Cricket

[ycr007]

draw ka chance nahi?

[RK]

saurav the dada dropped from the team, wasim jaffer is in



http://ia.rediff.com/cricket/2005/dec/1 ... file=.html

[HH]

... dada dropped ***** ...

OR ***** Ran Out !?! ...




Saurav ran Out Dravid ...
Selectors Ran Out SAURAV ...
Spectators RUN OUT By Selectors ...
MORE***** ...







***** Enough Of This Rot ... This PAR-ROT!

[Miffed HP]

I guess most of the people here are happy just because Saurav was dropped from the team. But take some time off and think whether its really a reason to be happy or is it the beginning of darker times ala the 80s in Indian cricket. Here's some food for thought.



1. The selectors decline from redafting Saurav into the ODI team on the pretext of not wanting to change a winning combination. But they did just that with the test team.



2. They take Saurav as an all-rounder but he's not given a single over in two full SL innings.



3. They replace him with a batsman. How can an opener be replaced by a specialist batsman? Further, with Sehwag coming back into the team, what is the rationale of having three openers for a single test, as Chappell requested the selectors for?



4. The batsman he's replaced with is not at all comparable with Saurav on any parameter. There is absolutely no compaison between Jaffer & Ganguly in terms of curent domestic form or previous international career.



5. Ganguly performed reasonably well in the Delhi test. He made scores of 40 & 39 and was quite compact duing his stay at the crease. So why was he dopped? Gautam Gambhir's show hasn't been all that good. Why not he?



6. Immediately after the new BCCI management took charge, they dropped the three selectors who had voted for Ganguly to be in the team. And then the inclusion of a Mumbai player at the expense of Dalmiya's favourite. If this is just a coincidence, it's one hell of a coincidence.



Mohinder Amarnath was absolutely right when he called the selectors a bunch of jokers.

[Sachin]

I guess most of the people here are happy just because Saurav was dropped from the team. But take some time off and think whether its really a reason to be happy or is it the beginning of darker times ala the 80s in Indian cricket. Here's some food for thought.

1. The selectors decline from redafting Saurav into the ODI team on the pretext of not wanting to change a winning combination. But they did just that with the test team.

2. They take Saurav as an all-rounder but he's not given a single over in two full SL innings.

3. They replace him with a batsman. How can an opener be replaced by a specialist batsman? Further, with Sehwag coming back into the team, what is the rationale of having three openers for a single test, as Chappell requested the selectors for?

4. The batsman he's replaced with is not at all comparable with Saurav on any parameter. There is absolutely no compaison between Jaffer & Ganguly in terms of curent domestic form or previous international career.

5. Ganguly performed reasonably well in the Delhi test. He made scores of 40 & 39 and was quite compact duing his stay at the crease. So why was he dopped? Gautam Gambhir's show hasn't been all that good. Why not he?

6. Immediately after the new BCCI management took charge, they dropped the three selectors who had voted for Ganguly to be in the team. And then the inclusion of a Mumbai player at the expense of Dalmiya's favourite. If this is just a coincidence, it's one hell of a coincidence.

Mohinder Amarnath was absolutely right when he called the selectors a bunch of jokers.

Well HP I am with you Ganguly shouldnt have been dropped from the current indian team, well if they wanted to build a team for the future they wouldnt have lost much if they had waited till the end of the pak series pure double standards.... they all of a sudden realise they have an ageing middle order i cant stop laughing....

To be fair ganguly shld have been in the team for the pak series too he played well and was involved in 2 crucial partnerships in the 2nd test. I fear this shall be the end of ganguly bunch of jokers have done it again.... but they may eat their brains again and thereby give ganguly anther chance hopefully the greatest indian leader will be given another chance....

[akhilis2cool]

well, to me dropping ganguly makes no sense. In the announcement, the selctors said that it would be unfair to ganguly if he were a part of the team and did not play. in that case he shd not have been there for the first test either, kaif wld have done the job. this move is evn more insulting thn having him in the team and not playing him.



beasically it stinks of the politics tht takes place at tht level. may b the selectors are having their revenge...and we followers are left quarelling among our selves

[HH]

SEE-SAW ... SEE-SAW ... SEE-SAW !



It's A Game Of SEE-SAW ... SEE-SAW ... SEE-SAW ... WAS-EES ... WAS-EES ... WAS-EES ... The Power Shifted From East To West ... Hence WASim I(EE)S! ... Poor Venugopal Rao ... DUMPED ... For Ever ... Game Out ... Gam(blers ...) ... FORGET IT ...

[RK]

http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/5964.asp

[RK]

for more such gyan and to know how saurav ganguly is linked to Subhash chandra bose ...



http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/5976.asp

[HH]

Thank You, RK! ... For Your PRESS-(non)SENSE From WB ... Our AP People Don't Get As Excited When ... Azharuddin / Lakshman / Venugopal ... Are ... "Played" With ... By The ... PTB - "Powers That Be" ...

[HH]

Ramblings ... Rumblings ... Grumblings ...




Re: The Present Happenings In The News ... More Diserable Is ... Should Be Right ... Should Build Confidence ... In The Team / Their Supporters

[TULASI2050]

I PITY ALL OF YOU. CRICKET IS A GENTLEMAN GAME. ENJOY SEEING ,READING COMMENTS. BUT DONT WASTE TIME ON DISCUSSING IT.

[HH]

... CRICKET *****... WASTE TIME ^^^^^

Thank You, "TULASI2050" ... For Your Shot / Bowl! ... ***** Money Minting GAME ... Plenty Of Scope For Lots Of Twists / Bends / Crooks ... ... ^^^^^ Precious Resource ... To Be Fooled Around By The Players / Runners ... MERIT IS MUST ...

[WTF??? HP]

I PITY ALL OF YOU. CRICKET IS A GENTLEMAN GAME. ENJOY SEEING ,READING COMMENTS. BUT DONT WASTE TIME ON DISCUSSING IT.

Honest question Tulasi....if there's no harm in watching the game or reading comments, whats the harm in discussing it?

[HH]

Stop ... Yielding ... START Fielding!
Stop ... Baiting ... START ... Batting!
Stop ... Howling .... START ... Bowling!

[HH]

Stop ... Flat ... START Fair!
Stop ... Flatter ... START ... Sportier!
Stop ... FlatTEST .... START ... RealTest!

[HH]

Pak ... inZpired! ...

[HH]

Sachin Tendulkar, who made 100, plays a shot for six as Kamran Akmal looks on during the first ODI at Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Monday.

Visit:
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/

[HH]

Main Jaaruun ... Donon Teamaan Achchhaich Khelrein ... Zaraa Tahalkey Waapas Aaauungaa! Bhuul Naa Jaanaa ...

[HH]

Ways of Getting Out: - Handled the Ball

If a batter is worried the ball will roll back on to the stumps after playing a shot, they can knock the ball away with the bat, feet or pads.




But if they use their hands they can be given out handled the ball.

Again this is another type of dismissal you see rarely - but it does happen.

England captain Michael Vaughan has been dismissed this way.

And former England captain Graham Gooch is another who has been given his marching orders for handling the ball.

When a batter picks the ball up off the pitch to pass the ball back to the fielding side though, this is fine.

February 9, 1986 - Mohinder Amarnath becomes the first batsman dismissed handled the ball in one-day international cricket.

Visit:
http://www.hexafind.com/encyclopedia/1986

Visit:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket ... 176580.stm

[HH]

Draw Master(s) ***** - Cricket India & England!

Viswanathan Anand ***** and ... drew their ... match of the final in 60 moves of Closed Ruy Lopez ...

Visit:
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/02/st ... 081900.htm

Cricket ***** Drawmasters ... India & England ... - And "Dropmaster" SG ...

[H]

GrandSpinner ***** - Cricket India & England!

SCALING A LOFTY PEAK: Anil Kumble ***** became the first Indian bowler to claim 500 Test wickets in Mohali on Saturday. The master leg-spinner from Bangalore achieved the feat on the third day of the second Test against England when he trapped Steve Harmis on leg-before for a first ball duck. Kumble, who claimed five wickets for 76 runs, is only the fifth owler in Test history to cross the 500-wicket mark.

Visit:
http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/12/stories ... 591900.htm

Cricket ***** GrandSpinner ... Anil Kumble ... clap Clap CLAP! -

[HH]

Dhoni Rocks Tteen World - Colourful T-Shirts!

There is a definite shift in choice of cricket idols by youngsters who are bowled over by the smashing feats of the young guns ...

Make way for young guns likeDhonis, Sehwags and Pathans who are hogging the limelight like never before. The impressive exploits by the emerging stars of Indian cricket in the recent past have come as a shot in the arm for the garment industry.

The result - colourful T- shirts with colourful images of the youth brigade embossed on them in all shapes and sizes hitting the market. `Make hay while sun shines' seems to be the mantra of the innovative traders, who are cashing in on the existing craze.

Sania Mania

Pavements on the busy Besant Road are flooded with attractive T-shirts with images of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina. Of course, making her presence felt among the fiery cricketers is tennis sensation from Hyderabad, Sania Mirza. ...

Visit:
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2 ... 590100.htm

Fashion Smasher ***** M "Smasher" Dhoni! ... clap Clap CLAP!

[talky]

Wats wrong with the indians.... a 4-1 lose to the weak windies... then yesterday they strugglesd to reach 200... something must be done before the champions trophy... wat happened to dhoni?

[CtrlAltDel]

yeah...nowz the time to curse dravid, pathan, dhoni etc etc and bring them all down...