***Official*** IPL 2009

[Jono]

Yusuf Pathan is the definition of T20 specialist. Amazing hitting.

 

[Sanz]

What a leader Shane Warne is. Watching him during the Super Over was just inspiring and perhaps a lesson to anyone who wants to be a leader. His body language was simply amazing, not a hint of tension, everything under control. Not to forget the confidence in his players. First giving the ball to Kamran Khan and then sending Yusuf Pathan and Jadeja to bat. Simply amazing !!

Thanks to IPL we can see the great player at his best.

 

[biased indian]

does the runs/wickets in a super over contribute to the career stat ??

 

[Sanz]

Watching the highlights, Smith, That man is tall, Warne looks like a midget standing next to him.

 

[Goughy]

What a leader Shane Warne is. Watching him during the Super Over was just inspiring and perhaps a lesson to anyone who wants to be a leader. .

What is a 'Super Over'?

 

[pasag]

What is a 'Super Over'?

In the event of a tie each side faces an extra over.

 

[Briony]

Two good games. Kolkata should have won the second with Gangers holing out, while Chennai should have mown down that total the way they were going. Albertus let them down; he's paid for the big hitting but in the last two matches hasn't come to the fore.

 

[honestbharani]

I think he will hit his straps soon enough... What worries me is that Dhoni seems to think too much of Freddie as a batsman.. At the moment he should not be batting any higher than 7 in that batting order... Give me Albie and Badri over Freddie at any time... And they better pick up their bowling. Dhoni once again worryingly showing his lack of plan B... He has not been prepared to use his spinner and medium pacer (Murali and Joginder) when it has been shown that those are the types of bowlers who have had the most success in this IPL so far... Understand Freddie is not a quick scorer though. There is a world of difference between a big hitter and a quick scorer and one does not mean the other. Flintoff, in my time of watching him, plays a lot of dot balls initially before he can start hitting big and in T20, that means too much pressure when chasing on the batting partner...

 

[pasag]

I think he will hit his straps soon enough... What worries me is that Dhoni seems to think too much of Freddie as a batsman.. At the moment he should not be batting any higher than 7 in that batting order... Give me Albie and Badri over Freddie at any time... And they better pick up their bowling. Dhoni once again worryingly showing his lack of plan B... He has not been prepared to use his spinner and medium pacer (Murali and Joginder) when it has been shown that those are the types of bowlers who have had the most success in this IPL so far... Understand Freddie is not a quick scorer though. There is a world of difference between a big hitter and a quick scorer and one does not mean the other. Flintoff, in my time of watching him, plays a lot of dot balls initially before he can start hitting big and in T20, that means too much pressure when chasing on the batting partner...

All academic now - Cricinfo - Flintoff returns home to undergo surgery

 

[Briony]

All academic now - Cricinfo - Flintoff returns home to undergo surgery

Now who would have seen that coming?.

 

[honestbharani]

All academic now - Cricinfo - Flintoff returns home to undergo surgery

so they get to pick a replacement player?


Any good RSA all rounders left?

 

[Days of Grace]

Replace Freddy with Jimmy Franklin

 

[Sanz]

Chennai are too happy to offload that 1.5 million USD.

 

[duffer]

Hahaha Uthappa. Mongorrific.

 

[pasag]

I just don't understand the logic behind drafting Uthappa who has been on a downward spiral for ages now.

 

[duffer]

I just don't understand the logic behind drafting Uthappa who has been on a downward spiral for ages now.

He's from Bangalore and he's a "name" batsman. But yeah, was laughing my head off when we nabbed Zaheer for him.

 

[duffer]

Great dig by Bhogle, saying one of the balls travelled faster than the Force India cars. Ah, Mallya WAG.

 

[TT Boy]

Abdulla bowling himself out of South Africa's 20/20 WC squad. Been murdered so far...

 

[duffer]

Abdulla has no control from what this IPL has shown us.

 

[pasag]

He's from Bangalore and he's a "name" batsman. But yeah, was laughing my head off when we nabbed Zaheer for him.

It's madness really, there's no way a guy like Pankaj Singh is anywhere near Zaheer's quality even though Zaheer isn't the greatest T20 bowler in the world.

Good start, though Punjab really look thin.