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Indian batting has performed and bowling and fielding have underperformed, according to her ardent fans.All media and fans were praising Dhoni before. Now they are after his blood ! Perceived complaceny and bowling frailties are criticised by its 500 million plus fans ! If the population of England is just 51 million and Aus 24 million, then its cric fans are also less. Not so the mighty Elephant ! Dhoni has to answer 500 million cric cracks, who would go to any length to see Sachin hold the coveted Trophy on Apr 2nd ! ( The overpopulation of Ind is generally described as a minus point. But, in cricket, it becomes a plus point ). Th cric crazy Indian fan now wants Greg Chappel as coach. He is a severe critic of Ind bowling and fielding ( A nation of one billion plus cannot produce a genuine fast bowler ! ). Ashwin is a magician and should be allowed to play. Ashwin can be Ind's trump card and he can give the Cup to India ( Just like Imran said that if Umar plays well, Pak will win

The Federal Bank, a Kerala Bank, will be the chief sponsor of Kochi Tuskers Kerala. The agreement was signed yesterday by P C John, the ED of Fed Bank and Mehul Shah, one of the directors of Kochi. Tickets will be sold via the branches of Fed Bank and via their website, Federal Bank The Fed Bank authorities said that they will be launching more programs for the benefits of the cricket lovers ! The IPL schedule is out and can be accessed at http://www.cricketastro.com/html/indian_premier_league.htm If India win today, they will have to face Aussies. If India lose, then they will have to face SL! There was a guy in Wodehouse who was asked by his prospective mother-in-law. " What will you do if you are confronted by a charging rhinocerus ?' To which he replied, " It is highly unlikely that I will move in such social circles as charging rhinoceri". He was asked again " What will you do if you are confronted by a puma on one hand and a python on the other ?&q

Just imagine ! A team, undefeated for the last 34 WC matches, losing to Pak ! Now Pak need only 9 runs to win ! It was Aussies' batting which let them down. Asad Shefiq and Umar Akmal have starred in the Pak win. Shefiq was out for 46 and Umar is on 43 not out. Younus also played well for 31. Razzak pulls Krejza for four and then next ball hit it past extra cover for four and Pak win by four wickets. Umar is on an undefeated 44 not out ! So Aus has lost, which makes the Cup wide open ! We now know why Aus was never fancied as favourites, despite winning 34 matches in the WC consecutively. Although Lee took 4 wickets, he did not get support from the wayword Tait and Johnson.

Just imagine ! A team, undefeated for the last 34 WC matches, losing to Pak ! Now Pak need only 9 runs to win ! It was Aussies' batting which let them down. Asad Shefiq and Umar Akmal have starred in the Pak win. Shefiq was out for 46 and Umar is on 43 not out. Younus also played well for 31. Razzak pulls Krejza for four and then next ball hit it past extra cover for four and Pak win by four wickets. Umar is on an undefeated 44 not out ! So Aus has lost, which makes the Cup wide open ! We now know why Aus was never fancied as favourites, despite winning 34 matches in the WC consecutively. Although Lee took 4 wickets, he did not get support from the wayword Tait and Johnson.

The aim of Pak is simple. They dont want to face India. ( If you look at WC records, SL lose to Pak and Pak lose to India ). So they want to top Group A to meet the B4! Most probably they will be meeting Eng or WI ! ( Afridi said he doesnt want to face India before the intimidating Ahmedabad crowd ). Umar Gul led their superb bowling ( at 149 kph ) and took 3/30. Aus never got going and there was not a great innings from their batsmen ( In the warm up match, they were all out for 176 against India ). Kochi fans are happy as Steve Smith ( 25 ) performed well. He is a Kochi Tusker! But still the game is wide open, as Pak were bowled out for 184 by Canada. Pak batsmen will have to face the formidable pace trio. Let us see what will happen ! Brett Lee has struck, sending Hafeez caught and bowled. A brilliant catch and Pak are 12/1!

England,India and WI can relax now. BD is out of the WC. They were bowled out for 78, with Peterson taking 4/12. It was Tsotsobe who wrecked the BD top order. Tsotsobe, with Botha made BD 21/4, taking 3 wickets and the match was almost over! Tsotsobe finished with the figures of 3/14 and that was the end of BD. Barry Richards opined that BD have human resources, but unless that factor is supported by infrastructure and coaching, it will not bring home the bacon ! How correct he is !

Now that Super Moon has already harmed ( the tsunami ), it will not harm furthur ! Here we give the dates of the Super Moon from 1950 to 2050 November 10, 1954 November 20, 1972 January 8, 1974 February 26, 1975 December 2nd, 1990 January 19, 1992 March 8, 1993 January 10, 2005 December 12, 2008 January 30, 2010 March 19, 2011 November 14, 2016 January 2nd, 2018 January 21st, 2023 November 25, 2034 January 13, 2036 To make one revolution of the earth, the moon takes 27.3 days . Since, as the earth has motion and has moved in the heavens, it takes further two days to catch up with the earth. ( Full moon-new moon lunar cycle takes 29.5 days. The moon's orbit around the Earth is elliptical, and its orbit is inclined at 5.14 deg to the elliptic (earth's path around the sun) with a substantial eccentricity of 5.49 percent (earth's is 1.67 per cent). The Moon at Super Full Moon will be at 217 K kms and at Apogee it is more than 300 K. A difference of more than 100 K kms. The Mo