General Cricket Discussion

[Gaurav_7]

Straight drive is my favourite shot, says Tendulkar - The Times of India

Ha ha, just look at all those comments at the end of an article. Just one poor series and wow, some of the Indian fans are great!

 

[AbhishekS]

IPL news: Kochi franchise terminated by BCCI | Cricket News | Indian Premier League | ESPN Cricinfo

9 team tournament from 2012.

 

[1iram1]

IPL news: Kochi franchise terminated by BCCI | Cricket News | Indian Premier League | ESPN Cricinfo

9 team tournament from 2012.

who cares. Its gonna keep on going down.

 

[War]

^ I remember reading at Cricinfo that Aamir was supposedly given an option by ICC tribunal to come out clean with a confession and act as witness against Asif and Salman Butt in exchange for lighter sentence. Aamir obviously refused the offer.

oh ok..

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BCCI Annual General Meeting: BCCI opposed to DRS once again | India Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo

UHHHHHHH these fools are at it again...

 

[Bevab]

The cat and mouse game starts over again.

 

[puddleduck]

I do like how hotspot was all good, until a couple of Indian batsman were given correctly (incorrectly depending on which side of the coin) out. Yet Hawk-eye, with a higher percentage of accuracy than HotSpot, was deemed by the Indian board to be lacking.

Sorry, but I hate the BCCI, such a corrupt bunch of twits.

 

[ferg512]

Australia news: Brad Haddin retires from Twenty20 internationals | Australia Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo

I don't even see why an announcement is needed for this kind of decision, you play about 5-6 T20Is a year. Maybe if he was retiring from all t20s (which we know won't happen!) or ODIs.

 

[teamindia]

What do you guys think about the 4 inning ODI format that seems to be making waves? Looks like something that needs to be tried. 20-39 overs are just so slow in ODI cricket.

 

[Themer]

What do you guys think about the 4 inning ODI format that seems to be making waves?

Making waves where? It was laughed at in Australia wasn't it?

 

[teamindia]

Making waves where? It was laughed at in Australia wasn't it?

ICC rejects Sachin's ODI revamp proposal: Cricketnext

 

[sifter132]

Making waves where? It was laughed at in Australia wasn't it?

Yes and no. The administrators didn't think it was stupid enough to try . The players didn't really see the need for it though and just saw it as a gimmick - same for the fans.

As I see it, it might be seen as a better idea in Asia where the toss can often have a huge effect. In Australia it generally doesn't matter, so the fairness aspect of split innings is lost.

 

[teamindia]

Yes and no. The administrators didn't think it was stupid enough to try . The players didn't really see the need for it though and just saw it as a gimmick - same for the fans.

As I see it, it might be seen as a better idea in Asia where the toss can often have a huge effect. In Australia it generally doesn't matter, so the fairness aspect of split innings is lost.

What are you talking about? Have you see most ODI wickets in Asia? Toss is as important as good bowling. The wicket is as flat as it gets.

 

[angryangy]

Obviously he's talking about things like dew.

The toss should really be less important than good bowling.

 

[1iram1]

Sidin Vadukut: Shoaib accuses, Dhoni excuses, Sachin writes | Page 2 | ESPN Cricinfo

Hilarious article this. This is my favourite part:

Crippled by an endless list of injuries the Mumbai Indians approached the CLT20 organisers for special concessions today. After hours of deliberation the executive committee agreed to let the Indians field the English national team for the remainder of the tournament. "This is a great day for my country," said Nelson Mandela.

 

[Sureshot]

On the future of ODI's. I'd like to see the 40over comp that we get in England tried at international level. I really like the format.