Sunday, 24 January 2016

pakistani cricketer shahid afridi






Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi was born on 1 march 1980 in Khyber Agency,.He is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest ODI century which he made in his first international innings, as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an ODI. He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket. Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 300 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is the leading wicket taker in the Twenty20 format taking 53 wickets from 43 matches.
In June 2009 Afridi took over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younus Khan, and was later appointed ODI captain for the 2010 Asia Cup. In his first match as ODI captain against Sri Lanka he scored a century however Pakistan still lost by 16 runs. He then also took over the Test captaincy but resigned after one match in charge citing lack of form and ability to play Test cricket; at the same time he announced his retirement from Tests. He retained the captaincy in limited-overs form of the game and led the team in the 2011 World Cup. Amongst his highlights while captaining Pakistan include leading the team to their first ODI series win in two-years. In May 2011, having led Pakistan in 34 ODIs Afridi was replaced as captain. Afridi announced his retirement from ODI cricket after 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist



 Adam Gilchrist was born on November 14, 1971 in Bellingen, Australia .Adam Gilchrist, the former wicket keeper from Australia, is regarded as the greatest wicket keeper batsman of all time. The record-breaking keeper holds the record for the most number of dismissals in ODIs (472) and the most for Australia in Test cricket. Gilchrist was famed for his integrity as a walker when he believed he was out, sometimes contrary to the umpire's decision. 


He made his debut for Australia in 1996 and scored over 15,000 runs in international cricket. The century he scored in the 2006 Ashes against England in Perth was the second fastest in the history of Test cricket; he reached his century in 57 balls. He scored 149 off 104 balls in the 2007 World Cup fina lthat Australia won. 


He has scored a total of 5570 runs in Tests and 9619 runs in ODIs. Among his other accolades, he holds the record for the most number of sixes in Tests, most number of Test and ODI centuries by a wicketkeeper, holds the record of the second-fastest ODI century for Australian (100 off 67 balls). He has 416 dismissals against his name in Test cricket. He retired from international cricket in March 2008. 

Friday, 15 January 2016

Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell




Glenn James Maxwell was born in Kew (Melbourne) on 14 October 1988. Glenn Maxwell is an Australian cricketer, who is popular among the crowd because of his fierce batting style and ability to win the match for his side single handedly. People had witnessed this thing around different corners of the world. On 25th August, 2012, Maxwell made his first international ODI debut against the not so lethal team of Afghanistan. 2nd March, 2013 was the day when his dream of playing test cricket for Australia was realized. He was introduced to the test side of Australia under the cap number of 433. Maxwell joined the mighty Indian Premiere League IPL in the year of 2012 as a member of The Delhi Dare Devils. Over the time his performance has made him a favorite among a lot of team owners and an aspiring target to bid for the next season. In the recent auctions of IPL Season 7, Maxwell was sold for a mighty sum of 1 million US dollars to the team of Kings XI Punjab. The team management has retained this player because of his amazing partnerships with Miller in the league matches. He is a match winner for the team. Glenn Maxwell will be remembered for scoring a huge run of 95 against IPL team Chennai Super Kings in just 43 balls. The innings saw 15 fours and some high rising sixes. This World Cup definitely continues to see the bombastic side of Glenn Maxwell.

Thursday, 14 January 2016

Carabian cricketer Chris Gayle




Chris Gayle was born in Jamaica on 21 September 1979. Chris Gayle was born in Jamaica on 21 September 1979. He started his career with Lucas Cricket Club. Chris Gayle stated with the club he might have been in the streets right now. Gayle played in the West Indies youth system. At the age of 19 he made his first class debut for Jamaica. He made his ODI debut for West Indies on 11 September 1999. 16 March 2000 he made his Test debut against South Africa. Chris Gayle has played for the team ever since. He made his Twenty 20 debut on 16 February 2006.

Chris Gayle is known for playing Twenty 20 cricket all over the world. He has played in every major domestic tournament in the world. He was criticized for not devoting enough to West Indies cricket team. Chris Gayle. He is a calm guy. He is one of the most loved cricketers in the world. He excites the crowd with his batting and his personality. He is a crowd pleaser in every aspect. He is the greatest entertainer in cricket history.


South African crickter Ab de Villiers




Ab de Villiers  was born on February 17, 1984 in Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa.. His mother works in property, while his father is a doctor with a general practice. AB was raised in the small town of Warmbad, in the north of the country, where he attended primary school. De Villiers started his international cricket career in 2004. He was only twenty years old when he played his debut against England on 16 December 2004. He made a record against India to become the first South African Player who made a double century against India. He made 217 runs and remained not out. South Africa scheduled a tour to Australia in 2008/09. He played well and contributed a lot to make South Africa win the first test and this was South Africa first test victory in Australia after fifteen years.
De Villiers made lot of records in 2011 world cup including first South African Batsman who scored two centuries in a world cup and became the fifth batsman who made two consecutive centuries in a world cup.   He made the fastest century ever in one day International Cricket on just 31 balls against West Indies at New Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg in January 2015. In this inning he made total 149 runs on 44 balls including 16 sixes and equaled the record of Rohit Sharma of India.

De Villiers played another thrilling and unbeaten inning in the World cup of 2015 against West Indies, blasted 162* runs off 66 with 17 fours and 8 sixes, second fastest century and the fastest ever 150 runs of 64 balls in the history of one day international.