Archive for the ‘John Buchanan’ Category
Baz Woes
Boring headlines
Faction in Pakistan team after Galle loss and Sara collapse, claims Inzy Aloo Haq.
Ricky Ponting questions England tactics….
Buchanan slams Indian greats……
This headlines make no difference to the readers. They are default and keep coming once in a while. I guess they shouldnt even be published in the newspapers or sites. Flintoff is always injured, Pakistan is always riddled with factions and ex-players always slam current players. Aussie coaches reel Indians and Ricky Ponting talks of moral high…..
Are they joking us?
Denial
Lol.
“The same could be said about Rahul Dravid. Dravid is a great representative of Indian cricket, a team man, humble, a well-spoken gentleman. But unfortunately he could not score a single run in the early rounds of the IPL, and in my opinion, is not suited to this form of the game. I am certain Dravid’s performances were also affected by the off-field drama created by his franchise owner Vijay Mallya.”
His opinions weren’t restricted to India’s ageing stars. He went on to question Yuvraj Singh’s attitude, though he later clarified that there was no malice involved in his comments.
“Yuvraj Singh in a sense tries to be a modern-day Sourav Ganguly, but I don’t think he has the charisma or the dignity with which Ganguly carries himself,” he said.
Tendulkar has been lauded, and rightly so, as one of the very top batsmen in the history of cricket,” he wrote. “But is he an effective T20 player at this stage of his career?
“In the position he plays – as an opener or No. 3 – the T20 game requires not only the finesse and skills he has, but also the power and domination, an ability to take the bowlers on while being creative. You have to be inventive and fearless. And I don’t see those qualities as part of Sachin’s makeup at this stage of his career. Sachin Tendulkar is still a great player but not in this arena of T20
Ashes begins today
This time English seem more desparate. They have got John Buchanan in their ranks to help them out with the Aussie secrets.
How much thats going to help England would be known with time.
On the other side of the coin, a tightly fought Ashes is t he need of hour to counter the growing influence of T20.
Australia winning 3-1 or 4-1 would be icing on the cake. And for that matter my Australian predictions hardly go wrong.
KKR sack Buchanan.
Perhaps relief for Buch too, India or anything Indian is never good for him. He never could win a series against India comprehensively as against other teams. He could never succeed in IPL.
End of agony for KKR. How much that translates to turnaround of its fortunes in IPL-3 if it survives would be interesting to watch.
Buchanan Chale England.
Australia win Ashes even before a single ball is being bowled. Having Buchanan as advisor or coach is like an insult to the team. He is that kind of bloke who would put a very motivated or charged up player / skipper to sleep or a damp squib with highly unsuccessful management pep talk which holds no relevance in modern day cricket.
Stop your Emotional Atyachar SRK and Buchie Boo
Alright we all know this. But the treatment meted out to the great man has been poor and ridiculous. SRK has been vocal and diplomatic in handling this issue. In real sense he is the one who has messed up more on this issue than Buchanan. He anyway never was a coach, but a manager who never performs and always speaks jargons which mean nothing. His wisdom on the cricket field can be judged by a simple fact that he didn’t remove the stray balls off the nets in the run up to the 4th Ashes Test which ultimately his team lost and lost the Ashes in 2005. No need for me to tell who stepped on the stray ball and what happened thereon.
There were talks of dropping Ganguly out of the team. And get whom? Chopra or Bangar? Somebody whose selection in T20 itself is questionable. One of them is a Test batsman who at best could hold one end and make no runs. The other one was a dibly dobly wobbly bubbly. He last played for India in 2004. And since then he has lost even in the Ranji games. Who got them in the team? Certainly not Ganguly. Or some obscure Bengal Ranji player? One of them is the fake blogger as he mentions he was born in Calcutta. Who replaces the man of stature of Ganguly? And based on the cricket wisdom of a nachaniya SRK ? (haha I got sholay mindset). What good does he know on the game besides his routine terms “hot and cold” ,”hugs and kisses” and stuff like that ? IS he going to decide if Ganguly gonna play? If the great man flops, surely dump him of the team, but if you do it for politics or appeasing a dumb founded coach, then you make a ullu of yourself.
Ganguly ka Tashan and KKR on victory road
Never write off this man. He would come back in any sort and hit you back on face so much so that you wont even know what hit you. 2/25 in 4 overs and in return of this success bloody Buch demoted Ganguly to 4th spot. Cant imagine Hodge ahead of Ganguly…Ki korbo Buchanan Dada? Bodmash!!
If the game doesnt go ahead then KKR will win the game on D/L. 2nd game in row when KXIP suffer the wrath of rains. 15 mins more and if no game on then KKR spot on. The architect of the victory was indeed John Buchanan….
