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ICC World Cup 2011

Posted by Admin On March - 15 - 2011

Popularity: 1% [?]

Top Cricket Sites!

Posted by cls On July - 25 - 2009

Here you’ll find the list of Top Cricket websites. These sites provide live scores, match updates, schedules, cricket news, photos, screen savers, indian and domestic cricket updates, scorecard, voice commentary, current and past criketer statistics, desktop scoreboard, scores on mobile, Rankings, ratings, records etc.

1-Cricket Worldcup 2020  
Cricket Worldcup 2020 Latest News,Live Score,Daily Match Photos,Player Profiles and CRicket Gossips
2-Its a site for cricket lovers 
find all the latest news and updates on this site
3-CricInfo: India  
Comprehensive coverage of Indian domestic and international cricket.
4-Cricket News and Blog  
An interesting and informative blog discussing hot topics and news in cricket today.
5-MastySpot – A site for all  
pakistani music, indian entertainment, forums, and so much more
6-BrightCricket.com  
Watch Live Cricket Matches at FREE of cost. VISIT : http://www.brightcricket.com Updated Cricket Highlights, News, Video Clips, Photos etc also are there. Everything goes free, you have to pay nothing.
7-Cric8.com  
Latest news, live scorecard, and laws of the game.
8-Lets celebrate cricket  
It is one of he best website for cricket. Post your ad on this website & get great returns
9-Live Cricket, Desi Tv and Desi Radio  
Get access to live cricket, indian tv channels, desi radio, live f1 and much more all at one site for FREE!! 10-Online Cricket Update At Cricket Village 
Online Cricket Portal, Cricket News, Cricketer Profile, Cricket Match Schedule, Latest Cricket Updates
11-Sixer :: Connecting Cricket Fans  
Collection of free world cup cricket video clips of popular cricket matches and records
12-Cricketfundas.com  
Includes articles, match updates, news, cricket jokes, and trivia.
13-DesiPlanetz – Home of IPL Live Streaming  
Home of LIVE IPL Streaming
14-IPL – Indian Premier League twenty twenty cricket  
Indian Premier League twenty – twenty cricket match schedule, photos, score cards , team information, points table
15-Cricket Fan  
Blog about Indian and International Cricket
16-Cricmania – India’s Player Profiles
Brief career statistics of current and past cricketers sorted in alphabetical order.
17-Cricket on 123india.com
Features live scorecard and voice commentry. Covers latest tour news of India and other countries.
18-Title : Gifts to Sri Lanka, Flowers to Sri Lanka, Cakes to Sri Lanka
Send Gifts, Flowers, Cakes and Chocolates to Sri Lanka and Colombo.
19-Cricket-Chat.Com
A place for cricket lovers from around the world to chat, chill, and discuss cricket. Keep in touch with the latest gossip, rumors, and cricket news!
20-InDiMoviE.neT Live Hindi Channels, Online Hindi and English Movies, and much more
Hindi Live Channels Watch AajTak Watch Filmy Watch SetMax Watch Starone Watch StarUtsav Watch ZeeSports Watch Zeetv Watch Zoom Hindi Live MUSIC Channels Watch B4uMusic Live Cricket Online English Movies DOA PART1 DOA PART2 Online Hindi Mov
21-Cricketcircle
Cricketcircle.com Live India cricket news
22-Indiatimes Cricket
Features scores, match updates, schedules, news, photos, and screen savers.
23-DLF Indian Premier League Season 2 (IPL Cricket)
Visit us to be updated with schedules, fixtures and Scores of IPL season 2 and interim Matches held. One could also bookmark the articles by using renowned Social Bookmarking sites. Follow this blog with just a gmail account. Hold your nerves and
24-Cricket and All That
‘Cricket and All That’ is a cricket blog about celebrating the simple joys of cricket – a stroke well played, ball well bowled and a catch well taken.

Popularity: 5% [?]

World class cricket stadium soon for Kochi

Posted by cls On June - 21 - 2009

A world class cricket stadium, worth Rs 250 crore, is coming up in this coastal city on a 23 acres of land at Edakochi.

Best facilities of stadiums in Adelaide, Johannesburg and the ones in Hyderabad and Mohali in India will be incorporated init. It would be like a dream come true for all Keralites.

Sources said construction of the project would begin next year and was expected to be completed in three years.

Conception and design work would take six to nine months.

The 23 acres of land for the stadium has already been acquired by KCA . It is also planned to procure additional land near this area in future for the project.

Land adjacent to the stadium would have facilities for indoor games, swimming pools, water sports, an international level club house and a 10-metre shooting range, he said.

The KCA plans to finance the project from the funds that the BCCI gives to state association for new stadiums, its own funds and bank loans.

There are also plans to raise funds through club memberships for the public.

KCA has chalked out a 10 year ‘Mission 2020′ programme, with the main objective of getting Kerala into the Elite Group in Ranji trophy cricket and winning the trophy, besides developing the game in the state.

Other projects are ‘Cricket at Schools’ and ‘Cricket At Sports Hostels’ (CASH), both of which would involve physical education teachers of all the schools in the state, he said.

The CASH project would identify about 60 children from the seventh, eighth and ninth standards, accomodate them in hostels and meet their education and training expenses.

Only few students take interest in sports in Kerala, unlike in neigbouring Tamil Nadu. For under-16 trials, only about 200 students turn up in the state, while it is 2,000 in Tamil Nadu and this trend will be changed.

Popularity: 7% [?]

Ireland v Sri Lanka, 19th Match at Lords 14 Jun 2009

Posted by cls On June - 16 - 2009
Match Statistics
Ireland v Sri Lanka, 19th Match
Lords
14 Jun 2009
Umpires: M Erasmus , AL Hill
Toss won by Sri Lanka, Elected to bat
Player of the Match: DPMD Jayawardene
Sri Lanka won by 9 runs

Score Summary
  Runs Run Rate Overs
Sri Lanka 144/9 7.20 20.0
Ireland 135/7 6.75 20.0

Sri Lanka Innings
Batsman Status Runs Balls 4s 6s FOW
TM Dilshan ct NJ O’Brien b WB Rankin 0 2 0 0 0/1
ST Jayasuriya lbw WK McCallan 27 27 5 0 81/3
KC Sangakkara ct NJ O’Brien b DT Johston 3 10 0 0 14/2
DPMD Jayawardene b AR Cusack 78 53 10 1 128/6
LPC Silva ct WB Rankin b WK McCallan 4 6 0 0 97/4
J Mubarak ct NJ O’Brien b AR Cusack 7 9 0 0 126/5
AD Mathews b AR Cusack 10 7 1 0 139/8
KMDN Kulasekara ct JF Mooney b WB Rankin 1 2 0 0 132/7
M Muralitharan st NJ O’Brien b AR Cusack 0 1 0 0 140/9
SL Malinga not out 1 2 0 0
BAW Mendis not out 4 1 1 0
Total 9 wicket(s); 20.0 over(s) 144  

Ireland Bowlings
Bowler Over MDN Runs Wkts Wide No
WB Rankin 4.0 0 28 2 2 0
DT Johston 4.0 1 18 1 1 0
RM West 4.0 0 34 0 1 0
WK McCallan 4.0 0 33 2 0 0
AR Cusack 3.0 0 18 4 0 0
KJ O’Brien 1.0 0 9 0 0 0

Ireland Innings
Batsman Status Runs Balls 4s 6s FOW
WTS Porterfield ct KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan 31 29 5 0 59/1
NJ O’Brien st KC Sangakkara b BAW Mendis 31 37 4 0 91/4
AR White ct KC Sangakkara b KMDN Kulasekara 22 21 1 1 87/2
KJ O’Brien ct TM Dilshan b BAW Mendis 0 2 0 0 89/3
JF Mooney not out 31 21 4 0
DT Johston b SL Malinga 9 6 0 1 106/5
AC Botha b SL Malinga 0 1 0 0 106/6
AR Cusack run out (KC Sangakkara) 2 3 0 0 129/7
RM West not out 1 1 0 0
WK McCallan            
WB Rankin            
Total 7 wicket(s); 20.0 over(s) 135  
Sri Lanka Bowlings
Bowler Over MDN Runs Wkts Wide No
AD Mathews 3.0 0 23 0 0 0
KMDN Kulasekara 4.0 0 47 1 0 1
BAW Mendis 4.0 0 22 2 1 0
SL Malinga 4.0 0 19 2 2 0
M Muralitharan 4.0 0 13 1 0 0
ST Jayasuriya 1.0 0 7 0 0 0

Popularity: 3% [?]

Eng 153/7(20) | Ind 150/5(20) (England won by 3 runs)

Posted by cls On June - 15 - 2009
Match Statistics
England v India, 20th Match
Lords
14 Jun 2009
Umpires: SJ Davis, EAR de Silva
Toss won by India, Elected to bowl
Player of the Match: RJ Sidebottom
England won by 3 runs
Score Summary
Runs Run Rate Overs
England 153/7 7.65 20.0
India 150/5 7.50 20.0
England Innings
Batsman Status Runs Balls 4s 6s FOW
RS Bopara b RA Jadeja 37 37 3 1 74/2
LJ Wright ct YK Pathan b RP Singh 1 7 0 0 3/1
KP Pietersen lbw RA Jadeja 46 27 5 1 92/3
AD Mascarenhas not out 25 27 2 0
OA Shah ct RA Jadeja b Harbhajan Singh 12 10 1 0 122/4
PD Collingwood lbw Z Khan 7 5 1 0 138/5
JS Foster ct Harbhajan Singh b Harbhajan Singh 6 5 0 0 145/6
GP Swann b Harbhajan Singh 0 1 0 0 145/7
SCJ Broad not out 3 1 0 0
JM Anderson
RJ Sidebottom
Total 7 wicket(s); 20.0 over(s) 153
India Bowlings
Bowler Over MDN Runs Wkts Wide No
Z Khan 3.0 0 26 1 2 0
RP Singh 3.0 0 13 1 0 0
I Sharma 4.0 0 36 0 0 0
Yuvraj Singh 2.0 0 20 0 0 0
Harbhajan Singh 4.0 0 30 3 2 0
RA Jadeja 4.0 0 26 2 2 0
India Innings
Batsman Status Runs Balls 4s 6s FOW
G Gambhir ct SCJ Broad b AD Mascarenhas 26 26 4 0 62/3
RG Sharma b RJ Sidebottom 9 8 1 0 12/1
SK Raina ct LJ Wright b RJ Sidebottom 2 5 0 0 24/2
RA Jadeja ct SCJ Broad b GP Swann 25 35 1 0 85/4
Yuvraj Singh st JS Foster b GP Swann 17 9 0 2 87/5
MS Dhoni not out 30 20 3 0
YK Pathan not out 33 17 1 2
Harbhajan Singh
Z Khan
I Sharma
RP Singh
Total 5 wicket(s); 20.0 over(s) 150
England Bowlings
Bowler Over MDN Runs Wkts Wide No
JM Anderson 4.0 0 32 0 2 0
RJ Sidebottom 4.0 0 31 2 1 0
SCJ Broad 4.0 0 21 0 0 0
KP Pietersen 1.0 0 9 0 0 0
LJ Wright 2.0 0 16 0 0 0
GP Swann 4.0 0 28 2 1 0
AD Mascarenhas 1.0 0 9 1 0 0

Popularity: 3% [?]

Master Batsman Sachin Tendulkar

Posted by cls On June - 14 - 2009
Test Records ODI Records T201 Records
12773 Runs 16684 Runs 10 Runs

Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

  • In 2002, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time next only to Sir Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day international (ODI) batsman of all time next only to Sir Viv Richards.
  • In September 2007, Shane Warne, the world-record breaking Australian leg spinner, rated Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest player he has played with or against.
  • Sachin Tendulkar is only player of the current generation to be included in Bradman’s Eleven, the dream team of Sir Donald Bradman, published in his biography.
  • He is called as the Little Master or the Master Blaster.

Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in both Test matches and ODIs, and also the batsman with the most centuries in either form of the game.

  • On October 17, 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara’s record for the most runs scored in Test Cricket,
  • He became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in that form of the game, having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket.
  • He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history.
  • In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia’s Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 10 Test centuries against Australia, after only Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years back.
  • Tendulkar has been honored with the Padma Vibhushan award, India’s second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India’s highest sporting honor.
 Name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
 Born 24 April 1973, Mumbai (Maharashtra, India)
 Major Teams Mumbai, Yorkshire, India, ACC Asian XI
 Batting Style Right Hand Bat
 Bowling Style Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium
 Test Debut 15-20 Nov,1989 (Ind vs Pak at Karachi)
 ODI Debut 18 Dec 1989 (Ind vs Pak at Gujranwala)

 T20I Debut

1 Dec 2006 (Ind v RSA at Johannesburg)

Popularity: 4% [?]

History of Cricket

Posted by cls On June - 14 - 2009
There are several theories on how Cricket started:
  • One is that shepherds used to play it – one would stand in front of the wicket gate to the sheep fold, and another would bowl a stone or something at him, and he would have to hit it with his crook, which was known as a cricket.
  • Other theories are that it derives from a game called club-ball, or a game played in churchyards…

A brief history of cricket development is described below:

  1. The first reference to cricket being played is thought to be in 1300, between Prince Edward and his friend Piers Gaveston and the first recorded match took place at Coxheath in Kent in 1646. The first match between counties on 29th June 1709, when Surrey played Kent at Dartford Brent.
  2. The earliest known cricket photographs were taken in 1857, by Roger Fenton at the Artillery Ground, when the Royal Artillery played Hunsdonbury.
  3. Early cricket bats were clubs and sticks. These gave way to long, thin bats, which looked a bit like straightened-out hockey sticks, because the ball was bowled under-arm, and the batters swung their bats like clubs.
  4. By the 18th century, the bat had developed into a longer, heavier, curved version of the one we know now, carved out of a single piece of wood.
  5. Today’s bat was invented around 1853, with the blade made of willow, and a cane handle, which is layered with strips of rubber, tied with twine, and covered with rubber to make a grip. The ‘V’ shaped extension of the handle into the blade is the splice. The early balls were stones and other missiles. Rather dangerous really, and not surprising that someone came up with an alternative! They’re now made of cork, and covered with hand-stitched leather quarters dyed red.
  6. The wicket – the stumps are the three posts. Originally there were two, and at one point, four. The size has varied too – in the 17th century, were up to two metres wide. The bails are the two bits of wood on the top, and if they fall off, it’s all over.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Cricket Calender 2009-10

Posted by cls On June - 14 - 2009
June 2009
Date Time (GMT) Match Details Venue
Sun
14-Jun-09
12:30 Ireland v Sri Lanka, 19th Match, Group F, ICC World Twenty20, 2009 London
Sun
14-Jun-09
16:30 India v England, 20th Match, Group E, ICC World Twenty20, 2009 London (D/N)
Mon
15-Jun-09
12:30 Pakistan v Ireland, 21st Match, Group E, ICC World Twenty20, 2009 London
Mon
15-Jun-09
16:30 England v West Indies, 22nd Match, Group F, ICC World Twenty20, 2009 London (D/N)
Tue
16-Jun-09
12:30 New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 23rd Match, Group F, ICC World Twenty20, 2009 Nottingham
Tue
16-Jun-09
16:30 South Africa v India, 24th Match, Group E, ICC World Twenty20, 2009 Nottingham (D/N)
Thu
18-Jun-09
16:30 1st Semi-Final, ICC World Twenty20, 2009 Nottingham
Fri  
19-Jun-09
16:30 2nd Semi-Final, ICC World Twenty20, 2009 London (D/N)
Sun
21-Jun-09
14:00 Final, ICC World Twenty20, 2009 London
Fri  
26-Jun-09
14:30 West Indies v India, 1st ODI Kingston, Jamaica
Sun
28-Jun-09
14:30 West Indies v India, 2nd ODI Kingston, Jamaica
July 2009
Date Time (GMT) Match Details Venue
Fri  
03-Jul-09
13:30 West Indies v India, 3rd ODI Gros Islet, St. Lucia
Sat 04-Jul-09
Wed 08-Jul-09
04:30 Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st Test Galle
Sun
05-Jul-09
13:30 West Indies v India, 4th ODI Gros Islet, St. Lucia
Wed 08-Jul-09
Sun 12-Jul-09
10:00 England v Australia, 1st Test, The Ashes, 2009 Cardiff
Thu 09-Jul-09
Mon 13-Jul-09
14:00 West Indies v Bangladesh, 1st Test Kingstown, St Vincent
Sun 12-Jul-09
Thu 16-Jul-09
04:30 Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd Test Colombo
Thu 16-Jul-09
Mon 20-Jul-09
10:00 England v Australia, 2nd Test, The Ashes, 2009 London
Fri 17-Jul-09
Tue 21-Jul-09
14:00 West Indies v Bangladesh, 2nd Test St George’s, Grenada
Mon 20-Jul-09
Fri 24-Jul-09
04:30 Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 3rd Test Colombo
Sun
26-Jul-09
13:30 West Indies v Bangladesh, 1st ODI Roseau, Dominica
Tue
28-Jul-09
13:30 West Indies v Bangladesh, 2nd ODI Roseau, Dominica
Thu
30-Jul-09
04:00 Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st ODI Dambulla
Thu 30-Jul-09
Mon 03-Aug-09
10:00 England v Australia, 3rd Test, The Ashes, 2009 Birmingham
Fri 31-Jul-09 13:30 West Indies v Bangladesh, 3rd ODI Basseterre, St Kitts
August 2009
Date Time (GMT) Match Details Venue
Sat
01-Aug-09
04:00 Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd ODI Dambulla
Sun
02-Aug-09
18:00 West Indies v Bangladesh, Only T20I Basseterre, St Kitts
Mon
03-Aug-09
04:00 Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 3rd ODI Dambulla
Fri
07-Aug-09
09:00 Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 4th ODI Colombo (D/N)
Fri 07-Aug-09
Tue 11-Aug-09
10:00 England v Australia, 4th Test, The Ashes, 2009 Leeds
Sun
09-Aug-09
09:00 Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 5th ODI Colombo (D/N)
Wed
12-Aug-09
12:30 Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Only T20I Colombo (D/N)
Tue 18-Aug-09
Sat 22-Aug-09
04:30 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 1st Test Colombo
Thu 20-Aug-09 Mon 24-Aug-09 10:00 England v Australia, 5th Test, The Ashes, 2009 London
Wed 26-Aug-09 Sun 30-Aug-09 04:30 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd Test Colombo
Fri
28-Aug-09
   Scotland v Australia, Only ODI, Natwest Series, 2009 Edinburgh
Sun
30-Aug-09
   England v Australia, 1st T20, Natwest Series, 2009 Manchester
September 2009
Date Time (GMT) Match Details Venue
Tue
01-Sep-09
   England v Australia, 2nd T20, Natwest Series, 2009 Manchester
Fri
04-Sep-09
   England v Australia, 1st ODI, Natwest Series, 2009 London
Sat
05-Sep-09
04:00 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 1st ODI Dambulla
Sun
06-Sep-09
   England v Australia, 2nd ODI, Natwest Series, 2009 London
Mon
07-Sep-09
04:00 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd ODI Dambulla
Wed
09-Sep-09
   England v Australia, 3rd ODI, Natwest Series, 2009 Southampton
Fri
11-Sep-09
09:00 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 3rd ODI Colombo (D/N)
Sat
12-Sep-09
   England v Australia, 4th ODI, Natwest Series, 2009 London
Sun
13-Sep-09
09:00 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 4th ODI Colombo (D/N)
Tue
15-Sep-09
   England v Australia, 5th ODI, Natwest Series, 2009 Nottingham
Tue
15-Sep-09
09:00 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 5th ODI Colombo (D/N)
Thu
17-Sep-09
   England v Australia, 6th ODI, Natwest Series, 2009 Nottingham
Thu
17-Sep-09
12:30 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 1st T20I Colombo (D/N)
Sat
19-Sep-09
12:30 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd T20I Colombo (D/N)
Sun
20-Sep-09
   England v Australia, 7th ODI, Natwest Series, 2009 Durham
November 2009
Date Time (GMT) Match Details Venue
Fri
13-Nov-09
16:00 South Africa v England, 1st T20I Johannesburg (D/N)
Sun
15-Nov-09
12:30 South Africa v England, 2nd T20I Centurion
Fri
20-Nov-09
12:30 South Africa v England, 1st ODI Johannesburg (D/N)
Sun
22-Nov-09
08:00 South Africa v England, 2nd ODI Centurion
Thu 26-Nov-09 Mon 30-Nov-09 00:01 Australia v West Indies, 1st Test Brisbane
Fri
27-Nov-09
12:30 South Africa v England, 3rd ODI Cape Town (D/N)
Sun
29-Nov-09
08:00 South Africa v England, 4th ODI Port Elizabeth
December 2009
Date Time (GMT) Match Details Venue
Fri 04-Dec-09
Sun 20-Dec-09
02:30 Australia v West Indies, 3rd Test Perth
Fri
04-Dec-09
12:30 South Africa v England, 5th ODI Durban (D/N)
Wed 16-Dec-09 Sun 20-Dec-09 08:30 South Africa v England, 1st Test Centurion
Sat 26-Dec-09 Wed 30-Dec-09 00:01 Australia v Pakistan, 1st Test Melbourne
Sat 26-Dec-09 Wed 30-Dec-09 08:30 South Africa v England, 2nd Test Durban
January 2010
Date Time (GMT) Match Details Venue
Sun 03-Jan-10
Thu 07-Jan-10
00:01 Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test Sydney
Sun 03-Jan-10
Thu 07-Jan-10
08:30 South Africa v England, 3rd Test Cape Town
Thu 14-Jan-10 Mon 18-Jan-10 00:01 Australia v Pakistan, 3rd Test Hobart
Thu 14-Jan-10
Mon 18-Jan-10
08:30 South Africa v England, 4th Test Johannesburg
Fri
22-Jan-10
03:15 Australia v Pakistan, 1st ODI Brisbane (D/N)
Sun
24-Jan-10
03:15 Australia v Pakistan, 2nd ODI Sydney (D/N)
Tue
26-Jan-10
03:15 Australia v Pakistan, 3rd ODI Adelaide (D/N)
Fri
29-Jan-10
04:30 Australia v Pakistan, 4th ODI Perth (D/N)
Sun
31-Jan-10
04:30 Australia v Pakistan, 5th ODI Perth (D/N)
February 2010
Date Time (GMT) Match Details Venue
Fri
05-Feb-10
08:35 Australia v Pakistan, Only T20I Melbourne (D/N)
Sun
07-Feb-10
03:15 Australia v West Indies, 1st ODI Melbourne
Tue
09-Feb-10
03:15 Australia v West Indies, 2nd ODI Sydney
Fri 12-Feb-10
Tue 23-Feb-10
08:35 Australia v West Indies, 2nd T20I Sydney (D/N)

Note: For Calculating IST add 5.30 hours in GMT

Popularity: 6% [?]

How to Play Basketball

Posted by cls On June - 13 - 2009

Here is all you need to know if you are interested in playing Basketball.

The game of basketball was invented about a hundred and fifteen years ago by Dr. James Naismith. However the game has undergone a lot of changes, yet the fundamentals of how to play basketball are still  the same.

To start playing the game, we need to first gather the equipments. The game only requires a ball and two hoops perched at a height of ten feet at the opposite ends of the court. Then, we need to set the teams.  There must be a minimum of 10 players on a team and a maximum of 15 players. Only 12 players can be active to play a game, and 10 players must be active with 5 starters and 5 reserves, or bench players. There are 5 from each team playing on the court at any one time. If a team does not have 5 players on the court, the team forfeits and the other team automatically wins.

The object of the game, very obviously is to score baskets. As for the length of the game, the famous National Basketball Association (NBA) teams play a 60 minutes game with four 15 minutes sessions. The length can vary based on tournaments and organizations.

Each goal or ‘basket’ is worth 2 points. However, if a basket is scored from outside the 3 point line, that is the arc shaped line outside the free throw line, then the basket is worth 3 points.

The game starts with a jump ball. A jump is when one person from each team goes in the center of the court and jump to tip the ball their team mates after the referee throws the ball straight up. The goal here is to direct the ball towards your team.

The game of basketball comprises of offense and defense. When the ball is present with a member of your team, then all the team members of your team are on the offense. The goal here is to score points by shooting the ball into the defending team’s basket. Similarly, when the ball is present with the opponent team, them all the team members of your team are on the defense. The goal here is to stop the other team from shooting the ball into your team’s basket and also to steal the ball from them.

While on the offense you can pass on the ball either via dribble or passing. Bouncing the ball continuously and moving forward simultaneously is known as dribbling. It is important to remember here that once you have dribbled the ball past the mid court. The pass is used to advance your offense. Most passes are accompanied by a step forward to increase power and are followed through with the hands to ensure accuracy.

Some very important rules to remember while playing basketball can be enumerated as follows:

  1. The dribble ends when you stop and hold the ball.
  2. If you hold a ball for more than five seconds, then you incur a penalty as well as lose the possession of the ball.
  3. An attempt to unfairly disadvantage an opponent through physical contact is illegal and is called a foul.
  4. You are allowed five fouls per game. After that, you are removed from the game.
  5. On offense, you cannot remain in the “key” (area designated underneath and directly in front of basket) for more than 3-seconds. If there is a 3-second violation, there will be a subsequent change of possession.

Well, now that we know the scoring details, the game and the fouls, here are some basketball tips.

  1. Always shoot with both the hands. Using a single may look very fancy, but it is best to use both the hands.
  2. It is very important to learn to dribble the ball without actually looking at the ball. Repetition is the key to improve your shooting.
  3. And quality training equipment will make the difference in your game.

Well, the game is simple and the equipments are easy to procure and we have some basketball tips now hence it is time to go out and shoot some baskets.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Sound filters

Posted by cls On February - 11 - 2009

A good headset is a must for most computer users and even some console gamers.In may be with or without microphone. Razer is world’s leading brand in high-end computer gaming peripherals, and it has introduced its latest Barracuda HP-1 gaming headphones. Attention to microscopic details like using 99 per cent oxygen-free copper cable in the headphones dispenses amazing gaming audio signals and its 8 discrete audio drivers lend optimal audio without compromising the gamer’s comfort when using the headset.

The Barracuda headset is the typical cupped-style headset, with the headphones being heavily padded cups with an adjustable headstrap in between. The Razer Barracuda HP-1 headphone’s built-in microphone is designed specifically for in-game communications — featuring a short shaft for enhanced comfort and audio pickup — the microphone also features advanced noise cancellation capabilities ideal for furious in-game communication. Although the Razer Barracuda HP-1 may be used with all soundcards, using it with the Razer Barracuda AC-1 gaming soundcard is strongly recommended as it delivers the finest gaming audio experience. Razer’s gaming products can be found at specialised gaming counters and will cost around Rs 7,500.

The Razer Piranha gaming communicator, is yet another headset designed for gamers with true-to-life audio quality and a noise-filtering microphone. But they were not the best headphones we have experienced. The headphones had worked the best while gaming, but the sound was not as rich as we would like when listening to music or watching a movie. Admittedly, bass response was good without becoming overpowering. However, the Piranha is certainly better than the speakers integrated into most laptops. The quality of the voice communication was as good as can be expected from headphones worth Rs 4,000.

Genius HS-04UIf you don’t have a sound card or just don’t want to bother with the hassle of unplugging your speakers then your best option is a USB headset. The Genius HS-04U is a gamer-oriented USB headset with support for Dolby headphone, and though we like a lot of what it does, it’s not without its problems. For starters, it is not a fancy headset.

While the headset will just work without drivers, you won’t get any of the cool features unless you install the drivers. Once installed, users get nifty virtual 3D via Dolby headphone support. The Genius HS-04U also packs in surprises such as a sense of a wider soundscape and even a bit of 3D audio. Adjust the size of the virtual room, apply reverb effects to make it sound like an amphitheatre or bathroom, and tweak the tone with a 10-band graphic equaliser. There’s even a karaoke function. From playing games to using it for VoIP services, Genius HS-04U presents itself as an affordable option at just Rs 2,700.

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