Ippaid oru thyagiya! :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar
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Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar
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Ippaid oru thyagiya! :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar
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Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar
naanlaam perungaya dabbi moodi vechE veettukkulla cricket - yeah, yeah, periya mechanicalaakkum :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by crajkumar_be
idhai evan kandu pidichan... thamiz naadu muzhuvadhum paravi irukku :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
jujubi.. nan colgate pal podi moodi (red color) .. puliyan kottai... paper'ai suththi rubber band pOttu..Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
ippadi pala matter irukku
Best bowling memories - The ball to dravid in sennai test match.
Thanks to youtube, the one to croft in which he conducts a symphony with the cricket ball albeit given not out for a plum of a lbw.
Bowling thalaivar of a slow ball in that match in pakistan 04(??)
More later.
Honestu, nInga mekkanikal illa, periya thillalangadi!
And i should also add this one he almost got thalaivar out in that epic innings of 98 in south africa. Razzaq vaazgha :P.
chennai baasai .. enakku chennai la irunthu enga ooruku vantha pasanga thaan intha vaarthai ah kathu kuduthanunga ....Quote:
Originally Posted by HonestRaj
I guess you are mentioning the 1999 Chennai test Second innings in which Sachin scored 136.... Athulla thaan ithu nadakum....The umpire who denied Dravid's LBW was Steve Dunn..... Athe paradesi thaan Ganguly ku 1 pitch catch a out kuduthuduvaan....Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
The ball that dismissed Dravid in the second innings to me was the ball of the century.... The LBW appeal was an inswinger to Dravid which would pitch in line straighten and hit him in line which was absolutely plumb.... The next delivery would also pitch in line and Dravid would try to play it within the line with a straight bat but the ball will beat him swinging the other way clipping the outside part of the off stump.... Chance e illa..... Akram was also my favorite bowler....
Asian Test Championship la Dravid was dismissed by Shoiab Akthar and the very next ball he bowled Sachin with a Yorker...... Second innings layum Dravid was dismissed by Akthar if I remember right....and Sachin was runout in a controversial manner.... Steve bucknor thaan ithula villian....
Super Ball, nalla bounce aagum.... Exam times ball patrakurai vantha ithu romba uthavum, btw pad thaan bat....Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
Oh okay !Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalyasi
Here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFOjvZaXeQ8
Naanum lighta confuse aitten between ATC (Calcutta) and the Chennai test.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalyasi
:rotfl2: He is a notorious "out" umpire (pitched outside leg ku ellam out kuduppaan) aana inga maathi not out kuduthuttaan.Quote:
The umpire who denied Dravid's LBW was Steve Dunn..... Athe paradesi thaan Ganguly ku 1 pitch catch a out kuduthuduvaan....
"1 pitch catch" yeah :lol:
French cricket-la legitimate out'unga.Quote:
Originally Posted by crajkumar_be
Frech cricket! :lol: Ball-a adichitu, bat-ala iduppa suthuradhu thaane?Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
France-la appadi oru game irukka enna?
Yes. Plus...oru vattaththukkaLLayE vaazhkkaiQuote:
Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar
Charu Nivedita-vai thaan kEkkaNumQuote:
Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar
A rather funny game indeed. Got a bit curious and searched on the web.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cricket
Allan Donald about Wasin Akram in Cricinfo interview
Who were the fast bowlers you watched and wanted to be as a youngster?
When I started playing, the best fast bowler was Wasim Akram. He was the complete, most skillful fast bowler I ever saw and played against. On the flattest wicket in the world he swung it massively upfront. He was very clever, he was quick, and when the ball was old he was able to reverse it from both sides of the pitch. You just didn't know which way it was swinging. To execute that you needed unbelievable skills. You can talk about it, you can show it on the big screen, but "how the hell does he do it?" was a question on the lips always.
Did you ever ask Akram how he did it?
He simply said he had to work unbelievably hard. He would bowl a lot in the nets, deliberately rough up the ball - a skill learned from the great Imran Khan. He told me about how he experimented at the crease to understand the importance of angles. He would use both sides of the wicket simply so he didn't become predictable. Obviously he was hiding the ball a lot in his bowling stride, so you couldn't say which way it was going to swing. That is how it is: if you don't practise a skill you are not going to become very good at it.
Reverse swing is all about angles on the crease. You watch the very best - and again I use Akram's example. He would come from wide, come from close, come from wide round the crease and create horrible angles. The batsman facing him was aghast to see the ball come at him from his wide left arm and then suddenly swing away. So where he started and where he finished were completely different. And the release is more difficult to execute than anything else. You almost have to turn your body sideways to become a bit slingy. You have to almost drag the ball to make it go wide outside off stump and then bring it back in to hit middle and leg.
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The whole interview is quite good :thumbsup:
Rest in Peace Huma
Condolences to wasim akram and his family.
RIP Huma. Condolences to Wasim Akram :(
RIP Huma! :(
RIP :sad:
akram is my fav bowler...lefte may b the reason...cos i m 1 too...6 balls in an over wil b of 6 kinds....king of variations....best odi bowler ever
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/s...program=878580
ESPNCricinfo Legends of cricket - Wasim Akram. Some great videos.
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
this over made me his fan and watch his bowling/career with all interest :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXgnNNJOGOY
P.S: this is from infamous chennai test where sachin almost took us home :)
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
SIMON DOULL SAYS MATCH FIXING OVER NZ WIN OVER PAK IN 1994:
I guess there was a lot of no balls in that innings I think Wasim akram bowled about 12 no balls. There was a lot of short deliveries that seemed to give as free runs.
Former Judge of pakistan says he advised PCB and Govt of pakistan to probe wealth of cricketer especially Akram/Younis/Malik but as usual his advise was not taken seriously.
Wasim advising Indian Cricketers :lol:
regards
ramesh
Mods, would it be alright if this thread is used for Warnie?
Go ahead P_B. PM Prabhu Ram/NOV to change the title of this thread to include Warne's name :D
SHANE WARNE
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Bio-data :
Full name: Shane Keith Warne
Born: September 13, 1969, Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Current age: 41 years 12 days
Major teams: Australia, Hampshire, ICC World XI, Rajasthan Royals, Victoria
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Legbreak googly
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Record:
http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/co...ayer/8166.html
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Some high points of his career:
* He was chosen as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 1994.
* In 2000, Warne was named by a 100-member panel of experts as the fourth of five Wisden Cricketers of the Century. Warne received 27 votes, behind Sir Donald Bradman (100 votes), Sir Garfield Sobers (90 votes), and Sir Jack Hobbs (30 votes). Sir Viv Richards took the fifth place, with 25 votes. Warne was the only active cricketer to be placed in the top 10.
* Warne is one of the four Australian cricketers to have been named in "Richie Benaud's Greatest XI" in 2004. (Don Bradman, Dennis Lillee and Adam Gilchrist are the others).
* In 2005 he was named as winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality for his performance in the 2005 Ashes.
* In 1993, his first ball in England to bowl Gatting is called "Ball of the Century"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeLn8sEAKfE
* Was the Man of the Match in 1996 World Cup Semifinal, 1999 World Cup Semifinal and Final.
* First man to take 700 test wickets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDqn043XhQ8
His best wickets :thumbsup: My personal favourites are Strauss and Basit Ali as I watched them both live on TV. The Basit Ali dismissal was more gamesmanship than skill but it still is intriguing to watch :notworthy:
I was watching the match live on TV. Warne and Healy were discussing and discussing and took almost 5 minutes to bowl that last ball of the day (It was 1 pm and I was hungry :argh:). The commentators were saying that they would've been discussing on what dinner to have that night :rotfl: but would maintain that they planned the dismissal to perfection :lol:.Quote:
Originally Posted by satissh_r
By the time Warne eventually got around to bowl that ball, Basit Ali might have thought what the heck is he going to bowl? Ball of the century or what? Basit Ali being a decent player of spin, he got out only because of the theatricality around the ball. He was so nervous that he didn't move his feet at all to cover the ball :D.
PS: Sachin bowling Moin Khan with a googly on the last ball of the day is right up there :thumbsup:.
Strauss one here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw5_hLpcGEo
In fact they really did discuss that according to both Warne and Healy :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
http://www.sportstaronnet.com/tss270...1005800800.htm
One of my favorite articles on Warne. This came when he was making a comeback after being out of the game for a year in 2003.
OK now memories.
After watching the ball of the century in the news, I just brushed it aside as a fluke. The match which made me a fan was the 96 Semifinal.
Chasing a meagre 200 odd for victory, Lara was threatening to take the game away when Steve Waugh produced a peach to get him (IIRC from around the wicket, pitching on off stump and hitting the top of off stump). Even then Chaderpaul and Richardson put on a very strong partnership and WI needed 40 odd from last 10 overs.
McGrath got Chanderpaul to create a small opening. Richardson made the mistake of sending in pinch-hitters ahead of batsman to finish the game off. Enter Warne. He had a killer flipper those days which is almost unplayable for lower order batsman. His flipper to Bishop :notworthy:. Warne picked up 3 wickets in his 3 overs and Aus could sense victory. Ambrose and Walsh duly obliged to give Aussies the win.
Interesting tidbit: Richardson hit a full-blooded sweep shot which hit the hat of square leg umpire. Instead of getting 4 runs he got only 1 and lost the strike as well. What might have been :)
1999 World Cup. Another semifinal. Another magical performance from Warne.
This time SA were chasing a meagre 213 for a place in the final. Gibbs and Kirsten were off to a good start (40 odd in 10 overs). Aussies had it all to do and Steve Waugh turned to Warne. Some history here: Warne was not in the best of form prior to that. And Warne and Waugh were not in talking terms after Warne had been dropped in favour of MacGill in the just concluded WI test series. There were even talks of Warne announcing retirement.
Warne produced an absolutely magical delivery to dismiss Gibbs. Pitching outside leg, turning square and hitting the top of off stump. Warne shouting "come on come on" is still etched in my mind. He was instilling belief in his sagging teammates that a match is there to be won. Kirsten had a proper brain freeze (no wonder after seeing the Gibbs dismissal) when he attempted to slog/sweep Warne to square leg. The ball dipped and spun, Kirsten missed it completely and was bowled. Cronje (one of the best players of spin in SA team) promoted himself to tackle Warne. Warne got Cronje caught at slip apparently (it was off the boot clearly :noteeth:).
Kallis had put on a good partnership with Rhodes. SA needed about 40 runs from 6 overs when Warne was brought on as a last throw of the dice. Warne induced a mistake from Kallis with his dip and had him caught at cover. Again Aus could sense victory and with the courtesy of Donald, they snatched it (tie) from the jaws of defeat.
Warne is the best captain Australia never had. One particular incident comes to my mind.
Ponting was making a comeback after a 3 match ban for a drinking incident. Warne was captain for the ODI series at that time. In every match, Warne would give Ponting a few overs to bowl even though he was not too renowned for his bowling. When Warne was questioned on the logic behind giving a bowl to Ponting, he said: "I gave him a bowl just to make him feel part of the game. If he is fielding in the boundary, he is going to get heckled for his drinking incident. Instead it is better if he has a bowl and focuses only on the game." Warnie :notworthy: