Amazing Facts of IPL

:- The Youngest Tornado . cyclone, earthquake, whatever you say, Sarfaraz Khan has a great amazing facts in him. he was only 10 when #ipl started , but in 2015 , in IPL 8 at the age of 17 he played with cricketing legand Chris gayle, Virat kohli and AB de Villiars.

New Zeland Fast bowler list

By:- Ehsan Khan

Spectator always enjoyed a fearsome tear away fast bowler bowling in full flight & shattering the stumps of opposing batsman. They always like to see fear in the batsman’s eyes. Captain feels good if he had a big barrage of fast bowlers at bench or uncut supplies of talented fast bowlers in their armory.It started with Caribbean giants when in 70’s they formed pace attack which aim to destroy world batters than the trend continues & we saw Australia, Pakistan & South Africa showcasing their bunch of faster bowlers at will. Black caps always have good fast bowling resources mainly starting from Sir Richard Hadlee who serves KIWI’s for good part of 20 odd years but others around him always come & go includes Ewen Chatfield, Lance Cairns.

Than in early 90’s we saw emergence of Chris Cairns, Dion Nash to support Danny Morrison who was always considered as a successor of Sir Hadlee. Later on international #cricket witnessed Daryl Tuffey, Kyle Mills & Chris Martin sharing the work load of Kiwi pace attack.Then comes the golden boy Shane Bond whose career halted by several setbacks such as injuries & rebel leagues but he was always rated as one of the best & complete fast bowlers world cricket witnessed.

All above mentioned KIWI fast bowlers played in short stints due to injuries or lack of form & whenever one goes out it creates a weak link in their fast bowling department. Now for the first time we are witnessing New Zeland building a barrage of fast bowlers & they are keep coming. In this article we gonna look at some of the missiles from New Zeland’s fast bowling artillery.

Trent Boult

Leading the attack is young Trent Boult who can easily be rated among the best left arm fast bowlers in world of cricket at the moment. He bowls with a decent pace in high 80 mph & maintain accuracy in his line & length. He topped bowling charts in recently concluded world cup 2015. He is young & can serve New Zeland cricket for longer time if handled with care & proper load management.

Tim Southee

Another bowler from New Zeland in mid 20’s age but already had a plenty of exposure at international level. Southee is new ball partner of Boult but totally in different mould. He is a medium paced swing bowler with complete control over his bowling attributes. At young age of 26 Southee already have 100+ wickets in test & ODI cricket.

Neil Wagner

South Africa born fast bowler who tried his luck in New Zeland after learning trade & tricks of bowling in South Africa. Wagner is complete swing bowler either it is a conventional or reverse. Wagner always considered as test specialist & yet to make his ODI debut. Like Boult he is also Left armer but with a lesser pace.

Mitchell McClenaghan

Another left armer in New Zeland’s new crop of quick bowlers. He is medium paced but hit the deck sort of bowler who put his all energy behind the ball. McClengham is already having successful limited over career with more than 50 wickets to his name just on an average of 25 runs per wicket. In contrast to Wagner he is considered as a limited over format specialist.

Matt Henry

Another young fiery fast bowler from black caps brigade who initially has some injury problems but he did his best to overcome on it & enjoying a short but successful limited over career so far. He claimed best figures on debut for KIWI’s when he got 4 wickets against India in his debut match. Henry is yet to represent black caps in whites but he is jus 23 & can be considered for a longer & successful career.

Adam Milne

When you talk about serious pace Adam Milne’s name popped out. A seriously quick right armer from New Zeland clocked up to 150 kmh at international level. Although he hasn’t got the same impressive figures like Matt Henry or McClengham but his serious pace & bounce is making him the talk of the town.New Zeland also having other few options in fast bowling department such as Jimmy Neecham, Correy Anderson, Doug Bracewell & Hamish Bannett but the names I mentioned above are the stars for the future (in my opinion). With series in England coming up New Zeland’s pace brigade can create severe damage to England’s hope of restructuring their side due weather & pitches conducive for fast bowling.

Australian Steven smith climbs on top of ICC Ladder

By :- Disha Mashelkar

When he was awarded Allan Border medal in January 2015, for his prolific performance of scoring 1,756 runs in 22 matches at an average of 67.54 matches which included eight 50s and seven 100s, Australian #cricket was aware of a rising star amidst them. He also won the Australian Player of the year award the very same year.

Steve Smith is currently ranked as the youngest cricketer just after India’s Sachin Tendulkar to be ranked as number one in the latest ICC test rankings. India’s hero Virat Kohli although saw a drop in his ranking as he stands now at no. 11. #australia’s Michael Clarke was once on the first position in the year 2012. Steve Smith who is just 26 years old celebrated his birthday on 2 June. This climb at the top of the ladder comes to him after Australia registers a 277 runs win over West Indies and clinched the trophy and series by 2-0. During his play Steve was unfortunate to complete his maiden double century by an agonising one run at Kingston.

Steven Smith thundered his batting and bowling performance by contributing in the IPL season 8 by leading from the front as captain. In IPL 2014, he was bought for 40 million dollars. He previously had a tough time getting tossed from one IPL team to another although he had started the IPL season 2010 as a replacement to Jessy Rider in the Royal Challengers Bangalore team. In IPL 2015 he ensured his team of victories although it exited in the play-offs.

In his career he was made the permanent vice-captain of Australia in the December 2014. In the 2014-15 test series against the Indian cricket team, Smith took over as a captain. This happened as Michael Clarke suffered an injury. He had made his international debut in a T-20 match against Pakistan in Melbourne February 2010. In the same year he made his ODI debut too against West Indies again in Melbourne. In 2013 Ashes series, Smith scored his maiden test century by hitting a six to complete his 100 at Oval.

Smith replaced Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara to quench his thirst for no.1 spot. But Sangakkara has a chance to get his position back as the Sri Lankan team will play a 2 test series at home against Pakistan.