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Post by Arunava Das on Dec 17, 2005 23:33:56 GMT 10
Not too many of mine are up now...I'll have a few more up soon, I'll post a list then. I'm mainly doing Indian/Pakistani ones.
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Post by Arunava Das on Dec 20, 2005 23:23:07 GMT 10
Not too many of mine are up now...I'll have a few more up soon, I'll post a list then. I'm mainly doing Indian/Pakistani ones. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Umar Gul Shabbir Ahmed Salman Butt Shoaib Malik Yasir Hameed Ashish Nehra Gagandeep Singh Hemang Badani Rahul Dravid Virender Sehwag Kumar Sangakkara Thilina Kandamby Pradeep Jayaprakashdaran Kamran Akmal Arshad Khan Bazid Khan Younis Khan Dinesh Mongia Murali Kartik Amit Bhandari Sree Santh Dinesh Kaarthick Sourav Ganguly On another note, Rudolph is a legend. I've always loved watching him bat, and that was an incredible innings from him today.
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Post by HH on Dec 22, 2005 19:16:42 GMT 10
On another note, Rudolph is a legend. I've always loved watching him bat, and that was an incredible innings from him today. Agreed. Until then I mainly regarded him as a breezy shotmaker and did not credit him with the powers of concentration he showed the other day (I mean he has made a double century, but it was against Bangladesh wasn't it?) Although 'legend' may be a tad adulatory, it was a most impressive match-saving innings. Are you buying tix for Monday, or are you just going to roll up on the day?
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Post by Arunava Das on Dec 22, 2005 21:41:11 GMT 10
Are you buying tix for Monday, or are you just going to roll up on the day? I already have my tickets.
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Post by HH on Jan 17, 2006 22:26:16 GMT 10
Wow. Been keeping track of the action in Lahore? Them's figures to rival anything Antigua's ever produced right there. Try these on:
Pak 1st Inns Younis Khan 199 (run out!) Mohammad Yousuf 173 Shahid Afridi 103 Kamran Akmal 102* Total 7 dec for 679 And at 4.73 per over.
Ind 1st Inns Dravid 128 Sehwag 254 from 247(!) balls, 47 (!!!) fours + one six Total 1 for 410 At the rather brisk rate of 5.3. ;D
And despite a fair bit of lost play due to bad light (including most of the final day), they obviously came nowhere near completing even one innings each. Extraordinary stuff.
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Post by Arunava Das on Jan 29, 2006 19:18:26 GMT 10
^I managed to watch the first 2 Tests (in India at the time, came back yesterday)...soporific cricket. Absolutely nothing for the bowlers bar the last session of the 5th day of the 2nd Test. The 3rd has had quite a start - Pathan hat-trick in the first over.
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Post by Gonzo Gomo Gomez on Jan 29, 2006 23:44:18 GMT 10
they seem to have gone to the other extreme with the pitch.
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Post by HH on Feb 14, 2006 22:17:34 GMT 10
Just caught the last few minutes of the last one dayer Pakistan v India, and the commentators threw out a few stats about MS Dhoni, the Indian keeper I've not yet had the pleasure of seeing play. They really are quite astounding. I'll defer to Mr Das' judgment on this one, as he probably knows more about him than me, but take a look at these figures: - 1,054 ODI runs off 981 balls faced (that's a strike rate of 107, average of 50)
- A highest ODI score of 183* (!) surpassing Gilchrist's 172 as the highest score by a wicketkeeper
- A Test high score of 148 and strike rate of 82
I know it's only early days yet, but he could very well be the next Gilly. And check out his hair: content-aus.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/28081.html
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Post by Arunava Das on Feb 16, 2006 11:39:03 GMT 10
^^^He's quite a player....I've seen a few innings of his. Actually, he's decent technically (i.e. he plays straight and lets the good balls go past) but when he hits them, he puts a lot of power into them so they rocket to the boundary. Destined for greatness I think.
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Post by Vish on Feb 16, 2006 18:58:57 GMT 10
He is poo.
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Post by HH on Mar 13, 2006 15:17:03 GMT 10
Goddamn those Proteas.
Must've been one hell of a game though.
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Post by Arunava Das on Mar 13, 2006 18:04:21 GMT 10
Farce of a game. Absolutely nothing for the bowlers in that pitch, and add tiny boundaries and a lightning fast outfield....who'd want to be a bowler? Exciting finish, but I couldn't shake the feeling that although I'd seen all those fours and sixes, it was just a bit too much and bad for the game in the long run.
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Post by Gonzo Gomo Gomez on Mar 13, 2006 21:58:52 GMT 10
i think it just goes to show how important mcgrath/pollock is to their respective teams. blame the pitch/outfield/small boundaries all you want, but tossing up half volleys and full tosses and just a general lack of control by all the bowlers is why they got hammered.
the end is nigh for this aussie team. without warne and mcgrath they do look ordinary.
but what a game. its surreal. i couldnt believe what happened. thank god i stayed up till the end. the finish was spectacular
like my commentary vish?
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Post by Vish on Mar 14, 2006 16:57:39 GMT 10
Radio Gomesh was quite excellent.
Thank you.
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Post by HH on Mar 14, 2006 22:18:48 GMT 10
A bit out of the blue though. Joburg didn't really have a huge reputation for massive scoring (although it was the site of Australia's 2/358 in the '03 World Cup Final). Must have just been a perfect combination of all the factors already mentioned (teeny boundaries/rocket outfield; lacklustre bowling/unhinged batting, no Pollock/McGrath, and every goddamn gamble from the batting side coming off). As for what it means, it's merely a culmination of the recent increasing domination of bat over ball. Whether or not it's a good thing depends on whether you equate torrential run-scoring with entertainment (and if I know our Mr Das, I'm fairly certain he does not). Seems to be the way the winds are blowing...
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