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He didnt last long but made the chase a cakewalk in the end. Australia under "Pup"py is like Ponting's team minus 5 notches. :lol :lol :lolirfan said:Afridi making a mockery out of Australia, love it!
Valiant effort by Bangalore, especially by Dravid (orange cap back!) and Kohli. Who'd have thought Dravid would be so valuable and in T20! Shock and awe.
Yeah. Also picking Mendis for the Super over was pure bull. It doesnt take that much to figure him out, he needs to adapt (I've said this so many times already) or just get mauled like today.tri_willy said:epic win by rajasthan!!! all hail yusuf!!!
Raut's 18 off the last over also helped the cause. Shame on Ganguly for this loss, though he was the only one who kept KKR in the chase.
This year RR dont have that charm. I'm liking DC or DD more.
Tim the Wiz
Banned
irfan said:
Yeah, it was an unfortunate dismissal, but I don't see how he should take any blame when it was only him and Gayle keeping the KKR innings alive. If anything, McCullum shouldn't have played himself in the Super Over.
irfan said:
I'm still liking the RR charm. Warney is bowling fantastic, and the cojones of him picking an 18 year-old to bowl the last over and the Super Over back-to-back was immense. If they make it to the finals, I think they'll win, since Watson will be back from the ODIs.
Also, good to see the old Afridi back. This is the year of comebacks. (see: Dravid in the NZ tour and the IPL; Haydos also showing he's not dead)
In hindsight, I'm sure even Ganguly thinks he should've gone for two runs instead of trying to heave it over the off side. But yeah it was unfortunate for him and KKR.Tim the Wiz said:
I'm not a big fan of McCullum's captaincy so far .. picking Mendis against Yusuf was a bigger fallacy IMO.
Warne has been hyping up Kamran Khan before IPL begain, internally he's regarded the most difficult bowler to hit against thats why he went with Kamran. Another win by DC today.Tim the Wiz said:
In UAE, Symonds finally comes to the party. He's also a player that can boost DC (even more) after this series.
Um, he posted right after Australia crawled to 197, which wasnt a par score. At that stage all Australia needed was a Pakistan collapse which happened.master15 said:
To paraphrase Geoff Boycott, Pakistan play absolutely brilliant or absolutely terrible. They have no middleground and do not know what consistency means. They have the most talented players unfortunately they suffer from all sorts of things.
irfan said:
Uh that's nothing new that's been happening for years now. Same could be said to a lesser degree about India a few years ago but they are finally stringing it together.
That's why I'm always impressed with Sri Lanka. Sure on an individual bascis they don't match up with most Pakistan or Indian teams but typically they work a whole lot better as a collective unit.
tri_willy said:
Well I think it also has to do with politics not playing such an integral role with the game unlike Pakistan or India who are constantly second guessing themselves with regards to decisions on and off-field. I mean sure they've had problems but not nearly to the same extent and I feel they've been one of the better countries in terms of adopting and incorporating foreign and outside knowledge.
And yes it was nice to see Aussie win. 3 wickets and 50 by Pup, suddenly haters are momentarily silenced
India doesnt suffer from poor infrastructure. Pakistan's is virtually non-existant. Maybe the local infrastructure of crickets minnows may be superior than the one in Pakistan.master15 said:
Um, Jayasuriya, Sangakarra, Muralitharan, Vaas etc. are among the biggest names in world cricket. I think they deserve more than being called less talented.
Well on a good day even Yuvraj's lollipops earned him 4/6 .. Sure every once in a while he may get lucky but the fact remains that "Pup"py is easily the most selfish player of this decade. (On top of being the biggest whiny bitch on the field)master15 said:And yes it was nice to see Aussie win. 3 wickets and 50 by Pup, suddenly haters are momentarily silenced
Back to IPL, RR in spot of bother. Yusuf again coming to the party and taking Vettori for a couple of sixes. Game on.
Tim the Wiz
Banned
irfan said:
Have to agree, Sri Lanka has evolved from the 90s era side that contained a single genius player.
irfan said:Back to IPL, RR in spot of bother. Yusuf again coming to the party and taking Vettori for a couple of sixes. Game on.
Yusuf Pathan. I am in awe. What an innings. What a victory. Graeme Smith finally turned up to bat. too. If RR can just keep holding on 'till the finals like this...
Didnt get a chance to follow the last few games, catching up by watching the highlights. I watch them here: http://www.cricket-highlights.com/forumdisplay.php?f=10
Watching the KKR v Punjab game right now. Hodge is the lone star in KKR .. just short of owning the orange cap in a team that has put up the worst performance this season. McCullum is (borrowed from You're Fired! episode) the dementor of this team, sucking the life and energy out of the whole team.
Watching the KKR v Punjab game right now. Hodge is the lone star in KKR .. just short of owning the orange cap in a team that has put up the worst performance this season. McCullum is (borrowed from You're Fired! episode) the dementor of this team, sucking the life and energy out of the whole team.
Tim the Wiz
Banned
Clarke might want him, but can Symonds really make the Ashes cut? Marcus North has the all-rounder position sewn-up now, surely.
RR sneak a win in today. MI needed 4 off last 6 balls and yet RR won the game .. talk about choke, good thing no SA players were involved.
Btw, I watch the highlights of the matches here: http://cricket-highlights.com/forumdisplay.php?&f=10
MI needed 4 off last 6 balls and yet RR won the game .. talk about choke, good thing no SA players were involved. Btw, I watch the highlights of the matches here: http://cricket-highlights.com/forumdisplay.php?&f=10
Tim the Wiz
Banned
Warney's bunch sure do love the close victory. I'm still in shock after watching the last over ten minutes ago. Crazy stuff.
There's actually been one or two pretty good games Grug I have to say. What a win by RR, it was edge of your seat type stuff.
Seeing Warne out-bowl a few top drawer batsmen like Tendulkar will never get old, no matter the format.
However Gayle's can kindly STFU after his comments re test cricket.
Seeing Warne out-bowl a few top drawer batsmen like Tendulkar will never get old, no matter the format.
However Gayle's can kindly STFU after his comments re test cricket.
Tim the Wiz
Banned
master15 said:
It was a beautiful moment because we'd already seen Tendulkar charge Warne for a lofted shot to the boundary on the offside earlier. Such a great battle between two masters.
master15 said:
Eh, I don't think he has to do any such thing. He's been pretty clear in representing his comments as personal, rather than declarative statements. For him, Test cricket isn't the most important form of the game. I don't think he needs to be punished for being honest.
Now, is that stance - as captain of his country's Test side - going to be a further detriment to the performance of his camp throughout their Test series with England? I should think so, even if the man himself delivers the results with the bat. However, you can't fault him on that point completely either, because he's also been quite clear that he doesn't want to captain the side anyway. Should he resign? That's really a matter for the WI selectors, and they're already in the process of grooming potential successors. Rushing Gayle's exit from the job could be an even worse detriment to the side.
The real stuff has been going on all the time, just open your eyes and come out of the rock under which you've been living.Grug said:When does the real stuff start again?
Actually this season, there are more close games than we saw last year. RR v KKR, the super over, DC collapse against DD, Taylor v KRR (81 off 32 balls), yesterday's game and I think I missed may be 4-5 other really close games that were decided in the last 5 minutes of the game.master15 said:
Yeah, one of the rare occasions where Warne came out on top. Contest was great though.master15 said:
Strauss should also shut the fuck up. Test player whining about T20, he needs a pacifier.master15 said:
Btw, the last over from yesterday's game: http://www.megafilelinks.com/tv/index.php?id=60018100f94f5807/
Yeah. Whoever calls this "not real" cricket can go suck on _______.tri_willy said:
Mashrafe Mortaza for KKR is $650,000 worth for losing this game. Cant defend 21 off the last over, might as well go back to the drawing board and start from scratch all over again. Buchanan and his posse should be fired to Pluto where all of them can leech off some other wealthy sucker.