General Cricket Discussion

[Fenil]

R.Ashwin! First man to pick a 5 for and follow it by a hundred since Jacques Kallis did in on 25th Oct 2002 against Bangladesh and is only the second Indian to achieve the feat after Polly Umrigar did it way back on 4th Apr 1962 against West Indies again.

What a career this man has had. A good ODI record, a World Cup early in the career and now this feat. Wow!

 

[VC the slogger]

Ya,that was a great innings.103 in 118 balls with 15 fours and 2 maximums.Ashwin is proving himself as an all-rounder in international level

 

[icyman]

On a flat Wankhede wicket ??? Let him score against the Aussies, that woudl test his mettle.

 

[sami ullah khan]

Ashwin did show class with the bat. None of his shots were slogs. He has got talent to bat well and contribute runs batting at 7 or even 6.

 

[angryangy]

Either way, he took 9 and got a hundred. Huge effort.

 

[aussie1st]

Mumbai and New South Wales news: Mumbai, New South Wales to play biennial T20 | India Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo

Good idea imo

Would have preferred one between T&T and NSW, they had a great thing going.

 

[icyman]

They should have a full tour instead of only one T20. Play a couple of 5 day first class matches. Then a couple of T20s and put in a tri-series with say T&T.

 

[Rohit Doshi]

India news: Tumour kept Yuvraj Singh battling non-malignant tumour | India Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo

Hope he gets well soon

 

[sami ullah khan]

I hope he gets up and going soon. This sort of thing can be really frightening for the patient and his family.

 

[Fenil]

I hope he gets up and going soon. This sort of thing can be really frightening for the patient and his family.

Thankfully, its not a tumor of cancer so he should be fine after a surgery I guess.

 

[ferg512]

Does anyone know whats happened to Thilan Thushara? SL are pretty light on fast bowlers atm this guy seemed to be going all right but now hasn't played for over a year?

 

[Radonx]

Does anyone know whats happened to Thilan Thushara? SL are pretty light on fast bowlers atm this guy seemed to be going all right but now hasn't played for over a year?

He got injured and after that he lost it.

I like the looks of Shaminda Eranga. Too bad he got injured. Would love to see him at South Africa.

 

[Fenil]

Irfan Pathan is highest wicket taker this season so far with bowling average of 16.16. Lets see if makes any impact on selectors' mind.

 

[swacker]

Sri Lanka news: Sri Lanka players to be paid next week, says sports minister | Sri Lanka Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo

I hope that explains why SL have been so abject recently. But I suspect not.

 

[puddleduck]

They've been poor because the man who took all of their wickets retired. Thought that was fairly obvious?