After the 1999’s Cricket World Cup, Australia has changed the way of playing cricket with their ruthless aggression. Their passion to rule the cricket world in both forms of game motivated them to outplay every team. They ignited the lost firepower of longer version of the game with their pace and attacking approach. They always have been ultimate entertainment for the viewers.

Undoubtedly till last week, they were favorites for upcoming Cricket World Cup 2007. But things got changed for them when England ruled out them in consecutive matches of the Common Wealth Bank series to clinch the trophy. Though, everyone thought that it was a coincidence but after being beaten by New Zealand in the Chapel – Hedley trophy with 3-0, peoples’ point of view has definitely changed. Australia suddenly slipped from the No.1 position.

After scoring over 300 runs in two consecutive matches and loosing both of them, it makes me feel that they are lacking the good luck this time. One may consider that five main players: Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke, Brett Lee and Adam Gilchrist are out of the squad due to injuries, but still with the kind of bench strength they have, this can not be the excuse.

Although, it looks like that Ponting is Australia and without him they feel like nothing. It showed in Chapel – Hedley trophy matches with New Zealand. Mike Hussey, the acting captain, wasn’t able to mount pressure on the opposition even after getting momentum for it at crucial times. He must be very disappointed with this defeat, as nobody had expected this kind of result for the series.

This is an opportunity for the rest of teams to grab the World Cup 2007 by defeating the defending champion. But for the ones, who consider Australia as a loser, should keep in mind that Australia always has bounced back with a bang. You can’t under estimate them as they are a wounded tiger now. I am sure the Australian camp will definitely take some serious steps to compensate this big loss. In the cricket world, everybody has started saying that Aussies have started going downwards.

Wins and losses are the two aspects of a coin. Though Aussies haven’t seen the other side for a long time. It’s a wake up call for them. I am with the Aussies as they are like wounded tiger now and when the battle for the cricket world cup starts, they will strike back with full strength in the leadership of a great batsman and captain “Ricky Ponting”. Beware the entire cricket world, as Aussies will still be a great challenge for all the teams. May be not for Indian Cricket Team.

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After a long gap, Amisha was in the front of camera but this time it was quite different from last shot of Amisha. She was posing for the MAXIM and she was giving her sexiest poses so far. Actress Amisha Patel was selected as the cover girl of Maxim for the month of December 2006.

Its time to have a change, Nike the official sponsor for apparel of Indian cricket team, has launched a new range for world cup gear for the Indian cricket team.

They have been working very hard on this for last one year and finally they have come up with some great work. Before the final launch they have offered the player to have a try on new dress. And all players liked it. The new lining is a cool combination of dark shade of blue and a tinge of grey and orange flavour.

But the training gear is so much different from the dress. It will have dark blue base, unlike the present shining light blue with white base, and will have a grey shade at the back with the principal sponsor name written in orange at the front.

These outfits are designed to give a full comfort to the players in the field. These outfits are climate independent which makes it useful for both the weathers of the year. Indian team will use this new looks for the upcoming tournaments.

Although every event associated with BCCI has to be completed on a funny node. This time it’s the new outfit. In this new outfit the sponsor’s logo is on the front side of shirt but according to ICC rules, in any tournament organized by ICC, participating teams can only have ICC logo on the front side of shirt. BCCI as always didn’t give importance to it and again receives a warning regarding this mishap. What else? Modifications have to be done in this new outfit.

I hope this new world cup outfit will bring new energy to our team and once again Cricket world cup will be ours. Let us keep fingers crossed!

Track Mania is not just another car racing game. It consists of Simulation, Puzzle tracks, arcade mode and much more. You can play this game in different modes. In solo mode, you will get about 100’s of exciting and competitive tracks where you can learn and understand the game having lots of fun and different mind exercises. It also contains multiplayer mode via Internet, LAN, Hot Seat. You can very easily create a network on your LAN or join an existing network on Internet. Its scalable graphics technology makes it so light that you can play this game on a lower end PC.

Out of countless features of track mania few are listed below which makes it very popular.

Features

• Easy-to-use track editor
• 300 different race construction blocks
• Three racing environments;American Desert, Countryside and Winter Landscape
• 50 single-player challenges
• Multiple multiplayer modes
• Easy Internet network feature; broadband or dial-up
• Scaleable graphics technology accommodates most system specifications

Power Up! Features

• Underground construction mode now allows tunnels for greater driving variety
• 40+ new blocks to be unlocked
• New solo mode: Survival
• New presentation and interface for extra polish
• You can now manage your avatars and put customizable pictures
• Graphical and online optimization

This full version of Track mania Nations ESWC features a unique game play and environment called Stadium, a solo mode offering 100exercising and competitive tracks and of course several multiplayer modes: via Internet, LAN, Hot Seat, and the famous NADEO commendatory editors: TrackEditor, Painter and Media tracker.

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And now after a sensational session of Trackmania expansion, NADEO has released 10,000 copies of Track Mania United. Track Mania United was set to release in 2006 only in France, Australia, Canada, Belgium and Switzerland (French parts). For all other territories, it is going to release in February/March 2007. You can download Track Mania United Now.

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Here is the list of all the world cup matches. Now you can organize your dates according to the schedule, So that you wouldn’t miss any action. Enjoy….  

Second Stage – Super 8

Semi – Final Round 

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