India Play 1st Twenty20 aginst Australia

Australia to an entirely new venue for International cricket Stadium Australia and the stadium at Homebush in Sydney's west was built for the 2000 Olympics and has a far greater capacity than the SCG to will become the 19th ground in the country to host international cricket.

David Warner and Shaun Marsh are the only men in the squad who took part in the Tests against India and the 17-strong party has assembled for the T20s and the triangular one-day series that follows, including relatively inexperienced men like Rahul Sharma and Manoj Tiwary.

At 40, Hogg will be the 3rd-oldest man to play a T20 international in he played two T20s for Australia back in 2006 and 2007 and didn't take a wicket.

Match Details:

Date: February 1
Place: Sydney
Time: (19:35 local | 08:35 GMT | 14:05 IST)

Australia (possible) Squad:

1 David Warner, 2 Shaun Marsh, 3 Aaron Finch, 4 David Hussey, 5 George Bailey (capt), 6 Travis Birt, 7 Mitchell Marsh / Daniel Christian, 8 Matthew Wade (wk), 9 Brad Hogg, 10 Brett Lee, 11 James Faulkner.

India (possible) Squad:

1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Suresh Raina, 5 Rohit Sharma, 6 MS Dhoni (capt, wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja / Irfan Pathan, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Vinay Kumar, 11 Umesh Yadav.

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And the IPL's Governing Council, after releasing a 183-man shortlist to the franchises earlier this month.

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Capped: Xavier Doherty, Adam Voges(Australia); Jade Dernbach, Simon Jones (England); Kyle Mills (New Zealand); Justin Kemp, Robin Peterson, Alviro Petersen, Morne van Wyk, Imran Tahir (South Africa); Ramnaresh Sarwan, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin, Dwayne Smith, Ravi Rampaul, Fidel Edwards, Daren Ganga, Darren Bravo (West Indies); Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe).

Uncapped: Ben Cutting (Australia) and Tom Maynard (England).

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Kfc t20 Big Bash League Champions Sydney Sixers

Big Bash League, Final: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers at Perth, Jan 28, 2012




Scoreboard:

Toss Perth Scorchers, chose to bat

Perth Scorchers 156/5 for 20 over

Marsh 77 Not Out and Lee 2-21


Sydney Sixers 158/3 for 18.5 over

Henriques 70 and O'Keefe 48

Man of the Match MC Henriques (Sydney Sixers)

Player of the series DJ Hussey

Series Sydney Sixers won the 2011/12 Big Bash League

Perth's loss continued a frustrating title drought for West Australian cricket, with the State's last silverware coming back in 2003-04 when they beat Queensland in the one-day final.

Man-of-the-match Henriques then cracked 70 off 41 balls and Stephen O'Keefe chipped in with 48 off 46 as the Sixers cruised to 3-158 with seven balls to spare in front of a sell-out crowd of 16,255.

Brett Lee picked up two wickets in the first over of the match.

T20 Big Bash League, Final

Big Bash League, Final: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers at Perth, Jan 28, 2012

MEN IN FORM:

Herschelle Gibbs (Perth Scorchers):

South African Gibbs has scored 302 runs at an average of 50.33, and a strike rate of 152.52 and he is play from his 6 innings, Gibbs has 4 fifties, 41 fours, six sixes and a highest score of 71 (against the Stars in the Semi-Final).

Mitchell Starc (Sydney Sixers):

Starc has taken 11 wickets at an average of 12.36 and a strike rate of 9.5. From his five matches, Starc has an economy rate of 7.77 with best bowling figures of 3/17 and he took 3/28 against the Scorchers in the match at the SCG.


They two players are very important role for play at 37, Gibbs shows no sign of mellowing with age and the South African has belted bowlers across the country in a rather belligerent manner, and has formed a very balanced opening partnership with Marcus North. Once these two get out, though, the Scorchers run rate usually slows significantly in the Sixers can get Gibbs out early, they could restrict the Scorchers to a modest total and fellow veteran Brett Lee is the best man to do it to he still has the ability to rip through any batsman in the world when he gets it right, and it only takes one perfectly aimed yorker to send Gibbs packing.

Perth Scorchers squad:

TM Beaton, MA Beer, PD Collingwood, NM Coulter-Nile, LM Davis, R Duffield, BM Edmondson, HH Gibbs, GB Hogg, SM Katich, JK Lalor, MR Marsh, MJ North(cap), NJ Rimmington, L Ronchi(wk), CJ Simmons


Sydney Sixers squad:

MC Henriques, SO Henry, B Lee, MJ Lumb, NL McCullum, SCG MacGill, NJ Maddinson, IA Moran, PM Nevill(wk), SNJ O'Keefe, BJ Rohrer, SPD Smith(cap), MA Starc, DJ Thornely, SR Watson

India in Australia T20I Series 2012

DateMatch DetailsGMTISTPlace
Feb 01Australia v India, 1st T20I08:3514:05Sydney
Feb 03Australia v India, 2nd T20I08:3514:05Melbourne

George Bailey Named Australia's T20 Captain against India Series

Tasmania captain George Bailey who played for Melbourne Stars in the KFC T20 Big Bash League will lead the side in the two-match twenty20 series despite never having played for Australia before.40-year-old veteran Brad Hogg recalled national team and the Hogg, who turns 41 on February 6, said his recall was the perfect birthday present.

National chairman of selectors John Inverarity said Bailey's record as captain of Tasmania was crucial to giving the 29-year-old the top job.

Australia T20 Squad:

George Bailey (c), David Warner (vc), Travis Birt, Daniel Christian, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Brad Hogg, David Hussey, Brett Lee, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Clint Mckay, Matthew Wade

IPL T20 Cricket 2012 Schedule

CSKChennai Super Kings
DCDeccan Chargers
DDDelhi Daredevils
KKRKolkata Knight Riders
KXIPKings XI Punjab
MIMumbai Indians
PWPune Warriors
RCBRoyal Challengers Bangalore
RRRajasthan Royals

DateMatch DetailsTimeStadiumPlace
Apr 04CSK v MI, 1st Match
MI won by 8 wkts
20:00MA ChidambaramChennai
Apr 05KKR v DD, 2nd Match
DD won by 8 wkts
20:00Eden GardensKolkata
Apr 06MI v PW, 3rd Match
PW won by 28 runs
16:00WankhedeMumbai
Apr 06RR v KXIP, 4th Match
RR won by 31 runs
20:00Sawai MansinghJaipur
Apr 07RCB v DD, 5th Match
RCB won by 20 runs
16:00M.ChinnaswamyBengaluru
Apr 07DC v CSK, 6th Match
CSK won by 74 runs
20:00ACA-VDCAVizag
Apr 08RR v KKR, 7th Match
RR won by 22 runs
16:00Sawai MansinghJaipur
Apr 08PW v KXIP, 8th Match
PW won by 22 runs
20:00Subrata Roy SaharaPune
Apr 09DC v MI, 9th Match
MI won by 5 wkts
20:00ACA-VDCAVizag
Apr 10RCB v KKR, 10th Match
KKR won by 42 runs
16:00M.ChinnaswamyBengaluru
Apr 10DD v CSK, 11th Match
DD won by 8 wkts
20:00Feroz Shah KotlaDelhi
Apr 11MI v RR, 12th Match
MI won by 27 runs
20:00WankhedeMumbai
Apr 12CSK v RCB, 13th Match
CSK won by 5 wkts
16:00MA ChidambaramChennai
Apr 12KXIP v PW, 14th Match
KXIP won by 7 wkts
20:00Punjab Cricket AssociationChandigarh
Apr 13KKR v RR, 15th Match
KKR won by 5 wkts
20:00Eden GardensKolkata
Apr 14PW v CSK, 16th Match
PW won by 7 wkts
20:00Subrata Roy SaharaPune
Apr 15KKR v KXIP, 17th Match
KXIP won by 2 runs
16:00Eden GardensKolkata
Apr 15RCB v RR, 18th Match
RR won by 59 runs
20:00M.ChinnaswamyBengaluru
Apr 16MI v DD, 19th Match
DD won by 7 wkts
20:00WankhedeMumbai
Apr 17RR v DC, 20th Match
RR won by 5 wkts
16:00Sawai MansinghJaipur
Apr 17RCB v PW, 21st Match
RCB won by 6 wkts
20:00M.ChinnaswamyBengaluru
Apr 18KXIP v KKR, 22nd Match
KKR won by 8 wkts
20:00Punjab Cricket AssociationChandigarh
Apr 19DC v DD, 23rd Match
DD won by 5 wkts
16:00Rajiv Gandhi InternationalHyderabad
Apr 19CSK v PW, 24th Match
CSK won by 13 rins
20:00MA ChidambaramChennai
Apr 20KXIP v RCB, 25th Match
RCB won by 5 wkts
20:00Punjab Cricket AssociationChandigarh
Apr 21CSK v RR, 26th Match
CSK won by 7 wkts
16:00MA ChidambaramChennai
Apr 21DD v PW, 27th Match
PW won by 20 runs
20:00Feroz Shah KotlaDelhi
Apr 22MI v KXIP, 28th Match
KXIP won by 6 wkts
16:00WankhedeMumbai
Apr 22DC v KKR, 29th Match
KKR won by 5 wkts
20:00Rajiv Gandhi InternationalHyderabad
Apr 23RR v RCB, 30th Match
RCB won by 46 runs
20:00Sawai MansinghJaipur
Apr 24PW v DD, 31st Match
DD won by 8 wkts
16:00Subrata Roy SaharaPune
Apr 24KKR v DC, 32nd Match
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
20:00Eden GardensKolkata
Apr 25KXIP v MI, 33rd Match
MI won by 4 wkts
16:00Punjab Cricket AssociationChandigarh
Apr 25RCB v CSK, 34th Match
No result (abandoned with a toss)
20:00M.ChinnaswamyBengaluru
Apr 26PW v DC, 35th Match
Dc won by 18 runs
20:00Subrata Roy SaharaPune
Apr 27DD v MI, 36th Match
DD won by 37 runs
20:00Feroz Shah KotlaDelhi
Apr 28CSK v KXIP, 37th Match
KXIP won by 7 runs
16:00MA ChidambaramChennai
Apr 28KKR v RCB, 38th Match
KKR won by 47 runs
20:00Eden GardensKolkata
Apr 29DD v RR, 39th Match
DD won by 1 runs
16:00Feroz Shah KotlaDelhi
Apr 29MI v DC, 40th Match
MI won by 5 wkts
20:00WankhedeMumbai
Apr 30CSK v KKR, 41st Match
KKR won by 5 wkts
20:00MA ChidambaramChennai
May 01DC v PW, 42nd Match
DC won by 13 runs
16:00Rajiv Gandhi InternationalHyderabad
May 01RR v DD, 43rd Match
DD won by 6 wkts
20:00Sawai MansinghJaipur
May 02RCB v KXIP, 44th Match
KXIP won by 4 wkts
20:00M.ChinnaswamyBengaluru
May 03PW v MI, 45th Match
MI won by 1 runs
20:00Subrata Roy SaharaPune
May 04CSK v DC, 46th Match
CSK won by 10 runs
20:00MA ChidambaramChennai
May 05KKR v PW, 47th Match
KKR won by 7 runs
16:00Eden GardensKolkata
May 05KXIP v RR, 48th Match
RR won by 43 runs
20:00Punjab Cricket AssociationChandigarh
May 06MI v CSK, 49th Match
MI won by 2 wkts
16:00WankhedeMumbai
May 06RCB v DC, 50th Match
RCB won by 5 wkts
20:00M.ChinnaswamyBengaluru
May 07DD v KKR, 51st Match
KKR won by 5 wkts
20:00Feroz Shah KotlaDelhi
May 08PW v RR, 52nd Match
RR won by 7 wkts
16:00Subrata Roy SaharaPune
May 08DC v KXIP, 53rd Match
KXIP won by 25 runs
20:00Rajiv Gandhi InternationalHyderabad
May 09MI v RCB, 54th Match
RCB won 9 wkts
20:00WankhedeMumbai
May 10DC v DD, 55th Match
DD won by 9 wkts
20:00Rajiv Gandhi InternationalHyderabad
May 10RR v CSK, 56th Match
CSK won by 4 wkts
20:00Sawai MansinghJaipur
May 11PW v RCB, 57th Match
RCB won by 35 runs
20:00Subrata Roy SaharaPune
May 12KKR v MI, 58th Match
MI won by 27 runs
16:00Eden GardensKolkata
May 12CSK v DD, 59th Match
CSK won by 9 wkts
20:00MA ChidambaramChennai
May 13RR v PW, 60th Match
RR won by 45 runs
16:00Sawai MansinghJaipur
May 13KXIP v DC, 61st Match
KXIP won by 4 wkts
20:00Punjab Cricket AssociationChandigarh
May 14RCB v MI, 62nd Match
MI won by 5 wkts
16:00M.ChinnaswamyBengaluru
May 14KKR v CSK, 63rd Match
CSK won by 5 wkts
20:00Eden GardensKolkata
May 15DD v KXIP, 64th Match
DD won by 5 wkts
20:00Feroz Shah KotlaDelhi
May 16MI v KKR, 65th Match
KKR won by 32 runs
20:00WankhedeMumbai
May 17KXIP v CSK, 66th Match
KXIP won by 6 wkts
16:00HP Cricket AssociationDharamsala
May 17DD v RCB, 67th Match
RCB won by 21 runs
20:00Feroz Shah KotlaDelhi
May 18DC v RR, 68th Match
DC won by 5 wkts
20:00Rajiv Gandhi InternationalHyderabad
May 19KXIP v DD, 69th Match
DD won by 6 wkts
16:00HP Cricket AssociationDharamsala
May 19PW v KKR, 70th Match
KKR won by 34 runs
20:00Subrata Roy SaharaPune
May 20DC v RCB, 71st Match
DC won by 9 runs
16:00Rajiv Gandhi InternationalHyderabad
May 20RR v MI, 72nd Match
MI won by 10 wkts
20:00Sawai MansinghJaipur
May 22DD v KKR, Q 1 (1st v 2nd)
KKR won by 18 runs
20:00M.ChinnaswamyBengaluru
May 23MI v CSK, Eli (3rd v 4th)
CSK won by 38 runs
20:00M.ChinnaswamyBengaluru
May 25DD v CSK, Q 2
CSK won by 86 runs
20:00MA ChidambaramChennai
May 27KKR v CSK, Final
KKR won by 5 wkts
20:00MA ChidambaramChennai

KKR appoint Trevor Bayliss as head coach

The Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday named Trevor Bayliss as the chief coach of their side for the fifth edition of Indian Premier League.

Trevor Bayliss, who coached Sri Lankan Cricket team for four years, guiding them to the finals of World T20 (2009) and ICC World Cup (2011) will replace Dav Whatmore who is tipped to take over as national head coach of the Pakistan side.

"We are pleased to welcome Trevor Bayliss as our chief coach. With his rich experience, very successful track record and knowledge of the conditions in the sub continent, we believe he is the right person to take KKR to the next level of performance," Shah Rukh Khan, principal owner of Kolkata franchise was quoted as saying in a media release.

Bayliss on his part stated, "I have followed the IPL Twenty20 Cricket and KKR's performance and I am honoured to become part of this team, which has already built a reputation as a very popular & professional franchise.

"The team, the support staff, the owners and management are outstanding and I look forward to working with everyone and striving for the highest honours," he further added.

Team's co-owner Jay Mehta feels that the Australian's "personality, his humility and effectiveness will be an ideal combination for KKR."