Cricket Deewana : For The Fans, By The Fans

Team India had their first shock, and hopefully their only, when Gautam
Gambhir was ruled out of the tri series in Sri Lanka with a groin
injury.
<!--more--> Gambhir joins Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan on the
injured list and while Sehwag will miss the ICC Champions Trophy in
South Africa, Gambhir has a better chance with ten day’s rest
recommended.
Now India may fall back on makeshift opener, Dinesh
Karthik, or recall M. Vijay, or even Rohit Sharma of Virat Kohli if the
team management deems it necessary for the tri series that also
includes New Zealand.

Twice England's bowlers have restricted the Australians to
reasonable scores and twice the batsmen have lost their way in pursuit.

Andrew Strauss' team appeared to be cruising at 74 without loss, having been set 250 on Sunday, only to lose by 39 runs.

Collingwood, who hit 56 to signal something of a return to form,
admitted the problems at the Oval and most latterly Lord's, were
glaringly obvious.

"We definitely should have won both games," he said. "We can't beat about the bush.

"We didn't take advantage of the position we were in. In both games,
we have bowled pretty well but we must be honest with ourselves. We're
getting ourselves into winning positions and not taking them.

New Zealand will host six Tests in a summer for the first time after
confirming their series against Pakistan, Bangladesh and Australia for
2009-10. The season features a three-Test series against Pakistan, who
will be the 'home' team after relocating the games to New Zealand due
to security concerns in Pakistan, while the heavy schedule has forced
Australia's tour to be cut to two Tests instead of three.

ODI bowlers ranking list:
1. D.L. Vettori
2. K.M.D.N Kulasekara
3. K.D. Mills
4. N.W. Bracken
5. M. Muralidaran
6. Shakib Al Hasan
7. S.C.J. Broad
8. Mashrafe Mortaza
9. A. Flintoff
10. M.G. Johnson