Cricket

[The Jackal]

sachin kicked some serious srilankan ass today. me loved it

You are not the only one.

wht say? will the form contibue for the indian team?

I think so now that dada isnt there.

[akhilis2cool]

sachin kicked some serious srilankan ass today. me loved it

You are not the only one.

wht say? will the form contibue for the indian team?

I think so now that dada isnt there.

yeah...i hope too that it lasts...hope greggy keeps them going

[Sachin Tendulkar"God of India"]

Sourav Ganguly not picked inspite of him proving his fitness. Some serious questions to be answered over the next few weeks by the Indian selectors

1. Where does this leave him ?

2. If Dravid manages to lead india to victory in both the ODI series will Ganguly still be the Test Captain?

If he was left out on form then he should not be in the test team either. He has been in poor form in Test series too.

Number 3 slot is vacant in the Indian ODI team, and an in form Ganguly will be the ideal choice.

Sachin,Sehwag,Sourav,Rahul,Yuvraj,Kaif..... should be indian top order ( ONLY IF GANGULY GETS INTO RUN MAKING MODE)

else number 3 is up the grabs and the best candidates in my opinion are Dinesh Mongia, Venugopal Rao(not sure about him), VVS Laxman....



The boldest decision in Indian Cricket History after Azharuddin's appointment as the captain of the Indian Team way back .

[Sachin]

Sachin Tendulkar is still the best batsman in the world, wat say ppl????

He is back and at his best....

I would prefer watching him bat over anything on earth....



Well here is a mini discussion

Is Lara better than Sachin????



I think both are greats in their own rights. Lara at his best can demolish any attack into submission not to say that Sachin cant. Lara somehow has that extra fizz maybe because he is a left hander and his high backlift makes him special to watch when he is on song.



Sachin whereas is all class. He is a textbook player with all the shots in the book and few shots of his own too. He scores without much fuss we might be tempted to say Lara is more attacking but Sachin scores quicker than Lara so he is a better allround batsman.

Bowlers fear Sachin every time they bowl to him but in Lara's case not on all days.

[CtrlAltDel]

IMO, ganguly shud be given a last chance in the next series, if not in this one. but he shud not replace dravid as the captain.

[akhilis2cool]

IMO, ganguly shud be given a last chance in the next series, if not in this one. but he shud not replace dravid as the captain.

that i am sure he'll get...

[akhilis2cool]

Mahendra Singh Dhoni ZINDABAAD

[spamtaneous]

india won

[HH]

Mahendra Singh Dhoni***** ZINDABAAD

*****


Anhoni Ko Honi Kar Di
Jo Dhonata Dhoni Kar Di
Pit Pit Pitayi Kar Win Kar Di
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Kamaal Kar Di!

[talky]

hey...wat a fantastic knock my mahendra singh dhoni....and 50 overs after keeping behind the wickets...he batted for nearly 46 overs...gr8 guy

[HH]

Hey CHAPPEL ... The Coach: Should I Cross Over To Tommy & Boys? For Kick Treatment By Me The Supreme "KICKER"! ... Below!

[talky]

hey...match today....hope india SWEEPS the lankans....

[HH]

hey...match today....hope india SWEEPS the lankans....

Hey "talky" ... First Greet Me ... !







Else You'll Be "kicky" ...

[akhilis2cool]

Way to go india!



4 games on the trot! Whats been most impressive is the way the younger players have performed. Indian team seems to be getting back to the kind of form they enjoyed just 2004.



Chalne Do!!

[talky]

hey...match today....hope india SWEEPS the lankans....

Hey "talky" ... First Greet Me ... !



Else You'll Be "kicky" ...

Greetings HH sar ...india has won

[talky]

Way to go india!

4 games on the trot! Whats been most impressive is the way the younger players have performed. Indian team seems to be getting back to the kind of form they enjoyed just 2004.

Chalne Do!!

Yeah akhil bhai...i say that india is really invincible or unbeatable wihtout ganguly..... Gr8 chases...i guess they can even chase 325 ...

[HH]

Hey "talky" ... First Greet Me ... !



Else You'll Be "kicky" ...

Greetings HH sar ...india has won *****

"I Am The Pick er Kick of Coaches ... ***** Smashing Kick-Off! ... eh eh eh ... ... You Must Agree: ... My Matches ALL ... "

[ycr007]

Did they win?



4-0 up?



Seems too good to be true

[talky]

Did they win?

4-0 up?

Seems too good to be true

hey ycr bhai...it's true and incredible...

[Sandeep]

Hey tcr007, are u a member of sportsforumz also?

[akhilis2cool]

Did they win?

4-0 up?

Seems too good to be true

aapis ke bahar aake duniya mein kya hora dekha karo kabhi

[spamtaneous]

Hey tcr007, are u a member of sportsforumz also?

ycr wont appreciate theis

[hatecric]

a bit funny....take it cool..

http://ko.offroadpakistan.com/writings/ ... icket.html

Cricket
Posted March 28, 2004 to Writings category.
The UK gave up on cricket a long time ago, but sadly this so called sport still persists in the Empire’s former colonies. Its a terribly elitist and clubby sport. For the British army officers posted to the middle of just about every forever back during the days of the Empire, cricket served a vital purpose. They could form their little cliques and clubs and spend whole days weeks just passing the time away. It can be argued that there is nothing like a mind numbingly boring and totally pointless activity to while away the times, and cricket fitted the bill so well that someone would have had to invent it during the days of the Empire if it hadn’t already existed.
Every now and then one of them would trundle up to the pitch to chuck a ball, and a guy from the other team would try to hit it. This was all secondary; they could have been throwing bats and trying to hit them with a ball, it would have made no difference. The main idea was not going bonkers and having something to talk about, and cricket did that brilliantly. When the natives came to stare and whispered amongst themselves about the mad englishmen, the englishmen could scoff at them for not understanding the game of cricket.
Cricket involved a set of rules and morals which were to be followed at all costs - else one could be cast out from the clique. ( ed: sounds similar to those teenage gangs one hears about these days ). There were quite a lot of them, along with a ton of silly names for just about everything else. Half the fielding positions start of with ‘Silly’ something or the other - evidently even back then someone realized how absurd the whole thing was.
In today’s day and age, where no one has the time to read a book or do even a quarter of the things they have to do any particular week, cricket is a throwback to an age and time long dead and buried.
Some of the Major Problems with Cricket:
There are twenty two men playing. At any given point only two of them are actually engaged in the proceedings. The rest are just standing around. That hardly qualifies it as a sport.
It’s excruciatingly slow and takes way too much time.
There’s not much physical exercise in cricket. See the first point. Despite cricket being Pakistan’s most popular sport (its a lazy sport for a lazier nation) the Pakistan Armed forces have banned cricket. Standing around on a field all day doesn’t make one fit. The dictionary definition of ‘sport’ includes the words ‘physical exertion’ for a reason. People who play actual sports gain from it. You can tell a soccer player - he’s bound to be fit. Cricket players no matter how much they play never get fit. Just look at the Pakistan team. The only reason the Australian team is fit because they play other sports to get fit.
It’s not a spectator sport. Watching a normal game of cricket is as exciting as watching paint dry. The Pakistan India Cricket Series was exciting, but that excitement had nothing to do with cricket.
It is the same damn thing over and over again. That’s true of many sports, but with cricket even more so. The slowness of the proceedings makes it that much more agonizing.
Cricket is not democratic. The better players enjoy themselves a lot more - as they bat longer without getting out, and also bowl more overs. The other players are shit out of luck. Other sports like basketball and soccer are a lot more democratic - even the worst player on the team is involved in the game. In street cricket at least half the team is just the support cast, and basically does nothing at all the entire match.
The rules are mind numbingly complex. Even professional cricket players after a lifetime of playing don’t fully understand them. See the Pakistan cricket team once again for many shining examples of this.
There’s a whole bunch of other reasons which I’ll post later.
not even cricket fans can justify cricket. Ask one about the virtues of cricket and they’ll be clean bowled

[ycr007]

Hey tcr007, are u a member of sportsforumz also?

ycr wont appreciate theis

as long as i don't get called as kcr or ysr





@Sandeep: Yeah. I am indeed a member of SportzForumz ( http://www.sportzforumz.com ), a Kewl forum for all things sports. Tho I am a bit irregular there ( Damn the SysAdmins ) I do check it out regularly.....

Am a regular in the F1 Section......



And for those of you like all kinda sports and would like to have loads of Discussions on your chosen sports...head over to SF......

[CtrlAltDel]

as long as i don't get called as kcr or ysr

:lol: 'YCR' seems to be a cross of 'KCR' and 'YSR'...