The Sports-Man ...

Thursday 26 December 2013

Jacques Kallis: A Modern-Day Cricketing Hero Retires

The Sports-Man suspects that nobody anywhere in the world was able to predict that the great Jacques Kallis was going to announce his retirement from Test cricket in 2013 already...!

The second test between South Africa and India in Durban at the Kingsmead oval will surely be overshadowed in many ways by this sudden, and some would say, "shock" announcement that Kallis is calling it quits after 18 illustrious years of playing Test cricket. He is apparently still determined to make the Proteas squad for the 2015 ODI World Cup tournament.

How I will miss Kallis's stroke-play...!

I for one, though that Kallis would surely quit ODI cricket to concentrate on playing at least another two seasons, but how wrong was I...! The cricketing world would hopefully find out soon enough why arguably the best all-rounder in cricket decided to retire at this particular point of his career.

Test Record: Jacques Kallis played 165 Test matches and scored 13174 runs (2nd after Tendulkar), taking 292 wickets and holding on to 199 catches.

Tuesday 24 December 2013

Latest ICC Test Rankings - Philander Moves to Top Spot

Vernon Philander deservedly moved past Dale Steyn in the ICC Test rankings after the first Sunfoil Test at the Wanderers against India, where he took 6 wickets in the match. (Rankings supplied by http://www.relianceiccrankings.com/)

Furthermore, South Africa remains the number one Test team in the world, going into the second and last Test against India at Kingsmead, Durban on Thursday, the 26th. AB de Villiers is still ranked as the number 1 batsman, while Amla hangs onto second spot after a mediocre first test performance at the Bullring.

ID	Rat.	Name	Nat.

1	912	V.D. Philander
2	890	D.W. Steyn
3	831	H.M.R.K.B. Herath
4	824	Saeed Ajmal
5	796	R.J. Harris
6	786	P.M. Siddle
7	767	R. Ashwin
8	748	P.P. Ojha
9	745	S.C.J. Broad
10	729	T.A. Boult
		Top 100

ID	Rat.	Name	Nat.

1	906	A.B. de Villiers
2	881	H.M. Amla
3	876	S. Chanderpaul
4	871	R.L. Taylor
5	868	M.J. Clarke
6	866	K.C. Sangakkara
7	838	C.A. Pujara
8	783	Misbah-ul-Haq
9	775	G.C. Smith
10	769	Younus Khan
		Top 100

Latest English Premiership Results,Log & Upcoming Fixtures

PREMIER LEAGUE

Latest EPL Results:

(supplied by http://msn.foxsports.com/)

Monday, December 23, 2013

Week 17

EMIRATES STADIUM

0 : 0

FINAL

Match Stats | Match Trax

COMPLETED GAMES

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Week 17

ANFIELD

3 : 1

FINAL

Match Stats | Match Trax

OLD TRAFFORD

Manchester United

3 : 1

FINAL

West Ham United

Match Stats | Match Trax

STADIUM OF LIGHT

0 : 0

FINAL

Match Stats | Match Trax

SELHURST PARK

0 : 3

FINAL

Match Stats | Match Trax

CRAVEN COTTAGE

2 : 4

FINAL

Manchester City

Match Stats | Match Trax

THE HAWTHORNS

1 : 1

FINAL

Hull City Tigers

Match Stats | Match Trax

BRITANNIA STADIUM

2 : 1

FINAL

Match Stats | Match Trax

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Week 17

ST. MARY'S STADIUM

2 : 3

FINAL

Tottenham Hotspur

Match Stats | Match Trax

LIBERTY STADIUM

1 : 2

FINAL

EPL Log:

(supplied by http://msn.foxsports.com)

Nº

Team

GP

W

D

L

GF

GA

+/-

PTS

HOME

AWAY

1

17

11

3

3

42

19

23

36

8-0-1

3-3-2

2

17

11

3

3

33

17

16

36

6-2-1

5-1-2

3

Manchester City

17

11

2

4

51

20

31

35

8-0-0

3-2-4

4

17

10

4

3

32

18

14

34

7-1-0

3-3-3

5

17

9

7

1

29

16

13

34

5-3-0

4-4-1

6

17

9

3

5

24

22

2

30

4-3-1

5-0-4

7

Tottenham Hotspur

17

9

3

5

18

23

-5

30

3-2-3

6-1-2

8

Manchester United

17

8

4

5

28

20

8

28

4-2-3

4-2-2

9

17

6

6

5

22

18

4

24

4-3-2

2-3-3

10

17

5

6

6

17

21

-4

21

4-4-1

1-2-5

11

17

5

5

7

23

23

0

20

2-4-3

3-1-4

12

Hull City Tigers

17

5

5

7

14

20

-6

20

4-3-1

1-2-6

13

17

5

4

8

17

23

-6

19

2-1-5

3-3-3

14

17

5

4

8

15

29

-14

19

3-3-2

2-1-6

15

17

4

5

8

13

25

-12

17

3-2-3

1-3-5

16

17

3

7

7

18

23

-5

16

2-3-4

1-4-3

17

West Ham United

17

3

5

9

14

22

-8

14

2-2-4

1-3-5

18

17

4

1

12

11

27

-16

13

3-1-5

1-0-7

19

17

4

1

12

17

34

-17

13

2-1-6

2-0-6

20

17

2

4

11

12

30

-18

10

2-1-6

0-3-5

SOCCER STATS GLOSSARY

Places 1-3:

Direct entry to Champions League Group Stage.

Place 4:

Direct entry to Champions League, Playoff Round.

Place 5:

Direct entry to Europa League, Playoff Round.

Place 6:

Potenial Entry in Europa League

Place 7:

Potenial Entry in Europa League

Places 18-20:

Relegation to the Football League Championship

Upcoming EPL Fixtures:

26 December 2013

Hull City v Manchester United, The KC Stadium 14:45

West Ham United v Arsenal, Boleyn Ground 17:00

Cardiff City v Southampton, Cardiff City Stadium 17:00

Norwich City v Fulham, Carrow Road 17:00

Everton v Sunderland, Goodison Park 17:00

Newcastle United v Stoke City, St. James' Park 17:00

Chelsea v Swansea City, Stamford Bridge 17:00

Aston Villa v Crystal Palace, Villa Park 17:00

Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion, White Hart Lane 17:00

Manchester City v Liverpool, Etihad Stadium 19:30

28 December 2013

West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion, Boleyn Ground 14:45

Norwich City v Manchester United, Carrow Road 17:00

Manchester City v Crystal Palace, Etihad Stadium 17:00

Hull City v Fulham, The KC Stadium 17:00

Aston Villa v Swansea City, Villa Park 17:00

Cardiff City v Sunderland, Cardiff City Stadium 19:30

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