http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR-ey...&feature=feedu
Rahul Dravid 148 Johannesburg v SA 1997
Vinod, Where is Dravid's thread?. Ok Plum Noted.
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Rahul Dravid 148 Johannesburg v SA 1997
Vinod, Where is Dravid's thread?. Ok Plum Noted.
Thanks for sharing, Stan. BTW, where is RD's thread ?? I could see only 16 threads in sports section ? How to search old threads in nee hub ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbJsy9MgFVw
Windies team of the 70's/80's.
Mahela Jayawardene quits, Sri Lanka's selectors also offer to resign
A day after skipper Kumar Sangakkara stepped down, turmoil continued in Sri Lanka's cricket team with vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene also quitting his post and the selection panel offering to resign en masse.
"Mahela has sent a letter stepping down from vice-captaincy. The officials would soon meet to discuss a replacement," Sri Lanka Cricket chairman DS de Silva said.
The national selection panel - headed by Aravinda de Silva and comprising Ranjith Fernando, Amal Silva and Shabbir Asgerally - has also offered its resignation to sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage, officials said.
Yesterday, Sangakkara had said that he was leaving the job to enable Sri Lanka find a suitable successor leading to the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Jayawardene, who was previously captain, has been Sangakkara's deputy since 2009. De Silva's selection panel was appointed in May 2010.
His panel has come in for severe criticism when Sri Lanka loss to India in Saturday's World Cup final.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlYxnIEnJdk&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le_OZuLe5Po&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6UuC9huWpw&feature=relmfu
Harbhajan's best Test series ever. :clap:. He must be relishing to read Ricky Ponting's scores. Looks like a Indian Telephone Number 0 6 0 0 11 as said by a youtube comment. But the real beauty is the 3rd test scalp of steve waugh = HANDLED THE BALL. The series which made India quest for its Test performances.
Million thanks to the uploader.
P.S: It's great to see the Eden Garden's stadium in full force with a near 100,000 crowd. Enna hair'kku idhellam renovate panranuga?. The new stadium is a travesty.
We didn't win the test series in Australia in 03 and 07 mainly due to the absence of Zaheer Khan. Every time he started off well in the first test only to catch an injury and leave the remaining 3 tests of the tour. He has played only 2 of the 8 tests in Aus in his career. Hope he plays this year with full fitness.
pArkkalAm AF. I still feel the best years to tour Australia were the last two when Saffers and England went. varalAru nammaLa timing vechu pazhi vAngudhu.
I am really really scared of Ricky Ponting screwing us with the bat this year. I think he should have continued as a captain to prevent that happening...it is not exactly a victory that he has been deposed as captain :(
And me saying this is blasphemy but let me state this anyway. I think we need atleast one of the Big 3 to be replaced by the Aussie tour. Probably Rahul Dravid, much as it pains me to say it. He wasnt exactly succesful last time there and in his current situation, looks extremely unlikely to succeed in Australia this year.
And I am not too confident of SRT/VVS either. They had a succesful tour last time there personally - and history doesnt keep giving that to legends. Remember Miandad and 96 world cup?
i doubt if he can maintain fitness. Its gonna be non stop cricket till sep....Just hope the selectors find some sense and rest him for the wi series in juneQuote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
aahaa... ulla vandhu socks kooda kalattula... adhukkulla kelambitttaaru....Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
plum: 'ennai thookki kadalil erindhaalum, kattumaramaai midhappen'
:rotfl: Aus oru Tsunami vandhu azhinjAdhAn Plum stop paNNuvAr :lol:
ss :lol: for comments about Plum
Big 3 should retire on their own. They deserve it. Adhula marupechae illa. Unless if anyone of em goes horribly out of form.
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Originally Posted by Plum
Sri Lankan team bus driver resignsSays time for a fresh start and a new direction
The Sri Lankan cricket team's premier bus driver has resigned from his post following the team's defeat to India in the World Cup final. The news comes in the wake of several high-profile resignations and retirements in Sri Lankan cricket, including captain Kumar Sangakkara, vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene, coach Trevor Bayliss, the selection panel headed by Aravinda de Silva, and all-round nice guy Muttiah Muralitharan.
Bus driver Keerthi Peiris said it was a logical time for him to step down as he did not see himself doing the job for much longer, and it made sense for Sri Lanka Cricket to find a long-term replacement looking forward to the 2015 World Cup.
"I'm almost 65 and my position at the front of the bus can't be guaranteed in four years' time, particularly with the amount of gunfire you have to avoid with this bunch, so it's time to pass the reins to someone younger," Mr Peiris said.
"Also, I'm just really sick of hauling around Tillakeratne Dilshan's ridiculous gold chain collection. That guy can suck it."
Mr Peiris also said his decision came at a good time for Sri Lankan cricket, with wholesale resignations elsewhere symbolising a new beginning for the team.
"With the new-look team that Sri Lanka will have over the next few months, it makes sense to choose a bus driver who will take the team in a new direction. Possibly north-northeast, or perhaps even due south - it's up to him really."
He also said that while it had been a pleasurable experience transporting his nation's cricketers from place to place, he still had a few regrets.
"I'm sorry the players couldn't win the World Cup. Maybe things would have been different if I had taken the less bumpy route to the Wankhede Stadium or if I hadn't thrown Lasith Malinga's Girls Aloud compilation CD out the window. But you know, you can't dwell on those things, because it really was a hideous collection of songs and Malinga would not stop playing it in the bus."
Several others are being tipped by pundits to be the next bus driver for the Sri Lankan team. The current frontrunners are said to be another driver who is currently responsible for transporting Dilshan's ego, which requires a separate bus, and Angelo Mathews.
On hearing the news, SLC Chairman DS de Silva said the board would not only sit down to discuss the appointment of a new driver over the next few days, but that given the current tide, the cricket board as a whole would consider resigning from its position as the country's cricket administration body, to give the team a really really fresh start.
"En masse resignations are generally the best way to deal with losing a World Cup final, so we're certainly looking at that as an option," de Silva said.
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:lol: lets see what is paramu's response for this? :p :shh:
Aus vs Bang - Ist ODI.
Australia 120/3 (23.6 ov)
http://www.espncricinfo.com/banglade...ch/503363.html
Australia 222/5 (45.1 ov)
ஆஸி. கொலைவெறித் தாக்குதல்
பப்புக்குக்கப்பு
Phew!! for a second I thought Watson is going to break Sachin's record as 24 overs were remaining. Then realised the match is over :mrgreen:
Shakib to Watto: Nee oru veerana adichurundhaa naane thalama thaangi indha koappaiya unakku vaangi kuduthuruppen. Nee adichadhu oru pullapoochiya.. Unakku oru vengalakinnam kooda kedaiyadhu..
Same with me too! Much against my wishes, I have to thank Ponting for scoring some runs and denying the 200 to Watto :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
inimEl strong team vs weak opposition ODIs-llam ban pannanum :yes:
15 sixsargal , strike rate 192
Sakib to Watoo : manushanaaya nee.. a la Karthik
Sooradhi Shruvo 3 - 0 -46 - 0
Death to the Bangla tactic of six left arm spinners hustling and bustling the opposition to a low score
A golden opportunity missed. Ponting would have kept idle at non-striker end and alllowed watson to score even bigger. Anyway mediocre bowling needs such harsh treatment by hitters. Happy to see such results. 2 bottom scores in recent icc worldcup and todays result will impact Bang team's confidence level.
Enna sir, cricket thana idhu :lol: naayadai, peyadi..mbangale adhu thana idhu? Shane Watson :clap: :clap:
Watson :rotfl:. Enna dhan ilichavayan kedachalum ippadi ya :lol:
'My decision may have been selfish but it was right'
Kumar Sangakkara explains why he stepped down from the captaincy and looks back at his two years in charge
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/510625.html
Very matured and open responses from Sangu :clap: Never used to like him but he does come across as a true statesman in this interview!
Yeah, he sure does know how to talk statesman-like. The act of giving up captaincy is not quite easy - just see how Ricky went kicking and screaming until he was given no other choice. As Sanga himself says "A year down, if I do well as captain, I might be tempted to think oh I am doing well let me continue". The thought process seems to be firmly that he has to give the new captain a chance to build his team and Sanga recognises that he is human and one year down the line, he may turn into clinging to captaincy. That makes it quite an impressive decision now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx45G7B3Ryc&feature=feedu
Manoj prabakar and venkatesh prasad bowled well in Kotla against sri lanka in 1006. Shame ful bowling. And Ponting was a by-stander to this carnage. If these guys are there in next world cup and Ireland aren't then God save cricket.
Cook: I can be the next Sachin
Recipe for success... Alastair Cook has scored 16 tons in 65 Tests
By Sam Peters
April 10, 2011
April 10, 2011
ALASTAIR COOK has vowed: I can be the next Sachin.
England's record breaking batsman stole the Ashes show this winter with a staggering 766 runs in seven Tests as Australia were mauled.
In the process he became the second youngest batsman after India's little master Sachin Tendulkar to pass 5,000 Test runs.
Essex boy Cook, 26, has now chalked up an astonishing 16 tons in 65 Tests and is setting his sights on Tendulkar's astonishing stats.
"Tendulkar has the added advantage of being a genius," Cook said. "He has an incredible record and probably the best thing about him is his longevity and his hunger.
"Under that kind of pressure for 20 years, you have to go to India to see how he's idolised. To do what he's done under that pressure is an extraordinary achievement. I don't know how he does it.
"If you look too far ahead then you can get tripped over. I need to keep working hard to do it and if you look at scoring that many runs then you'll forget about your next ball and that's very important.
"But the exciting thing is that potentially that could happen. What happened in Australia for us as a side and for me personally went very well.
"It would be unrealistic to expect me to score that amount of runs all the time but if I can't take confidence from doing what I did in Australia then I'd be mad. "Hopefully, now I know I can play like that, I can carry on playing like that."
England take on India and Sri Lanka in Test series at home this summer knowing back to back wins could see them ranked the number one team in the world. Tendulkar could pass 100 international hundreds in the process.
The spotlight will inevitably fall on Cook following his heroics down under - but he insists he can handle the added weight of expectation.
"When you play as well as that then you have to handle there's more expectation from people because other players have done it and haven't kept it going," he said.
"But if I keep doing what I've been doing and practising as hard as I have then I will give myself the best opportunity to do that and that's all can ask for.
"The pressure is what people put on you or what you perceive they put on you. When you go out there and bat, it's only going to distract from your cricket. I've got to try and forget about that and focus on my batting.
"I'm not so worried about other people's expectations. I'm only worried about what I'm going to do."
Cook has labelled the decision not to select him for England's World Cup campaign as "extremely disappointing".
He was left to fly home without any of his Ashes winning team-mates as they embarked on a doomed seven match one-day series in Oz before heading to the subcontinent.
"It was just me and Monty Panesar on the plane home," Cook said. "It was a strange feeling seeing the lads go and being part of that Ashes moment had kind of gone in a minute. It was slightly strange.
"The scheduling could be changed. I feel sorry for the lads who did carry on playing because they never had that moment to sit down and enjoy something which was a very special achievement."
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/notw...Tendulkar.html
Plum, one thread for Cook pls :noteeth:
AN Cook - You Kid, all the best. Let's see what you've have in sleeve for Pataudi Trophy. Before becoming Tendulkar try to play more ODI's. That will be a good start.
sathya, ivaru periya thillAlangadiya iruppAr pOlirukkE - thread Arambichu mookudaipattukkavA?
AN Cook - varungAla Bradman. After a few years
Englishmen - AN Cook is the greatest batsman ever
Australians - AN Cook is the best batsman since Bradman and Ponting. Third best batsman ever.
(Why Ponting? Becaue Ponting will terrorise bowlers in the next few years and surge ahead of Sachin in Stats in the next few years)
Ponting in supreme form :shaking:
nAn dhAn sonnEnE? avaru captainAvE irundhirukaNum. Konjam chatterjee-la thappu nadandhu pOchu :(
That pull, that cut is back in full flow :clap: Clarke captain aagi chenchury vEra pottAchu! one stone 2 mangoes - performing captain for Aus, Ponting back to form
Ponting opening the innings :shock:
Australia 361/8 (50 overs)
Bangladesh 179/2 (30.5 overs)
Haddin vutta vera yaarum illayae ippo athaan.Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
Bangla had so many chances to improve, they are still playing like school kids, it is time to Recall their 'Test Status'.
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Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
While chasing 361 runs, 295 with a loss of 6 wickets was really a good fight.