Ashes 5th test (Hard 2 days )

Jonathan Trott gave hope to england now it's with aussie to win the game. Jonathan Trott scored a century and swann scored
a quick 63 with a strike rate of 114.54. "History is against us," said North. "It's too early to look that far ahead,
because there's a lot of cricket to be played. What you'll see tomorrow is 11 guys who have got a lot of character to
show, and they are going to give everything for every contest for every over. Hopefully that can lay the foundation to
give us a chance.Aussie were 80/0 if they go at this rate they can taste sucess for sure
"The first objective was to get through tonight unscathed and Simon and Watto did that superbly,"
he said. "To walk off at 0 for 80, it's the position we needed to be in, if we can start well tomorrow, get to lunch,
and reassess things from there. It's a massive target to get, but the best thing we can do is not look too far ahead.
We've given ourselves the opportunity to have that target in sight at some stage."

Yuvi

Yuvraj Singh a stylish player.a better t20 player.has a record for hitting 6 sixes.first against a test playing nation.scored in broad over.he is strong, fearless natural destined for great things.scored 84 in a debut match against Australia and shocked every body by his fielding.had best always against England Consecutive ODI hundreds against England.Yuvi scored three test centuries against Pakistan Yuvraj is primarily a left-handed batsman but can bowl part-time left-arm orthodox spin. . He is one of the better fielders in the Indian team, fielding primarily at point, with a good aim at the stumps. he was the fourth most
prolific fielder in effecting ODI run outs, and of those on the list of prolific fielders, he had the second highest rate of effecting a run out. He was previously often characterized as having attitude problems, but later often assumed Leadership positions during Rahul Dravid's tenure as captain.He is regarded as being better at batting against fast
bowling than spin bowling.Yuvraj was signed by Microsoft to be a brand ambassador for the Xbox 360 video game console.In November 2008, he hit 138* from 78 balls against England at Rajkot, taking 64 balls to reach his century, which at the time was the second fastest by an Indian in ODIs, after Mohammad Azharuddin's century in 1988 against New Zealand came off 62 balls. After reaching 50 from 42 balls, he added a further 88 in the next 36 balls

Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni Called as caption cool, man with a Midas touch, MSD and many.... Caption of India and Chennai super kings
player transformed from a hard hitting batsman to a Cautious and steady batter.Born in July 7 1981 started his journey as a aggressive right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. After dravid BCCI was forced to select a caption were sachin hinted Dhoni as a Caption
thanks to master blaster Once again he proved is efficiency by jugging dhoni as a caption were he went on to win inaugural t20 world cup in south Africa and after that a historical win CB series defeating Australia and sri lanka in 2007-2008, Idea cup defeating Sri lanka in 2008, Border-Gavaskar Trophy defeating Australia 2-0 in 4 match Test series, IDBI Fortis
Wealthsurance Cup ODI series 2009 defeating england 5-0 and a new zealand series win. Out of 7 test match india has won 5 and drawn 2.Dhoni is the first Indian Captain to achieve nine consecutive ODI wins.HE has also won awards like
Padma Shri
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award-2008
Leading Wisden Dream XI Test Team
ICC ODI Player of the Year 2008 Award
ICC World ODI Team of the Year 2008
MTV Youth Icon of the Year for 2006
his Knock of 183* against sri lanka was out standing

star in Cricket

Full name Kevin Peter Pietersen
Born: 27th June 1980, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Height: 6ft 4in
Weight: 14st 9lbs
Nickname: KP, Kelv, Kapes
Education: Maritzburg College, University of South Africa
Major Teams: Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, Nottinghamshire, Hampshire, England, ICC World XI, Banglore Royal Challengers
Cricketers admired: Shaun Pollock, Errol Stewart
Debut
Test debut : 21 July 2005 v Australia
Runs Balls 4s 6s S.R
1st innings: KP Pietersen c Martyn b Warne 57 89 8 2 64.04
2nd innings: KP Pietersen not out 64 79 6 2 81.01
Australia won by 239 runs
England win Series 2-1. Bag Ashes after 16 Yrs With help of Kelves(473) & Fred(402 runs)
Pietersen is widely portrayed in the media as having a self-assured personality, described by Geoffrey Boycott as being "cocky and confident". Former England test captain Michael Vaughan counters this, saying, "KP is not a confident person. He obviously has great belief in his ability but that's not quite the same thing... And I know KP wants to be loved. I try to text him and talk to him as often as I can because I know he is insecure."Pietersen is married to Liberty X singer Jessica Taylor The couple married on 29 December 2007 at the Manor House Hotel in Wiltshire, with former England team-mate Darren Gough acting as best man.

Pietersen claimed he was dropped from the Natal first team. Pietersen felt that this was due to the country's racial quota system, in which provincial sides were required to have at least four non-white players
Pietersen's view was that players should be judged on merit, and described it as "heartbreaking" when he was left out of the side, although he later reflected "it turned out it was the best thing that could have happened".
Pietersen has since firmly criticised the quota system which he feels forced him out of the country of his birth. He has also criticised Graeme Smith, who became captain of the South African side in 2003, calling him "an absolute muppet, childish and strange" and that his behaviour "leaves a lot to be desired".Smith opposed this, saying, "I'm patriotic about my country, and that's why I don't like Kevin Pietersen. The only reason that Kevin and I have never had a relationship is because he slated South Africa"
Pietersen Played Under the captaincy of Shane Warne for Hampshire

Ashes last chance

Can England repeat 2005 or pointing stun England. Jonathan Trott will be the new man to make his debut.Ponting praised Hilfenhaus for take much talked Bopara wickets 5 times "When we arrived, which is only a couple of months ago, everyone was talking about how good Bopara was and how much of an impact he's going to have on the series, That hasn't happened. We did feel we had the wood over Bopara, there's no doubt about that. [Ben] Hilfenhaus, especially, had the wood over him. He's got him out five times in the series". England would see South African origin to make a debut today. In a view Strauss "There are lessons to be learned from that Headingley Test match," he added. "Clearly none of us are struggling for motivation this week. Everyone is genuinely excited about playing this game of cricket. It could be a very, very special game of cricket. If we start the game well we have a really good chance of putting them under a lot of pressure to get back in the game." Jonathan Trott raised in South Africa to a family steeped in cricketing history He played in the Under-15 and Under-19 World Cups for South Africa but is a British passport holder and therefore not considered an overseas player, making his first team debut for Warwickshire in 2003.

Haydos

Matthew Lawrence Hayden hard hitting opening batsman played for australia. Known for his opening innings with Adam Gilchrist
and Justin Langer.Hayden's Test average was 50.7. his nick name was haydos, unit. he plays for Chennai super kings he was a
like a strom in second season of IPL.
Allan Border Medal - 2002

Test Player of the Year - 2002

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2003

ICC One-Day Player of the Year 2007

One-Day International Player of the Year - 2008
he has strength both mental and physical.powerful and equipped with concentration befitting the fisherman and surfer
he battered the ball at and through the off side. He has also made himself a fine fielder in the slips and gully. he would
cover the slips with his up lifting shoulder.He scored 380 in a test against Zimbabwe and 181 in One day against new zealand

194 Again????????

Many would have not known Charles Coventry before 4th ODI between Zimbabwe v Bangladesh. Charles Coventry who looks like Daniel Vet of New Zealand smashed 194 from 156 balls with 16 fours ad 7 sixes .Charles Coventry Coventry is an aggressive middle-order batsman who can open in one-day cricket and also a good wicket keeper.
He was Zimbabwe's youngest first-class player at 15 years 303 days, for Matabeleland in 1998,from a cricketing family although that was due to
being in the right place when a selected player withdrew at the last minute. Son of international umpire Charles Coventry,
he learned his cricket at Whitestone School and Christian Brothers College in Bulawayo, and plays for Bulawayo Athletic Club.
He played for the national Under-19 team in the World Cup in 2002, when he was also a student at the CFX Academy.
He bats in glasses and most of his successes have been in one-day cricket; . He favours the lofted drive but as yet lacks the discipline required of a consistently successful
batsman. Despite this, he played two Tests against India in September 2005, after the withdrawal of most of Zimbabwe's
top players, and did no worse than anybody else. However, coach Kevin Curran reports that he was sent back from the
West Indies tour for disciplinary reasons. He went to play club cricket in England and wasn't part of the senior
Zimbabwe side for three years. He made a headline-grabbing return in August 2009, equalling the record for the highest
individual ODI score by blasting an unbeaten 194 in the fourth match against Bangladesh in Bulawayo.Previos best was by anwar 194 out.