World Cricket II

[SoftSword]

ball turning square on day 1..yet another 3 day test..can't fathom the rationale behind Samosa selection and picking 5 bowlers :banghead:

Wizzy,

Will you stop twisting players' names please? Thanks :)

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Wizzy,

Will you stop twisting players' names please? Thanks :)

ahaa


Narada Munivar (V.2) :shock: :yessir:

[wizzy]

Wizzy,

Will you stop twisting players' names please? Thanks :)

:lol: soringa officer

[SoftSword]

// wizzy dig 1: wat was the pm u attempted to send? resend if poss

// wizzy dig 2: the hd torrent links are not able to seed.... :( tried Endhiran blue ray but in vain

[wizzy]

//it was a link to freeleech torrent at that site..now it is dead//
//u mean the d/l? KV had the same issue..fat32 deters you from d/l a file more than 4gb so freeup space on your slave drive and then change the filesystem to ntfs//

[SoftSword]

//it was a link to freeleech torrent at that site..now it is dead//
//u mean the d/l? KV had the same issue..fat32 deters you from d/l a file more than 4gb so freeup space on your slave drive and then change the filesystem to ntfs//

// i had like 100gb space free... and think it was ntfs as its an external hard drive... it was saying 'wating to update' and when times out starts the counter again...

[wizzy]

//create a firewall rule whitelisting your torrent client and then update your trackers..if you use dynamic ip you need to login each time before you d/w...if the issue persists check if the ports used by the client is open...check this (http://portforward.com/)site for the same//

[SoftSword]

//try pannittu solren.

[mgb]

ball turning square on day 1..yet another 3 day test..can't fathom the rationale behind Samosa selection and picking 5 bowlers :banghead:

:evil: neenga ippadi solvinganudane last test 4 days vilayadinanga SL, infact it was england which wasnt willing to take the test match to the 5th day

[mgb]

SLankans are gifting their wickets.. i hope English also follow the suit

[P_R]

Kamaan. innaikku pooraam wicketE vizhak koodaadhu.
Back to business Strauss-Cook. We need a huge opening partnership to be in any sort of contention.

[mgb]

P_R.. already 4 wkts vizhundhaache..

[littlemaster1982]

England to get a lead of 150 runs 8-)

[wizzy]

Cook is due for a big score...Herath ought to be tamed :evil:

Lm, tathastu :-)

[Plum]

Ungalai ellaam pArthaa paridhaabamA irukku - history tells us when Tim Bresnan plays a test, England win it. Ennamo suspense irukkaRA mAdhiriyE maindain paNdrInga? Toss and team announcementlaiyE indha testoda result was known. What's happening now are the formalities. Anyway, England batting too good to fail for a fifth test in succession. Do you even recognise that England's lineup is the new fab-5 batsmen in test Cricket? :huh:. Some people have such poor understanding of Cricket that they expect England not to win this test :banghead:

[Plum]

Can you all post advance congrats to England and convene after England win this test? Vijay TV program mAdhiri foregone conclusionku edhukku suspense irukkaRA mAdhiri nadippungaREn? :huh:

[mgb]

Herath ought to be tamed :evil:
adhudane england attempt pannanga last test 1st inningsla

[mgb]

England is doing good so far

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Match heading for a draw :fatigue:

[mgb]

dont conclude that early raghu.. it is just the second day, all three possibilities are open

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Ganesh anna

Looks like England will take a first innings lead, and bat till day 4 . by that time Pitch will be like "KatunayakE" runway which will not favour yorkshire boy.

Besides the Myth says "SL never loose a match in which sanga bags a golden duck " :lol2:

[mgb]

Ganesh anna

Looks like England will take a first innings lead, and bat till day 4 . by that time Pitch will be like "KatunayakE" runway which will not favour yorkshire boy. if that happens, SL will lose by an innings


Besides the Myth says "SL never loose a match in which sanga bags a golden duck " :lol2:
you believe in these myth stuffs? good luck to you

[PARAMASHIVAN]

I dont believe in Myths, I was just joking :)

[ajithfederer]

I am pretty sure P_R has given a Narabali.

[mgb]

I am pretty sure P_R has given a Narabali.

any hubber missing?

[wizzy]

whatya yawnfest... Eng need to pickup the runrate never know when they would collapse...

[mgb]

wizzy.. england is doing what they are best at.. bat and tire out the opposition.. runrate is decent enough.. neenga shorter version paathu kettu poyi irukkinga

[PARAMASHIVAN]

If SL get couple of wickets before the stumps, they have a good chance as Eng are playing 5 specialist bowlers. None of these 5 bowlers has the ability of Broad (with the bat).

[hamid]

any hubber missing?

Yeah.. PR himself :lol:

[wizzy]

^entha safety first approach never works in subcontinent...a spinner can turn it on anytime..on patta why did you wanna give the opposition a whiff by scoring ~2 rpo..
foot on the throat is the right approach..anyways the rate will be up if KP/Prior stay on for a while.

[Plum]

DrawvA? England are winning. Elementary. Why do people in this forum lack basic cricketing sense? If England aren't winning this test, World will end in 2012. It is clear as crystal$

[Plum]

Faramu, History says England win every single test Bresnan plays. End of Story. Lanka set England's tail on fire in Galle. England will do Lanka thaganam with that fire in Colombo now!

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Flau

When it comes to "Verbal" Stamina, no one can Compete with you ! :)

[P_R]

Cook-Trott appadiyE maindain paNNi pOyirungappA.
Mudinja lightA runrate yEththi vidunga. yEn nA eppo bolabolannu udhirumnu solla mudiyAdha padikku irukku.

[P_R]

Monty drop paNNirukka koodaadhu: Mahela karuththu theriviththAr: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17600314

[Plum]

Lankan bowling is a joke. 60+ avg face bowlers, Mediocre spinner who got lifetime luck in Galle, mediocre spinner who ddint even have that luck. Idhellam oru bowling attack? Fact: England gifted wickets in Galle. Gooch has coached patience in the interim. This test will show why England is not india to look clueless in alien conditions. Strauss to Mahela: vaadi parthasarathy!

[PARAMASHIVAN]

:sigh2:

[Plum]

No way feeyar - First of all getting Cook and Trott out itself will be a Miracle. Ask the mighty Aussies. 517/1 and all that! Secondly, KP and Bell will flay a tired Lankan attack easily. Thirdly, Prior and Bresnan will be waiting to cash in. Bresnan averges 45+ batting in tests. There are 2 Lankan bowlers with 45+ avg in this test - in bowling. Above all, St George takes Cricket more seriously than Lord Buddha so there :)

[wizzy]

Lankan bowling is a joke. 60+ avg face bowlers, Mediocre spinner who got lifetime luck in Galle, mediocre spinner who ddint even have that luck. Idhellam oru bowling attack? Fact: England gifted wickets in Galle. Gooch has coached patience in the interim. This test will show why England is not india to look clueless in alien conditions. Strauss to Mahela: vaadi parthasarathy!

:lol:

[Plum]

Allov Wizkid - that sub-text wasn't mine. It was mined by you only

[SoftSword]

:oops: pureelayae...

[wizzy]

^andha sonna PS tenson ayiduvaar adhanalla choice'la vittruvom

[SoftSword]

kot it... andha angle'la naan idhuvarai paatthadhilla :lol:

[Plum]

Wiz - ivlo dhooram vandhaachu? Appuram enna mohamaattam? Lankan forumsla Indian players women, gay, hermaphrodite, cross dressersnu solRadhum, Indian cricket forumsla adhaiyE Lankan playersukku solRadhum oru sambradhaayam dhaanE?

[wizzy]

^neenga enga floodgates'a open pannitinga enimae ellorum vandhu join pannipanga :-)

[PARAMASHIVAN]

^neenga enga floodgates'a open pannitinga enimae ellorum vandhu join pannipanga :-)

Dont encourage Plum! you wont be able to keep up with his Verbal "Stamina"

[Plum]

Wiz - paal vadiyum paramu mugaththai pArunga. Ivaru pOyi ninga sonnadhai purinjukittu tension aayiduvaarnu manakaNakku pOttuttIngaLE :lol:

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Wiz - paal vadiyum paramu mugaththai pArunga. Ivaru pOyi ninga sonnadhai purinjukittu tension aayiduvaarnu manakaNakku pOttuttIngaLE :lol:

amaanga naa amul baby thaan :poke:

[SoftSword]

Wiz - paal vadiyum paramu mugaththai pArunga. Ivaru pOyi ninga sonnadhai purinjukittu tension aayiduvaarnu manakaNakku pOttuttIngaLE :lol:

idhenna?
avar ivlo naala Plum does not like England'nu nenachuttu irundhaaru :rotfl:

[PARAMASHIVAN]

idhenna?
avar ivlo naala Plum does not like England'nu nenachuttu irundhaaru :rotfl:

yOv

Not that way, I thought Annan Flau was a Staunch Engleesh supporter and Feeyar was a Lankan supporter :lol:

[wizzy]

yOv

Not that way, I thought Annan Flau was a Staunch Engleesh supporter and Feeyar was a Lankan supporter :lol:

:bow:

[Plum]

Faramu - innocencai marubadi marubadi niroobikkaringale. England jeyichaa Feeyarukku mottai pOdaRadha vendudhal ellaam pannalamannu kooda yosichu irukkEn naan - enna poyi England edhirppALannu solRIngaLE :huh:

[SoftSword]

:lol: plum...
neenga avarukku mottai podreenga....
avar ungala narabali kudukkradhaa rumour vandhuchi....

[wizzy]

KP :clap:


"Ultimately there is a difference between class spinners and mediocre ones. KP was rooted to the crease against Ajmal and Rehman in the test series. Against Randiv he has no fear, secure in the knowledge that he doesnt have a doosra or the fastish spin of Rehman."

Ashwin,Ojha :shaking:

[Siv.S]

KP :clap: 19 runs in that Dilshan over... :thumbsup:

[P_R]

So KP is being disallowed from playing switch hit, is it?
IMO it was about time.

oru silar genius-ai appreciate paNNuvaangaLE. avanga karuththu enna? :lol2:

[SoftSword]

So KP is being disallowed from playing switch hit, is it?
IMO it was about time.

oru silar genius-ai appreciate paNNuvaangaLE. avanga karuththu enna? :lol2:

Sruthi kooda i hate this genius'nu sonnichu...

[mgb]

Ashwin,Ojha :shaking:

adhukulla Rahul Sharma'va ready pannidanum :p

[mgb]

SL staring at an innings defeat

[SoftSword]

SL'ku Ooo pola??
englain pattaya kelappuraan??

[Plum]

England show their class. Idhu enna IndiavA abjectA surrender Aga? Captain Strauss must have provided an excellent environment in the dressing room, and motivated the team excellently. Epdi solrEnnu kEkkAdhinga. Jeyikkara team captainoda fans ipdi thaan claim paNNanum. Prooflaam thevai illai. Idhu dhaan aidheegam. What cool Strauss maintainedzA - he is the new Captain Cool. Move over, pretenders ;-)

[SoftSword]

no.. bajji is the new captain cool...

[Plum]

No Bhajji shows too much emotion. Ha ha you can try to discredit the moniker itself now that your candidate no longer is in the contention but you will not succeed. Captain Strauss is the new Captain Cool - turning around lost series with his calm leadership. Your candidate is still calm but not succesful. The new candidate you mention is successful but not calm. Only Strauss is succesful, calm and cool.

[SoftSword]

appappa... orae overla oru square cut, oru midwicket pull, oru straight drive...

[wizzy]

England to get a lead of 150 runs :cool:


Lm, tathastu :)

:thumbsup:

[mgb]

Congrats Wizzy n PR :D

[littlemaster1982]

England to get a lead of 150 runs :cool:


Lm, tathastu :)

:thumbsup:

250 vandhudum pola irukke :roll:

[P_R]

Samit Patel - unnai batsmannu nambi eduthirukkAnga. yEdhAvadhu uruppadiyA senjuttu pO.

Plum, switch hit aadalamA, adappadaadhA? aaduravanai thadukkalaamA, thadukkappadaadhA? ungaL mElAna karuththu :lol2:

[SoftSword]

murugEshaa...

[littlemaster1982]

250 vandhudum pola irukke :roll:

:lol: Score not updating in Hub home page. Eng must be aiming for 200 lead.

[P_R]

Krisnan batting ellAm pidippAnnu solli dhaan eduththAnga. Two fifties against India and one against Bangladesh.
suLaiyA anju run eduthuttu pOyittAn.

Ranganna headed for another five-for. Hope England don't end up missing Monty.

How did Bell play today?

[P_R]

btw wonder what the public mood in SL is about Malinga.
He has ditched the test team to play IPL and the lack of a good pacer is one of the things that put them at a disadvantage yesterday and today.

[wizzy]

btw wonder what the public mood in SL is about Malinga.
He has ditched the test team to play IPL and the lack of a good pacer is one of the things that put them at a disadvantage yesterday and today.

he didn't...kaila kaasu vaaila thosa

[littlemaster1982]

btw wonder what the public mood in SL is about Malinga.
He has ditched the test team to play IPL and the lack of a good pacer is one of the things that put them at a disadvantage yesterday and today.

Malinga has retired from Tests long back, no? He had said his knee couldn't cope up with the physical demands of a test match.

[ajithfederer]

Malings quit from test cricket a year or two back. Health reasons. Murali's last test match was his last also.

btw wonder what the public mood in SL is about Malinga.
He has ditched the test team to play IPL and the lack of a good pacer is one of the things that put them at a disadvantage yesterday and today.

[wizzy]

seems Rauf pulled up KP for changing his grip before Dilshan completed his action..with the rules even if KP gets hit on the pads he won't adjudged lbw..ICC should put an end to this farce by empowering the umpires to do the same.

[SoftSword]

adhenna apdi oru rule?

[wizzy]

^ellena RHB will take a LHB stance..before the ball is delivered he could revert to his stronger RHB stance..putting the bowler/fieldset off guard :-)

[P_R]

Malinga has retired from Tests long back, no? He had said his knee couldn't cope up with the physical demands of a test match.adhai ulagam nambiruchchA?

Malinga retired before the last IPL. He skipped the England tour last year citing knee injury and went on to play the IPL.

Test match veLaaNda muttikaal valikkin. T20, ODI specialist affidavit file paNNitaapla.

[SoftSword]

^ellena RHB will take a LHB stance..before the ball is delivered he could revert to his stronger RHB stance..putting the bowler/fieldset off guard :-)

no, i asked when the player is not adjudged LB

[wizzy]

^after the switch KP won't be adjudged lbw if the ball pitches outside leg and hits him inline with the stumps...he will be still considered RHB.

[raajarasigan]

bowler should also be allowed to switch his arms...

[wizzy]

Kevin Pietersen was given an official warning for shaping to play the switch hit before Tillakaratne Dilshan was in his delivery stride on the third afternoon at the P Sara Oval. Pietersen, who made his 20th Test hundred, began to get into place for the shot as Dilshan started his run-up and the bowler twice aborted his run up.


The incident occurred during an enthralling head-to-head between Pietersen and Dilshan which had already seen Pietersen switch his grip around to strike the bowler through the off side. However, Pietersen then began to set himself earlier for the shot and Dilshan refused to deliver which led to a stalemate.


Asad Rauf, the umpire at the bowler's end, signalled the warning to Pietersen after the second aborted delivery and also informed his colleague Bruce Oxenford. Pietersen gesticulated towards the officials, clearly unsure about what he was being penalised for. The immediate consequence was that if Pietersen, or any other England batsman, did it again during the innings Sri Lanka would be awarded five penalty runs.


Andy Flower, the England team director, immediately went to the match referee's room for clarification over the issue, his second visit of the match following his questioning of a review against Thilan Samaraweera on the first day. The ball after the official warning, Pietersen reverse-swept again and brought up his hundred. He went on to make 151 from 165 balls as England pushed for their first victory of the winter. :-D




An ICC statement in May 2010 said: "The ICC Cricket Committee adopted the updated directive introduced earlier in the year which prevents the batsman from altering his grip or stance before the bowler enters his delivery stride. Should the bowler see a batsman change his grip or stance prior to the delivery stride the bowler can decide not to bowl the ball." :clap:



However, the MCC approved the shot, citing the difficultly level as a main reason, and hailed it as a good innovation for cricket.


"MCC believes that the 'switch-hit' stroke is exciting for the game of cricket," was the conclusion. "Indeed, the stroke conforms to the Laws of Cricket and will not be legislated against...MCC believes that the 'switch-hit' stroke is a difficult shot to execute and that it incurs a great deal of risk for the batsman. It also offers bowlers a good chance of taking a wicket and therefore MCC believes that the shot is fair to both batsman and bowler." neenga ellam custodians of the game :banghead:

[19thmay]

Lankans open their second innings with a night watchman... first time?

[littlemaster1982]

adhai ulagam nambiruchchA?

Malinga retired before the last IPL. He skipped the England tour last year citing knee injury and went on to play the IPL.

Test match veLaaNda muttikaal valikkin. T20, ODI specialist affidavit file paNNitaapla.

He sounded quite honest in his interview. I don't think this is a case of "avan thirundhittadha avane sonnaan".

[wizzy]

Lankans open their second innings with a night watchman... first time?

precedent set panniachi...namma test openers'uku edhu avasiyum thevai :lol:

[SoftSword]

^after the switch KP won't be adjudged lbw if the ball pitches outside leg and hits him inline with the stumps...he will be still considered RHB.

adheppadi... in that case he shd be given LB without considering where the ball pitches... if he gets hit in line he shd be given out...

[wizzy]

^batsman's game :neutral: venna bowlers over the wicket bowling'nu sollittu round the wicket podalam :lol2:

[SoftSword]

i have another doubt...
can a batsman play the ball if it goes beyond the stumps before being pouched by the umpire...
i see batsmen playing late, but is there a rule?

[hamid]

i have another doubt...
can a batsman play the ball if it goes beyond the stumps before being pouched by the umpire...
i see batsmen playing late, but is there a rule?

:lol:

[wizzy]

u mean the wkt keeper? stumps are the LOC..wkt keeper can't collect the ball before it passes the stumps nor the batsman can attempt to play a shot after the ball passes the stumps..

[SoftSword]

:lol:

:oops: yov

[SoftSword]

wicket keeper cannot collect it before the stumps i agree, but the bastmen can play i guess...
sometimes while playing a late cut/uppercut or a sachinish six behind the stumps there are chances it could happen beyond the LOC.

[hamid]

SS :D vidunga.. ithellam arasiyalla sakajam..

Wizzy, Is there a rule like that? If the batsman can reach I think he can still play that right? I remember seeign a clip where Bradman plays a cut so very late (he will be on backfoot) that it might have crossed the stump.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4qaGiWt-bo

like this???? ss

[wizzy]

Hamid/SS latecut is played after the ball is past the body...to time a shot after the ball is well past the stumps..hmm.. rombae kastam...video eruntha post pannunga.

[venkkiram]

http://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/144300/144321.jpg

[SoftSword]

adhellaam panlaam wizzy... u jus dont realize...
have u tried playing with stumps drawn in the wall and noticed sometimes our bat hit the wall while playing?

[wizzy]

SS, adhu hitwicket :lol: yam yet to see a batsman playing the ball 'that' late in professional cricket...Vishy aduvarunu padichi erukaen..yet to see

[SoftSword]

hit wicket sollala... if u draw stumps in ur wall, then the wall is ur LOC...

[wizzy]

^that would be flawed logic..in prof. cricket the distance from popping crease to stumps would be ~1m..gully cricket'la avalu distance erukuma?
bat'a kavuthu vechi thane nammo crease mark pannuvom

[SoftSword]

sari indoor vitruvom..
even playing with tennis ball with a 22 yrds pitch i hav seen batsmen hitting on the keepers hands...
kandippa edhuna link irukkum... pappom...

[wizzy]

will try this exp. of hitting the wkt keeper's hands over the weekend and share the results here :thumbsup:

[SoftSword]

lol... u still play cricket?
vaanga cc'la pesuvom...

[wizzy]

yep..//cc thread open pannala ennake bayangra paasi edukum andhanalle andha pakkam porathae ella :neutral: //

[SoftSword]

// don worry, nightukadai-nov innakki oorla illa.. kada leavu...

[Plum]

1. If the batsman can change stance before bowler completes action, it disrupts the bowler's rhythm. Not in favour of that. The confusion on lbw rules it creates is too much of complication to a sport that is already convoluted and complicated with rules. Like kurukka kurukka pEsinA enakku kOrvaiyA varAdhu :lol: 2. It seems icc acted after Warner started showing proficiency in the shot. You'll all remember well that MCC ratified this shot when KP originally unveiled it. Looks like the arrival of a bigger threat from outside England who can do the same has triggered ICC's opposition to the shot - England. Controlling Cricket. Playing innocent gendilmen act. Basookku naadharis. For 135 years. :thumbsup:

[Plum]

England genuinely deserve praise for their spirit and ability to do well otuside comfort zone after so many setbacks. This is what the Indian captaon failed to instil in Indian team - the spirit to fight. Since his primary claim to fame as captain was "instilling spirit", "setting positive team environment", "motivating players to succeess", he emerges as a grand failure in front of Strauss. Hmm oru kaalathula aal time greatestku adi pottomE...ippo only short formatskunu qualify panna vendi irukke...how the mighty fall! Strauss is an all time greater captain than Dhoni in tests. A win in this test should establish that forever.

[Prabo]

Mudiyala....England jeyikka poratha ethukka mudiyala.....England manna kavvanum...Srilanka thokkanum. Ithu thaan ennoda orey viruppam

[SoftSword]

Mudiyala....England jeyikka poratha ethukka mudiyala.....England manna kavvanum...Srilanka thokkanum. Ithu thaan ennoda orey viruppam

ivar thalaila balamaa thaakkappatrukkaar.

[littlemaster1982]

Mudiyala....England jeyikka poratha ethukka mudiyala.....England manna kavvanum...Srilanka thokkanum. Ithu thaan ennoda orey viruppam

:lol: :lol:

[VinodKumar's]

ivar thalila balamaa thaakkappatrukkaar.

:lol:

[wizzy]

would be fun if Prasad ends up scoring more than Dilshan.

[P_R]

SL fighting hard. Hoping for another two wickets today.

[Plum]

England winning. Absolutely no worries - innikku rendu wicket eduthalum adhukku mela ediththaalum keezha eduthalum England veRRi uRudhi

[Plum]

There we go - the 2 wickets Feeyar asked for. Lankan tail is not going to add another 150 runs, are they? Curtains for Mahela and his team. Strauss best captain in world now. Pretenders have to be happy with limited over success ha ha

[wizzy]

even a target of 100-120 will be make for an exhilarating last day..apparently Lankan board cut short this test series to two so that the SL players could play IPL..talk about priorities :lol:

[Plum]

Kamaan - 100 lead eh? In whose dreams. England have won this. Why pretend that the match has other possibilities? Idhu enna IndiavA ingErundhu thOkkaradhukku? England da England. #1 team - deserving #1 unlike your hyped Dhoni's Indians.

[wizzy]

^will wait till Arjuna Ranatunga sings :neutral:

[P_R]

Unless Matthews does something spectacular England have this match. Hearth has made fifties. ChancE edukkakkoodaadhu. Anderson full steam ahead tomorrow. Kamaan.

Watched pretty match all day today.but had to go out when the new ball was taken. So missed the two wickets. How was Swann? Now they are showing yday's highlights.

[P_R]

Dilshan fervent appeal for a pad catch. Idhu ulaga nadippu da saami :-)

[Plum]

Atleast he gets fined unlike your marlon brando broad :huh:

[Plum]

Hamid and co - naan sonnadhu nadakkudhu pArthingalaa? Irudhi veRRi adharmathukkE - naaLai niRaivErum adharmaththin mudi soodum vizhaa - we are the #1 baby!

[P_R]

Atleast he gets fined unlike your marlon brando broad :huh:
Unga postai parthu dhAn fayan pOttadhE theriyumada.

ShabbA idhai clarify paNRadhu fulltime job-A irukkE.
Good Dilshan was fined. Broad also ought to be fined.

[P_R]

So switch hit is being made an issue because now others like Warner also can play it - is your argument.
Alwa Vasu to padithurai pANdi: unga aattaila idhu pudhu ragamAvulla irukku.

[P_R]

Unsightly abominable thing. I am glad it is finally being questioned.
I don't care right, wrong, the batsman is at a disadvantage, logical arguments - pArkka sahikkalai. So any rule that frustrates the playing of that shot is welcome. Lobbyingku silRakaasu EdhAvadhu vENumnA kooda thara thayaar.

[P_R]

Next reverse sweep :yessir:

[wizzy]

^50% of Andy Flower's test runs in subcontinent were of reverse sweep :huh:

[P_R]

Ok I jumped the gun unnecessarily. The environment is not right for making reverse sweep contentious. I should waited till there is sufficient abomination about switch hit and then used the mood to generally point out that switchhit is only a step away from reverse sweep.

But I see revsweep is so well entrenched that the argument now is, if revsweep is okay, why not switchhit.

Enna solla? indha naadum, nAttu makkaLum...

[P_R]

Scoopu, indha reNdu kaalam tharaila padaama chummA paRandhu paRandhu adikkiRadhu. idhu edhuvumE pidikkAdhu.
NeengallAm yEdhO kaaraNam sollikkaREL: innovation, daring-nu.
I am not man like this sir.

[wizzy]

P_R the stance/grip remains the same in reverse sweep so konjam leniency kodukalam..switch hit is strictly no..makes a mockery of the batsmanship.

[SoftSword]

pr, reverse sweep <> switch hit...
in reverse sweep a RHB is still a RHB

[P_R]

P_R the stance/grip remains the same in reverse sweep so konjam leniency kodukalam..switch hit is strictly no..makes a mockery of the batsmanship.
Mockery is the word. OzhiyaNum.

SS, am not claiming they are equal. Mudhalla idhai ozhippOm, appuRam naama pEsi theerthukkalaam.
Murathula arisi kaLaiyira maadhiri shot viLayAduravanai ellAm enna seyyuradhunnu 2013la pEsikkalaam.

[wizzy]

P_R pliss to watch Ajinkya..no slogs..old school batting :clap:

[P_R]

Yeah saw him in Eng ODIs. NallA varuvAn pOla dhAn thOMudhu.

[wizzy]

neenga Indian players'a koda England'a paarthu thaen evaluate pannuvingla :neutral:

[SoftSword]

koodiya seekiram PR'ku 'simon go back'nu kodi thookka vendi irukkum...

[P_R]

Haha. I meant the matches vs Eng. He made a 90 odd one match in the home series. Good prospectus.

[P_R]

He played only those two series no? Did he play vs WI? I wasn't following that series closely.

[P_R]

Actually youths podhuvA yaaraiyin avvaLavA theriyAdhu. ODI interest plummetted.
Google pANni pArthA sennaila ajinkya Wi kooda duckavit aagiyirukkAn.Manish TiwarynRavan century adichirukkAn. :shock: sollavE illai!

[19thmay]

Prabhu..advanced wishes!

[wizzy]

Tiwary couldn't get a game after that 100..hence Gangs porumals :lol:

[Plum]

You don't have to put an insincere "Broad ought to be fined" for objective credentials. If you are not incensed by England's blatant misuse of their power in ICC, then your plastic protests are of no use in being adopted to the cause. I mean, if you are not with us, you are against us(refer my signature). Broad ought to be finedinE oru 10 muRai solli iruppInga. IdhukkappuRam adi vayathulErundhu Aatthiram varalainA how to take your plastic comment seriously?

[P_R]

We are the champions :bluejump:
We are the champions :bluejump:
We are the champions :bluejump:
We are the champions :bluejump:
We are the champions :bluejump:
We are the champions :bluejump:
We are the champions :bluejump:

[P_R]

Flau, naan enna seyyaNum. Broad viLayAdumpOdhu stadiuthukku pOyi kallai koNdu adikkaNumA :huh:

[Plum]

Broad doesn't deserve to play Cricket because of his behaviournu oru muRai sonnInganna kooda pOdhum. Yeah, England are the champions. Thennappirikkallaam dhoosi mAdhiri. Indha varusham pooraam England dhaan #1 :thumbsup:. Mahela always starting good finishiong sariyillai case dhaan. I am eagerly awaiting England coming to our veedu and knocking down our IPL stars and pricking our all time greatesr captain's bubble. Atleast, we got a worthy candidate to prick Dhoni's bubble. Namakku eppovume win-win dhaan :lol:

[P_R]

Ricky paththi kooda appadi sonnadhu illai. Broad ellAm sumall child, compared to him.
I want him to be handed temp. bans so he learns a lesson - well to that extent I guess I agree he doesn't deserve to play. :lol2:

[P_R]

Herath - :thumbsup: well played

[Plum]

Appuram enna I like gendilman behaviournu oru vEsham. People who like gendilman behaviour ought to be incensed by Broad still playing cricket. If you have manasatchi and no hypocrisy, you'd sit in unnavoiradham in front of Buckingham Canal for Broadks ban

[P_R]

enakku andha aLavukku ellAm endgame vishayathulayin kOvam varAdhu. aRivupoorvamA karuthu solluvEn, naan sonnadhu nadakkalaiyA judge paNNikkittu pOyikittE iruppEn.

[P_R]

Tony Greig: So, still World Number one!
Strauss: Yeah for some more time.....hopefully

enna bhavyam! enna bhavyam!

[P_R]

Unless they don't win WI - which is impossible. There is nothing uncertain about continuing with the label of #1
SA play their next test only in Eng.

Excellent series that would be.

[ajithfederer]

idhu ulaga nadippuda saami

Ricky paththi kooda appadi sonnadhu illai. Broad ellAm sumall child, compared to him.

[Plum]

yeah, Ricky hasnt thrown a ball at opponent yet. enna umpiresai konjam seeNduvAn - but ivarOda favourite Warne-E adhaiyellAm senjAchu. Broad oges scot free for physical abuse of the opponent even - avan kozhandhainu solRachEvE ivarOda honesty mAnam kappal ERi pOgiRadhu

[ajithfederer]

Actually the Position is Tied http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/match_zone/test_predictor.php

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zAXKNYj3cAk/Tj4f3ohkHUI/AAAAAAAAAMM/6aKMG01lbfg/s1600/lolol.jpg

We are the champions :bluejump:
We are the champions :bluejump:
We are the champions :bluejump:
We are the champions :bluejump:
We are the champions :bluejump:
We are the champions :bluejump:
We are the champions :bluejump:

[ajithfederer]

Cricketing Rifts :Sunil Gavaskar versus Bishan Bedi, Kapil Dev & Dilip Vengsarkar

For several decades Indian cricket lovers had been used to dreadful runs of defeats, punctuated now and then by a rare heroic display. These sudden acts of defiance most often brought forth honourable draws, and once in a very long while, a victory to be talked about for ages. It proved to them that sometimes their own heroes could rival the feats of the giants of stronger cricketing nations.

Thus most of the heroes were frail, unpredictable, whose one or two towering accomplishments rang through as ditties of heroism among a string of low-key performances.

Now, all of a sudden, there appeared on the scene a diminutive batsman who combined all that the Indians were not used to. He was not spectacular or flashy or vulnerable, ran up enormous scores and was phenomenally consistent.

Starting with 774 runs in his first series, he featured in two back-to-back victorious foreign tours in West Indies and England. Neither were the Indian fans were not used to such success, nor were they accustomed to a hero with no visible weakness.

And while he soon became part of the cricket-mingled mythology so common in India, with fables and fiction about him going hand in hand with his fabulous feats, he soon paid the price of being a dedicated professional in a land worshipping the whimsical.

Sunil Gavaskar always seemed to know what he wanted and achieved it with a determination that unnerved the Indians who were used to heroes who succeeded in rare mythical moments between long tales of woe.

This is perhaps one of the reasons why Gavaskar somehow never captured the imagination of the masses as a Gundappa Viswanath, a Kapil Dev or a Sachin Tendulkar did. And neither was everyone in the Indian team fascinated by his success.

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi analysed it as: while no one doubted (that Gavaskar was the greatest), it is plain that only some Mumbai players paid him sycophantic homage. Perhaps the others were jealous, but no matter how hard he tried, many cricketers were unable to give him their full trust.

Many analysts explain that the uneasiness Gavaskar evoked in Indian players and fans had to do with bankrolls. His meteoric rise had coincided with the advent of prize money in Indian cricket although laughably rudimentary in todayÃÔ context. It was GavaskarÃÔ thorough professionalism that helped him become the first millionaire Indian cricketer making money in every possible way advertising, films, writing articles and books, organising matches, signing contracts with sports goods manufacturers. And all this led to questions about why he should hog all the money and publicity.

The answer was simple. He was far more talented, dedicated and ambitious than any other cricketer. He was articulate, did not mind controversy and had a well-endowed sense of humour. He also realised, that by international standards and for a sportsman of his credentials, he was very poorly paid indeed. He earned less from cricket in a year than Ian Botham did from his bat contract. And Gavaskar took steps to remedy it.

In a country where people claim to be non-materialistic even when Lakshmi is the most popular name, prevailing across sexes, he refused to accept the Indian dichotomy about lucre.

Mihir Bose recalls that in 1990, Gavaskar charged him a fee for writing the foreword to A History of Indian Cricket. And while many cricketers would promise to do it for free and forget about it, he delivered a wonderfully-written piece on time, and even offered to accompany Bose to signing ceremonies.

This professionalism led the public to brand him as mercenary, and it was a tag that followed him throughout his career. It did not really map the image of an unblemished icon that captures the fancy of Indian cricket fans, resulting in constant friction with the public throughout his career.

And of course, Gavaskar himself did not help matters by often succumbing to mood swings, aloofness and on and off-field altercations with opponents and team members. He was indeed a complex character who sometimes seemed to be at war against the world. In his autobiography Spin Punch, Dilip Doshi even called him petty and mean minded.

While his almost forfeiting a Test at Melbourne is one of the darkest moments of Indian cricketing history, many of his major conflicts were with team mates who were legends in their own rights.

[ajithfederer]

[Cont'd from above]

The war with Bedi

When Bishan Singh Bedi finally retired from international cricket, there appeared in Sportsworld an explosive interview provocatively entitled, Did Gavaskar get Bedi axed?

In the tóÕe-?tóÕe with KR Wadhwaney, the left-arm spinner claimed, ÅÂ conspiracy has been hatched against me.

According to the interview, Bedi felt that he was axed when he had plenty of guile left in him. And he singled out Gavaskar out as the lynchpin behind his removal, a player-colleague-captain who ruled over the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Bedi went on to say that after he had lost form, Test matches and ultimately captaincy during the tour of Pakistan in 1978-79, Gavaskar had harassed and humiliated him through the Test series against West Indies at home. In the three Tests that he had managed to play, he had been given tiny spells from unsuitable ends.

Bedi, who captured just seven wickets at 46 apiece during the series, nevertheless made it to England when Srinivas Venkataraghavan took over as the Indian captain. And even though he did fairly well in the Ole Blighty, capturing 33 wickets in all first-class matches at 25.66, and seven wickets at 35 in Tests, he was left out for the next few series as Gavaskar regained captaincy.

When India later toured Australia and New Zealand, Dilip Doshi, the left-arm spinner in the team, got injured. Bedi claimed that when Doshi became indisposed, Gavaskar himself called up Ravi Shastri whom the tweaker categorised as a yes-man of the Indian captain to be ready to travel, violating the protocol according to which it was the managerÃÔ job to inform individual players.

Gavaskar responded saying, Ūf Bishan has a grievance, I am most surprised. When I first saw the article, I thought Sportsworld had started a jokes column.

He went on to say that he could not imagine dominating a selection panel which included names such as Polly Umrigar, Dattu Phadkar, ML Jaisimha and Chandu Sarwate.

As far as the allegations regarding Shastri were concerned, Gavaskar said that he had called the Board President and asked for the young left-arm spinner to be sent to New Zealand, and it had been the manager who had made the call to Shastri.

Pataudi, the editor of Sportsworld, later had a talk with Gavaskar and agreed that the interview had been a terrible piece of journalism which he had not seen before it had gone to print. However Wadhwaney maintained that Pataudi had okayed it after reading it thoroughly.
Bedi and Gavaskar have continued to trade blows ever since, the most famous of their showdowns taking place in 1990. Bedi was then managing the Indian side touring England. In protest against the boorish behaviour of some of the stewards of LordÃÔ who had refused to admit him, Gavaskar had turned down an offer of a membership to Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Bedi, in a fit of surprising fury, penned a public letter to his former team mate, claiming that Gavaskar had let down all the Indians living in England as well as the touring Indian team.

Many wondered how Bedi had earned the right to speak for the Indians living in England. Mohammad Azharuddin, the Indian captain, sounded confused when asked for reactions and remarked that the team did not know that they had been let down by Gavaskar.

While the two have indulged in copious mudslinging at every available opportunity, the current bone of contention being Indian Premier League (IPL) and Twenty 20 cricket, there had once been healthy respect between the two, which has been preserved for posterity. Gavaskar, in his book Idols, is full of praise for the Sikh bowlerÃÔ craft and calls him a forthright man not afraid to speak his mind. Bedi, for his part, named his first-born son Gavasinder in honour of the stupendous deeds performed by the Little Master in 1971.

Weathering the Hurricane

Unlike Gavaskar, when Kapil Dev ran into bowl the first ball his career, he ended up well settled in the imagination of the Indian fans. A country that had never had fast bowlers finally found someone to answer the thunderbolts of the foreign artillery in kind. And with his slam-bang batting to go with it, Kapil soon became the iconic cricketer challenging the omnipotence of Gavaskar in the Indian cricketing firmament.

Perhaps the first seeds of unrest were sown when Imran KhanÃÔ rampaging pace and swing, aided by some friendly umpiring, blew India away during the 1982-83 series. The 0-3 loss resulted in Gavaskar being replaced at the top, and a 23-year old Kapil Dev leading the team to West Indies.

In spite of a 147 in Guyana, Gavaskar had a dismal tour, averaging only 30 against the Caribbean pace battery. His form had totally deserted him when India went to England for the Prudential World Cup. After a couple of disappointing outings, Gavaskar declared himself unfit for the match against Australia at Trent Bridge. He missed the next outing as well, against West Indies at The Oval. During this match, Dilip Vengsarkar was in the middle of a superb knock when a ball from Malcolm Marshall struck him on the jaw.

On the day India were to play Zimbabwe in the famed Turnbridge Wells encounter, Gavaskar was not sure whether he would be filling up the place vacated by VengsarkarÃÔ injury. Manager PR Man Singh later recounted that the master was informed by a journalist about his being in the team minutes before the start. The lack of preparation perhaps led to his early dismissal, and did not work wonders for their relationship.

Gavaskar was reinstated as the Indian captain after Clive LloydÃÔ touring West Indians stream rolled KapilÃÔ Devils 3-0 in the Tests and 5-0 in the ODIs. From the tone of what he wrote in Runs ÁÏ Ruins, it does seem that Gavaskar was not really fascinated by KapilÃÔ decision to declare the innings during the Madras Test when he was batting on 236.

Against David GowerÃÔ Englishmen, India won the first Test match at the Wankhede. On the fifth day of the second Test at Feroz Shah Kotla, the match seemed to be heading for a draw. India had wiped out the 111 run first innings deficit and were cruising at 207 for four with a session and a bit to go. It was then that Sandeep Patil holed out and Kapil Dev walked in.

Proceeding to produce a strange display diametrically opposite to the need of the hour, the all-rounder tried to hit each delivery he faced out of the ground possibly the city. He managed a six and a single before skying a catch off Pat Pocock.

India lost their last six wickets for 28 runs and England knocked off the required few easily with plenty to spare.

Gavaskar was understandably furious with the lack of discipline shown by both Patil and Kapil. After the selectors, headed by Chandu Borde, met with the captain to pick the side for the next match, a unanimous and sad decision was announced that both the guilty players were going to be dropped.

The aftermath of the decision was murky. While Kapil accused Gavaskar for his omission, the captain defended himself by saying that he had been late for the selection committee meeting and had not said a word.

It was left to the Board President, NKP Salve, to summon both the great men and persuade them to bury the hatchet.

Gavaskar did not help his cause when he decided to continue the crawling Indian innings well into the fourth day of the rain affected Test in Kolkata. The crowd, chanting ůo Kapil, No Test? pelted Gavaskar with rotten vegetables and fruits, prompting him to vow that he would not play there again, and keeping his word when Indiaplayed Pakistan at the Eden in 1986-87.

The relationship between Gavaskar and Kapil Dev remained strained, as they exchanged captaincy yet again. Subsequently, GavaskarÃÔ decision to bat in the middle order during IndiaÃÔ tour of Sri Lanka did not really amuse Kapil.

The two legends have later gone on record saying that the press blew their misunderstandings out of proportion. They have managed to maintain a friendly front ever since the end of their playing days. Interestingly enough, Gavaskar has been one of the designated faces of the BCCI backed IPL while Kapil championed the short-lived Indian Cricket League.

Sent Home Alone

When Sheikh Abdul Rehman Bukhatir had teamed up with Asif Iqbal to arrange the first couple of benefit matches at Sharjah in 1982, the Indian team had flown into Dubai.
The cricketers of those years did not yet boast the iconic status of today, and the immigration officials made some of them wait as they waved through certain film personalities adjudged to be considerably higher up in the VIP scale.

A 25-year old Dilip Vengsarkar had protested, asking for a first come first serve approach. Because of this ÁÄrime? he was refused an entry permit by the churlish officer. While he waited with apprehension, the Indian team continued on their way, and the captain, Sunil Gavaskar, did not bother about one missing stalwart of the squad.

Eventually Vengsarkar was deported, and the tall, elegant batsman could not quite come to terms with the events. Never an outgoing person, he now became famously introverted, and shared a frosty relationship with Gavaskar through their playing days.

By chance or as a consequence of the event, VengsarkarÃÔ performances with the bat outshone Gavaskar through the 80s till the legendary opening batsman retired in 1987.

The tension between the two of them often sent sparks across the pitch as they collaborated on their many huge partnerships. During one World Series Cup match against Australia at Melbourne in 1986, as Gavaskar (72) and Vengsarkar (77*) steered India to victory, the former threw up his hands in frustration, indicating that the middle-order maestro was running hard only for his own runs.

In spite of that, when he reached his 29th century to draw level with Don Bradman, when he scored his 10000thTest run by late cutting Ijaz Faqih, and through umpteen other memorable moments, Gavaskar always looked up to find Vengsarkar batting diligently at the other end.

http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/Cricketing-Rifts-10-Sunil-Gavaskar-versus-Bishan-Bedi-Kapil-Dev-Dilip-Vengsarkar/12518

[P_R]

Flau/Feddy, naan Broad supporter-nu maindain paNreengaLA?
If ur opinion is he is the worst offender in the history of the game, then I disagree with you guys. That's all I am saying. If you are going to interpret it as 'Broad is an innocent angel' then there is little I can do to counteract that, except hope that it is reasonably clear to those who read the exchanges here.

Now any precedence I give for Broad's misbehaviour is going to be read as justification for it!
If Broad is fined/banned I am going to be just as happy as when anyone - like Dilshan - is pulled up.
It's amply clear that you guys don't believe that. oNNum seyya mudiyAdhu.

Feddy, regarding ECB 'control' do u also believe that switch hit is becoming an issue now because it is no longer the exclusive preserve of KP?

Do you believe that DRS was biased in favour of Eng in this tour?

World Number One-nu reaffirm aanadhum indha maadhiri party pooping paNNuveengannu theriyin :lol2: End of the day, best team in the best format, for some time to come.....hopefully.

[P_R]

Actually the Position is Tied http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/match_zone/test_predictor.php

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zAXKNYj3cAk/Tj4f3ohkHUI/AAAAAAAAAMM/6aKMG01lbfg/s1600/lolol.jpg

GM: en mAmanAr enakkAga mill katturaar
Senthil: maavu mill-A irukkum
GM: irundhuttu pOgattum, unnaala pallu kooda katta mudiyAdhE

[P_R]

Cook cut ellAm nijamAvE ungaLukku pudikkalaiyA :huh:
Commentator width width-naan, oNNum illai. Width ellAm create paNNi cut paNNAn. Imran thayir, nee vaadi.

[wizzy]

Windies..attritional cricket at its best :thumbsup: to think that we got whitewashed by this OZ side :-(

[wizzy]

:lol:


Saeed Ajmal, the driving force behind Pakistan's Test series victory against England, is to pull out of his deal to be one of Worcestershire's overseas players in this year's Friends Life t20 competition.

Ajmal will cite a need to manage his workload ahead of additional international commitments for Pakistan, who are confident of announcing a series against Sri Lanka shortly.

Ajmal's wife has also recently given birth to the couple's third child, a son, who predictably has already been nicknamed Teesra - the 'third one' - after his latest mystery delivery.

[Plum]

Feeyar - why do you bring in Ponting while discussoing Broad? On one side, you advocate Gendilman Crikcet. On other hand, you tend to soften blows on Broad by trying to digress by bringing in Ponting. Why can't you accept he is the worst behaved Cricketer playing Cricket today when his offences range from Stamping on a ball to tamper it(pretending innocence to boot), throwing a ball churloshly att oppponents, expressing displeasure to umpires when given out, churlish skirmishes with opponents. How many of these is Ricky guilty of? Heck, You make me defend Ricky. Than which there can be no proof that Stuey boy is the worst offender. I can understand if Emglishman have this hypocroisy - they are Englishman - but how come you also? Why can't you unequivocally condemn Stuey and accept that if you added up his offences that went unpunishedn he has enough debit for a life ban - just because he is in your fav team right?

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYFMu2mixTo&feature=g-u-u&context=G2f637e1FUAAAAAAADAA


*CHEAT* Justin Langer vs Wasim Akram 1999 Hobart test

Uploaded by robelinda2 on Apr 7, 2012
All you Pakistan fans will rejoice over this video! Justin Langer actually admits he cheated. The famous nick not given out by Peter Parker, doing some umpiring while on a break from Spiderman duties.

To look at Langer's admission go to 5:00.

[P_R]

Feeyar - why do you bring in Ponting while discussoing Broad?
On one side, you advocate Gendilman Crikcet. On other hand, you tend to soften blows on Broad by trying to digress by bringing in Ponting.

Sequence of events

Me: point and laugh at Dilshan
You: Broad gets away with more
Me: Yeah, who said no?
You: Your protestations are insincere. You should say: Broad should not play cricket etc
Me: Look, I haven't said that even about Ponting
Feddy/You: hah...by bringing in Ponting you are trying to show Broad in good light. Your intention is to let Broad go scott free
Me: *nAsamA pOchchu* Even for someone as outrageous as Ponting - IMO the worst behaved cricketer as far as I have seen - I have not reacted along the lines you expect me to.



Why can't you accept he is the worst behaved Cricketer playing Cricket today when his offences range from Stamping on a ball to tamper it(pretending innocence to boot), throwing a ball churloshly att oppponents, expressing displeasure to umpires when given out, churlish skirmishes with opponents. How many of these is Ricky guilty of? Heck, You make me defend Ricky. Than which there can be no proof that Stuey boy is the worst offender. I can understand if Emglishman have this hypocroisy - they are Englishman - but how come you also? Why can't you unequivocally condemn Stuey and accept that if you added up his offences that went unpunishedn he has enough debit for a life ban - just because he is in your fav team right?
Look I am not condoning his behavior. I am saying I'll be quite glad if he's pulled up and made to mend his ways. If that sounds 'insincere' to you, there is nothing I can do about it.

Dale Steyn spat on Kemar Roach - easily the worst thing I have seen happen on a cricket ground
Jimmy Anderson was taunting SL batsmen all day y'day
It is disgusting to see them get away lightly for all this.

But you expect me to mention all this EVERY single time, before I say anything critical about an Asian, is it? If so, then I am going to have to disappoint you. Or perhaps I am not disappointing you. After all I'll be doing exactly what you expect me to do.

KP, Cook were stepping on the pitch more than once y'day. They weren't pulled up for it. I'd like to see them pulled up. I'd like to see Swann hauled up for the comment he made in the practice match. But the fact that this isn't being done is not going to make me hate the cricket the team plays.

I've told you a zillion times, but perhaps you refuse to accept that such a point-of-view is possible (and thus attribute it to duplicity,hypocrisy etc): I would like the chucks and switch-hits and T20s to go. Those are my fundamental considerations about the game. You would rather take a wider, inclusive, tolerant view of such things and ensure the focus is on the political balance - which I don't care about as much.

There was a world of a difference between Cook/Strauss/Trott grinding innings' and Samaraweera's blade-grind. There is something solid about the way they played. One hopes to see them challenged with better bowling. If you say Samaraweera is just as good and my preference for English grinding is because I am an anglophile - then I don't have a comeback because I am not able to articulate why exactly the former was better. I like Bell. I don't like Morgan - is all I can manage to say.

My politics: thee ellAm kuLikka mAttEn, kodumbAvi eRikka mAttEn. karuththu solluvEn. naan ninaikkiRadhu nadandhA sandhOsappaduvEn. avvaLavu dhaan. Broad-ai mutti pOda vachchA sandhOsappaduvEn. idhai namburadhum nambAdhadhum unga ishtam.

[ajithfederer]

P_R I was trolling (you would have sensed that from the image) but still Broad is a nadhaari. Adhu ninga othukittinga okay than. And regarding DRS i saw an article in hindu which said both sides were wronged(though in this case was due to the lack of Hotspot and snicko)

[ajithfederer]

2nd test paakave illa seriya adhanala indha switch hit enna vishayamnnu theriala.

[ajithfederer]

here u go

April 7, 2012
UDRS is adding to the confusion

TED CORBETT

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article3287559.ece

[P_R]

P_R I was trolling (you would have sensed that from the image)
Got the trolling :-)

but still Broad is a nadhaari. Adhu ninga othukittinga okay than. Yeah. adhai naan ennamO moodi maRaikkiRa maadhiriyin, ippo dhaan first tayamA solrA maadhiriyin maindain paNRadhu dhaan :twisted:


And regarding DRS i saw an article in hindu which said both sides were wronged(though in this case was due to the lack of Hotspot and snicko)
DRS-il problem uNdu. One sided bias kidaiyAdhu. That is all.


It is worth noting that on a Poya Day — the day of the full moon when no alcohol is on sale anywhere in the island — the crowd were shown no replays and soberly accepted the umpire's verdict too. :lol:

TV umpire can overrule ONLY if there is sufficient basis to overrule. i.e. he is not making an independent decision. idhai purinjirukkuRadhula enna prachanai.

Regarding Sanga lbw, I don't think Corbett's statement is right

The cameras clearly showed it was out but it had to be given not out because there was not enough evidence to overturn the original decision.

They should make the basis for the decisions consistent. This change from series to series is quite bugging.

[ajithfederer]

Yov neer SA-vae romba kindala pesureer. Camaan Philander , Steyn, Graeme smith and AB-De.

Cook cut ellAm nijamAvE ungaLukku pudikkalaiyA :huh:
Commentator width width-naan, oNNum illai. Width ellAm create paNNi cut paNNAn. Imran thayir, nee vaadi.

[P_R]

Philander Somersettukku pandhu veesi tired aagiruvaan......hopefully :lol2:

First match for Somerset - fivefor (http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/engine/match/542481.html). idhu dhaan ivan kitta oru ketta pazhakkamayyA!
Steyn, Philander, Morkel, Kallis - will be one stiff challenge for England at home.
Tahir is one overrated bowler. He should be smashed away.

Let us see.

[P_R]

I see Denis Compton's pEraaNdi is playing for Middlesex.
I saw the captain's name was Dexter - oru vELai Ted Dexter pEranA irukkumOnnu pArththEn. No. But I see he was born in South Africa :lol:

[ajithfederer]

Kaali anna Kounder doesn't have a good record in England. Ippo adhai better panrardhu romba kustam.

Philander :shock: :twisted: 4 alladhu 5 wkt kammiyaa edukkave maatenguraan. The last NZ test 2nd inning was the only time he didn't take a single wicket as Morkel claimed 6 off em.

Philander Somersettukku pandhu veesi tired aagiruvaan......hopefully :lol2:

First match for Somerset - fivefor (http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/engine/match/542481.html). idhu dhaan ivan kitta oru ketta pazhakkamayyA!
Steyn, Philander, Morkel, Kallis - will be one stiff challenge for England at home.
Tahir is one overrated bowler. He should be smashed away.

Let us see.

[wizzy]

Philander Somersettukku pandhu veesi tired aagiruvaan......hopefully :lol2:

First match for Somerset - fivefor (http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/engine/match/542481.html). idhu dhaan ivan kitta oru ketta pazhakkamayyA!
Steyn, Philander, Morkel, Kallis - will be one stiff challenge for England at home.
Tahir is one overrated bowler. He should be smashed away.

Let us see.

Thayir got truck load of county experience..should be handful against legspin noobs :-) also this could be Strauss last test series.

[directhit]

Enga team Windies 400+ adichirukku, inga ennadaanna England team pathi diskass :irked:

oru vari ezhudhi urchaagapaduthiya Wizzy avargalukku :thumbsup:

[Siv.S]

Enga team Windies 400+ adichirukku, inga ennadaanna England team pathi diskass :irked:

oru vari ezhudhi urchaagapaduthiya Wizzy avargalukku :thumbsup:
Brathwaite Aus bowlers-aa kathara vachuttan pola... :lol:

[ajithfederer]

DH, i am following . just didnt post here. Go windies. With Gayle comin in for Eng tour I need at-least a draw or a win. :noteeth: @ p_r

[Plum]

Windies beating England in a test series? Kanavunnaalum oru nyaayam vENAvA?

[P_R]

indha Aus team kittayA 4-0 nu thOththOm. :oops:

Gayle ellAm pOna tourlayE samaaLicchaachchu. Mr. Anderson's bunny this time.

[19thmay]

Enga team Windies 400+ adichirukku, inga ennadaanna England team pathi diskass :irked:

oru vari ezhudhi urchaagapaduthiya Wizzy avargalukku :thumbsup:

But kaatu mokka...Finally they have declared..lol

[Plum]

England are the champions. England are the champions. England are the champions. England are the champions. England are the champions.

[ajithfederer]

P_r and Plum : Kaali anna kounder says he wants to win WC for SA as that is his wonlyy unfulfilled dream.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Cricket/IPL/Chunk-HT-UI-IPL2012-TopStories/Kallis-aims-for-one-last-World-Cup-push/SP-Article10-837866.aspx

[Prabo]

So, England still remains number one. Coming after Dubai debacle to another sub continent with number one position at stake they did well to draw the series. Pudikkalanaalum paarati thaan aganum. Paakkalaam SA and Ind series eppadi aduraanga-nu.

[ajithfederer]

95/3


Last Bat RT Ponting run out 4 (13b 1x4 0x6) SR: 30.76

[wizzy]

Twatto :lol:

[littlemaster1982]

Need to see the video :lol:

[ajithfederer]

Australia's Gambhir. :lol:


Run-out of the day
Having watched David Warner succumb to Sammy in similar fashion to Ed Cowan, Shane Watson now played an unfortunate part in the exit of Ricky Ponting. Watson played Fidel Edwards behind square leg and set off for what he thought would be two. Ponting thought differently and quickly came to a halt as Kraigg Brathwaite's athletic chase reached the ball faster than Watson expected. Seemingly oblivious to Ponting's passivity at the other end, Watson hared down the pitch, leaving both batsmen at more or less the same end as Brathwaite returned over the stumps and Baugh broke them, Ponting having wandered disconsolately out of his ground. Watson has now been involved in eight of the 21 Australian run-outs that have taken place in his 33 Tests.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

So when SA beats Eng, will they drop below WI in the ICC ranking ? :lol2:

[wizzy]

Edwards/Roach should be the most intimidating attack wrt pace..just need to sneak in Rampaul to the attack somehow..lingering hope for Eng tour..fingers crossed :-)

[ajithfederer]

Well done my baays Windies. P_r enga panathai edutthu vainga :twisted:

[P_R]

Good.
Some contest should be there. illainnA last summer maadhiri bore adikkum :mrgreen:

[directhit]

71/5 :banghead: idhu thaan ivainga kitta irukkara ketta pazhakkame....

[P_R]

:banghead:

[venkkiram]

இதெல்லாம் ஓவருங்க. விட்டா சிங்கமும் சித்தெரும்பும் ஒண்ணுன்னு சொல்லிடுவிங்க போல!

[wizzy]

OZ declared their first innings :shock: whtya tail :clap: Windies just need to hold fort for a session..with rain around they can sneak in a draw.

[Plum]

Indha Windies Englandla nalla performnu manakkOttai kattiyavargaLE - if you don't mind - oru :rotfl:

[wizzy]

Chris Gayle opening varatum :ashamed:

[19thmay]

71/5 :banghead: idhu thaan ivainga kitta irukkara ketta pazhakkame....

West Indians - aache!

[venkkiram]

West Indies 449/9d & 140/9 (63.0 ov)

Australia 406/9d

இந்த தருணம் எப்பவுமே வரலாற்றில் வராது! டிக்ளேர் பண்ணுங்கடா!

[SoftSword]

:roll:

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Tricky Faunding run out in a test match
Flau pls explain :lol2:

[Plum]

Idhukeellaam konar notesA pOda mudiyum? Edho avan keragam - innaikellaam panguni pOyi chiththirai varattum, top-la vandhuduvAn Ricky :thumbsup:

[littlemaster1982]

Adappavi WI :sigh2:

[VinodKumar's]

West Indies :banghead: ... Australia's 9th and 10th wicket partnership took them home ... Namakku eedu inaiyanavargal west indies kaaranunga thaan :twisted:

[hamid]

WI :banghead: hmm..

[satissh_r]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/552666.html

India u19 won the Quadrangular series in Australia yesterday.. Funny part is they lost all the group games (vs AUS, Eng and NZ). Since it is a Quadrangular they made it to the semis as the last team and won the next 2 matches :lol2:

[wizzy]

^Baba has struggled in this tour..how did they allow Pat Cummins to play colts series :lol:

[satissh_r]

^Baba has struggled in this tour..how did they allow Pat Cummins to play colts series :lol:

Cummins is only 19? :shock: Nothing spectacular from Baba but he isn't alone...

[ajithfederer]

Roach haunts Ponting's past and future


On the current Caribbean tour, Ponting's first since losing his ODI place, Roach has lined up his quarry once more, defeating him with a snorting delivery in the first innings of the Trinidad Test on the way to five wickets. There will be another few spars between the duo for the remainder of the series, and further slim scores for Ponting will give the national selectors cause for alarm about retaining him when Australia face South Africa in Test matches at home in November. Roach, however, is not losing any sleep over being implicit in bringing twilight to Ponting's career.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-australia-2012/content/current/story/561501.html

[Plum]

Idhukeellaam konar notesA pOda mudiyum? Edho avan keragam - innaikellaam panguni pOyi chiththirai varattum, top-la vandhuduvAn Ricky :thumbsup:
There we go, Ricky back in form. Tune out of IPL and tune in to Port of Spain for a masterclass by Ricardo Ponting. naysayers have to wait further for his demise...:poke:

[VinodKumar's]

Southee's super over ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbWjAyBOZ0I&feature=related

[19thmay]

Australia top order's high scores :clap:

Warner - 180 Vs India
Cowan - 74 Vs India
Watson - 126 Vs India
Ponting - 257 Vs India
Clarke - 329 Vs India

Hussey - 195 Vs England [ Third best is India - 150]

[sathya_1979]

For the attention of Plum / PR:

"Watching some of the bowlers' actions today, I think I might have created a monster"
Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga on the unintended fallout of defending Muttiah Muralitharan's action

[ajithfederer]

wi chasing 215 to win.

53/2 after 11 overs.

50 overs still remain.

[VinodKumar's]

3.39pm Now it's all over at QPO. Which is a shame really, because the teams did hell of a lot, despite and within their limitations, to give us a result. Highlights aplenty despite conditions that didn't make for attractive cricket: Roach became the first WI bowler in five years to take 10 wickets in a match, Hussey batted brilliantly, and then Chanderpaul and Deonarine brought some Guyana goodness, Australia opened with spin in the first innings of a Test for the first time since 1938, Nathan Lyon took five wickets in five overs, on his return Shane Shillingford bowled more than people do in an entire IPL, then the declaration by Australia, and Sammy's response with an unbeaten 30 off 26. The beauty of it all is, we will never know what would have been. Do wait for the presentation, though. By the way, the Frank Worrell Trophy has been retained by Australia, considering they can't lose the series now.

[P_R]

For the attention of Plum / PR:

"Watching some of the bowlers' actions today, I think I might have created a monster"
Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga on the unintended fallout of defending Muttiah Muralitharan's action

:clap:
ellArum veettukku pOgalaam.

Still can't believe he said that! :shock: rowdyppayalukkuLLa oru periya manushan irundhirukkAn paarungaLEn!

[ajithfederer]

True. Ranatunga :clap:

[wizzy]

expecting Gangs to do the same before the next IPL.


Your action has come under scrutiny...

Those who are questioning my action are evil. They are doing all these because they can't play my bowling. If I was hit into the galleries, my action would never have been questioned.

Your faster ball has been questioned...

I know. I have worked very hard on my bowling. Slow bowlers these days need to have variations and the faster ball, which goes at 120 plus, is surely a great weapon to have. It's like Saeed Ajmal, and now Sunil Narine, having the teesra. People can continue what they want to say, it doesn't bother me.

You must be indebted to Ganguly for the way he supported you?

He is a great captain and I am happy that he has so much faith in me. Everyday he keeps telling me that he expects good things and that motivates me. I am a no-nonsense cricketer and Ganguly is a strict captain who knows how to get the best out of cricketers.

[ajithfederer]

Mayiru. Kallai veesara madhiri veesipottu pechae paaru pannadai payalukku. :x

[wizzy]

Jarrod on SL cricket..never knew Sanga was gagged from speaking to media :shock: sad state of affairs.

http://blogs.espncricinfo.com/sadisthour/archives/2012/04/sri_lanka_trapped_in_a_whole_n.php

[Plum]

Jealous Warne fans can continue to resort to diminishing murali through clever use of words. It won't diminish Murali nor elevate their idol Warne above Murali. Oru jealousykkaga ennanaevellaam invent pandraanga paarunga

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Jealous Warne fans can continue to resort to diminishing murali through clever use of words. It won't diminish Murali nor elevate their idol Warne above Murali. Oru jealousykkaga ennanaevellaam invent pandraanga paarunga

:thumbsup: :notworthy:

[P_R]

Murali gold-nga, diamond-nga, yERkanavE soltEnunga. Prachchanai ennannA, ippo kai ozhungA irukkuravanum madakki eriyalaam. Rules-padi allowed.
oru veshachedikku thaNNi oothi vaLarthu vittuttOmE 'ngra kudaichal irukka dhaanE seyyin. innum konjam veLippadaiyA kaNdichchu, confess paNNinA, paavamannippu kooda vazhanguvEn.


btw Plum this news may interest you: Ottis Gibson fined for criticizing DRS http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-australia-2012/content/current/story/562003.html
Clarke decision pArtheengaLA?

[Plum]

If current bowlers straighten arm despite no natural deformityn current ICC has to address it with "iron hand". Ranatunga or Murali cannot be referenced for that. Idiot Ranatunga - vayasaana kaalathula silly sendiments. He did the right thing against scheming western powers who wanted to hound out a outstanding asian from Cricket so that they can benefit from his absence. What happens today cannot be Arjuna's responsibility. Arjuna idiot has fallen for western conspiracy to extract this quote. Enikkkaavadhu Greg Chappell underarm thappunnu othukittiurekkaanaa? Ange dhaan nikkaraan vellaikaaran - no manasaatchi at all. Namma asians idiots - thevai illaadha edathula kooda guilty conscience. Asiavuleye western peopul level-la "nasookku naadharithanamA" think paNNa koodiyadhu reNdE pEru dhaan - oNNu feeyaar, innoNNu naan. Feeyaar is a western stooge - so asiavin orE nambikkai natchathram nAn dhaan. Idhu dhaan Asiavin thalai ezhuththu

[Plum]

Maybe arjuna is aiming to be ICC prez in future. Ippove England, Australiavai appease paNNa ArambichuttAr. NadakkAdhudi Arjuna - engaLk thangam Saurav or Rahul are the frontrunners for ICC prez.

[ajithfederer]

Neil Wagner -- Move made due to quota system in South Africa despite being highest wicket taker. Almost landed up in England but decided to move to NZ instead.


http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/561773.html

[wizzy]

^wake up BCCI...should dangle the IPL carrot... so many slots to fill up in bowling :-)

[Plum]

yeah yeah, ippove 18 vayadhu fast bowlersai inge kondu vandhu qualify panna vekkONum - oru 2-3 players ipdi nAma naturalise paNNinOmna, jealous England will change the rules for naturalising foreign players :lol: (And Feeeyar will maindain ICC is not run according to England;s whims)

[P_R]

S.Asia-kuLLayE choose paNNikkunga. Bakistan-lErndhu choose paNNikkunga. anga dhaan fast bowling talends niRaiya irukkE.
UnnaturalA SA, WIndies, Aus-nu choose paNNi viLayAdina kaNdikka dhaan seyvaanga. appadi oru tradition, marabu oNNum kidaiyAdhE.
ippo IPL team maadhiri oru team-ai kooptu vandhu adhu India team-nu solliruveenga pOla :lol2:

kEttA... pudhumaiya rasikka kaththukkaNum, adhai edhirkkiravan oppressor-nuveenga.
nadaththunga.

[Plum]

aaga nyaaya dharma padi dhAAn england is importing foreign recruits. apdiyE maththavanga mattum apdi paNNa vAippu irundhA polambavE mAttAnga - ulaguthula Britishars are unlike us and nyAya dharmam mikkavanga apdi dhAnE? innikku England paNdradhu situationr everse AnA, they'll whine, and change rules according to their convenience. Agree or not? If you dont,t hen you have to search within yourselves - because England has historically backed rules which are convenient for them only. It may be coincidental that some of these rules are close to your heart and therefore you talk for the - but can you honestly claim on behalf of England that they havent dominated ICC according tot heir whims? That even this import foreigners is tolerated only because it favours them?

[P_R]

nyAya dharmam language and all only you are using here. sikka mAttEn :poke:

maththapadi England-ku vaaila viral vachchA kadikka theriyAdhunnu naan sonna maadhiriyum, thiruppiyum present paNNa pArkkureenga. Unselected.

I am talking case by case.

You can, like Alan Border, call it names: call it the Empire team instead of England team. I guess that is your fundamental problem. It does not irk me at all.

This 'import' - to use your word- is something that's been happening always, no? People from the colonies go and play in/for England. I won't consider it odd for say a NewZealander to play for England, but I would certainly feel so were he to play for India. That is all I am saying.

You don't get people from SAfrica, in general, migrating to India, do you? If and when that happens, a cricket migration won't seem odd. But tomorrow BCCI puts together an IPL like assortment in the India team, it would be odd. Imagine India having a team pace attack where a Maori and a Zulu share the new ball - you will consider it fair (hey if Eng can do it, every team should be able to, level playing field etc.). And if rule changes prevent that, you will call it Eng changing rules because it is no longer convenient to them, or no longer a benefit exclusive to them (switch hit-ku sonneengaLE :lol2: ).

I get what you are saying but don't sync with your PoV.


England has historically backed rules which are convenient for them only.
Name Five (10 marks)

nambikkaikaaga illeenga saar. edhai solreenga-nu therinjikkalaamnu dhaan saar.
crumbling day 1 pitch-ai defend paNNeenga. adhuvum oru isai-nu..
It would be useful for me to if many of the excesses are like that.

I know of one that I posted it here.
I heard Eng cooked up a sudden law during an India tour preventing a one-side packed field - which was India's strategy with the spin quartet. That is an example of the kind of arbitrary, one-sided change in rule, brought in with a misuse of power, to exclusively benefit England.

It would be good to know others that fall into the above category and which fall into the: horridly biased 'opposition to a perfectly legal aluminium bat' category.

[P_R]

If current bowlers straighten arm despite no natural deformityn current ICC has to address it with "iron hand". :lol: kuRumbu kuRumbu

kaLLappart nadarajan: paNakkaara veettu saNdaiyila thalaiyida evanukkuyyA dhaguriyam irukku?....muniyan kadudhaasi dhaan 'yA indha oorla irukkura dhairiyaththukku udhAraNam

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Oh Flau Vs Fee Yaar :lol2:

Come on Flau :thumbsup:

[VinodKumar's]

Australia 7 down for 167 ... Dei West Indies intha vaatiyum aasa kaati mosam senjinga :twisted:

[ajithfederer]

212/7 now :lol2:

[ajithfederer]

Your team is being called United-nations XI in various forums :). Why it is not ODD when a Kiwi plays for a POM Side??. What has immigration got to do with recruiting sports talent from other countries?. There is a distinct difference between those two. I wouldn't mind Canadian born Indian Immigrants playing for Canada or for that matter like (Samit Patel) for England. You guys (English) dont play in a LEVEL playing field and you Indeed have an unfair advantage wrt other cricketing sides when you recruit other countries best talent. Ninga hire pannum podhu ODD illainna naanga pannalum adhu ODD illa than.

It is Indeed ODD that players from various countries when they play for England. People play for pride in National sides. That is no more the case wrt England. It is a case of America buying Olympic Golds with African American talent during the yester years. I think (and may be KG can help me here) in more universal sports like Football this is not allowed by major sports bodies. Indha nadharithanam is allowed only because of Imperial cricket conference being run by ECB and CA.

nyAya dharmam language and all only you are using here. sikka mAttEn :poke:

maththapadi England-ku vaaila viral vachchA kadikka theriyAdhunnu naan sonna maadhiriyum, thiruppiyum present paNNa pArkkureenga. Unselected.

I am talking case by case.

You can, like Alan Border, call it names: call it the Empire team instead of England team. I guess that is your fundamental problem. It does not irk me at all.

This 'import' - to use your word- is something that's been happening always, no? People from the colonies go and play in/for England. I won't consider it odd for say a NewZealander to play for England, but I would certainly feel so were he to play for India. That is all I am saying.

You don't get people from SAfrica, in general, migrating to India, do you? If and when that happens, a cricket migration won't seem odd. But tomorrow BCCI puts together an IPL like assortment in the India team, it would be odd. Imagine India having a team pace attack where a Maori and a Zulu share the new ball - you will consider it fair (hey if Eng can do it, every team should be able to, level playing field etc.). And if rule changes prevent that, you will call it Eng changing rules because it is no longer convenient to them, or no longer a benefit exclusive to them (switch hit-ku sonneengaLE :lol2: ).

I get what you are saying but don't sync with your PoV.


Name Five (10 marks)

nambikkaikaaga illeenga saar. edhai solreenga-nu therinjikkalaamnu dhaan saar.
crumbling day 1 pitch-ai defend paNNeenga. adhuvum oru isai-nu..
It would be useful for me to if many of the excesses are like that.

I know of one that I posted it here.
I heard Eng cooked up a sudden law during an India tour preventing a one-side packed field - which was India's strategy with the spin quartet. That is an example of the kind of arbitrary, one-sided change in rule, brought in with a misuse of power, to exclusively benefit England.

It would be good to know others that fall into the above category and which fall into the: horridly biased 'opposition to a perfectly legal aluminium bat' category.

[wizzy]

Windies selectors :banghead: Narine would have wreaked havoc on these tracks.

[VinodKumar's]

212/7 now :lol2:

:banghead: ivanungala thiruthavae mudiyaathu pola !!! THey should have played Bishoo kutty also ...

[19thmay]

Oh yeah, of late the best WI spinner is Narine.

[Plum]

Af - kaNgaL panithana, idhayam nanaindhadhu. I say, can we recruit Afghani pacemen? Will that be ODD for Feeyaar? Afterall, enga frontier Gandhi desam dhaane adhu? Also, why are people allowed to toggle between Ireland and England - there was an instance where an irish player played for England and ireland within a single month - how explooittative that is? Why don't we hear of the evil ECB in popular media? Why is it that it is always bcci's fault? Who is playing a propoganda war? Who is falling for it?

[wizzy]

remember Nass salvinating at the prospect of Dockrell playing tests for Eng during Ire match in CWC'11 :lol2: the usual sappakkatu from the Eng pundits would be if not for them these mercenaries would never get to play test cricket..whtya reasoning :banghead:

[Plum]

Also, who is blocking Ireland's elevation to test status? Not BCCI but ECB. Thing is our bcci politicians are happy to keep mum about this mercenary situation as they probably think it doesn't matter - yet, if they learnt the nasookku naadharithanam of England, they must exploit every chink of the opponent. They must trap ECB into taking a position against Ireland's test status and then leak it out. If ECB and BCCi had been in reverse situations, ECB would have done that. England's history proves it. Not just cricketing history. And I am not claiming any moral elevation over them - I am merely lamenting that we don't have their cunning. Well, I have but I am not in the BCCI

[sathya_1979]

Ponting overtakes Dravid :mad: edhaachum paNNunga Plum!

[ajithfederer]

Pretty Good Question. Ivvalo naal enaku idhu thonave illa/

Also, who is blocking Ireland's elevation to test status?

[wizzy]

Clarke might declare after OZ scores 100 in second innings..no wonder Chapelli rates him highly..BCCI would be hoping that this test ends in 3 days :noteeth:

[Plum]

Sathya - innumA ennaiya ponting vishayaththula nambikitturukkInga? Avan indha jinxukellAm immune Agi pppala mAdhangaL Aayaachu :(

[ajithfederer]

We can be one of the greatest England teams ever' - Anderson


http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/562178.html


The next couple of years - with series against South Africa and India, and Ashes series home and away - will define the legacy of this England team, won't they?
Yes, that's how I see it. Once we became the No. 1-rated Test team we talked about our legacy. We want to be one of the greatest England teams there has ever been, and we honestly feel we have the potential in the dressing room to achieve that. I agree: the next couple of years will define us. But don't underestimate the West Indies, either. They are pushing a strong Australian side at the moment; they're a decent team. South Africa are very strong - I see them as the strongest side we've played against since the Ashes. And then there's India. Look, we slipped up over the winter, there's no hiding from that. So there are bound to be questions about how we can play in the subcontinent. We still have a lot to prove, but we showed signs of improvement towards the back end of the Sri Lanka tour. I think Jonathan Trott's century at Galle gave the rest of the batsmen confidence to play in those conditions. Winning in India would be massive for us.

This English(??? :lol2:) is already their best team ever.

[wizzy]

^remember Ozzies taunting KP with 'FIGJAM' chants during the Ashes..we could safely extend that to this greatest 'English' team of all time.

[venkkiram]

Shivnarine Chanderpaul needs 82 runs to reach the mile stone of 10000 Test runs.

Wishing him to reach that in this second innings itself.

:clap:

[P_R]

Why it is not ODD when a Kiwi plays for a POM Side??. What has immigration got to do with recruiting sports talent from other countries?
England has been porous in having people from the Dominion come over, all the time, no? Born in Auckland, working in Dorset, flitting back and forth type thing is very very common. Which is why it doesn't feel odd to me. It incenses Plum that people go back and forth between Ireland and England. It doesn't strike me as odd.
I was briefly nursing hopes of Saqlain playing for England. Woipf Britis citizen, aNNan defendent. They could've fasttracked his visa process or something- adhu kooda seyyAma vittutAinga waste fellows. idhai ellAm kaiezhuththu pOduradhai thavira raaNiyammAvukku enna vElai.


Ninga hire pannum podhu ODD illainna naanga pannalum adhu ODD illa than. ippadi dhaan solluveengannu sollittEnE :lol2:


It is Indeed ODD that players from various countries when they play for England. People play for pride in National sides. That is no more the case wrt England. God Save the Qyoon ellAm malai yERi pOchchu. New definition of nation-ku vaanga.

Flavian Aponso played for Holland. Western countries-la appadi dhaanE irukkum. Their locals will have to compete with international meritocracy to make the cut.


Indha nadharithanam is allowed only because of Imperial cricket conference being run by ECB and CA. ICC run by ECB, CA-vA..right vidu.


Will that be ODD for Feeyaar? Afterall, enga frontier Gandhi desam dhaane adhu? Won't seem odd to me if Pakistan does so. I presume many Afghanis move in and out of Pak, work there, families spread across the two countries etc. I don't think that is the case with India, right? Whereas there are many families spread across India and Pak, India and Nepal etc. Many people who work here. Lankans, Bangladeshis. Won't at all be odd to hire from these countries.

btw Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was an Afghani from what is essentially Pakistan today. panjAyaththukkuRiya pradhEsam. avarai Afghanistan dEsaththukku thaarai vaarththu kuduththeengannA saNdaikku varuvaainga.



Also, why are people allowed to toggle between Ireland and England - there was an instance where an irish player played for England and ireland within a single month - how explooittative that is? Neenga anga ellAm pOyirukkeenga, vaazhndhurukeenga. Ingittum, angittum pOyittE dhaanE iruppAinga. idhu sagajam dhaanE.

Maaveeran Michael Collins naRpaNi manRam kooda oththukkuvAinga.


Why don't we hear of the evil ECB in popular media? satti, agappai :razz:
The 'evil' is your allegation ECB is blocking Ireland playing tests. Which is highly speculative, will come to that in a bit.
Or is having them play cricket for England, that itself is 'evil'??


Why is it that it is always bcci's fault? Who is playing a propoganda war? Who is falling for it?
ippo naan BCCI paththi edhunA sonnEnA? enna propoganda. enna falling.