#the cricket team won the award for the third year in a row

[partybarty]

Australia’s Women in Sports Award Winners

Athlete of the Year: Maddion De Rozario

Stand Out Moment: Ash Barty winning the Australian Open

Champion Team: Australia’s Women’s Cricket Team

Most Outstanding Woman in Sport: Ellie Cole

Person of Sporting Influence: Nicole Livingstone

Leadership Legend: Chloe Dalton

One to Watch: Mary Fowler

Young Achiever: Kaylee McKeown

Local Sporting Champion: Jacqui Dover

[battingonjakku]

The Cricket Fam Review of the Year 2019 - Results in full

That’s right guys! We’ve reached the end, the awards have all been handed out to their honoured recipients, and now it’s time for all that meaty analysis aka pie charts showing the full results.

This will be a long post, but remember those wise words of two-time men’s cricketer of the year winner, James Anderson:

...Well there we go, read more for the full results!

Test Team of the Year

India - 10.8%

No surprises here after Australia retained the Ashes. Surprised India didn’t get more votes (and that England got so many), but they were facing off against what are probably the ‘big three’ teams of tumblr. 

Limited Overs (International) Team of the Year

New Zealand - 5.4%, India - 5.4%

Another round without surprise, each year this team has been won by a world cup winning team. With two world cups next year, who wins? 

Domestic Team of the Year

Renegades - 5.7%

Essex win back the award they won in 2017.

Batsman of the Year

Marnus wins this, and the award for most different spellings (intentionally or not) of his name. And I am glad to stop writing it now. Jack Leach was nominated on the longlist, but he did win a PotM award for his batting so that’s fair I guess.

Bowler of the Year

Stuart Broad - 8.1%, Mitchell Starc - 8.1%

Not surprised by the result, but surprised by the spread - Starc & Broad getting so few votes despite the World Cup and Ashes.

All Rounder of the Year

Jimmy Neesham - 5.6%

Stokes wins back the award after winning it in 2016, the first year I did this. Perry returns to the top two after winning in 2017 and coming second in 2016. 

Keeper of the Year

Jos Buttler - 8.1%

Taylor wins this award for the second year running, and I think we’ll all miss the fastest hands in the game. England had four wicketkeepers nominated last year and are down to merely three this year. Healy also stays in the top three for the fourth year running.

Captain of the Year

Kane wins for the third year in a row, and the second time outright. Kind of surprised it didn’t go to Morgan, but also I love Kane so tbf.

Test Cricketer of the Year

Kusal Perera - 2.7%, Mayank Agarwal - 2.7%

Despite Smith being miles ahead during the nominations, Marnus comes out on top in the main poll. 

ODI Cricketer of the Year

Mitchell Starc - 8.1%

Again surprised that Starc didn’t get more votes, or Sharma. But this is a pretty even poll really with nobody going over 30%.

T20 Cricketer of the Year

Rashid Khan - 8.3%

Healy wins for the second year running, keeping the award in the women’s game for three years running.

Newcomer/Young Talent of the Year

Ollie Pope - 5.4%

Jof pips Marnus by a vote. Pat Brown finds himself third for the second year running. 

Men’s Cricketer of the Year

Jos Buttler - 2.7%

Despite Marnus winning test player and batsman of the year, he didn’t pick up a single nomination for this award. Most nominations were a combination of Stokes/Smith/Williamson which is reflected here. 

Women’s Cricketer of the Year

Meg Lanning - 5.6%, Heather Knight - 5.6%, Kate Cross - 2.8%

Perry wins the award for the third time after winning in 2016 and 2017. Last year’s winner Healy comes third in an all Australia/England shortlist, and an all Australia/England longlist too. 

Individual Performance of the Year

Stokes 84* - 7.9%, Murtagh 5/13 - 7.9%, Perera 153* - 2.6%

Stokes wins this by a landslide, the biggest win of all the awards. He also won this award back in 2016 for that double century in South Africa. I do just want to give a shoutout to Kusal Perera here as well.

Batting Performance of the Year

Perera 153* - 2.8%

This one also goes to that Stokes innings, this award doubling up for the third time (Stokes also winning for that same innings in 2016).

Bowling Performance of the Year

Perry wins this award to complete the set of batting performance, individual performance (both 2017), and now bowling performance. Looking at the ‘pure’ cricketing awards, she’s won the most different categories since I started doing this.

Fielding Moment of the Year

Joe Denly - 2.7%

This is the most fun award for me because I just get to watch a load of catches and run outs whilst I compile it. I thought this would be another one for Stokes, I thought Guptill would be second, I was wrong and they were both third.

Team Performance of the Year

The most ridiculous and closest result ever as we have the first ever three way tie. You guys were trying to kill me with this one I swear.

Moment of the Year

Australia women - 7.9%, Sri Lanka - 2.6%

I could have had a separate category called ‘moment of the WC final’ because there were a lot of tiny moments from it on the longlist. Also a lot of commentary. This award was also ridiculously close with one vote separating the top three.

The ‘STOP RETIRING’ Award

Chris Gayle - 10.3%, Lasith Malinga 5.3%

Another very close top three, and lots of big names on that shortlist.

Collapse of the Year

India - 2.6%

A two-horse race between England and England, with England not getting a single vote for another collapse. Oh, and they won this award last year and in 2016 too. They won at Lord’s and Headingley, winning more matches in the summer when they were bowled out for under 100 than when they weren’t.

The ‘funny cricket is better than good cricket’ moment of the year

Trent Boult - 7.7%

The absolutely most important award that everybody wants to win. Two-time winner Ben Stokes avoided making the shortlist for the first time, but does feature three times on the longlist. 

Drama of the Year

Alex Hales - 5.3%, South Africa - 2.6%

Another award where it was hard to know where to begin with the World Cup final, so it’s probably no surprise that it’s the source of the top two.

The ‘wrap them up in cotton wool and hide them from the world’ player of the year

Another very close award, won by one vote.

Hottest Cricketer of the Year

Cummins is top after coming second in 2017, when he lost to this year’s second place, James Anderson.

Ship of the Year

A field dominated by Australians brings the first new winner after Cookerson’s hattrick. Stuart Broad/David Warner’s wicket was my favourite on the longlist though.

Hero of the Year

Steve Smith - 7.7%

Stokes dominates another award after his double-miracle year. Smith becomes the first player to have been nominated for hero and villain.

Villain of the Year

Steve Smith - 2.6%

The ECB finally? win this award at their third attempt, having come closest in 2016 when they came second. As ever I must remind you all that this award is in jest.

And that’s the lot, thank you all for taking part, it’s always fun to see what you come up with and who comes out on top, and I hope you’ve all enjoyed it as well!

[elijahlucius]

Listen patiently to everything.

“Listen patiently to everything. As for the “public disgrace” with which he was threatened, the prince begged Ichmenyev not to trouble himself about it, for there would be, and could be, no public disgrace, that the letter would be at once sent to the proper quarter, and that the police would no doubt be equal to taking steps for preserving law and order... Third placed Jenson Button: "I enjoyed the fight. “He will not escape.” Selmy did not fear Khrazz, much less Steelskin. There were more side passages after that, more chambers, and Bran heard dripping water somewhere to his right. Rahane and his bowlers reset their plans during the interval, focusing on greater economy while encouraging Kuldeep to maintain a full length and test Australia's batsmen on the drive. Closed Captioning Connect With Us Newslinks Community Calendar Justice Network FAQ Privacy Terms RSS Connect With Us Newsletters Text Alerts Ad Choices Community Rules FCC Public Inspection File Conversation Guidelines Pizza Card Survey. Elena was asleep and would not hear me go out. Discussion could be one call. The winner of the event can take up to six months to edit, record, mix and finalize. Poor Natasha! What it must have cost her to comfort this boy, to bend over him, listen to his confession and invent the fable of their speedy marriage to comfort the naive egoist. After a patient waiting, I got one of our city papers, containing an account of the number of petitions from the North praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and of the slave-trade between the states. Considering those distinctive traits of the race, it is no matter of surprise to find in their religious histories, when acted upon by the powerful stimulant of the Christian religion, very peculiar features. Rakharo had grown gioco cubo di rubik amazon almost half a foot during his time away from Meereen and returned with arms and legs thick with muscle and four bells in his hair. The Divine Author of our holy religion, in particular, found slavery a part of the existing zapatillas estilo valentino institutions of society; with which, if not sinful, it was not his design to intermeddle, but to leave them entirely to the control of men. "In a Blue Moon," produced in association with Western Canada Theatre (Kamloops) and Thousand Islands Playhouse (Gananoque, ON), plays fehér női bőr csizma the arts centre's Main Stage from Jan. Davos did the same, fumbling at the clasp with his bound hands. Casey knocks out the goon, and in the excitement, Chuck drops the box down the chute. So stop with batteria ai polimeri di litio amazonthis flat track rubbish, the tripe that NZ bowled would have been smashed around in grade cricket. "I love it when the apples are cooking, the house gets warm, the windows steam up and it all smells like apples," she says. If he had lived, I might have married him. STORYLINES: CU has won six in a row since a season opening loss to Baylor. Well doggone it, maybe evidence is inconsistent, claims exaggerated, but when I go to the dog park I see nothing but doting dog parents enjoying a mutually beneficial relationship. Mrs. The king cut him off.

chanel ágynemű

Word will get out, and will ruin your business reputation.)Offer to be a speaker. However, coverage is not over yet folks: the Forum is on the Red Button (except on Freeview) and streamed live on this website for UK users. The Wisdom Kid comes out in April.. James has not been eligible for an NBA draft and does not become eligible for the upcoming June 26 draft until his high school senior class graduates in early June.. This professional styling tool is a great invention because of the way it works. But there was a glimmer polo rafloreneof light on the third floor; a little lamp was burning at

lugosis carhartt

Natasha’s door. Lytro is reinventing photography by combining a novel hardware array with cutting edge computational graphics to capture

oakley m frame ice iridium

a more complete and immersive picture of the world in three dimensions. The tigers suffered other defeats as well. Farmers had been charged with violations of a Clean Air Act and Right to Know laws, requiring them to monitor and report emissions. He could see some now, swinging from spar to spar and ship to ship. The magazine rankings do not include FCS teams such as Northern Colorado.. There were gardens bright with flowers and fountains sparkling golden in the sun. "We've hit a wall, fatigue issues," Van Gundy said. These days the Sistermen left open piracy to Salladhor Saan and his ilk and confined themselves to wrecking. I pronate, I think. Employees in MNCs also celebrate it where they dress up gruesomely and try to scare people with their makeup. "He knew the media were going to be on him all day and he'd had a haircut he looked sharp! I think he knows how to deal with it," Pietersen said. It is for the best. Tuesdays at the Japanese School House, Geil and Pajaro streets, Castroville. The passage twisted to the left. Viserion. Walt Disney World raised parking rates to $11 a car at its four theme parks this past weekend. His awards from World War II and Korea include Distinguished Service Cross, three Silver Stars, two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts. It is also a $75.00 doll that is selling online at the official site. No, sir; it is to brassiere garcon fall upon the less wealthy class of our citizens, chiefly upon the non-slaveholder. Mirroring the impact of the original Monsieur Dior's 1947 New Look across the spectrum of fashion, there are few collections shown today that are not in some way a reaction to Simons's designs. The information I have gathered little by little has completely reassured me. Onward, forward and so forth! [1]. Under the deal, Under Armour becomes the official footwear supplier for the league. Looking at it you would have allowed at once that twenty years must have elapsed since its last meal. I'm going to go everywhere I need to go to make sure Flint is remembered. And every day on the trail was followed by a deep black night sky awash with stars, yet another reminder of nature's humbling grandeur and the Bugaboos enduring beauty.. Stannis Baratheon had descended on the Iron Fleet biciclete pret from both north and south whilst they were trapped in the channel between the island and the mainland, dealing Victarion his most crushing defeat. I can’t command you to be brave, but I can command you to hide your fears. He kept on talking so . By any standard, James was brilliant that night, what with 45 points and 15 rebounds in an elimination game on the road. Should the hour come, and I pray that it does not, we will light that beacon. I just want the damned numbers but I cannot seem to find them anywhere on the Post's vaunted Political webpage.. I will even write King Tommen, stating as much and asking for a pardon and the restoration of my lands and titles. It's maybe why I gave you the handle "Beautiful" so "if the shoe fits wear it," Cinderella, or "call em like you see em" I miss you, I miss your slow walk I miss your squeeze, I miss your shape, I miss the scent that is you, and I miss your taste, thick and full of my desire, I miss your love.

[freenewstoday]

New Post has been published on https://freenews.today/2021/04/14/stokes-leading-cricketer-in-world-again/

Stokes leading cricketer in world again

Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League with a broken finger

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been named Wisden’s leading cricketer in the world for the second year in a row.

Stokes, 29, is the first Englishman to win the award twice since its inception in 2004.

He scored more Test runs than any other batsman in 2020, with 641 in seven matches, while also taking 19 wickets.

Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens has become the oldest person since 1933 to be named as one of Wisden’s five Cricketers of the Year.

Stevens, 44, is the fourth-oldest recipient of the award, which dates back to 1889.

England batsmen Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley, Pakistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan and former West Indies captain Jason Holder join Stevens on the 2021 list.

Stokes won the award last year for a stellar 2019 in which he played a key role in England’s World Cup victory and scored 135 not out in a thrilling one-wicket win over Australia in the third Ashes Test at Headingley.

In a year curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Stokes still shone in 2020, averaging 58.27 in Tests, including 120 against South Africa and 176 against West Indies, while his 19 wickets came at an average of just 18.73.

Australia batter Beth Mooney was named the leading woman cricketer in the world.

Mooney, 27, was named player of the tournament in the 2020 Women’s T20 World Cup, scoring 78 not out in the final as Australia beat India, while she was also the leading runscorer in the 2020-21 Women’s Big Bash League.

Stevens took 29 wickets at an average of only 15 in the Bob Willis Trophy last year, which Wisden editor Lawrence Booth said “confirmed his status as one of the domestic game’s most unsung heroes”.

Crawley hit a sublime 267 against Pakistan at Southampton in just his eighth Test in August, while also scoring centuries in both the Bob Willis Trophy and Twenty20 Blast.

Sibley also made his maiden Test century in 2020, with an unbeaten 133 against South Africa in Cape Town, before scoring 120 against West Indies at Old Trafford.

Holder is acknowledged for being “a giant both on and off the field” last summer when West Indies toured England during the coronavirus lockdown.

He led his side’s support of the Black Lives Matter movement in taking a knee before each Test and also took 6-42 in the first innings of the first Test at Southampton, which West Indies won by four wickets.

Rizwan averaged 43.14 in Test cricket in 2020 and also took a stunning catch to dismiss Stokes in the first Test at Old Trafford.

West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard was named the leading T20 cricketer in the world after averaging 53 with a phenomenal strike rate of 199 for various teams and also helping Mumbai Indians to the Indian Premier League title.

Source

[theuniversitychallengereview]

Quarter Finals 7-10, Episodes 31-34

If you read my last post, you’ll have seen that at the end I promised to be back on schedule in time for the next week’s episode. You’ll have also realised that this well-intentioned, but foolish claim was not fulfilled. Indeed we are now four weeks on from my grandiose proclamation and still without a single word. I had truly been meaning to try and keep up this time (it being the third time I’d made such a pledge) but I’m desperately fighting to not flunk out of my degree at the final hurdle, so have had to prioritise less interesting forms of writing some of the time at least.  

Other times I’ve prioritised a different type of quizzing, and my darling team the Tea Cosies now sit proudly atop our pub quiz league. But if I’m being totally honest, after I missed the third one in a row, I made the conscious decision to miss the fourth for the aesthetics, because four episodes in one looks a lot more like it’s a roundup than a hodgepodge.

So we’re on the final four quarter-finals, with three semi final places still up for grabs, and six teams grappling for them – St John’s, Cambridge having already claimed the first of these with a narrow victory over Newcastle

Episode 31 – Edinburgh vs Merton, Oxford

The combined advantage Edinburgh had accrued from their three matches coming into this was 25 points. Merton hadn’t won any of their three by less than 80, with that margin coming in an exceptionally high-scoring spar with Oxford Brookes. This put the Oxen (I’m trying out a new plural noun for this set of reviews, because ‘Oxfordians’ is the most unwieldy word in the English pantheon, apart from, of course, ‘Cantabrigian’) as the clear favourites. But in the same way sums done by hand sometimes differ from what a calculator says, things don’t always work out like they do on paper.

In this case they did though, and it never really seemed in doubt. 

Merton’s resident Robert Webb lookalike Peplow stole in quickly on the first question, giving George Bernard Shaw as the only person to have won both a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award. He was right, but the question was wrong, with Bob Dylan having recently achieved the same accolade.

Akira Wiberg takes the next one to pull the Oxcart 40 points clear, before Peplow comes in with an uncharacteristic neg on the third starter. Wang buzzes with what you’d assume to be a steal, but misses, and then he himself negs on the next ten pointer, giving James II instead of Charles II which I’m sure was an entirely tongue based mistake. Wiberg does manage sweep up the shattered remnants of Wang’s answer, which is pretty much how the match would go from then on.

Heaton-Armstrong takes the Scots off zero on the first picture round, but they wouldn’t take many more starters as Merton comfortably skipped out to a hundred-point lead and had the match in a neat little bow before the halfway stage. A lovely guess of Nelson’s Column, the correctness of which took even its owner Carson by surprise (can you own a guess? I couldn’t think of another word to put there) notwithstanding, the play was all south of the border.

So to the semis for Merton, and for Edinburgh a 3rd quarter final, which will appear somewhere later on in this piece...

Merton, Oxford 210 -85 Edinburgh

Episode 32 - Fitzwilliam, Cambridge vs Emmanuel, Cambridge

Fitzwilliam’s Howe, having disappointed with a semi-mundane outfit in their last match (after two outstanding ones, see previous reviews) sort of redeems himself with a flowery shirt this time around. Emmanuel captain Mistlin went for a suit and tie, because he had an important job interview right after filming.

This match was an eliminator, with the winners facing another quarter-final, and the losers facing their final quarter of an hour on television.

First blood went to Emmanuel, with Chevallier quickest on the buzzer after a long, rambling question that turned out to be rather easy. One of the few UC questions which all eight players would know, this came down to sheer reaction speed, like Olympic sprinters, but sitting down.

Derby increases their lead in the derby, and they grab a hat-trick of bonuses on football, but can’t do the same on starters, and Oxlade takes the next to get Fitzwilliam back in the game. Maloney gets the picture starter for them too, but they can’t quite equalise, which would have been great for this football metaphor. 

During a bonus set on the Dead Parrot sketch, Oxlade confidently announces ‘Pining for the Fjords’ and then appears to be pining for the fjords himself when told he is wrong. But it is not they who would be pushing up the daisies come the end of the show.

The match remained close throughout. Emmanuel won the music round, but mistook Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven for Oasis, which takes some doing. Captain Mistlin graciously nominated James Fraser to give ‘James Fraser’ as an answer on a later bonus set. 

With starters swinging back and forth, it was Maloney who took the vital won for Fitzwilliam, leaving them 25 clear at the gong. Remarkably, all 25 points came from a better conversion rate of the bonuses, so, unlike that fateful Norwegian blue they’ll be fluttering on to the next round.

Fitzwilliam, Cambridge 175-150 Emmanuel, Cambridge

Episode 33 - Edinburgh vs Bristol

Didn’t I say Edinburgh would be back! If you don’t believe me you can scroll up a few thumbs-worth (the official measure of distance on webpages). This time they play Bristol, in another straight-up knockout bout.  

Bowes gets Bristol off to a good start, but they drop the trio of bonuses, and Edinburgh are quickly in the lead through Carson. He also takes the picture starter, baffling Paxman momentarily by giving too precise an answer - quantum physics when the answer card probably only said physics. 

 A set of bonuses on author-illustrators of children’s books left be waiting for the Gruffalo to be mentioned, but alas it never was, although Edinburgh did guess Julia Donaldson for one of the questions. This misstep wouldn’t matter in the scheme of things, as the Scots stretched their lead at practically every opportunity. On the rare occasions that Bristol did get themselves in play, they couldn’t convert many of the bonuses, going 2 for 14, a quite dismal rate.

Edinburgh seemed to grow in confidence as the game progressed, posting their highest score of the tournament so far, which bodes well for their second semi final appearance in two years. I appear to have reached the end of this one already, which means it’ll be far too short, so I guess I’ll have to boost the word count by any means necessary, such as this entirely superficial sentence that never seems like it is ever, under any circumstances, going to reach its conclusion, much like the Goliath quarter-final stage of the Challenge, although that, and this post, will end with the next episode.

Edinburgh 195-60 Bristol

Episode 34 -  Newcastle vs Fitzwilliam, Cambridge

Fiztwilliam’s Howe did not distinguish himself sartorially for this episode, but I can forgive him, because his captain Oxlade came dressed as a fancy dress cricketer, which is a rare sight on television these days, unless you’re watching episodes of Doctor Who from the early 80s.

Newcastle have looked better in every match they’ve played, including their loss, where they pushed the previously untouchable St John’s, Cam very close to the brink. Their captain Noble starts off proceedings and two bonuses give the Tynesiders an early lead, which Reynard promptly extended. They also get the first picture round, on electrocardiograms, but despite having two med students, can only claim one of these.

Fiztwilliam grab a few points, but Newcastle march on impressively towards what might look like an upset based off of their first round performance, but less so if you’ve seen them grow in confidence as the tournament progressed, and the Northern Quartet establish a commanding lead quite early on.

With the match dead and buried, Newcastle’s Noble produced a lovely piece of maths for five points. Asked for the seventh line of Pascal’s triangle, and having floundered a bit with a blank look on his face, he leaned in close to the microphone and rattled off 1-6-15-20-15-6-1 to rapturous applause, a manic grin from teammate Lowery, and a even a ‘cor blimey, well done’ from Paxman.

It was a great answer. It was hardly, however, as much of the national press was keen to label it, the hardest University Challenge question ever. Its impressive obviously, but Pascal’s triangle is no Rosetta Stone. But ‘Maths teacher does very good job on question about maths’ isn’t as clickbaity a headline as ‘THE HARDEST QUESTION EVER! OMG!!’. This feels like too much of a rain on the parade to end with, so I won’t.

Newcastle 205-65 Fitzwilliam, Cam

So, the semi-final lineup is now complete:

9th April - Edinburgh vs St John’s, Cam

16th April - Merton, Ox vs Newcastle

The two Oxbridge teams look like they slightly edge it on past performance, but St John’s wobbled against Newcastle, who themselves looked mighty against Fitzwilliam, so a fifth consecutive Ox vs Cam final might not be such a foregone conclusion. 

I don’t want to promise that I’ll get the semi-final reviews out in a timely fashion, because I’ve made that promise before and I probably won’t, but I’ll certainly give it the old college try. 

Good luck tonight, Edinburgh!

[sportswik]

Sourav Ganguly Personal Life

Sourav Ganguly Biography: Sourav Ganguli or Dada of Indian cricket, fan group, 'Maharajer Darbare', has decided to distribute masks on Ganguli's birthday. On the one side of the masks will have Ganguly's 1996 Lord's debut photo and on the other the current photo as BCCI President. Maharaja Darbare will distribute masks to those who cannot afford masks and also sell to those who want to buy.

Let us tell you that this group has more than 10,000 fans from across the state who have also planned to visit Ganguly's Behala residence on his birthday on 8 July (Wednesday) morning with a few of those masks as a gift for him.

Sourav Ganguly is a former International Indian cricket player and also one of the most influential players in the history of Indian cricketing. He has a record of the highest score that is 183 by any Indian in the ICC cricket world cups so far.

Full name: Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Born: 8 July 1972

Place of Birth: Behala Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India.

Nickname: Dada, Prince of Kolkata, Bengal Tiger, Maharaja, the Warrior Prince, Lord of the Off Side

Father's Name: Chandidas Ganguli

Mother's Name: Nirupa Ganguly

Brother: Snehasish Ganguly

Wife: Donna Ganguly (1997)

Daughter: Sana Ganguly

Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

Batting style: Left-handed

Bowling style: Right-arm medium

Role: Batsman

Autobiography: A Century is Not Enough

Sourav Ganguli: Birth, Family, and Education

He was born on 8 July 1972, in Kolkata (then Calcutta). His father's name was Chandidas Ganguly and his mother's name, Nirupa Ganguly. He was born into a rich Sourav Ganguly family and had a luxurious life. His father ran a flourishing print business. That time cricket was not the famous sport in West Bengal because football took precedence those days. Sourav Ganguly was interested in football also but his parents want him to study and did not want him to opt for any sport. But his elder brother Snehashish was a stable cricketer for Bengal and so he helped Sourav Ganguly to build his career in cricket.

He took admission in a cricket academy where his batting talent was identified. He grew up and learned sport with his brother and also the tricks of the trade. Gradually, he rose through the ranks, and after scoring a century for Orissa Under-15, he became the captain of the St. Xavier School's cricket team. Sourav Ganguly house

In 1989, Sourav Ganguly was selected to play for the Bengal team. Coincidentally, his brother dropped from the side that year. After an impressive show in the Ranji Trophy in the 1990-91 season, the left-hander came into the limelight.

Sourav Ganguly: Personal Life

The marriage of Sourav Ganguly is full of drama or we can say is just like a Bollywood movie. He ran away with his childhood friend in 1997 Dona Roy. The families of the two were not agreed and so the couple took the decision. Both the families were troubled by the incident and later came to reconciliation.

In February 1997, both the couple got married. The wedding proved to be another boost for him as he evolved as a wonderful cricketer in ODI's. In ODI ton against Sri Lanka, he scored his maiden and then won consecutive Man of the Match awards. He also featured in the 1999 World Cup and struck 183 against Sri Lanka. This was the highest score in ODI cricket of Sourav Ganguli.

The couple has a Sourav Ganguly daughter Sana Ganguly who was born in November 2001. His father Chandidas Ganguly died at the age of 73 after a long illness on 21 February 2013.

Sourav Ganguly: International Debut

In 1992, he made his international debut against West Indies. It was not an ideal start as he could score just 3 runs batting at No. 6 in an ODI at the Gabba, Brisbane. He was dropped immediately due to his as he was perceived to be "arrogant" and his attitude towards the game was openly questioned. It was also rumoured that Sourav Ganguly refused to carry drinks for his teammates, commenting that it was not his job to do so and later denied by him. s a result, he was removed from the team.

He then went back to domestic cricket and worked hard. In the Ranji seasons of 93, 94, and 95 consecutively, he was a spectacular run maker. In the 1995-96 Duleep Trophy, he scored 171 and was called back to the Indian side. He played to the National Team for a tour of England in 1996. For the single ODI, he played but was omitted from the team for the first Test. Later, Navjot Singh Siddhu left the England tour because of the mistreatment by the then captain Mohammad Azharuddin.

Therefore, Sourav Ganguli got a chance to make his Test debut. For the first time in the whites, in the second Test of the tour that was played at the Lord's London, he represented the national side. Let us tell you that in the same game, Rahul Dravid also made his Test debut. Sourav Ganguly scored 131 and Rahul Dravid 95. In the next Test at Trent Bridge, Sourav Ganguly scored 136 and became the third batsman in the history to score centuries in the first 2 innings after Lawrence Rowe and Alvin Kallicharran. He had the gift of an immaculate timing and was termed as the "god of the Offside".

He also shared a 255 run stand with Sachin Tendulkar, which became at that time the highest partnership for India against any country for any wicket outside India. The Test ended in a draw, handing England at 1-0 series victory, Sourav Ganguly scored 48 in the second innings.

Sourav Ganguly: Era of Captaincy

After some match-fixing scandal by some of the players of the team in 2000. Sourav Ganguly was named as the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team. The decision was taken due to Tendulkar stepping down from the position for his health and at that time Sourav Ganguly was the vice-captain. His start as a captain was well and lead India to a series win over South Africa in the five-match one-day series and led the Indian team to the finals of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy where New Zealand defeated the Men in Blue.

Then a series arrived that proved to be the game-changer for Sourav Ganguly as well as for Indian cricket. At that time Australia was a champion and defeating them would like a distant dream for any team. Under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, India broke Australia's streak of winning 16 consecutive test matches in 2001.

During the Natwest Series, another highlight of Sourav Ganguly's career where India beat England in an ODI at Lord's and he swayed his T-shirt from the balcony of the Lord's. It was the response to Andrew Flintoff who swayed his T-shirt at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.

India reached the final of the World Cup in 2003 for the first time since 1983 but lost to the Australians. Personally, Sourav Ganguly had a successful tournament, he scored 465 runs at an average of 58.12, including three centuries.

As a captain by 2004, he had achieved significant success and was deemed as India's most successful captain by sections of the media. During his captaincy reign, his individual performance deteriorated especially after the World Cup, the tour of Australia in 2003, and in 2004 the Pakistan series. For the first time since 1969, Australia won a Test series in India.

Due to indifferent form in 2004 and poor form in 2005, Sourav Ganguly was dropped from the team in October 2005. The cap[taincy was passed to Rahul Dravid, his former deputy. Sourav Ganguly was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004, India's fourth-highest civilian award, in recognition of his distinguished contribution in the field of sports. The award was presented on 30 June, 2004 by then President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

Sourav Ganguly: The Chappel Saga

In September 2005, the former Australian cricketer Greg Chappell became the head coach of India. The dispute of Greg Chappel with Sourav Ganguly resulted in several headlines. Greg Chappel had emailed the Board of Control for Cricket in India, that Ganguly was "physically and mentally" unfit to lead India and that his "divide and rule" behaviour was damaging the Indian team. As a result, the Board tried to intervene and attempted to bring both of them together to work as a team. But due to poor performance and disputes with the coach, Sourav Ganguly was removed from the captaincy and also dropped from the side. Therefore, to lead the team, Rahul Dravid was chosen as a captain.

Sourav Ganguly: Comeback

In domestic cricket, he performed well. Ten months later during India's tour to South Africa, Sourav Ganguly was recalled after his middle-order replacements Suresh Raina and Mohammad Kaif suffered poor form.

He scored 51 in the first Test against South Africa. In Johannesburg, India won the match and Ganguly did well. He was recalled to the ODI side also and some impressive performances gave him a place in the 2007 ODI World Cup.

In the latter stages, he performed well across formats and scored maiden Test double hundred against Pakistan in 2007. Consistently, he was doing well and decided to bid adieu to international cricket after being in a form. He retired from international cricket in a Test series against Australia at home in 2008 after scoring 324 runs from 4 Tests at an average of 54.

if anybody wants to get Personal Life about Sourav Ganguly family, daughter, wife and may more so please visit our website and click this link.  Click Here

Tags: Souravgangulyfamily,   Souravgangulydaughter,   Souravgangulywife,   Souravgangulyhouse,  Souravgangulyinformation

[sportzprime]

Cricket World Cup Winners Captains List (Updated)

In the 12 editions, England (once), West Indies (twice), India (twice), Australia (five times), Pakistan (once) and Sri Lanka (once) have emerged as the World Cup winners.

Find the detailed list of Most Successful Captain in Cricket World Cup list since 1975

In the first-ever tournament held in 1975 in England, the champion West Indies team, led by Clive Lloyd won all of their 5 matches and marked their dominance in world cricket. They continued their dominance until the next competition. They won all 4 of their completed games in the 1979 Prudential World Cup and lifted the trophy once again.

However, there was a new winner in the 1983 Cricket World Cup. ‘Kapil’s Devils’ as the then Indian team was fondly known, lifted the trophy by beating the defending champions twice, once in the league stage and then in the big Final. The photo of Kapil Dev holding the World Cup in the Lord’s balcony inspired a generation of cricketers in India.

The 1987 Cricket World Cup was the first time that it was played outside England. The Aussies led by the legendary Allan Border managed to achieve their first big ICC title in India. Australia lost only one match in the tournament, which lead Allan Border to become third World Cup Winning Captain.

However, they could be the defending champions for only those four years until the next Cricket World Cup arrived. The underdogs Pakistan did not start quite well, winning only 1 of their first 5 matches. They did the unthinkable after that, as they beat the defending champions Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand (twice, they played the semi-finals against them too) and then beat England in the Final at Melbourne. Pakistan’s emerged as the new winning team as their captain Imran Khan led the team very well and achieved something that was not expected from them at that stage.

For the fourth time in a row, the world saw a new Cricket World Cup winners’ captain when Sri Lanka won in 1996. Led by Arjuna Ranatunga, the Lankans displayed their aggressive brand of cricket and won all their matches by big margins. They were awarded the semi-final in Kolkata where the crowd turned violent as India were on the verge of a loss.

The World Cup in 1999 proved to be the first of a hat trick of Cricket World Cup winners for Australia. Steve Waugh’s team won it in 1999 and then Ricky Ponting’s boys won the trophy in 2003 and 2007. From 1999 to 2007, the Australian team was in top form and played their cricket better than any other team in the world.

MS Dhoni added a feather in his cap in 2011 after leading India to their second World Cup victory after a gap of 28 years. The team was really inspired to win it for Sachin Tendulkar, the man who inspired another generation of cricketers that produced players like Virat Kohli.

The champions of 2015 World Cup, Australia, under their captain Michael Clarke beat New Zealand in the Final comfortably by 7 wickets to achieve their fifth World Cup victory.

The Current World Cup Champions, England, won their very first World Cup under the captaincy of Eoin Morgan by defeating New Zealand in a super over on boundary count.

[newsonlinegroup-blog]

BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017: World 10,000m champion Mo Farah wins

Sports Personality of the Year: Mo FarahWorld 10,000m champion Sir Mo Farah has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017. The 34-year-old was presented the award on video link by daughter Rhianna. Farah won his third successive world 10,000m gold medal in London in August, despite almost falling twice late in the race. He becomes the first long-distance runner to win the Sports Personality award since Paula Radcliffe in 2002. World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea was second and two-time Paralaympic champion Jonnie Peacock third. Former Liverpool and Scotland striker Kenny Dalglish announced the award at a sold-out Echo Arena in Liverpool. Farah, who was at the Sir Mo Farah Track in London, looked genuinely surprised to be named the winner before the video link cut out. Former sprinter Michael Johnson stepped in to say a few words on Farah's behalf. "It's well deserved," the American four-time Olympic champion said. "This year he came into his home championships, his last race on the track, and still delivered. "Over the years he's dominated, he's out there by himself and always got the tactics right." 'I cannot believe I have won' Watch: SPOTY winner Farah upstaged by sonFarah, one of 12 contenders for the award, has been shortlisted five times before and enjoyed his previous highest finish of third in 2011. After the show went off air, Farah spoke to those inside the arena. Appearing close to tears, Farah said he was shocked to win because of the quality of the other athletes up for the award. "It is pretty amazing and hard to think about," he said. "I didn't imagine I was every going to win this but I anything can happen. If you work hard you can achieve your dreams. "I am sorry I could not be there. My kid has been not well. "I just cannot believe I have won." A third successive World Championships 10,000m gold medal was the highlight of a year in which Farah also won a world 5,000m silver, missing out on a fifth major championships distance double in a row. The Somali-born Londoner, a four-time Olympic champion, received a knighthood from the Queen at Buckingham Palace in November. He bowed out from his track career with a 5,000m victory at the Diamond League event in Zurich in August, and will now concentrate on road races. In second place, Northern Ireland's Rea became the first rider to clinch three successive World Superbike titles, breaking American Colin Edwards' 15-year record for the number of points scored in a season. He was also made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Third-placed Peacock won the T44 100m final in London in 10.75 seconds for his second world title after success in Lyon four years earlier. The two-time Paralympic champion, who had his right leg amputated below the knee as a five-year-old after contracting meningitis, also became the first disabled contestant in the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing show this year. Other award winners at Sports Personality 2017 Helen Rollason Award: Sunderland fan and club mascot Bradley Lowery, whose bravery touched the hearts of many people, died aged six from a rare form of cancer in July. Young Sports Personality of the Year:Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden helped England win the Under-17 World Cup and took the Golden Ball award for the tournament's best player. Unsung Hero: Volunteer Denise Larrad for her fundraising work. The 55-year-old has had one sole aim - to get the people of Hinckley in Leicestershire active. Lifetime Achievement: Former heptathlon champion Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill won Olympic gold at London 2012 and a silver at the Rio Games four years later. Overseas Sports Personality of the Year:Tennis player Roger Federer won the award for a record fourth time after claiming his eighth Wimbledon title and 19th Grand Slam in 2017. Coach of the Year: Sprint coaches Benke Blomkvist, Stephen Maguire and Christian Malcolm helped GB's men's 4x100m team to World Championship gold. Team of the Year:England women's cricket team produced a stunning fightback to beat India and win the World Cup in July. More to follow. Read the full article

[battingonjakku]

Cricket Fam Review of the Year 2018 - Results in full

Hello! Thanks to you all for getting involved with the 2018 review of the year! And now, it’s time for us all to share some pie...charts. Prepare for a long post below the cut as we look at the results in full, with the odd comment.

Test Team of the Year

South Africa - 3%

Truthfully this one did surprise me, but there were significant wins for all these teams in 2018.

 Limited Overs (International) Team of the Year

As with 2017, it’s the winners of the key ICC tournament that are triumphant here. With 2019 bringing a men’s world cup, it’s a pattern that will likely continue.

Domestic Team of the Year

Vidarbha - 3.1%

The year’s county champions win the domestic team award again. This award was very close between Surrey and Worcs early on, before Surrey formed an unassailable lead (much as they did in the CC)

Batsman of the Year

Smriti Mandhana - 3%

The first of many awards for Alastair Cook in his retirement year. 

Bowler of the Year

Yasir Shah - 3%, Trent Boult 3%

Jimmy wins this for the second year running, having also come third in 2016. 

All-Rounder of the Year

Shadab Khan - 6.1%, Deandra Dottin - 3%

Sam Curran’s breakthrough year wins the award, Moeen Ali is second for two years running.

Keeper of the Year

Jonny Bairstow - 6.1%, Rishabh Pant - 6.1%, Ben Foakes - 6.1%

England end up with four keepers nominated for the award, with Taylor ultimately taking the crown from Jonny B after two years. 

Captain of the Year

After sharing the award in 2017, Kane wins this one outright in 2018.

Test Cricketer of the Year

Jimmy wins for the second year running.

ODI cricketer of the year 

Fakhar Zaman - 6.3%, Trent Boult - 6.3%

Jos Buttler regains the award he won in 2016. This did actually surprise me a bit even though he’s had a fine year.

Twenty20 Cricketer of the Year

Smriti Mandhana - 6.3%, Tammy Beaumont - 6.3%

Healy’s dominance at the World T20 won her the player of the tournament, and the cricket fam agreed.

Newcomer/Young Talent of the Year

Sophie Ecclestone - 6.1%, Rishabh Pant - 3%, Kirstie Gordon - 3%

Curran has a landslide win for his international breakthrough, after taking third in 2016.

Men’s Cricketer of the Year

Jimmy wins this one for the second year running. Virat Kohli has made the top three every year.

Women’s Cricketer of the Year

Suzie Bates - 3.1%

Healy wins this to go along with her T20 win, knocking Perry into second after two years on top. A little surprise here was that Beaumont didn’t make the longlist, despite being nominated for three other awards. 

Individual Performance of the Year

Jos Buttler - 6.1%

For the first time individual performance and batting performance aren’t the same, with no room on the shortlist for Cook’s batting effort. One of two ties for this year.

Batting Performance of the Year

Bowling Performance of the Year

Similar pie charts for batting and bowling performances. Jimmy keeps hold of this one for the second year running.

Fielding Moment of the Year

Usman Khawaja - 3.1%

Always a fun award, one I’m surprised was so one sided actually. Even more great moments on the longlist that I would have loved to include.

Team Performance of the Year

This was probably the upset of the year and so I’m glad it won something.

Moment of the Year

Scotland - 6.1%, Australia - 3.1%

These are some lovely, heartwarming moments that showed some of the best parts of the year among all the drama there’s been.

The ‘STOP RETIRING’ Award

Alex Blackwell - 6.1%, Rangana Herath - 6.1%

There was never going to be any contest here really, was there? It was a huge year for retirements, with AB de Villiers not even making the shortlist.

Collapse of the Year

West Indies - 3%

As a big fan of comedy cricket, I always love a good collapse. England ‘win’ this one again after missing out last year. 

The ‘funny cricket is better than good cricket’ moment of the year

Yasir Shah - 6.1%, Nathan Smith - 3%

Comedy cricket reigns supreme. Ben Stokes shares the award this time, a previous winner from 2016. Two comedy run-outs on this shortlist, with Azhar Ali’s a deserved joint winner.

Drama of the Year

This was a guaranteed winner from the moment it happened, also being the most nominated answer across any category in the first stage, and I think ever. No surprises then that this is the most one-sided result.

The 'wrap them up in cotton wool and hide them from the world' player of the year

Corey Anderson - 3%

Hottest Cricketer of the Year

The first time this award hasn’t been won by an Anderson (Corey, Jimmy), with Kohli taking the crown after missing out on the shortlist in 2017.

Ship of the Year

Tim Southee/Trent Boult - 6.1%, Shadab Khan/Hasan Ali - 3%

The only award to be won three years in a row, which gets these two a lifetime achievement award. In a year where both have dominated all awards, there’s no surprise with this one. Southee & Boult miss out on second for the first time.

Hero of the Year

Mohammad Abbas - 3%

Cook caps his retirement with the hero award.

Villain of the Year

Hanuma Vihari - 3%

No surprises with this one either. Steve Smith spends three years in the top three. (Again, I must always say this award is in jest)

So that’s the lot! It’s been the year of Anderson and Cook, with the pair winning ten awards between them. As ever England are in general strong performers, though one of the big surprises for me has been how South Africa have seemed to slip under the collective radar. 

I also want to thank all of you who have taken part and indulged me for a third year. I love finding out what all of you have liked about the past year, and I hope you enjoy this too! 

And for the first time I’m going to close this out by making some broad predictions about next year’s awards...

The winner of the World Cup will win the limited overs team award (we’re so predictable)

The winner of the (men’s) Ashes will win test team of the year (as above, we’re predictable)

Ben Stokes will make the shortlist for funniest moment of the year (he is so predictable)

That’s all for now! x

[battingonjakku]

Cricket Fam Review of the Year 2017 - Results in Full!

Hello everybody, and thank you for taking part in the Perry & Anderson Cricket Fam Review of the Year 2017, or at least thank you for putting up with me over the past month or so!

The story of this year’s polls has to be that of James Anderson and Ellyse Perry conquering all that came before them, amazingly winning 13 awards between them. But that’s not the whole story of course, and here we have the results in full...

What do we want? Pie charts?? When do we want them? Now??!! I’m happy to oblige. Get ready for a long, long post.

Test Team of the Year

Limited Overs (International) Team of the Year

One of many awards for women’s cricket. In 2016 the women’s game won two awards, this year it was ten. One of the most conclusive results of the polls with the joint-highest percentage of votes for a category, and largest margin of victory.

Domestic Team of the Year

And this was one of the closest results! Three votes separated the top four.

Batsman of the Year

Dean Elgar - 5.9%, Joe Root - 5.9%. Kohli only just misses out on retaining the award he shared last year, Perry taking a close one.

Bowler of the Year

Anderson rises from third in 2016, swapping places with last year’s winner Kagiso Rabada.

All Rounder of the Year 

Hardik Pandya - 5.9%. Ellyse Perry wins after coming second last year, with the joint-highest percentage of votes for a single category.

Keeper of the Year

2016′s top two are 2017′s top two. Those two must be keepers (sorry, I’ll leave now). Poor Tim Paine went voteless :(

Captain of the Year

I think this one was the closest result of the bunch, not much between all six.

Test Cricketer of the Year

Kagiso Rabada - 5.9%

ODI Cricketer of the Year

Quinton de Kock - 5.9%. Perry rises from 4th in 2016.

Twenty20 Cricketer of the Year

Rashid Khan - 2.9%. 

Newcomer/Young Talent of the Year

Another very close result between the top five.

Men’s Cricketer of the Year

Women’s Cricketer of the Year

Perry holds on to her award from 2016.

Individual Performance of the Year

Batting Performance of the Year

Chamari Atapattu - 5.9%. For the second year in a row the favourite batting performance and individual performance are the same.

Bowling Performance of the Year

Fielding Moment of the Year

Team Performance of the Year

Canterbury - 5.9%, Durham - 2.9%

Moment of the Year

The ‘STOP RETIRING’ Award

Saeed Ajmal - 3.1%. 

Collapse of the Year

After coming second in 2018, Australia are now joint ‘winners’ with India.

The ‘Funny Cricket is Better than Good Cricket’ Moment of the Year

Drama of the Year

The 'wrap them up in cotton wool and hide them from the world' player of the year

Hottest Cricketer of the Year

Another very close award, one vote separating that top four. 

Ship of the Year

James Anderson/Stuart Broad - 6.7%, Corey Anderson/Matt Henry - 6.7%. 2016′s top two hold on to their places.

Villain of the Year

Steve Smith takes the top spot after finishing third last year (please remember this award is all in jest!)

Hero of the Year

And to wrap things up, Kane Williamson is this year’s hero after finishing fourth for this award last year.

Well that’s it, another year gone! Thank you to all who helped and everyone who took part, I really enjoy seeing the things you come up with and remember, and just seeing what your favourite parts of the year were. I will now have a rest and stop making content for tumblr for at least a week.