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300s In ODIs: India Break Australia's Record

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It took India nearly 22 years of playing ODI cricket to cross 300 for the first time in a matchand they were the last major cricket team to reach that score. Even Zimbabwe had achieved the feat many years earlier.

But once there, India have now made scores of 300 or more, more times than any other team.

The Mohali ODI provided the 65^th such instance, and India have now overtaken Australia at 64.

Here's a list of ODI teams that have crossed 300 in an ODI at least once.

Team	300+ Scores	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	HS
India	65	52	12	1	0	414
Australia	64	59	4	0	1	434
Pakistan	53	47	6	0	0	385
South Africa	45	41	4	0	0	438
Sri Lanka	38	33	5	0	0	443
New Zealand	32	26	5	1	0	402
England	27	17	8	2	0	391
West Indies	27	19	8	0	0	360
Zimbabwe	19	16	3	0	0	351
Ireland	6	4	2	0	0	329
Bangladesh	4	4	0	0	0	320
Netherlands	4	3	1	0	0	315
Asia XI	3	3	0	0	0	337
Kenya	3	3	0	0	0	347
Africa XI	2	0	2	0	0	318
Canada	1	1	0	0	0	312
ICC World XI	1	1	0	0	0	344
Scotland	1	1	0	0	0	323

Some Key Figures:

Out of India's 65 scores of 300, 16 were batting second.

Out of those 16, India won 11 games. Three were against England.

The 11 successful chases:

No	Score	Overs	Result	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	316/7	47.5	won	Pak	Dhaka	18 Jan 1998
2	302/7	49.4	won	RSA	Kochi	09 Mar 2000
3	326/8	49.3	won	Eng	Lord's	13 Jul 2002
4	325/5	47.4	won	Win	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2002
5	303/4	46.1	won	Srl	Jaipur	31 Oct 2005
6	317/8	49.4	won	Eng	The Oval	05 Sep 2007
7	301/4	42.1	won	Pak	Karachi	26 Jun 2008
8	310/4	46.5	won	Srl	Karachi	03 Jul 2008
9	317/3	48.1	won	Srl	Kolkata	24 Dec 2009
10	321/5	48.5	won	NZl	Bangalore	07 Dec 2010
11	300/5	49.2	won	Eng	Mohali	20 Oct 2011

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Absurd

Not poor if you earn Rs.32 a day: Planning Commission

Planning Commission told the Supreme Court that 40.74 crore people lived below poverty line.

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The Planning Commission on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the below poverty line (BPL)population in the country is 40.74 crore and the poverty line for the urban and rural areas could be provisionally placed at Rs.965 per capita per month (aroundRs.32 per day) andRs.781 per capita per month (around Rs.26 per day), respectively.

The Planning Commission in an affidavit said that the BPL population at present touched by the public distribution services (PDS) was 35.98 crore.

"If the Tendulkar (committee) poverty ratio for 2004/05 is applied to the projected population of the Registrar General of India as on March 1, 2005, the total BPL population would be 40.74 crore," the affidavit said.

The poverty estimates for year 2009-10 were being worked out and the "provisional estimates suggest that the total BPL population as per 2009-10 estimation may be lower than that which would have emerged (on the basis) of Tendulkar ratio on 2004-05 projection", it said.

The Planning Commission filed the affidavit in pursuance of the May 14 order of the apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma, which said that according to the expert group headed by Suresh Tendulkar at the price level of 2011, it was impossible for an individual in urban and rural area to consume 2,100 calories in Rs.20 andRs.15, respectively.

The bench's order asked the Planning Commission to "revise norms of per capita amount looking at the price index of May 2011 or any subsequent dates".

The affidavit said that on applying price increase using the consumer price index for industrial workers in urban areas and the consumer price index for agricultural labourers for rural areas, "the poverty line at June 2011 price level can be placed provisionally atRs.965 per capita per month in urban areas and Rs.781 per capita per month in rural areas."

"At June 2011 price level, for a family of five, this provisional poverty line would amount to Rs.4,824 per month in urban areas and Rs.3,905 per month in rural areas," the affidavit said.

The affidavit said that the final poverty line following the Tendulkar Committee ratio would only be available after completion of the 2011-12 National Sample Survey (NSS) and this would vary from state to state because of price differential.

courtesy: India today.

Read more at:http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/planning-commission-bpl-earn-rs-25-a-day-india/1/152084.html

Controversially Yours - by Shoaib Akthar

Shoaib Akthar takes a dig at Sachin

Akhtar: Controversial yet not clean.

Shoaib Akhtar is not finished yet. Cricket's perennial problem child, the Rawalpindi Express has launched his autobiography today. Titled Controversially Yours, he takes digs at Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, and also brazenly admits to ball-tampering.

The erstwhile fastest bowler in the world can lay claim to be the only one to dismiss Dravid and Tendulkar with consecutive deliveries — both blazing yorkers — at Eden Gardens in 1999. But despite the two Indians winning several personal contests against him since then, Shoaib still chose to berate them in his book.

He's not the first cricketer to do so. Herschelle Gibbs and Adam Gilchrist recently had been critical of Tendulkar in their books — a technique which instantly stirs up emotions and pumps up sales.

Akhtar claims Dravid and Tendulkar were not match-winners:

"....Vivian Richards, Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara and the likes of them are great batsmen who dominated with the bat and were truly match-winners. Initially, when I bowled against Sachin, I found these qualities missing. He might have had more runs and records, he lacked the ability to finish the game. I think players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid weren't exactly match winners to start with, nor did they know the art of finishing the game."

Shoaib also claims the master blaster was scared of him during the Faisalabad Test.

"We would have faced a humbling defeat in the series but for the fact that we reined in Sachin Tendulkar. What went in our favour was that Sachin was suffering from tennis elbow! This severely handicapped the great batsman. We managed to psychologically browbeat him. We bounced the ball at him and were able to unnerve him. I returned to the dressing room that first day with the knowledge that Sachin was not comfortable facing fast and rising ball. He was distinctly uncomfortable against me. That was enough to build on. I bowled (Sachin) a particularly fast ball which he, to my amazement didn't even touch. He walked away! That was the first time, I saw him walk away from me — that, too, on the slow track at Faisalabad. It got my hunting instincts up and in the next match I hit him on the head and he couldn't score after that."

Akhtar, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders briefly, has also accused Shah Rukh Khan and former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi of cheating.

"Shah Rukh and I talked about my not being happy with the money settled on me. Shah Rukh and Modi got me to agree. I should have never listened to Modi and Shah Rukh."

Then there's the bit where he admits Pakistan bowlers tamper with the ball.

Almost all Pakistani fast bowlers have tampered with the ball. I may be the first one to openly admit to it but everybody is doing it. To be honest, every team in the world tampers with the ball. We probably started it but today koi team doodh ki dhooli nahin hain. No team is innocent and virtually every fast bowler does it. That is the only way to survive because the wickets are so slow.

Akhtar, who took 178 wickets in 46 Tests and 247 wickets in 163 ODIs, has been in the eye of several controversies. Doping scandals, fitness problems, chucking problems, genital warts, hitting Mohammad Asif with a bat, allegedly slapping their coach Bob Woolmer, fines, fall-out with team, fall-out with the management, bans, recalls, more bans.

Things came to a head in the 2011 World Cup, where he allegedly had a confrontation with Kamran Akmal. He announced his retirement mid-way, but was immediately dropped from the team. Which is not to say he has been dropped from the headlines.

As for the ball-tampering bits, thanks Shoaib, for telling us what we've suspected throughout.


courtesy: www.yahoo.com