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Never. Sachin is in great flow. His average this year is 50. He had a good tour of SA and even in England - he was not bad at all (Laxman was a disaster and Dravid was brilliant). Unfortunately he didn't play in WIndies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Kalllis is amazing but then, we play more tests than S.Africa. And he has a good lead on both of them. Sachin's lead is more than safe.
Intha maari safe matter kellam strategy podathinganu sollurom :lol2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
See, once Ricky scores his turn around century against NZ/India, pEi mAdhiri adippAn. Remember he has the most prolific 52 test streak after Bradman. Once formku vandhuttA, avan pEchai avanE kEkka mAttAn :). Kallis ipdiyE steadyA pala varusham veLAndu cross paNNa vAippugaL irukku...
England spinner Graeme Swann has told BBC Sport he would like to see one-day international cricket scrapped.
"I think one-day cricket will have to give at some point, hopefully for everyone," he said. "I don't think that game should carry on for much longer.
"For me it's not as enjoyable to play in. I think Test cricket and Twenty20 are the way forward for cricket."
Swann, 32, said the recent postponement of the World Test Championship was "disturbing" and "short-sighted".
A key member of England's side in all three formats of the game, Swann was top of the one-day bowling rankings as recently as October before slipping to third.
Being English we rate Test cricket above and beyond anything else, and certainly the Champions Trophy
Graeme Swann, he has taken 90 wickets in 64 one-day internationals at an impressive average of 25.43.
But he cut a frustrated figure for much of the recent 5-0 hammering in India in which he took just two wickets in four matches and was surprisingly left out for the game in Mumbai.
Swann said he has no imminent plans to quit one-day cricket but believes abandoning the format would help reduce overcrowding in the international calendar.
"We do play too much cricket and if something had to give my choice would be 50-over cricket, or make it 40-over cricket or something," added Swann, who captained England in their last three Twenty20 internationals.
TOP 10 ODI BOWLERS
1. S Ajmal (Pakistan
2. D Vettori (NZ)
3. G Swann (Eng)
4. M Johnson (Aus)
5. M Morkel (Aus)
6. D Bollinger (Aus)
7. S Afridi (Pak)
8. M Hafeez (Pak)
9. D Steyn (SA)
10. S Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
"But that's a purely personal choice. I don't think many people agree with me.
"I think I will finish [playing] before any changes take place so I will carry on playing whatever they put in front of me."
Swann's calls are unlikely to be heeded because one-day cricket remains such a lucrative form of the game, especially in the subcontinent.
Last week, the International Cricket Council called off the inaugural World Test Championship - due to be staged in England in 2013 - in favour of the 50-over Champions Trophy after pressure from its broadcast partner ESPN Star Sports.
"This is frustrating because being English we rate Test cricket above and beyond anything else, and certainly the Champions Trophy," said Swann.
"[Abandoning the Test Championship] is a bit disturbing and short-sighted in my view but I'm not the powers that be."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/15899824.stm
Coincidentally, England are #1 in T20 and Test Cricket. "EngaLukk pidikkAdhadhu, varAdhadhu Cricketla irukka koodAdhu. Adhai naanga subtleA solluvOm. IdhaoyE BCCI panninaa araajagam. Engala nambaradhukku ulagam pooram madaiyargal irukkum varai naanga idhaiyum pannikittu Cricketin paadhukaavalargaL maadhiri nadippom, vaazhga muttaal gendilmen cricket believers who are the source of our strength"
Flau, even you have said ODI is pointless now and should be on its way out, haven't you :lol2:
I disagree with Swann, but don't see self-serving agenda and all.
:lol2: appadinnA powerful colonial power Ingilaandhu ennikkO ODI-yai scrap paNNirukkaNum :lol2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Flau
And its not as if anyone is convinced Eng have found their niche in limited overs cricket in the T20 format. Even the most hardcore Eng supporters know their being top T20 team is a happy accident (unlike their test No.1 status). I believe what Swann is saying is what pretty much you said earlier about ODI v T20.
I too think one of the formats should disappear from the face of the earth :-)
And you can see it is the annoyance about Test championship being edged out for ODI sEmbian's trophy, that he is commenting about.
ellAththaiyin agenda-vAvE paakkureeyaLE. ulagam romba perusu saar and other such homilies.
Not so straightforward feeyaar. Till the 1999 world cup, Engand didn't realise they were shit at modern ODIs. They had the best record after Windies in World Cups until 1992. 1996 was considered a blip in those God-forsaken, unfair, subcontinental conditions. 1999 - till they were knocked out, they velieved they are still great. It was after 2007 that they started realising they were utter crap in this format. By then, BcCI had ODIs as the golden goose. So, no, it wasn't out of generosity that powerful England let ODIs survive.
Yes, I believe one of the limited overs format has to go. And I'd sacrifice the ODIs. But avan solRadhum nAn solRadhum vERa reason illaiyA? Btw, even in Guardian, which is about as liberal a site as English can get, people truly beieve in their #1 T20 status. You don't get more reasonable people in England than Guardian readers so I don't believe that Emglish supporters are not proud of their #1 status in Twenty20. I mean, it is an English trait to talk up whatever they are good at. Look at how Swann says
Look at how Swann peddles "40 overs or something" :lol: . Who on earth plays 40 overs at First Class sides level? I'll give you 3 guesses :). In essence, he is batting for replacing 50 overs format(followed by all other nations at domestic level) with 40 overs format(played only by England). If that is not agenda, I am the queen of England
True. They had a reasonable ODI team in the early 90s. Even on Godforsaken subcontinent tracks they managed to do quite okay. But even then it is not something they remember or value much. For instance the Kumble-Kambli series in '93 when India thrashed England 3-0, was followed by a ODI series which England drew. But you can ask any English fan which they remember. You won't even see it as a debating point to counter any Indian gloating about the test trouncing.
And that I argue is because ODI was little more than an interesting sideshow when compared to Tests, regardless of how well England fared in it. Of course winning a world cup would have been good but even that, I don't think, would have made the kind of 'mindset changing impact' that many think it would have.
That is what I see in Swann's comment. Annoyance about Champion's trophy taking precedence over Test championship- which we've been salivating on, like, forever. It has little to do with what format they have the best shot in.
OTOH where I see poRumal is in BBC's remarkI don't disagree with that though :-)Quote:
one-day cricket remains such a lucrative form of the game, especially in the subcontinent.
:x Twenty overs-la ten wickets-A? Atleast adhai 5 wickets a side-nu mAtha sollunga.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
therla. It seemed an innocent comment to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Oh :lol: Wonderful. Dean Headley, Mark Ilot, ellAm strike bowlerA sagichikkittu vaazhndha engaLukku idhu oru aanandham :lol2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
I'll defer to you on that then. enna irundhaalum naanga invent paNNa format, adhu naala oru attachment irukkalaam. Some thAthAs must be twirling in their graves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
His whole thing is a reaction to Test championship being edged out by the blade Champions trophy. adhu ennamO room pOttu cunning-plan yOsichu, PR apparatus-ai mudukki vittA maadhiri neenga sollAdheenga 'ngREn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Sari ok andha instinctive reaction-layE 40-overs peddling paNdravan, room pOttu yOsichA ennenna kEppAn?
Sehwag cunning fellow :lol:
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/sehwag-talk-convinced-warner-of-test-push-20111128-1o3br.html
in the same vein Sehwag plis to get Daisy a place in your Delhidarudevil team to relish his T-20 dream
Wizzy, Jimmy already expressed interest in IPL and lamented about test series clashing with it. Hope he follows it up with ECB :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgv4u...rec_grec_index
Kemar Roach Vs Ricky Ponting...Great over...2009
A redux of Ishanth vs Ponting 2007/08.
Vettori :evil:. Delaying a Ponting masterclass. NZ, collapse soon. We want to watch Ponting's fairy tale revival unfold.
Thambi Vettori Sundaram - get out soon tomorrow morning.
Yen yen :twisted:
I like vettori 8-)
OZ new crop of phast bowlers :shaking:Thank god we don't play any tests in Brisbane
But we play in Melbourne and Perth. Among the Fab-4(incl. Sehwag), atleast 1 is guaranteed a dented reputation after this tour. And if that is one or more of the Fab-3, they'll be forced to retire. :shaking:
^Brisbane has the worst of OZ conditions..ball swings like mad+cloud cover+rain spells..if we had played the first test here it would have been deja-vu Eng tour..Sach has not so good record here..our batting needs his spell of sunshine :-D
what was the score in last year's Ashes Test in Birsbane?
draw...Eng batted first and were bundled out for a paltry score..visiting teams always struggled here..we drew a match during 2004 series courtesy a 100 from Ganguly and rain
Was it the 517/1 match?
^nope this one http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashe...ch/428749.html
last time we played in Brisbane http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64059.html
Aakash chopra 36(135) :clap: we are missing a opener in the mould of Sanjay Bangar/Aakash overseas who could be a leech and frustrate the bowlers and dent the new ball..With Gambhir/Sehwag either it is 50/0 in 10 or both being dismissed in first 5 overs..crunch series for Gambhir :)
Yeah, either Gambhiram saayam veLukkum or he'll emerge a key post-apocalypto(or post-galactico) player. Rendungettanaa illaama irundhaa sari
Cricinfo during the ongoing test
"Well, Williamson handled Harbhajan really well in India last year, but he's looking a bit clueless now. " hahaha...handling a spinner is a bit different to handling a dart thrower" Pair point, Mitch.
Watto , Jhonson , Cummins lam nejamalumae injured ah illa are they protecting then for India series ...?
http://www.espncricinfo.com/australi...ry/543200.html
Ippo thaan itha padichaen. Cha Dravid will give him back nu nenachaen aana injury nu poitaanae :(
Afridi has taken his 7th 5 wickets in an innings today :shock: ... He is ranked fourth along with Mcgrath.. First three are Waqar, Lee and Murali ...:neutral:
30/2- Ponting on a rescue mission. I guess they've got to groom the younger guys around Ricky. Lot of Aussies against him but they'll realise they cannot do without him
Punter got his range back :2thumbsup:...India would do well to wear Weed's mask-arade to get under his skin.
Ponting nearing his pipty :shaking: Century adichuruvanaa? :roll:
Test runs-la Ponting-kkum Dravid-kkum evlO difference? :oops:
kwajamerikwaja nalla varuvaannu oru chinna nambikkai. poor feller, run out aaittaan. ippidiye mediocre scores vandhutrinchuna, teama-a vittu Otteervaanga. :(
From Cricinfo
Whether Indian fans keep talking about Indian cricket in a neutral game or not, trust Tony Greig to. This is getting very un-classy from Greigy.
"Whats Grieg saying?" I wouldn't want to give it credibility by repeating it here, Zzzap. But he seems to have a major anti-India chip on his shoulder, for a while now. Sad fall from grace
Right so Ponting's back. And this is where it gets messy for India - anguish: why couldn't it be England touring this year and india last year. Ask England to stop Ponting in this form :evil:.
veLakeNNai Newzealand bowlers......:mad: udhai vaangurathukkunnE aada varranga :evil: