World Cricket II

[ajithfederer]

Sending out Pietersen is a loss for England only. Orae oru Vengala Kinnam(2010 World T-20) Vandhadhe avanala than.

[VinodKumar's]

THisara Perera hatrick against pakistan ... 1 over 4 wickets 0 runs when pakistan needed 68 from 56 balls ... Only Pakistan possible

[Arvind Srinivasan]

All the wickets in the hattrick were from poor shots...Pakistan should have gotten home comfortably if they had played sensibly... Just Abysmal cricket

[satissh_r]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cri...r-Hussain.html

Sir Viv's interview with Nasser, good read

[P_R]

The questions reveal a lot about usanbhai no?

On the Denesh Ramdin kostin he seemed to be saying: indha matter-la unga total reaction ivvaLO dhaanA

Viv

[wizzy]

Viv: No, no. He’s not in my weight class.

Nass could have digged more on the race angle which was a touchy subject then...when Tony Greig triggered it he took his game to different level...wish they released the 'Fire in Babylon' in theaters here

[Arvind Srinivasan]

Pakistan losing it ....Mathews playing beautifully

[Death Note]

RIP Tom Maynard, Surrey County player and a future England hopeful. Died today in unfortunate circumstances. My condolences to his family and friends.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18492564

[PARAMASHIVAN]

RIP Tom Maynard, Surrey County player and a future England hopeful. Died today in unfortunate circumstances. My condolences to his family and friends.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18492564

I think it was suicide! He was hit by District line tube, as you know there is no Railway crossings for underground train. SO it has to be suicide

[wizzy]

Telegraph profiles Seenu maama

At a recent count Srinivasan sat on more than 70 boards, not least the ICC’s executive board – the biggest decision-making board in cricket – as India’s president. How does he find the time? Simple. Everybody comes to him.

When the ICC’s constitution committee had to meet, they went to Chennai. This year’s IPL final was staged in Chennai. Last year’s IPL final was staged in Chennai. The last Champions League final was staged in, of all places, Chennai. Yes, we are talking about the most powerful person in cricket.

edhu eppo..thot it was BCCI who were not keen on int. t-20s

Haroon Lorgat used to own that title. As the ICC’s chief executive, he kept India at bay, emphasised the importance of Test cricket and stopped T20 taking over the world.

can't remember BCCI ever asking for a IPL window

Now, into the vacuum created by Lorgat’s departure from the ICC, Srinivasan is about to step. As the president of the Indian board, he will have the most influential voice in selecting the first ICC chairman, after the split between a president who waves the flag and a chairman who makes the decisions.

Should he himself be the first ICC chairman, or someone he can trust, someone who will give the IPL a seven-week window in the international calendar, unlike Lorgat? Then along comes this spot of bother, which might be related to the fact that the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, which Srinivasan has backed for years, is now in opposition.

low blow

It doesn’t end there. A family feud is erupting. Srinivasan, who is 67, has a son, Ashwin, 43, who recently told a Mumbai newspaper that he is gay and claimed that he has been subject to ‘constant mental and physical torture’ by his father.

Ashwin was arrested last month after a late-night bar-room brawl in Mumbai and detained overnight. He alleges this arrest, followed by police harassment, was arranged by his father. He is rumoured to have secrets to reveal that will launder the family’s dirty linen in public…

Bad timing, indeed. In a cold June in England, however, we do need something to divert us from all the rain.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cri...erful-man.html