ICC Twenty Worldcup 2012

The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 will be the fourth ICC World Twenty20 contest,an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that will be held in Srilanka between September 18 and October 7,2012.The schedule has been fixed by ICC.The fourth ICC Twenty20 world cup 2012 opened short while ago at Hambantota,surivawewa cricket ground Srilanka.The first match between host Srilanka and Zimbabwe.

^{Twenty cricket is the shortest and most attractive form of cricket.Most cricket lovers and cricket viewers like Twenty20 cricket.This will be the first World Twenty20 tournament held in an Asian country.The last three being held  South Africa,England and West Indies respectively.The first Twenty20 was hosted by South Africa in 2007,where India beat Pakistan in a sensational play to become Twenty20 champions.Afridi was the man of the tournament.Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in an over bowled by Stuart Broad.In 2009 Twenty20 cricket was held in England,Pakistan defeated Srilanka in this tournament to become World Twenty20 champions.Dilshan was the man of the tournament.Third Twenty20 World cup tournament was held in West Indies and England defeated Australia in this tournament to become Worl Twenty20 champions.Kevin Pietersen was the player of the tournament this time. Hopefully This tournament will also gather  huge popularity and excitement.To get Twenty20 world cup schedule click here.} 

Shoaib Akhtar retired from international cricket

          The fastest bowler in the history of cricket, Shoaib Akhtar retired from international cricket after the 2011 World Cup. The former Pakistani pacer bowled the officially recorded fastest delivery against England, which clocked in at 161.3 km/h (100.2 mph) in speed. Controversy and Akhtar always walked hand-in-hand during his entire international career as cricketer.

Shoaib Akhter

Akhtar made his Test debut against West Indies in front of home crowd at Rawalpindi in 1997 and made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare in 1998. In his controversy-laden career, he has been ban numerous times and was always accused of not being a team player. In his on and off career, he took 178 wickets in 46 Test matches and 247 wickets in 163 ODIs. With his flamboyant attitude and off the field demeanour, the 'Rawalpindi Express' will always be remembered as one of the most popular face of the contemporary cricket.

What is the definition of cricket?

Cricket is played on grass between two teams of 11 players, the aim being for one side to score more runs than the other team. A specially prepared rectangular wicket  is placed in the center of the cricket ground with a set of three stumps (a wicket) at either end, exactly 22yd apart.

cricket match

The captains of each team toss a coin to decide who is going to bat first and who will field first. Two batsmen from the same team take turns facing six consecutive balls from the same bowler, until either of them is out. Meanwhile the 10 remaining players on the other team are positioned tactically around the cricket field to try to prevent the batsmen scoring runs and to try to catch him out.To know about Bangladesh vs Ireland series 2012 click here