Well done Sri Lanka. If SL Manage to win the 3rd test they can knock off 6 points from SA.
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Well done Sri Lanka. If SL Manage to win the 3rd test they can knock off 6 points from SA.
Zree Lanka ku ivalavu support ah :roll:
Err..last time England effected an innings defeat with Cook scoring a century :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
It was one helluva series. One innings win for either side and England manages to draw two thrillers.
If England goes now, their performance will be even better.
Sangakkara : what a hundred :clap:
He was grinding his way though and then got in flow. Always a pleasure to watch him.
He played those love gentle cuts to third man. Not a cut (like the upar cut) but more like guiding the ball, it almost rolls off the blade.
Why Chandimal? HAPWku get-outA?
itharku annan Flau bathil Kooruvar :)Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
BTW, I agree with you about Sanga, he is great on the field and off the field!
did he ever get a pair earlier?Quote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
First pair in his career. :shock:
Kaaling :thumbsup:
moonju mEla Fernando bouncer pOttadhula lightA aadi pOyittaan pOla.
Nesst varuvaan paarunga
avgs 30 against SL :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by mgb
wizzy he played only 14 matches..
Adutha match-la paarunga...
Series win for SA at home is history now...
14 matches is more than enough to make an opinion.
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Originally Posted by 19thmay
neenga Kalliappa fan-a :lol2: I knew he had a abysmal record in Eng but can't fathom this stat...Murali effect?
Just observing/stating a fact. :)
thats a fair share.. even against india, pakistan and newzealand he has played similar number of matches but look at those averages 72, 67, 68Quote:
Originally Posted by 19thmay
That's quite a minnow bashing. 2 months earlier Robelinda2 compiled a video on how Kallis can't bat in England. It was very funny.
Explains why he doesn't command same respect as SRT and Ricky. Even Rahul is spoken of as lesser than him usually but has far stronger record against strong attacks.
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Originally Posted by 19thmay
oru nooru match veLayaadunadhukku appuram pEsuvamA?
Warnie the entertainer. Gilchrist and other fielders having a good time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMsL0...71FUAAAAAAABAA
why so much "kolai veri" againts kallis ? :roll: :huh:
Feeyaar, oru 100 umpiring decisions IndiakedhirA nadandhappuRam pEsuvOmA?
Say about 5 in favourof veLLaikaaranga and 5 against India in comparable circumstances would do to start.
btw just to be clear on the count, the no-ball yesterday doesn't count if the rule is indeed as stated by puLiyan :lol2:
Start counting from Dhoni no ball...
Adhellam pala thadava naan kettuten, no proper response.Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
Flau, Greg Baum yaar peththa piLLaiyO enakku theriyaadhu, here's a good article on DRS by him which you may like (though I don't agree about his "we should wait for perfection" conclusion)
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Ball-tracking is equally dubious. It ought not to be forgotten that it is a computer-generated graphic re-imagining the delivery, not replaying it. In a recent incident, ball-tracking and Hot Spot showed the same ball to be pitching in different places. What ball-tracking shows after the ball pitches is sometimes baffling to the instincts of all who have played or watched the game.
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Yet in a short time, the DRS has come to be accepted as infallible. This fits a tendency in all walks of life to devolve responsibility, if possible, to inanimate devices.
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None of this is to assert that there is no place for the DRS in cricket. But it is to agree with India - to the extent that the world is owed a better explanation than it has been given about the veracity of the DRS technology, and that it needs to be standardised if it is to be fair. I would add that cricket needs to wean itself off an almost infantile dependence. When skilful sportsmen, experienced umpires and impassioned fans are reduced to dwelling on a computer's imperfect guesstimate about whether more or less than half the ball would have hit leg stump, cricket becomes a cartoon.
Greg Baum - is angling for the cross-culture, great cricket writer mantle left vacant by Peter Roebuck. Remember the Indian newspaper contracts got by Roebuck after his Ponting article in 2008? Baum hasn't been extreme in the past but has shown typical Aussie jingoism on occasion. But ever since Roebuck's demise, one can see a conscious attempt to talk on behalf of India :lol:. Right now, for instance, Mahavishnu has turned to Ted Corbett to fill in for Reobuck. Ted used to be their overseas expert before Roebuck took that over. There are, as always, wheels within wheels. But of all Aussie writers, if I am asked to select one journalist to buy off to represnet India(bcci)'s view, he would be second choice behind Haigh. Haigh is a true-blue Aussie patriot, not easily swayed by Indian money(he is well compensated by Murdoch) so I am ok to settle for Baum :)
idhai siknAture-AvE neenga vachchukkalaam :lol2:Quote:
There are, as always, wheels within wheels.
tyfical jingoisamA...hmm...
Ted Corbett used to cover only England, no? Understated sense of humour, but directed a lot against England. Of course, he was prolific during the disastrous Atherton reign (when there was more dependence on him) and they gave him enough material to rib. But, pleasant reading apart he never had anything too insightful to say. Roebuck was much too pro-India for my liking, but invariably had something interesting to say.
Baum - mind-la vachchugaREn...
Yeah, Ted. It is a sign of changing times that his curtain-raiser for this series is something to the effect of "this is a battle for second place. England are way ahead". That's fine, Ted, but don't you think that is a tad harsh on the eternal chokers from the souther shores of Africa? Or is it?
3rd Test of SA vs SL start's right after our first day's Play. Camaannnn SL. Meanwhile, Ingilaandhu is preparing it's first title defense against old foes Pakistan. Another Rakhta charithra waiting to explode starting Jan 17th.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTU...800/140811.jpg
http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan...es/531615.html
The irony,The tragedy and.. :lol:
ICC Comb XI v England XI at Dubai (GCA)
Jan 7-9, 2012 (10:00 local | 06:00 GMT | 11:30 IST)
TM Dilshan*, HDRL Thirimanne, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, AD Mathews, LD Chandimal†, NLTC Perera, HMRKB Herath, UWMBCA Welegedara, KTGD Prasad
Smith, Petersen, HM Amla, JH Kallis, AB de Villiers, JA Rudolph, MV Boucher†, DW Steyn, M Morkel, Imran Tahir, VD Philander
SA 6/0 (2.1 0vers)
http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-af...ch/514034.html
Inga kindal adichadhu Kallis'kku kettuducha enna?. SA 135/2 @ lunch. Kallis 45 off 37 balls with 8 fours.
:lol: @David Lloyd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTpB3...eature=related
How many batsman can bounce back from a pair to 150+ score? Kindal panradhu romba easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
against SL thaane? yaar venaalum adikkalam :lol2:
SL-ta low average-nu solreenga..century potta SL-ku against-a thaanenu solreenga :lol2:
Btw now 176*
What do you expect me to say?. He is still a minnow basher. Avan avan oorula ellarumae thandal kaaran than.
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Originally Posted by 19thmay
Please check the stat before you say minnow basher
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/eng...;type=allround
All are away matches. Except England check the averages.
What next?
His avg against Australia is past 40 since the greats have retired. I've seen many Aussie fans ridicule the crap out of him for his inability to play against Warne and fellow quicks Lee and Mcgrath. When in top form against Australia from (1999-07) Kaaliappar onnume adichadhu illa. His overall average during that period (refer this cricinfo piece) is a modest 38 as against his whole average 55. And compare those with the greats like Tendulkar and Lara?. Best players are somebody who consistently play well when your whole team fails. In that case I consider only two people./ . Lara, tendulkar and steve waugh. Even Ponting doesn't make that cut in my books.
Averages 50+ against India, NZ, WI and Pak. Wow some great bowling sides here :lol:
Adhu enna except England. Look at this video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMVDa_ya_f4 and make your own decisions. Even this year SA are touring England. Let's see what he does.
:clap: Kallis for the double ton!
Has a very good chance to get triple also or perhaps aim for 400*
Kallis-aa, Clarke-aa, who can breach the 400 mark? Indha maadhiri innoru mokkai bowling attack rendu pErukkumE kidaikkaadhu, come on!