Sports: 2011

Tuesday 28 June 2011

Callum Ferguson

Callum James Ferguson (born 21 November 1984 in North Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian cricketer who currently plays Australian Domestic cricket for South Australia.

He represented Australia at Under 19 level and debuted for the Australia one-day side in 2009. He made his first half century for Australia on 13 February 2009.

Early life:

Ferguson attended Blackfriars Priory School in Prospect, South Australia before moving to Marryatville High School in Year 9.

He went on to complete his schooling there.

Callum Ferguson

Andrés Iniesta Luján (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈdɾes iˈnjesta luˈxan]; born 11 May 1984) is a Spanish football player. He currently plays as a midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, and the Spanish national team.

Iniesta came through La Masia, the Barcelona youth academy, and impressed from an early age. He made his first-team debut in 2002, aged 18. He began playing regularly during the 2004–05 season, and has remained in the side ever since. He was an integral part of the sextuple-winning Barcelona side in 2009, the only time which a club has achieved six titles in a year.

Iniesta played for Spain at Under-16, Under-19 and Under-21 levels, before making his international debut in 2006. He was selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, playing one game, as Spain went out in the second round. He helped Spain qualify for Euro 2008, and played an important role in the side as they went on to win the competition, playing every game and being selected in the UEFA Team of the Tournament. Iniesta was selected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was a key member of the victorious Spanish side; he scored the winning goal in the final against the Netherlands, also being named Man of the Match, and was selected in the tournament's All-Star Team. He was also the Man of the Match for two other World Cup games.

Iniesta

Monday 27 June 2011

Brett Lee

Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer.

After breaking into the Australian Test team, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket. In each of his first two years, he averaged less than 20 with the ball, but since then has mostly achieved figures in the early 30s.

He is an athletic fielder and useful lower-order batsman, with a batting average exceeding 20 in Test cricket. Together with Mike Hussey, he has held the record for highest 7th wicket partnership for Australia in ODIs since 2005–06 (123).

Brett Lee

Alastair Cook

Alastair Nathan Cook, MBE (born 25 December 1984) is an English international cricket player. He is a left-handed opening batsman who currently plays county cricket for Essex and International cricket for England, where he is their ODI captain. Cook played for Essex's Academy and made his debut for the first XI in 2003. He played in a variety of England's youth teams from 2000 until his call up to the Test side in 2006.

While touring in the West Indies with the ECB National Academy, Cook was called up to the England national team in India as a last-minute replacement for Marcus Trescothick and debuted with a century. Debuting at 21 years of age, Cook went on to become the youngest Englishman to reach 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 and 5,000 Test runs, making centuries in his first Test matches against India, Pakistan, the West Indies and Bangladesh. He is also the only Englishman to score seven Test centuries before his 23rd birthday.

Personal information
Full name	Alastair Nathan Cook
Born	25 December 1984 (age 26) Gloucester Gloucesteshire, England
Nickname	Woody, Cooky, Chef, Golden Boy
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style	Left-hand
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
Role	Opener
International information
National side	ENGLAND
Test debut	1 March 2006 v India
Last Test	7 June 2011 v Srilanka
ODI debut	28 June 2006 v Srilanka
ODI shirt no.	26
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003–present	Essex (squad no. 26)
2004–2007	MCC
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	67	26	142	75
Runs scored	5,465	858	10,772	2,486
Batting average	49.23	33.00	46.41	36.55
100s/50s	18/25	1/5	30/55	5/14
Top score	235*	102	235*	125
Balls bowled	6	–	270	18
Wickets	0	–	6	0
Bowling average	–	–	34.16	–
5 wickets in Innings	0	–	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	–	0	n/a
Best bowling	0/1	–	3/13	0/5
Catches/Stumpings	57/–	10/–	135/–	33/–

Alastair Cook

Sunday 26 June 2011

Scott Styris

Scott Bernardo Styris (born Brisbane, Australia 10 July 1975) is a New Zealand cricketer. An allrounder, Styris is an aggressive right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.

Educated at Hamilton Boys' High School, Styris has represented Auckland and Northern Districts since 1994/95. He was originally just a seam bowler and only started to concentrate on his batting after a knee injury. Nicknamed "The Pig", he has become a crowd favourite, especially at Eden Park.

Styris has played for Hamilton in the Hawke Cup.

Scott Styris was bought by the Deccan Chargers for the IPL 2008 season. He went for $175,000 in the player auction on February 20, 2008.

At the 2011 IPL Auctions Scott Styris was bought by the Chennai Super Kings for $200,000 and will represent the side in the forthcoming tournament..

Scott Styris

James Anderson

James Michael "Jimmy" Anderson (born 30 July 1982 in Burnley, Lancashire) is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and since bursting onto the scene in 2002/03, before his first full season of county cricket, Anderson has represented England in over 50 Test matches and over 100 One Day Internationals.

A right arm pace bowler, Anderson made his international debut at the age of just 20. On England's 2002/03 tour of Australia, Anderson was drafted into the squad from the England A team due to an injury crisis. When he played his first ODI he had only played five senior one day matches. Anderson went on to feature in the 2003 ICC World Cup and made his Test match debut against Zimbabwe at Lords the next summer. Later in 2003 he experienced a dip in form and confidence against South Africa. After this he was in and out of the team and experienced numerous injuries, including a stress fracture of the back which kept him out of action for most of the 2006 season. He returned to action and features regularly in England's Test squad. He is a regular strike bowler in England's one day team.

James Anderson

Saturday 25 June 2011

Rey Mysterio

Rey Mysterio's real name is Oscar Gutierrez and he was born on December 11, 1974. He was born in San Diego, California. Rey Mysterio was trained by his uncle Rey Misterio Sr. and made his professional debut in 1989 as Colibri (means Hummingbird in Spanish) in the lucha libre. He first wrestled in Mexico and went upwards to the USA.
He currently lives in San Diego, California. He has a gated house but I read in his interview that sometimes, the gate is not closed(annoyed). When his wife and him were thinking about building his new house, Rey said to his wife " Let me take care of the outside." So outside, he created the backyard and the backyard has a waterslide, pool that holds 1,200 gallons of water and a jacuzzi. Mysterio has a family. He has a wife named Angelica a.k.a Angie. He has one son named Dominik and one daughter named Aalyah. He also has a dog named Rocky.

Rey Mysterio

Ronaldo

Birthday:

1976/09/18

Full name:

Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima

Place of Birth:

Bento Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height:

183 cm (6 ft 1 in)

Weight:

90 kg

Position:

Striker

Nickname(s):

Ronaldo, The Phenomenon

Wife / girlfriend:

Lives in:

São Paulo, Brazil

Ronaldo

Friday 24 June 2011

kaka

Birthday:

1982/04/22

Full name:

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite

Place of Birth:

Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Height:

1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight:

73 kg

Position:

Offensive Midfielder, Second Forward

Nickname(s):

Kaká

Wife / girlfriend:

Caroline Celico

Lives in:

Madrid, Spain

kaka

Misbah ul Haq

Full Name: Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi
Date of Birth: May 28, 1974, Mianwali, Punjab
Major Team: Pakistan, Khan Research Labs, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sargodha
Playing Roll: Batsman
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Legbreak

International Debut: 2001

Batting and fielding records

	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St

Test	25	44	7	1640	161*	44.32	4092	40.08	3	11	185	15	30	-

ODI	78	67	16	2125	83*	41.67	2740	77.55	-	15	147	31	37	-

T20I	32	28	10	637	87*	35.39	562	113.35	-	3	36	24	9	-

Bowling records

	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Eco	SR	4W	5W	10W

Test	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

ODI	78	1	24	30	-	-	-	-	7.50	-	-	-	-

T20I	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career Statistics

Test Debut: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, 08-12, Mar 2001

ODI Debut: Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, Apr 27, 2002

Twenty20 Debut: Pakistan v Bangladesh at Nairobi, Sep 02, 2007

Misbah ul Haq

Shoaib Akhtar

Full Name: Shoaib Akhtar
Date of Birth: Aug 13, 1975, Rawalpindi, Punjab
Major Team: Pakistan, Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan, Asia XI, Chittagong Division, Durham, ICC World XI, Islamabad Leopards, Khan Research Labs, Kolkata Knight Riders, Pakistan International Airlines,
Playing Roll: Bowler
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Right-arm fast

International Debut: 1997

Batting and fielding records

	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St

Test	46	67	13	544	47	10.07	1313	41.43	-	-	53	22	12	-

ODI	163	83	40	394	43	9.16	537	73.37	-	-	27	12	20	-

T20I	15	4	1	8	4	2.67	9	88.89	-	-	1	-	2	-

Bowling records

	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Eco	SR	4W	5W	10W

Test	46	82	8143	4574	178	6/11	11/78	25.70	3.37	45.75	10	12	2

ODI	163	161	7710	6099	246	6/16	6/16	24.79	4.75	31.34	6	4	-

T20I	15	13	270	352	15	2/11	2/11	23.47	7.82	18.00	-	-	-

Career Statistics

Test Debut: Pakistan v West Indies at Rawalpindi, 29 Nov - 03 Dec 1997

ODI Debut: Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare, Mar 28, 1998

Twenty20 Debut: England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006