May be BCCI should push CSA for a series next year. The present FTP Runs out in mid 2012 i guess.
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May be BCCI should push CSA for a series next year. The present FTP Runs out in mid 2012 i guess.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64100.html
And this was the match why i so hate the chennai weather. Bloody aussies should have never won the series in 2004. Chennai weather ruined India's record. Shewag had held them by the scruff of the neck and he would won this match and drew the series.
Ha! That 120 is a hard wound to heal, Bala. perungkodumai. Match Fixer AzharuddinlAm irundhApla still 120 was tantalisingly within reach.Quote:
illa reachable target chase pannumbodhu fail airukkanum... indha madhiri edhavadhu nadandhucha
One thing people forget about Sachin's peak as a batsman and his captaincy is that at any given time, he had 3 match fixers in the team to deal with. I mean, not like he knew it then but there were people in the team working hard to lose.
Another reason why people keep throwing these stones at Sachin is fortunately or unfortunately, that other colossus of our era, Brian Charles. He did it. Atleast twice. Against Australia. On his own. That kind of tends to make people believe that Sachin failed in something that is possible for the best batsmen. What people wont remember is the luck Lara had in those innings with dropped catches and ungiven decisions. I'll be the last person to grudge Lara his destiny, not the least because I was once passionately on his side of the debate, but I'd be the first to concede that those two innings dont automatically place Lara above Sachin as a match winner, no matter how romantic and dramatic those victories were
Plum, Twice? apart from 153*, in which other match Lara scored a century in 4th innings? None IIRC. Sachin also have a 4th inning match winning century (103* Vs Eng in 2008). It's all even if you consider scoring 100 in 4th innings as a match winning knock.
Also, look at the no. of 40-50+ scores of both Sachin and Lara in 3rd and 4th innings of Tests - To Win / To save. Sachin is better, IIRC.
Plum, how can we forget 136 vs Pak in Chennai, the greatest inning for a losing cause :(
feddy, 2007 series, even if we had won the Sydney test, it will merely be a drawn series...Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
2003 - of course, we had a upper hand after the first day in Melbourne but thrown it away.. but I think we had a better chance in the last test in sydney.. if NOT for Steve Waugh's 80, we would have won that match and sealed the series..
2007 if we had won the sydney test it is 2-1 for india. We won the perth test.
Steve waugh was earlier plum lb to kumble when he just started his 2nd innings. He was not given out. And langer was lb to agarkar twice. Even he was not given out.
oh yes.. :oops: forgot that we lost rather than a draw...Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
also, 2003 did NOT have McGra / Warne...
Frankly, we were Bucknored twice. The wound still festers for me because it is South Africa that is credited with dethroning Australia at home for the first time since their dominance years. We deserved that status. Not the least because we were the only one to consistently challenge Australia during that time and actually could have won two series at Australia if not for some really bad karma. Yes, Umpiring decisions go both ways but the number and quality of decisions that screwed us was too much in those two tours. I dont believe in decisions evening out over a career because what use India getting a favourable path due to favorubale decisions in 2011 as a compensation for 2007? A lost opportunity for history is a lost opportunity. A win now 2011 with some favourable decisions will not substitute for that - not the least because a generation of steely Cricketers retired without a credit that they richly deserved.
And as Feddy said Australia should still be searching to conquer the Final Frontier. 2004 was really lucky for them with the Chennai test washed out on last day.
This really goes to show how much destiny has a part in shaping up unbeatable records of champion teams. They are champion teams alright but they are also lucky.
Mcgrath was always injury prone. He always missed a couple of series in his career. And also his wife's medical condition in the later part of his career didn't help much either.
Warne illangradhai vida avanai velayada vidalaingradhu dhan unmai. He was banned for a year by CA for usage of the banned substance.
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Originally Posted by raajarasigan