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MONDA rticle 6hich teams would

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6CB1-D

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(onaco=second leg>WEDNESDA rticle Sri %an7a Es South

frica=quarter :nals +3CC

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169 MARCH TO 23* MARCH

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139 APRIL TO 159 APRIL

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Cric7et li7e any other sport is based on

consistency. There is not much of a diIerence

between home ground morale booster and

away ground consistency of performance,as

both the tools provide suJcient results so as

to qualify for higher battles. 3f we ta7e the

eamples of the both the cases we get two

teams who would deserve to be called

upon,namely )ew 'ealand $ 3ndia,which are

supporting the former and latter casesrespectively.

)ew 'ealand is partially on itBs home ground

where+in fans go all+out on cheering and

hooting for their nationBs lads to do a

wonderful tas7 of blasting boundaries and

ta7ing insane,bail+sha7ing wic7ets. This isone of the most signi:cant reasons as to why

there is a high morale game on the KiwiBs

side,apart from the magni:cent players it

has,to do what is needed to ta7e the trophy

home.

3ndia on the other side is consistent with itBsstrategies and game+play at such an intense

level that out of the si games played as of

now,they have managed to wrap+up all the

opponent teams with a sensational eIort by

the bowlers to not loo7 at anything but the

all+ten+wic7ets+down strategy or in simple

words,all+out. ?f course,the batsmen have


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done a decent 5ob themselves of managing to

score according to the required run+rate.

Aven though it is not the 3ndianBs home

ground,they have supporters from all the

parts of the world ranging from anything

between thirty+forty percentage of the total

number of spectators who are all their die+

hard fans.

This world cup is 5ust the beginning of a new

revolution based on how humanity wor7s inplay by all casts,religions present in our

human race,who have come together as one

in order to ta7e this game to the net level.

s as7ed by a radio 5oc7ey to a 4a7istani,who

craves to see his team with the trophy,that

after two consecutive matches being lostwhat he would do if 4a7istan is eliminated

from this tournament, the man

wholeheartedly replied that he wouldnBt

frown as his net best team of preference to

ta7e away the winning slot is 3ndia,who is

playing at high sta7es at itBs performance. This shows how every individual loves each

other irrespective of the cruelty opposed by

certain democratic leaders. Sports is merely

a way to bring together nations from all

around the globe.

The KiwiBs have been impressive too with a

win+rate of hundred percent as they stood


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undefeated in all the si matches played with

teams li7e ustralia and Sri %an7a being

present in the same pool. )ew 'ealand tops

the chart of itBs pool with twelve points in

hand being chased by none other than the

ussies with nine points. This amaLing

performance is 5ust a way to show that they

are ready to face any team coming up as

they have a tight bond between the team

mates and a perfect gel+in to thrust into anyother teamBs strategy. lso,the fans have

been at their best by loud cries of 5oy for

every wic7et that is ta7en and every

boundary that is crossed. The supporters of

the KiwiBs team easily rounds+up to a never+

descending percentage of sity and abovewhich is more than half of the total

spectators howling around for the wrath of

gods to demolish their opponents.

Coming up net to face the undefeated

squad of the KiwiBs in the Muarter @inals is

6est 3ndies,who have a trac7 record ofcoming out of the blue to destroy the state of

happiness around the best teams.

)onetheless,predictions have given an upper+

hand to )ew 'ealand to ta7e this match

away to the semiBs li7e any other normal day

of cric7et for them,after their glorious

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doubt of coin Nipping on the 3ndies side,it is a

very crucial stage for the KiwiBs as one

mista7e could possibly ma7e them as

endangered as the their national bird and

push them out of this 7noc7+out tournament

of etraordinary gentlemen.

ccording to further calculations $

analysis,)ew 'ealand might have to face the

feared South fricans in the SemiBs while on

the other hand,3ndia would be going throughliving hell themselves by facing their all+time

feared team of ussies,especially after being

defeated to them in the Tri+series. 3ndiaBs

mid+summer nightmare of facing the ussies

would only be after their win against

#angladesh and ustraliaBs win against4a7istan,as clearly the trac7 records show

would happen.

O(oney comes and goes but sportsmanship

comes and grows.O 6ith this thought in

mind,it would be enthralling to witness )ew

'ealand $ 3ndia in the :nals of the 3CC6orldcup 1- as they have retained the

position of being the favourites ,and as

always may the best team win the glory they

deserve.


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rsenalBs :rst leg performance at their home

ground left them astounded with a defeat of

+ to (onaco,which almost left them without

a leg to advance to the quarter :nals of the

Champions %eague.

!owever,on Tuesday,rsenalBs coach rsene

6enger, with a gambling of his own brought

his team to ta7e vengeance in the away

ground,during the second leg ,pacing ahead

of (onaco with a clean sheet and thescoreboard picturing a two nil defeat for the

home ground defending @rench team.

#eing conscious of the fact that (onaco has

a new game+play and an amaLing statistic,a

new game plan had to be eecuted and the

score of the second leg should have resultedin three times the number of goals scored by

(onaco,so as to retain a spot by the Punners

in the quarter :nals.

Trailing a + score in the :rst leg,(onaco

was playing blindly on high sta7es 5ust when

?livier Piroud and aron "amsey createdholes in the oppositionBs net as well as

dreams to ta7e the game away easily. #oth

the Punners came out of the brin7 to shine

as stars of progression $ hope for rsenalBs

living dream of UEFA Champions League ,a

tournament where nothing but champions

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from all the leagues qualify to hold the most

prestigious trophy in the world of football.

The much needed third goal was a story

untold and the great chances for the Punners

were directed in the opposite direction which

seemed a million miles away when the cloc7

tic7ed itBs longest hand to put a halt to the

game. (onaco slipped into the quarter :nals

and left rsenal dumbstruc7 of what 5ust

happened even after a thrashing,one+sided

game as seen in the second leg.

rsene 6enger,was thoroughly disappointed

as his team was disquali:ed after equalising

+ on an aggregate with (onaco, who was

getting an upper+hand due to higher number

of goals being scored on the away ground.ccording to a few remar7s said by the

coach,the one that really ma7es a diIerence

in the 1st century is the fact that the away

goal rule was created in the HG-Bs and is

being given a lot weight in the present times.

Chelsea was eliminated from the Champions%eague due to the same reason which made

6egner comment on the rule further that it

was outdated and is bringing the best of

teams to pay for it. rsene made a defending

remar7 on his teamBs performance with

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lost in the :rst leg was because of tiredness

which followed them after their game with

6est !am,which they won +-,and he added

on saying that (onaco did not deserve to

qualify.

)onetheless,the @rench team has made it to

the quarter :nals,irrespective of what the

scenario might have been and at the end of

the day that is all that matters. The prime

focus of 6engerBs team has now shifted to

the 4remiere %eague where they stand on the

third place with 5ust one point behind the

second,(anchester City and seven points

behind Chelsea who stand with their chest

held high on the :rst position. 6ith teams

li7e City and Chelsea,it is de:nitely no wal7 inthe par7 for the Punners so their game needs

to be sprinted upon,both metaphorically and

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sunny day for the South fricans to storm

into the semiBs at Sydney,on 6ednesday.

6ith a crowd of twenty eight thousand

spectators to witness the :rst quarter :nals

of the 3CC 6orldcup 1-, between South

frica and Sri %an7a,was mar7ed by two

historic events in sight that were celebrated

with :rewor7s and were given respect with

tears being shed all around.

@irstly,South fricaBs :rst victory ever in a6orldcup 7noc7out game and lastly,the end

of an invulnerable partnership seen in this

swan7y game,as Qayawardene and

Sanga77ara have both retired from the

international form of the pompous sport of

Cric7et.6ith over four hundred ?*3s played by both

the sportsmen and above twelve thousand

runs scored by each one of them,they hold a

record brea7ing partnership of more than

eleven thousand runs with sity plus

centuries and thirty :fties scored together asan insane duplet of partners in crime. They

have left a splendid benchmar7 for other

batsmen in their termination process of

bidding byes to the imperial era of the sport

they have loved more than their lives,and

made this game interesting for the viewers

who have held no grudge against the


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wonderful innings and classy shots they have

managed to pull+oI.

South fricaBs win was a crac7er as they

bro7e their 5in of elimination in a 7noc7out

game in the 6orldcup. They won by nine

wic7ets,mla being the only batsmen ta7en

out by (alinga. ?ne hundred and thirty three

was to be chased by the fricanBs and the

target was ful:lled with one hundred and

ninety two balls remaining,which is thelargest victory in terms of balls remaining.

6ith a towering partnership of ninety four

runs in seventy balls, *u 4lessis=1runs oI

balls> and *e Koc7=&2runs oI &balls> lead

the tus7ing fricans one step closer to the

:nals. Q4 *uminyBs hattric7 in the :rst inningspaid oI well as a morale booster and a

source of inspiration for the batsmen to do a

plush 5ob at batting their way to glory.

lthough this was Sri %an7aBs second lowest

score against South frica in a

6orldcup,Sanga77ara was 5ust one stumpingaway to set a record of his own,of being the

only wic7et 7eeper to add hundred stumpings

to his name in the ?*3 format of the game.

There was a no fairy tale ending for

Qayawardene and Sanga77ara but the

farewell de:nitely made them feel light+

hearted and Nooded tears all across the


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ground,with hearts throbbing as fast as a

galloping horse to bid these champions a

much deserved goodbye for their

transcendent way of style and class brought

upon this game.

fter+all,even the most colourful rainbow is

created by a miture of depressing rainfall

and illuminating sun rays,so was this game a

solution of both the emotions being

portrayed and felt.


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?n Thursday,3ndia has shown a great scope

of improvement in itBs sense of bowling

pattern adopted as it retained itBs strea7 of

ta7ing all the wic7ets on the (CP,for the

seventh time in a row $ roaring into the

semiBs against the best improved team of this

6orldcup,#angladesh,who had advanced into

the quarter :nals after ta7ing on teams li7e

Angland,who were once masters of the game

of cric7et. The :rst innings were pretty tight as 3ndia

had lost Shi7har *hawan and Eirat Kohli in

the beginning of ten overs. )ot much of the

runs were scored in thirty :ve overs of the

innings,5ust when "ohit Sharma tied the rope

of the sin7ing boat of the 3ndians to his handsand brought it to the shore. !e went on to

score one hundred and thirty seven oI one

hundred and twenty si balls. Suresh "aina

chipped in a quic7 sity :ve to his name and

to add up to his teamBs total which made

quite a diIerence in the overall performancefor the champs.

3ndia managed to reach a sum total of three

hundred and two runs,with a tinge of luc7 by

their side as "ohit Sharma would have gone

at an earlier stage with ninety runs in

hand,on "ubel !ossainBs delivery which was

fortunately above the waist+height and was


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therefore declared a no+ball.

t one hundred and :fteen with a loss of

three wic7ets,when 3ndia needed some

magical hope to raise them and pull up their

soc7s,came in these two victory+driven

batsmen to pull+oI a tric7 better than most of

the magicians that merely left the Tigers with

their mouths wide open and eyes popping

out. The last :fteen overs were troublesome

for #angladesh as 3ndia did not hesitate onta7ing any chance to go for the line that gave

them boundaries.

#angladesh did a decent 5ob in the bowling+

:rst+half of their game and managed to ta7e

si wonderfully strategised wic7ets but that

was eactly the number of overs they battedwell with an amaLing run+rate,Tamim 3qbal

and 3mrul Kayes scored thirty one runs oI si

overs. The run+rate went drastically down the

drains $ went for a toss when both these

batsmen fell in successive balls in the net

over itself.3ndiaBs bowling was once laughed upon with a

doLen of etras to mar7 a humiliating

over,and now it is one of their strongest point

which has made us question our own facts of

rechec7ing the charts where+in such an

accusation was written against their names.

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the 3ndian bowlers throughout this

tournament,it comes as a haLardous warning

for the challenger lined+up to meet this

rebellious team in the semiBs on 1Fth of this

month,eactly nine godly days after the 3des

of (arch when Qulius Caesar was brutally

assassinated. Pod bless the opponents with

shields of iron as the hits coming up net are

surprisingly made of bullet strength shot from

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The highly+motivated KangarooBs went on li7e

5umping 5ac7s into the semiBs defeating

4a7istan. ?n @riday,a :ne game was

witnessed when 4a7istan went on to bat :rst

and set a score for the home heroes to

chase.

?pening from 4a7istanBs end were hmed

ShehLad and SarfraL hmed. Their stro7es

were short+lived as the batsmen were

dismissed at :ve and ten runs respectively,ina matter of 5ust :ve overs. long came !aris

Sohail and (isbah+;l+!aq,who were focused

at one point which was to gain stability over

a couple of balls and not play any ris7y shots.

The ground+sha7ing innings of 4a7istanis

gained some control and managed to ta7ethe scoreboard to a hundred runs. 3n about

twenty overs,both the batsmen went for a

toss and lost their wic7ets too. The 4a7istanis

scored a not+so+grand total of two hundred

and thirteen runs with a fall of all the

wic7ets,and a single ball remaining incompletion of the :fty overs inning.

Clearly,with a run+rate of F.1G, there was less

hope left for 4a7istan to get through the four

times champions,unless a great spell would

have been casted by them. Tal7ing about

great spells,(itchell Starc and Qosh

!aLlewood were the spell+masters from the


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ustralian side,1+F- and F+ in ten overs

each respectively.

ustralia,being con:dent of becoming the

victors,played a few careless shots

themselves which resulted in the loss of early

wic7ets of *avid 6arner and aron @inch,who

were epected to give a ripping performance.

)onetheless,Steven Smith=sity :ve runs>

and Shane 6atson=sity four runs> too7 an

amaLing stand to score eighty runs inpartnership,which raised the bars of hope for

their teammates. The fall of SmithBs wic7et

got the low+runners pacing again and made a

mirage of victory in the eyes of the

4a7istanis,which in+return made them a bit

casual and free+minded. Plenn(awell,pulled it oI with a spectacular stri7e

rate of .&1 and closed all the doors for the

opponents to get into the semi :nals of this

game+changing 6orldcup.

fter a great defeat at the Tri+series, 3ndia

must be devastated to see ustralia in thesemis. !owever, it is all about channelising

the negativity and fear into mind+boggling

innings of success $ pride. 3ndia is pumped

up with seven consecutive wins in this

tournament so it would be wrong to ma7e a

guess about which team has it to reach the

top,but the fact remains the better team


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would see glory touching their feet while the

other might 5ust slip oI it.

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Qust when viewers felt that this was a low

scoring 6orldcup,)ew 'ealand smashed all

such suspicions held. Saturday was mar7ed

by great Cric7et as )ew 'ealand did not 5ust

advance into the semiBs by conquering 6est

3ndies but it also shoo7 other teams,who are

dreading to face them soon.

The KiwiBs batted :rst with (artin Puptill and

#rendon (cCullum as the openers. 6ith the

highest runs scored in 3CC 6orldcup1-,Puptill was applauded by the whole

stadium including the away fans. #eing

persistent with his rooted and anchored

innings,(artin scored two hundred and thirty

seven with an unthin7able stri7e rate of

F.F,not out. "oss Taylor followed hisfootsteps and added on some crucial forty

two runs until he was run+out by "amdin.

@our wic7ets in+hand,)ew 'ealand scored

three hundred and ninety three runs,the

highest runs scored in the quarters and

second highest throughout the6orldcup,after ustralia who scored four

hundred and :fteen against fghanistan.

6est 3ndies left+arm orthodo spin

bowler,Suleiman #enn, too7 three wic7ets

with a :ery spell and a good economy rate

but the other bowlers were pic7ed upon one

by one $ were proved costly against the


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indestructible team of the Kiwis.

Chris Payle,after his stunning double century

in this 6orldcup=two hundred and :fteen

runs>,being the :rst to score in this

6orldcup,came along with Qohnson Charles to

open from the Caribbean side to show+oI

their s7ills and score as much as possible,in

the least of balls. lthough the intention was

to score some more,wic7ets fell li7e leaves

from tree in the season of fall. The onlyreason why the Kiwis were getting in a lather

was because Payle survived each time,even

after three opportunities given to them of

catch+outs. @ormidable Payle left the ground

in a span of a few overs at sity one runs

with 2F.2 as his unremar7able stri7e rate. Qason !older scored forty two runs with a

decent stri7e rate of G. and added a few

necessary runs to his teamBs total. s soon as

these two batsmen were eliminated,6est

3ndies was at a bad state $ the Kiwis

wrapped it up at two hundred and :fty in-. overs. Trent #oult too7 four massive

wic7ets,Tim Southee and *aniel Eettori too7

two each and lead their team win by a huge

margin of one hundred and forty three runs.

South frica is going to meet )ew 'ealand in

the semi :nal on the 1G of (arch,1-. They

better have their +game on in order to


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compete with a !erculean team of the

Napping $ slapping Kiwis.

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(anchester ;nited,with a mediocre record of

winning away games,adds a victory to itBs

record against their rivals,%iverpool. There

are 5ust a few teams li7e 6est !am ;nited

who are as close to (anchester ;nited with

the charts beeping in red light signifying the

low win rate at away grounds. )o

wonder,todayBs game at n:eld was nerve+

rac7ing for most of the ;nited supporters.

Quan (ata,a brilliant performer of classy:nishings to his shots in the #arclayBs

4remiere %eague,proved to be handy even

today. !e scored an early,sweeping goal by

gently receiving a through+ball between four

%iverpool players. The far+post :nesse and

the 7ic7+to+the+corner+Nag celebration by(ata on the Fth minute of the game

electri:ed the crowd with melodious cheering

for their team.

The :rst half was calm,calm before the storm

hit in. Steven Perrard came roaring+in with a

frustrated body language and made arec7less challenge with a clear stamp on

nder !errera,within forty si seconds of the

second half and he was red carded for the

same.

6ith one+man+down,%iverpoolBs aggression

went on,so did the game. ;nited too7 this

great opportunity of dismissal of Perrard and


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called upon a substitution of shley Young by

none other than the rgentine,*i (aria. t

the Hth minute,the rgentinian proved his

worth by a marvellous through+lob pass

towards (ata,who in+return made no mista7e

in converting a beautiful ball li7e that into an

eye+catching,scissor+7ic7ed goal.

This rivalry too7 a great turn when *aniel

Sturridge,one of the best players in this

league,scored a galloping goal on the GHthminute. 6ith many more chances being

created and an oIensive gameplay being

witnessed,what was going to happen net

was simply unpredictable.

(anchester ;nited got a chance to triple the

score from that of %iverpoolBs after Amre Canfouled *aley #lind $ ;nited won a penalty.

The game became more dramatic after

"ooney missing the penalty. 3t didnBt prove to

be that costly as the game ended with ;nited

being the vanquishers.


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The much awaited Al Clasico resulted with a

bang for the away fans as #arcelona too7 it

away from (adrid,with a score of 1+,at their

home ground )ou Camp,on Sunday evening.

SuareL scored his :rst Al Clasico goal in the

Gth minute,which was the winning goal for

#arcelona as well as an important ascendent

in the points table. #arcelona is leading with

four points ahead of (adrid,in the charts

after this last meeting of the eternal rivals. This win could probably be a crucial win for

the race of the Spanish %a %iga title.

Th :rst half was under (adridBs control,with

immense pressure building from their side on

the home team. !owever,the opening goal

by Qeremy (athieu in the Hth minute,with aheader past 37er Casillas,did get (adridBs

heart racing as the home crowd started

booing at every touch by their most beloved

player,"onaldo.

Cristiano "onaldo,5ust managed to score the

equiliLer for (adrid,right before half+time. The superb bac7+heel assist from #enLema

was credited more than the goal contributed

by "onaldo. "onaldo and #ale are always

under the limelight,although #enLema is

usually the unsung hero of this team,with

various such marvellous assists and goals

too.


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%uis SuareL came out as the saviour for his

team and he is proved to be a good $

successful buy on the transfer sheets for

#arcelona,especially after scoring in the most

climacteric match of the Spanish league. B3t

means a lot to have scored against (adrid $

it is the most important goal of my career as

of nowB, he said. 3t was a 5aw+dropping sprint

from SuareL to get across the closing+in

defenders,Sergio "amos and 4epe. !e madea decent amount of space which resulted in a

well+struc7 shot at the far corner,riNed ahead

of the goal7eeper,Casillas.

The game loo7ed to be slipping away from

#arcelona in the :rst half. BPoal by "onaldo

calmed us down and we started wor7ing onour regular game of maintaining high

possession,ground passing and in the

end,creating chancesB,as said by %uis

Anrique,triumphant #arcaBs coach.

Pareth #ale thought he had scored from a

perfectly timed Nic7ed+header from"onaldo,5ust when their hopes were crushed

by the raised oIside Nag against the

4ortuguese.

There were more thrashing goals epected

from #arcelona,)eymar missed both the

opportunities and the desperately needed

third goal seemed far+fetched.


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BThe league is more competitive now and to

be victorious,we had to play the whole of H-

minutes 5ust li7e we did in the :rst half,B

(adridBs coach,ncelotti added.

"eal (adridBs head is down burdened with

the shame of defeat after the previous

ClasicoBs victory but with ten games

remaining for both the splendid teams,the

race for the title continues $ the winner

remains a mystery.


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rainy day at the :eld and a stunningly

sunny day for the Kiwis as they have

quali:ed for the :rst time in history in the

6orldcup :nals against a charming team of

:ne cric7eters,South frica.

)ew 'ealandBs winning strea7 continues with

a eighth game consecutive win even though

the match had been suspended and cut+short

to forty three overs,due to rainfall.

Chasing two hundred and ninety seven oItwo hundred and :fty eight balls seemed li7e

a decent score from the fricans to get

themselves in the :nals. The Kiwis did not

disappoint their fans and quali:ed,not 5ust in

the tournament but within the hearts of the

spectators as well.South frica batted :rst and created a burst

of cries from their supporters with two early

wic7ets of !ashim mla and *e Koc7. *u

4lessis came in net and pulled oI an out+

standing inning with eighty two runs oI

hundred and seven balls. # de Eilliersscored sity :ve from forty :ve balls and

swooped the run+rate. *avid (iller had an

inconceivable stri7e rate of 1&1.1,with forty

nine runs in the last seven overs.

6ith a loss of 5ust :ve wic7ets,South frica

put up a great show for the Kiwis to become

the show+stoppers. CQ nderson and T #olt


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too7 three and two wic7ets respectively,to

slow down the striding run+rate of the

fricans. lthough nderson spelled

brilliantly, South frica was vengeful in his

over and gave him a poor bowling economy

of 1.

Prant Alliot was the man of the match with

eighty four runs oI seventy three balls,not

out. The last winning+blow was struc7 for a

si by Alliot when :ve runs were needed oItwo balls. 6ith (cCullum opening for the

Kiwis,a lot had gone down for the fricans

mentality, 5ust when he managed to damage

them physically by a mind+blowing stri7e rate

of 11G.H with :fty nine runs. Corey nderson

contributed with an incredible :fty eight oI:fty seven balls and helped in building a

lac7ing partnership,with none other than

Alliot himself.

(orne (or7el had a treacherous spell with

three wic7ets added to his teamBs eIorts to

ta7e it away. *ale Steyn and *uminy too7one and two wic7ets respectively,at a cost of

being epensive.

)evertheless, it was a fantastic semi+:nal

and the Kiwis are pepped up to meet the net

set of contenders,either ustralia or 3ndia,for

the :nals of 3CC 6orldcup 1-.


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The :rst defeat of the 3ndians at the 3CC

6orldcup 1- mar7ed by none other than

the ustralians has ended a wild strea7 of

seven wins for 3ndia.

ustralia won the toss and chose to batas

would 3ndia do,when as7ed to the captain,(S

*honi. #eing a thrilling sportsman he too7

the challenge of bowling as 3ndia stood high

with a great ran7ing of bowlers who would

settle for nothing but ten wic7ets.aron @inch and *avid 6arner were the

openers for ustralia. The game seemed to

be moving in a slow rhythm and it

unepectedly turned into a turtle race with

an early wic7et of 6arner. )et up was

Steven Smith,who gathered the courage ofta7ing 6arnerBs dismissal in the positive

direction $ came out as the biggest

contribution for ustralia in gloriously

winning it to the :nals. 6ith a smooth and

steady yet eIective partnership with @inch of

one hundred and eighty two runs,the etraboost to the turtles was given and it reached

an acceleration of matching upto the number

of balls. Two hundred runs were on the board

for ustralia and many more talented

cric7eters were left to dutch in their eIorts.

(itchell Qohnson,out of all the others was a

survivor who swung his bat li7e never before


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$ pulled oI a fast twenty seven oI 5ust nine

balls with an unremar7able stri7e rate of --.

t the end of the :rst innings,ustralia put up

a great score of three hundred and twenty

eight,the highest 3ndia had ever chased in

this worldcup.

;mesh Yadav $ (ohit Sharma wal7ed hands+

in+hand as both of them too7

spectacular,much needed four and two

wic7ets respectively,at the cost of giving themaimum runs and proving themselves to

have been costlier than the booming rates of

petroleum,in terms of their bowling

economy.

There was not a single diIerence in the

batting line+up for the 3ndians,with "ohitSharma and Shi7har *hawan opening. #oth

played remar7ably well and constructed the

:rst pillar of a required partnership of

seventy si runs. The pillar crac7ed open

when *hawan was caught+out at forty :ve

runs. Eirat KohliBs presence was undoubtedlyworse than his absence in todayBs game as

he missed a crucial catch and managed to

score a single run after disposing over two

essential overs. 5in7ya "ahane $ (S *honi

tried to stir their sin7ing ship towards the

closest safe Lone that was to reconstruct a

partnership and unfortunately it was the last


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of decent batting seen in their innings,with

"ahane caught+out at forty four and *honi

run+out at sity :ve,the highest an individual

scored from 3ndia.

TodayBs match was indeed a rare sight

witnessed throughout the tournament as it

was the :rst time 3ndia could not ta7e ten

wic7ets of the opponents,the :rst time 3ndia

was all out and the very :rst time they lost in

this 6orldcup. 3t was epected though asustralia had not given them a single chance

to gather control even in the Tri+series played

before the 6orldcup nor did they let them

win two out of four test matches easily.

!owever,it will be one hec7 of a :nal with the

Kiwis and the ussies :ghting in their ownLones $ partly sharing the worthy home

ground morale as they meet in the much

awaited :nals on the 1Hth (arch,at (CP.


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6ith a wee7 of rest for the players and

restlessness for the fans,this wee7end had

itBs own per7s with the 7ic7+oI of the

remaining premiere league matches. rsenal

whooped through the match on their home

ground against %iverpool,with a F+ win.

The match was a fast+paced one with several

attac7s from both the ends,with possessions

changing and curiosity building with

stupendous attac7s in the :rst thirty :veminutes of the match. Sterling and Coutinho

missed one goal+scoring opportunity each in

the early phases of the match. )ever did

they 7now that their misses could have been

so crucial for the whole team.

Starting from the &th minute right upto theend of the :rst half,the dynamics of football

were witnessed by the home supporters to

hoot as loud as they could. 3n a span of 5ust

eight minutes,%iverpool was down by a

quotient of three goals which were

immensely struc7 that ful:lled two ma5oraspects of a wonderful goal,accuracy $

power. t the &th minute,#ellerin bro7e the

Amirates deadloc7 for the Punners,cutting in

from his right+hand side and scoring from his

left+foot. @our minutes after their :rst,?Lil

doubled the score from 1yards,with a free+

7ic7 that went curling away from the


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defensive wall,into the nets for a goal.

SancheL went on to score the third right

before half+time by smashing a drive over the

7eeperBs head.

The second half began with a much needed

substitution from %iverpool,*aniel

Sturridge,in the hope to ignite the Name for

the dar7ened tunnels of %iverpool. ppealed

fouls by the visitors and the one+touch

passes from the home team shoo7 heads allthe way and spiced up the match.

SturridgeBs eIorts were not responded well

by his team mates and were left in the mere

dream of being rewarded as various

opportunities created by this tric7ster were

wasted. %iverpool won a penalty on the &Gthminute,with !enderson luc7ily ta7ing the :rst

goal to his name as the 7eeper managed to

dive in the right direction but mistimed his

leap for the save. This glimmered the leftover

hopes of the visitors which were eventually

shattered by the dismissal of Amre Can afterbeing yellow carded for the second time. The

curse of being red carded was assisted with

more misfortune of another goal by the

Punners,Piroud being the man to wrap it up

in style on the H- R minute of the game.

The Punners have moved up to the second

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(anchester City behind by two points

whereas %iverpool remains on the :fth spot

with a marginal gap from the top four teams

on the chart.

RESEARCH

ANALSISEXPERIMENTATION

CONCLUSIONLEARNING

OUTCOME AND LIMITATIONS

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CONCLUSION-

LEARNING OUTCOMES-

There were many aspects oflearning such as-

1.Learnt analytical skills whichhelped in a much more organised

pattern of study so as to bemethodical in the style of writing.

2.Learnt various steps involved inthe digging of information fromlive RSS feeds and live

matcheswhich were all collectedso as to form a factual article.

!. "mproved my writing andspeaking skills in the englishlanguage.


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#. Reading skills were replenished after being assigned to read a

Reader$s %igest book called&R"T' ('TT'RS)'*+ ('TT'R.

LIMITATIONS-

1. ,ield trips to grounds wherethe matches were being playedwas not possible as they were

taking place in foreign nations.Thereforethe eperience of beinga ournalist was a incomplete.

2.Live "nterviews of sportsmen

were not possible which wouldhave enhanced the /uality of thearticles.


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