Sunday, June 14, 2009

Kobe Bryant's shoot against Raptors. Watch the video.

Watch it first how Kobe shoot Raptor.

Kobe Bryant back in his business.


The facade finally cracked, 10 days and 4 games after the quest began. In his interview session of the N.B.A. finals, Kobe Bryant smiled and chuckled and made a joke. His chin and jaw were back in their normal moves.


“I’m just really happy to be in this moment right now,” Bryant said Saturday, his mood clearly enhanced by the proximity of a fourth championship.

Monday, June 8, 2009

England bits Pakistan by 48 runs. View the detailes score.

England 185/5 (20/20 ov)

Pakistan 137/7 (20.0/20 ov)

England won by 48 runs


England innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
RS Bopara c Shoaib Malik b Mohammad Aamer
5 6 1 0 83.33

LJ Wright b Umar Gul 34 16 6 1 212.50

KP Pietersen c Umar Gul b Saeed Ajmal
58 38 5 3 152.63

OA Shah b Umar Gul 33 32 3 1 103.12

PD Collingwood* c Shahid Afridi b Saeed Ajmal
15 11 2 0 136.36

AD Mascarenhas not out 16 12 1 0 133.33

JS Foster† not out 14 8 0 1 175.00

Extras (lb 3, w 4, nb 3) 10

Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 185 (9.25 runs per over)

Did not bat AU Rashid, GP Swann, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets1-9 (Bopara, 1.2 ov), 2-62 (Wright, 5.3 ov), 3-128 (Shah, 13.2 ov), 4-152 (Collingwood, 16.1 ov), 5-156 (Pietersen, 16.5 ov)


Bowling O M R W Econ

Yasir Arafat 4 0 42 0 10.50 (1nb)
Mohammad Aamer 3 0 31 1 10.33
Umar Gul 4 0 37 2 9.25 (1nb, 2w)
Shoaib Malik 1 0 13 0 13.00 (1nb, 1w)
Shahid Afridi 4 0 36 0 9.00
Saeed Ajmal 4 0 23 2 5.75 (1w)




Pakistan innings (target: 186 runs from 20 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
Ahmed Shehzad c Collingwood b Mascarenhas 4 7 0 0 57.14
Salman Butt c Bopara b Broad 28 23 5 0 121.73
Kamran Akmal† c Wright b Broad 6 6 0 0 100.00
Shoaib Malik c †Foster b Wright 20 21 1 0 95.23

Younis Khan* not out 46 31 5 0 148.38

Shahid Afridi c sub (EJG Morgan) b Swann 5 12 0 0 41.66
Misbah-ul-Haq c sub (EJG Morgan) b Anderson 10 8 0 1 125.00
Yasir Arafat c Wright b Broad 4 6 0 0 66.66

Umar Gul not out 8 6 1 0 133.33

Extras (lb 1, w 5) 6

Total (7 wickets; 20 overs) 137 (6.85 runs per over)

Did not bat Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Aamer


Fall of wickets1-13 (Ahmed Shehzad, 2.1 ov), 2-41 (Kamran Akmal, 5.5 ov), 3-41 (Salman Butt, 5.6 ov), 4-87 (Shoaib Malik, 12.2 ov), 5-102 (Shahid Afridi, 15.1 ov), 6-117 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 17.1 ov), 7-129 (Yasir Arafat, 18.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

AD Mascarenhas 2 0 14 1 7.00
JM Anderson 4 0 30 1 7.50 (3w)
SCJ Broad 3 0 17 3 5.66
AU Rashid 4 0 24 0 6.00
GP Swann 4 0 27 1 6.75
LJ Wright 3 0 24 1 8.00 (2w)

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Tournament Fixtures of T20 World Cup of 2009

Fri Jun 5 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 1st Match, Group B - England v Netherlands
Lord's, London

Sat Jun 6
10:00 local | 09:00 GMT 2nd Match, Group D - New Zealand v Scotland
Kennington Oval, London

Sat Jun 6
14:00 local | 13:00 GMT 3rd Match, Group C - Australia v West Indies
Kennington Oval, London

Sat Jun 6 Day and Night
18:00 local | 17:00 GMT 4th Match, Group A - Bangladesh v India
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Sun Jun 7
13:30 local | 12:30 GMT 5th Match, Group D - Scotland v South Africa
Kennington Oval, London

Sun Jun 7 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 6th Match, Group B - England v Pakistan
Kennington Oval, London

Mon Jun 8
13:30 local | 12:30 GMT 7th Match, Group A - Bangladesh v Ireland
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Mon Jun 8 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 8th Match, Group C - Australia v Sri Lanka
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Tue Jun 9
13:30 local | 12:30 GMT 9th Match, Group B - Netherlands v Pakistan
Lord's, London

Tue Jun 9 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 10th Match, Group D - New Zealand v South Africa
Lord's, London

Wed Jun 10
13:30 local | 12:30 GMT 11th Match, Group C - Sri Lanka v West Indies
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Wed Jun 10 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 12th Match, Group A - India v Ireland
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Thu Jun 11
13:30 local | 12:30 GMT 13th Match, Group F - TBC v TBC (D1 v A2)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Thu Jun 11 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 14th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC (B2 v D2)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Fri Jun 12
13:30 local | 12:30 GMT 15th Match, Group F - TBC v TBC (B1 v C2)
Lord's, London

Fri Jun 12 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 16th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC (A1 v C1)
Lord's, London

Sat Jun 13
13:30 local | 12:30 GMT 17th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC (C1 v D2)
Kennington Oval, London

Sat Jun 13 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 18th Match, Group F - TBC v TBC (D1 v B1)
Kennington Oval, London

Sun Jun 14
13:30 local | 12:30 GMT 19th Match, Group F - TBC v TBC (A2 v C2)
Lord's, London

Sun Jun 14 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 20th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2)
Lord's, London

Mon Jun 15
13:30 local | 12:30 GMT 21st Match, Group E - TBC v TBC (B2 v C1)
Kennington Oval, London

Mon Jun 15 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 22nd Match, Group F - TBC v TBC (B1 v A2)
Kennington Oval, London

Tue Jun 16
13:30 local | 12:30 GMT 23rd Match, Group F - TBC v TBC (D1 v C2)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Tue Jun 16 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 24th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC (D2 v A1)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Thu Jun 18 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Fri Jun 19 Day and Night
17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
Kennington Oval, London

Sun Jun 21
15:00 local | 14:00 GMT Final - TBC v TBC
Lord's, London

Match statistics between Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova


Dinara Safina, Russia (1), vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia (7) They played on clay in a final in Rome on May 10, and Safina won.



They played on clay in a final in Stuttgart on May 3, and Kuznetsova won. They played a French Open semifinal in 2008, and Safina won.


They played a French Open quarterfinal in 2006, and Kuznetsova won. They've played eight times on clay, and each has won four.


They've played 13 times overall, and Safina has won eight.

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