World Cricket II

[P_R]

<P_R>Eng/OZ/SA having veto seems natural but can't say the same about others</P_R> </discussion>

indha veto 'ngradhu ennadhu?
If all countries in the ICC vote in favour of one thing and Eng votes against it, Eng prevails is it?
If so, that seems very odd and is one tradition that can be gotten rid off for sure.

[P_R]

Ulagauthala ella countrykaaranukkum defined behaviour irukku adhai thaandi avan varavE koodaadhu. "Natural"A behave paNNanum - Prabhu Ram, 2012 copyright

abaaramaana puridhal Plum

I think you understand what I am saying but are just intent on presenting it in poor light to here.

You intentionally miss what I am saying about India -as a society - not having enough phoreners for it to make sense to have a team composed of them. andha context-la 'natural' nu use paNNEn. And you know and understand that very well.

Yet you channel your inner Ram Jethmalani and hang-on to the word to make these kinds of remarks. Kulakkalvi! really?

[P_R]

Visa Officer Prab Ramos: edhuukkudA? Spainla vEra endha thuRailayum Indian illaiyE? Idhukku mattum edhukku? Spainla neRaiya Indians coffee shopla work paNdradhuku, appuRam mAttu vaNdi OttaRadhukku adhukkellAm vandhappuRam nee DoctorA vandhA pOdhum.

To engage with the point, this IS the difference.
Your question is: "Why are you treating cricket as special? Why can't treat it like every other immigration?"
The answer is: "because I have got into my head that a team representing the nation, should looked like people drawn from it. Definitely not proportional representation (like the US track and field team may be nearly all black). But it would be odd to have a bunch of foreigner, who are pretty much in no other field, except that sport. Then it begins to sound like this IPL, BPL style club cricket teams.

avvaLO dhaam 'pA.

[P_R]

Spainla paravalA indians cricket aadattum. Appo nee engineerA pOnA, adhu naturalA irukkum. Dhideernu nee engineerA pOREngaradhu artificialA illai? Idhu epdi irukku? Muhahahahaha

Yep. The converse is not true. idhai naanE sonnEnE, neenga enna solRadhu? Reciprocity edhirpArkkureenga pOla. Unfortunately adhu anga illai.

[P_R]

And people tell me SA Imports haven't helped them much.

I guess someone, somewhere told you that. For I sure didn't.
On the contrary, I said KP is nothing like anything. It was not like a 'skill' was imbimbed by the team from KP.
Wizzy made the point about Trott's gumption - I am not sure I agree with him that that was trait that didn't exist earlier.

Earlier in my posts here I had given a bad example citing fielding. SA imports have definitely bolstered Eng batting.

KP and Trott are very good batsmen and have given the team a lot of strength. Of course this is true, illainnA vettikku avaingaLAi team-ai eduththu vachchuruppAingaLaakkum.

btw Flintoff silapala pattaiyai kiLappum knock-gaL aadi irukkAn enbadhai thaazhmaiyudan theriviththuk kOLgiREn.
The last test in the Basil D'Olivera where Tresco got a double hundred - and thus levelled the series (vaaganam captaincy), he made a 90 odd. Against Pollock, Ntini.
IIRC it was Stewart's last match, they put together the partnership that got them the lead and eventually the win.

The previous match, which they lost succumbing to Ntini excellence, Flintoff made a powerful century partnering with the tail.

And you are of course forgetting the knocks he played in your favourite series - the 2005 Ashes against Lee-Gillespie-Warnie.
Remember Edgbaston? They were some 60 for 6 when he smashed them back into the match to come back and bowl them to victory.

[P_R]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...w/12907076.cms

Hmmm...

[P_R]

Article by Derek Pringle about batsmen whining when they don't have the advantage

And one commentator there said:

So pitches that make ordinary bowlers look like demons are welcomed by Pringle? No surprise there.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/rankings...ge/211271.html

Aus new number 3 now. Vachukongada dei.

[littlemaster1982]

"Well, this will be your last Test."

Darren Sammy responds to Ricky Ponting's comment that Chris Gayle should be West Indies' captain, during a bit of on-field banter at the Dominica Test.

__________

Ponting

[Plum]

See, it is one thing to say that 'it suits my(feeyar)ls mental comfort to have foreigners not playiong for India" as against " they should legislate against such a thing". Or imply that it would be a great thing if this is banned even if England had to connive using cunning to get that done. Ends justify the means, eh? Adhu mollamaarithanam but kinthu en mindsetukku oththu pOgudhu so adhai naan support pandrennu sollunga. Appo Lemon soos kudichu indha debate-ai niruthikkuvom