Nike Cricket AD

Finally, Nike has done it! With its latest ad exploding on television screens in India, the world's top sports shoe company has done something it has never done before -- a commercial on cricket.

Packed with tremendous energy, great visuals and fun music, the ad captures the spirit of the all too familiar site of Indian street cricket with superb authenticity and gripping drama.

The ordinariness of its characters, giving it the everyday familiarity that connects with the audience far greater than ads with star cricketers would.

Contrary to many previous Nike ads which ride on the backs of sports stars, this ad depicts two star cricketers -- Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth -- as onlookers, who even get their car bashed up while the game is being played in a chaotic traffic jam.

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What is Cricket?

What is Cricket?
Overview:
Cricket has been played as a recognized sport since the early 18th century. The origins of cricket are obscure, and there are several theories on how it started. One is that shepherds used to play it - one would stand in front of the wicket gate to the sheep fold, and another would bowl a stone or something at him, and he would have to hit it with his crook, which was known as a cricce.

The first reference to cricket being played is thought to be in 1300, between Prince Edward and his friend Piers Gaveston and the first recorded match took place at Coxheath in Kent, England in 1646. The earliest known cricket photographs were taken in 1857, by Roger Fenton at the Artillery Ground.

By the 18th century, the bat had developed into a longer, heavier, curved version of the one we know now, carved out of a single piece of wood. Today's bat was invented around 1853, with the blade made of willow, and a cane handle, which is layered with strips of rubber, tied with twine, and covered with rubber to make a grip. The 'V' shaped extension of the handle into the blade is the splice. The early balls were stones and other missiles. They're now made of cork, and covered with hand-stitched leather quarters dyed red.

Cricket is now played at the school, club and professional level all around the world. The West Indies, Australia, Pakistan, India, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya and Bangladesh are the teams participating in cricket at its highest level, the World Cup Cricket Competition.

Rules:
The objective of the game is to get all the rival team players "out" for a score as low as possible, and score as many runs as the opposite team has scored. For victory, the winning team must score more than the objective set by the rivals in a stipulated number of "overs" or get the rival team all out before they reach their target. Eleven players make up each team with a few extra "back ups" and decision makers (umpires). A toss of the coin by the captains of the rival teams and umpires, determines who will hold the willow (bat) and who will handle the leather (ball). Regular matches consist of two innings with one team to bat and the other in the field. The team that bats tries to score runs while the goal of the team in the field is to get 10 of the 11 members of the opposite team out. When the team in the field accomplishes that feat, they get a turn at bat and the opposing team takes the field. When both teams have batted it is considered an inning. This can last a considerable amount of time.

There are two sets of three sticks at each end of the pitch known as wickets. The batsmen stand at each end and a bowler bowls from one end to the batsman, alternating from each end. The passive batsman at the bowlers end is called the runner. Players are spread out in the field to stop the batsmen from scoring runs and in an attempt to run them out. There are a fixed number of overs that are bowled in a game of cricket (an over is 6 bowls, like pitches in baseball, in which the bowler attempts to knock down the wicket of the battling team and the batsmen attempt to protect the wicket, by hitting the balls for runs). Batsmen are declared out in a variety of ways, the most common of them being bowled out, where the ball directly strikes the wickets, or caught out, where the ball struck by the batsmen is caught by any fielding member of the opposite team. Other ways include the batsman being stumped out, run out, hit-wicket, leg before wicket and handling the ball. Batsmen are generally given the benefit of the doubt in any kind of "sticky" situation.



Game Formats:
There are two categories of cricket: One day and Test Cricket. In order to satisfy the need for a shorter and therefore more "broadcast" friendly game, the One Day International match was developed.

One day cricket (ODI - One Day International): A match played in one day of duration with 2 sides, Lasts anywhere from 6 to 12 hours

Test cricket:
Any cricket match of not less than 5 days scheduled duration, played between teams selected as representatives of their member countries.

Series:
A series of Test Matches between two teams, a host nation and a visitor, played in the same cricket season year. Has a minimum of 2 test matches and 3 ODI's

Tour:
A series of matches where at least one of the competing teams is an international team representing a member country playing in a country other than its own and compromising of at least 1 Test match or at least 1 ODI match

Mini-tournament:
A country hosting another country for a minimum of 3 ODI's

ICC World Cup 2007 Match Schedule

ICC World Cup 2007

Download the pdf version of the Schedule ICC2007Schedule

All timings are listed in (Pacific Daylight Time) Timezone.

Tue Mar 13 2007 08:00 West Indies v Pakistan, Jamaica
Wed Mar 14 2007 08:00 Australia v Scotland, St Kitts
Wed Mar 14 2007 08:00 Canada v Kenya, St Lucia
Thu Mar 15 2007 08:00 Bermuda v Sri Lanka, Trinidad
Thu Mar 15 2007 08:00 Ireland v Zimbabwe, Jamaica
Fri Mar 16 2007 08:00 Netherlands v South Africa, St Kitts
Fri Mar 16 2007 08:00 England v New Zealand, St Lucia
Sat Mar 17 2007 08:00 Bangladesh v India, Trinidad
Sat Mar 17 2007 08:00 Ireland v Pakistan, Jamaica
Sun Mar 18 2007 08:00 Australia v Netherlands, St Kitts
Sun Mar 18 2007 08:00 Canada v England, St Lucia
Mon Mar 19 2007 08:00 Bermuda v India, Trinidad
Mon Mar 19 2007 08:00 West Indies v Zimbabwe, Jamaica
Tue Mar 20 2007 08:00 Scotland v South Africa, St Kitts
Tue Mar 20 2007 08:00 Kenya v New Zealand, St Lucia
Wed Mar 21 2007 08:00 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Trinidad
Wed Mar 21 2007 08:00 Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Jamaica
Thu Mar 22 2007 08:00 Netherlands v Scotland, St Kitts
Thu Mar 22 2007 08:00 Canada v New Zealand, St Lucia
Fri Mar 23 2007 08:00 India v Sri Lanka, Trinidad
Fri Mar 23 2007 08:00 Ireland v West Indies, Jamaica
Sat Mar 24 2007 08:00 Australia v South Africa, St Kitts
Sat Mar 24 2007 08:00 England v Kenya, St Lucia
Sun Mar 25 2007 08:00 Bangladesh v Bermuda, Trinidad

Tue Mar 27 2007 08:00 Super Eights - D2 v A1, Antigua
Wed Mar 28 2007 08:00 Super Eights - A2 v B1, Guyana
Thu Mar 29 2007 08:00 Super Eights - D2 v C1, Antigua
Fri Mar 30 2007 08:00 Super Eights - D1 v C2, Guyana
Sat Mar 31 2007 08:00 Super Eights - A1 v B2, Antigua
Sun Apr 01 2007 08:00 Super Eights - D2 v B1, Guyana
Mon Apr 02 2007 08:00 Super Eights - B2 v C1, Antigua
Tue Apr 03 2007 08:00 Super Eights - D1 v A2, Guyana
Wed Apr 04 2007 08:00 Super Eights - C2 v B1, Antigua
Sat Apr 07 2007 08:00 Super Eights - B2 v A2, Guyana
Sun Apr 08 2007 08:00 Super Eights - A1 v C2, Antigua
Mon Apr 09 2007 08:00 Super Eights - D1 v C1, Guyana
Tue Apr 10 2007 08:00 Super Eights - D2 v A2, Grenada
Wed Apr 11 2007 08:00 Super Eights - C2 v B2, Barbados
Thu Apr 12 2007 08:00 Super Eights - B1 v C1, Grenada
Fri Apr 13 2007 08:00 Super Eights - A1 v D1, Barbados
Sat Apr 14 2007 08:00 Super Eights - A2 v C1, Grenada
Sun Apr 15 2007 08:00 Super Eights - B2 v D1, Barbados
Mon Apr 16 2007 08:00 Super Eights - A1 v B1, Grenada
Tue Apr 17 2007 08:00 Super Eights - A2 v C2, Barbados
Wed Apr 18 2007 08:00 Super Eights - D1 v B1, Grenada
Thu Apr 19 2007 08:00 Super Eights - D2 v B2, Barbados
Fri Apr 20 2007 08:00 Super Eights - A1 v C1, Grenada
Sat Apr 21 2007 08:00 Super Eights - D2 v C2, Barbados

Tue Apr 24 2007 08:00 1st Semi Final - TBC v TBC, Jamaica
Wed Apr 25 2007 08:00 2nd Semi Final - TBC v TBC, St Lucia

Sat Apr 28 2007 08:00 Final - TBC v TBC, Barbados

El Phenomenon Returns - Ronaldo

Ronaldo scored twice and set up another goal to help AC Milan beat Siena 4-3 in the Serie A on Saturday in his first start for his new club.



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India reveals football goal...

How India plans to revitalize football from the bottom up ...

A country of more than a billion people, but a national team ranked 157th in the world.
The football equation in India does not add up.

And yet in the 50s and 60s, India won gold medals at the Asian Games, finished fourth in the Olympics and even qualified for the World Cup.

The problem is, that in a huge country, football is confined to a few regions.
Calcutta (Kolkata), the former capital of British India, is the centre of the game.
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Manchester United - A Matter Of Life & Death

Ronaldo is a AC MIlan Payer Now

Three-time FIFA World Player of the Year winner Ronaldo moved from Real Madrid to AC Milan on Tuesday in a $9.7 million deal.