The quarterfinal matchup between Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick may have been a meeting of past US Open champions, but it played out like what it actually was: a contest between the world’s No. 2 and No. 21. The result was a comprehensive thrashing by Nadal, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3, in under two hours.
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Pakistan coach Waqar Younis and skipper Shahid Afridi are on collision course after it was revealed that Afridi isn’t too happy with Waqar’s interference in selection matters. Afridi is so upset with Waqar’s behaviour that he was reluctant to play the last two ODIs against the West Indies and was persuaded by manager Intikhab Alam to lead the team.
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Bangladesh pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortaza believes Australia can be defeated on a day of the Tigers. “Australia may no longer be the world champions, but they are still a very strong team. On our day, we can beat them,” Mashrafe told reporters on Sunday after a practice session at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
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As reported earlier, Pakistani cricket team captain Shahid Afridi had criticized his country men of fostering hate against India and had asked them to refrain. However the Karachi resident soon felt the pressure of his comments and had to reverse them. He now has told a T.V. station that Indians are not as large hearted as Muslims and Pakistanis.
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Twenty-eight years on from the match that transformed the history of world cricket, India recaptured the crown that Kapil Dev and his men first lifted at Lord’s in 1983, and this time they did so in their very own back yard. An iron-willed 97 from Gautam Gambhir was matched for intensity by the finest captain’s innings since Ricky Ponting in Johannesburg eight years ago, as MS Dhoni trumped a poetic century from Mahela Jayawardene to pull off the highest run-chase ever achieved in a World Cup final.
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The dream of seeing an all-Asia final in the history of the Cricket World Cup has finally come true. In 1987, India and Pakistan were both stopped in their tracks in the semi-final and since then, there has never come a time that the three subcontinent teams have all been in a position to set up a title clash in any edition of the showpiece event.
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Critical of Shoaib Akhtar for announcing his retirement in the middle of the World Cup, Pakistan ODI captain Shahid Afridi on Friday claimed the pacer did not consult the team before making his decision public.
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Update - Under Pressure Afridi Reverses Comments; Calls Indians Shallow, Small Hearted
In an emotional appeal to a section of Pakistanis who hate India, Pakistan Cricket Captain Shahid Afridi asked people to stop hating India and Indian crickets and people in all walks of life.
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With a withering drive off the back foot, Virender Sehwag slammed the first ball of the 2011 World Cup to the cover boundary and, silencing a boisterous Mirpur crowd, recorded his maiden one-day international century against Bangladesh. He and Virat Kohli, who justified his captain’s decision to leave out Suresh Raina with a century of his own, gave evidence of the havoc India’s batting line-up can create, as Bangladesh’s bowlers failed to maintain composure in the grandest match of their lives.
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Shahid Afridi has urged his team to perform in the ICC Cricket World Cup after their disappointing loss to England in the warm-up. “This is not the first time we are saying sorry for our performance. All of us as a team now have to perform and give our best in the ICC Cricket World Cup,” said Afridi in Mirpur, Dhaka.
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