South Africa Becomes world Number 1: Test Cricket

South Africa Becomes world  Number 1: Test Cricket
South Africa displaced England at the top of the Test rankings with a 51-run victory in the third Test at Lord's to secure a 2-0 victory in the series. It was a thoroughly merited victory by a side that had dominated the series but England, forced by desperate circumstances to play with daring, went down with a spirit that for a partisan crowd made their failure easier to bear.

For South Africa's captain, Graeme Smith, there must have been just a few flutters of doubt before the greatest triumph of his formidable reign was confirmed and he received the mace from the ICC chief executive, Dave Richardson. He has had too many disappointments for there not to be. It was appropriate that the moment he knew victory must belong to South Africa was when Matt Prior was ninth out for 73 and he plunged for the red ball at first slip with hands like an apple catcher.

South Africa 309 (Philander 61, Duminy 61, Finn 4-75) and 351 (Amla 121, Finn 4-74) beat England 315 (Bairstow 95, Bell 58, Morkel 4-80, Steyn 4-94) and 294 (Prior 73, Trott 63, Bairstow 54, Philander 5-30) by 51 runs

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Tendulkar Opus

A London-based company will shortly release a book revealing Sachin Tendulkar's thoughts on his achievements on the cricket field.
A collectors edition book called “Tendulkar Opus” will be published on Sachin Tendulkar.Tendulkar Opus is the largest book ever published on the life and career of Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar.A London-based company is behind this limited edition book which will have 800 pages and will weight 35 kgs. Each book will bear the signature of the legend as reported by CNN-IBN.Sachin is the first individual sportsman to feature in an Opus collection.

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srilanka beat pakisthan

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan in a game to get a headstart in the Super Eight stage at the Twenty20 World Cup at Lord’s here on Friday.
After having recovered from a poor start to restrict the Lankans to 150 for 7, the Pakistanis were guilty of throwing away the match that seemed in their control at 101 for 3 in the 16th over with two set batsmen — Misbah-ul Haq and captain Younis Khan — at the crease. They ended up making 131 for 9.

Seven runs later, Younis Khan fell trying to force the pace, leaving the tailenders with an uphill task at the death but Lasith Malinga hammered the nails firmly into the Pakistan coffin.
Brief scores: Sri Lanka 150/7 in 20 overs (T. Dilshan 46) beat Pakistan 131/9 in 20 overs (Y. Khan 50; L. Malinga 3/17).

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Stuart Broad-highest rank

Stuart Broad has become England's highest-ranked bowler in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers after a successful series against the West Indies which ended at Edgbaston on Tuesday.
Broad finished as the leading wicket-taker in the series with six wickets, including 4-46 in the second ODI at Bristol, and has been rewarded with a jump of four places. The 22-year-old fast bowler now sits alongside Pakistan's Shahid Afridi in a career-best ninth position.Broad has replaced Andrew Flintoff in the top 10 after the Lancastrian dropped out after missing the series due to knee injury. A player loses one per cent of his ratings for every match missed and as such Flintoff has slipped two places to 11th position.

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IPL

CENTURION, South Africa: Dwayne Bravo and Sachin Tendulkar guided Mumbai
Indians to an eight-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab yesterday to rise three
places up the Indian Premier League log to fourth.

Earlier, Ross Taylor triumphed in the battle of the New Zealanders against
Brendon McCullum as Bangalore defeated Kolkata by six wickets in a thriller.
McCullum struck an unbeaten 84 at Centurion Park as bottom team Knight Riders
reached 173-4 from 20 overs only to be passed by Royal Challengers,
who made 176-4 in 19.2 overs with unbeaten 81-run Taylor the hero.

Punjab captain Tendulkar contributed 41 not out off 29 balls in an unbroken 82
-run stand with the West Indian for the third wicket.
Tendulkar said they had hoped to surprise Punjab by shifting Bravo up the order -
a plan that worked out perfectly.

Brief scores:
Punjab 119-9 in 20 overs (S Sohal 43, K Goel 20 not out; J P Duminy 2-15). Mumbai 122-2 in 16.2 overs (D Bravo 70 not out, S Tendulkar 41 not out) Mumbai win by eight wickets.

Kolkata 173-4 in 20 overs (B McCullum 84 not out, D Hussey 43; V Kumar 2-33). Bangalore 176-4 in 19.2 overs (R Taylor 81 not out, J Kallis 32, J Ryder 22; M Kartik 2-28) Bangalore win by six wickets.

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Shahrukh And The Latest IPL Controversy

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