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.

Fifth Season Of The IPL Auction

The 5th season of the IPL will comprise 9 teams and 76 matches and will begin and end in Chennai and the opening match on April 4 and the final on May 27 and the teams will play each other at home and away during a league phase consisting of 72 games at 11 venues beginning with the defending champions.

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

2012 IPL Auction Register:

$400,000

Graeme Swann (England)

$300,000

James Anderson (England) and Mitchell Johnson (Australia)

$200,000

Peter Siddle (Australia), Matt Prior Chris Tremlett, Luke Wright, Rikki Clarke (England); Vernon Philander (South Africa)

$100,000

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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Capped: Jason Krejza, Ben Laughlin, Graham Manou, Luke Ronchi, Shane Harwood, Usman Khawaja (Australia); Mal Loye (England); Lou Vincent, Jamie How, Ian Butler, Kane Williamson, Andy McKay, Rob Nicol, Doug Bracewell, Reece Young (New Zealand); Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Rory Kleinveldt (South Africa); Upul Tharanga, Farveez Maharoof, Chamara Kapugedera, Ajantha Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Rangana Herath, Chanaka Welegedara (Sri Lanka); Carlton Baugh, Nikita Miller, Lendl Simmons, Suleiman Benn, Andre Russell, Devendra Bishoo, Adrian Barath, Sunil Narine (West Indies); Tatenda Taibu, Elton Chigumbura, Hamilton Masakadza, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Vusi Sibanda, Chris Mpofu, Chamu Chibhabha, Ed Rainsford, Charles Coventry, Keith Dabengwa, Craig Ervine, Forster Mutizwa, Kyle Jarvis (Zimbabwe).

Uncapped: Lee Carseldine, Brendan Drew, Ben Dunk, Ben Edmondson, Peter Forrest, Daniel Harris, Jayde Herrick, Glenn Maxwell, Michael Neser (Australia); Jason Roy (England); Tom Cooper (Netherlands); Kevin O’Brien, Niall O’Brien (Ireland); Ahmed Amla, Dillon du Preez, Robert Frylinck, Richard Levi (South Africa).

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Capped: Josh Hazlewood, Trent Copeland, Peter George (Australia); Daniel Flynn, Adam Milne (New Zealand); Jacques Rudolph, Justin Ontong, Paul Harris, Gulam Bodi, Vaughan van Jaarsveld, Andrew Puttick (South Africa); Thilina Kandamby, Thilan Thushara, Jeevan Mendis, Suranga Lakmal, Dhammika Prasad, Seekkuge Prasanna, Dilruwan Perera, Shaminda Eranga, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva (Sri Lanka); Rayad Emrit, Andre Fletcher, Carlos Brathwaite, Garey Mathurin, Krishmar Santokie (West Indies); Malcolm Waller, Regis Chakabva, Keegan Meth, Timycen Maruma, Shingirai Masakadza, Brian Vitori, Tino Mawoyo, Natsai Mushangwe, Njabulo Ncube, Tendai Chatara (Zimbabwe).

Uncapped: Burt Cockley, Scott Coyte, Adam Crosthwaite, Tim Cruickshank, Luke Doran, Theo Doropoulos, Chris Hartley, Aaron Heal, Ashton May, Alister McDermott, Aaron O’Brien, Steve Paulsen, Kane Richardson, Ben Rohrer, Chris Simpson, Daniel Smith, Jonathan Wells (Australia); Gareth Andrew, Steffan Piolet (England); Neil Wagner, Kyle Abbott (New Zealand), Farhaan Behardien, Henry Davids, CJ de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Ethan O’Rielly, Daryn Smit, JJ Smuts, Jean Symes, Craig Thyssen, Stiaan van Zyl, Dane Vilas, Shaun von Berg, David Wiese (South Africa); Kusal Perera, Sachithra Senanayake (Sri Lanka); Samuel Badree, Jonathan Carter, Kevon Cooper, Kelbert Walters (West Indies); Neville Walters, Richard Muzhange (Zimbabwe).

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

Date	Match Details	GMT	IST	Place
Feb 01	Australia v India, 1st T20I	08:35	14:05	Sydney
Feb 03	Australia v India, 2nd T20I	08:35	14:05	Melbourne

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

CSK	Chennai Super Kings
DC	Deccan Chargers
DD	Delhi Daredevils
KKR	Kolkata Knight Riders
KXIP	Kings XI Punjab
MI	Mumbai Indians
PW	Pune Warriors
RCB	Royal Challengers Bangalore
RR	Rajasthan Royals

Date	Match Details	Time	Stadium	Place
Apr 04	CSK v MI, 1st Match MI won by 8 wkts	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
Apr 05	KKR v DD, 2nd Match DD won by 8 wkts	20:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Apr 06	MI v PW, 3rd Match PW won by 28 runs	16:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
Apr 06	RR v KXIP, 4th Match RR won by 31 runs	20:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
Apr 07	RCB v DD, 5th Match RCB won by 20 runs	16:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
Apr 07	DC v CSK, 6th Match CSK won by 74 runs	20:00	ACA-VDCA	Vizag
Apr 08	RR v KKR, 7th Match RR won by 22 runs	16:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
Apr 08	PW v KXIP, 8th Match PW won by 22 runs	20:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
Apr 09	DC v MI, 9th Match MI won by 5 wkts	20:00	ACA-VDCA	Vizag
Apr 10	RCB v KKR, 10th Match KKR won by 42 runs	16:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
Apr 10	DD v CSK, 11th Match DD won by 8 wkts	20:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Apr 11	MI v RR, 12th Match MI won by 27 runs	20:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
Apr 12	CSK v RCB, 13th Match CSK won by 5 wkts	16:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
Apr 12	KXIP v PW, 14th Match KXIP won by 7 wkts	20:00	Punjab Cricket Association	Chandigarh
Apr 13	KKR v RR, 15th Match KKR won by 5 wkts	20:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Apr 14	PW v CSK, 16th Match PW won by 7 wkts	20:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
Apr 15	KKR v KXIP, 17th Match KXIP won by 2 runs	16:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Apr 15	RCB v RR, 18th Match RR won by 59 runs	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
Apr 16	MI v DD, 19th Match DD won by 7 wkts	20:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
Apr 17	RR v DC, 20th Match RR won by 5 wkts	16:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
Apr 17	RCB v PW, 21st Match RCB won by 6 wkts	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
Apr 18	KXIP v KKR, 22nd Match KKR won by 8 wkts	20:00	Punjab Cricket Association	Chandigarh
Apr 19	DC v DD, 23rd Match DD won by 5 wkts	16:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
Apr 19	CSK v PW, 24th Match CSK won by 13 rins	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
Apr 20	KXIP v RCB, 25th Match RCB won by 5 wkts	20:00	Punjab Cricket Association	Chandigarh
Apr 21	CSK v RR, 26th Match CSK won by 7 wkts	16:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
Apr 21	DD v PW, 27th Match PW won by 20 runs	20:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Apr 22	MI v KXIP, 28th Match KXIP won by 6 wkts	16:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
Apr 22	DC v KKR, 29th Match KKR won by 5 wkts	20:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
Apr 23	RR v RCB, 30th Match RCB won by 46 runs	20:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
Apr 24	PW v DD, 31st Match DD won by 8 wkts	16:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
Apr 24	KKR v DC, 32nd Match Match abandoned without a ball bowled	20:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Apr 25	KXIP v MI, 33rd Match MI won by 4 wkts	16:00	Punjab Cricket Association	Chandigarh
Apr 25	RCB v CSK, 34th Match No result (abandoned with a toss)	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
Apr 26	PW v DC, 35th Match Dc won by 18 runs	20:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
Apr 27	DD v MI, 36th Match DD won by 37 runs	20:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Apr 28	CSK v KXIP, 37th Match KXIP won by 7 runs	16:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
Apr 28	KKR v RCB, 38th Match KKR won by 47 runs	20:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Apr 29	DD v RR, 39th Match DD won by 1 runs	16:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Apr 29	MI v DC, 40th Match MI won by 5 wkts	20:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
Apr 30	CSK v KKR, 41st Match KKR won by 5 wkts	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
May 01	DC v PW, 42nd Match DC won by 13 runs	16:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
May 01	RR v DD, 43rd Match DD won by 6 wkts	20:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
May 02	RCB v KXIP, 44th Match KXIP won by 4 wkts	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
May 03	PW v MI, 45th Match MI won by 1 runs	20:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
May 04	CSK v DC, 46th Match CSK won by 10 runs	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
May 05	KKR v PW, 47th Match KKR won by 7 runs	16:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
May 05	KXIP v RR, 48th Match RR won by 43 runs	20:00	Punjab Cricket Association	Chandigarh
May 06	MI v CSK, 49th Match MI won by 2 wkts	16:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
May 06	RCB v DC, 50th Match RCB won by 5 wkts	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
May 07	DD v KKR, 51st Match KKR won by 5 wkts	20:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
May 08	PW v RR, 52nd Match RR won by 7 wkts	16:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
May 08	DC v KXIP, 53rd Match KXIP won by 25 runs	20:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
May 09	MI v RCB, 54th Match RCB won 9 wkts	20:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
May 10	DC v DD, 55th Match DD won by 9 wkts	20:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
May 10	RR v CSK, 56th Match CSK won by 4 wkts	20:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
May 11	PW v RCB, 57th Match RCB won by 35 runs	20:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
May 12	KKR v MI, 58th Match MI won by 27 runs	16:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
May 12	CSK v DD, 59th Match CSK won by 9 wkts	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
May 13	RR v PW, 60th Match RR won by 45 runs	16:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
May 13	KXIP v DC, 61st Match KXIP won by 4 wkts	20:00	Punjab Cricket Association	Chandigarh
May 14	RCB v MI, 62nd Match MI won by 5 wkts	16:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
May 14	KKR v CSK, 63rd Match CSK won by 5 wkts	20:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
May 15	DD v KXIP, 64th Match DD won by 5 wkts	20:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
May 16	MI v KKR, 65th Match KKR won by 32 runs	20:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
May 17	KXIP v CSK, 66th Match KXIP won by 6 wkts	16:00	HP Cricket Association	Dharamsala
May 17	DD v RCB, 67th Match RCB won by 21 runs	20:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
May 18	DC v RR, 68th Match DC won by 5 wkts	20:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
May 19	KXIP v DD, 69th Match DD won by 6 wkts	16:00	HP Cricket Association	Dharamsala
May 19	PW v KKR, 70th Match KKR won by 34 runs	20:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
May 20	DC v RCB, 71st Match DC won by 9 runs	16:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
May 20	RR v MI, 72nd Match MI won by 10 wkts	20:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
May 22	DD v KKR, Q 1 (1st v 2nd) KKR won by 18 runs	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
May 23	MI v CSK, Eli (3rd v 4th) CSK won by 38 runs	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
May 25	DD v CSK, Q 2 CSK won by 86 runs	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
May 27	KKR v CSK, Final KKR won by 5 wkts	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai

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."