English weathermen are predicting "Gayle Storm" from Jamaica to sweep the ODI :lol2:
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English weathermen are predicting "Gayle Storm" from Jamaica to sweep the ODI :lol2:
I hope the rain doesn't cause a draw.
I want a 3-0. raththam varaNum.
Heavy Rain Forecasted for all three consecutive days of playQuote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Feeyar - my EA Sports simulation results for Basil D Olivera pArunga
First Test
England won the toss and decided to bat first
Inns 1: England - 497 in 132.3 overs ( Strauss - 131, KP - 119, Bell - 108*). ( Steyn - 4/81, Tahir - 4/158)
Highlights: Cook got a snorter from Steyn and was bowled for 20(48), after a solid start by England despite nervy moments against Steyn. Trott was runout for 4. Bopara made an attractive 28(28) including 3 peaches of cover drives off Steyn. Bresnan - 23, Broad - 33, Swann - 22. KP made a run a ball century before attempting to bed in for a long innings only to lose patience and hole out. Strauss struggled initially agtainst Steyn but held on gamely until Day 1 evening, whence England finished at 348/6. Bell, assisted by the able all rounders, took the score to 497 post Lunch on Day 2. An uncharaestirically dour, unattractive innings by Bell which took 244 balls.
Inns 2: South Africa - 2 in 27.2 overs ( Extras - 2, Tahir - 0*). (Swann - 4/0, Pietersen - 3/0, Broad - 1/1, Anderson - 2/0)
Highlights: Broad and Andersen fired off the openers for nought before Kallis (o off 57 balls) and Rudolph (0 off 32 balls) fought bravely before succumbing to the wiles of The World's Best Spinner. A collapse followed with KP, buoyed by his sprightly innings, and the sight of his Saffer brethren, polishing the tail with tidy figures of 3/0( 3 wickets for zero runs).
Inns 3 : England - 111/4 decl in 21.4 overs ( KP - 42, Trott - 49)
Highlights: England decided to have some fun with the bat given the duration left in the match. Strauss and Cook fell early again, with Steyn once again trapping Cook in front. But KP and Trott decided to swing their bats and as both fell short of 50s, Strauss decided to declare and end Saffers' agony quickly
Inns 4: South Africa - 8 in 31.4 overs (Extra - 4, Amla - 2, de Villiers - 1, Steyn - 1*). ( Bresnan - 2/4, Broad - 1/2, Swann - 4/1, Pietersen - 3/0)
Highlihts: Broad cleaned up Smith off the second ball for the second time in the match, and Anderson induced a collapse with Kallis alone fighting a lone battle for a typically brave 0(32), making him the Saffer batsmen to face the highest number of balls in the match, albeit without scoring a single run. Smith, Kallis, Boucher, Petersen, Philander, de Lange and Rudolph all bagged a pair. Once again, KP polished off the tail.
Result: England won by 598 runs.
Man of the Match: KP, with 161 runs and 6 wickets for 0 runs in the match.
Innings 2: SA 2 in 27.2 Overs = Extras 2 and Broad 1 / 1 which means 3 runs, no? :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Illaiye - the extras were a no ball bowled by Broad and 1 leg bye. Kootti kazhichu pArunga
:lol: kuRumbu kuRumbu
innikkum escape aayittAn dA.
Too bad.
If it is a draw you may lose the ranking. Haha, what a poetic justice ;)
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Originally Posted by P_R
I don't think Eng loses ranking. They stay on par with SA going into Bd'O.
They lose ranking if they lose the match - unlikely.
They can rightfully get back to the lone number one if they win this match - looks like that can't happen either.
Three days. 'snatenaf.
The retards @ WICB are setting themselves up for a major phail by denying Narine match practice and then playing him in a test match.
Quota article on visitors by Guardian..trying to demystify Narine ;-)
www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jun/06/the-spin-email-sunil-narine
ECB dhaan 'nga force paNNi seyya vachchiruppAnga.
Harder to read than Ulysses with a hangover :lol:
I haven't seen him bowl.
The one that got Sachin was :shock:
^apparently he turned his offies much more before he got called for pelting and underwent a change in bowling action in OZ..now he has added the much maligned Sudoku panthu to the armory..from whatever I have seen he got all the tools..whether he got the test match temperament where the likes of Trott/Cook bore him to death remains to be seen...one thing is sure Shermanator is in for a test :-)
Second Test - Day 1
England won the toss and decided to bat first
Inns 1: England - 287 for 9 in 80 overs ( J Hildreth - 141* , Bresnan - 37, Anderson - 18*). ( Steyn - 7/87,)
Highlights:
Dale Steyn inspired a ferocious come back for South Africa, producing 3 unplayable deliveries to rock the top order and leave England reeling at 36/4. Cook continued his disappointing tour fending an early awkward bouncer from Steyn to Duminy at gully. Duminy had been brought in to strengthen the shaky batting lineup which was routed in the previous test by the World Champions.
Trott got a dynamite of an inswinger which passed his defence even before his brain wires read the message "snorter" from his cognition systems. He made 2. Pietersen gifted his wicket to the profligate de Lange, who along with Philander had been having a miserable tour in a country where they were expected to contribute to a champion Saffer attack.
A battling Strauss could not cheat death at the hands of Steyn this time, unlike the first test, and feel in the latter's 6th over, edging straight to the keeper. In walked Hildreth, making his debut in place of the silky but not so steely Bopara, whose England career now seems to be well and truly over.
He signalled his intentions with a fierce square cut off Steyn off his first ball. With Bell continuing in his dour, determined mode, the pair raised hopes with a fire-and-isabgol partnership, that took the score to 65, when Steyn produced another unplayable ball which Bell could only fend off to short leg , in the 10th over of his spell, in a piece of what could have been called inspirational captaincy by Smith, except that he ran his best bowler aground, and Steyn bowled the rest of his spells a shadow of his ferocious self, thus letting England escape to safety.
The rest of the Saffer bowlers continued to demonstrate the difference betwen a great bowling attack that their opponents are and the bowling attakc with one graet bowler that they are. Hildreth exploded with a 45 ball 50 by Lunch, ably supported by a battling Prior, who, after a quiet summer against Windies, and a blob in the first test, struggled but hung on to take England to Lunch at 126/5.
The first over post lunch saw Steyn come back with his breath partly restored, and he immediately struck, clean bowling Prior. 132/6.
It was at this juncture that England found the true reservoirs of their spirit, talent and greatness as in walked Bresnan, blunting a tiring Steyn with a straight bat and a stout heart. He protected Hildreth ably from Steyn, and Hildreth made hay at the other end. "It was like facing Australia at one end, and Ilford 2nd XI at another", he would paraphrase a famous statement from the past, later in the press conference, adding insult to Saffers' injury.
Hildreth gained in confidence, depositing Tahir for 3 straight sixes, and ferociously cutting and pulling the errant Philander and de Lange. Kallis bowled a few tight overs from the Steyn end, but was blunted by Bresnan who perhaps thought that he was facing the Ilford 2nd Xi from the same end he had faced the Ausralian attack a few minutes earlier.
England progressed serenely to 213/6 by Tea. Hildreth had to endure a nervous 20 minutes as he walked off at 99*
Post-Tea, Steyn came for his third spell, and once again, refreshed by the partial rest, struck with a vicious snorter, climbing even on the portly Bresnan. Bresnan could only swung wildly and depart caught and bowled by a roaring Steyn. An inspired Steyn produced the ball of the series to Broad next, taking his middle stump to the boundary, almost. A petulant Broad, however, referred the dismissal to the third umpire, and couldnt believe himself, when the OUT sign was flashed. His profane outburst that resulted, ofcourse, will not attract the match referee's attention, Nor should it, Broad is God.
After a couple of streaky boundaries, Swann fell to Tahir, stepping out and swiping at a leg break that actually turned, which seemed to surprise Swann. 238/9. Hildreth meanwhile had reached his debut century.
It looked like South Africa had eventually fought back and that England looked like folding up for 250. But then, they forgot who was the #11 batsman of England was. James Anderson, the regular nightwatchman of England, with a stellar history of stickin around inconveniently for the opponents. And stick around, he did, as Hildreth faced, for the first time in the match, the bulk of Steyn overs. To his credit, the young man survived a fierce spell, by the skin of his teeth, and managed to take England to 287/9 by the end., with the Saffers looking deflated.
Mike Selvey of Guardian hit the nail on the head, when he said that England could declare here and win the next 2-3 series by an innings without batting again.
End of Day 1
:shock: :shock:..:lol: @Hick v2.0 141*..neer Wisden'la vaelay seiya vendiya aal :bow:
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Who said that about whom? IIRC it was about the gap between Hadlee and the rest of NewZealand, right?
:lol:Quote:
Steyn produced the ball of the series to Broad next, taking his middle stump to the boundary, almost. A petulant Broad, however, referred the dismissal to the third umpire, and couldnt believe himself, when the OUT sign was flashed.
Wah!! :lol: absolutely brilliant...:bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
One comment had me in splits was this
"One of them was probably talking in Afrikaans."
:rotfl:
(Not ime to further report the match) but briefly, England extended their total to 360 and then bowled out Saffa for 28 followed by collapsing themselves to 68, in response to which they bundled Saffa for 2 again.
In the third test, KP made 406 and Trott 302 as Saffa piled up 791/5 decl. Trott and KP broke the partnership recor din Tests with 682, beating the 624 by Jaya and Sanga against Saffa. In the post day confernce, Smith, poiting the silver lining, said that he was happy that while the highest aprtnership in Test history earlier was against Saffa, now it had been achieved by 2 Saffas :)
Tino Best nearing his 50..Eng attack w/o Daisy :rotfl2:
Without Anderson-Broad Eng are so toothless
Samayakkaaran wasted a review
Holding :clap: for reprimanding Ramdin on air
pliss to bring in Narayanan
Yes, it was a very bad act from Ramdin. Not good for the sport of Cricket overall. Many youngsters nowadays lack in their attitude, more than cricket. Viv and Holding have every right to raise their concern, having raised WI to enormous heights in 70s and 80s and not seeing them the same today.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Test of character for maNi.
Let us see.
expectedly Sunil Narine phails to make any impact..Eng batsman look terribly uninterested in the match..gifted their wkts away..Bopara>>Bairstow
Windies :clap:
It looks like Lord Indra has granted Viking's wish! :lol2:
Windies > ( Saxons + Vikings + Victorians ) :lol2:
Too bad. A good chance of getting 3-0 was ruined back by rain.
Also goes to show the gap between Anderson-Broad and the rest of the English attack.
btw looks like I am wrong.
Even with 2-0 England rightfully claim their place as the ONLY team which is truly,madly, deeply the world number one.
This is what I want.
Kamaan thennAppirikkA.
Barbie is still under observation..doesn't have that aura of a great bowler :neutral:Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Tail killer
Plum, Ramdin fine paththi unga karuththu?
Barbie the enforcer eh? :-)
so yerkanavae precedence erukue..it took him best part of 3 yrs to come up with a note again :lol:
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Sammy even managed to bring his natural wit to calm down the controversy, saying Ramdin should bat with more notes in his pockets because Ramdin has had a piece of paper stored in his pocket each time he has scored a hundred, both of which have come against England. In 2009, at Bridgetown, when he scored his maiden Test century, he unfurled another piece of paper, listing three names: Ian Bishop, David Williams and Ramnaresh Sarwan. It was his vote of thanks for playing a big role in his performance. "His first hundred, a couple of years ago against England, he had a note. So probably he should bat with more notes in his pocket."
He should not have been fined, saxons make rules to suit them selves. :curse:Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
from #RamdinNotes
http://i48.tinypic.com/4vian8.jpg
wats that?
Muttiah Muralitharan wants T20 shake-up in England
Legendary Sri Lanka spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan has said England's Twenty20 format is lagging behind its worldwide equivalents.
Muralitharan, 40, who is in his second season with Gloucestershire, believes the English game would benefit from adopting the same franchise format used in the Indian Premier League.
"I think they need a big change," he told BBC Points West.
Muralitharan's T20 stats
•International level: Sri Lanka
•Previous clubs: Chennai Super Kings, Chittagong Kings, Gloucestershire, Kandurata, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Lancashire, Royal Challengers, Bangalore, Wellington
•Wickets: 139
•Runs: 2858
"They introduced it worldwide but now England is old-fashioned."
In its current format, 18 county sides - featuring a maximum of two overseas players - are split in to three groups and play 10 games before entering the knock-out stages - formed of the top two in the groups and the two best performing third places.
Since its inception in 2003, the game has been adapted worldwide, taking on several different guises.
The Indian Premier League - the biggest brand of 20 over cricket - is made up eight franchises and attracts cricket's biggest international names, worldwide TV rights packages and sponsorship deals - meaning a huge increase in revenue.
"They need to change and become franchised teams and each county would benefit financially," Muralitharan continued.
"If it happens like that it would be huge in England. I think the market is there, and the TV rights will come.
Other T20 formats
•Australia - Big Bash League
•Bangladesh - Bangladesh Premier League
•England - Friends Life t20
•India - Indian Premier League
•New Zealand - HRV Cup
•Pakistan - Faysal Bank T20 Cup
•South Africa - MiWay T20 Challenge
•Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka Premier League
•West Indies - Caribbean T20
•Zimbabwe - Stanbic Bank 20 Series
"Bangladesh launched it big and their crowds have been 30-40,000 for every match. Australia has merged into eight franchises rather than the teams so I think England should also do that and it could equal IPL."
Muralitharan starts his second spell with Gloucestershire on Thursday against local rivals Somerset, and believes merging the two counties to become a t20 franchise would be a good move.
"That would be good as they are close counties and they would benefit financially," he added.
"At the end of the day the public will see good cricket and enjoy it. Money will be spinning from the competition and they can sustain the other forms of the game within county cricket.
"It would be one of the best things to happen if they do that. It will make sure the competition is more successful than what it is now."