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Sachin Tendulkar 111 SA Nagpur World Cup 2011

Chasing 148 to win the 2010 World T20 Craig Kieswetter hit a match winning 63 of 49 balls to lead England to their first world trophy and a man of the match award. After the early loss of Michael Lumb England were in trouble but Kieswetter with the help of Kevin Pieterson gave England a easy 3 wickets win. Get him back in the ODI team.

Pakistan cricket’s enfant terrible Shoaib Akhtar has stirred yet another controversy, this time questioning the class and temperament of India’s batting stalwarts Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. In his just-published autobiography “Controversially Yours”, the temperamental Pakistan speedster has accused Tendulkar of being scared to face his scorching pace on a slow Faisalabad track. He also claimed that Tendulkar and Dravid were not match-winners nor did they know the art of finishing games. “….Vivian Richards, Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara and the likes of them are great batsmen who dominated with the bat and were truly match-winners. Initially, when I bowled against Sachin, I found these qualities missing. He might have had more runs and records, he lacked the ability to finish the game,” he said in the book, to be formally launched here this evening. Akhtar, who announced his retirement during the World Cup this year, also cited an example where he felt that Sachin was mighty scared to face him. “We would have faced a humbling defeat in the series but for the fact that we reined in Sachin Tendulkar. “What went in our favour was that Sachin was suffering from tennis elbow! This severely handicapped the great batsman. We managed to psychologically brow beat him. Sachin also tempered ball with mud he added. “We bounced the ball at him and were able to unnerve him. I returned to the dressing room that first day with the knowledge that Sachin was not comfortable facing …

Enjoy the video as Shane Warne bowls pace.The first ball,which was a no ball,went for one run.The next ball went for another run.The third one went for a six after which Warne switched back to spin.

Rajasthan Royals ride on some brilliant fielding to win a close contest against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2009.

Pakistani allrounder Shahid Afridi fires in a surprise 134km/h delivery to go through the stunned Tim Southee in the 3rd Twenty20 of the 2010/11 season. He proved it wasn’t a fluke by bowling a 132km/h hattrick ball to Adam Milne who managed to jam his bat down just in time.

Shoaib Ahktar destroying the Ireland batsmen’s stumps. First ball is a terrible leave and the second one… well its clearly unplayable.

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