Vivian Richards Biography.

Vivian RichardsDate of Birth (DOB): 3/7/52From: Antigua and BarbudaBest Known for: The World's Best Batsman,former Captain of the West Indies Cricket teamBio: Born in St. John's Antigua, Vivian Richards is the most prolific run-scorer for the West Indies at Test level with 8,540 runs from the 121 matches he played. He made 24 Test centuries during his career at a very impressive average of 50.23 and he also became the first West Indian cricketer to make 100 first-class hundreds - a feat he achieved during the 1988-89 season.But Richards, who was known as "King Viv" for much of his career, will mainly be remembered for the explosive manner and style of his batting rather than for its end result. As a batsman, he always looked to dominate the bowling and his aggressive approach with willow in hand often appeared arrogant to the onlooker. His lightning-fast reflexes and brute force made up for his unconventional technique and he still holds the record for the most sixes - 84 - hit at Test level.Richards took over as captain of the West Indies from Clive Lloyd in 1980 and he proceeded to lead a strong side through their most successful era at Test level. He captained them to 27 wins in 50 Tests between 1980 and 1991, while also maintaining his reputation as the world's best batsman over the same period.In England, he played county cricket for Somerset between 1974 and 1986 and helped them to their first major domestic trophies: the Gillette Cup and the John Player Sunday League title - both in 1979. He then finished his county career with a spell at Glamorgan between 1990 and 1993, ending in style as the Welsh side won the 1993 Sunday League campaign. Richards took over as coach to the West Indies side in 1999.At Headingley, West Indies were running out of batsmen; Shivnarine Chanderpaul had withdrawn with tendinitis; their captain, Ramnaresh Sarwan, had just damaged his shoulder diving over the rope while trying to save a boundary. Christopher Martin-Jenkins, microphone in hand, turned to Viv Richards, who was working for BBC radio, and asked: 'When did you last play?' and a ridiculous thought flickered across our minds.It was ridiculous. Viv Richards played his last Test match for West Indies 16 years ago. He is now 55. But he doesn't look it. His torso retains that amazing triangular shape. Not an ounce of fat is visible on his immaculately clad body - even though he has never yet entered a gymnasium. Even today he would probably score as many runs as Sylvester Joseph. The eyes still look sharp.These were the eyes that subjugated every bowler in the 1970s and 80s. One moment they allowed him to see the ball that millisecond faster than anyone else, the next they could stare down the pitch with such intensity that bowlers shrivelled in his presence.'I won the glare with the bowler every time,' Richards says, 'because I knew that at some time he was going to have to turn around and go back to his mark.' But it was more than that: Richards prevailed because he had an aura beyond that of any cricketer of his generation.Several bowlers could intimidate, but he was the one batsman who could scare the living daylights out of opponents from the moment he entered the arena. He would wait a little for his stage to be cleared, then the languid swagger, the banging of the bat handle with the palm of his hand, the cap - no helmet for Vivian Richards - and the gum.His recall of those entrances is matter-of-fact compared to the impact they had on those who witnessed them. 'I felt I was good enough to deal with the bowlers without using a helmet. I just didn't want to give them any encouragement.' In that era Richards alone eschewed the helmet.'I used to pat the top of the bat handle to make sure the rubber wasn't sticking out. As for the gum, well, a dentist once tried to tell me to wear a gumshield. But for me going out to bat without chewing gum was like going out without a box. And you can't chew gum with a gumshield.'Bump into any bowler who played against Richards and they have never forgotten the experience: they all remember the time he smashed them; some are fortunate to recall the time he was dismissed by them. Today, only one cricketer possesses that kind of aura - Shane Warne.Has he faced Warne? 'Only in a benefit game.' How would he have played him? 'Oh, I would have tried to hit him.' Richards never sought survival against the best bowlers; he sought domination and was rarely denied. Against England this meant putting Bob Willis and Derek Underwood to the sword. After John Emburey received a mauling in Antigua in 1986, I tried to console the Middlesex man that this was something of a compliment, but the scars were still too raw.So when Richards makes one of his visits back to the Test circuit, he commands attention. Indeed, when he was working with Geoffrey Boycott on radio there was the odd moment detectable when even Boycott yielded centre stage. Richards might not possess the verbal dexterity of, say, Stephen Fry, but when the rain came down at Leeds his recollections of his playing days and his views on a West Indies side that was about to endure their biggest ever defeat were fascinating.At Headingley he went to the visitors' dressing room a few times. The passion for West Indian cricket remains and defeat hurts, though there is not much a brief visit to the dressing room can do - except to show this generation of players that he cares. When he was chairman of selectors there were even complaints from some of the players about Richards' presence in the dressing room. He was too overpowering. Not for the first time he was intimidating his own team.Now he is careful about being too specific in any criticisms of the current side. 'This team has a serious responsibility to continue the legacy,' he says. 'They are still passionate about cricket in the Caribbean. It is a bit of a myth that basketball has taken over. I sometimes listen to the "call-in" programmes and I tell you those lines are hot, not just with old folk and not just from one island. If the national side could provide the region with some success then cricket would be buzzing again.'But the decline of West Indian cricket exasperates him and rather than articulate a learned thesis about coaching structures or technical expertise, the answer for him is always about passion and discipline. These were the key elements of Richards the cricketer. Refinements to technique might happen along the way, but they were incidental. Somehow Richards with that burning inner passion just willed himself to succeed.Discipline was certainly imposed by his father, a prison officer in St John's, Antigua, who permitted no nonsense from any of his sons. However, he was wise enough not to put too much additional pressure on the prodigy.'He used to hide behind a tree when he came to watch me as a kid,' recalls Richards, 'just in case his presence put me off. But then sometimes I would hear his voice from behind the tree booming with some advice.'To suggest that Brian Close, Somerset's captain in 1974, took on the paternal duties when Richards arrived in Taunton aged 22 might be stretching the truth a little, but Richards is quick to acknowledge the debt he owes the bald old blighter.'My first captain was an inspiration to me. I knew all about him from the 1963 series. How he kept walking down the pitch to Wes Hall and Charlie Griffith in the Lord's Test. Several times Wes had to stop in his run-up to check out what was happening.'I think I was pretty tough as a youngster. But Closey was tougher still. He reinforced the message that you yield to no one. He thought I could play and took a bit of a shine to me. At first I kept getting quick thirties and forties and he drummed into me the need to keep going and to watch the ball for longer on English pitches.'I travelled miles with him. I'm not sure the rest of the side were that keen to go in his car - he had a habit of reading the Sporting Life as he was driving along and he was known to nod off just towards the end of the trip. I learnt so much from him - not necessarily about technique but about attitude.'Man, he was brave. I remember playing against Gloucestershire and Closey was fielding at silly point. Mike Procter leant back and cracked a square cut. The ball hit Closey on the head and ballooned towards Dennis Breakwell. But Dennis watched the man rather than the ball and joined the rush to see if the captain was OK. When he came to Close's first words were "Did we get him?" He was none too pleased to hear that Dennis had failed to complete the catch.'I was fielding at short leg when Close was playing for England in 1976 at the age of 46. That was the series when a man with not much talent, but a lot of lip, Tony Greig, was captain and said, "We are going to make this team grovel." Well, the moment he said that we had our motivational speech for the team meeting.'Anyway, at Old Trafford, Close got hit in the chest by Wayne Daniel and sank to the floor. OK, I was playing for my country, but this was my skipper on the ground and in pain. So I went up to him. "Are you OK, skipper?" Closey eventually gathered himself together and bellowed "Fuck off." What a man. That Somerset side owed so much to him.'They also owed a lot to Tom Cartwright, their player-coach when Richards began his county career. Richards recalls: 'He came up to me once soon after I had started and said, "I've never seen anyone keep their head quite so still." It was just an observation, but I always remembered it and always checked that out if I was struggling with the bat. Keep that head still.'In the excellent biography of Cartwright that was published just before his death in April, Richards' first county coach is quoted: 'You could have put a pint of bitter on his [Viv's] head and he wouldn't have spilled a drop.' Back in 1973, when Richards was qualifying by playing club cricket in Bath, Cartwright told him: 'Go back to Lansdown with Mr Creed [the bookmaker who paid Richards' passage to England]. Play as often as you can and never get out.''Yes, sir.''Get as many hundreds as you can. We want to persuade the committee you should be here.''Yes, sir.'He kept saying: 'Yes, sir.'I'm not sure the word 'sir' is in the modern overseas player's vocabulary. Richards acknowledges the benefit of playing in county cricket as a young man, which is a rare event for a West Indian cricketer now, for two reasons: their international season often overlaps with England's domestic schedule and there are not many West Indian cricketers good enough to attract the counties.The opposite was true in the 1970s and 80s. 'We learnt a lot from county cricket - even if we did not earn stacks of money from it. Everyone wanted to play here and we identified with our counties in a way that doesn't happen now. Clive [Lloyd] was Lancashire through and through; Andy [Roberts] and Gordon [Greenidge] and then Malcolm [Marshall] were Hampshire. For more than 10 years I was a Somerset man. I think the approach is more casual now and has lost respect. We would never have wandered on to the pitch in a county match with a mobile phone to our ears [a reference to Brian Lara, who once did this when playing for Warwickshire... though admittedly the mobile had not been invented when Richards was playing county cricket].'Richards will not castigate Lara publicly. Indeed he is quick to recognise a batting genius, but his frustration comes out as he compares the attitude of two eras of West Indian cricket.'The next generation did not seem to be smart enough to realise that you have to work to be at the top and to stay at the top. You can have talent, but if you do not work hard it's not going to happen. We were no way the finished product when we set off for India in 1974 [Richards and Greenidge made their debut on that tour]. But that was when the great side was forged. Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai had retired and Clive Lloyd was embarking on his first tour as captain.'We trained harder than the rest. After Packer, we kept the physio, Dennis Waight, and he put us through our paces. Clive Lloyd supported Waight in everything he wanted to do. And we followed Clive. We were fitter than the others and less prone to injury. We would fly in to Sydney and be running within the hour. They used to come and watch us train on the days before the Tests. What we were doing was an unusual sight in those days. We had some good athletes in the side, but we had the discipline to keep working on the physical side of our game.'He goes on to point out that when he became captain Lara soon got rid of Waight, the implication being that the new leader did not relish the hard work required by the physio. That decision might not have affected Lara himself greatly, but the message it sent the rest of the squad was significant. The captain sets the tone. Now the hope is that, with a fresh regime, West Indies have a team of players hungry to work even if they are not as gifted as their predecessors.Richards' role in all this is no longer hands-on as it was when he was chairman of selectors from 2002 to 2004. Now he is more of an ambassador. He was around during the World Cup, especially in Antigua at the magnificent, if remote, new stadium that bears his name. He instinctively defends the Caribbean input into that tournament.'I'm happy to answer critics who said the Caribbean could not organise such a showcase event. The logistics worked and there weren't so many problems getting from A to B. The competition was hampered by the loss of India and Pakistan and the expensive ticket prices, but a lot of those things were taken out of the hands of the people in the Caribbean. So we lost some of the Caribbean flavour, which was a shame, but I don't think it was the fault of the folks in the Caribbean.'Now he is chairman of the Antigua and Barbuda Sports Tourist Alliance - Richie Richardson, who succeeded him as West Indies captain, is the CEO - which is funded by the Ministry of Tourism. Their goal is to encourage clubs and schools to come to Antigua to play sports, not just cricket, against local sides and to enjoy the delights of the island.He is also on the Stanford 20/20 Cup board, which could have a more significant effect on West Indian cricket. Allen Stanford is a Texan billionaire, based in Antigua. He has financed the building of an elegant stadium by the airport, where the inaugural Stanford 20/20 took place in July 2006 involving 19 Caribbean nations and offering $1million as prize money for the winners. That competition was a great success, with Guyana winning from the penultimate ball. Another is planned for 2008.Now Stanford is setting up an academy for the young cricketers of Antigua, for which Viv's son, Mali, who is playing against the tourists for the MCC this weekend, is destined. (Mali, like Viv, came to England as a young man, but using a rather different route: Cheltenham College and Oxford Brookes University). Stanford is prepared to plough major funds into Caribbean cricket so there is now the challenge for the West Indies Board to harness that generosity.Here Richards and all the other greats of the recent past can help - Stanford has them all in ambassadorial roles. If this academy system, now destined for Antigua, could be replicated around the Caribbean, then hopes for a revival in West Indian cricket are less flimsy. Money can, no doubt, help a floundering national team, but an infusion of the sort of pride and passion that Richards brought to the side almost 30 years ago is just as vital and even more elusive.BORNIsaac Vivian Alexander Richards, on 7 March 1952 at St John's, AntiguaGREAT BATSMANWest Indies debut v India, 1974; scored unbeaten 192 in second Test; highest score 291 v England at The Oval in 1976Hit 8,540 runs in 121 Tests at an average of 50.23, with 24 centuries and 86 sixesScored the fastest Test century, from 56 balls against England in Antigua, 1986Made 6,721 one-day international runs, with 11 centuries and 45 fifties, including unbeaten 139 in 1979 World Cup finalHighest first-class score 322 for Somerset against Warwickshire at Taunton 1985GREAT CAPTAINThe only West Indies captain never to lose a Test series (14 series, from 1980-91)GREAT ALL-ROUNDEROff-spin took 32 Test and 118 ODI wicketsRan out three Australians in the inaugural World Cup final in 1975Played football for Antigua in the qualifiers for the 1974 World CupGREAT MANRefused a 'blank cheque' to play for a rebel West Indies side in apartheid South AfricaNever wore a helmet while battingGREATNESS RECOGNISEDDepicted on an Antiguan stamp in 1975A Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1977One of the Wisden's five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, along with Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garry Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Shane WarneKnighted for services to cricket in 2000.

Viv Richards:-

West Indies

Personal information

Full name

Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards

Nickname

Master Blaster, Smokey, Smokin Joe

Born

7 March 1952 (1952-03-07) (age 56)St John's, Antigua

Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium/off-break

Role

Batsman

International information

Test debut

(cap151)22 November 1974: v India

Last Test

8 August 1991: v England

ODI debut

(cap 14)7 June 1975: v Sri Lanka

Last ODI

27 May 1991: v England

Domestic team information

YearsTeam

1990–1993Glamorgan

1976–1977Queensland

1974–1986Somerset

1971–1991Leeward Islands

1971–1981Combined Islands

Career statistics

Tests

ODI

,FC

,LA

Matches

121,

187,

507,

500,

Runs scored,

8540,

6721,

36212,

16995

Batting average,

50.23,

47.00,

49.40,

41.96,

100s/50s,

24/45,

11/45,

114/162,

26/109,

Top score,

291,

189*,

322,

189*,

Balls bowled,

5170,

5644,

23226,

12214,

Wickets,

32,

118,

223,

290,

Bowling average,

61.37,

35.83,

45.15,

30.59,

5 wickets in innings,

0,

2,

1,

3,

10 wickets in match,

0

,n/a,

0,

n/a,

Best bowling

,2/17,

6/41,

5/88,

6/24,

Catches/stumpings,

122/–,

100/–,

464/1,

238/–

Sir Donald Bradman Biography.

Sir Donald Bradman Biography:-Sir Donald George Bradman (August 27, 1908 - February 25, 2001) was an Australian cricket player who is universally regarded as the greatest cricket player of all time, and one of Australia's greatest popular heroes.Cricket careerEarly yearsBorn in Cootamundra, but raised in Bowral where the Bradman Museum and Bradman Oval are sited, he was noted as a youth for his obsessive practice, often hitting a ball repeatedly against a wall using only a cricket stump.After a brief dalliance with tennis he dedicated himself to cricket, playing for local sides before attracting sufficient attention to be drafted in grade cricket in Sydney at the age of 18. Within a year he was representing New South Wales and within three he had made his Test debut.Test cricketReceiving some criticism in his first Ashes series in 1928-1929 he worked constantly to remove the few weaknesses in his game and by the time of the Bodyline series was without peer as a batsman.Possessing a great stillness whilst awaiting the delivery, his shotmaking was based on a combination of excellent vision, speed of both thought and footwork and a decisive, powerful bat motion with a pronounced follow-through. Technically his play was almost flawless, strong on both sides of the wicket with only his sternest critics noting a tendency for his backlift to be slightly angled toward the slip cordon.Despite occasional battles with illness, he continued to dominate world cricket throughout the 1930s and is credited with raising the spirit of a nation suffering under the vagaries of the economic depression, until war intervened.Over an international career spanning nearly 20 years from 1930 to 1948, Bradman's statistical achievements were unparalleled. He broke scoring records for both first-class and Test cricket; his highest international score (334) stood for decades as the highest ever test score by an Australian. It was then equalled by Mark Taylor, who declared with his score at 334 not out in what many regard as a deliberate tribute to Bradman. In 2003 it was once more equalled then surpassed by another fellow Australian, Matthew Hayden, who fittingly went on to gain the highest score in Test cricket (380) up to that time.For decades, Bradman was the only player with two Test triple centuries in a career. He was joined by West Indian Brian Lara in 2004; Lara broke Hayden's record, and recorded the first Test quadruple century in history, in the process of joining Bradman in this exclusive club.Later careerApproaching forty years of age (most players are retired by their mid-30s), he returned to play cricket after World War II, leading one of the most talented teams in Australia's history. In his farewell 1948 tour of England the team he led, dubbed "the Invincibles", went undefeated throughout the tour, a feat unmatched before or since.On the occasion of his last international innings, Bradman needed four runs to be able to retire with a batting average of 100, but was dismissed for nought (in cricketing parlance, "a duck") by spin bowler Eric Hollies. Applauded onto the pitch by both teams, it was sometimes claimed that he was unable to see the ball due to the tears welling in his eyes, a claim Bradman always dismissed as sentimental nonsense. "I knew it would be my last test match after a career spanning 20-years", he said, "but to suggest I got out as some people did, because I had tears in my eyes is to belittle the bowler and is quite untrue." Regardless, he was given a guard of honor by players and spectators alike as he left the ground with a batting average of 99.94 from his 52 tests, nearly double the average of any other player before or since. His average is immortalised as the post office box number of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - "Box 9994 in your capital city".SkillBradman so dominated the game that special bowling tactics, known as fast leg theory or Bodyline, regarded by many as unsporting and dangerous, were devised by England captain Douglas Jardine to reduce his dominance in a series of international matches against England in the Australian summer of 1932 - 1933. The principal English exponent of Bodyline was the Nottinghamshire pace bowler Harold Larwood, and the contest between Bradman and Larwood was to prove to be the focal point of the contest.Some indication of his superlative skill was that his average for that series, 56.57, is above the career averages of all but a handful of international players in the 125-odd years of international cricket matches. Statistical analyses give some credence to the claim that Bradman dominated his sport more than Pelé, Ty Cobb, Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan, amongst other champions of their disciplines. Regardless, his impact on a nation's psyche is arguably unmatched.After cricketAfter retiring from playing cricket, Bradman continued working as a stockbroker. Allegations that he had acted improperly during the collapse of his employer's firm and the subsequent establishment of his own, were made behind closed doors until his death, were publicised in November, 2001. He became heavily involved in cricket administration, serving as a selector for the national team for nearly 30 years. He was selector (and acknowledged as a force urging the players of both teams to play entertaining, attacking cricket) for the famous Australia - West Indies test series of 1960-61.As a member of the Australian Cricket Board, and, reportedly, their de facto leader, he was also involved in negotiations with the World Series Cricket schism in the late 1970s. Ian Chappell, former test captain and selected to lead the rebel Australian side, has stated that he places much responsibility for the split on Bradman, who in his opinion had forgotten his own difficulties with the cricket authorities of the time.He was also famous for answering innumerable letters from cricket fans across the world, which he continued to do until well into his eighties.PersonalBradman married his childhood sweetheart, Jessie, and had two children, John and Lorraine. An intensely private person, probably because of the intense media scrutiny he suffered under, he was regarded as aloof even by teammates, particularly in later years. A strict Methodist, he had occasionally been accused of anti-Catholicism in his actions as captain and selector - however, it should be pointed out that at that time sectarian prejudice was very widespread in Australia.Bradman is immortalised in two popular songs of very different styles and eras, "Our Don Bradman", a jaunty 1930's ditty by Jack O'Hagan, and the folk-influenced rock of Paul Kelly in the 1980's. The story of the Bodyline series was also told in a television series.He also wrote several books on cricket technique and tactics, which are regarded as classics.HonoursHe was awarded a knighthood in 1949, and a Companion of the Order of Australia (Australia's highest civil honor) in 1979.

Sir Donald Bradman:-

Australia

Personal information:

Full name:

Sir Donald George Bradman

Nickname:

The Don, The Boy from Bowral, Braddles

Born:

27 August 1908(1908-08-27)Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia

Died:

25 February 2001 (aged 92) Kensington Park, Adelaide, Australia

Height:

1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Batting style:

Right-handed

Bowling style:

Right-arm leg break

Role:

Batsman

International information:

Test debut

(cap 124)30 November 1928: v England

Last Test:

18 August 1948: v England

Domestic team information:

Years,Team1927–34,New South Wales1935–49,South Australia

Career statistics:

Tests,

FCMatches:

52,234

Runs scored,

6,996,

28,067

Batting average,

99.94,

95.14

100s/50s,

29/13,

117/69

Top score,

334,

452*

Balls bowled,

160,

2114

Wickets,

2,

36

Bowling average,

36.00,

37.97

5 wickets in innings,

0,

0

10 wickets in match,

0,

0

Best bowling,

1/8,

3/35

Catches/stumpings,

32/–,

131/1.

Rahul Dravid Biography.

Rahul Sharad DravidIntegral part of the Indian National Cricket Team.Rahul Sharad Dravid has established himself as an integral part of the Indian National Cricket team with his technical proficiency, stylish strokes and sheer stability. Rahul was born on January 11, 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, to parents Sharad Dravid and Pushpa. He started to play cricket at the age of 12. Dravid did well in the junior tournaments to merit selection in the State under-15, under-17 and under-19 tournaments. Meanwhile he finished his bachelors from St. Joseph's College of Commerce. He made his debut in the Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra at Pune in 1990-91. He was the youngest Karnataka player to score a maiden century in Ranji. In 1995-96 he broke into the international team. He made his debut in One Day Internationals against Sri Lanka at Singapore in 1996. He is one player who has always shown stability and concentration and delivered solid performances in all the games that he played. Dravid was the highest scorer in the 1999 World Cup, when he along with Sourav Ganguly created a new World record for the highest partnership of 318 runs for any wicket. Rahul's abilities are not confined to batting alone. He bowls right-arm off breaks and now is a good reserve wicket keeper also.Rahul keeps his cool even in a crisis and thus is a reliable anchor for the Indian team. Since he started playing he has maintained a Test career average of over 50. Technically his batting is flawless and he has improved with experience especially in Test Cricket. Dravid has been honoured with the Arjuna Award by the President of India. Rahul Dravid was the 12th Indian to be named one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year for the year 2000 after his splendid performance in the 1999 World Cup in England. This talented player with his scores remains a pride to the Indian teamRahul Sharad Dravid, is married to Vijetha Pendharkar, a Nagpur-based doctor.BiographyRahul Sharad Dravid (born 11 January 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh) is an Indian cricketer, and the current captain of the Indian cricket team. He grew up in Bangalore, Karnataka. Though dropped from the one-day team earlier in his career for scoring relatively slowly, he is, at present, ranked the 7th best Test batsmen by the ICC in world cricket at the moment, and has the highest Test batting average of any Indian batsman in history. He started his international cricket career in 1996.Early yearsBorn in Indore, Dravid's family relocated to Bangalore, Karnataka, where his father worked for Kissan, a company known for jams and preserves. This lead to him earning the nickname Jammy from his teammates at St. Joseph's, Bangalore. Dravid first came to prominence whilst attending a summer coaching camp at the Chinnaswamy Stadium where his talents were spotted by former cricketer Keki Tarapore who was coaching at the clinic. He went on to score a century on debut for his school team and was selected for the U-15 Karnataka cricket team, scoring a double century against the U-15 Kerala cricket team [citation needed]. 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 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. his first full season was in 1991-92, when he scored two centuries to finish with 380 runs at an average of 63.3, and was selected for South Zone in the Duleep Trophy, for whom he has been subsequently chosen annually. He had a stronger season in 1992-93, scoring 582 runs at an average of 83.1 including a double century but managed only one game in the Duleep Trophy, scoring 14. In the following year, he had another strong Ranji Trophy scoring 644 runs at an average of 80.5 including two centuries but again had a disappointing Duleep Trophy campaign, averaging just 13. However, in the 1994-95 season, Dravid played only once in the Ranji competition, but he scored 191 in his only innings and averaged 52 in the Duleep Trophy. In the 1995-96 Ranji Trophy season, he scored 153 as captain against Hyderabad in the semi-final to advance to the final, in which he scored another century against Tamil Nadu. In total he scored 460 runs at an average of 57.50 and was the second highest run-scorer in the Duleep Trophy behind V. V. S. Laxman as well as topping the averages. Dravid became a contender for International duties after being selected for the India A team in a domestic tournament in the 1994-95 season and again in the 1995-96 season, where he top-scored for his team in the match against India B and the final against the senior Indian team. However, he was overlooked from the Indian team for the 1996 Cricket World Cup held on the Indian subcontinent.International careerDravid made his international debut in one-dayers against Sri Lankan cricket team in the Singer Cup in the Singers ground in Singapore immediately after the World Cup in March 1996, replacing Vinod Kambli. After scoring just 21 runs in four matches, Dravid was dropped during the Sharjah tournament and did not play again until Sanjay Manjrekar was injured on the tour of England.With Manjrekar sidelined, he then made his debut in the Second Test against England along with Sourav Ganguly, scoring 95. He held his position on Manjrekar's return for the Third Test, scoring 84. After moderate 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. He also finally made his first half-century against Pakistan in the Sahara Cup in 1996, scoring 90 in his 10th ODI.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. 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. He then 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, batting for a total of 653 minutes. He had a moderate sub continental season in early 1999, scoring 269 runs at 38.42 with one century before scoring 239 at 39.8 including a century against New Zealand in late 1999. 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.Dravid's styleWith 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. Of late, however, Rahul Dravid has defied early perceptions to become the mainstay of the Indian batting line-up in ODIs [citation needed] as well as in Tests. His nickname of 'The Wall' in Reebok advertisements has now become a tribute to his consistency. Dravid has scored 23 centuries in Test cricket at an average of 58.75, including 5 double centuries. In one-dayers though he has an average of 40.05, he is a slow scorer at a strike rate of 70.70. He is one of the few Indians who average more at away matches than at home, averaging over 10 more runs a match abroad than on Indian pitches. As of 9 August, 2006, Dravid's average in overseas Tests stood at 65.28 as against his overall Test average of 58.75, and his average for away ODI stands at 42.03 as against overall ODI average of 40.05. In matches that India has won, Dravid averages 78.72 in Tests and 53.40 in ODIs.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, an 'experiment' that continued for several seasons. 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. 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.Rahul Dravid's career performance graph. He was named one of the Wisden cricketers of the year 2000.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). Dravid's batting average of 95.46 in the past year has made him the only Indian to be in the Test team of the year. On 18th March, 2006, Dravid played his 100th Test against England in Mumbai.In 2005, a biography of Rahul Dravid written by Devendra Prabhudesai was published, 'The Nice Guy Who Finished First'.In the 2005 ICC Awards he was the only Indian to be named to the World one-day XI.In 2006, it was announced that he would remain captain of the Indian team up to the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.Personal RecordsTestsDravid has the second highest Test batting average among those who have scored over 8,000 Test runs. (September 2006)Scored nearly 23% of the total runs put up by India (with a batting average of 102.84) in the 21 Test matches won under Ganguly's captaincy. This is the highest percentage contribution by any batsman in Test cricket history in matches won under a single captain where the captain has won more than 20 Tests.Longest streak of consecutive Tests since debut (96)Only player to score a century against every Test playing nation away from home (until the ICC decides to add more nations to the list of Test playing nations his record can only be equaled, not broken).Involved in highest partnership made away from home for any wicket for India with vice captain Virender Sehwag of 410 runs vs Pakistan at Lahore in 2006 (the highest partnership between a captain and the vice captain).He is the fastest to reach 9000 runs in Test cricket. In all he took 176 innings to do this, bettering the previous record set by Brian Lara by 1 innings.Dravid is one among the only three batsmen to hit Test centuries in four consecutive innings. The other two are Jack Fingleton and Alan Melville. Dravid achieved this by hitting scores of 115, 148, 217 and 100* in three successive matches against England and one against the West Indies. Only Everton Weekes, with centuries in five consecutive innings, has achieved a longer sequence of consecutive Test hundreds.With scores of 50 or more in 7 consecutive Tests Dravid bettered the previous Indian record of 50+ scores in 6 consecutive Tests for a single batsman. This record was shared by Vijay Hazare, Chandu Borde, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Sadagoppan Ramesh. As of October 2006 this streak is unbroken.He is currently joint 4th along with Brian Lara among batsmen who have scored most away runs in Tests (5288 as of August 9th 2006). Only Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Border and Vivian Richards have scored more away Test runs.Best career average among players who have played 100 or more Tests.Best away average among players who have played 50 or more away Tests.9th batsman to score twin hundreds in a Test twice, and only the 2nd Indian to do so, after Sunil Gavakar.1st Indian to score 5 double hundreds, each bigger than the previous.One DayersPartnership RecordsThe only batsman to have been involved in two ODI partnerships exceeding 300 runs.First batsman to be involved in a 300 run partnership along with Sourav Ganguly in the 1999 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Taunton.Involved in the highest partnership in the history of ODI cricket with a 331 run partnership along with Sachin Tendulkar vs New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999-2000.Has the record of not being dismissed on duck for 120 consecutive ODI matches.World Cup RecordsHe was the leading run scorer in the 1999 World Cup with 461 runs.Highest score by a wicketkeeper in a World Cup.Captaincy RecordsThe highest winning percentage among all the captains who have captained their sides in at least 5 ODIs. He's won 23, lost 13 and had no result in 1 - this winning percentage of 62.16 displaces Ajay Jadeja's 61.54He is tied with Sachin Tendulkar in fourth place for having captained India in the most victorious matches.Has the highest ODI batting average as captain of 45.58 (as of 4/7/06), among all captains who have captained more than 10 ODIs.Outstanding InningsTests180 vs Australia at Kolkata, India in 2001148 vs England at Leeds, UK in 2002233 and 72* vs Australia at Adelaide, Australia in 2003270 vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi, Pakistan in 2004110 and 135 vs Pakistan at Kolkata, India in 200581 and 68 vs West Indies at Kingston, Jamaica in 2006One Dayers126 vs New Zealand at Taupo, New Zealand, in 1998-99145 vs Sri Lanka at Taunton, England, in 1999153 vs New Zealand at Hyderabad, India, in 1999-200050*(22 balls) vs New Zealand at Hyderabad, India, in 2003-04125* vs West Indies at GandhinagarCaptaincyAchievementsRahul Dravid led India to a historic Test series win, against the West Indies in their home soil in 2006. Since 1971, India had never won a Test series in the West Indies. This is also their first prominent series win outside the Indian subcontinent (barring the win against Zimbabwe in 2005) since 1986.Under Dravid's captaincy the Indian team tied the previous record of most consecutive One-Day International wins for an Indian team (8).During his captaincy the Indian team broke the 14 match West Indies record for most consecutive won matches in One-Day Internationals while chasing a total. For this 17 match run, Dravid was the captain for 15 matches and Sourav Ganguly was the captain for the other two. This streak was broken on 5/20/06, when India lost to the West Indies by one run, at Sabina Park, Jamaica.CriticismOne 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. In Dravid's defence, the media noted at the time that the decision had apparently been made by Ganguly, and Ganguly himself later admitted that it had been a mistake, the wording of the statement indicating that it had not been Dravid's call.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.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. 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.TeamsInternational:India (current) ,ACC Asian XI ,ICC World XI ,Indian first-class:Karnataka (current),English county:Kent,Scotland ,Timeline1973 - Born 11 January 1973, in Indore1984 - Attended a summer coaching camp at KSCA's Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, where his talents were spotted by former cricketer turned coach Keki Tarapore (There was another Keki Tarapore [Mumbai, deceased] with whom people confuse this gentleman who also passed on.)Scores his first century in an unofficial match for his school team St. Joseph's against St. Anthony's.Scores a double hundred for the Karnataka schools team which he smashed against Kerala.Selected for the under-15 Karnataka team.Stops keeping wickets on advice from Gundappa Vishwanath, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel and coach Keki Tarapore.1985 - Gets recognized in Bangalore as a prodigy after becoming the first ever to score a century in the Cottonian Shield inter school tournament (Juniors) for St. Josephs High School against Baldwin Boys' High School, in the final.1991 - Ranji debut against Maharashtra.1996 - Double century in Ranji finals, vs. Tamil Nadu.1996 - Test debut at Lords, England after Sanjay Manjrekar was injured and Navjot Singh Sidhu flew back home after a fracas with captain Azharuddin. Makes 95.1997 - Maiden Test hundred (148), vs. South Africa, third Test, Johannesburg.1997 - First one day hundred (107), vs. Pakistan, Independence Cup, Chennai.1998 - Dropped from One Day squad for the ODI tournament in Bangladesh.1999 - Hundred in both innings (190,103) against New Zealand in Hamilton.1999 - Makes 461 runs, including three 50s and two 100s in World Cup.1999 - Signs up with Kent for the 2000 English county season.2001 - Scores 180, while V. V. S. Laxman makes 281, in a fifth-wicket stand of 376 as India defeat Australia at Eden Gardens, ending 16 Test-winning streak by Australia.2004 - Career best 270 against Pakistan, at Rawalpindi.2005 - Succeeds Sourav Ganguly as Test and ODI captain.2005 - The Nice Guy Who Finished First by Devendra Prabhudesai, released by coach Greg Chappell.2006 - Scores first century as captain, at Lahore, vs. Pakistan.2006 - Leads India to snatch their first ever test victory on South African Soil.Career highlights:Tests (Test Debut: vs England, Lord's, 1996)Dravid's best Test batting score of 270 was made against Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2003-2004His best Test bowling figures of 1 for 18 came against West Indies, St. John's, 2001-2002He is only the third Indian to score over 8,000 Test runs, following Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.Rahul Dravid is the fastest batsman in the history of Test cricket to make 9,000 runs. The Indian captain brought up the landmark in his 176th innings playing against West Indies in 2006 and broke the earlier record of Brian Lara.One-day internationals(ODI Debut: vs Sri Lanka, Singapore, 1995-1996)Dravid's best ODI batting score of 153 was made against New Zealand, Hyderabad, 1999-2000.His best ODI bowling figures of 2 for 43 came against South Africa, Kochi, 1999-2000.Awards:1999 - Ceat Cricketer of the 1999 World Cup2000 - Wisden Cricketer of the Year 20002004 - Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy2004 - Padma Shri2004 - ICC Player of The Year2004 - ICC Test Player of The Year2006 - Captain of the ICC's Test TeamPersonal life:Rahul Dravid married Vijeta Pendharkar, a surgeon from Nagpur, on Sunday, 4 May, 2003; their son, Samit Rahul Dravid, was born on 11 October, 2005.Minor RecordsODI:The first Indian to score a hundred in the Caribbean (105). (The previous record was 90 by Sunil Gavaskar.He has the highest score by an Indian captain against West Indies (In all countries) (105).He has the highest score among any captain in the Caribbean (past and present of all countries).He has the record for least number of innings required to score 1000 runs against West Indies by an Indian (26).The only person who has got it in less innings in international cricket is Jacques Kallis (25).He is the leading Run scorer against West Indies for India.Test:First batsman to score 1000 runs in the 2006 calendar year.Dravid is the seventh batsman to have both scores be the best in a match in which 40 wickets fell.With 496 runs Dravid scored the most runs scored by an Indian captain on foreign soil in the 2006 tour of West Indies.

Rahul Dravid

India

Personal information

Full name:

Rahul Sharad Dravid

Nickname:

The Wall, Jammy

Born:

11 January 1973 (1973-01-11) (age 35)Indore, Madhya Pradesh,

India

Batting style:

Right-handed

Bowling style:

Right arm off spin

Role:

Batsman, occasional Wicketkeeper

International information

Test debut

(cap 206):20 June 1996: v England

Last Test:

8 August 2008: v Sri Lanka

ODI debut

(cap 95):3 April 1996: v Sri Lanka

Last ODI:

14 October 2007: v Australia

ODI shirt no.:

19

Domestic team information:

Years,

Team,

1990 – present,

Karnataka2003,

Scotland2000,

Kent2008

-,Royal Challengers Bangalore

Career statistics

Tests,

ODI,

FC,

LAMatches,

125,

333,

245,

436,

Runs scored,

10,246,

10,585,

19,522,

14,861

Batting average,

53.92,

39.49,

56.25,

42.58,

100s/50s,

25/52,

12/81,

52/100,

21/109,

Top score,

270,

153,

270,

153,

Ballsbowled,

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,

n/a,

0,

n/a,

Best bowling

1/18,

2/43,

2/16,

2/43,

Catches/stumpings,

176/0,

193/14,

297/1,

227/17,

Sourav Ganguly Biography.

Saurav Chandidas Ganguly (first name also spelt Sourav) (born 8 July 1972, in Calcutta, West Bengal) is the captain of Indian national cricket team. He is ambidextrous, a left-handed batsman and a right-handed bowler.He made his ODI debut in 1992 but his talent was noticed in India's 1996 tour of England when he scored centuries in both innings of his debut test match (an third test of the series). He became only the third cricketer ever to score a century in his first two innings after Lawrence Rowe and Alvin Kallicharan. He scored 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton in the 1999 cricket World Cup, the highest by an Indian in World Cup cricket.His record is good both in test and one-day cricket: 11 centuries in tests and 22 in one-dayers at an average of around 42 in both. He has scored over 9,000 runs in one-dayers. At the first class level as well as in List A limited overs cricket, he has scored over 10,000 runs with 19 first class centuries. (He has scored more centuries at the international level than in domestic cricket.) He scored 7 ODI centuries in the year 2000.With Sachin Tendulkar, he formed what was arguably the most successful opening pair ever in one-day cricket. This pair has the highest number of century partnership (16) for the first wicket. They together have scored 5621 runs at an average of 49.30. His position as opener has now been replaced by Virender Sehwag. He is known for hitting the "big sixes". He is also a useful extra bowler as a medium pacer.Ganguly's record as captain is outstanding. Numerically, he has more test wins to his credit than any other Indian captain. He is the only Indian Captian to win both the One Day and Test Series in Pakistan Soil. More importantly, he has been credited with transforming the Indian players into a vibrant team with an excellent team spirit.On the other hand, he is a temperamental player and has often attracted controversy. He is religious, and, some commentators have suggested, also superstitious. It appears that he makes various decisions — some trivial, such as the number on his jersey, and others important, such as batting position — based on numerological considerations.Sourav Chandidas Ganguly made his entry into this world on July 08, 1973 in Calcutta, the ‘City of Joy’, now Kolkata. He was born into a sports loving family and was the second of two sons born to Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly. He was born into immense wealth, unlike many Indian cricketers, with the exception of royalty. His parents gave him the nickname of ‘Maharaj’ meaning ‘Prince’. Perhaps, they knew that their son was born to lead.Sourav’s father, Chandidas Ganguly runs a flourishing printing business, the 3rd largest in Asia, that has helped make the Gangulys among the 5 richest in Kolkata. Even today, Dada'sfather is one of the major barons in the printing business in Kolkata. His palatial, joint-family home which has nearly 30 members in the Kolkata suburb of Behala has more than 45 rooms. There is suggestion of affluence everything in the Ganaguly household, from the palatial 4-storey building itself to the beautifully decorated rooms. The annual turnover of Sourav's family is nearly 80 crores, with just a profit of 40 crores!As a child, Sourav was extremely mischievous, a typical Cancerian one could say. His brother Snehashish (nicknamed Raj) was born five years before him and became an accomplished left handed batsman. Though Sourav is a natural right hander, he learned to bat with his left hand from his brother, Snehashish. Sourav does everything else, including writing and bowling with his right hand. Convenience was one of the reasons for Sourav to become a left-handed batsman as he could then use his brother's cricket gear.For someone who is one of the best cricketers of contemporary times, it would come as a surprise to many of Sourav’s fans that cricket was not his first love. Like all people who dwell in the city of Kolkata, Sourav’s first sporting passion was football. But like most Indian kids, he had to make the difficult choice between academics and sport and his mother wasn’t very supportive of Sourav taking up cricket or any sport as a career. But Snehashish, who was an established cricketer for Bengal only strengthened his brother’s resolve to be a cricketer and he asked his father to get Sourav enrolled in a cricket coaching camp during Sourav's class ten holidays.For a young man who used his brother's cricket gear during practice, it was indeed ironical that he replaced his brother in the Bengal cricket team and consequently, Snehashish was dropped. And thus, Sourav began a glorious cricketing career.Sourav made his debut in international cricket way back in 1992 during a tour Down Under. But unfortunately, the 19-year old played in just one match against West Indies at Brisbane in which he failed to make an impression, and hence, was dropped from the side. A young Sourav had to face more than just the frustration of being dropped after one opportunity. Rumors of his attitude problems and lack of respect for the senior players hurt Sourav the most. There were also reports in certain newspapers that Sourav refused to carry drinks on the field for a senior cricketer, which he denies till date. He was given a raw deal on his first tour when some prominent cricketers tagged him to be ‘arrogant’ and a ‘boy with no cricketing talent’. He was ignored for well over four years and many thought that his days as an international cricketer were numbered.A few years later, however, Sourav came back strong and more determined than ever to make his mark in the world of cricket. He made his debut along with his good friend and now vice captain, Rahul Dravid in the 2nd test vs. England at Lord’s. Sourav amazed cricketers and critics alike when he smashed a century in his debut Test.He went on to score a century in the very next innings as well. More success came his way when Sourav was named ‘man of the series’ in his Debut. Weeks after his successful tour of England, Sourav eloped with childhood sweetheart Dona Roy. All hell broke lose when the the families of Sourav and Dona heard learnt about the secret wedding. However, both families reconciled and a formal wedding was held in February 1997. Happily married, Sourav and Dona are proud parents of a girl named Sana, born in November 2001.Sourav hasn’t looked back since his debut and today, he has many records to his name including that of the highest score in a World Cup and is the 2nd highest century getter in ODI after teammate Sachin Tendulkar. He is also referred to as 'the golden arm' in the Indian team as his gentle medium pace bowling has given India many a vital breakthrough in one-day cricket. In Test matches today, he, Rahul Dravid and the great Tendulkar form the core of the Indian batting line up.This man is revered in his home town where he enjoys a God like status. But that is the price one has to pay for being a celebrity in India. If people in Kolkata come to know that Sourav is home, there is a huge crowd that gathers at the gate of his palatial home. As likeable as he is, Sourav also has been firm enough to let overbearing fans and prying media persons know that he deserves and needs his share of privacy. Sourav prefers a quiet evening alone with his wife rather than have photographers and lensmen chasing him all over Kolkata. Sourav is also a deeply religious person and observes a fast every Tuesday.No one had thought that a lad ridiculed as a non talent, brushed off as being high headed, accused of showing disrespect towards seniors and having attitude problems would one day lead the Indian cricket team. Yet, Sourav Ganguly is now in the hot seat as the captain of the Indian Cricket team. Sourav was appointed as captain when Sachin Tendulkar, shocked everyone by stepping down from his captaincy after India’s disastrous tour Down Under in 1999. As vice captain to Tendulkar, Sourav was the most obvious choice.Sourav began well as captain, leading India to a series win over South Africa in the 5 match one day series. He reallystarted coming into his own as the leader of the Indian Team in the ICC Knockout trophy, where he led India to the finals.Sourav felt that every young player should play two years of domestic cricket before being selected for international assignments. He also said that every newcomer should be given at least five games to prove himself. Perhaps, he being at a receiving end of a raw deal that threatened to ruin his international cricket career enabled Sourav to understand the insecurities of other newcomers in the team better than his predecessors. Sourav backed the youngsters in the team tremendously and thus, gained the love of his teammates.Sourav also was not shy of taking on responsibility. He showed that he can be a leader of a team, which has greats like Sachin and Dravid in the side, without any problems. Under Sourav's leadership, India got back the winning habit which the team had forgotten.Today, Sourav Ganguly is the most successful Indian captain leaving Mohammed Azharuddin’s previous record of 14 test wins behind. Sourav has won 21 Tests as captain, of which more than 7 wins have come overseas! His success rate is an amazing 42%, the highest ever by an Indian captain.Under his captaincy, the Indian team achieved remarkable heights, including the Test series win against Australia at home in 2001, reaching the World Cup Final in 2003, and winning both the one-day and Test series in Pakistan in 2004.In just a few years, Sourav rewrote the rules of captaincy. Unlike some of his predecessors, he was impartial, non-parochial, and forever pushed his players to perform better. Off the field, Sourav’s interactions with the media, his fans, and detractors were uncompromisingly honest and earned him the respect of cricket followers everywhere. His 5-year reignas India's most successful skipper came to an end in October 2005 when vice-captain Rahul Dravid .

Sourav Ganguly

India

Personal information

Full name:

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Nickname:

Dada, Prince of Kolkata, Bengal Tiger, Maharaja

Born:

8 July 1972 (1972-07-08) (age 36)Calcutta, Bengal, India

Height:

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Batting style:

Left-handed

Bowling style:

Right arm medium

Role:

Batsman

Relations:

Snehasish Ganguly (Brother)

International information

Test debut

(cap 207):20 June 1996: v England

Last Test:

8 August 2008: v Sri Lanka

ODI debut

(cap 84):11 January 1992: v West Indies

Last ODI:

15 November 2007: v Pakistan

Domestic team information:

Years:

Team:

1989/90,–2006/07Bengal,

2000Lancashire,

2005Glamorgan,

2006Northamptonshire,

2008–presentKolkata Knight Riders,

Career statistics

Tests,

ODI,

FC,

List AMatches,

109,

311,

237,

423,

Runs scored,

6,888,

11,363,

14,540,

15,161

Batting average,

41.74,

41.02,

43.66,

41.53

100s/50s,

15/34,

22/72,

30/83,

31/93,

Top score,

239,

183,

239,

183

Balls bowled,

3,117,

4,561,

10,920,

7,949

Wickets,

32,

100,

164,

168,

Bowling average,

52.53,

38.49,

36.66,

38.415

wickets in innings,

0,

2,

4,

210

wickets in match,

0,

n/a,

0,

n/a,

Best bowling,

3/28,

5/16,

6/46,

5/16,

Catches/stumpings,

71/–,

100/–,

166/–,

129/–.

Sachin Tendulkar Biography.

Sachin Tendulkar:-

Name:

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Nick Name:

The Master Blaster, The Little Champion,
The Bombay Bomber

DOB: 24-04-1974
Test Debut:

Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90
ODI Debut:

Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90
Batting Style:

Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:

Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium, Leg Break Googly.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer. He holds several batting records, including the most Test centuries and the most one-day international centuries, and was rated in 2002 by Wisden as the second greatest Test batsman ever, after Sir Don Bradman[1]. He received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honour, for 1997-1998, and the civilian award Padma Shri in 1999. Tendulkar was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997. Early daysBorn in Mumbai (then Bombay) into a middle-class family, Sachin Tendulkar was named after his family’s favourite music director Sachin Dev Burman. He went to Sharadashram Vidyamandir School where he started his cricketing career under coach Ramakant Achrekar. While at school, he was involved in a mammoth 664 run partnership in a Harris Shield game with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli. In 1988/1989, he scored 100 not-out in his first first-class match, for Bombay against Gujarat. At 15 years and 232 days he was the youngest to score a century on debut. International career Sachin played his first international match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989, facing the likes of Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Abdul Qadir, and Waqar Younis. He made just 15 runs, being bowled by Waqar Younis, who also made his debut in that match. It was an inauspicious start, but Tendulkar followed it up with his maiden Test fifty a few days later at Faisalabad. His One-day International (ODI) debut on December 18 was equally disappointing, where he was dismissed without scoring a run, again by Waqar Younis. The series was followed by a non-descript tour of New Zealand in which he fell for 88 in a Test match, John Wright, who would later coach India, pouching the catch that prevented Tendulkar from becoming the youngest centurion in Test cricket. The long anticipated maiden Test century came in England’s tour in 1990 but the other scores were not remarkable. Tendulkar truly came into his own in the 1991-1992 tour of Australia that included a brilliant century on the fast and bouncy track at Perth. He has been Man of the Match 11 times in Test matches and Man of the Series twice, both times in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.His first ODI century came on September 9, 1994 against Australia in Sri Lanka at Colombo. It had taken Tendulkar 79 ODIs to score a century.Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to score a century while making his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut.Wisden named Tendulkar one of the Cricketers of the Year in 1997, the first calendar year in which he scored 1,000 Test runs. He repeated the feat in 1999, 2001, and 2002.Tendulkar also holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003. In 1998 he made 1,894 ODI runs, still the record for ODI runs by any batsman in any given calendar year.While not a regular bowler, Tendulkar has 37 wickets in 132 tests.Highlights of Tendulkar’s Test career include:Rated as the second best batsman of all time (next to Don Bradman) by Wisden [1][3]Highest number of Test centuries (35), overtaking Sunil Gavaskar’s record (34) on 10 December 2005 vs Sri Lanka in Delhi.Played in the highest number of Cricket Grounds - he has played Test Cricket on 52 different grounds, ahead of Azharuddin (48), Kapil Dev (47), Inzamam-ul-Haq (46) and Wasim Akram (45).He is the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. He holds this record along with Brian Lara. Both of them achieved this feat in 195 innings.4th highest tally of runs in Test cricket (10,323)Career Average 55.79 - Has the highest average among those who have scored over 10,000 Test runsSecond Indian to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches.Has 37 Test wickets (14 Dec 2005)Second fastest player to reach 9000 runs (Brian Lara made 9000 in 177 innings, Sachin in 179.)Highlights of Tendulkar’s ODI career include:Played more matches than any other cricketerMost Man of the Match (50) awardsAppeared on the most grounds (89 different grounds)Most runs (14,146 as of 15th February, 2006)Most centuries (39)Most centuries vs. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.First cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark in ODIsOnly cricketer to cross 14,000-run mark in ODIsOnly player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs as of February, 2006Over 100 wickets (141 as of 15th February, 2006)Highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs (as of March 17, 2006)Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999)Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003.In 1998 he made 1,894 ODI runs, still the record for ODI runs by any batsman in any given calendar year.In 1998 he hit 9 ODI centuries, the highest by any player in an year.World CupMost runs (1732 at an average of 59.72) in World Cup Cricket HistoryPlayer Of The Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.673 runs in 2003 World Cup, highest by any one in a single Cricket World CupMiscellaneousSachin Tendulkar is the first batsman to have been declared run out by a third umpire in 1992 against South Africa in South Africa.He was the first overseas cricketer to play for Yorkshire CCC in 1992.Oddly, Wisden does not include any innings by Tendulkar among its list of 100 greatest Test batting performances.Criticism and recent performanceThe case against Sachin Tendulkar’s recent performances was summed up by Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack in its 2005 edition: “Apart from a glorious, nothing-to-lose 55 against Australia on a Mumbai terrortrack, watching Tendulkar became a colder experience: after his humbling 2003, he seemed to reject his bewitching fusion of majesty and human frailty in favour of a mechanical, robotic accumulation.”The criticism must be seen against the backdrop of Tendulkar’s performance through the years 1994-1999, coinciding with his physical peak, at age 20 through 25. Tendulkar was told to open the batting at Auckland against New Zealand in 1994 [4]. He went on to make 82 runs off 49 balls. This was the beginning of a glorious period, culminating in the Australian tour of 1998-1999, following which Australian spinner Shane Warne ruefully joked that he was having nightmares about his Indian nemesis. A chronic back problem flared up when Pakistan toured India in 1999, with India losing the historic Test at Chepauk despite a gritty century from Tendulkar himself. Worse was to come as Professor Ramesh Tendulkar, Sachin’s father, died in the middle of the 1999 cricket World Cup. Tendulkar, succeeding Mohammad Azharuddin as captain, then led India on a tour of Australia, where the visitors were comprehensively beaten 3-0 [6] by the newly-crowned world champions. Tendulkar resigned, and Sourav Ganguly took over as captain in 2000.Tendulkar made 673 runs in 11 matches in the 2003 World Cup, helping India reach the finals. While Australia retained the trophy that it had won in 1999, Tendulkar was given the Man of the Series award.The drawn series as India toured Australia in 2003-2004 saw Tendulkar making his mark in the last Test of the series, with a double century in Sydney. The series was tied 1-1, with Rahul Dravid taking the Man of the Series award.Tennis elbow then took its toll on Tendulkar, leaving him out of the side for the first two Tests when Australia toured India in 2005. He played a part in the facesaving Indian victory in Mumbai, though Australia had already taken the series 2-1, with the Chennai Test drawn.Of late, as Wisden noted, Tendulkar has not been his old aggressive self. Expert opinion is divided on whether this is due to his increasing years or the lingering after-effects of injuries over 17 years at the highest level. On 10 December, 2005, at Feroz Shah Kotla, he delighted fans with a record-breaking 35th Test century, against the Sri Lankans. But doubts were raised once again when he averaged a mere 21 over three Test innings when India toured Pakistan in 2006.On 6 February 2006, Tendulkar scored his 39th ODI hundred, in a match against Pakistan. Tendulkar now has 16 more ODI tons than the man who is second on the list of ODI century-makers, Sourav Ganguly. He followed with a run-a-ball 42 in the second ODI against Pakistan on February 11, 2006, and then a truly masterly 95 in hostile conditions on 13 February, 2006 in Lahore.On 19 March 2006, after scoring an unconvincing 1 off 21 balls against England in the first innings of the third Test in his home ground, Wankhede, Tendulkar was booed off the ground by a section of the crowd[7], the first time that he has ever faced such flak. While cheered on when he came for his second innings, Tendulkar was to end the three-Test series without a single half-century to his credit, and news of a shoulder operation raised more questions about his longevity. Geoffrey Boycott was brutal in his assessment: “Sachin Tendulkar is in the worst form of his career…Now that he’s going to sit out for a further two months, I don’t think he can ever come back to regain what he once had.”Personal lifeSachin Tendulkar married Anjali Mehta, the paediatrician daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta, in 1995, some years after they were introduced by mutual friends. They have two children, Sara (born October 1997) and Arjun (born 23 September, 2000). Tendulkar sponsors 200 under-privileged children every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO associated with his mother-in-law, Annabel Mehta. He is reluctant to speak about this, or other charitable activities, choosing to preserve the sanctity of his personal life despite the overwhelming media interest in him. Tendulkar has been seen taking his Ferrari 360 Modena for late-night drives in Mumbai. (Gifted by Fiat through Michael Schumacher, the car became notorious when Tendulkar was given customs exemption; Fiat paid the dues to end the controversy.)
Sachin Tendulkar

India

Personal information

Full name:

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Nickname:

Little Master, Tendlya, Master Blaster, The Great One

Born:

24 April 1973 (1973-04-24)

(age 35)Bombay, India

Height

5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Batting style,

Right-handed

Bowling style,

Right-arm leg break/off break/medium

Role

Batsman

International information

Test debut

(cap 187):15 November 1989: v Pakistan

Last Test:

8 August 2008: v Sri Lanka

ODI debut

(cap74):18 December 1989: v Pakistan

Last ODI:

4 March 2008: v AustraliaODI

shirt no.:10

Domestic team information

Years ,

Team

1988–present ,

MUMBAI

1992,

Yorkshire

2008,

Mumbai Indians

Career,

statistics

Tests,

ODIs

,FC,

LA

Matches,

150,

417,

250,

504

Runs scored,

11,

877,

16,

361 ,

20,

640,

19,

913

Batting average

54.23,

44.33,

58.63,

45.25,

100s/50s,

39/49 ,

42/89,

65/95,

53/107

Top score,

248*,

186*,

248* ,

186*,

Balls bowled,

3,862 ,

8,009,

7,221 ,

10,185

Wickets ,

42,

154,

67 ,

201

Bowling average ,

52.66,

44.12,

61.20,

41.905

wickets in innings,

0,

2,

0 ,

210

wickets in match ,

0 ,

n/a,

0,

n/a

Best bowling ,

3/10,

5/32 ,

3/10,

5/32

Catches/stumpings,

98/–,

122/– ,

165/– ,

157/–

ALL Mobile Secret Codes.

Mobile Secret Codes NOKIA

* Use at Own Risk

CODE

*3370#

This Nokia code activates Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) -

Your Nokia cell phone uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced my approx. 5%#3370#

Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR)

*#4720#

Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time

*#4720#

With this Nokia code you can deactivate the Half Rate Codec

*#0000#

Displays your phones software version, 1st Line : Software Version, 2nd Line : Software Release Date, 3rd Line : Compression Type

*#9999#

Phones software version if

*#0000#

does not work

*#06#

For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number)#pw+1234567890+1#

Provider Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)#pw+1234567890+2#

Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)#pw+1234567890+3#

Country Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)#pw+1234567890+4#

SIM Card Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)

*#147#

This lets you know who called you last (Only vodofone)

*#1471#

Last call (Only vodofone)

*#21#

This phone code allows you to check the number that "All Calls" are diverted to

*#2640#

Displays phone security code in use

*#30#

Lets you see the private number

*#43#

Allows you to check the "Call Waiting" status of your cell phone.

*#61#

Allows you to check the number that "On No Reply" calls are diverted to

*#62#

Allows you to check the number that "Divert If Unreachable (no service)" calls are diverted to

*#67#

Allows you to check the number that "On Busy Calls" are diverted to

*#67705646#

Phone code that removes operator logo on 3310 & 3330

*#73#

Reset phone timers and game scores

*#746025625#

Displays the SIM Clock status, if your phone supports this power saving feature "SIM Clock Stop Allowed", it means you will get the best standby time possible

*#7760#

Manufactures code

*#7780#

Restore factory settings

*#8110#

Software version for the nokia 8110

*#92702689#

Displays -

1.Serial Number,

2.Date Made,

3.Purchase Date,

4.Date of last repair (0000 for no repairs),

5.Transfer User Data. To exit this mode you need to switch your phone off then on again

*#94870345123456789#

Deactivate the PWM-Mem

**21*number#

Turn on "All Calls" diverting to the phone number entered

**61*number#

Turn on "No Reply" diverting to the phone number entered

**67*number#

Turn on "On Busy" diverting to the phone number entered12345This is the default security codepress and hold #Lets you switch between lines[Secret Codes for 3330] Imei Information :-
To view the imei number on this model simply type

*#06#

Software version type

*#0000# *#170602112302#

shows the SW version.Service Provider Lock Information :- Service Provider Lock Service Provider lock is the lock to your phone which is implement by your service provider e.g. Orange onto your sim card. The phone is usually locked to a certain SP but it can be unlocked allowing you access to other service providers that provide a better deal. The same effect can also be used by using a Dual sim, you could have two sim cards in one phone allowing you to switch between sims and SP 1. First sim = Orange 2. Second sim = One2One Short Message Serivce Centre Numbers ( FREE SMS ):- SMSC (Short Message Serivce Centre Numbers) SMS Centre number allow you to send free sms, by changing your message centre number like this: 1. Go to messages 2. Message Settings 3. Set 1 4. Message Centre Number 5. Then change the number to one from SMSC Number section (from SMSC #'s given below)What does this do?Instead of paying for your messages, you can alter a number in your phone to send to a different centre. This cannot charge you, and consequently you have free SMS!How does it work?When you send a text message, it is first transmitted to your network's routing centre, called the Short Message Service Centre, or SMSC. This SMSC is generally a telephone number, normally a memorable one- i.e. Orange's is 0973 100973. Here, it is sent to the recipient's network's SMSC, where it is then forwarded to their phone. The whole process takes only seconds, but the vital part is when it reaches your SMSC, because then it is forwarded, and you are charged according to your tariff. If you, however, change your SMSC number to one below, the network who forward the message will not know who you are, and consequently cannot charge you. Clever huh?Does it always work?No! It can take hours to find a number that hasn't been blocked by your network- they usually carry out checks monthly and bar any numbers known to be forwarding SMS. Also, I understand that Orange and all networks in Denmark have barred all numbers aside from their own- so it won't work with Orange or Danish networks.ISDN Number :- ISDN number For checking ISDN number enter *#92772689# Warranty Menu To view the warranty menu enter *#92702689# [*#war0anty#] 1) shows the serial nr. 2) shows when the cel phone was made mmyy 3) shows when the cel. phone was purchased mmyy 4) shows how many times the cel. phone has been repaired. 5) makes you capebel of transferring user data if you have the gear for it 6) shows how many houres the phone has been on Warranty Menu To view Warranty menu enter *#92702689# [*#war0anty#] Phone asks 'warranty code:' Press the following warranty code: 6232 (OK) : Displays the Month and Year of Manufacture (MMYY) 7332 (OK) : Displays the date of the last repairment - if found ('DATE NOT SAVED'...) 7832 (OK) : Displays (if found) the date where the phone was purchased ('DATE NOT SAVED'...) 9268 (OK) : Displays Serial Number 37832 (OK) : Set the Purchasing Date MMYY (Warning: You can only do this once - So be careful ...) 87267 (OK) : Transfers ALL phone numbers, pictures, sounds from one phone to another eg. if broken (via IRport.)Sim Clock Stop :- To view if sim clock can be stoped enter *#746025625# [*#sim0clock#] (Sim-clock-stop is a kind of standby mode which will save battery time) May not work with all firmware versions. Enhanced Full Rate/Half Rate Enhanced Full Rate Codec :- (EFR) For activation enter *#3370# For deactivation enter *#3370* Enhanced Full Rate Will give you much better sound quality when you enable it. The new Enhanced Full Rate CODEC adopted by GSM uses the ASELP (AlgebraicCode Excitation Linear Prediction) compression technology. This technology allows for much great voice quality in the same number of bits as the older Full Rate CODEC. The older technology was called LPC-RPE (Linear Prediction Coding with Regular Pulse Excitation). Both operate at 13 kilobits.(but you take up more space on the network, so they can charge you more) - Talk-time is reduced with about 5%Half Rate Codec For activation enter *#4720# For deactivation enter *#4720* In all cases the phone will automatically restart. Half Rate will give you bad soundquality, which gives the serviceprovider the opportunity to have more calls on the network, and you might get a lower charge from them. - Will give you 30% longer talk-time.Imei Code :- To View IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) enter *#06# Firmware Versions Check To view the Firmware version enter *#170602112302# Restore Factory Settings :- To restore factory settings (Memory, language, counters not included) enter *#7780# Manufacturer Information To view Week and Year of manufactureenter *#3283# [*# D A T E #] The last two digits are the year. If the year is 95, the first two digits are the month. For 96 the first two digits are the week of the year. Firmware Version :- To view the firmware version enter *#170602112302# or *#9999# On newer phones, the code has been changed to *#682371158412125#SAMSUNGSamsung Reset CodesYou can try these in case you downloaded corrupted or incompatible Java midlets or other media, which are causing problems with the phone.*2767*JAVA# Java Reset and (Deletes all Java Midlets)*2767*MEDIA# Reset Media (Deletes All Sounds and Pics) *2767*WAP# Wap Reset*2767*CUST# Reset Custom EEPR0M*2767*FULL# Reset Full EEPR0M (Caution)For example : *2767*JAVA# would be keyed in as *2767*5282#Note : Not all codes will work with SGH-C100.Other Samsung Codes*#06# IMEI code*#9998*4357# Help Menu*#9998*5282# Java menu (GRPS/CSD settings for JAVA server)*#9999#0# Monitor Mode*#9999# or *#9998*9999# Software Version*#8888# or *#9998*8888# Hardware Version*#9998*746# or *#9998*0746# or *#0746# Sim Infos*#9998*523# or *#9998*0523# or *#0523# Display Contrast*#9998*842# or *#9998*0842# or *#0842# Vibration On (until you push OK)*#9998*289# or *#9998*0289# or *#0289# Buzzer On (until you push OK)*#9998*288# or *#9998*0288# or *#0288# Battery & Field Infos*#9998*377# or *#9998*0377# Error log*#9998*778# or *#9998*0778# or *#0778# Sim Service table*#9998*782# show date and alarm clock*#8999*638# show network information*#9998*5646# change operator logo at startup*#9998*76# production number*#9998*968# view melody for alarm*#9998*585# Non-Volatile Memory (NVM)*#3243948# Digital Audio Interference Off*#32436837# Digital Audio Interference OnSAMSUNG T100 SECRET CODES *#06# -> Show IMEI *#9999# -> Show Software Version *#0001# -> Show Serial Parameters *2767*3855# -> Full EEPROM Reset ( THIS CODE REMOVES SP-LOCK!!!! but also change IMEI to 447967-89-400044-0, you must use CHGIMEI to restore it) *2767*2878# -> Custom EEEPROM Reset *#8999*228# -> Battery status (capacity, voltage, temperature) *#8999*246# -> Program status *#8999*289# -> Change Alarm Buzzer Frequency *#8999*324# -> Debug screens *#8999*364# -> Watchdog *#8999*377# -> EEPROM Error Stack *#8999*427# -> Trace Watchdog *#8999*523# -> Change LCD contrast *#8999*544# -> Jig detect *#8999*636# -> Memory status *#8999*746# -> SIM File Size *#8999*778# -> SIM Service Table *#8999*785# -> RTK (Run Time Kernel) errors *#8999*786# -> Run, Last UP, Last DOWN *#8999*837# -> Software Version *#8999*842# -> Test Vibrator *#8999*862# -> Vocoder Reg *#8999*872# -> Diag *#8999*947# -> Reset On Fatal Error *#8999*999# -> Last/Chk *#8999*9266# -> Yann debug screen (=Debug Screens?) *#8999*9999# -> Software version *0001*s*f*t# -> Changes serial parameters (s=?, f=0,1, t=0,1) (incomplete) *0002*?# -> unknown *0003*?# -> unknown SAMSUNG V200 SECRET CODES v200 Unlock Code-> *2767*7822573738#*#9324# Netmon (press the hangup key to exit) *#9998*JAVA# Edit GPRS/ CSD settings (S100 Only) *#9998*Help# Help screen/ List of codes *#9998*LOGO# Change operator Logo *#9998*RTC# RTC Display *#9998*Bat# Battery Status *#9998*Buz# Turns Buzzer ON *#9998*Vib# Turns Vibrator ON *#9998*LCD# LCD Contrast *#9998*9999# Softwre Version *#9998*8888# Hardware Version *#9998*377# NVM Error Log (?????) *#9998*NET# SIM Network ID *#9998*778# SIM Serv. Table *#9998*SIM# SIM Info *#9998*PN# Production No. *#9998*968# Reminder Tune *#9998*NVM# Displays Non-Volitile Memory Status *#9999*C# ??????????????????? *#06# Displays phones I**I No. *#9998*2576# Forces SIM Error *#9998*DEAD# Forces Phone Crash *2767*MEDIA# Resets the medis on the phone (deletes all downloaded pics/tones) *2767*FULL# Resets the EEPRON *DANGEROUS* *2767*CUST# Resets the Custom EEPRON *2767*JAVA# Resets JAV downloads (deletes all downloaded midlits) *2767*STACKRESET# Resets Stack *2767*225RESET# ????????????????? * Dangerous * *2767*WAP# Resets WAP Setting & Deletes Favorites SAMSUNG A800 SECRET CODES The universal unlock code is *2767*637# do this with out your sim in.
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2007-09-06 22:56:38*2767*JAVA# Java Reset and (Deletes all Java Midlets)*2767*MEDIA# Reset Media (Deletes All Sounds and Pics)*2767*WAP# Wap Reset *2767*CUST# Reset Custom EEPR0M*2767*FULL# Reset Full EEPR0M (Caution)For example : *2767*JAVA# would be keyed in as *2767*5282#Note : Not all codes will work with SGH-C100.
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2007-09-06 03:16:50if u have a gsm phones,chances are its locked to your provider.this prevents you from using your phone with any other gsm provider,forcing you to have to buy a new phone should you chose to switch providers.but as of 2006,you can now legally get your phones unlocked.what does that means?it means that for a small fee,you can either use software package or an unlock to permanently unlock your phone for use on any gsm network in the worldSites such as unlockmotorolas.com can instantly unlock all Motorola, Blackberry and Treo phones through either an unlock code or unlock software. The easiest way to unlock your phone is using an unlock code. You simply have to send them your IMEI number (a 15 digit code -International Mobile Equipment Identity), and they will email you back your unlock code. Unlockmotorolas.com have a code turnaround time of anywhere from a few hours to 24 hours. Instructions on how to use the code are included, but all it consists of is simply inserting your new simcard,OPTION
Cell Phone Google Gphone: India Launch? Free Calls, SMS:
2007-09-03 23:26:33Latest Buzz over the Virtual World is all about the launch of Google 's much hyped G Phone in India within two coming weeks, ALL FINGERS ARE CROSSED AND LIPS ARE SEALED : )The Google PhoneGoogle is the boss of the internet and the boss’s phone gets 1,020,000 results. The GPhone coming in India gets 142 results in Google News. Now the interesting part even Google doesn’t know when the Google Phone is coming out, at least officially. Three weeks ago I did a story on the probable Google Phone, on its pros and cons, partnerships with Vodafone, Samsung and LG and how mobility has been high on Google agenda for a long time, all I managed getting from the Google spokesperson was “Mobile is an important area for Google and we remain focused on creating applications and establishing and growing partnerships with industry leaders to develop innovative services for users worldwide. However, we have nothing further to announce."Sources close to the project reportedly revealed that a simultan.
Launch , SMS , Free Calls Nokia Symbians Secret Codes:
2007-09-03 05:22:34Nokia Code function*3370# This Nokia code activates Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your Nokia cell phone uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced my approx. 5%#3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR)*#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time*#4720# With this Nokia code you can deactivate the Half Rate Codec*#0000# Displays your phones software version, 1st Line : Software Version, 2nd Line : Software Release Date, 3rd Line : Compression Type*#9999# Phones software version if *#0000# does not work*#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number)#pw+1234567890+1# Provider Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)#pw+1234567890+2# Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)#pw+1234567890+3# Country Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)#pw+1234567890+4# SIM Card Lock Status.
Nokia , Codes call pc to telephones or cell for free:
2007-09-03 05:01:03PC-Telephone® is a powerful communications software application that enables you to exploit the full communications potential of the Internet and public telephone networks ISDN/PSTN.PC-Telephone turns your computer into Internet telephone, ISDN telephone, fax machine, answer phone, voicemail, file transferhttp://www.pc-telephone.com/
secret codes of nokia 6080 6081 6120 6160 6162 6150:
2007-09-03 04:09:01Nokia 6080 / 6081*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)*#0000# shows the SW version.Latest software version on 6080 V 4.80 NHE-2Latest software version on 6081 V 5.14 NHE-2ANokia 6120 / 6160 / 6162 (TDMA phones)*#92772689# for checking ISDN number.*3001#12345# for field test mode and nam selection and some other stuff...*#9999# shows the SW version.Nokia 6150*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)*#0000# shows the SW version.*#92702689# to enter service menu.Latest software version 5.22 (10-11-99) NSM-1Older versions:5.20 (20-09-99) NSM-15.17 (01-07-99) NSM-1Updates:1. Updated GSM-list2. *4720# and #4720# (activate/deactivate Halfrate) doesn't work anymore!3. New menu option: 4-4-6 Confirm SIM service actions Lets you select whether SIM service actions are visible and confirmed by you.4. Automatic menu-language selection doesn't work anymore!V 5.02 (02-02-99) NSM-1V 4.13 NSM-1 (EFR option should be back in this version)V 4.
secret codes for nokia 9000/9000i:
2007-09-03 03:56:37To view IMEI number *#06#To view Software Version enter *#8110# Latest Version is under Phone Info.To view Week and Year of manufacture enter *#3283#
How To Unlock the Secret Extra Battery Life In Your Cell Phone:
2007-09-02 04:27:49How To Unlock the Secret Extra Battery Life In Your Cell PhoneHave you ever ended up in a situation where your cell phone battery was dying on you at the wrong time and you did not have your charger on you?Relax; there is a quick fix to unlock the extra battery life to your cell phone.To activate this hidden battery life, press the keys *3370# on your cell phone.Your cell phone will restart with this reserve and the instrument panel or your battery diagnostic page will reflect a 50% increase in battery. On my Siemens SX66 PDA phone, it increased the back up battery 100%!This battery reserve will get charged as well the next time that you charge your cell phone and will continue to show on your battery diagnostic page or instrument panel.The code works by telling your cell phone how to reallocate battery power to only necessary functions.This is extremely handy if you have a PDA cell phone.Whilst this may be considered by some to be a urban legend, it actually did work for me.
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2007-09-02 04:20:56Make cost-effective calls to any destination and call Skype users to their PCs.Call with your Cell Phone from any place by using Skype VoIP-Telephony.Access Skype via your browser on your Cell Phone with M+ for Skype, an optimized mobile IM client.With IM+ for Skype you can communicate via text and voice with other Skype users and save money when you call to mobiles and landlines. It is a totally mobile application.%body21 IM+ for Skype works without need of WiFi. It works in any network. Sending messages is as simple as typing SMS messages.IM+ for Skype runs on these platforms:Windows Mobile Pocket PCJava devicesBlackBerry handheld devicesPalm OSSymbian S60 v3 mobile phonesiPhoneIM+ for Skype is a service and permits you to make and receive calls for cheap rates. Look which of your friends are online to chat with Skype users.Use IM+ for Skype atANY destinationANY wireless networkANY mobile deviceIM+ for Skype is from SHAPE Services, a Germany-based company, well-known for making mobilRead more:
Phones , Cell Phones secret codes of nokia 3210:
2007-09-02 02:37:36Latest software version: V 05.36 NSE - 8/9 (25-07-00)V 5.31 NSE - 8/9 (24-05-00)V 5.26 NSE - 8/9 (07-04-00)V 5.02 NSE - 8/9V 4.41 NSE - 8/9 (17-08-99)0V 4.11 (???)V 3.10 NSE - 8*3370# - Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) activation. It will automatically restart.#3370# - Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) deactivation. It will automatically restart.*4370# - Half Rate Codec activation. It will automatically restart#4370# - Half Rate Codec deactivation. It will automatically restartxx# - xx position in Phone BookEnhanced Full Rate will give you much better sound quality when you enable it. The new Enhanced Full Rate CODEC adopted by GSM uses the ASELP (AlgebraicCode Excitation Linear Prediction) compression technology. This technology allows for much great voice quality in the same number of bits as the older Full Rate CODEC. The older technology was called LPC-RPE (Linear Prediction Coding with Regular Pulse Excitation). Both operate at 13 kilobits.(but you take up more space on the network, so
secret codes of nokia 6110:
2007-09-02 02:34:39*#0000# To view Software Version.*#6110# Try this code if the above code doen't work.#746025625# [*#sim0clock#]Checks if the sim clock can be stopped. Sim clock stop is a kind of stand-by mode which will save battery time. This code doesn't work with software version 4.59.*#92702689# [*#war0anty#]You don't need the warranty-codes any more - you can just scroll through the information like in any other menu. It has the the same data as 81xx and 31xx phones (with "Edit" button for purchase date, and "User data transfer").
samsung secret codes:
2007-09-02 02:29:58*#06# IMEI number (International Mobile Equipment Identity)*#2254*# Status register: C, BS, RR, MMI, CREAT.*#2255*# activate and deactivate the "DEBUG CALL"-Mode; when activated, make a call to a busy line an the phone will disp some hex-codes on the disp.*#2558*# the time in days,hours and minutes you are connected to the net*#2562*# not clear; the phone reconnects to the net*#2565*# not clear; warmstart ?*#3333*# (NO) BLOCKING - list (15 items)*#2377*# "BEER": not clear, the phone waits a random time and the net,sometimes the phone makes a reset or something*#3377*# Init, Flags, SIM LCK*#3353*# resets the (NO) BLOCKING - list*#7378*# Name, Length, SIM phase*#7489*# SECURITY CODE*#7693*# you can activate and deactivate the SLEEP MODE (when deactivated the battery will go down!)*#7787*# not clear: SPURIOUS INTERRUPT*#7948*# SWITCH OFF: not clear; it is a timer or something*#8463*# Some information about the SLEEP MODE: Wake, Sleep Req., Sle1G – 1 st Generation of Mobile Phones 2007-09-01 08:11:29Thankfully the 1 st Generation of mobile phones is now obsolete. Gone are the days of poor voice links, non-existent security and low capacity!Read more: Mobile , Phones , Mobile Phones 2G – 2 nd Generation of Mobile Phones2007-09-01 08:11:062G phone networks (often referred to as GSM) are still in use worldwide. 2G offers high bit rate voice quality, differing levels of encryption and SMS text messaging but limited data communications.Read more: Generation , Mobile , Phones , Mobile Phones 2.5G 2007-09-01 08:10:462.5G mobile phones are the stepping stone between 2G and 3G technology, offering higher capacity data transmission allowing enhanced data services e.g. GPRS. GPRS allows network providers to charge by the amount of data sent as opposed to connect time.3G – 3rd Generation of Mobile Phones 2007-09-01 08:10:123G phone networks were first implemented in Japan in 2001, and since then have gradually been rolled out worldwide. Third generation phones are capable of receiving data at much higher rates than older technologies. 3G supports the use of bandwidth hungry applications such as video conferencing, full high speed internet access, fast mp3 downloads, and quality streaming audio.Read more: Generation , Mobile , Phones , Mobile Phones NOW VIRUS TURNS INTO A HEAT IN YOUR CELL PHONE 2007-09-28 04:27:02Cell phone viruses, largely considered a paper tiger in the digital security world, became a bit more dangerous this week with the release of a two-pronged program.Writers have released a virus, known as Lasco.A, that spreads both through wireless connections and by attaching itself to files, antivirus company F-Secure said Monday. Until now, malicious cell phone programs have spread using one mechanism or the other."We have received a new Symbian malware that combines two spreading tactics, which is common in PC malware but previously unheard of in mobile systems," F-Secure said in a posting on its Web site.The Lasco.A virus will attach itself to any application file on a phone that uses the Symbian operating system, F-Secure said. It is activated when cell phone owners click on the file and install it on their handsets."Thus any (application) file in the device that gets copied to another phone, as frequently happens as people swap software, will also contain a copy of Lasco.A," F-SeAll-in-one mobile phone Below rs 10.000 (v7.2) 2007-09-22 00:13:03It hasn’t been that long since the last all-in-one feature was put up, but a lot of new phone s have come up that really deserve to be talked about, so here we go. 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Warning! Warning! Take guard of the Internet Service Provider de VoIP which operates the standard codec d'industrie and the standard protocols d'industrie parce qu'ils are PUBLICLY OPEN and INTERPRETABLE! This also includes, but n'est not limited to, of the networks of par-with-par (P2P).In flat terms, these means, if you subscribe to, or considering the subscription for a supplier of solution d'Internet of VoIP who operates these standards d'industrie - and more than 90% -- you s'être by distraction made vulnerable to the criminal activities of the intruders. Independently of the anti type of software of virus you have on your computer, the publicly accessible standards d'industrie provide a way by which these criminals can reach your computer to plant viruses, towards, horses of Trojan, and/or steal your identity.Here the lower result. 1. If you currently employ a supplier of solution d'Internet of VoIP which operates the standard codec d'industrie and the standarRead more: phone , users Motorola announces 9 new cell phones 2007-10-13 00:18:07LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. -- Motorola Inc., badly in need of hit products to spark a turnaround, announced nine new cell phone handsets Thursday to be available this quarter.Among them is a luxury version of the Razr2, the latest successor to its once top-selling model. The Razr2 V8 is being touted as a potential holiday gift with gold-plated accents, snakeskin texture, ultra-slim design and storage of up to 1,000 songs, among other features. It costs $250 to $300.The company said four of the seven new W-series phones - the W160, W180, W213 and W377 - feature FM radio, which requires headphones. Six of the handsets contain Motorola's proprietary CrystalTalk technology, which automatically adjusts audio for clear calls in noisy environments."These devices are designed for consumers who are purchasing their first mobile phone, for those who simply want to talk and message on an easy-to-use phone or for those who are looking to upgrade a basic phone," said Stu Reed, president of Motorola MobileGoogle reportedly buying mobile social network Zingku 2007-10-11 05:19:35Looks like Google is acquiring Zingku, a site that offers a social network for mobile users. "We've entered into an agreement to have Google acquire our Zingku service," the site says.(Credit: Zingku)A Google spokesman confirmed the news: "I can confirm that we acquired certain assets and technology of Zingku. We believe these assets can help build products and features that will benefit our users, advertisers and publishers. Aside from that, we have no plans to announce at this time."The move is only the latest on Google's part in the mobile space. In 2005, Google bought a social-networking service called Dodgeball that links people up through text message. The company hasn't really done anything with it yet. Then in July, Google acquired Grand Central, a company that allows people to merge all their phone calls into one number.Read more: social network Company that detects credit card fraud gets $11 million 2007-10-11 05:16:59Fraud Sciences, which has developed systems that cut down on credit card fraud , has received $11 million in a new round of funding, according to VentureBeat. The lead investor was Redpoint Ventures.The company has devised what it calls the SpotLight transaction verification system, which essentially confirms that the customer trying to use a credit card number on a computer is the owner of the credit card. The system cuts down on fraudulent transactions, but also lets merchants accept transactions that seem to be a bit suspicious, but in fact are genuine (i.e. a husband on an international business trip uses a card in Asia, while his wife is making a transaction with the same joint account in San Francisco. It looks suspicious but it is legit. I know. This just happened, and it took a panicky phone call from me to get the card reactivated.)The system relies on behavioral analytics and real-time fraud intelligence tools."If we approve a transaction that is ultimately found to be fraudulFake caller ID: Fun, legal and easy to do 2007-10-11 05:15:46Caller ID information is not to be trusted. Judging by the reactions I've gotten from colleagues and friends recently after they've been the victims of spoofed-ID demonstrations, it's not common knowledge that caller ID information, primarily the phone number that often appears on the recipient's telephone display, can be easily faked. Best of all for the mysterious caller, it's not illegal in the U.S. (except in cases where fraud occurs). Calls for the purpose of amusement or revenge are perfectly legalWith the help of easy-to-use Internet calling card services, it's possible to call up your friends, and have the originating caller number be something completely different, say, the White House switchboard (202-456-1414). For many of the services, it's as simple as punching in three phone numbers: your own number, your pal's number, and the number you want to show up on their phone's display when you call.The calling card companies providing these services charge a fair bit--a