The Cricket Thread

kalpeshc · 19th December 2008, 11:56

Let's hope the law of averages catches up with the Wall in this innings !

kalpeshc · 19th December 2008, 14:28

Dravid finally has a 50 against his name - even though it came in more than 150 balls, it is okay as he came in when we were 6/1 and steadied the innings.

The Wall is back

diabloo · 19th December 2008, 14:34

Dravid, who earned the sobriquet 'The Wall', by facing the likes of Ambrose & Walsh, McGrath & Warne, Akram & Waqar, Donald & Pollock slams his 54th 50 against a lesser accomplished attack.

snaronikar · 19th December 2008, 14:43

OT: @ Diabloo: Welcome back & where were you? We sure missed you in this field err...forum.

Spitfire · 19th December 2008, 15:06

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Originally Posted by diabloo

"The Chennai test marked Sehwag’s unofficial coronation as the greatest Test batsman in contemporary cricket"

Sehwag's murderous assult on day 4 meant India had score just 256 on final day, which they did eventually.The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Opinion | Two little masters

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Originally Posted by diabloo

lesser accomplished attack.

Even Sehwag got the 83 and Tendulkar the 100 in the previous match(that was a batting track this isnt.. Sehwag went for duck today he went fishing instead of batting) against the same opposition no? That was also well err..... not so great huh?

PS: To all, i greatly admire Sehwag, the above post is for arguments sake.

diabloo · 19th December 2008, 15:11

I had lost the password for the forum. As soon as I recovered it, I logged in !

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Originally Posted by snaronikar

OT: @ Diabloo: Welcome back & where were you? We sure missed you in this field err...forum.

4th/5th day pitch vs 1 day pitch !!

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Originally Posted by Spitfire

Even Sehwag got the 83 and Tendulkar the 100 in the previous match against the same opposition no? That was also well err..... not so great huh?

Spitfire · 19th December 2008, 15:13

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Originally Posted by diabloo

4th/5th day pitch vs 1 day pitch !!

Chennai pitch got better by the 4th/5th day to bat on?

kalpeshc · 19th December 2008, 16:00

Dravid had his own demons to kill more than anything else. He would have struggled the same against a Malaysian under-19 attack. Nobody denies his class - he was just having some loose wiring in his brains lately.

snaronikar · 19th December 2008, 16:12

Ultimately, what matters is he scores a century or not...how many b@lls he faced does not matter now. Only the media will make a issue out of this. The problem with him lately was he was not able to hold on to his wicket or stood the ground. Now he has done this...he has to concentrate on scoring now. As always known, he is a slow starter and lets hope he will make good of this...

suman · 19th December 2008, 16:19

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Originally Posted by normally_crazy

@ diabloo - welcome back man.

Where were you ? We kinda missed you in here. And a very apt post too, for a comeback.

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Hahahahah!! And he starts again! Welcome back Diabloo!

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Originally Posted by snaronikar

OT: @ Diabloo: Welcome back & where were you? We sure missed you in this field err...forum.

+1 to all the above

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I had lost the password for the forum. As soon as I recovered it, I logged in !

Password lost for three & a half months

Are you sure someone on this forum didn't hide it

harry10 · 19th December 2008, 16:31

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Originally Posted by harry10

Somehow i have a gut feeling he will score in this test and first innings itself..

Am i glad the gut feeling was truecheers:
He is still batting on 65 and am hoping a century from him tommorow

diabloo · 19th December 2008, 18:53

According to this report, Dravid used squash ball to get out bad form & end his run drought

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According to his teammates, the veteran is contemplating using a squash ball inside his right batting glove, a cue picked up from former Aussie wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist.

Dravid brought a few squash balls to the nets on Wednesday afternoon but whether he used them during practice wasn't confirmed. "He's trying various things. It could be one of those. He hasn't talked to anybody about it," says a teammate.

ECM · 19th December 2008, 19:47

Total(1 wicket; 72 overs)179(2.48 runs per over)
Dravid is playing in old test match style,today most of teams score fast in test cricket,I dont blame him as he is running in a bad patch of his form but such slow scoring rate is not acceptable in any case,a personal inning he is playing and of no use to team of India.

Spitfire · 19th December 2008, 21:48

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slow scoring rate is not acceptable in any case,a personal inning he is playing and of no use to team of India.

Yeah he should have got a hundred off 101 balls and with that run rate he could have got a double century. Wow. He could have played for another 10 years then. Team India should play the T20 team in tests and one dayers too. I am at a loss why they dont. Do you know? Test ho ya T20 run hi to banana hai.. kyu?

ECM · 19th December 2008, 23:01

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Test ho ya T20 run hi to banana hai.. kyu?

Thik samje aap mere aka!Do check recent runs per over of most of top teams for last 1 year in test cricket and why they played so slow,are we 0-1 down in series?

19th December 2008, 11:56	#4726
kalpeshc BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 535 Thanked: 137 Times	Let's hope the law of averages catches up with the Wall in this innings !
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19th December 2008, 14:28	#4727
kalpeshc BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 535 Thanked: 137 Times	Dravid finally has a 50 against his name - even though it came in more than 150 balls, it is okay as he came in when we were 6/1 and steadied the innings. The Wall is back
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19th December 2008, 14:34	#4728
diabloo BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengalooru Posts: 1,480 Thanked: 17 Times	Dravid, who earned the sobriquet 'The Wall', by facing the likes of Ambrose & Walsh, McGrath & Warne, Akram & Waqar, Donald & Pollock slams his 54th 50 against a lesser accomplished attack. Last edited by diabloo : 19th December 2008 at 14:41.
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19th December 2008, 14:43	#4729
snaronikar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 2,845 Thanked: 29 Times View My Garage	OT: @ Diabloo: Welcome back & where were you? We sure missed you in this field err...forum.
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19th December 2008, 16:00	#4733
kalpeshc BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 535 Thanked: 137 Times	Dravid had his own demons to kill more than anything else. He would have struggled the same against a Malaysian under-19 attack. Nobody denies his class - he was just having some loose wiring in his brains lately.
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19th December 2008, 16:12	#4734
snaronikar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 2,845 Thanked: 29 Times View My Garage	Ultimately, what matters is he scores a century or not...how many b@lls he faced does not matter now. Only the media will make a issue out of this. The problem with him lately was he was not able to hold on to his wicket or stood the ground. Now he has done this...he has to concentrate on scoring now. As always known, he is a slow starter and lets hope he will make good of this...
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19th December 2008, 19:47	#4738
ECM BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Somewhere Posts: 226 Thanked: 15 Times	Total(1 wicket; 72 overs)179(2.48 runs per over) Dravid is playing in old test match style,today most of teams score fast in test cricket,I dont blame him as he is running in a bad patch of his form but such slow scoring rate is not acceptable in any case,a personal inning he is playing and of no use to team of India.
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