Sri Lanka in India

[ZoraxDoom]

So you also think it's acceptable to buy a stolen feed? We have another pathetic loser. I expected more of Zorax.

Actually I de-repped you on two reasons:

1)Firstly, as a mod, you have no right to call him a thief or a loser. What if we called you obnoxious, bossy, Mr. know-it-all? You wouldn't like that much would you. It is very offensive that you call people thiefs or a pathetic loser.

2)He didn't do it on purpose. What he heard was that this guy had a deal, not stealing. How can you know, for a fact, that he really was stealing anyways? Sai did it unknowinglly, doesn't make him a thief. Its like a 4 year old picking up something from someone's house-he didn't know it was wrong, does that still make him a thief?

 

[andrew_nixon]

Actually I de-repped you on two reasons:

1)Firstly, as a mod, you have no right to call him a thief or a loser. What if we called you obnoxious, bossy, Mr. know-it-all? You wouldn't like that much would you. It is very offensive that you call people thiefs or a pathetic loser.

2)He didn't do it on purpose. What he heard was that this guy had a deal, not stealing. How can you know, for a fact, that he really was stealing anyways? Sai did it unknowinglly, doesn't make him a thief. Its like a 4 year old picking up something from someone's house-he didn't know it was wrong, does that still make him a thief?

Ignorance is no defence. And it is a fact that he is stealing, or at the very least, is in reciept of stolen goods.

I have every right to call him a thief, as he is. And I have every right to call him a loser for being a thief. And I have every right to call you one for supporting him.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

He wasn't ignorant, he was mislead.

And according to the rules you and the other mods have set here, name calling or personal abusing of such sorts isn't allowed. You have your opinions, keep them to yourself. You aren't allowed to flame anyone here.

 

[jazz]

i read on bbc that sachin may be rested for the 3rd odi against sri lanka tomrrow

 

[Dhoni]

I don't think so because this series isn't done yet, Sri Lanka still can come back and win this 7 ODI series. India is leading by 2-0 but still 5 matches to go.

 

[SaiSrini]

No. Sachin is not rested. RP Singh and Gambhir are dropped from the 13. So Sachin is still in the final 13. May be if India win tomorrow, he might be rested for the 4th ODI but not tomorrow. Sri lanka still have lots of chances to bounce back. India wont be that careless to drop the best player of the series so soon

 

[cricket_lover]

True, it would be stupid to rest Sachin at this stage. We don't want another backlashing, from SriLanka this time.
Also, this article appeared in cricinfo, thought it will be great to share it.

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I am posting the whole article as well, i hope it is ok.


The saint

Greg Baum

His purity of technique and image make Tendulkar an icon with more than a touch of the divine.
The two keenest appreciations of Sachin Tendulkar were made from vantage points that could not have been more opposite to each other, and together serve as an incontrovertible cross-reference to his greatness. The first was Sir Donald Bradman's famous remark to his wife during the1996 World Cup that Tendulkar put him in mind of how he himself batted.

The second is the widespread understanding in the cricket community that match-fixers will not successfully get on with their crooked business until Tendulkar is out, and an anecdotal account of how Tendulkar once unwittingly ruined a fix by batting too blissfully well.

It must be understood that neither reflection would have been made lightly. Sir Donald was not given to hyperbole or glibness, but rather was precise in everything he did and said. Nor would the fixers have bothered with throwaway lines.

Together, these tributes convey immutable impressions of Tendulkar that accord with less quantifiable, more aesthetic understandings of the glory of his batsmanship, Here is a man capable of changing the course of any game. Here is a man incorruptible in the face of the venal temptations that so many of his peers could not resist. Outside the laws or outside the off stump, he could not be lured. Here is a man not susceptible to human failing in any endeavour, a man not so much invincible as invulnerable.

Here is a man whose name is synonymous with purity, of technique, philosophy and image. If Ian Botham can be seen as the Errol Flynn of cricket, or Viv Richards as the Martin Luther King, or Shane Warne as the Marilyn Monroe, or Muttiah Muralitharan as the hobbit, Tendulkar is surely the game's secular saint.

Right from the beginning, he appeared to be touched by divinity. He came among us as a boy-god, unannounced. He was 16 and was hit on the head in his first appearance, but neither flinched nor retreated a step. Nothing thenceforth could harm him, temporal or otherwise. He was short and stocky - like all the best - and mop-topped and guileless to behold. He has scarcely changed since.

Tendulkar was born with extravagant natural talent, but he was also driven and indefatigable. When a boy, he would bat from dawn to dusk, and even a little beyond. As with all the greats, he came not from another dimension, nor the mystical east, but from the nets. By such dedication, he came to understand intimately his own gift, and at length to lavish it upon others.



'Here is a man not susceptible to human failing in any endeavour, a man not so much invincible as invulnerable' ? Afp



His movements at the crease are small but exact. He said once that he did not believe in footwork for its conventional purpose, because the tempo of Test cricket did not permit a batsman the textbook indulgence of getting to the pitch of the ball. Rather, he thought of footwork as a means of balancing himself up at the crease so that each shot was hit just as he meant it. He scores predominantly through the off side, an unusual characteristic for such a heavy run-maker, but of course he can play every shot.

Tendulkar's method promotes an air of calm, reassurance and poise at the crease. Brian Lara's batting is characterised by explosion and violence, and Steve Waugh's by grim resolve, but Tendulkar's ways are timeless. His battles with Shane Warne, genius versus genius, have been for the ages. It is said that the common element to concepts of beauty among all peoples is symmetry, a balance between all the parts. So it is with Tendulkar's batting.

How easily he carries the hopes and takes responsibility for the well being of untold millions on that impossible subcontinent; in this, he is also divine. All eyes are upon him, day and night, but no scandal has attached itself, not in his private life nor in his cricket endeavours. Across the land, he is the little man on the big posters and hoardings, creating a kind of reverse Big Brother effect; he is not watching them, but they are watching him. Still he stands tall.

Sometimes petty criticism is made that he fails India in its hours of need, but it is not borne out by the figures, and besides, no one man could take upon his shoulders all of India's needy hours. Just 30, he has already made more than 50 international centuries.

When called upon, he also bowls intelligently, if sparingly. He is sure in the field. There is even about him, as there was about many saints, something of the ingenu. He is not a natural captain for the modern era because he can lead only by example. He does not have a charismatic presence in a cricket stadium, but rather fills it in a different way, as the one certainty in a sea of doubt. Batting is the most fraught of sporting pursuits because even for the best the end is only ever one ball away. Tendulkar seems to turn that verity upon itself.

As Tendulkar put Bradman in mind of himself, so he puts others in mind of Bradman. Once I was on a night train winding down from Simla to Kalka that stopped halfway for refreshments at a station lit by flaming torches. On a small television screen wreathed in cigarette smoke in the corner of the dining room Tendulkar was batting in a match in Mumbai. No one moved or spoke or looked away. The train was delayed by 20 minutes. Not until Tendulkar was out could the world resume its normal timetables and rhythms.

 

[Dhoni]

can't wait for the match. Hope India wins this one too. come on india!!!!

 

[SaiSrini]

The more India wins, the more the fear increases of it shows its vulnerability of inconsistency! I am more worried and fearful than I was before the first game!

Lets hope India wins!

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Ignorance is no defence. And it is a fact that he is stealing, or at the very least, is in reciept of stolen goods.

I have every right to call him a thief, as he is. And I have every right to call him a loser for being a thief. And I have every right to call you one for supporting him.

Dude, if Sai wants to he can watch whatever he wants, btw you are really bossy, your picking on people. I should be each induividuals right to do whatever they want. Thoughts are okay but you cant force the person to do something..

 

[pal]

No need to bring it up again. Sai can do anything he wants outside the forum, just no need to advertise it here.

 

[SaiSrini]

No need to bring it up again. Sai can do anything he wants outside the forum, just no need to advertise it here.

Sorry! I know that even praising the person who is dealing with stolen stuff is 'advertising'!

But in my case, I didnt know he was dealing with stolen stuff! I hope not to do it again!

 

[pal]

Advertising

1. The activity of attracting public attention to a product or business.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=advertising

I understand your second statement, so let's forget the incident.

 

[Dhoni]

I believe the team bat first will win this match. The captain should win the toss and bat first; 300 should be on the board. I hope India bat first then Sehwag and lil master give India a decent start. Come on India!!!

 

[UsmanCHADDA]

Sri Lanka have been playing really crap. Its as if Bangladesh is touring India.