hi quality phast bowling for the past 1/2 hour..whtya scrap :clap:
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hi quality phast bowling for the past 1/2 hour..whtya scrap :clap:
WI failing to make things count with a good batting wicket...Their consistency or the lack of it in their batting is clearly a perennial problem for them....At least they should call in Gayle for the next match..Sure this doesn't solve their problems considering Gayle is a hit or miss kind of a cricketer in tests. But it will give them that much needed impetus to go ad seize the advantage and can be demoralizing factor if he gets a good going.
And dont forget Sunil Narine. He is worth a go in tests imho.....
Samuels is batting brilliantly. :notworthy: He should carry on tomorrow as well to go past 200. Sammy should also get going with a century, then it will be wonderful contest to watch. Not less than 400 would be enough.
Couldn't watch the match unfortunately...Hope to catch the highlights....in anycase...Samuels...:clap: :clap: and Sammy :clap:
Sammy's got his hundred and that too with a streaky four....Guess it took him some time to realize his achievement...was a very unusual reaction from him...:lol:
Well Well Well!!! Wicket of a a no ball...Gonna cost them
England 259/2 at stumps with Strauss getting his second ton in consecutive matches and pietersen 72 not out...Strong reply from england....
61/6 :rotfl:
மனப்பால் குடிச்சவங்க எல்லாம் வரிசையா Queue கட்டி நிக்கணும் ஜக்கம்மா.
Seri... T20 overkill mudinji konjam test cricket paakalaana, match intha gathilla irukku....Sammy, Samuels -atleast take the match to two sessions....oru 100-150 runs aathu chasing kundunga paa....
Feey Yaar
Ingleend against "setha bambu" team :rotfl:
England dhAnga jeyikkum. nAn dhAn sonnEnE. idhu seththa pAmbu as FAramu says. Watch our mApla talends against uyiruLLa pAmbus Steyn, Philander, Kallis, Smith, Amla, Devill etc
"Another 50 runs could give England a few nervy moments" :lol2:
Crushed them.
I want innings defeat the next time.
Go into Basil D'Olivera roaring and rampaging.
Setha pamba adikirathila enna oru avEsam :lol2:Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
blasphemy..OZ attack also had Stuart Macgill who would have made it to most of the test sides at that time and not to forget OZ were never whitewashed in the subcontinent :mrgreen:Quote:
We should be saying our group is as good as them," Saker said. "You can compare them. The Australians were stand-out bowlers, a great group for a long time and they also had a world-class spinner. Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne in tandem were amazing, but I have seen some spells from Jimmy Anderson and Graeme Swann that have been just as good or better at times. It's important we don't forget the ability of Swanny when he comes in around the three quicks. That's really important.
"McGrath was the stand-out in that group but they had Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie and Andy Bichel, too: they were all fantastic bowlers. It's a bit like when Jimmy and Swann bowl together - it is not unlike McGrath and Warne at times. There is so much pressure on the batsmen.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/566645.html
Wizzy - England dhAnga jeyikkum
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/566743.html
Narine in for injured Roach....:thumbsup:...apiidiye Gaylelayum kootiittu vaanga paaa
how long before Narine is called for pelting by BskyB Commies..with his history I say Day 2 :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan
KP retires from ODIes :shock: Andy Flower/IPL effect?
:lol: @ Gangs
http://i49.tinypic.com/2lvqx4.jpg
England team'kku ODI aAdinA vERenna paNNa mudiyin... thAi nAttukku aAdummA nee... :lol2:Quote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
:lol: All is required is Narine running through the England line up and one guy starting it in commentary with Michael Vaughan following it up in twitterQuote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
Very surprised that Pietersen's retired from LOIs...Its not that he's been in poor form. Rather he was belting it out in the IPL....Will be sorely missed when England land up in SL for the T20 WC
ODI'la mattum thAnE retire aAgi irukkAr.. T20 WC aaduvApla..
Illa Raaja...he's retired from both with immediate effect....
http://http://www.espncricinfo.com/e...ry/566801.html
As per ECB contract if you are not available for ODI then you are ruled out for T20 also. Anyway wishes for his test career. The pace at which he was scoring test centuries was little threatening but appdiyae normal ku vantaan :).
KP should fake an injury and skip the series against Proteas and prove his worth to ECB :evil:
He retired from ODIs because the boar dkin dof made it clear to him that he wasnt in their ODI plans. Because o fthe cotnract, that meant he had to retire from T20s also. I guess Englan dhave an abundance of batsmen so they didnt need him in ODIs.
This should be a good lesson to aspiring south africans who want to settle in London and play for England - enna dhAn eNNaiya thEchukittu porandAlum, nee "avangaLLA" orutthan illappu. konjam form iRanginAlum thookkiduvAnga. idhukku thAi nAttulEyE avamanathai sagichukittirukkalAm.
Punch: thAi nAttai purakkaNiththu etthargaLukku thuNai pOgum ovvoru dhrogikkum idhu dhAn iRudhu nilai. Jonathan Trott, tera number bhi aayega. You just wait.
background music for KP- senjORRu kadan theerkkA sErAdha idam sErndhu vanjaththil veezhndhAyadA, Kevin, vanjagan Giles ClarkeadA...
Actually, Wizzy I have a better idea - KP should simply play for South Africa in the upcoming series. YOu say it is not possible - ofcourse it is possible. Eoin Morgan played for Ireland and England within a week. So did Ed Joyce. ICC rules must be examined by South African board and KP made an offer he cannot refuse. nAn indha ICC politicsla illAma pOyittEnE - indha England thiruttu payaluvagaLai kaNNula veralai vittu Atti iruppEn.
Better replace Smith with KP and play against England in England ;)
Suppose KP had been an Englishman who had defected to South Africa, England would have played this game and shocked the world by getting him to play for England in the upcoming series. They have the cunning and wherewithal to make it happen. Nobody else -not even Seenu mama - is in the same ball park as their cunning and nAdhArithanam.
Plum, KP and Andy are not in talking terms..should have seen this coming with KP being pulled up for a harmless comment on Nick Knight..KP got Chris Gayle to revere and emulate :lol2:
Deko Fee yaarQuote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Idhar aaU :yessir:
vaaganam on KP :lol:
:lol:Quote:
England have bent over backwards to accommodate Pietersen in 50-over cricket. They allowed him to open, which gives him the longest time to bat, and it appeared to spark in him a buzz for the game.
poi solradhulayum oru aLavu vENdAmA dA
ODI open paNRadhukku aaL illaama dhaan KP-ai open paNNa vachhAinga.
enga varaan paartheengaLA :lol2:Quote:
Has he moved on from England in the way that Chris Gayle moved away from the West Indies?
I don't know if he was forced. But as far as forcing someone to choose between a national team and IPL, you won't catch me objecting :noteeth:
Vaughanam is taking the piss...whilst IPL is on England play 3-5 home tests depending on the opposition..if KP really did want to shun Eng and play in IPL he could have retired from tests and be available 24/7..his decision to retire from odies was due to his recent ODI form and ECB/Andy being bossy resulted in him quitting from t-20s too.
Hmm he got back to back to hundreds against Pak, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
enna aachchu? I know the Nick Knight row? Anything else?Quote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
World Cup prachanai ellAm pazhaya matter.
P_R check his stats for last 3 years he was about to lose his test place due to his ODI form.
for more on the spat between KP/Andy
about the double standardsQuote:
The relationship between Pietersen and some of the England team management has not always been as warm as it might be. At the time that Pietersen was pushing for the removal of Peter Moores as England coach, he also wanted Flower removed as batting coach. It took time for Flower and Pietersen to build bridges, and as Steve James reveals in his new book The Plan, the ECB employed conflict-resolution consultants as part of the process. It had seemed that those scars had healed but it is sometimes hard to avoid the conclusion that there is one rule for Pietersen and another for other England players. Stuart Broad, for example, recently referred to unnamed members of the media as "liars" over Twitter and received no reprimand.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/566835.htmlQuote:
But the ECB stance is open to accusations of hypocrisy. Andrew Strauss, for example, was not obliged to "retire" from the ODI side when it became clear that he had no future in T20I cricket. Indeed, in April 2009, when announcing details of Strauss' omission from the World T20 side, Geoff Miller, the national selector, stated: "Andrew and the selectors believe his game is better suited to Test and ODI cricket, and it is for that reason he has not been selected in the preliminary 30-man squad for the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20. Andrew is focused on the Test and ODI formats of the game." If that can work for Strauss, why not Pietersen?The likes of Michael Lumb have been selected only for T20I cricket, while Alastair Cook, the ODI captain, and Jonathan Trott are among those not currently in the T20I side. Why the ECB can take a flexible approach to them and not Pietersen remains unclear. Their intransigence is reminiscent of that of the WICB towards Chris Gayle and Co. Nobody wins in such a situation. There must have been another way.
The difference, the ECB would state, is that Strauss, Lumb, Cook et al remained available for all formats. In truth, Strauss has not played another T20 game since March 2009, even at domestic level, but continued in the ODI team for another two years. He may never have announced his T20I retirement, but sometimes actions speak louder than words.
adhellAm theriyin. I am saying, it looked like he was looking up after his performance in UAE and then the test knocks in Lanka.Quote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
idhu sariyAna comparison illeengaLE. Availability is the problem. Regardless of the actions-words homily later in the article.Quote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
Anyway I don't actually have a problem if there is one standard for Strauss and another for Pietersen. All I am saying is, it has more to do with his IPLness than Kolpakness - as you and Plum are saying, illaiyA? Of course, idhu 'vanjikkappattai veLiyE irundha vandhavanE'-nu solRadhukku ungaLukku oru saans.
If you want to play IPL and thus want to opt out ODIs then sorry boss, you can't play T20s is what they are saying.
And mind ECB has more to lose, trying to defend the T20 title without KP. Yet they are going ahead - and the way I see it - to warn those who may be salivating at playing IPL at the expense of matches for England.
I have the same sentiments about all. Malinga mEla kooda enakku sandhEgam dhaan.
Regarding Malinga missing out on tests and playing IPL I will have to remark as Flower did when KP returned during the world cup, 'when someone is pain, you don't know what they are going through. You have to take their word for it'. :lol2: idhu naala dhaan ivanai enakku pudikkudhu :-)
^KP opinioned sometime ago that Odies are turning into be a farce and they ought to be scrapped and only T20/tests should be the way forward..may be his own non-performance in that format weighed in ;-)
on Strauss getting to chose I could only give you Plum's Pandaribai analogy..win-win situation for all involved :lol:
Malinga was a non-starter in tests even before IPL...can't remember Mali lasting a test series without a injury hiccup so him with his bruised knee choosing to prolong his career by playing limited overs is understandable more so with the kind of financial mess SLC is in.