Training ground hero imo.Oram is always highly supported by captains...Even Dhoni backed him a lot in the IPL..
Oram played all the matches for Chennai in IPL even in bad form under dhoni
Training ground hero imo.Oram is always highly supported by captains...Even Dhoni backed him a lot in the IPL..
Oram played all the matches for Chennai in IPL even in bad form under dhoni
completely agree with your champs trophy statement, the selections make no sense.Just going back to the first game, I was a bit worried when I saw Vettori give Oram a big hug, especially with him being a selector and all now
And Oram sure does celebrate strangely, blasting the ball into the turf and dropping F-bombs.
Anyway, awesome bowling by Nathan. The selectors ****ed up by not including him in the Champions Trophy squad, should have been ahead of Patel or Diamanti.
In fact, they should have had N McCullum, Franklin and McGlashan ahead of Patel, Diamanti and Hopkins.
FFS.
yeah true. this was a historic occasion and the crappy commentators didn;t even know history was being made.Just watched highlights of the first Twenty20 game again - the commentators' inability to realise Oram had already taken a hatrick was unbelievable. Even the producers and CG/Graphics operators got in on the act with a "On A Hatrick" baseline message the ball after he'd already claimed the hatrick.
That's all well and good, but someone should have clicked by the end of Oram's final over at least - be it the commentary box full of former international cricketers or the TV channel's scorer. It's not rocket science.To be fair on them, a hatrick between overs is much more noticeable if the bowler takes 2 wickets at the end of one over, and then a wicket on the first ball of his next over.
It didn't help that Oram had a break between his 3rd and 4th overs as well.
****Why didn't Oram bowl?
Injured again = ffs.
Sure he's injured? Or are they protecting him and making sure he focuses on getting his batting sorted?Why didn't Oram bowl?
Injured again = ffs.
Sure, but we're in Sri Lanka, and the selectors have chosen 3 spinners in the squad which implies they are looking to pick someone to partner Vettori.We should play our best one day bowlers.
Patel was expensive in this warmup at the death when the Sri Lankan A team slogged out, his figures were near identical to McCullum (who was bowled out very very early) and his economy to Tuffey's before both bowled the death and were made to pay for it. The fact that Patel was bowled at the death here may indicate more where the selectors head is at than the end figures of the bowlers.Sure, but we're in Sri Lanka, and the selectors have chosen 3 spinners in the squad which implies they are looking to pick someone to partner Vettori.
With the selectors likely to follow that track, it's a question of who is going to do the best out of the bunch we have.
Patel didn't impress in the Tests, and was expensive in this warm-up. Keeping the run rate down is crucial in 50 overs and Nathan has at least done that in the two games he's played so far in SL.
As for overrating McCullum, I just said I hoped he'd get a century , which is (was) fair considering the situation.
And to be fair to everyone else, I don't think just me (so far) calling for Nathan ahead of Patel counts as people
(Unless you mean for the Champions Trophy?)
Athlai accusing people of losing sight of the big picture in a discussion involving Patel? Irony much?I like the bloke but people calling for him to come in instead of Patel are losing sight of the big picture.
The big picture is me and Patel in a hot tub Volters.Athlai accusing people of losing sight of the big picture in a discussion involving Patel? Irony much?