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This is pretty amazing and inspirational
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/597011.html
congrats
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/597011.html
congrats
crazy monkey
Banned
fuck man of the match only five thousand ruppes. These player deserve mroe than national team players.
Why you got to tamper the ball my fav Aussie quick? smh .. still a pretty awesome bowler.
Yup, pretty remarkable win. Cook rated it as high as winning the Ashes, so it's HUGE.
Smh, hadn't heard about that, what an idiot.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/peter-siddle-at-centre-of-ball-tampering-allegation-after-accusation-by-sri-lankan-managementin-hobart/story-fndpt0dy-1226539577486
Update: Apparently Siddle's been cleared.
Good win by the Aussies. Always good to get a result, so sick of draws. Siddle toiled hard to get us much needed wickets early on then Starc bowled the tail over.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/peter-siddle-at-centre-of-ball-tampering-allegation-after-accusation-by-sri-lankan-managementin-hobart/story-fndpt0dy-1226539577486
Update: Apparently Siddle's been cleared.
Good win by the Aussies. Always good to get a result, so sick of draws. Siddle toiled hard to get us much needed wickets early on then Starc bowled the tail over.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/598302.html
Man I wished he would have made the announcement before his last ODI to get a nice deserve ovation.
Man I wished he would have made the announcement before his last ODI to get a nice deserve ovation.
crazy monkey
Banned
yeah. last odi with pak where all started and retire. anyways good time to go.
crazy monkey
Banned
I do not think he was much of a factor for quite some time now but in his prime he was a thing of beauty.
Thing is, Tendulkar even in his poor form is much better player than a lot of International cricketers.
crazy monkey
Banned
he is delight to watch too but being his big fan i just could not see him struggling. it felt like sallu bhai was giving flop after flop which he does but it hurts. I always wanted to see him go on top and be proud.
sweetvar26
Member
Can never, ever, forget what I witnessed that year.
Never kept up with this fact.
Of course, the first man to score a double century in ODI's, truly deserved it.
And finally, the moment he wanted for the lifetime.
I've grew up watching Sachin Tendulkar play the game of cricket. I turned out to be a fan of the game watching him bat. His cricket career went along as my years turned up from 5-25. Every time he was on the field, I wouldn't want to miss a ball in action. There were many times when I turned the tv off when he was out. Every time he was on the field with the bat, the opponent knows that he is the biggest threat there is.
It is amazing how he kept up with the game. The game was much different when I started watching it, around the 90's to what there is now in the international cricket. I don't even know how it is possible to evolve to the game as he did, with all the old players, young players, players who have come and gone.
With all that said and done, I think I am the biggest Tendulkar fan there is, I am sure there are millions others who think this way but I like to call myself one. What I can say or tell is that the game of cricket in my mind will never be the same without him. Till I die and as long as I watch cricket, I don't think I can never forget what I have seen him do with that 'MRF' bat of his.
Good bye from the ODI's, my old friend. Cricket will just never be the same without you
P.S. As you guys already mentioned, I wish he announced his retirement and played one final game in India just to say goodbye to that blue dress, his country and most importantly his fans.
Never kept up with this fact.
Of course, the first man to score a double century in ODI's, truly deserved it.
And finally, the moment he wanted for the lifetime.
I've grew up watching Sachin Tendulkar play the game of cricket. I turned out to be a fan of the game watching him bat. His cricket career went along as my years turned up from 5-25. Every time he was on the field, I wouldn't want to miss a ball in action. There were many times when I turned the tv off when he was out. Every time he was on the field with the bat, the opponent knows that he is the biggest threat there is.
It is amazing how he kept up with the game. The game was much different when I started watching it, around the 90's to what there is now in the international cricket. I don't even know how it is possible to evolve to the game as he did, with all the old players, young players, players who have come and gone.
With all that said and done, I think I am the biggest Tendulkar fan there is, I am sure there are millions others who think this way but I like to call myself one. What I can say or tell is that the game of cricket in my mind will never be the same without him. Till I die and as long as I watch cricket, I don't think I can never forget what I have seen him do with that 'MRF' bat of his.
Good bye from the ODI's, my old friend. Cricket will just never be the same without you
P.S. As you guys already mentioned, I wish he announced his retirement and played one final game in India just to say goodbye to that blue dress, his country and most importantly his fans.
India has found a bowler like Anwar Ali: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YIcyEdrFm0
Great match full of tension. lol
Great match full of tension. lol
I'm sure Indian fans will be talking about that No-Ball for the next 20 years.
What is it with Pakistan and snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? It didn't happen here but sheesh. India probably should have dropped Rohit for Ashwin. They were a bowler short.
LOL @ Kamran Akmal. Played right into Ishant Sharma's hands. Hilarious that Sharma caught him too. How Kamran and Afridi still have a place in the Pakistani side is beyond me. (lol thanks d[-_-]b)
Kumar is the future of Indian bowling. Holy cow.
What is it with Pakistan and snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? It didn't happen here but sheesh. India probably should have dropped Rohit for Ashwin. They were a bowler short.
LOL @ Kamran Akmal. Played right into Ishant Sharma's hands. Hilarious that Sharma caught him too. How Kamran and Afridi still have a place in the Pakistani side is beyond me. (lol thanks d[-_-]b)
Kumar is the future of Indian bowling. Holy cow.
Lol well it does look Kamran was playing for the Indian side with his 5 balls wasted and out on duck, but Pakistani team has a habit of making easy matches into a difficult one.
That match took a couple of years off my life, at the start it looked like a loss and at the end it looked like a loss, I need to stay away from watching cricket get too emotional
Kumar has to perform more than one match. Pakistan has players like Anwar Ali, who Kumar is taking after from his style of bowling...
Pakistan seemed surprised with new type of bowler..... But that is about it... Let's see how he bowls after batsman get used to his style of bowling...
Coming from a Srilankan fan, who are still crying over the Dhoni WC run out call.
LMAO
One match or no, that in-swing was delicious.
I think the best part was not the action. The fact he set up both jamshad and akmal with beautiful out and then in was fantastic. When someone can move both ways or at least make you think that it can go either way then you got something going.
Reminds me how Akram used to set people up.
Regardless, we won. YEAH.
reptilescorpio
Member
What a shambles! lol
2/1 in the first over!
2/1 in the first over!
AdventureRacing
Member
Not much to post about. This series is about as interesting as the old matches against bangladesh. It's hard to really take this series seriously at all, i barely watched any of this match and i don't think i will bother at all for the next one.
Why being a debbie downer? We got two close and exciting games. Unlike the SL thrashing down under, maybe you prefer one-sided games?
agrees... At least the ODIs will out of 3.. I wish we had one test match as well.
crazy monkey
Banned
only exciting team to watch are SA, Aus and Eng to some what degree when they get going. Others need to catch up. It is not even same league.
Sangakkara's hand looked in bad shape. :/
Hope he bounces back soon. He is a pleasure to watch bat.
Great game by Mitch Johnson. Hope he has bridged the gap between his best and worst.
Don't mind the look of Jackson Bird either. Doesn't seem to have a huge amount of weapons at his disposal, but neither did Glen McGrath. Plenty to be said for consistent line and length.
Hope he bounces back soon. He is a pleasure to watch bat.
Great game by Mitch Johnson. Hope he has bridged the gap between his best and worst.
Don't mind the look of Jackson Bird either. Doesn't seem to have a huge amount of weapons at his disposal, but neither did Glen McGrath. Plenty to be said for consistent line and length.