Here are some more pictures of Shamone Jardim - a Star model based in Cape Town.

Just one look (or many looks - if you like) at the soccer WAGs and it is easy to understand why more professional athletes prefer soccer over the other sports!   Cricket is good, especially if you are a KP, a Dale Steyn or a Vinod Kambli.  But for most women, soccer is still king!

  Alena Seredova who is attached to Gianluigi Buffon of Italy

Irina Shayk - Ronaldo's girl friend.  His past girl friends include Brazilian model Raica Oliveira and Merche Romero (below)

"I am a self-confessed cricket lover!   I think cricket games are as exciting as a live match.” Said Bollywood actress Prachi Desai at the preview of International Cricket 2010, the latest game from Codemasters.

“I am a huge fan of Ashes 2009 and have already booked a copy of International Cricket 2010. I tried playing this game and it was an awesome experience. For once I felt that I am actually playing a live game on a cricket pitch,” she added.

Cricketer Harbhajan Singh and actress Geeta Basra have been seeing each other for some time now.  From IPL Awards night to private family functions such as Bhajji's sister Sandeep Kaur’s wedding in Jalandhar - her presence besides Bhajji shows that they are the best of friends.

Geeta also met Harbhajan’s parents at Sandeep's wedding.  Geeta was seen cheering for Bhajji during IPL 3 too!  And at the awards night, Shah Rukh asked Bhajji in jest "Bhajji apka ghar kab Basra hai?" and when the cricketer just smiled, he asked: "Geeta ki kasam kha kar kaho?"

Deepika's dad played badminton!  But Deepika appears to be more interested in cricket!  She was seen at RCB matches during the IPL and following that, she was seen playing cricket with other celebrity buddies including Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal and others.

Caution:  Poor taste warning!  Not for those who get ticked off easily!

What started as a joke has now spread like a forest fire!   People are now looking forward to the Kochi games because of the unique Malayali cinematic angle that the team is expected to bring to the table.   Shakeela as brand ambassador perhaps?

"He is a thorough professional and a true sports lover," Mr. Sandhu told Mid Day in Mumbai.  "He has a natural outswinger and his release is better than some we've seen in IPL," Mr. Sandhu added.

Full story here.

While other Bollywood stars acquire cricket teams and attend IPL parties, Akshay focuses on his cricket!

Celina accompanied Lalit Modi to Cinemax Thane and R1 theatres to watch IPL.   "Watching ipl in cinemas was rocking .. Was my first time ..Cheerleaders popcorn n crazy cricket fans..," she tweeted, adding "Not supporting any team in particular I love the fact how cricket brings indians together.."

In reality, it was not her first fling with cricket.   Lalit might not want to be reminded that Celina performed in Delhi for a show at the rival ICL!

Guess who was at the IPL Nights Mumbai after party on March 16th!?  Michelle McLean!

At the IPL 2009 in South Africa, Michelle McLean played a cameo as she crowned Miss Dune Kossatz Miss Bollywood IPL!    A former Miss Universe from Namibia, Michelle McLean, performed to the music of Caribbean music legend Eddy Grant at the IPL finale.   Michelle's company offers media training courses that include on camera training and public speaking for both individuals as well as corporations. For more information, you can visit www.captivatemediatraining.co.za.  She also runs a Children's Trust – www.mmct.org.na

Michelle McLean with Jacques Kallis

For more photos, click here.

She looked every bit as stunning as she did when she won the Miss Universe in 1992 (see below).

Bhairavi is into adventure sports, likes riding horses and plays polo!    But she grew up in UK and in India, so cricket surely cannot be too far from her mind. 

"I love watching cricket. I am sitting at home glued to the television watching every single match. Cricket is too exciting to miss. Nothing excites me as much as cricket. However, I have never played it. After all, it requires one to assume such indecent postures," Bharavi Goswami said.  Adding: "Cricket is actually indescribable. After all, how do you describe an orgasm?"

Born to an Indian father and a Creole mother, Bhairavi has acted in several award winning plays along with such eminent theater personalities as Alyque Padamsee.   She has done some 700 stage performances.  Better known as Paris Hilton of India, Bhairavi acquired her glamor-girl image mainly because of her role as a nymphomaniac girl friend in Bheja Fry.  But many do not remember that she appeared in Gladrags Mega Model contest and won the Pantaloons Model Quest.

Bollywood couple Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan Pataudi were among the bidders for the Pune IPL franchise before IPL annulled all bids and postponed the tender for two new franchises. 

It was reported in the Indian media that Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan Pataudi had entered a bid for Pune along with Kareena's sister Karishma Kapoor and her husband Sunjay Kapur (owner at Sona Group).   Saif himself has famous cricket connections - his father the 9th Nawab, Mansur Ali Khan "Tiger" Pataudi captained India and grandfather the 8th Nawab, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi has the rare distinction of having played tests for England and India.

Talking about the IPL bid, Saif said: "Yes, we were interested in buying the Pune team but the bidding process was cancelled. Kareena and I had submitted our bid and there was one other person but Lalit cancelled it. It would've been great if we could have bought the Pune team and entered the IPL as I love cricket too."

According to some media reports, the two had bid $300 million for the Pune franchise in consortium with Karisma, Sunjay, Videocon's Venugopal Dhoot and Panchshil Group's Atul Chordia!
 

Kareena Kapoor would have joined Shilpa Shetty and Preity Zinta as a celebrity owner had her bid been declared winner!

They will have to continue to support Mumbai Indians for now!

Cricketers love their Ferraris....can you blame them? 

The Ferrari 360 appears to be the most prized wheels among cricketers.   Scroll down and you will see who owns the 360.

Here are two:

1) Sachin Tendulkar and his Ferrari 360 Modena

2) Aravinda De Silva had a 355 before he upgraded to a 360 Modena!

More pics of the De Silva Ferrari here.

Sexy WAG and Mrs Australia contestant Haley Bracken wore an eye-catching gown to the Allan Border Medal presentation on Monday, February 15th.   So eye-catching that she was adjudged the best dressed WAG for the evening. 

She may have received a lot of attention for her see-through gown but her Aussie fast bowler husband Nathan Bracken supposedly said: "I think you look great, so who cares what anyone else thinks."

Haley designed the dress herself and hopes to wear it at the Mrs Australia final in July.  Click here for pictures from the medal presentation.

Emami signed up Indian cricket captain M S Dhoni and Bollywood actor Preity Zinta to endorse its to-be-launched brand in the edible oils segment.

Kanak "Konnie" Huq is a British TV presenter of Bangladeshi descent who loves and supports the English cricket side.  A graduate of Cambridge, Konnie is the longest serving presenter of the BBC serial - Blue Peter.    A true believer in sport, she recently said, "I think sport on a global scale is a brilliant thing, it transcends culture, race, money."

A complete cricket fan, she was among the celebrities that was featured in a 12th Man video in support of England ahead of the Ashes last year (see below) where she hopes that England whips the Aussies because "I know you are superb and they are not."  Konnie was voted 34th on UK's sexiest women's list.   If that wasn't going to motivate the English cricketers, then there is not much there that would!

The video in support of Ashes (Konnie Huq appears at 00:59).

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