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Rana Naved-ul-Hasan born in February 28, 1978 in Sheikhupura, Punjab he is a cricketer who plays for the Pakistan in Test, One Day International and T20 matches. He is also playing cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in England. He is a right arm fast medium bowler skilled of generating good pace with late swing, he is a real strike bowler although prone to leaking runs. He often bowls the reverse swinging Yorkers at one day cricket and has an excellent control over change of pace. Rana Naveed is also a useful attacking lower order batsman with 3 first class hundreds. Rana Naveed ul Hassan has only made the occasional Test appearance for Pakistan with modest success, having to compete with the likes of Shoaib akhtar, Mohammad asif, Umar Gul, Muhammad Amir and Mohammad Sami for a place in the side. So as a result he has become somewhat of an ODI specialist player. His career best figures are 6 for 27, made in a sensational victory over India in Jamshedpur.
Muttiah Muralitharan has retired from International Test cricket as one of the most successful Off spin bowlers ever to grace the game. Off Spin mastermind Muttiah Muralitharan brought down the curtains on his Test career in a fire of glory by becoming the first cricketer to take 800 wickets. Muralitharan played a vital role in his last Test by scalping five wickets in the first innings and three in the second to take his overall tally to 800, and thus becoming the first bowler to achieve the remarkable feat. Muttiah Muralitharan has formed history by capturing Indian Pragyan Ojha’s wicket, the last wicket in the second innings of the Galle Test, his 800th in Tests and the first bowler to get done the feat in 133 years of Test cricket.
Putting sideways all the controversies even his die hard critics recognize the fact that Muralitharan is the only bowler who can turn it even on glass. His capability to do speculate with the ball will find no matching at least in cricketing history. Muralitharan leaves at the back a legacy and a record which will absolutely not be easy to follow. In the field he was an ideal enemy for whom batsmen would require a hell lot of preparations. Muralitharan was a character who would make dressing rooms energetic by his attendance. Muralitharan is something extraordinary and words are not sufficient to explain how excellent he is. Muralitharan has been a great ambassador for cricket and his country for many years. In spite of being a violent competitor, he is great human being and a happy person. His utmost contribution to Sri Lankan cricket has been the true reality that he brought crowds to the ground because of his persona.
The off spinner wizard, who was playing his last Test at Galle and what a remarkable minutes for the cricketing world’s might not get to see again. The stands packed to the rafters and cheered but VVS Laxman and Mithun kept Muralitharan at bay. Definitely Murali was the one they wanted to hit. The crowd was anxiously waiting the moment and not going to settle for 799. Murali also wanted it badly too. At one stage crowd started getting agitated. When VVS Laxman unsuccessful to make his ground, the stadium got silent, Murali is still one short of magic 800 figures, and Sri Lanka closing in on a substantial win, the silence herd home a collected desperation. Pragyan Ojha a left handed batsman offering Murali the best chance to get it done and dusted with. It was just the about to weight of the moment. When Muralitharan finally found Ojha edge and could only manage to poke at. In the first slip Mahela Jayawardene took an elegant catch and ignited untamed celebrations. The relief on Murali’s face was all too obvious. His family stood up in the stands with the thousands of spectators. The team picked up their bowler of the moment and carried him off the field. With 800 wickets undoubted a huge win for Sri Lanka a dream end to a great career.
In the first innings of the Galle Test Muttiah Muralitharan had become the first bowler to take 100 wickets against India and his final tally of 105 wickets only in 22 Tests. With his sparkling achievement, Muttiah Muralitharan has become the 2nd bowler after Shane Warne to take 100 wickets against three opponents (England, South Africa and India). Shane Warne had attained the distinction against (England, South Africa and New Zealand). Muralitharan enjoys an exceptional bowling record at Galle International Stadium claiming 111 wickets in only 15 Test matches with an average of 18.50. Apart from his accomplishment at Galle, Muttiah Muralitharan has taken 100 wickets or more at two other Sri Lankan venues, at Colombo SSC 166 wickets with an average of 20.69 in 24 Tests at Colombo, and 117 wickets at Kandy with an average of 16.02 in 16 Tests. No other bowler has deal with to take 100 wickets at a single venue. The Mahela Jayawardene and Muralitharan pair with 77 wickets has extended their world record of best ever tally by a fielder-bowler combination in Tests.
Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara feels that there will be no one like Murlitharan again, and leading without Murali will be very difficult. If you are going around finding another Murali you cannot find out Murali replacement. He has played 18 splendid years of Test cricket and without Murali is a big big loss. He has done so much for the team and for Sri Lankan cricket. He is the best off spinner I ever saw.
Muralitharan counterpart Shane Warne believes 800 Test wickets record will never be broken. Muralitharan achieved the record with his final ball in Test cricket today, and getting the Pragyan Ojha wicket to bring India’s 2nd innings to an end in the first Test at Galle. Shane Warne who is second at all time list on 708 wickets said; I don’t think so anyone will get there, so well done off spinner for achieveing 800 Test wickets. In the past there’s been a lot of debate about his action but in the end ICC cleared him and permitted to play cricket and what he did with the ball is just remarkable. To face the Muralitharan is an arduous task especially in the spin friendly wickets in Sri Lanka. Shane Warne and Muralitharan competed for the heading of the world’s best spinner for much of the last two decades, but Warne’s retirement in 2007 permitted him to move well past the Warne. We always kept an eye on each other and there was lot about Murali he always had a lovely smile on his face and be enjoying his cricket.
Moreover, England off spinner Graeme Swann believes the record will be broken in the future. I think it will be beaten at any stage of game. Many people are a long way off that, and this record will stands long time. Moreover Graeme Swann saluted Muttiah Muralitharan the way he has conducted himself throughout his glorious career, especially when questioned over his action. But the most excellent thing is he rose above it and just carried on doing what he does and his record now speaks for itself. I must say all credit goes to him and he fully deserve for that. He changed the shape of off spin bowling and he is very unique in what he is done.
Great Pakistani left arm fast bolwer Wasim Akram says on Murali accomplishment; The off-spinner is a mastermind and has been a grand ambassador for Sri Lankan cricket, I don’t think so anyone will even approach to taking 800 wickets. These numbers not only highlights the man’s extraordinary skills, it reflects the enthusiasm and discipline of a great sportsman. I have never witnessed a bowler like him before and don’t think I will ever see one more in the future as well.
The records Muralitharan holds
Most wickets in Tests: 800
Most five wickets haul in an innings in Tests: 67
Most 10 wickets haul in a match in Tests: 22
Most wickets taken bowled in Tests: 167
Most wickets taken caught in Tests: 435
Most wickets taken caught and bowled in Tests: 35 Joint with Anil Kumble
Most wickets taken stumped in Tests: 47
Most balls bowled in Tests: 44,039
Ten wickets in a match in most consecutive Tests: Four
The fastest bowler to get 350 Test wickets and then every landmark up to 750.
Andrew Flintoff is born 6 December 1977 in Preston, Lanashire. Who played for England in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International? Flintoff is 6’ 4” tall fast bowler and slip fielder as well. He was top ranked all rounder in ICC rankings and consistently top rated all rounder in all forms of cricket. He debut in 1998 against South Africa at Trent Bridge and then became an integral part of England side. He has also captained and vice captained the team, but he has suffered regular injuries throughout his international career. He was central part member of England side, and performed at its best whenever he is available. On July 15, 2009 he announced his retirement from Test cricket, but made himself available for ODI and Twenty20 international matches. In October 2005, Flintoff jointly shared the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC player of the year award with Jacques Kallis of South Africa. In December 2005, Flintoff was also crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2005. In 1998 at Old Trafford Andrew Flintoff hit Surrey’s Alex Tudor for smashing 34 runs (6-4-4-4-4-6-6-0) in an over. In April 03, 2009 at St Lucia he produced a magnificent spell and made a hat-rick when his 90 mile an hour Yorker removing Denesh Ramdin, and Ravi Rampaul in successive deliveries to set up a hat-rick ball, Sulieman Benn had no answer for his third delivery, his team mates highly applaud his outstanding spell. His match figures were outstanding 19/5 and England won by 26 runs. Andrew Flintoff’s first Hat-trick at International level actually England’s 3rd in ODI history. The first 2 were James Anderson and Steve Harmison.
Inzamam-ul-Haq is known as Inzy or Sultan of Multan. He is a very powerful and destructive hitter in ODI and Test matches. He has been regarded as leading Pakistani batsman in both form of cricket. He played a brilliant inning of 122 runs against India at Karachi in 2004. He faced 102 balls in 154 minutes with the help of 12 fours and 2 sixes. However India won the match by 5 runs, but his inning is extremely delightful to watch. His ODI average is nearly 40’s and he has tremendous record in both form of cricket.
Best Goals of 2006 World Cup is presented here and was played in Germany. 2006 World Cup was the 18th FIFA edition and was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany. This was won by Italy against France which was one of the memorable finals played ever in the football history. The final match of FIFA World Cup 2006 played at Berlin Olympic Stadium on July 9 2006. The final between Italy and France will always be keep in mind for the notorious head butt incident, which saw the legendary Zinedine Zidane being sent off in his final international match. But overall it was a successful and profitable tournament ever held by FIFA.
The 1990 host was chosen by FIFA on May19, 1984, and it was played in Italy from June 8 to July 8, 1990. This was FIFA 14th editions of Football World Cup. Italy was the second country to host the World Cup twice. Costa Rica, Ireland, and UAE qualified first time. This world cup was also a comeback tournament for USA after the gap of 40-years. The official mascot of 1990 World Cup was Ciao , a stick figure player with a football head and an Italian tricolor body. The 1990 World Cup format was 24 qualified teams were divided into six groups of four. The top two teams and four best third place finishers from the six groups advanced to the knockout stage, which eliminated the teams until a winner was crowned. In total, 52 games were played. The 1990 World Cup is highly considered one of the poorest World Cups ever, the goals per game is extraordinary low with just 2.21 goals per match. In spite of low scoring goals this world cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, at around 26.69 billion watched this World Cup. The Opening Match of FIFA World Cup’s is the most unforgettable upsets, with Cameroon beating Argentina at a brilliantly revamped San Siro. The final between West Germany and Argentina was bad-tempered Final in the history of the World Cup. Argentina were so defensive in the final, and wanted to try their luck in penalty shoots, but they couldn’t do that. Final match was won by Germany, who beat Argentina 1 -- 0 to win the World Cup for the third time. The only goal in the final was scored by Germany in the 85th minute when Mexican referee Edgardo Codesal awarded a penalty to Germany, after a foul on Rudi Völler by Roberto Sensini. Andreas Brehme converted the goal and crowned 1990 final to Germany. Italy beat England 2–1 to finish third after both teams lost semi-finals in penalty shootouts. 1990 Football Venues •
This video is uploaded to pay tribute to current WWE Champion John Cena who abruptly tackled his opponent “THE ANIMAL” Batista at OVER THE LIMIT pay per view event organized by World Wrestling Entertainment. This was the one of the most enjoyable match in WWE history. Fans really love this match, the most likely scene was when he applied Attitude Adjustment on Batista and threw him on the roof.
The 1994 FIFA World Cup, was the 15th editions. United States was chosen hosts by FIFA on 4th July 1988. The World Cup held in US from 17th June to 17th July 1994. Nigeria, Greece, and Saudi Arabia qualified first time. 24 teams qualified divided into six groups and then 16 teams qualify for the 2nd round. This was last tournament of great Diego Maradona having played in 1982, 1986, 1990. Ronaldo was a talented young player in 1994 and he was only 17 years old at that time but he didn’t play any match. Cafu is the only player in the history of game who played three World Cup finals in 1994, 1998, 2002. Though he played only one game in that tournament against Italy, Romário was acknowledged as the most important player of this World Cup, thanks to him the way his goals. This was the last World Cup of Romário. The 1994 World Cup final was perhaps least interesting game of the whole tournament. Both sides were very careful throughout their previous matches. In the beginning of the tournament Brazilians were not at their best it. The Final was played in front of 94,000 fans at the Pasadena Rose Bowl but it was very sluggish game, because both teams are not ready to take any risk and scared of losing the match. This was the first world cup which decided on penalty shootout in the attendance of 94,000 fans and that was largest crowd since then 1950. Brazil becomes 4th nation to grab the fourth world cup titles. They beat Italy 3-2 in a penalty shootout after the game ended 0-0 at extra time.
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was 16th editions and held in France from June 10 to July 12. In 1992 France was selected as hosts by FIFA. Italy, Argentina, Germany, Romania, Spain, Netherlands and Brazil were seeded along with host France. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan, and South Africa first time qualified for World Cup. This is first time in the history of football that final match featured the host nation and defending champion. This world cup won by France who outclassed Brazil in the final by the heavy margin of 3-0. This was France first ever World Cup title and registered as 7th nation who won the World Cup, and first host nation after Argentina did it in 1978. Zinedine Zidane scored two beautiful goals, first in the 26 mintues with a header from an in-swinging corner, and almost an identical 2nd goal scored in the half stoppage time. In the second half, Brazilian star Ronaldo had a open chance to half the deficit but he could not succeed. Midfielder Emmanuel Petit added another stoppage time goal in the 2nd half and confirm the France victory over Brazil by 3-0. An estimated one million people took to the Paris streets to celebrate through the night. France became the seventh world champions, joining Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England and Argentina.
France were drawn in Group C alongside Denmark, South Africa and Saudi Arabia.
Ist Match South Africa 3-0 Won
2nd Match Saudi Arabia 4-0 Won
3rd Match Denmark 2-1 Won
2nd Round Paraguay 1-0 Won
Quarter Final Italy 4-3 Won (Penalties)
Semi Final Crotia 2-1 Won
Final Brazil 3-0 Won
Brazil were drawn in Group A for the group stages alongside Scotland, Morocco and Norway.
The 2002 World Cup was FIFA 17th editions and first time in the football history when two countries were chosen as hosts by FIFA. The 2002 World Cup staged in Asian countries South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. This was the fifth time Brazil had won the FIFA World Cup, strengthen their status as the most successful team in the history of the world cup. The final match held at Yokohama, Japan in the official attendance of 69,029 fans. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2-0 in the final. Brazil Ronaldo scored twice in the second half and, established his reputation as the world’s best striker by winning the Golden Boot award for the tournament’s leading scorer with eight goals. Brazil’s captain Cafu, who became the first player to appear in three successive World Cup finals, received the World Cup trophy in an emotional prize giving ceremony on behalf of the team. Turkey beat Korea Republic 3-2 in the third place match that would be remembered by fastest ever World Cup goal, scored by Parma striker in just 11 seconds. Brazil won the football world cup in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002 and became runners up in 1950, 1958.
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan born in February 28, 1978 in Sheikhupura, Punjab he is a cricketer who plays for the Pakistan in Test, One Day International and T20 matches. He is also playing cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in England. He is a right arm fast medium bowler skilled of generating good pace with late swing, he is a real strike bowler although prone to leaking runs. He often bowls the reverse swinging Yorkers at one day cricket and has an excellent control over change of pace. Rana Naveed is also a useful attacking lower order batsman with 3 first class hundreds. Rana Naveed ul Hassan has only made the occasional Test appearance for Pakistan with modest success, having to compete with the likes of Shoaib akhtar, Mohammad asif, Umar Gul, Muhammad Amir and Mohammad Sami for a place in the side. So as a result he has become somewhat of an ODI specialist player. His career best figures are 6 for 27, made in a sensational victory over India in Jamshedpur.
