Congratulation to Pakistan Hockey Team

Pakistan won the final of  the Tri-Nation Hockey Tournament.

The final score was (4-3). 
Mohammed Imran, Sohail Abbas, Shekel  Abbas and Tauseef Ahmed scored for Pakistan.

ICC TOP TEN BOWLERS

ICC TOP TEN BOWLERS

(UPDATED 01-10-2011)

Ranking	Ratting	Name	Nationality
1	728	G.P. SAWANN	ENGLAND
2	701	D.L. VETTORY	NEWZEALAND
3	680	M.G. JOHNSON	AUSTRAILIA
4	663	D.W. STEYN	SOUTH AFRICA
5	661	M.MORKEL	SOUTH AFRICA
6	659	D.E. BOLLINGER	AUSTRAILIA
7	658	SAEED AJMAL	PAKISTAN
8	653	R.W. PRICE	ZIMBABWE
9	652	L.L.TSOTSOBE	SOUTH AFRICA
10	639	S.L. MALINGA	SRI LANKA

TOP TEN BATSMEN

TOP 10 BATSMEN ONE DAY CRICKET 2011

                                                                 Updated  on      (01 Oct 2011)

NUMBER	NAME	RATING	NATIONALITY
1	HASHIM AMILA	867	SOUT AFRICA
2	A.B. DE VILLIERS	804	SOUT AFRICA
3	S.R WATSON	760	AUSTRAILIA
4	I.J.L TROTT	750	ENGLAND
5	K.C SANGAKARA	747	SRI LANKA
6	M.S DHONI	734	INDIA
7	M.J CLARKE	730	AUSTRAILIA
8	MICHEL HUSSEY	729	AUSTRAILIA
9	V.KOHLI	725	INDIA
10	T.M DILSHAN	690	SRI LANKA

FIVE LARGEST STADIUMS OF THE WORLD

Five Largest Stadiums of the World

Rangrado May Day Stadium

Rangrado May Day Stadium is located in Pyongyang (North Korea). It has 150,000 seats. Total floor space is more than 270,000 square meters.  The stadium has eight storeys and is more than 60 meters high from the ground to roof. The roofs look like a large flowers floating on the clear water of the Taedong. The stadium has many training halls and indoor beautiful swimming pools.

Salt Lake Stadium

Salt Lake Stadium is located in Kolkatta (India). It is second largest stadium in the world. Stadium was built in 1984. It has 120,000 seats. The stadium covers an area of 76.40 acres. There is special arrangement for TV broadcasting.

Estadio Azteca

It is located in Mexico City. It has 105,064 seats. It is 3^rd sports largest stadium in the world. Estadio Azteca has been used for many biggest tournaments. It has also been used for different historical musical shows and political matters.

Michigan Stadium

Michigan Stadium is located in Ann Arbor (Michigan). Michigan stadium is 4^th largest sports ground. It is the main part of University of Michigan. It was built in 1927. It has 100,000 seats. It has nickname “The Big House”.

Beaver Stadium

Beaver Stadium is 5^th largest stadium. It has 106,572 seats. 

STRUCTURE OF CRICKET GROUND

CRICKET GROUND STRUCTURE

 

A cricket ground or the field is a roughly elliptical field of flat grass, ranging in size from about 90 to 150 meters (100-160 yards) across, bounded by an obvious fence or other marker. There is no fixed size or shape for the field, although large deviations from a low-eccentricity ellipse are discouraged. In the centre of the field, and usually aligned along the long axis of the ellipse, is the pitch, a carefully prepared rectangle of closely mown and rolled grass over hard packed earth.

EXAMPLE

ü     In a 60 yard ground we have in circle =30yards and out field =30yards

ü     In a 90 yard ground we have in circle =30yards and out field =60 yards

PITCH

Pitch is always area of 22 yards {20.12m} in length and 10 feet in width.

BATTING CREASE

The batting crease is marked 1.22m in front of the stumps at either end, with the stumps set along the bowling crease.

RETURN CREASE

The return creases are marked at the right angles to batting and bowling creases and are measured 1.32m either side of the middle stumps.

 

The two sets of the wickets at the opposite sides of the pitch stands 71.1 cm high and three stumps measure 22.86 cm wide in total.