The ICC World Twenty20 2012 will be contested by 12 teams which have been 'seeded' and divided into four groups:
Group A Group B Group C Group D
A1: England B1: Australia C1: Sri Lanka D1: Pakistan A2: India B2: West Indies C2: South Africa D2: New Zealand Q2: Afghanistan Q1: Ireland Zimbabwe Bangladesh
*If a team seeded third in the group qualifies for the Super Eight, it will adopt the code of the team they have replaced.
For example, if Q2 qualifies(Afghanistan) at England's expense in second place in group A, it would be A1 and India still A2.
If Bangladesh beat in huge margin and qualifies at Pakistan's expense in its group D , it would be D1 and New Zealand still D2.
No points are carried forward to the Super Eight stage, and the top two teams in each Super Eight group will qualify for the semi-finals.
Super Eight
Group 1 Group 2
England India West Indies Australia Sri Lanka South Africa New Zealand Pakistan
Thu Sep 27 10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST 13th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - Sri Lanka v New Zealand (C1 v D2) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Thu Sep 27 14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST 14th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - England v West Indies (A1 v B2) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Fri Sep 28 10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST 15th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - Pakistan v South Africa (D1 v C2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Fri Sep 28 14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST 16th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - Australia v India (B1 v A2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sat Sep 29 10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST 17th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - England v New Zealand (A1 v D2) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Sat Sep 29 14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST 18th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - Sri Lanka v West Indies (C1 v B2) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Sun Sep 30 10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST 19th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - Australia v South Africa (B1 v C2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Sep 30 14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST 20th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - Pakistan v India (D1 v A2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Mon Oct 1 10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST 21st Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - New Zealand v West Indies (B2 v D2) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Mon Oct 1 14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST 22nd Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - Sri Lanka v England (A1 v C1) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Tue Oct 2 10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST 23rd Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - Australia v Pakistan (B1 v D1) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue Oct 2 14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST 24th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - India v South Africa (A2 v C2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Thu Oct 4 13:30 GMT | 19:00 local 19:00 IST 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (Super 8 Group-1 1 v Super 8 Group-2 2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Fri Oct 5 13:30 GMT | 19:00 local 19:00 IST 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (Super 8 Group-2 1 v Super 8 Group-1 2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Oct 7 13:30 GMT | 19:00 local 19:00 IST Final - TBC v TBC R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo thanks to-"espncricinfo"
Charms cc beat Velusamy cc comfortably by 110 + runs here at Micros kids school , kaniyaanpoondi. This was velusamy cc 's first defeat of the season . Stunners cc defeat Jupitar by 2 wickets in a nail biting finish here at TTP MILL ground.
1. Stunners beat Jupiter cc by 2 wickets at TTP MILL ground,tirupur
2. Charms beat Velusamy by 110+ runs at Micros kids school , kaniyaanpoondi. 3. TCC "A" beat Lakshmi mills colony cc by 80+ runs at professional college ground, lakshmi mill colony, palladam. 4. Maruthi cc beat Bradman by 4 wickets at Govt arts college ground udumalpet. (The above result is not an official release its up to my knowledge-editor )
Thrilling match ends in favor of villupuram. The visitors need 253 for first innings lead , at one stage they are 220 for 8 and 240 for 9 but still manage and take first innings lead .
scores briefly : Tirupur 252 & 100 for seven in 21 overs drew with Villupuram 284
in 69.3 overs (M. Sridar Raj 60, B. Balakrishnan 39, V. Sakthivel 39, S.
Md. Azharudeen 36, A. Prithvirajan 36, P. Subramani five for 100 &
D. Arun Kumar three for 48). Villupuram progress to next level by first innings lead
Villupuram dismissed host Tirupur for 252 on the opening day of the
two-day TNCA under-25 inter-district cricket pre-quarterfinal clash at
the TEA Public School grounds, here on Thursday. In reply, Villupuram was 52 for no loss at stumps. The scores: Tirupur 252 in 74.2 overs (V. Madasamy 31, G. Surender 45, A.
Mohammed Sabik 44, S. Mohd. Azharudeen four for 47) vs. Villupuram 52
for no loss in 13 overs (B. Balakrishnan 35 n.o.).
The second stage of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association -Inter-districts u-25 tournament between TIRUPUR VS VILUPURAMis scheduled "September " 20,and 21 at "TEA Public School ground" here in Tirupur.
The two day tie consisting maximum 90 overs each. The winner will decide by either outright win 'or' first innings lead. "DCAT" organizing the event.
(The above schedule is not an official release its up to my knowledge-editor ) -----------------------------------------------------------------
Kunnathur SC 256 in 49 overs (A. Prabhakaran 37, V. Rajamanickam 60, N.
Namachivayam four for 55) bt Handloom Boys CC 113 in 39.2 overs (R.
Kaarthick 43, D. Suresh Kumar five for 18, R. Gowtham three for 17);
Bharathiar CC 200 in 41.2 overs (J. Vengadapathy 42, R. Prakash 45, B.
Saravanan 34 not out, S.M. Prabhakar three for 35, E. Sathish Kumar four
for 14) bt Lucky Young Star CC 160 in 39 overs (R. Chandrasekar 31, A.
Ravichandran three for 17);
Red Blue CC 244 for nine in 50 overs (P.
Dinesh Karthick 54, U. Durai Arasan 41, M. Vijayan 39, A. Karthikeyan
three for 57, D. Bagath four for 44) bt TICCA ‘B 69 in 23.4 overs (M.
Vijayan five for 14);
Seven Star CC 50 in 24 overs (Pandiyarajan five
for 17, K. Manojkumar three for 18) lost to Tulip CC 51 for three in 9.5
overs.
To modern cricket viewers in India, it can be difficult to associate
the West Indies with success on the pitch. A soon-to-be-released
documentary, however, hopes to change the way the team is looked at and
show that our nostalgia is wholly justified
It was impossible to escape the impression last winter, at the end of
the West Indies’ tour of India, that the visitors’ defeat had
disappointed some of us too. There was no excessive glorying in the
victory for our side, no overzealous celebration; instead, every West
Indian success — however small — was seized upon, every marginal
accomplishment clutched at, encouragement sought in every half-decent
passage of play. It was almost as if some of us secretly wanted the West
Indies to win.
To those born beyond the late 1980s, this sentiment may seem
incomprehensible, but to earlier generations, cricketing heroes came
mostly in maroon. “Other than being great players, there was something
about them,” smiles K.N. Ramesh, 44 years old and one of the millions of
West Indies nostalgics the world over. “You could make out that they
loved what they were doing; they just radiated so much joy.It was
incredible.”
Between March 1976 and January 1988 — as Ramesh went through school and
college — the West Indies won 43 of the 91 Test matches they played,
losing only nine. The first significant stirrings of downfall were felt
at the turn of the decade, the aura slipping inch by inch before
crumbling with the series defeat to Australia in 1995 — their first in
close to 15 years. Since then, they have lost 85 out of 158 Tests
against the major nations (excluding Zimbabwe and Bangladesh), winning
only 26.
“You may rationalise and explain why they declined,” Ramesh sighs, “but
it doesn’t make it any easier to accept. Look at their body language
during the India series; it was as if they’d given up. It just hurts to
see a West Indies team like this. It really hurts.”
It cannot be said how much Stevan Riley’s Fire in Babylon will help the
likes of Ramesh’s son understand the genesis of their fathers’ and
grandfathers’ love affair with the West Indies cricket team — but it is
definitely a starting point. The documentary feature chronicles,
vividly, the human face of the struggles and triumphs. Among the
sceptical, that always stands a better chance of appreciation than
numbers.
Releasing September 21 in India, Riley’s project charts the rise of the
West Indies cricket team, from patronised ‘calypso cricketers’ to world
beaters. The film premiered at the London Film Festival in 2010, before
opening to resounding reviews in the U.K. last year. Executive Producer
Ben Goldsmith hopes the film will reignite interest in cricket in the
Caribbean and revive the West Indies’ fortunes (see interview). “We
complain that young cricketers in the West Indies are not focused on
what cricket means to the Caribbean and all they are doing is playing
for themselves,” said Michael Holding, whose role in the narrative is a
prominent one, in London last year. “What this film will tell them is
the history of West Indies cricket, where it’s coming from and that it’s
not just a sport.”
Fire In Babylon - Cricket Movie Trailer
The story begins at the end of the 1975-76 series in Australia, when
Clive Lloyd’s men return home disgraced, reeling from the 5-1 pounding
Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thompson had given them. “I remember Clive said:
‘never again’,” Viv Richards recounts in the trailer. “’If we can find
some fast bowlers, let us see how well they can handle it.’”
Although their famed quartet was to fully form only a couple of years
after the Australia debacle, in debutants Michael Holding and Wayne
Daniel, (Andy Roberts was rested for two of the four matches), the West
Indies offered a proper foretaste of what lay in the years ahead when
India came calling. With the series level at 1-1, in the final Test on
an unpredictable Sabina Park pitch, three Indian batsmen were hit and
injured. Outraged, the captain Bishan Singh Bedi declared with six
wickets down in the first innings, while in the second only five could
bat (two more players having picked up injuries while fielding). Opinion
was sharply divided. The tourists were furious with what they deemed
deliberately dangerous bowling while the home side said India was merely
whingeing.
Despite the ill-feeling that the Jamaica Test seemed to breed, there was
little of it to be felt when the West Indies toured India in 1979.
Alvin Kallicharan led a team depleted by moves to Kerry Packer’s World
Series Cricket, but it was one that still managed to win 1-0. “Kalli had
a very good rapport with the Indian team,” recalls G.R. Viswanath, the
only batsman on this side, along with Sunil Gavaskar, to handle their
bowling with any degree of comfort. “So it was all very cordial. It
probably helped that they had one or two players of Indian origin.”
When Indian teams travelled to the Caribbean, they found they were
greeted well (too well by the local ‘East Indians’, in places like
Trinidad and Guyana, for the home team’s liking), with particular
respect for those who stood up to their bowlers. “When we landed there
in ’83, there was a Rastafarian waiting for us,” recollects Anshuman
Gaekwad, who had batted through pain in Jamaica. “He asked for me, Sunny
maan (Gavaskar) and Vishy maan (Viswanath). He waved at us but was
distraught when we said Viswanath hadn’t come (having retired earlier
that month).”
West Indian players too took to India, speaking warmly of the passion
for cricket they saw here. Richards, perhaps the most-adored West Indian
player in these parts, made his debut in Bangalore in 1974 — the first
Test match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. V. Balendu Mouli, a retired
Karnataka umpire, has little trouble recalling images from that game.
“What a sight Lloyd was! He’d set his front foot down and pull the ball
from six feet in front of him; such was his reach.” A nervous Richards
made four and three with the bat, but held Gavaskar (diving, according
to Mouli, “like a goalkeeper”) and Farokh Engineer at short leg. The
catches, Richards later felt, probably kept him in the side.
A full-strength West Indies team returned in October 1983, exacting
severe vengeance for the defeat in the World Cup final in June. Holding
and the late Malcolm Marshall took 30 and 33 wickets in the series (the
latter surpassing Roberts’ 32 from 1974-75, till then the best returns
for a West Indian bowler in India), as the visitors won 3-0, two of
those Tests by an innings. K.V. Rajagopal, a veteran spectator of Test
matches at Kolkata, remembers with child-like delight Marshall’s nine
for 102 at the Eden Gardens on that tour. “He made the most of the early
morning mist; my God, what a terrific sight! I couldn’t even spot the
ball,” he exclaims. Yet, there was no great disappointment at India’s
loss. “It didn’t feel so bad because they were the West Indies. People
loved them; they played the game in the right spirit and they just
didn’t play for a draw. Greenidge, Haynes, Richards, Lloyd and those
bowlers — how could they play for a draw?”
Does part of the reason for India’s general support for the West Indies
cricket team also lie in their race? Maybe. But there was no
inconsiderable thrill among Indian supporters in 1976 when Lloyd’s men
crushed England 3-0. Fire in Babylon draws a link here, between the
exploits of the unstoppable West Indies team and cultural liberation in
the Caribbean. As their cricketers marched on, beating the world, West
Indians went to work with a pride they hadn’t known, and expressed
themselves in ways they hadn’t been allowed to. Babylon — the
Rastafarian term for systems of oppression and discrimination — was on
fire.
Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Colin Croft and Joel Garner
The series had assumed extra significance in light of Tony Greig’s
threat on TV to make the visitors ‘grovel’. “If the West Indians are on
top they are magnificent,” he said on the BBC’s Sportsnight programme.
“If they are down, they grovel. And, with the help of Closey (Brian
Close) and a few others, I intend to make them grovel.” (The clip is
included in full in the film.) The West Indian players were gathered for
a team meeting in the hotel when they heard Greig’s comments. Once the
connotations of those remarks, from a player of South African origin,
became apparent, “that team meeting and every subsequent one on that
tour was made instantly made redundant,” wrote Richards, in his
autobiography, Sir Vivian. “This was the greatest motivating speech the
England captain could have given to any West Indian team.”
The bowlers — Holding and Roberts eventually finished with 28 wickets
apiece — unleashed their full fury on Greig, and whoever his unfortunate
partner happened to be. The England captain was bowled five times in
the series, making serious runs only at Headingley. Thousands of the
immigrant West Indian community poured into the Oval, from neighbouring
Brixton, for the final Test of the series. And what a show their heroes
put on! The tourists won by 231 runs, Holding taking a career and West
Indies-best 14 for 149, and Richards walloping his all-time high score
of 291. What was more, Holding bowled Greig in both innings, leaving the
crowd delirious.
“At one level, this was like your hero beating up the bully,” chuckles
Ramesh. And there was no better embodiment of this figure than Richards,
who made 829 runs in seven innings that series (“I was grovelling at
291; yeah Tony Greig — you got me out,” upon his dismissal at the Oval).
While his colleagues were spreading terror in the ranks of the
opposition, he had no worries facing any bowler himself. “Fast bowlers
are basically bullies who try to intimidate batsmen,” he wrote, in all
his withering, gum-chewing disdain. “My attitude was: don’t treat me
like that. I have a bat and you only have a ball.”
Hunting in a pack
In 1977 debuted Colin Croft and ‘Big Bird’ Joel Garner (“I don’t need no
mid-on and I don’t need no mid-off and all the batsman will need is a
stepping ladder”), thus completing a foursome of bowlers unalloyed in
their pace. “Way back into history, fast bowlers had always hunted in
pairs but never four at a time,” observed Dickie Bird, the pre-eminent
umpire of that era, in his autobiography. “[Clive Lloyd] brought in four
quickies, one at one end, a second at the other, and two more resting
at third man and fine leg waiting to take over. There was no respite, no
getting away from them. This was something completely different.”
The West Indies took the 1979 World Cup, before beating Australia,
England, India and Pakistan in Test series. In 1982, Marshall replaced
Croft; Roberts retired the next year while Holding followed in ’87. The
film closes at the team’s zenith, the 5-0 ‘Blackwash’ of England in
1984. Although nowhere near the peak of their powers in the nineties,
the West Indies remained unbeaten in a Test series till midway through
the decade, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh delaying the inevitable.
No other team, Holding states, as the credits roll, dominated any sport
for 15 years. The West Indies may not have gone anywhere near the same
heights again, but those feats still remain staggering. “It smarts out
there that they really haven’t been as good,” Riley said in an interview
last year. “People kept talking about the decline and I had to remind
them that this was about the glory days.” The grief of watching the West
Indies wither, though, will never fade away, Ramesh believes. “Look, it
is a very personal bond you form with your boyhood team,” he states,
painfully. “I do not think that you will understand. You have never
watched Richards bat.”
More than just cricket
Ben Goldsmith, Executive Producer of Fire in Babylon, talks about the making of the film and its reception.
Where did the idea for the film come from?
I’ve always been a big cricket fan. Also, my sister Jemima was married
to Imran Khan and I grew up with Imran telling me lots of stories about
this West Indies team. So I told [producer] Charles Steel that we should
do this film, and so we went out and found a director. Imran was very
helpful in arranging interviews with the players.
The movie is more than just about cricket. But was there a fear that it would be perceived as just a cricket film?
We made a conscious effort to ensure that that didn’t happen. The story
is about independent island nations emerging from colonial rule and the
cultural revolution – especially in music – that took place in the
region. Cricket was simply the centrepiece of a much broader
emancipation process.
There has been criticism that Fire in Babylon tries too hard to fit
certain ideas into the narrative, that some aspects – particularly the
racial bit – have been overstated.
We wanted the film to be a story told by the protagonists, in their own
words, and this is how they chose to tell it. Maybe the film became more
political than it could have been but that’s how the players felt at
the time. It meant more than sport to them. But there was no conscious
effort from the production team to make it political.
How was the film received in the Caribbean?
Oh, they absolutely loved it. We’re now trying to get as many people
there to watch it as possible. It’s part of the school curriculum in
Jamaica, Antigua and St. Lucia. So kids will watch it, and we hope
they’re inspired by it and it triggers a revolution. The current players
liked it too. Tino Best credited Fire in Babylon after he played that
record knock (95, highest score by a no.11 in Tests), and Darren Sammy
and Chris Gayle have referred to it.
Why is it releasing in India a year after it opened in the UK?
It was purely logistical. We wanted to find exactly the right partner
for it. India has a similar history, although independence came much
earlier. So we hope people will be able to relate to it.
kunnathur sc all most confirm their promotion to the second division by beating handloom boys. This is 5 th win from 6 matches for kunnathur .
1. Kunnathur SCbeatHandloom Boys by 130+ runs at TEA puplic school, avinashi. 2.Bharathiar CC beat Lucky Young Star CC by 80+ runs at Micros kids school at, kaniyaanpoondi.
3. Red Blue CCbeatTirupur Iduvampalayam CCA by 175 runs at professional college ground, lakshmi mill colony, palladam.
4. Tulip CC beatSeven Star CC atGovt arts college ground udumalpet.
detail score card coming soon
(The above detail is not an official release its up to my knowledge-editor )
Latest result from Tamil Nadu Cricket Association -Inter-districts u-25 tournament here in tirupur. scores:
Tirupur 236 for seven in 50 overs (P. Subramani 63, M. Logeshwaran
35 n.o., R. Saravanan three for 24) bt Karur 129 in 29 overs (R.
Saravanan 58, A. Kennedy Santhiyagu three for 30, P. Subramani four for
24.
Kanyakumari 230 in 45.1 overs (K.H. Prabhu Singh 85, G.
Godson 43, J. Babin Christo 38, K. Silambarasan five for 37) bt
Perambalur 37 in 16.4 overs (G. Godson seven for 24, W. Antony Dhas
three for 10).
Tirupur, Kanyakumari qualify from this pool .
Tirupur next play against vilupuram . Schedule of the match and venue will be decide latter
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association -Inter-districts u-25 tournament.
Wednesday (12/9/12):
N. Prithviraj struck an unbeaten 59 as host Tirupur scored a convincing seven-wicket win over Perambalur in its opening fixture of the TNCA U-25 inter-district (D-Zone) cricket tournament at the TEA Public School grounds here on Wednesday. After bundling out the visitor for 121, the host scored the required runs in less than 20 overs. The scores: Perambalur 121 in 42.4 overs (S. Subramani three for 19, A. Mahendran three for 18) lost to Tirupur 123 for three in 19.5 overs (N. Prithviraj 59 n.o., A. Kennedy Santhiyagu 31 n.o., G. Prabakaran three for 25).
Kanyakumari 161 in 44.4 overs (J.B. Christo 45, Arun K. Karol 31, S. Dinesh three for 33) bt Karur 78 in 27.1 overs (W. Anthony Dhas three for 14, A. Aldrin four for 16, G. Godson three for 24).
Thursday 13/9/12
Karur 167 in 44.3 overs (S. Yuvaraj 41 not out, K. Kathiravan three for 14, S. Manoj Kumar three for 40) bt Perambalur 81 in 36.2 overs (S. Kodiarasu three for 12, S. Yuvaraj three for 10).
Tirupur 179 in 47.4 overs (N. Prithviraj 42, K. Ashok Kumar 46, W. Antony Dhas three for 53, N. Arun Raj three for 27) bt Kanyakumari 128 for nine in 35 overs (Arun V. Karol 35, M. Ganesh Moorthy three for 23, A. Kennedy Santhiyagu three for 27). (Target revised to 151 in 35 overs due to rain).
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FNF 113 in 44.2 overs (S. Vinoth Kumar 38, N. Jaganathan four for 21, M. Ganesha Moorthy three for 10)lost to Tirupur Cricket Academy 114 for five in 31.3 overs(G.periyasamy 29, );
GIO Sports Club ‘A’ 173 in 44.5 overs (Chetan 56, Nizam three for 30(including Hat-trick ), Shankar Ganesh four for 35) lost to Lucky Star CC 160 for nine in 40.3 overs (Target revised to 160 in 46 overs due to rain);
Sathish Prabhu 36&six for 9 for TCC
Tirupur CC 184 in 48.5 overs (Sathish Prabhu 36, Somasundaram 31, Rajesh four for 21, Dinesh Kumar three for 29) bt Kangeyam Kalki CA (Tirupur) 94 in 38.1 overs (Vignesh 38, Arunkumar three for 9, Sathish Prabhu six for 9);
Sir Robert Stanes MCC 212 in 50 overs (Ashok Kumar 35, Manoj Kumar 31, Thangavel four for 33) bt Evershine CC 125 in 39 overs (Loganathan 40, K.S. Arun five for 24).
Second division match
Jupiter CC 228 in 49.5 overs (G. Saran Prethium 51, Immanuel 34, R. Balashanmugham four for 42) bt LMCC 175 in 41.3 overs (V. Balakrishnan 47, M. Ganesan three for 22).
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association -Inter-districts u-25 tournament between TIRUPUR, PERAMBALUR,KARUR, AND KANYAKUMARI is scheduled "September " 12,13,,and 14 at "TEA Public School ground"and Micros kids school ground .The match consists 50 overs per side and all 'ODI' rules will follow.
P. SUBRAMAI named Tirupur team "captain" and KENNEDY SANDIYAGO as his deputy
On first day TIRUPUR play against PERAMBALUR . "DCAT" organizing the event.
SCHEDULE OF MATCHES
12-9-12 1.TIRUPUR VSPERAMBALUR at TEA Public School ground.
2.KARUR VS KANYAKUMARI at Micros kids school ground.
13-9-12 3. TIRUPUR VS KANYAKUMARI at TEA Public School ground.
4. PERAMBALUR VSKARUR at Micros kids school ground.
14-9-12 5.TIRUPUR VS KARUR at TEA Public School ground.
6. KANYAKUMARI VSPERAMBALUR at Micros kids school ground.
(The above detail is not an official release its up to my knowledge-editor )
At TEA Public school, Avinashi TICCA were 95 all out in 27.4 overs(A.Karthikeyan-32 S.Venugopal- Six for 9) lost to Lucky young star cc were 96/7 in 34.1 overs(N.Chandrasekar-three for 19 ) At Migros Kids school, Kaniyampoondi Tulip CC were 236/7 in 50 oversRa. (Manikandan-100 Retired Not outD. Anbananthan-37 V.Dinesh kumar-39) beat Kunnathur Sports club were 177 all out in 37.5 overs (A. Prabaharan-35 M.Rajesh Kannan-Four for 58V.Dinesh kumar-four for 27)
At the Professional College, Palladam Seven Star cc were 151 all out in 28.5 overs (C. Manikandan-40Rajesh Kannan-39 J.Vignesh-five for 22 )beat Handloom boys cc were 109 all out in 34.1 overs (C.Manikandan-five for 14) At Govt. Arts college, udumalpet Bharathiar CC were 180 all out in 48.3 oversB.Saravanan-56(N.S.Thangaraj-48 K. Ramkumar-Four for 13) beat Red Blue cc 143 all out in 37.4 overs (Vinaj Kumar-32 Vijayan-32 Ravichandran-three for 30 )
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Law 36 of the MCC's laws of cricket still has people's heads in a spin - exactly how does the lbw law work? To the uninitiated, the leg before wicket dismissal is to cricket what the offside law is to football. But the lbw law is not as complicated as some people may think.
It is governed by certain principles which, once mastered, make the law simple to understand.
And that is exactly what this guide will aim to do!
LBW: Making a decision
The
umpire will consider an lbw decision if he believes the ball would have
hit the stumps had its path not been obstructed by the batsman's pads
or body.
But the umpire also has to take certain factors into consideration before making a decision
LBW: The three stumps
Three stumps make up a wicket - the off stump, middle stump and leg stump.
From a bowler's perspective, when facing a right-handed batsman, the off stump is to the left of middle stump.
And the leg stump is to the right of middle stump.
This is reversed for a left-handed batsman, where the off stump will be to the bowler's right.
Not out LBW: Ball pitches outside leg stump
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The most important factor when an umpire considers an lbw decision is whether the ball pitched outside leg stump.
If
the ball lands outside the line the of leg stump, the batsman cannot be
given out - even if the ball would have gone on to hit the stumps.
Not out LBW: No-ball
A batsman cannot be given out if either umpire calls a no-ball.
The
most common way this happens is when the heel of the bowler's front
foot lands on or in front of the popping crease (the front line of the
batting crease).
There are 12 other situations when the umpires can call a no-ball.
Not out LBW: Bat before pad
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A batsman cannot be given out if the ball hits the bat before the pad.
Not out LBW: Outside line of off stump
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A defence against an lbw appeal for a batsman is to get his pad outside the line of off stump.
An
umpire will turn down any appeal if he believes the ball has struck the
batsman's pad outside the line of the off stump, even if the ball would
have gone on to hit the stumps.
Unless...
Out LBW: Offering no stroke
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..the batsman makes no genuine attempt to play a stroke.
In that situation, the "the ball hit the pad outside off stump" defence becomes redundant.
LBW: Batsman is out
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In this situation, the ball has pitched on the stumps and has struck the batsman on the pads in front of the wicket.
The ball has not pitched outside the line of leg stump.
And it has not struck the batsman outside the line of off stump.
Therefore the umpire should give the batsman out.
But a lot of the time it is never this simple...
LBW: Yet more considerations
The umpire must also consider four other variables:
- The height of the ball's bounce
- Swing and spin of the ball
- Where the ball hit the pad
- Whether the batsman is attempting to play a stroke
LBW: Height of the ball's bounce
Each pitch tends to have its own idiosyncrasies which must also be taken into account by the umpire.
Some are faster, harder and bouncier than others, which means the ball will bounce higher than on a slower pitch.
In those circumstances, the umpire must decide whether the ball would have gone over the stumps after striking the pad.
LBW: Swing and spin
Bowlers often swing the ball in the air or make the ball spin when it pitches on the wicket.
So if the ball strikes the batsman's pad, the umpire must assess how much the ball would have moved had it not struck the pad.
Would it have swung or spun enough to hit the stumps? Or would the ball have moved too much and missed the stumps completely?
However,
if the ball hits the pad on the full - without pitching - then the
umpire is not permitted to infer whether the ball would have moved after
pitching
LBW: Where the ball strikes the pad
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Batsmen can create doubt in an umpire's mind by taking a big stride down the pitch with their front foot.
By moving further down the pitch, the batsman lengthens the distance between the ball and the stumps.
If
he is struck on the pad a long way down the pitch, the umpire has a
more difficult job to assess whether the ball would have gone on to hit
the stumps.
But
if a batsman is struck while on his back foot or back pad, there is a
shorter distance to judge between the batsman and the stumps,
strengthening the bowler's appeal for an lbw decision
LBW: Is the batsman playing a stroke?
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The umpire must consider if the batsman is making a genuine attempt to offer a stroke.
Sometimes,
especially to spinners, batsmen can intentionally hide their bat behind
the pad, making it unclear as to whether they are playing a shot or
not.
This is a very defensive move designed to frustrate bowlers.
However, it can be difficult to judge, so it comes down to the discretion of the umpire.
LBW: Umpires under pressure
Lbw
appeals happen within the space of two seconds, often less. During that
time the umpire has to assess numerous factors before arriving at their
final outcome.
The increasing role of technology has brought even greater scrutiny to lbws.
TV viewers can see a decision from numerous angles with the help of computer software which can predict swing and spin.
But the umpire has only one chance to get the decision right.
