Top 10 Richest Cricketers of 2013

Top 10 Richest Cricketers of 2013
10. Michael Clarke (AUS) - $2.5 million
9. Kevin Pietersen (ENG) - $3 million
8. Brett Lee (AUS) - $3 million
7. Ricky Ponting (AUS) - $3.5 million
6. Sourav Ganguly (IND) - $3.5 million
5. Andrew Flintoff (ENG) - $4 million
4. Rahul Dravid (IND) - $5 million
3. Yuvraj Singh (IND) - $5 million
2. Sachin Tendulkar (IND) - $8 million
1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (IND) - $8 million

Top 10 Players to play Most International Cricket Matches

Top 10 Players to play Most International Cricket Matches:
10. Steve Waugh (Aus) - 493 Matches
9. Mutthia Muralitharan (SL) - 495 Matches
8. Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) - 499 Matches
7. Rahul Dravid (Ind) - 509 Matches
6. Jaques Kallis (SA) - 516 Matches
5. Kumar Sanakkara (SL) - 537 Matches
4. Ricky Ponting (AUS) - 560 Matches
3. Sanath Jayasuria (SL) - 586 Matches
2. Mahela Jayawardene (SL) - 600 Matches
1. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) - 664 Matches
Sangakkara and Jayawardene are the only 2 players who have not retired from international cricket

AB de Villiers sets new world record in Tests

South Africa's wicketkeeper-batsman AB de Villiers has set a new world record during the opening day of the second Test against Australia.

De Villiers became the first batsman in Test history to register 50 plus scores in 12 consecutive Tests.

The previous record was 11, jointly held by India's Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and West Indies' Vivian Richards. The 30-year-old right-hander, who captains South Africa in One Day Internationals, scored 51 not out on the opening day.

De Villiers' hot streak of half centuries started in November-December 2012 against Australia. He had made 169 in that game in Perth, which was Ricky Ponting's final Test.

Also during this knock yesterday, De Villiers completed 7,000 runs in Tests. He was playing his 90th Test. De Villiers made his Test debut against England in December 2004.

AB de Villiers' 50+ scores

1. 4, 169 Vs Australia, Perth, November-December 2012
2. 67 Vs New Zealand, Cape Town, January 2013
3. 51 Vs New Zealand, Porth Elizabeth, January 2013
4. 31, 103*, Vs Pakistan, Johannesburg, February 2013
5. 61, 36, Vs Pakistan, Cape Town, February 2013
6. 121 Vs Pakistan, Centurion, February 2013
7. 19, 90 Vs Pakistan, Abu Dhabi, October 2013
8. 164 Vs Pakistan, Dubai, October 2013
9. 13, 103 Vs India, Johannesburg, December 2013
10. 74 Vs India, Durban, December 2013
11. 91, 48 Vs Australia, Centurion, February 2014
12. 116 Vs Australia, Port Elizabeth, February 2014

Top 5 Most International Run Scorer in 2014

Top 5 Most International Run Scorer in 2014

• Kumar Sangakkara 778 runs (avg 77.80)
• Brendon McCullum 767 runs  (avg 63.91)
• Kane Williamson 594 runs (avg 54.00)
• Mahela Jayawardene 508 runs (avg 101.60)
• Virat Kohli 505 runs (avg 63.12)

JP Duminy with his wife

                                            JP Duminy with his super sexy wife Sue Duminy.

Johnson, Haddin valued at top base price for IPL auction

Freshly-crowned Ashes heroes Mitchell Johnson, Brad Haddin and Steven Smith are part of a group of 31 players that has attracted the highest base price of Rs 20 million (US$ 320,000 approx.) for the IPL player auction to be to be held in Bangalore on February 12 and 13. They are part of the 233-strong auction list of capped players from ten countries, which was finalised by the IPL last week and distributed to the eight franchises.

There are 46 Indians on the list including prominent players like Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthik, Pragyan Ojha and Yusuf Pathan, all of whom have been listed at the top base price of Rs 20 million. Irfan Pathan, the allrounder, is not in the top bracket but has been valued at Rs 15 million. Varun Aaron, the fast bowler who is currently with the national team in New Zealand, has skipped the auction.

Among the overseas players, some of the notable names missing are the Sri Lanka pair of Kumar Sangakkara and Dinesh Chandimal, Australia's Michael Clarke and Mitchell Marsh, England's Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, and West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach.

With Sri Lanka touring Ireland and England this summer players like Sangakkara - who also has a young family - are likely to have decided to cool their heels before the UK trip. However Sangakkara's team-mates Mahela Jayawardene and Angelo Mathews have decided to enter the auction even if they are bound to miss the business end of the IPL.

Among the first-timers, New Zealand allrounder Corey Anderson tops the list and could likely be one of the most sought-after players. Anderson hit the fastest ODI century, in 36 balls, against West Indies. The 23-year-old, who is now the fastest to register both a century and a five-for in an ODI career, has a base price of Rs 10 million. Anderson has been the best allrounder in the ongoing one-day series against India, which New Zealand have won.

Alex Hales, currently the No. 1-ranked batsman in Twenty20 internationals, is also searching for a top-bracket deal after that became a clause in the agreement he made with his county Nottinghamshire to be allowed into the auction. Both Hales and Samit Patel will only be allowed to participate should they secured the most lucrative contracts available.

The biggest England name in the list is Kevin Pietersen who is a free agent again after Delhi Daredevils opted not to retain any players. Although England's central contracts have clauses to allow players a period at the IPL - a period that has been extended under the new deals - Pietersen's IPL participation could well by a thorny issue again if there has been a breakdown in the relationship between him and England's team director Andy Flower as has been suggested.

As expected, Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes have not put their names forward for this year's tournament even though both would have gathered significant interest. After the 5-0 Ashes whitewash there is a desire in English cricket for the rejuvenation of the Test side to be made a priority and both Broad and Stokes, who impressed in the Ashes, will be central to that.

Perhaps a little more surprising is the absence of Jos Buttler, England's explosive limited-overs wicketkeeper, who has a strong reputation in Twenty20. However, not joining the IPL means he will have an extended run of four-day County Championship cricket at the start of the English season to push his claims to be England's Test keeper - a role that is now far more fluid following Matt Prior's omission during the Ashes.

Once again Pakistan players will be not part of the auction although two Pakistan-born players - Azhar Mahmood (England) and Fawad Ahmad (Australia) - have been listed.

Australian chinaman bowler Brad Hogg, at 43, will be the oldest capped player in the auction and is listed at reserve price of Rs 15 million. Hogg was part of Rajasthan Royals till IPL 2013, though he played just the one match last season. The other 40-plus capped player is former Sri Lanka offspinner Muttiah Muralitharn (Rs 10 million), who was with Royal Challengers Bangalore last season.

Ryan ten Doeschate, who was with Kolkata Knight Riders till last year, is the solitary player form the Associates (Netherlands) and has a base price of Rs 10 million.

According to the new IPL player regulations, it has been decided that all players will be paid in Indian rupees from this year. Overseas players will be paid in the currency of their choice at the prevailing exchange rate on either the actual date of payment or contract due date, whichever is beneficial to the player.

Top 10 Leading Run Scorers In Asia Cup

Top 10 Leading Run Scorers In Asia Cup:

10. Ms Dhoni (Ind) - 571 Runs
9. Gautam Gambhir (Ind) - 573 Runs
8. Shoaib Malik (Pak) - 575 Runs
7. Inzamam-Ul-Haq (Pak) - 591 Runs
6. Marvan Atapattu (SL) - 642 Runs
5. Arvinda De Silva (SL) - 645 Runs
4. Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) - 741 Runs
3. Kumar Sangakkara (SL) - 827 Runs
2. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) - 971 Runs
1. Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) - 1220 Runs

Asia Cup Schedule - 2014

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Asia Cup 2014  Complete Schedule :

February 25 - Pakistan v Sri Lanka , Fatullah
February 26 - Bangladesh v India , Fatullah
February 27 - Afghanistan v Pakistan, Fatullah
February 28 - India v Sri Lanka, Fatullah
March 1 - Bangladesh v Afghanistan, Fatullah
March 2 - India v Pakistan, Mirpur
March 3 - Afghanistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur
March 4 - Bangladesh v Pakistan, Mirpur
March 5 - Afghanistan v India, Mirpur
March 6 - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Mirpur
March 8 - Final, Mirpur

Johnson moves to world No.4

Mitchell Johnson has leapt five places to be ranked the world's fourth-best bowler in the latest update to the Reliance ICC player rankings for Test bowlers.

Johnson destroyed South Africa with career-best figures of 12-127 in the opening Test at Centurion last week, and has taken 49 wickets at an average of 13 in his past six Test matches.

South Africa and Australia now occupy the top four positions in the bowling ranks, with Dale Steyn taking back the No.1 position from teammate Vernon Philander, while Ryan Harris remains consistent in third.

Philander had held top spot for 55 days but his match return of 1-97 at Centurion saw him drop 11 ranking points to fall back behind Steyn.

Steyn's Centurion returns of 4-78 and 2-61 in either innings saw him remain steady with 901 ranking points. The South African spearhead took top spot in July 2009 and spent 187 matches, or 1630 days, as the top-ranked bowler until Philander overtook him last December.

Peter Siddle sits in sixth position, while Lyon holds down 19th spot – one behind Ben Hilfenhaus who remains in the rankings despite not having played a Test since December 2012.

Lyon's 614 ranking points for 19th spot are light-years ahead of South Africa's first-choice spinner Robin Peterson, who sits in 64th spot with 259 points.

New Zealand’s Tim Southee moved up to a career-best ninth following his match haul of 5-143 in the Wellington Test against India. Southee is now on 757 ratings points, just 10 behind eighth-ranked teammate Trent Boult.

In the batsmen rankings, Blackcaps skipper Brendon McCullum’s spectacular match-saving knock of 302 in the Wellington Test against India has helped him jump eight places to a career-best 12th.

McCullum, who became the first New Zealand batsman to score a triple hundred, helped draw the second and final Test in Wellington on Tuesday, giving NZ a 1-0 series win.

McCullum shares 12th position with Australia’s David Warner, who moves up three spots of his 115 in the second innings in Centurion.

Meanwhile, India’s Virat Kohli has moved up two places to a career-high of ninth, following knocks of 38 and an unbeatedn 105 in Wellington, to break into the top 10 for the first time.

Kohli joins seventh-ranked teammate Cheteshwar Pujara (down by one) as the only two India batsmen inside the top 10.

Alex Doolan's gutsy knocks of 27 and 89 on debut have seem him enter the table in 59th spot, while Shaun Marsh returned to the table in 63rd position following scores of 148 and 44.

South Africa’s AB de Villiers continues to top the batting table, followed by Kumar Sangakkara in second position and Shivnarine Chanderpaul of West Indies in third place.

T20 WORLD CUP 2014 Schedule

ICC has announced T20 World Cup 2014 schedule and fixtures dates as per FTP of Cricket which is set to take place in Bangladesh from 16 March to 6 April, 2014 in four major cities including Mirpur,

Chittagong, Sylhet and Cox's Bazar. For the first time the tournament will have 16 teams including 10 full members qualified directly and 6 associate members qualified through 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. Full schedule and fixtures of ICC T20 World Cup 2014 has now been announced by the ICC. A total of 51 matches are to be played during the 2014 T20 World Cup including 16 warm-up matches, 32 group matches, 2 semis and finals. All teams play four group matches before they qualify for the semis and final. Pakistan meet arch-rivals India in their opening match on Friday March 21 followed by matches with Australia, A1 qualifier and West Indies. India on the other hand play with West Indies, A1 qualifier and Australia respectively. You can sort the below fixtures table by each country by using the built-in search function. Schedule of T20 World Cup 2014 fixtures shows list of all matches with dates, venues and timing of matches in GMT, local, IST (Indian standard time) and PKT (Pakistan local time). Use the search below to filter matches by venues, countries or timings:

16, March 2014	Group A – Bangladesh vs Afghanistan	Mirpur
16, March 2014	Group A – Hong Kong vs Nepal	Chittagong
17, March 2014	Group B – Zimbabwe vs Ireland	Sylhet Stadium
17, March 2014	Group B - Netherlands vs UAE	Sylhet Stadium
18, March 2014	Group A - Afghanistan vs Hong Kong	Chittagong
18, March 2014	Group A - Bangladesh vs Nepal	Chittagong
19, March 2014	Group B - Netherlands vs Zimbabwe	Sylhet Stadium
19, March 2014	Group B - Ireland vs UAE	Sylhet Stadium
20, March 2014	Group A - Afghanistan vs Nepal	Chittagong
20, March 2014	Group A - Bangladesh vs Hong Kong	Chittagong
21, March 2014	Group B - Zimbabwe vs UAE	Sylhet Stadium
21, March 2014	Group B - Ireland vs Netherlands	Sylhet Stadium

21, March 2014	Group 2 – India v Pakistan	Mirpur
22, March 2014	Group 1 – South Africa v Sri Lanka	Chittagong
22, March 2014	Group 1 – England v New Zealand	Chittagong
23, March 2014	Group 2 – Australia v Pakistan	Mirpur
23, March 2014	Group 2 – India v West Indies	Mirpur
24, March 2014	Group 1 – New Zealand v South Africa	Chittagong
24, March 2014	Group 1 – Sri Lanka vs TBC (Q B1)	Chittagong
25, March 2014	Group 2 – West Indies vs TBC (Q A1)	Mirpur
27, March 2014	Group 1 – South Africa vs TBC (Q B1)	Chittagong
27, March 2014	Group 1 – England v Sri Lanka	Chittagong
28, March 2014	Group 2 – Australia vs West Indies	Mirpur
28, March 2014	Group 2 – India vs TBC (Q A1)	Mirpur
29, March 2014	Group 1 – New Zealand vs TBC (Q B1)	Chittagong
29, March 2014	Group 1 – England vs South Africa	Chittagong
30, March 2014	Group 2 – Pakistan vs TBC (Q A1)	Mirpur
30, March 2014	Group 2 – Australia vs India	Mirpur
31, March 2014	Group 1 – England vs TBC (Q B1)	Chittagong
31, March 2014	Group 1 – New Zealand vs Sri Lanka	Chittagong
01, April 2014	Group 2 – Australia vs TBC (Q A1)	Mirpur
01, April 2014	Group 2 – Pakistan vs West Indies	Mirpur
03, April 2014	1st Semi-Final	Mirpur
04, April 2014	2nd Semi-Final	Mirpur
06, April 2014	Final – TBC vs TBC	Mirpur
07, April 2014	Reserve Day (Final)	Mirpur

Asia Cup 2014, Schedule, Squads, Rules & Overview

Asia Cup 2014 cricket Tournament will start on Feb 25, 2014 in Bangladesh. The last match of the tournament will be held on Mar 8, 2014.

There will be 5 teams participating in this edition of the tournament namely India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

According to the Asia Cup 2014 time table, all the teams will play 4 matches (one against each other) and will be rewarded 4 points for victory and 2 points for tie/ no result. After the competition of the preliminary round, the two teams with the maximum no. of points will qualify for the final and the team winning that final match will become the champion.

The opening match of the Asia Cup 2014 will be played between the defending champions Pakistan and Sri Lanka on 25th of February at Fatullah. The next 4 matches will also take place at the same venue and then, the action will shift to Mirpur where the last 6 matches including the final will be played.

Sri Lanka

Angelo Mathews (capt), Dinesh Chandimal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Lahiru Thirimanne, Ashan Priyanjan, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Sachithra Senanayake, Ajantha Mendis, Chathuranga De Silva.

India

MS Dhoni (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ambati Rayudu, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar, Mohammad Shami, Varun Aaron, Stuart Binny, Amit Mishra and Ishwar Pandey.

Pakistan

Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Sharjeel Khan, Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal, Sohaib Maqsood, Fawad Alam, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Anwar Ali, Bilawal Bhatti, Mohammad Talha.

Bangladesh

Imrul Kayes, Nazimuddin, Jahurul Islam, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Elias Sunny, Nazmul Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Shahadat Hossain, Anamul Haque.

Afganistan

Mohammad Nabi Esakhil (C), Mohammad Shehzad (WK), Noor Ali Zadran, Karim Sadiq, Nawroz Mangal, Mohammad Asghar Stanikzai, Samiullah Shinwari, Rehmat Shah Zurmati, Mirwais Ashraf, Fazal Niazai, Hamza Hotak, Hamid Hassan, Shapoor Zadran, Dawlat Zadran, Najibullah Zadran.