BCCI Corporate Trophy
Countries	India
Administrator	BCCI
Format	List A
First tournament	2009
Last tournament	Maiden Tournament
Tournament format	Round-robin then knockout
Number of teams	12
Most successful	Air India Red (1 title)
2009-10 BCCI Corporate Trophy
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The BCCI have set up a 12 team inter-corporate tournament to take part just before the start of the Ranji Trophy. The tournament is a 50 over a side tournament involving corporate teams from India. All the top Indian Cricketers are expected to play along with academy cricket players and those who play regular domestic cricket in India. ^[1]

History[link]

The corporate trophy will act as a high-profile starter to the Indian Domestic Cricket Season and will bring the Indian Cricketers back into 50-over cricket. The BCCI's prime objective is to promote employment opportunities for domestic cricketers in India's corporate houses. The board has invited 12 corporate teams to take part which will involve some of India's top cricketers.

The winners will win Rs 1 crore {US$204,272} while the runners=up will receive Rs 50 lakh {US$102,109} however, the BCCI will be not another IPL as no foreign players will take part and no promotional campaigns.

The tournamant will also involve a lot of players who played in the unofficial ICL, therefore the tournament could look to kill of the ICL. Some of the ICL players have said that after the announcement of the Corporate Trophy, they had received calls from their employers asking them to cut ties with the rebel league. ^[2]

The inaugural was won by Air India Red after they beat Air India Blue by 93 runs in the final.

[edit] 2009 Tournament

The 1st edition of the tournament take place from September 1-8 in which the 12 sides will be split into 4 groups of 3 with the group winners advancing to semi-finals and then on to the final.

Teams

Air India Blue
Air India Red
AIPSSPB
Bharat Petroleum
BSNL
India Cements
Indian Oil Corporation
India Revenue
ITC
MRF
ONGC
Tata Sports Club

Group Games will be played from September 1-3. Group A's matches will be played in Mohali, Group B's matches will be played in Visakhapatnam, Group C's matches will be played in Dharamsala and Group D's matches will be played in Bangalore.

The Semi-Final will be played on the 5th and 6th of September at Mohali and Bangalore respectively with the final being played at Bangalore on the 8th September. Only the Group D matches and the knock-out matches will be telecast on NEO Cricket

References[link]

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Rahul Dravid

Personal information
Full name	Rahul Sharad Dravid
Born	(1973-01-11) 11 January 1973 (age 39) Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nickname	The Wall, Jammy, Mr. Dependable
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm off spin
Role	Batsman, Wicketkeeper
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 207)	20 June 1996 v England
Last Test	24 January 2012 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 339)	3 April 1996 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	16 September 2011 v England
ODI shirt no.	19
Only T20I	31 August 2011 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1990–present	Karnataka
2000	Kent
2003	Scotland
2008–2010	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011–present	Rajasthan Royals
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	164	344	298	449
Runs scored	13,288	10,889	23,794	15,271
Batting average	52.31	39.16	55.33	42.30
100s/50s	36/63	12/83	68/117	21/112
Top score	270	153	270	153
Balls bowled	120	186	617	477
Wickets	1	4	5	4
Bowling average	39.00	42.50	54.60	105.25
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	1/18	2/43	2/16	2/43
Catches/stumpings	210/0	196/14	353/1	233/17
Source: Cricinfo, 30 January 2012

Rahul Sharad Dravid  pronunciation (help·info) (born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian Test and One Day International teams. Dravid was honoured as one of the top-five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2000.^[1] Dravid was also awarded the ICC Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year at the inaugural awards ceremony held in 2004.^[2] Dravid also holds the record of having taken the most number of catches in Test matches. On 9 March 2012, he announced his retirement from international cricket.^[3]

On 7 August 2011 after getting a surprise call to play in ODI series against England he declared his retirement from One Day Internationals and T20.^[4]

Popularly hailed as "The Wall of Indian cricket", Dravid is regarded by many to be one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the game. Dravid holds multiple cricketing records. He is only the second player, after Sachin Tendulkar, to reach 13,000 runs in Test cricket.^[5] On 14 February 2007, he became the sixth player overall and the third Indian (after Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly), to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket in cricketing history.^[6] He is the first and only batsman to score a century in all ten Test playing nations.^[7] With more than 200 catches, Dravid currently holds the world record for the most number of catches in Test cricket.^[8] Dravid has also been involved in more than 80 century partnerships with 18 different partners and has been involved in 19 century partnerships with Sachin Tendulkar – a world record.^[9]

On 24 November 2011, he became the second international player to reach 13,000 runs in Test Cricket after Sachin Tendulkar.^[10]

On 14 December 2011, he became the first non-Australian cricketer to address at the Bradman Oration in Canberra.^[11]

Dravid has been bowled 55 times in Test cricket, going past Allan Border's previous record of 53.

On 9 March 2012, Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from international and first class cricket. Dravid made the announcement with the BCCI president, N Srinivasan and former captain Anil Kumble at a press conference in Bangalore. He was however slated to appear in the 2012 edition of the Indian Premier League as captain of the Rajasthan Royals^[12]

Early life and family[link]

Dravid was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.^[13] He belongs to a Maharashtrian^[14] family settled in Bangalore, Karnataka.^[15] He has a younger brother, Vijay. Dravid's father worked for Kissan, a company known for producing jams and preserves and thus he earned the nickname Jammy from his teammates at St. Joseph's Boys' High School. His mother, Pushpa, was a professor of architecture at Bangalore University.^[16] Rahul Dravid has a degree in commerce from St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore.

Dravid started playing cricket at the age of 12, and represented the state at the under-15, under-17 and under-19 level.^[17] Rahul's talents were first spotted by former cricketer Keki Tarapore who was coaching at a summer coaching camp at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.^[18] He went on to score a century on debut for his school team.^[15] Along with the batting, he was keeping wickets. However, he later stopped keeping wickets on advice from former Test players Gundappa Vishwanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel and Tarapore.

He was selected to make his Ranji Trophy debut in February 1991 against Maharashtra in Pune (while still attending college at St. Joseph's College of Commerce in Bangalore), alongside future Indian teammates Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, scoring 82 in a drawn match after batting in the No. 7 position.^[19] His first full season was in 1991–92, when he scored two centuries to finish with 380 runs at an average of 63.3,^[20] and was selected for South Zone in the Duleep Trophy.^[21]

On 4 May 2003, he married Vijeta Pendharkar, a surgeon from Nagpur.^[22] They have two children, Samit (born 2005)^[23] and Anvay (born 2009).^[24]

Cricketing career[link]

1995–98: Beginning[link]

Dravid in action during a Test match

Dravid had a disappointing start to his career making his debut in one-dayers against Sri Lankan cricket team in the Singer Cup in Singapore immediately after World Cup in March 1996, replacing Vinod Kambli. Subsequently, he was dropped from the team, until he was picked again for the tour of England.

He then made his debut in the Second Test against England along with Sourav Ganguly,when Sanjay Manjrekar got injured after the first Test match on that tour.

Dravid scored 95^[25] and held his position on Manjrekar's return for the Third Test, scoring 84.^[26] After moderate performance in home series against Australia and South Africa, Dravid broke through on the 1996–97 tour of South Africa. He batted at No. 3 in the third Test in Johannesburg, scoring his maiden century with 148 and 81, the top score in each innings to claim his first man of the match award.^[27] He made his first half-century against Pakistan in the Sahara Cup in 1996, scoring 90 in his 10th ODI.^[28]

In the 18 months ending in mid-1998, he played in an away series against the West Indies, home and away series against Sri Lanka and a home series against Australia, he scored consistently, with 964 runs at an average of 56.7. He scored eleven half-centuries but was unable to convert them to triple figures^{[citation needed]}. He scored his second century in late 1998 against Zimbabwe in a one-off Test match, top-scoring in both innings with 148 and 44, but was unable to prevent an Indian defeat^{[citation needed]}. He became the third Indian batsman after Vijay Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar to score centuries in both innings of a match during the 1999 New Year's Test match against New Zealand with 190 and 103* to force a draw.^[29][30] He had a moderate season in the subcontinent in early 1999, scoring 269 runs at an average of 38.42 with one century before scoring 239 at an average of 39.8 including a century against New Zealand in late 1999^{[citation needed]}. This was followed by a poor away series against Australia and another poor home series against South Africa, accumulating just 187 runs at an average of 18.7. He then scored 200*, his first double century, against Zimbabwe in Delhi, which along with 70* in the second innings helped India to victory. It was the first time he had passed 50 in 12 months and he followed this with a 162 in the following Test, giving him 432 runs in the two match series at an average of 432^{[citation needed]}.

1999: World Cup success[link]

Dravid was top scorer in the 7th World Cup (1999), scoring 461 runs. He is the only Indian to score two back to back centuries at the World Cup. He scored 110 vs Kenya and followed it with a masterly 145 against Sri Lanka in Taunton, in a match where he kept wickets. He was vice captain during 2003 World cup where India reached the final, serving his team in the dual capacity of a batsman and wicket keeper to accommodate an additional batsman, a move that paid huge dividends for India. Dravid was the captain during the 2007 cricket world cup in West Indies, where Indian cricket team had a dismal campaign.

Post 2000[link]

Dravid gestures while fielding during a Test match against Sri Lanka in Galle in 2008.

In the second test of a three match test series against Australia at Kolkata in 2001, Dravid joined hands with VVS Laxman to produce one of the greatest comeback victories in the history of the game. Following on, the pair put on 376 runs for the fifth wicket in the second innings of the match. Dravid scored 180 while Laxman made 281.^[31] Though Dravid ended up second-best, it remains one of his greatest performances till date. Later that year in Port Elizabeth against South Africa, he made a crucial match-saving 87 runs in the second innings to deny South Africa the win.^[32]

2002 was the year, when Dravid started to emerge out of Tendulkar's shadow and established himself as India's premier Test batsman. In the month of April, at Georgetown, West Indies in first test match of the series, he scored an unbeaten 144^[33] in the first innings after being hit by a Mervyn Dillon delivery. Later that year, he raked up four consecutive centuries against England (3) and West Indies (1). In August 2002, against England at Headingley Stadium, Leeds in the third test match of the series, he scored a 148 in the first innings on a seamer-friendly pitch to set up a famous Indian win.^[34] He won the man of the match award for this performance. Dravid's astonishing aggregate of 602 runs in the four match test series against England also fetched him the man of the series award.

In 2003–2004 season, Dravid scored three double centuries, one each against New Zealand, Australia and Pakistan. Against Australia at Adelaide in second match of the four match series, the batting pair of Dravid and VVS Laxman proved to be Australia's nemesis again. In the first innings, India were looking down the barrel at 4 wickets down for 85 runs in reply to Australia's massive 556 when the duo joined hands. By the time their partnership was broken, the pair had put on 303 runs. Laxman was dismissed for 148 while Dravid went on make 233. At that time, this was the highest individual score by an Indian batsman overseas. By the time Dravid was done, India was only 33 short of Australia's first innings score. Dravid followed this with an unbeaten 72 under immense pressure in the second innings to set up a famous victory.^[35] Dravid scored 619 runs in that four-match series against Australia at an average of 103.16 and won the man of the series award. During the later part of the season, Dravid, in Ganguly's absence, led India to its first test victory over Pakistan in Pakistan in the first test match at Multan. In the third and the final match of the series At Rawalpindi, Dravid stroked a masterly 270 to take India to a historic test series win over Pakistan.^[36] Dravid was the India's lifesaver in the disastrous tour of England in 2011, which costed India the top rankings in test cricket which they lost 4-0. However, only Dravid stood up and hit up 3 watchful centuries as India tumbled.

Retirement[link]

Rahul Dravid had been dropped from the ODI team in 2009 until he was included in the team in 2011 for a ODI series in England. The decision surprised many, including Dravid himself.^[37] Though Dravid had not officially retired from ODI cricket, he accepted that he didn't expect to be recalled.^[38][39] After being selected, Dravid announced that the series would be his last ODI appearance.^[37] Rahul Dravid played his last ODI innings against England at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on Friday, 16 September 2011. He scored a crucial 69 runs from 79 balls before eventually being bowled by Graeme Swann.^[40] He had the distinction of playing his last limited overs international match on his debut match in a T20I. He announced his retirement before playing his first T20I match.^[41]

After the tour of Australia in 2011-12, Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from test and domestic cricket on 9 March 2012, although he will be leading Rajasthan Royals in the 2012 Indian Premier League. Dravid was the second highest run scorer and player with the highest number of catches in test cricket at the time of his retirement.^[42]

Playing style[link]

With a strong technique, he has been the backbone for the Indian cricket team. Beginning with the reputation of being a defensive batsman who should be confined to Test cricket, he was dropped from ODIs as he was slow in making runs. However, in a period of his career he began consistently scoring runs in ODIs as well, earning him the award of ICC player of the year. His nickname of 'The Wall' in Reebok advertisements has now become a tribute to his consistency. Dravid has scored 36 centuries in Test cricket at an average of 53.19, including 5 double centuries. In one-dayers too he has an impressive average of 39.49, although at a strike rate of 71.22. He is one of the few Indians who average more at away Test matches than at home, averaging about 5 more runs a match abroad than on Indian pitches.^[43] As of 23 September 2010, Dravid's average in overseas Tests stood at 55.53 as against his home Test average of 50.76,^[43] and his average for away ODI stands at 37.93^[44] as against home ODI average of 43.11.^[45] In matches that India has won, Dravid averages 66.34 in Tests^[46] and 50.69 in ODIs.^[47]

Dravid's sole Test wicket was that of Ridley Jacobs in the fourth Test against the West Indies during the 2001–2002 series. While he has no pretensions to being a bowler, Dravid often kept wicket for India in ODIs. He has since delegated the wicket-keeping gloves, first to Parthiv Patel and more recently to Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dravid is now purely a batsman, one who has averaged 63.51 in matches played since 1 January 2000.

Dravid was involved in two of the largest partnerships in ODIs: a 318-run partnership with Sourav Ganguly, the first pair to combine for a 300-run partnership, and then a 331-run partnership with Sachin Tendulkar, which is the present world record. He also holds the record for the greatest number of innings since debut before being dismissed for a duck. His highest scores in ODIs and Tests are 153 and 270 respectively. Uniquely, each of his five double centuries in Tests was a higher score than his previous double century (200*, 217, 222, 233, 270).

Also, Dravid is the current world record holder for the highest percentage(%) contribution of runs scored in matches won under a single captain, where the captain has won more than 20 Tests.^[48] In the 21 Test matches India won under Sourav Ganguly's leadership, Dravid played his part in every single one of those wins, scoring at a record average of 102.84 and piling up an astonishing 2571 runs, with nine hundreds – three of them double-centuries – and ten fifties in 32 innings. He contributed nearly 23% of the total runs scored by India those 21 matches, which is almost one run out of every four runs the team scored.

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Dravid's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

He was named one of the Wisden cricketers of the year 2000. Though primarily a defensive batsman,Dravid has scored 50 not out in 22 balls(Strike Rate-227.27)vs NewZealand in Hydrabad on 15 Nov 2003,second fastest 50 among Indians.Only Ajit Agarkar 67 of 21 balls is faster than Dravid.

In 2004, Dravid was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. On 7 September 2004, he was awarded the inaugural Player of the year award and the Test player of the year by the International Cricket Council, ICC (associated image below). On 18 March 2006, Dravid played his 100th Test against England in Mumbai.

In 2006, it was announced that he would remain captain of the Indian team up to the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.

After the England Series however, he stepped down as captain of India due to personal reasons. Mahendra Singh Dhoni took over as ODI captain. Anil Kumble replaced him in test matches.

In 2007, he was dropped from the Indian ODI Squad following poor series against Australia. Dravid went back to play for Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy, scoring 218 against Mumbai.

In 2008, he made 93 in the first innings of the Perth test, the highest score of the match, to help India win and make the series 1–2. However, he was ignored by selectors for the subsequent one-day tri-series.

After a barren run in Test matches in 2008, Dravid came under increasing media pressure to retire or be dropped. In the Second Test against England in Mohali, he scored 136, putting on a triple-century stand with Gautam Gambhir.

After reaching 10,000 test runs milestone, he was quoted saying, "It's a proud moment for sure. For me, growing up, I dreamt of playing for India. When I look back, I probably exceeded my expectations with what I have done over the last 10 to 12 years. I never had an ambition to do it because I never believed – it is just a reflection of my longevity in the game."^[49]

Dravid is also one of the two batsmen to score 10,000 runs at a single batting position and is now the second highest run getter in Test Cricket next to Sachin Tendulkar.

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Praises and Accolades[link]

In 1999,Glenn McGrath is believed to have been said if there was one Indian player who would get an automatic entry into an Australian team filled with stars, it would be Rahul Dravid.^[50]

Facts[link]

• Rahul Dravid is the first batsmen who has registered a score of century in all test playing nations.
• He has played 93 consecutive five day test matches for India
• The first player to score 10000-run at No.3 position
• Rahul Dravid has a record of most number of catches in Test Cricket.^[51]
• His highest knock of 270 runs is the longest innings played by an Indian batsmen in terms of minutes.^[52]
• He holds a record for not being dismissed on a duck for 120 innings consecutive one-day matches.
• He is only the second non-English cricketer to have hit 3 or more centuries in a two different test series in England, the other being Donald Bradman.

Teams[link]

International[link]

• India
• ACC Asian XI
• ICC World XI
• MCC

Indian first-class[link]

• Karnataka
• South Zone

Indian Premier League[link]

• Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Rajasthan Royals

English county[link]

• Kent
• Scotland

Controversies[link]

Ball-tampering incident[link]

In January 2004 Dravid was found guilty of ball tampering during an ODI with Zimbabwe. Match referee Clive Lloyd adjudged the application of an energy sweet to the ball as a deliberate offence although Dravid himself denied this was his intent.^[53] Lloyd emphasised that television footage caught Dravid putting a lozenge on the ball during the Zimbabwean innings on Tuesday night at the Gabba.^[53] According to the ICC's Code of Conduct, players are not allowed to apply substances to the ball other than sweat and saliva.^[53] Dravid was fined half of his earnings from the match.^[53]

Indian coach John Wright came out in defence of Dravid, stating that "It was an innocent mistake". Wright argued that Dravid had been trying to apply saliva to the ball when parts of a losenge he had been chewing stuck to the ball; Dravid then tried to wipe it off.^[54] ICC regulations prevented Dravid from commenting about the issue, but former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly also stated that Dravid's act was "just an accident".^[54]

Multan declaration[link]

One of Dravid's most debated decisions was taken in March 2004, when he was standing in as captain for an injured Sourav Ganguly. The Indian first innings was declared at a point when Sachin Tendulkar was at 194 with 16 overs remaining on Day 2.^[55] Rahul Dravid has had a mixed record when leading India in Tests. India lost the Karachi Test in 2006, giving Pakistan the series 1–0. In March 2006, India lost the Mumbai Test, giving England its first Test victory in India since 1985, enabling Flintoff's men to draw the series 1–1. While the loss in Karachi could be put down to several Indian batsmen playing badly, the defeat in Mumbai was arguably the result of Dravid's decision to bowl first on a flat dry pitch which later deteriorated and ended with an Indian collapse in the run chase. Coincidentally, it was Dravid's 100th test match in which the Indians were all out for 100 runs in the second innings. He was criticised by Vijay Mallya for not picking the team with right balance after the Bangalore Royal Challengers finished seventh out of the eight teams that played in the 2008 Indian Premier League.^[56] After India failed to qualify for the Finals of the DLF Cup, Indian skipper Rahul Dravid was criticised by former all-rounder Ravi Shastri who said that he was not assertive enough and let Greg Chappell make too many decisions.^[57] When asked for a response, Dravid said that Shastri, while a 'fair critic', was 'not privy' to the internal decision-making process of the team.^[58]

Captaincy Record[link]

Test Matches (Against Other Nations)[link]

Opposition	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
Australia	2004-2004	2	1	1	0	0
Bangladesh	2007-2007	2	1	0	0	1
England	2006–2007	6	2	1	0	3
New Zealand	2003-2003	1	0	0	0	1
Pakistan	2004–2006	5	1	2	0	2
South Africa	2006–2007	3	1	2	0	0
Sri Lanka	2005-2005	2	1	0	0	1
West Indies	2006-2006	4	1	0	0	3
Total	2003-2007	25	8	6	0	11 [59]

[edit] One Day Internationals (Against Other Nations) ^[60]

Opposition	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
Australia	6	1	4	0	1
Bangladesh	3	2	1	0	0
Bermuda	1	1	0	0	0
England	13	9	4	0	0
New Zealand	2	0	1	0	1
Pakistan	9	5	4	0	0
Scotland	1	1	0	0	0
South Africa	9	4	5	0	0
Sri Lanka	16	8	6	0	2
West Indies	16	8	8	0	0
Zimbabwe	3	3	0	0	0
Total	79	42	33	0	4 [61]

Biographies[link]

Rahul Dravid has 2 biographies written on his career:

• Rahul Dravid – A Biography written by Vedam Jaishankar (ISBN 978-81-7476-481-2). Publisher: UBSPD Publications. Date: January 2004^[62]
• The Nice Guy Who Finished First written by Devendra Prabhudesai. Publisher: Rupa Publications. Date: November 2005^[63]

Other work[link]

Commercial endorsements[link]

• Reebok: 1996 – present^[64]
• Pepsi: 1997 present^[65]
• Kissan: Unknown^[66]
• Castrol: 2001 – present^[67]
• Hutch: 2003^{[citation needed]}
• Karnataka Tourism: 2004^[68]
• Max Life: 2005 – present^[69]
• Bank of Baroda: 2005 – present^[70]
• Citizen: 2006 – present^[71]
• Skyline Construction: 2006 – present^[72]
• Sansui: 2007^[73]
• Gillette: 2007 – present^[74]
• Samsung: 2002^[75] – 2004^[76]

Social commitments[link]

• Children's Movement for Civic Awareness (CMCA)^[77][78]
• UNICEF Supporter and AIDS Awareness Campaign^[79]

See also[link]

cricket portal

• List of international cricket centuries by Rahul Dravid
• List of awards and achievements of Rahul Dravid
• Indian national cricket captains

References[link]

External links[link]

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v t e India squad – 2006 ICC Champions Trophy 1 Dravid 2 Tendulkar 3 Agarkar 4 Dhoni 5 Harbhajan Singh 6 Kaif 7 Mongia 8 Patel 9 Pathan 10 Powar 11 Raina 12 Sehwag 13 R. P. Singh 14 Sreesanth 15 Yuvraj Singh Coach: G Chappell

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Nasser Hussain

Personal information
Full name	Nasser Hussain
Born	(1968-03-28) 28 March 1968 (age 44) Madras, India
Nickname	Nashwan, Nass
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style	Right hand bat
Bowling style	Right arm leg break
Role	Higher middle-order batsman
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 542)	24 February 1990 v West Indies
Last Test	20 May 2004 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 105)	30 October 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI	2 March 2003 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	3
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1987–2004	Essex
1991	MCC
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	96	88	334	364
Runs scored	5764	2332	20698	10732
Batting average	37.18	30.28	42.06	30.28
100s/50s	14/33	1/16	52/108	10/72
Top score	207	115	207	161*
Balls bowled	30	–	312	–
Wickets	0	–	2	–
Bowling average	–	–	161.50	–
5 wickets in innings	–	–	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	–	n/a
Best bowling	0-15	–	1-38	–
Catches/stumpings	67/–	40	350	161
Source: CricketArchive, 15 October 2007

Nasser Hussain OBE (born 28 March 1968, Madras, India^[1]) is a former Essex and England cricketer.

Beginning his career in a strong Essex side in the late 1980s, he was an outstanding fielder and a stylish but inconsistent batsman.^[2] In first-class cricket from 1987 to 2004 Hussain scored 20,698 runs in 334 matches at an average of 42.06, including 52 centuries. A pugnacious right-handed batsman, Hussain's highest Test score was 207, scored in the first Test of the 1997 Ashes at Edgbaston.^[3]

Hussain is regarded as one of the best England Test Cricket Captains of the era for his part in transforming the side from a habitually under-performing team to one of achievement. Simon Barnes of The Times wrote that "Hussain is the most significant cricketer to have played for England since the war and perhaps the finest captain to hold the office."^[4]

Early years[link]

Hussain was born of an Indian Muslim father, Jawad Hussain (also known as "Joe"), and mother Patricia. Hussain was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow, and then received a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Durham. His father and brother, Mehriyar Hussain, have both played first-class cricket, for Tamil Nadu and Worcestershire, respectively.

As a child, Nasser's first experiences of cricket were family visits to Chepauk, where his elder brothers Mehriyar (Mel) and Abbas used to bat on the outfield while he chased after the ball. Jawad Hussain moved with his family to England in 1975, and later took charge of the indoor cricket school in Ilford where Nasser used to bowl for hours on end at his elder brothers, and not just because he was the youngest: he was a naturally talented leg-spin bowler. With his talent starting to show, at just eight years old, Nasser was selected to play for the Essex Under-11s, and at 12 years old he was the youngest to play for Essex Under-15s.^[5]

At the age of 14 Hussain was selected to play for England Schools where he first came into contact with his friend and future England colleague Mike Atherton. Born five days apart, Hussain and Mike Atherton soon found their careers progressing in parallel as they captained, batted and bowled legspin for England age-group teams.^[6]

As well as Atherton, who was considered the "Golden Boy" of the North at the time, Hussain played with and against others such as Mark Ramprakash, Graham Thorpe and Trevor Ward.^[7] But at the age of 15, and captain of England Schools, Hussain suddenly lost his ability to bowl. In the off season Hussain "grew a foot in height in the winter" and the trajectory of his bowling was therefore altered. He recounts "I went from bowling out Graham Gooch in the indoor school with everyone watching, to hitting the roof of the net or bowling triple-bouncers to deadly silence."^[6]

Hussain's father initially refused to accept that his son couldn't bowl to the previous high standards and continued to push him into bowling, while Hussain, full of frustration at his sudden loss of ability felt he was letting his father down.^[8] For a while he dropped behind his contemporaries; boys like Atherton, Ramprakash and Martin Bicknell were beginning to receive professional county contracts while Hussain was missing out on representative games and England tours. So Hussain took the decision to make himself a batsman. Luckily he was still captain of Essex under-16s and so moved himself up the order to get more runs and to bowl less. His determination paid off and his batting progressed, and in that year he became the first boy at Forest to score 1000 runs in a season since 1901.^[6]

Hussain himself admits that batting never came as naturally to him as leg-spin bowling. Vestiges of this manufacturing process remain in his technique: he bats with little left elbow and plenty of bottom hand, and backs up with the bat in his right hand.^[6]

Test cricket[link]

Hussain's Test cricket debut in 1990 was a momentous game for England. Not only was it the first game for two future England captains, Hussain and his long standing team-mate Alec Stewart, but England won by nine wickets, their first victory against West Indies in sixteen years and 30 Tests. When it ended, just before lunch on the final day, the game's established order had been so dramatically overturned that even those within the England party were scarcely able to absorb the fact.^[9]

However, England went on to lose the series 2-1 and despite the heady first test, Hussain found himself the victim of the selection policy, that of high churn and inconsistency, and was subsequently not picked for the next three years. Hussain was also regarded as a bit of a hot-head, and it was argued that his fiery temper (which gained him so much in his latter career) in the early days briefly jeopardised his prospects of an international career.^[2] However at Essex Hussain continued to score runs and impress his County colleague and England Captain Graham Gooch enough to have a Test reprieve. So at the 3rd Ashes Test of 1993, Hussain joined an England team that had four debutants, the most notable being Graham Thorpe, one of Hussain's closest allies and team-mates, who scored a century on debut. There were also four Essex players in the team. Hussain scored 71 and 47 not out, which was enough to see him selected for the rest of the series. It was however not enough to secure his place for the subsequent winter tour, nor for that matter the next three years of Test matches as the selectors once again decided to look elsewhere.

Hussain managed to cement his place in the Test side when he was picked again for the Test series against India in the summer of 1996. The number 3 batting position had been troublesome for England for some time. England had tried all manner of combinations at No. 3, from the left-field Jason Gallian to the veteran Robin Smith, via the temperamentally suspect pairing of Graeme Hick and Mark Ramprakash. "A lot is made of your batting position," Hussain recalled to Cricinfo, "but I always felt, and I did back then when David Lloyd rang me up and asked me to bat No. 3, that if you're good enough to be playing Test cricket, you should be good enough to move from No.5 to No.3".^[10]

Hussain was given the berth and didn't disappoint by scoring 128 in the first innings. Hussain was awarded Man of The Match and with another century in the last Test that summer was awarded Man of the Series.^[11]

Test captain[link]

Hussain was the captain of the England team for 45 Test matches from 1999 to 2003; only Michael Atherton and Michael Vaughan have captained England in more matches. He also has the fourth most Test victories as England captain, with 17, behind only Vaughan (26), Peter May (20) and Mike Brearley (18). His percentage of Tests won was higher than any of the previous five captains, i.e. since Bob Willis.

Taking over from Alec Stewart in July 1999, Hussain became Test captain when English cricket was at a low point, and his first series in charge saw England lose to New Zealand at home, after which he was booed by the England fans as he and his team stood on the pavilion balcony. However, in 2000 he led England to a 3-1 victory over the West Indies at home, and in that winter, the England team beat both Pakistan and Sri Lanka away. Under the new regime, England won four Test series in a row for the first time since Brearley, and rose to third place in the ICC Test Championship table when it was launched, after being ninth and last in the prototype Wisden World Championship in September 1999.

Hussain's style of captaincy was a reflection of his personality, never static, always full of energy and ideas. He was known to make four field-changes in one over in a Test match, searching for the solution, trying to make up for the lack of variety among his attack of mostly right-arm seamers with his own imaginative placements. His batting while captain veered from one extreme to another, from the heights of England's tour to South Africa to a worse run than even Brearley knew.

Yet so widespread was the recognition of Hussain's merit as captain that his place was never questioned, unlike Brearley's. Nor were there many calls for his head despite consecutive Ashes drubbings in 2001 and 2002-03. Hussain established himself as the best and - not coincidentally - the most articulate England captain since Mike Brearley.^[12]

Hussain was captain of both the Test and One Day International England teams until after the 2003 Cricket World Cup, when England failed to make the second round after boycotting the match against Zimbabwe in Harare, citing security concerns. But as he stated in his autobiography Playing With Fire, the whole Zimbabwe question and the responsibility left to the captain on making a decision whether to play against a country whose cricket team was politically run, on behalf of the young English and the ECB, was a question that "kept him awake at night".^[13]

Immediately after the 2003 Cricket World Cup, after coming under heavy criticism, he stepped down as one-day captain, passing on the reins to Michael Vaughan. Later in 2003, Hussain announced his retirement as Test captain after England had been on the receiving end of Graeme Smith's 277 but had narrowly clung on for a draw in the first Test against South Africa, again being replaced by Vaughan. Vaughan's captaincy career would subsequently echo Hussain's: Vaughan resigned the one-day captaincy after a poor showing at the 2007 Cricket World Cup and subsequently resigned the Test captaincy after a series loss, which was instigated by Graeme Smith's batting.

Hussain continued as a batsman in the Test team until May 2004; in a symbolic changing of the guard, Hussain's final Test, against New Zealand at Lord's, was Andrew Strauss' debut Test. Strauss scored 112 and 83, and Hussain scored 34 and 103 not out; although Hussain ran Strauss out in the second innings, he had the honour of hitting the winning runs. Satisfied with his replacement, Hussain announced his immediate retirement from international and first-class cricket on 27 May 2004.

One Day Internationals[link]

Hussain played 88 One Day internationals for England with an average of 30.2, making his debut against Pakistan in October 1989 where he scored 2. Similarly to his Test career and the selection policy that blighted the early 1990s in English International Cricket, his ODI career was one of false starts insomuch as after his second ODI he had to wait a further four years for a re-selection. Hussain only became a regular in the ODI team by the Zimbabwe series of 1996 and 1997 where by that point he was the England Test captain. From then he went on to score 16 fifties and a single century which was against India at Lords in 2002. Hussain captained his country in 56 ODIs and played in 9 World Cup games; he resigned as captain immediately after the 2003 World Cup.

Hussain's highest score of 115 occurred in perhaps the most memorable of his One Day Internationals. Described by BBC correspondent Jonathan Agnew as "the most exciting one-day international" he had ever seen,^[14] India overhauled England's 326 at Lords, their highest score for ten years, to win with 3 balls to spare in the summer of 2002.^[15]

For some time before the game, Hussain's position in the ODI team and his insistence of batting at number three had been repeatedly questioned by the press, most notably Sky Sports commentators, and future colleagues, Ian Botham and Bob Willis.^[16]

Hussain responded to those critics with a typically belligerent innings, and along with the faster scoring Marcus Trescothick added 185 off just 167 balls. But after reaching three figures Hussain gestured wildly to the press box, in defiance of the critics who had questioned his decision to bat at number three, by pointing to the number 3 on his back and raising three fingers to the media box and the ex-professionals who frequented it.^[17]

Despite the century and the gesture, it was felt by some members of the media that the slow innings had proved the truth of their criticisms, and some even stated that "Captain Angry" had made a rod for his own back.^[18]

Post-playing career[link]

Within hours of Hussain announcing his retirement from cricket, it was confirmed that he would join the Sky Sports commentary team on a fulltime basis alongside other former England captains Bob Willis, David Gower and Ian Botham and his former England coach David Lloyd. "We now have the most experienced line-up ever seen in a commentary box," said Vic Wakeling of Sky. "Four former England captains with over 400 Tests, 20,000 runs, and 700 wickets between them - and each is a former Wisden Cricketer of the Year."^[19]

He also coaches at New Hall School, an independent school in Essex.^[20]

He played himself in a Bollywood movie, Patiala House.

Achievements[link]

Test cricket[link]

Performance against each opponent[link]

Nasser Hussain's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

Opponent	Matches	Innings	Not out	Runs	High Score	100	50	Average
Australia	23	45	4	1581	207	2	11	38.56
Bangladesh	2	4	0	188	95	0	2	47.00
India	10	16	1	824	155	4	2	54.93
New Zealand	10	17	2	698	106	2	4	46.53
Pakistan	6	10	2	267	64	0	3	33.37
South Africa	14	26	3	1010	146*	3	5	36.04
Sri Lanka	8	14	0	345	109	1	2	24.64
West Indies	17	30	4	653	106	1	4	25.11
TOTAL	96	171	16	5764	207	14	33	37.18

References[link]

External links[link]

• Player profile: Nasser Hussain from ESPNcricinfo

v t e England squad – 1999 Cricket World Cup 1 Stewart (c/wk) 2 Austin 3 Croft 4 Ealham 5 Fairbrother 6 Flintoff 7 Fraser 8 Gough 9 Hick 10 Hollioake 11 Hussain 12 Knight 13 Mullally 14 Thorpe 15 Wells Coach: Lloyd

v t e England squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup 1 Knight 2 Caddick 3 Hussain 4 Stewart 6 White 11 Flintoff 15 Irani 22 Hoggard 23 Trescothick 28 Harmison 29 Giles 37 Blackwell 40 Anderson 50 Collingwood 99 Vaughan Coach: Fletcher

Narayanaswami Srinivasan is an Indian industrialist, chemical engineer, sports administrator and socialite who is the Managing-Director of the India Cements Limited. Srinivasan, who was elected as the Secretary of BCCI under Manohar in September 2008 and earlier was the treasurer of the Board under Sharad Pawar, is the Cricket Board's incumbent and 30th President.

Early life and education[link]

Srinivasan is the son of T. S. Narayanaswami, co-founder of India Cements. He holds a B.Sc. (Tech) from Madras University, a M.Sc. from the University of Chicago and completed his post-graduation in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology^[1].

Corporate career[link]

Srinivasan took over as Vice Chairman and Managing Director of India Cements Limited in 1989 and has served for twenty-three years. Srinivasan served as the President of the Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1996 to 1998 and is a member of the Executive Committee of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). He has also served as the honorary Sheriff of Madras from 1989 to 1991.

Sports[link]

Srinivasan has a keen interest in sports administration and plays golf. Srinivasan is currently the President of the Tamil Nadu Golf Federation, All India Chess Federation^[2]and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. He is the owner of current IPL franchise team Chennai Super Kings. He was also the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India before becoming the current President of BCCI, taking over the reins from Mr.Shashank Manohar at the Cricket's Board 82nd Annual General Body Meeting on September 19, 2011. He is the 30th President of BCCI and the second since the system of choosing the head one year in advance was introduced.

References[link]

1. ^ "N. Srinivasan: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Bloomberg Businessweek. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=11755327&ticker=ICEM:IN&previousCapId=877985&previousTitle=INDIA%20CEMENTS%20LTD. 
2. ^ "Profile of N. Srinivasan". India Cements. http://www.indiacements.co.in/srinivsanPro.htm.