Thursday, January 31, 2008

CRICINFO AWARDS FOR CRICKET PLAYERS

THE INDIAN TRIO ZAHEER KHAN, YUVRAJ AND R.P.SINGH were selected for the famous cricinfo awards for their good performance in the fields.There were 6 people who have got the awards.kumar sangakkara,lasith malinga and retired australian wicketkeeper adam glichrist were the othres who bagged the awards.
The selection committee involved Geoffrey Boycott, Ian Chappell, Daryll Cullinan, Tony Greig, Michael Holding, David Lloyd, Sanjay Manjrekar, Rameez Raja and Ravi Shastri.

sangakkara was selected for his best test batting performance,his 192 versus australia in hobart,and zaheer khan for his 75for 5 against england at trent bridge.Gilchrist slammed a 149 against srilanka in the world cup final.
lasith malinga got a 4 wicket haul in as many balls in the world cup against south africa.
Indian players donned the twenty20 awards,yuvraj commemorated for his blasting 70 off 30 balls in the semi finals versus australia. R.P. singh awarded for his 4 for 13 against the in the world cup in south africa.
the list is

Test: Batting: Kumar Sangakkara (SL): 192 v Australia 2nd Test, Hobart. Bowling: Zaheer Khan (Ind): five for 75 v England, 2nd Test, Trent Bridge.

One-day: Batting: Adam Gilchrist (Aus): 149 v Sri Lanka, World Cup final, Bridgetown. Bowling: Lasith Malinga (SL): four for 54 v South Africa, World Cup, Georgetown.

Twenty20: Batting: Yuvraj Singh (Ind): 70 v Australia, World Twenty20 semifinals, Durban. Bowling: R.P. Singh (Ind): four for 13 v South Africa, World Twenty20, Durban.

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