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FUCK that shit, its not real cricket anyway.tri_willy said:
Seriously though A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
ACB must be really torn and concerned. Hayden's not done too bad either P), I dont think ANY of the young (Australian young standard = 25 and older :lol ) can fill the shoes of these two openers.Tim the Wiz
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Congrats Deccan. From last to first: a great journey well orchestrated by Darren Lehmann. Got rid of Laxman, made Gilchrist captain, and had the benefit of having Symonds on hand more often this time around.
Gilly led in good fashion tonight, with great performances from Symonds, Gibbs, Ohja and Harmeet. Bad luck to Kumble, who bowled exceptionally (4/16!) despite the loss.
As for the tournament, highlights for me were seeing some of the legends displaying their wares - Hayden (still maintain he was forced into retirement too early, but unearthing Hughes might excuse this in the future), Gilly, Warne, Tendulkar, Kumble, even Dravid at times - and the rise of some young Indian players in Armit, Pandey, etc.
Gilly led in good fashion tonight, with great performances from Symonds, Gibbs, Ohja and Harmeet. Bad luck to Kumble, who bowled exceptionally (4/16!) despite the loss.
As for the tournament, highlights for me were seeing some of the legends displaying their wares - Hayden (still maintain he was forced into retirement too early, but unearthing Hughes might excuse this in the future), Gilly, Warne, Tendulkar, Kumble, even Dravid at times - and the rise of some young Indian players in Armit, Pandey, etc.
Feel sorry for Kumble, he was quite upset at Dravid for slowing the chase (?), quite harsh.
Congrats to DC. Finally my home team came to the party, its a festival in Hyderabad.
I just loved this game, it was one of the most EPIC matches I've ever seen including the '99 semi. Symonds following Pandey around was just too good to miss. :lol And yes, I take back my comments on Harmeet (see above) for criticizing his earlier performances, he more than made up for those, well done.
Pandey is still the find of this season IMO.
Congrats to DC. Finally my home team came to the party, its a festival in Hyderabad.
I just loved this game, it was one of the most EPIC matches I've ever seen including the '99 semi. Symonds following Pandey around was just too good to miss. :lol And yes, I take back my comments on Harmeet (see above) for criticizing his earlier performances, he more than made up for those, well done.
Pandey is still the find of this season IMO.
Codemasters announced a new cricket game a couple of weeks ago.
Looks nice, but the last game Ricky Ponting/Brian Lara Cricket 2007 was rife with gameplay problems. Hopefully they get their shit together on this one.
Looks nice, but the last game Ricky Ponting/Brian Lara Cricket 2007 was rife with gameplay problems. Hopefully they get their shit together on this one.
Symonds should be in the Ashes team like Gilchrist said. I havent seen such a fired up Symonds in a long long time, his aggresion could have been very useful with his batting/bowling as a bonus. He's in fine form too.
I hope this decision comes back to bite ACB/Ponting in their ass.
I hope this decision comes back to bite ACB/Ponting in their ass.
symonds career gone.
http://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/current/story/407391.html
what a shame symo but looks like the last straw
http://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/current/story/407391.html
what a shame symo but looks like the last straw
tri_willy said:
Just read it, fucking really sad since Symo on form is easily one of my favourite players to watch. Sadly the last year or so it's been such a mess for him and with him being ignored for the Ashes this sort of seals his fate.
Still I will forever have found memories of his innings in WC against Pakistan. One superb fucking knock...
Tim the Wiz
Banned
FFS Symonds. What a waste...
Tim the Wiz
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irfan said:
I think there's more than one measure of blame to go around here. You can't ignore the fact that Symonds allowed himself to take part in that activity when he knew he was under scrutiny, considering recent history. But it is clear that the selectors want to move away from Symonds now, which is extremely unfortunate as he's finally getting back into a good place with his cricket.
To be fair, he definitely should have had a place in the Ashes squad over McDonald, but with Marcus North up-and-coming in the Test arena and Watson in good ODI form, they probably didn't see it as much of a risk to ignore him. And now with this incident on top of it, it's hard to see where his next opportunity to get back into international cricket is going to come from.
Hard to believe how quickly his fortunes have changed in the space of two years.
Any thought of a conspiracy reeks of mental midgetry.
Yes...it makes perfect sense that cricket Australia would concoct a conspiracy to end the career of one of their most talented, marketable and crowd-pulling players. :lol
CUCKOO!
If they didn't want him to play, they simply wouldn't select him, nor offer him another contract. There is no need to fabricate a false situation... Cricket Australia answers to no one but themselves. They showed that when they didn't offer Michael Bevan a new contract in deference to bringing in youth.
If it was about spin, they would have done so before dropping him from the Ashes squad, not afterwards.
I'm a biased Queenslander to the bitter fucking end, and even I have enough perspective to see that Roy has manufactured his own demise. It's a bitter shame really, he is one of the most entertaining cricketers I've ever seen, and according to a mate who lives in the same apartment complex as Roy in Bulimba, he is a great bloke too. He just lacks the committment and self-discipline.
You are pakistani, right?Zapages said:
Just before the match, Broad said England would win the T20 world cup and also the Ashes, couldnt have picked a wrong time for that comment. :lol You're back to posting retarded pics again. Let me guess, the mods will chose to ignore your trolling again. :|Grug said:
Trying to start a circle-jerk?santouras said:
Thank you, finally some objective opinion.Tim the Wiz said:
Irfan, chill friend.
Did I make any comments on whether Roy should have been chosen in the Ashes squad? In fact, I think he should have.
I was questioning your assertion that Cricket Australia would fabricate some sort of controversy in order to justify that decision.
Your quoting of Tim the Wiz's comments as some sort of validation of that statement (when he said nothing of the sort... selectors wanting to move away from Symonds /= conspiracy) seems a little disingenuous to me.
Secondly, my picture was a little light hearted humour, relax bud. I notice you chose to use that picture as an "escape clause" to avoid responding to the actual points I made. You even went as far to write off the post as trolling. Dissapointing.
Agree with irfan = objective.
Disagree with irfan = trolling?
Did I make any comments on whether Roy should have been chosen in the Ashes squad? In fact, I think he should have.
I was questioning your assertion that Cricket Australia would fabricate some sort of controversy in order to justify that decision.
Your quoting of Tim the Wiz's comments as some sort of validation of that statement (when he said nothing of the sort... selectors wanting to move away from Symonds /= conspiracy) seems a little disingenuous to me.
Secondly, my picture was a little light hearted humour, relax bud. I notice you chose to use that picture as an "escape clause" to avoid responding to the actual points I made. You even went as far to write off the post as trolling. Dissapointing.
Agree with irfan = objective.
Disagree with irfan = trolling?
Juding from Ponting's comments, it's pretty clear why they got rid of Symonds. His actions were having an effect on the younger guys they were bringing into the squad, and they didn't want it.
Now we just need someone to get into Phil Hughes' ear and tell him to stay the hell away from Sonny Bill Williams, Anthony Mudine et al. Hughes could be one of Australia's greats and would be a shoe in for the captaincy once Clarke finished up, so he needs to be careful.
Also, lol @ England. But wtf was Dirk Nannes doing playing for the Dutch?
People want Dutch?
Now we just need someone to get into Phil Hughes' ear and tell him to stay the hell away from Sonny Bill Williams, Anthony Mudine et al. Hughes could be one of Australia's greats and would be a shoe in for the captaincy once Clarke finished up, so he needs to be careful.
Also, lol @ England. But wtf was Dirk Nannes doing playing for the Dutch?
People want Dutch?
Tim the Wiz
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Stuart Broad is the perfect storm. Talks up England's Ashes chances as he comes back into the form of cricket which saw him get hit for six sixes in an over; then proceeds to bowl the final over, where he missed run-out chances, dropped a skied ball, caused an overthrow on the last ball and, in result, his team lost the match.
England never fails to bring the :lol.
England never fails to bring the :lol.
Commentators or commercials, which is it?Rezbit said:
I just bought a subscription to a dedicated stream for 18 bucks (complete tournament), pretty decent so far. Zero commercials and commentators are chappells, holding etc.
Australia post 169, which is a par score I feel. If Gayle misfires (good probability) its over for West Indies. This group (Australia, West Indies, Srilanka) btw is nick named Group of Death. :lol
First out for the Aussies... But still 131-1... :lol Great for West Indies!!!!
Yep, I am Pakistani.irfan said:You are pakistani, right?
Tim the Wiz
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tri_willy said:
My sentiments exactly, Sendo-san. Gayle was pure awesome.
Lack of search function is killing me, couldn't find this thread!
Dayum you Chris Gayle! Damm you to hell. By god was he smashing that ball with some significant force. I only saw the highlights but the ball was just flying off his bat just a tier under Nathan Astle's record breaking 200 against England some years ago.
Aussies are in some hot water...
Dayum you Chris Gayle! Damm you to hell. By god was he smashing that ball with some significant force. I only saw the highlights but the ball was just flying off his bat just a tier under Nathan Astle's record breaking 200 against England some years ago.
Aussies are in some hot water...
Our bowling has always been the issue in 20/20. Having both Lee and Johnson in the side was a pretty stupid selection, I think. Too much of a risk of getting it wrong and being sent for plenty, which happened. I didn't see us bowling, other than highlights, but it looked like Lee was throwing down half-trackers at about 125kph :S
legend166 said:
Twenty20 is just ridiculously different from longer forms of the game. If we insist on taking it seriously, we need to pick specialty sides suited to the format, not test bowlers for instance.
Its like comparing Rugby Sevens to regular 15 a side rugby. There is essentially no crossover between international sides between the two versions of the game because its so different.
Mitchell Johnson for example is more of an attrition bowler that works well at test level because it is the one uber-peach he bowls in every 20 deliveries or so that does the damage.
Tim the Wiz
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Grug said:
This is true to an extent. The side should be more tailored to the format. Who knows what could have been if Symonds was there last night?
Grug said:
That's taking it a bit too far. Spinners, especially, have proven to be just as essential in T20 as in Test cricket - perhaps more-so. (Kumble, Murali, Mendis, Warne, etc.) Good batsmen, too, can flourish in all forms. For every Laxman-lke failure you have a Dravid type experience. (played quite splendidly in this year's IPL) And, of course, a good all-rounder is worth his weight in gold (Watson last year for RR, Symonds this year for Deccan). Hell, Gayle himself is a fine player in all forms of the game, no matter which he prefers.
Edit: Jerome Taylor is another good example. Ripped up England in his home Test series earlier this year and scalped two wickets in the opening over last night. I don't necessarily disagree with your stance, but I don't view there being such a large degree of disconnect between T20 and other forms of cricket either.
Srilanka pretty much cruising here, after Gayle, Dilshan tore a new one to Australia. Australia better pull out a miracle out of their asses or else its going to quite a backlash down under.
Btw, Ireland made it through to the super eights, must have stung for Bangladesh and any other teams that dont make it to the super eights.
edit: Dilshan gone, here's the chance.
Btw, Ireland made it through to the super eights, must have stung for Bangladesh and any other teams that dont make it to the super eights.
edit: Dilshan gone, here's the chance.
Tim the Wiz
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Disappointing exit, but it wasn't exactly an upset or a shock or anything. Australia don't have much of a positive history in this format of the game. Their bowlers have just failed to adapt to the task at hand, and the batsmen - some of them who have had experience with performing well in T20 - failed, in general, to cope with Sri Lanka's bowling.
It's telling that an excellent spinner in all forms of the game won the game for Sri Lanka. Take a bow, Mendis.
As for Symonds, it'll be sad to hear him announce his international retirement - but I won't mind him reaping in the money as he globe-trots the world in T20 competitions.
It's telling that an excellent spinner in all forms of the game won the game for Sri Lanka. Take a bow, Mendis.
As for Symonds, it'll be sad to hear him announce his international retirement - but I won't mind him reaping in the money as he globe-trots the world in T20 competitions.
Its nearly time.
Speaking as a 29 year old white middle class Australian raised on test cricket and descended from a transported Irish 'criminal'...
The Ashes is everything.
Even oxygen is a secondary concern in comparison.
Who wouldn't consider trading every ICC World Cup trophy or every hard fought win against our Kiwi enemy across the Tasman, just to erase the agony of that 2005 series defeat at the hands of the Empire?
As the Bodyline series showed... the Ashes is more than sport, it intersects the threads of our history, our culture and our political being.
That modest little urn represents so much... this isn't about prize money, or shining silver... its something far less tangible, but much more special.
To the winner... indescribable glory, to the loser, unimaginable anguish.
There is the Ashes... and then there is everything else.
Speaking as a 29 year old white middle class Australian raised on test cricket and descended from a transported Irish 'criminal'...
The Ashes is everything.
Even oxygen is a secondary concern in comparison.
Who wouldn't consider trading every ICC World Cup trophy or every hard fought win against our Kiwi enemy across the Tasman, just to erase the agony of that 2005 series defeat at the hands of the Empire?
As the Bodyline series showed... the Ashes is more than sport, it intersects the threads of our history, our culture and our political being.
That modest little urn represents so much... this isn't about prize money, or shining silver... its something far less tangible, but much more special.
To the winner... indescribable glory, to the loser, unimaginable anguish.
There is the Ashes... and then there is everything else.
ah irfan, maybe one day your country will stabilise enough to hold your own tournaments and your cricket team will reach it's full potential. Until then I see you'll just make do by trolling the australian cricket team at every given opportunity. It must hurt to be second class for so long
Haha, deadset, can't even make a post about an upcoming tournament without Irfan exposing his insecurities.
The saddest thing is that he seems to hate Australia more than he loves India. If only he spent as much time talking about his own team as he does obsessing over another, he'd probably be able to fabricate the illusion of being an objective fan of the sport, rather than a habitual troll with a wombat in his britches.
Confused boy in need of emotional realignment.
Enough about that though, not going to give the troll the petty slanging match he so desperately seems to require.
Back to the Ashes, Sportingbet has the series odds as follows..
Australia: 1.65
England: 3.25
Draw: 6.00.
Odds seem seriously lopsided to me. Australia's squad is lacking considerably in experience and its going to be a real pressure-cooker atmosphere in England. If I was a betting man, I'd be tempted, especially at the prospect of a draw.
The saddest thing is that he seems to hate Australia more than he loves India. If only he spent as much time talking about his own team as he does obsessing over another, he'd probably be able to fabricate the illusion of being an objective fan of the sport, rather than a habitual troll with a wombat in his britches.
Confused boy in need of emotional realignment.
Enough about that though, not going to give the troll the petty slanging match he so desperately seems to require.
Back to the Ashes, Sportingbet has the series odds as follows..
Australia: 1.65
England: 3.25
Draw: 6.00.
Odds seem seriously lopsided to me. Australia's squad is lacking considerably in experience and its going to be a real pressure-cooker atmosphere in England. If I was a betting man, I'd be tempted, especially at the prospect of a draw.
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Grug said:
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