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Yet another Lanka tour to Bangladesh
Yet another tour to Bangladesh. So Murali is going to skip Australian T20 domestic tourney.
Yeh log nahi sudharenge.
Koi na deshis, dikha do inko u have character and can beat them.
Yeh log bechare garib cricketing nations ki maarte hai and NZ, England ke samne bheegi billi.
Inflated Averages
v Australia 2004-2007 4 274 104 34.25 1 – - – - 3 0
vBangladesh 2006-2009 4 304 166 50.66 1 – - – - 6 0
vEngland 1998-2006 7 511 119 42.58 2 0 – - 0 11 0
v India 2005-2005 3 255 71 51.00 0 – - – - 1 0 v
New Zealand 2005-2006 4 194 141 27.71 1 0 – - 0 4 0
Pakistan 1999-2009 9 684 240 42.75 1 2 1/7 24.00 0 15 0
South Africa 2000-2002 5 314 98 31.40 0 0 – - 0 2 0
West Indies 2003-2008 4 294 136 42.00 1 – - – - 3 0
Zimbabwe 1999-2004 5 253 100* 63.25 1 0 – - 0 13 0
Away record of the man. 3090 runs in 41 Tests and an avg of 41……
The averages read 50+ for Sanga and Mahila because they play most against weak Test teams. Sanga has played just 6 tests against Australia.
He averages 54 vs SA, thanks mostly to that ridiculous 624 run partnership with Mahila.
Very soon Mahila would be in 9000 run club and soon Sanga Singh would overcome GC Chappell and Saurav Ganguly in runs. Will that make him great than this players. Jai ho BD and Zim.
Change of guard in BD
Ireland favorites
Captains speak
Captains speak. Here is what the captains of prominent teams got to speak on their chances on the World T20 trophy :
Paul Collingwood, England:
We’ve got to be brave to win a tournament like this,” Collingwood told reporters at Lord’s. “We have to have the belief that we can win as a team, but we also have to have belief in our own ability in the middle. Twenty20 cricket is not an exact science, so you have to think on your feet in the middle. Sometimes it only takes one person, and we’ve got a lot of match winners, so I really do believe we can surprise a few people. I’m not going to say we are going to win it, but we have to believe we can win it.” A lot of our momentum comes from results, because when you’re winning things are very easy,” Playing at home could be an added pressure but we’re not taking it like that,” said Collingwood. “We’ve got an advantage in many ways, we know what the wickets are all about here, and we’re very excited about playing in front of our own crowds. No England cricket team has won an ICC tournament before so we have a three-week period here for us as a team to hopefully put that right.”
My verdict: Long hopes to win the ICC T20 tourney, but that won’t come with half an eye on Ashes and one fourth of the other on T20. I fail to understand the obsession of England with Ashes time and again. They don’t win it too often. They used to win 2 odd tests in an Ashes series in 90s, in 2000s except for 2005, they have never won 2 tests in a single Ashes series and yet they speak so high. Even today they speak of momentum and results after beating a reluctant West Indies in home in 2 Tests and 2 ODIs. Not to forget that the same team had failed to win a single test in tour to West Indies.
Happy to make it to the Super Eights as second team from the group. They have Holland and Pakistan in their group, good for their tendency to self destruct.
Younis Khan, Pakistan
It is special to be back on the world stage. Especially in Twenty20s, and especially in England. We are suffering from not playing regularly, and no-one is coming to Pakistan, but all the time in the last few months I have been talking to the boys, and telling them to do well [in this tournament]. There are a lot of media here, and [if we succeed] we’ll be well on our way to our mission, so to speak. It’s very important for us. If you don’t play regularly, you don’t have that match fitness. But the beauty of international cricket is that it is changing all the time in different conditions, so we feel fresh and will do well in England, ins’hallah. That’s the main reason I’m happy to be in England. Our fans are fantastic back home, they are lovers of T20, and now it’s dependent on us to prove ourselves. If we play good cricket it will be good for our nation. These days the whole nation is depressed, and only cricket [can lift it]. If we play good and win something, they will cheer. To finish in the top four, my nation will come again and start cheering. But it was fantastic to be a part of that team in the final. Some guys were crying at the end, but in T20 everything can change. My confidence is that I’ll take this trophy to Pakistan, but if the plan works ins’hallah it’ll be an achievement for us to finish in the top four.
Yeah, nobody wants to play in Pakistan. But citing that so many times to provide a root cause for the team to play for is weak. It’s just a big tournament and doesn’t matter where the Pak team is coming from. Fans, home, England, situations, prove, play well, all are jargons. Nothing matters when you step on to the field mate. It’s just the bat, ball and mind games that matter in the rub of the green. No emotions, no distraction. Emotional reasons would never help Pakistan win the tournament. Fans back home and across world would anyway cheer for Pakistan for their reputation and not for what happens to them in the tournament. Does Younis want to say that his fans won’t cheer his team in league games and Super 8s ? (Line in red). Downgrading the chances. From being a finalist to a somehow semi-finalist this year in order to cheer up the fans.
My verdict : Not sure how would they perform. Too many distractions for the lads. Rants of JM, IB and coming home of ICL rebels might affect the motivation of lesser and debutants players who have replaced Rana, Razzaq and MoYo. As a result the performance couldn’t be up to the expected levels. Yet they are Pakistan. Can do anything on their day. Score 300 in a game or get dismissed for 30. Watch out their games with a pinch of salt.
Md Asharful, Bangladesh
In this form of the game any side can beat the other,” Asharful told reporters at Lord’s. “We defeated the West Indies in the last World T20 in South Africa and progressed to the Super Eight. Our main goal is to repeat that and if we beat India, who are the world champions, in the first match then we will fancy our chances of doing well against the top sides and making the semi-finals even. We have come here one week early, had three games against New Zealand, Holland and Scotland and the boys have done well,” he said. “We are confident and there are two tough games against Australia tomorrow and Sri Lanka the day after. So that’s a nice build-up to the main tournament. It was only in the last over that MM did badly. Otherwise I thought he was okay. But I know he’ll be back. He is that type of a player. He always does well against India”
My verdict: Play out 20 overs in batting first mate and then hope to beat India. It’s not every day an Indian team has a 16 March 2007 as its match day. So just relax and look out to play for 20 full overs of batting and bowling. Once you do that, we would look to what you want to say. A semi-final berth looks a ginger for monkey like dream. So mate, dream on.
Graeme Smith, South Africa
It would be lovely if we could be successful in this tournament or any ICC tournament that is coming up, “We have had an incredible period in the last 16 months and the team has achieved so much. The confidence is good and we are excited about playing this tournament with the chance to go out and express ourselves. I think there is a lot more talent, flair and confidence among this team than ever before. It would be lovely if we could be successful in this tournament or any ICC tournament that is coming up,”. “We have had an incredible period in the last 16 months and the team has achieved so much. The confidence is good and we are excited about playing this tournament with the chance to go out and express ourselves. I think there is a lot more talent, flair and confidence among this team than ever before.
My verdict: Choking is one issue Saffers have infamously carried on from ICC tournaments across years. 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007 World Cups and 2007 World T20 are prime examples. That’s something which would always lower Saffers reputation as world beaters. They have had an incredible success in Tests and Odis over last 2 years, but their failure to win a World Cup rankles and perhaps this is a chance they can do it. But the form of captain would be a worry which also led to the loss of Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.
Next stage: Australia, India, New Zealand captains.
Mourtaza : IPL Auction Update – II
He was nemesis of Indian defeat in 2007 World Cup. He was also one of the reason responsible for defeat in 2004 in Bangladesh. He was supposed to be one of the ok type player to be put on the auction. He has been poor man’s Shoaib Akhtar. One of the good players in BD team who can be termed as decent. Injuries’ famous son and now the most talked about player in the IPL Auction 2. Being sold for 1100% more than his base price is like ooh la la. His life has been made and his folks in BD would celebrate the windfall. And guess wot who got him. Dada. Dada replaced Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul with Mourtaza. How much change it would bring to SRK;s team is yet to be known but for sure the KKR have created a furore by buying out for 1100% more than what cud have been base price.
Shakib Al Hasan, surprising # 1 allrounder (never mind he got there by playing against SL, Zim and Ken) was not touched by anybody. ICC was shown again in black face when its rankings weren’t considered.
Besides this it was English flavor in the auction. Perhaps indicator of the things to come. Few days back ECB was against IPL, now its own 2 former skippers are the most sought players in the IPL. Strange times this. Never mind. The stage is set for season 2 of the cricket with Bollywood entertainment mix. It had PZ, SRK in it last season, now it has Big Brother Shilpa Shetty too. Thin is in.
Unbeliveable scenes in the tri-series final
This is pretty much unbelievable.
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Bangladesh 152 (49.4 ov) |
Sri Lanka require another 135 runs with 5 wickets and 39.1 overs remaining |
Sri Lanka RR 1.66 |
Minnow hunters now getting hunted……….
Point to note that now when would SL play next BD and Zim ? With same frequency as now or reduced frequency ? Now making batting records would be impossible for SL and not to mention the bowling records too…
Augurs well for Indians who are to play the SL next after Pakistan.
So a 3-0 for Pak and 5-0 for India to beat the SL……
Why not more T20s ?
India is now going to play a 5 match ODI series in Lanka along with a T20 international. IMHO a 5 ODI series isn’t needed. 3 ODIs and 2 T20s should suffice. We haven’t played a T20 in a year as national team and we have to defend the title in June and July. Ok IPL is there and 2nd season of IPL would have been concluded by the time we go to England for defending the title, but as a team we should play a few games before the world championship. There would hardly be changes from the ODI team in the T20 team with an exception of Sachin Tendulkar.
In today s scenario, Australia seems to have a great team in T20s at least given the precision with which they demolished SA in KFC cup. And with the rise of David Warner and Shaun Marsh, they have a rocking opening pair followed by solid middle order. Aussies would for sure pose a great threat to us in the defense of the title.
So some match practice is essential and that won’t come by touring Lanka for 5 ODIs. And the SL team isn’t a viable option to play with as they are below their potential and have struggled in both forms of the game. Occasionally they might go and set the record, but the consistency lacks.
Today s loss to BD proves that even minnows don’t fear the likes of Lanka now. Mendis might be a rising star, but then he is not something who would spell the fear in batsmen mind something which great ODI bowlers do.
Aussie Tour, BD Defection to ICL and Munaf Patel to Baroda
Unfortunately the venues Aussies play in India are the cities which were hit by the terror blasts. Tour games happen in Hyderabad and Jaipur. The first Test happens in Bangalore and Delhi hosts 3rd Test.
Not the right forum to say but I strongly feel that the “government” (if any) headed by the Italian blonde babe and her puppets should come out strongly on the home grown breed of terrorists. Having said that if wishes were horses, then we would have been a better country than what we are now.
Meanwhile BD players are on line to sneak into ICL many of which are current players who played last in Australia in addition to the discards like Bashar and all. Frankly who bothers if BD play IPL or ICL or international cricket. If this defaction happens, its good for international cricket and a bit bad for Mahela Jaywardhena s men. They wont get free bunch of wkts for the cheat and Mendis. Ian Chappell writes a very good write up on place of BD in international cricket
here.Munaf Patel moves to Baroda from Maharashtra in Ranji trophy. I hope the lanky bowler makes up for his renewed vigor for international cricket in his new team and improves on his work ethic. If he maintains good form in international cricket, Baroda might miss him in Ranji games.
BCCI must do whatever to ensure that Oz tour is not scrapped. And the chief has a major say in the government affairs as he is also a minister in bunch of Union jokers 
Commitment and Bangladesh s place in International cricket ?
What the heck do seniors do ? Rather than sitting home with retirement announcements, they make themselves battle ready by playing for different teams in available first class tournaments in India at the start of season.
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Sehwag and Gambhir play for Delhi in Nisar Khan tourney where Ranji champ takes on Pakistan’s domestic champ. They also play for Delhi in Irani trophy later this month as a run up to the Aussie series.
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Rahul Dravid — the ex Indian captain decided to play in Buchi Babu tournament in Chennai for Karnataka as non captain. Thats something to get back in the groove.
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Tendulkar the fallen corporate brandsman now declares himself fit and is available for Irani trophy. Robbed a slot for “youngster” in Irani trophy?
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MSD, AK, SG (currently training in Eden Gardens) are expected to play for RoI in Irani trophy with AK or MSD as skipper (remember captaincy debate ?)
Have you heard of any such news from the young players tipped for replacing the Fab 4 ? Raina, Sharma any one ? Sharma has been in poor run since IPL days and has he decided to do anything to get rid of this ? Did you hear Yuvraj slogging out in nets to come out of lump ? That says about the commitment the young generation has for cricket. And we want this lurky lads to represent India in its most important series ?
Meanwhile BD lost yet another series to Australia and has invited some more questions over its place in ODIs and Tests ? Do we need headless chickens to play for the sake of expansion of the game and get thrashed every game they play ? Not even a single game BD could run close to Australia’s second string XI who played in this series. So what is the use of them playing the ODIs at the top level ? Degrade them. Have best 8 teams play each other. May be that wud not help likes of Murali who like to increase their wikat count by hunting poor Bangaladeshi batsmen in heaps.
