talking points in the bars and clubs but everybody respected the umpire's authority," Bird, renowned umpire who retired in 1996, was quoted as saying in the 'Daily Telegraph'.

West Indies captain Chris Gayle has openly criticised the referral system while Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara and off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan had said the DRS should have been applied in the Test series against India.

Bird said that cricket does not need a review system.
"I am in agreement with Roger Federer, who wanted Hawk-Eye thrown out of Wimbledon, and (FIFA President) Sepp Blatter, who says that refereeing decisions are part of football.

"Players should accept these things and move on, but all the money that has come into sport has turned their heads," said Bird.

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Berbice cricket secures sponsorship for 2010

As the curtains are coming down on year 2009, the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has already secured two major sponsorships for the new year from Tenelec Inc. of Maryland, USA.

The overseas-based company has joined hands with the BCB to continue the successful relationship which started in 2007.

The company has so far pumped $1,250,000 into hosting two major cricket tournaments – the Tenelec Inc. Berbice under-15 tournament and the Tenelec Inc. Berbice 50-over first division competitions.

The company headed by Tom Gruentzel and Bobby Deonarine, uncle of West Indies Test player Narsingh Deonarine, has expressed total satisfaction with the BCB’s handling of its finances and also the successful hosting of the tournament over the years.

President of the BCB, Keith Foster at the presentation ceremony hailed the contribution of Tenelec towards the development of cricket in Berbice.

He noted the importance of the under-15 level, which together with the under-13 level, is the nursery of Berbice cricket as they nurture the young cricketers to become professionals and positive role models.

Tenelec’s sponsorship at the first division level was also recognized as a contributory factor towards the Berbice dominance of the senior inter-county tournaments. The Ancient County won both the one-day and four-day tournaments in 2009.

Treasurer of the BCB Anil Beharry in accepting the cheque expressed his delight at the renewal of the sponsorship so early. He noted that the board had to be doing things right for a major sponsor to renew its sponsorship before the start of the year. He also gave the assurance that the BCB will successfully host the tournament and give a proper account for the funds used.

Beharry stated that cricket in Berbice over the last two years has been undergoing unprecedented development and in 2010 more development would take place as the current administration’s main goal is to be the best cricket playing county in Guyana on and off the cricket field.

Bobby Deonarine in an invited comment stated that he was excited to be associated with cricket in the Ancient County and he was sure that his company’s investment would not only assist the youths to be involved in sports but would produce more outstanding Berbice cricketers like his nephew Narsingh Deonarine.

Meanwhile, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Board and Special Events Committee Chairman, Hilbert Foster disclosed that a total of 50 teams will take part in the under-15 tournament.

He said further that the Berbice 2010 under-15 team will be selected based on performances in the tournament. Foster also disclosed that the Board will be organizing a special luncheon to honour all the county’s cricket teams which made Berbice proud throughout the year.

The luncheon would be a thank you gesture from the Board and will be used to reinforce the need to work harder for more success in 2010.

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Elephant Capital puts $10M in Global Cricket Ventures

Elephant has also announced appointment of Pramath Raj Sinha, a former partner at McKinsey, as its chairman.

AIM-listed private equity fund Elephant Capital has picked up a 50% stake in Global Cricket Ventures Ltd (GCV) for $10 million. GCV owns the exclusive licenses for digital and mobile rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Elephant has also announced appointment of Pramath Raj Sinha as its chairman, replacing Sir Peter Burt. Sinha was a partner with McKinsey and has been MD and CEO of media conglomerate ABP Group. He is currently founder and managing director of 9.9 Mediaworx Pvt. Ltd.

Mauritius-based GCV has the key digital rights to Champions League Twenty20 until 2017. The investment will be made through Tusk Investments Fund 1, Elephant Capital's Mauritius subsidiary, the company said in a statement.

Cricket - especially since launch of the shorter, snazzier and more corporatised IPL version - has become a major attraction among investors in India. The deal by Elephant Capital comes after Dar Capital-owned Entertainment and Sports Direct won the theatrical rights for IPL last month for Rs 330 crore. Dar is a Dubai based investment advisory and private equity firm which manages $250 million.

GCV, which also owns the domain name 'cricket.com', plans to raise another $5 million which would lead to dilution in Elephant Capital's shareholding. It also holds the development and running of the official IPL and Champions League websites. GCV is a joint venture between Canada's Live Current Media and UAE's NetlinkBlue Holding.

"This investment gives Elephant Capital a stake in an exciting online and broadcast media business that has managed to aggregate a collection of excellent sports rights. We believe that with the continued success of the Twenty20 format, the value of these rights will appreciate significantly," said Gaurav Burman, a Director at Elephant Capital and scion of the Dabur family. His elder brother Mohit Burman, who is also a director at Elephant Capital, owns a stake in IPL team Kings 11 Punjab.

There have been other PE investments in broadcasting and distribution of cricket content. These include Britain’s 3i, Deutsche Bank, and Oman Funds investment in Nimbus, which runs 24-hour cricket channel Neo Sports. IPL has also attracted big bucks with its nine years broadcasting rights being sold to World Sports Group for $1.6 billion.

Indian corporate biggies like RIL’s Mukesh Ambani and UB Group’s Vijay Mallya also own various IPL teams. Several PE firms had also bid for teams during the auction process but none were successful.

Elephant, which was earlier known as Promethean India, has made five investments since its inception across a range of sectors including leisure (EIH), automotive (Mahindra Forging), mobile payment services (Obopay), education services (NIIT Ltd) and building materials (Nitco). The firm raised £50 million in early 2007 through a public float at the AIM market in London.

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Cricket advertising goes back to the future

CRICKET'S unofficial anthem has been resurrected, with summer soon to ring to the strains of ''C'mon Aussie, C'mon'' once again.

Advertising agency Leo Burnett Melbourne has launched this season's campaign for Cricket Australia, featuring a version of C'mon Aussie in an advertisement telling the story of three cricket fans doing everything possible to get to the cricket this summer.

The advertisement takes its inspiration from the original song written by Allan Johnson and Alan Morris in the 1970s.

The advertisement will screen in Melbourne from December 13. Leo Burnett Melbourne's executive creative director, Jason Williams, said: ''This song is a part of the fabric of summer.''

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Cricket's tangle of formats

The afternoon of 21 August 2009 at The Oval was cold and wintry, not the best for cricket; for Australian cricket, in fact, it could hardly have been worse. Ricky Ponting's team, hanging in gamely after losing a crucial toss, were abruptly upended, in the 21 deliveries it took Stuart Broad to nip out 4 for 8. After Graeme Swann chimed in with 4 for 18 from 43 deliveries, England ended the day with a 230-run lead and seven second-innings wickets in hand, a deficit Australia could not make up for three further days' trying. So it was that the Ashes changed hands.

But it was worse than that, if such a sentiment can be believed from an Australian. Had Australia won that fifth Test, and thus the series, they would have maintained their status atop the ICC World Test Championship. As it is, they slipped to fourth, an ignominy not experienced in a generation. To all intents and purposes, Australia had led the cricket world since 3 May 1995: the date they recaptured the Frank Worrell Trophy, ending the West Indies' 22 years in the Caribbean without defeat. So their 13-year dynasty crumbled in an afternoon. It should have been the proverbial "shot heard around the world" - but it wasn't.

Why? For one thing, the ICC Test Championship table is almost as obscure to the general public in its workings as the Duckworth-Lewis Method. For another thing, Australia's was only a partial eclipse: they remain atop the ICC one-day international table, an ascendancy they have ratified in India, and are not about to slump as dismally as the West Indies after their prolonged premiership.

Yet the main reason is that there was no obvious inheritor of the champion's mantle. It wasn't the handing over of a blue riband, yellow jersey or green jacket, or even a Richie Benaud-style blazer: South Africa rose to the top like a bureaucrat being promoted because of the incompetence of his predecessor. Now there is also Twenty20, cricket's richest and most glamorous format, to consider. Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in its global summit this year, where South Africa fell short again in a global tournament, and Australia was a listless mess

So it's all become a bit of a mess. Indeed, you could liken global cricket supremacy to umpiring: certainty disappeared the minute science and technology were introduced to make definitive judgements. But the overriding difficulty is simple: the game has been allowed to grow so diverse as to make consensus impossible about what cricket "is".

Think about trying to answer the simple question anyone new to cricket would ask: who is the world champion? Where football or rugby are concerned, the answer would be succinct: you would name the last winner of the World Cup. But cricket's World Cup is decided in a 50-over format, and the trophy's last instalment was so dire that you'd be pardoned for wanting to forget it. In general, Chris Gayle always excepted, cricketers think of Test matches as the fullest and most searching examination of a team's skills. But fans are increasingly drawn to the lickety-split spectacle of cricket in 20-over chunks.

So what would you say? "In the five-day format known as Test cricket, South Africa are the best, although they lost their last series at home to Australia, who are now rated fourth, and India are third even though they've only played three matches so far this year and at the moment aren't scheduled to play any next year. In the one-day format… " Too late: your interlocutor is glazing over, he's forgotten his next question about the Kolkata Knight Riders' wacky helmets and is staring into space. Sheesh, how are you going to explain the Champions League?

Administrators keep insisting that the three forms of cricket are cosily complementary. Actually Test cricket, one-day cricket and Twenty20 hang together like an Italian political coalition: because of slight momentary convenience rather than innately long-term coherence; in the free market of entertainment, they are more naturally destined to compete, even to cannibalise one another, searching out the same broadcasters, the same sponsors, and many of the same fans. Already, it seems, countries are more precisely calibrating their ambitions. India, certainly, is contemptibly marginalising Test cricket, hosting its first five-day match of 2009 in November, and leaving Eden Gardens without a Test match for two years. None of which bodes well for the future of international cricket in the face of the rivalry from soi-disant "domestic" Indian Premier League and Champions League. As Abraham Lincoln famously warned, a house divided against itself cannot stand.

To be the top, to be the best, to have conquered all comers and to be garlanded for doing so: this, for players and for fans, is the summit of all ambition. On how that is constituted in cricket, alas, agreement has been made almost impossibly elusive. In hindsight, then, that spell of Broad's was even more seminal, and undersung: it ended not just a dynasty but the last such dynasty, and perhaps the whole idea of dynasties itself.

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Cricket Expects to Raise $100,000 for Families Fighting Cancer at Rady Children`s Hospital-San Diego

Fourth Annual Golf Tournament, Helicopter Ball Drop and Silent Auction to
Benefit Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)--
Cricket Communications, Inc.,a San Diego-based leading provider of unlimited
wireless services and wholly owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International,
Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), will host a charity golf tournament on Tuesday, November 10,
2009, to raise funds for families dealing with cancer at Rady Children`s
Hospital-San Diego. Approximately three children are diagnosed with cancer each
week in San Diego.

"Having a child diagnosed with cancer can turn families upside down, emotionally
and financially," said Donna Donoghue, director of the Peckham Center for Cancer
and Blood Disorders at Rady Children`s Hospital. "The Cricket Charity Golf
Tournament is an inspiring example of how a community partner can make a
positive impact in the lives of families struggling with a cancer diagnosis."

The sold-out event is expected to raise more than $100,000 for the Peckham
Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders with the support of sponsors, participants
and volunteers. Sponsors for the event include: Superior, Next G!, QUALCOMM,
Kyocera, Samsung, Brightpoint, Nextlink, Element 79, San Disk, Jabra, LG, Blue
Ant, iGO, Calcomp/ACTS, PCD, Kyocera, Huawei, Performance Technologies, PHD,
Zocolo, LG, mPortal, Talley, Motorola, Nortel and ZTE.

This is the fourth year that Cricket has hosted a charity golf tournament in
which various wireless industry professionals come together to aid in the fight
against Cancer. The tradition started in 2006 when a Cricket employee`s
immediate family member was struck by cancer and the company rallied in support.
Last year the event raised $80,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of San
Diego.

"Cancer can have a detrimental impact on a family, and some of us are lucky
enough to have lived through it with the right emotional & financial support
structure," said Sergio Garcia, senior director of devices for Cricket and the
chair of the event. "It truly is a privilege to be in a position to work for a
company that not only is behind its employees and community, but is able to
rally the support of sponsors, volunteers and employees to help those that are
less fortunate!"

The event will be held on Tuesday, November 10, at 10 a.m. at Maderas Golf Club,
the number one rated golf club in San Diego County, located at 17750 Old Coach
Road in Poway, Calif. The full day of festivities includes a helicopter ball
drop raffle, foursome golf scramble, silent auction and awards presentation.

For more information on participating or sponsoring the event, please call
858-882-6121.

About Rady Children`s Hospital-San Diego

Rady Children's Hospital is a 261-bed pediatric care facility providing the
largest source of comprehensive pediatric medical services in San Diego,
Southern Riverside and Imperial counties. As the sole hospital in the San Diego
area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare, Rady Children's is the
region`s only designated pediatric trauma center. Rady Children's has a 54-bed
Pediatric Critical Care unit and a 38-bed Neonatal Intensive care unit, along
with the only comprehensive pediatric Cancer Care Center in San Diego. In 2001,
Rady Children`s formed a partnership with the University of California-San Diego
to unify pediatric patient care, research, education, and community service
programs.

About Cricket

Cricket is the pioneer of simple and affordable unlimited wireless services with
no long-term commitments or credit checks required serving more than four
million customers in 34 states. Cricket offers wireless voice and broadband
Internet services over the latest technology, high-quality, all-digital 3G
CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO wireless network. Cricket`s wireless voice service plans
include unlimited anytime minutes, unlimited U.S. long distance, unlimited text
and picture messaging, unlimited text to Mexico, unlimited Mobile Web, unlimited
directory assistance, as well as a variety of calling features and feature-rich
mobile applications such as popular games, ringtones and wallpapers. Cricket
Broadband provides unlimited Internet access anywhere within Cricket`s coverage
areas at speeds comparable to DSL. For more information on Cricket, visit
www.mycricket.com. Cricket is offered by Leap Wireless International, Inc.,
headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information on Leap, visit
www.leapwireless.com.

Leap is a U.S. registered trademark and the Leap logo is a trademark of Leap.
Cricket, Jump, the Cricket "K" and Flex Bucket are U.S. registered trademarks of
Cricket. In addition, the following are trademarks or service marks of Cricket:
Cricket By Week, Cricket Choice, Cricket Connect, Cricket Nation and Cricket
PAYGo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Cricket Communications, Inc.
Greg Lund, Media Relations
858-882-9105
glund@cricketcommunications.com

Copyright Business Wire 2009

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Raj Singh Dungarpur dies, cricket world mourns

Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Former president of the Indian cricket board Raj Singh Dungarpur died here Saturday after a protracted illness, leaving the entire cricket world in mourning. He was 73.

Raj Bhai, as he was fondly known, was the man who never hesitated to take bold decisions. As chief selector he picked Sachin Tendulkar after first watching him play for Cricket Club of India (CCI). It was he who, out of the blue, made Mohammad Azharuddin the India captain. 'Mian, kaptaan banoge,' (will you become captain?) is what he asked Azhar before making him the captain and the line is now part of India's cricket folklore.

Hailing from the erstwhile royal family of Dungarpur in Rajasthan, he was the youngest son of Lakshman Singhji, the ex-ruler.

A right-arm medium-fast bowler who represented and led Rajasthan successfully in the
Ranji Trophy in the 1960s, Dungarpur took 206 wickets in 86 first-class matches.
He dedicated his post-retirement life to cricket administration and rose to become the board president 1996-99.

Dungarpur's capabilities as a visionary were also evident in the form of the critical role that he essayed in the institution of the National Cricket Academy at Bangalore in 2000.

A veritable encyclopaedia on cricket, Dungarpur went out of his way to encourage junior cricketers and even cricket writers. It was during his long and eventful stint as president of the CCI that the game returned to the club in a big way, in the form of the ICC Champions Trophy in 2006.

BCCI president Shashank Manohar called him as 'a self-effacing individual who always put the sport, and Indian cricket in particular, above everything else.
'It is a great loss to Indian cricket. Raj Bhai served Indian cricket diligently and with distinction in several capacities.'

Former board president Purshottam Rungta, who was also president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA), said Dungarpur did a lot for Indian cricket though he played all his cricket for Rajasthan.

'I have lost a great friend and a good human being. Raj was an Indian first and a Rajasthani next as he always looked at the broader picture. In the formative years of Rajasthan cricket, he did a lot. He lived for cricket, nothing else.'

Another former board president Inderjit Singh Bindra said Dungarpur was synonymous with Indian cricket overseas and was highly respected in international cricket circles.

'Raj was a great servant of Indian cricket as he excelled in whatever job he took up, be it as board chief, chairman national selection committee or Indian team's manager. He was a walking cricket encyclopaedia,' Bindra said recalling his association with him.

'This afternoon, the Punjab cricket Association executive met to pay homage in the hall where he took over as board president succeeding me. Mohali will miss him as he used to say that he enjoyed watching cricket at the venue and seldom missed an international there. He was one of the very few cricket administrators known the world over and he had worked behind the scenes to help the board sort out a lot of critical bilateral issues with his proximity to almost all cricket chiefs.'
Another ex-BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya remembered him as an 'institution'.
'No one can take away his contribution to Indian cricket. He was associated with the game for over 50 years and was an institution by himself.

'Indian cricket will find it hard to fill the void created today,' Dalmiya said.
Kishen Rungta, a long-time Rajasthan Ranji Trophy teammate of Dungarpur and also a former chief national selector, said the state owed him a lot for development of cricket there.

'He was my captain and then I was his and we had a wonderful time playing for Rajasthan. He was instrumental in getting His Highness Maharana of Udaipur Bhagwat Singh to take over the reins of state cricket.

'Long before people knew about professional cricket as it is known today, Raj brought professionals to Rajasthan and he himself employed some of them. That's how cricket started in Rajasthan and he himself was a good cricketer. A handsome player, not many may know that he has 200 wickets in Ranji Trophy. His burning desire to do well made him think big right from his early days and that's how Rajasthan could figure in Ranji Trophy finals eight times during his time.'

Former board treasurer and RCA secretary Kishore Rungta said if Indian cricket has a National Cricket Academy (NCA) it is only because of Dungarpur's initiative.
'Raj Bhai was in a hurry to get it on stream defying odds and objections from some board members. Many of us thought he was in a hurry without going into the nitty gritty, but he was proved right as a lot of things were rectified on the way. He was the one who insisted on players getting single rooms during his time as president, but board's finances did not allow it. A couple of years later the players got single rooms.'

Tributes poured in from outside the cricket world as well.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) general secretary Randhir Singh, recalled his association with Dungarpur.

'He was a great leader and sport administrator. I have known him closely because he his related to my family. He has done so much for CCI. His contribution to Indian sport is immense.'

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