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Infractions: 0/1 (10) | ![]() From the horses mouth. John Wright on his take on the Eng series. If anyone has a right to voice his opinion then its THIS man who probably was the best coach India ever had. A man who proved his ability by bringing about a change in the way we played our cricket. And carefully listen to what he has to say about the fab 4 and Yuvraj in particular. Tony Greg also mentions that "swing has brought the downfall of the OZ's". http://audiodata.cricinfo.com/db/MUL.../300/301.1.mp3 |
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Are you that short sighted? Australia hasn't lost a match to India in 3.5 yrs till the previous match. And you are whining about 1 win in a T20 cup? Come on, talk some sense diabloo. I suggest you liten to Tony Greg's commentary in the previous link I put up where he says Australia are bound to loose an odd match or a couple of matches here and there. But I don't see most of the teams beating them convincingly "over a period of time". Which IMO is the truth. The sooner you accept that the better. This is the reason for the dismal performances of our team if you ask me. One win throws all the poor performances out of the window. One win makes us forget everything. When the fans are happy that India won ONE match in the T20 against the Aussie while lost countless number of them in the last 3.5 yrs we are yet satisfied with that ONE match rather than wanting to improve the loss record and come closer to turning the tables around. Till this mentality exists our team will go nowhere. Last edited by mclaren1885 : 9th October 2007 at 12:00. |
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Why focus on their strengths (and glorify them) and our weaknesses? They are obvious enough - whats the point in debating them? Shouldnt we be doing the latter? Assuming that we want our national team (or BCCI Club team as v1p3r says, but they are our default national team) to win, that is. | |
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An even simpler solution. Bring him in instead of Gambhir. Sourav as Niranjan Shah has pointed out "doesn't suit the team composition". Once Sourav will go out again (for reasons only BCCI know) Sehwag will be back in the team as opener. The advantage is that he bats better (aggressive, fearless) than Gambhir who anyways scores a 50 once a decade. Btw, Gambhir averages 2.5, 28.25 & 8.50 in the last three series he has played which is totally unacceptable. Sehwag can also bowl, plus inspite of successive failure he has this trademark of striking prime form in a matter of seconds. And this brings fear to the bowling opposition. And if he gets going, there is no better treat to watch. So what you say? |
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I think all of us here should listen to the two commentary links I have put up. There is a lot to learn for us as fans from it. PS: Vododra will once again be a test of real fighting spirit we have. Last edited by mclaren1885 : 9th October 2007 at 12:30. | ||
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I saw a little bit of the highlights. The ball swings around, seams around and bounces more on the ptches in England/SA. You are acting as if only Tendulkar and Ganguly could have negotiated these conditions. This is just part of the media hype and will not fool those who can see through it. But have it your way. As far as I am concerned I would select Kaif and Karthik to open the batting in one-dayers. |
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Even in T20 why India went on to win was due to the fact that they didn't lose too many early wickets and that allowed the later half of the batting line up to open up their arms freely . But your points definitely keep us entertained so keep at it !! And as Suman said ... thank God you not a selector or we would have been in a worse situation . Amen .... | |
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1. ICC Champions trophy (a mini-world cup infact) where Indians have been runners-up & joint winners. 2. Runners up of a ODI WC as well. 3. Leveled Aus in Australia. 4. Beaten Australia in Sharjah. 5. Beaten Australia @ home soil. 6. Beaten Pakistan in Pakistan. All this IMO was achieved with the fab 4 playing. The day the future of Indian cricket achieves as many brilliant results I will stand up and applaud for them. Anything else, is pointless arguing with you. Quote:
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Tendjewberrymud. But then it looks like there's no escaping the media here in TBHP either. |
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