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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Let me rephrase: what was the stated reason.
Like powerplay was supposed to make: middle overs interesting.
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:lol2:Quote:
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Let me rephrase: what was the stated reason.
Like powerplay was supposed to make: middle overs interesting.
^ Richardson's reasoning was that the ball was getting discolored/soft and the change up after the 34 was usually aiding reverse swing..whats make the new rule even more curious is that it comes during a time when Eng are set to tour subcontinent..things to ponder :neutral:
this it has to do with the quality of the ball used these days.
size vera chinnadhagite varudhu... adutthu golf ball dhan use pannuvanga...
Looks like the last day when I can say it: England is the best test team in the world.
No, I think you guys are safe for now. SA had to beat 3-0 to get the 1 rank.
Oh is it!
yaarO enakku wrong information kuduththirukkAnga.
What a sunny day!
Second test Nz first innings fall of wickets Fall of wickets 1-11 (Nicol, 5.2 ov), 2-44 (Guptill, 19.2 ov), 3-133 (McCullum, 48.3 ov), 4-133 (Taylor, 49.4 ov), 5-133 (Williamson, 50.5 ov), 6-133 (Vettori, 51.1 ov), 7-133 (Bracewell, 51.4 ov), 8-176 (van Wyk, 58.2 ov), 9-184 (Gillespie, 59.3 ov), 10-185 (Arnel, 61.2 ov)
:shock: ... Steyn and Philander what a combo ...
Use this link for further info. http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/match_z..._predictor.php
SA will lose 2 pts if NZ manages to draw the next game.
SA will lose 4 if NZ wins the next match.
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Originally Posted by P_R
Kamaan pudhusealaandhu.
Australiavai jeyichavanga dhaana dA neenga, ungaLaala mudiyin.
SriLankavai naanga pAththukkarOm (enna naanga paathukkaROm?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BdYf...96FUAAAAAAAAAA
Uploaded by kapurprem on Mar 17, 2012
A good exhibition of reverse swing bowling..
No wonder Lee is against the two new ball rule.
FAO - PR.
England boil over as Sri Lankan Perera refuses to walk in Colombo
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England opened their tour with a convincing victory by an innings and 15 runs against a Sri Lankan Board XI at the Premadasa Stadium.
However, the match was overshadowed by an ugly incident in Saturday's afternoon session which saw captain Andrew Strauss and several of his players involved in a heated row with both umpires and opposition batsman Dilruwan Perera.
It followed a passage of play which had seen Perera edge a James Anderson delivery to first slip.
To the naked eye, the catch looked good as Strauss dived forward to scoop the ball up into his hands.
Yet Perera, a 29-year-old off-spinner who has played four one-day internationals, insisted the ball had not carried and, after consultation between Sri Lankan umpires Ravindra Kottahachchi and Ravindra Wimalasiri, he was reprieved.
It led to an unsavoury confrontation involving England's players, led by Strauss, Perera and both umpires, which threatened to boil over. Anderson later admitted a valuable lesson has been learned about cricket in the subcontinent, where suffocating humidity and slow wickets can often see tempers rise in direct correlation with the temperature.
'It was just frustrating,' he said. 'With Straussy being the honest upstanding citizen that he is, he wouldn't lie about something like that. You have to take his word on it and the other slip and keeper thought he'd taken it, too.
'Add the heat into it and it was a good lesson for us. Situations like that are going to be hard to deal with in the Test matches and we have to deal with them well.
'You're working very hard to take wickets, and seamers aren't going to bowl a huge amount of overs in a spell, so when you get someone out, it is frustrating to have it taken away.
'We could have handled it better but I'm sure it's something we'll talk about.'
The argument, which took place with their opponents in a hopeless position on 63-7, shows how seriously England are taking these warm-up games before their two-Test series against Sri Lanka, which starts in Galle on Monday week.
It is also evidence of the burning desire among England's players to set the record straight following their humiliating 3-0 Test series whitewash against Pakistan in the UAE.
There were numerous positives to take from the Colombo game.
The runs of Alastair Cook, whose unbeaten 163 allowed England to declare on 303-8 overnight, and wickets yesterday for a previously out-of-sorts Graeme Swann were two, while Anderson finished with match figures of 7-40 as the Sri Lankan Board XI were bowled out for just 119 in 56.4 strength-sapping overs.
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Ennaa pechu pesareengada dei :lol2:
<Russle mode> defineaatly :lol:Quote:
Ennaa pechu pesareengada dei :lol2:
:oops:
I'd like to believe it would've been close and Strauss wasn't blatantly cheating. Else it runs counter to what we know of him.
Was the reprieve based on replays or 'benefit of doubt'. Looks like the latter.
edhuvA irundhaalum, thittappadaadhu. appuRam Pontingkum namakkum enna vidhyAsam.
oru vidhyAsamum illa.. ore kuttaiyil ooriya mattaigaldaneQuote:
Originally Posted by P_R
England indha maadhiri prachnai pannadhu kooda paravayillai. Veyil adhigam-nu Anderson-e sollittaan. Aana indha honest upstanding citizen-laam romba over :lol: Where was this honest upstanding Strauss when he nicked the ball to Dhoni in WC?
Nevaire. Gentlemanukkum convictukkum uLLa vidhyAsamnu pala varushamA maindain paNNittu varOm.Quote:
Originally Posted by mgb
Anderson: "It was unfortunate that Straussy's word was not taken"
Strauss: "What happened on the field today was unfortunate. I admit I was disappointed that my word wasn't taken. But I shouldn't've let the heat of the moment override me. We would like to put this behind us and look forward to the rest of the tour"
Flower: "In an environment without access to technology -the least of which is TV replay- the standing of the individual concerned tends to be a factor in the decisioning process, usually. We look forward to an improvement in our game and the standards, from here"
Pandradhai ellaam pannittu I shouldn't have done. The convicts are better because thjey don't pretend like this. England are naadharis. Sorry for the term. Naasookku naadharisnu solla vandhEn. IvangaLai ellaam gewndilmennu nambum innocentgaLai enna solla? They have been like this for centuries. Ippo gene mARIdumA? Duplicity, thy name is Englishman. An Englishman is fit onyl for treasons, cunning and strategems.
Flau, just to clarify, I was trying to say how they ought to have handled it.
Flower's usage of usually- eppadi nuzhaichchEn pArunga- Asians are abnormal and what they play is not usual, regular stuff.... i appadinnu ungaLai mAdhiri aaLunga solra mAdhiriyum irukkaNum; that's just you folks overreading-nu ennaippOla aaLunga solla mudiyiRa aLavukkum irukkum.
After almost 6 years :( :victory:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-ind...ch/540169.html
Swann says "I want to kill the batsman". Nalla kudumbathula poRandhavan ipdi pEsuvAnA. Let me call him the worst profanity in my book - Swann you you you you Englishman!
http://cricketingview.blogspot.in/20...l#comment-form - K Date nails it. Swann deserves punishment but won't get it. And we'll continue to pretend that the Anglo Saxons don't get preferential treatment. How stupid we can be!
How I wish for a 2-0 Innings + 200 defeats so that the world remembers the Asian debacle for a 100 yrs from now. :set things on fire:
maattikkara varaikkum ellaarum gentleman'than.. England'la gentleman'a irundhu thappu panni maatti convict aagi vandhavangadane australians ?Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Press release: in my considered opinion Swann ought to be pulled up for his statements in public. In the event of that not happening, it will add weight to the perceived laxity of disciplinary actions when English players are on the erring side.
Monty dropped for the 2nd practise match.. injury???
Rested
ok.. i hope they dont rest him for the test match as well and play swann ahead of monty
chamara silva 163 of 180 balls against a fullfledged england attack
paramu????
thalaila yarachum balamaa adichutangala?
England :lol:Quote:
Chamara Silva gives his wicket away on 162 - Finn sends him on his way with some chat and Silva just points to the scoreboard. Class
lol.... aana practice matches'la naama kooda decenta dhaan pannom...
paappom...
dharma adi confirmed 'nga :sigh2:
namma vaanguna alavu irukkadhunu nenakkiraen.
Vaanga FeeyarQuote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Unga kootaliya kaanOm :lol2:
looks like prior was keeping wickets without pad today due to heat...
first thing first, is it legal?
second, why r they takin such risks in practice games? an injury on the bone could easily keep the player out of service for 6 months right?
Any illusions England may have had over the enormity of their task in Sri Lanka were dispelled as Chamara Silva thumped a century on the first day of the warm-up match against a Development XI in Colombo.
Silva, who has played 11 Tests and 75 ODIs, forced England to toil throughout an unremitting day of heat and humidity, making 163 as the Development XI reached the close on 376 for 5 from 90 overs. England's bowlers, lacking the rested James Anderson and Monty Panesar, conceded four an over throughout the day and could find little encouragement in the pitch or the overhead conditions. So hot were the conditions that Matt Prior kept wicket without pads for long periods.
There was some positive news for England. Stuart Broad, who missed the first warm-up match with a sprained ankle, was declared fit to play and claimed two wickets in his first spell and one more shortly before the close although did say following the day's play that he felt some soreness after 15 overs.
Former Test batsman Malinda Warnapura fell to the fourth ball of the match, driving to mid-off, before Dilshan Munaweera was bowled in Broad's fifth over. Later he trapped Kushal Perera with the first delivery with the second new ball.
There was little further joy for England. Graeme Swann, Steven Finn and Samit Patel all conceded more than four an over as Silva, whose career high came when he made an unbeaten 152 against New Zealand in 2006 but has not played Test cricket since 2008, stuck 25 fours and a six. He added 151 for the third-wicket with Thilina Kandamby (64) and 93 for the fourth with Angelo Perera (61 not out).
England's spinners - Swann and Patel - endured a particularly tough day. The pair claimed just one wicket between them while conceding 185 in 39 overs, with Swann going wicketless while conceding over 100 in his 21 overs. Patel did, at least, enjoy one bright moment when he turned one out of the rough to bowl Kandamby, but Swann was taken for 25 in his first three overs while, later in the day, Perera hit him for two sixes.
Alastair Cook, who made a century in the first warm-up match, was also rested ahead of the first Test that begins in Galle on Monday, providing an opportunity for Patel and Ravi Bopara to stake their claims for the No. 6 spot.
Govinda gOvinda :rotfl:
Steve Davies: indha pad-ai vachchukittu ennappA paNradhu
MattPrior: uLLa vaangi veLiya viththura vENdiyadhu dhaan
SD: yEn?
MP:ada..adhai yaaruppA pOttukittu asingamA
SD:adhaane
pr, adhu serious question ya... know of any rules for using pads?
i am sure, the batsmen cannot play withou pads and its illegal... dono abt keepers.