World Cricket II

[P_R]

Institutional Racism!

Samit Patel and the celebrated Ravi Bopara are Caucasians is it?

[mgb]

Monty-Swann vachchu naan ennellAm manakkOttai kattiyirukkEn.

Flower will not like a win where Monty performs and Swann flops.. especially just before the home series wherein there will be a slot for only one spinner

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Paneerselvam's Fielding Comedy has cost him his place in the squad!

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Samit Patel and the celebrated Ravi Bopara are Caucasians is it?

Naa oru kalagatha undaka ninaichen avLo thaan !


Was just Joking !

[Plum]

I wouldn't accuse England of racism in team selection. They'll choose anyone who does well for them. Yes, the standards expected may be stricter for Asian origin players but no more than the similar case with Southies in Indian setup or Victorians in Australia. Eventually, they'll tend to apply "greatest" tags only to their own but that's a different story. Selection for next match will always be focussed on who they think can win the match.

[P_R]

Flau did you see Kartikeya Date's post about the comedy match between India and Safrica: http://cricketingview.blogspot.in/20...-in-south.html

For the first time in 5551 international matches - Tests, ODIs and now T20s, a team has won a cricket match without taking a single wicket. It signals the extent to which T20 cricket has skewed the contest between bat and ball in favor of the bat.

To say that T20 games favor the bat more than longer forms of the game, is to merely point out an obvious outcome. A more interesting and less obvious aspect of shortened innings length, is that it reduces the intensity of the contest between bat and ball.

This is true if intensity is understood to depend on a concern for consequences - if the merit of the ball is to matter. Because the contest is so short, and because batting sides have 10 wickets to play with over 20 overs, they don't have to care about the merit of the ball. They would be fools to do so.

indha obvious point-ai thiruppi thiruppi thiruppi sollavENdi irukkudhu.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Paneerselvam in action

[littlemaster1982]

Param,

Will you stop twisting players' names please? Thanks

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Param,

Will you stop twisting players' names please? Thanks

Sareenga

BTW, Morgan is called Murugan by many here, just like that I was just having a bit of fun, will stop it as per your
Request!

[Plum]

India-SA T20 match nadandhudhA? . Hopefully they are ripping the golden duck apart with this kind of mindless scheduling. I regret thinking of ipl as harmless piece of fun. Engliskaaran kareettA dhan sonnaan - IPL is evil-nu. Engliskaaran vaazhga, England cricket team valarga. Post Sachin, Eng-Aus test series mattum dhaan pArka mudiyumnu nenaikkaREn.