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. 



Top 10 Test Bowlers
IDRat.NameNat.
1912V.D. PhilanderSA
2890D.W. SteynSA
3831H.M.R.K.B. HerathSL
4824Saeed AjmalPAK
5796R.J. HarrisAUS
6786P.M. SiddleAUS
7767R. AshwinIND
8748P.P. OjhaIND
9745S.C.J. BroadENG
10729T.A. BoultNZ
Top 100
Top 10 Test Batsmen
IDRat.NameNat.
1906A.B. de VilliersSA
2881H.M. AmlaSA
3876S. ChanderpaulWI
4871R.L. TaylorNZ
5868M.J. ClarkeAUS
6866K.C. SangakkaraSL
7838C.A. PujaraIND
8783Misbah-ul-HaqPAK
9775G.C. SmithSA
10769Younus KhanPAK
Top 100
 

Latest English Premiership Results,Log & Upcoming Fixtures


PREMIER LEAGUE


Latest EPL Results:


Monday, December 23, 2013
Week 17
EMIRATES STADIUM
0 : 0
FINAL
COMPLETED GAMES
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Week 17
ANFIELD
3 : 1
FINAL
OLD TRAFFORD
STADIUM OF LIGHT
0 : 0
FINAL
SELHURST PARK
CRAVEN COTTAGE
2 : 4
FINAL
THE HAWTHORNS
BRITANNIA STADIUM
2 : 1
FINAL
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Week 17
ST. MARY'S STADIUM
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
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
17
9
3
5
18
23
-5
30
3-2-3
6-1-2
8
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
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
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
 
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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