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Australian woes and IPL
Aussies have fallen so deep in their own mess that a new comer Tsotsobe has now taken 2 wkts in 21 balls. And 2 of the best batsmen in the team for now. Marsh and Ponting. This is for sure a worst summer for Australian cricket. This when they are to play Ashes.
So the scapegoat would now be IPL and the loss of form in Ashes would be attributed to IPL.
May be Aussies would do it, may be English would do the same.
Who so ever wins would not, whosoever loses would.
IPL, the BCCI’s spoilt brat is the favorite whipping kid.
2007 had two world cups. Traditional world cup and world T20.
Australia won by beating SL in the final .
Skippers : Ricky Ponting and Mahela Jayewardene.
Both are beleaguered. One has had worst summer as captain. One is having worst run in his ODI career.
India beat Pakistan in World T20 final.
Skippers : MS and Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik is sacked.
MS is now skipper in all forms of game. Going strong in ODIs, tests and T20s. Even IPL too.
Morkel takes up Pups. Aussies @ 3/37.
Asif banned for one year from IPL. Perhaps he should now plan for an acting career. Cricket is not for him.
Younis Khan
What about Younis Khan ? Is he ready now ? Are his terms satisfied and acceptable to PCB and new coach ?
And will appointing Khan get rid of the imminent problems in Pak cricket ? Time will tell.
BTW focus is on the 1st ODI 
Win the toss and bat 2nd MS!!
Aint something fishy in Lahore ?
Was there a cash price awaiting for them from Dubai ? Them as in Paki batsmen ? Something is not right. May be the alarm bell for Malik and those sack him calls would get longer and louder now.
Tale of 2 captains
Step Me down, Mahela!!
He said i am in form cos i got 4 ducks in 13 games against Zimbabwe and bangladesh.
He said i m positive and my team is winning and thats what matters….
He said i have M & M and they are best……….
He said i have jaisuriya, tere paas kya he ?
He asked Malik I come to you riding wins in Zim 5-0 and a tri-series in Bangladesh….What do you have Malik ? Akhtar ?
Malik said mere paas M&M nahi he, but mere paas form hain…jo tere paas nahi he Mahela….Me kam bolta hu, tu bahut bolta he……
Malik said mere paas Younis he, Miandad he, tere paas Arjuna he and thats the recipe for disaster!!!
Time for Mahela Jaywardhena to step down from cricket. His blabberings are bullshit. His team is going down the slide. His form has vanished and he is a poor show of himself. Such a captain is injurious to the health and morale of team. No team needs a non performing vocal captain. If you speak, then back it with action. Else keep your mouth shut, go to the nets and practise.
Morning bunch of cricket developments round the globe!!
Hayden bungled up in the Tests this season and he was persisted with entire season.
He was axed from ODI squad and the T20 squad……….
Now he wants to go back to his family, ease off and decide what to do next. Cling on or exit.
Similar to what Virender Sehwag had in 2007 when he suffered loss of form in ODIs and was sacked from Tests and in effective lost the chance of being the skipper for good.
Pieterson and Moores were shown the door in English cricket after the rift came out in open……
Guess this is the time to wash out the dirty linen in public…………
KP – Moores rift in England and Fraudlingam Raju in India…………
England go a step back in appointing Strauss the skipper for WI tour…..They don’t have anybody else who is sure to play all 3 forms of game except Pieterson…
3 yrs back we had a rift in skipper and coach, coach prevailed to screw us further and skipper was fired. Later on coach was fired and skipper returned back for a fairytale return and even fairytaler farewell.
And then we almost had a Pieterson style rift between MS and selectors over RP Singh!!
Graeme Smith is the man of moment and SAFs are the team of moment……Romantics’ favorite……Showered with accolades for beating world champs in their own den. But then was that domination ? Did they dominate right through ? Did they send fear and shiver amongst the opposition ?
Frankly speaking the lineup of McKenzie, Amla, Kallis, Prince / Duminy and DeVillers doesn’t sound scary as this one :
Sehwag, Gambhir, Dravid, TENDULKAR, Laxman and Yuvraj………
Put Smith in and yet this doesn’t sound scary J
Nope not convincing……
SAFs cant be long term Test champs even if they uproot the Aussies……
Fingers crossed for more surprising developments………
And yes across the border, Akhtar won the contract, but not sure how long he would be up there and even bigger question is how many matches he would play ? Injury, fights, ego battles and conflicts might create a roadblock for him!!!
Malik remains captain for another year when they play SL home and away, tour Australia later in the year and go to England to play T20 world championship!!! Let them get good amount of cricket!!! Yeah they should get…..
Malik facing the axe and ire from Inzamam
With Inzy bhai dismissing Shoaib Malik’s captaincy ishtyle and Yousuf gone, the Pakistan team looks in even more trouble. Security situation in Pakistan, inept Board, musical chair game with Coaches is further hurting Pakistan cricket. And no new maverick player seems on the horizon except the old flawed Shoaib Akhtar who always deceives and cheats back. No Tests until India series in Jan 09 and very few ODIs till then puts up a question mark before the team if it can stand the might of a resurgent India which wont have 2 of its greatest cricketers, yet would be good enough to beat them comfortably.
A 3-0 or 2-0 unless curators prepare a flat wkt like Faislabad and Lahore 2006 is the result on the wall. Meanwhile here is what Inzy bhai said about Malik :
“He may be an organised and intelligent cricketer but I can’t say the same thing about his captaincy. He has not been fair with senior players and has let them down on several occasions. He has not been open and honest with them and they have conveyed their unhappiness to me. It is very unfortunate the way Malik has handled his responsibilities as a captain and relations with senior players who need to be treated with respect.”
Sahi he Inzy bhiya….Sau(100) chuhe khakar billi haj ko chali……You made Yousuf defect to ICL and now you talk high morale grounds….Kuch hajam nahi hua bhiya
Spank on the Butt (Ijaz)
On PCB budget :
Since assuming charge, I have gone through the PCB’s budget but could only find that there is no income and only expenditures, The PCB could receive only 5% of the revenues it had estimated in the annual budget. However, it has spent out more than 90% of the estimated expenditures account…
On the agreement to move Pak domestic cricket to Dubai :
“I met the authorities in Dubai and they reminded me about the contract signed by the previous management. But when I asked them to show me the written agreement they could not and it was, apparently, done verbally which is no good. The PCB and the BCCI have also agreed to ask the Sports City authorities in Dubai to double the amount if India and Pakistan feature in the contest in any of three years.”
On the ICC Champions trophy cancellation :
“It was a big surprise to me when Sri Lanka and Bangladesh didn’t speak a word when the issue was discussed during the meeting,I was not expecting this from those two countries. After the meeting was over, officials from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh came to me and said ‘We are with you’, but I told them ‘You didn’t say this during the meeting.’”
And now a bombshell in England as offshore venue for Pakistan :
“I had some positive discussions with Giles Clarke during the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in Dubai last week. And he said when we can play our matches offshore why not in England? They are offering us good terms and conditions. They are willing to share 50% of revenues from ticket sales and media sales.”
On ICL sueing ICC :
We [ICC] are considering their application because the ICC lawyers feel that they have a very strong case and if they sue us we may find ourselves in trouble. The BCCI has been given 21 days to discuss this matter and come back to the ICC for consideration
On Inzamam bhaijan asking him to resolve ICL ban :
“You people have your views, my predecessors have their views, I have my views. I don’t know which one is correct is about the ICL, When I reached Dubai I got a phone call from Inzamam-ul-Haq who said he wanted to meet me along with Subhash Chandra [chairman of Essel, the owners of the ICL]. I told him it’s no use coming right now because by the time you reach here this is one of the major matters to be discussed.
I said I have my views and I have discussed my views with India and I don’t know what your views are. He told me about his stance and I said to a certain extent we have an interest and will definitely support it. But I don’t know what is the view of the other people.”
On ICL-IPL merger :
They [ICC] have small subcommittees who decide…the likelihood from what I discussed unofficially with Mr. Modi and Mr. Shashank [Manohar] I believe that a merger might happen.
“Our interest, which is my view also, is that we have to consider the youngsters who are playing in the ICL. While you are saying one can play and the other cannot for us they are just two leagues. Either ban both but why is it that you are banning the ICL and not the other?”
And finally on Geoff Lawson :
“The day his contract expires he will be no more with the Pakistan team. we have no utility for Lawson. will suffer a huge financial loss if we terminate his contract now. Since we cannot afford a heavy loss, we will continue with him.
Look at Australia and South Africa, they have relatively young captains despite some seniors in their squads, but they are doing well. For me there’s no senior or junior, it’s the performance that counts….
Since when Ricky Ponting was young at 34 ? And Graeme Smith at 28 ?
This are statements from a chairman of a board whose cricket is on deathbed, a country whose team was once maverick is as good as a minnow with no real talent on anvil, a country termed as haven for terrorists and countries fear touring the land , a country which didnt play a single test in 2008 and boasts highly of 11 wins on trot against BD and Zim….
Long live PCB, long live Pakistan cricket, for we need another whitewash in Pakistan early next year….Do we hope to play a minnow after playing against Australia and England ? Or rather should we play a minnow as good as its former eastern brothers in BD ?
Shoaib Malik Bowled Sayali Bhagat
“It is a meaty role and the offer they have made is very handsome, so I am giving it a serious thought. But, obviously, lot of things remain to be sorted before I sign the contract,” Malik said.
Malik, however, dispelled the impression that because of his friendship with Sayali he is concentrating more on a career in Bollywood than cricket.
“Cricket is my bread and butter and passion. I am totally focused on cricket and want to taste more success,” he said.
The film, to be directed by Wilson Louis, is a love story between a cricketer and a model, and will have both Malik and Sayali playing themselves. Media reports suggest that Malik and Sayali have been romantically linked for quite some time.
However, Malik made it clear that while he had been seeing Sayali for the last six months they are just good friends and not involved with each other romantically.
