*Official* Champions League Twenty20 2011

[Howe_zat]

Got to agree with Jake here. The only thing Pollard has in his favour as a batsman is that he has an impressive strike rate.

And I reckon there might be a few other domestic T20 bats to have managed that.

 

[weeman27bob]

And I reckon there might be a few other domestic T20 bats to have managed that.

His strike-rate is top drawer to be fair to him.

Top 5 T20 strike rates (30 innings minimum)

Sehwag - 162.64
Pollard - 162.63
Imran Nazir - 161.82
Yusuf Pathan - 157.67
Afridi - 157.46

 

[Daemon]

He's a complete myth and a hack. He's never done anything that any other international in the tournament hasn't done far more often before, and he's never done it against decent bowling or in internationals. He has a mediocre record for a domestic T20 player and a completely ****e one for anyone with international aspirations.

dude he's a bamf. Love him.

And that was some hilariously **** death bowling from Morkel and Bollinger.

 

[Cabinet96]

I have to admit when I saw the headline "Malinga powers Mumbai to close win" that's not what I had in my mind. Interesting result earlier, NSW v Cape Cobras. Was distraught when I saw Mumbai had won, then I realised they were playing CSK. Go the rest of the world. Oh and fail by the organises. Somerset playing KKR tomorrow and KKR are obviously going to win. Sods law?

 

[Jacknife]

Dhoni must have broke a mirror at the start of the England tour and he's paying for it.

I thought the game was done and dusted when Mumbai needed something like 12 rpo off the last 10 overs or whatever it was, then Malinga of all people came to the party, true story.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Dhoni must have broke a mirror at the start of the England tour and he's paying for it.

I thought the game was done and dusted when Mumbai needed something like 12 rpo off the last 10 overs or whatever it was, then Malinga of all people came to the party, true story.

Meh what's luck got to do with it?

He captained badly and he kept wicket badly - it was his fault they lost. He even somewhat admitted it in the interview, which is saying a lot coming from him.

 

[Jacknife]

Meh what's luck got to do with it?

He captained badly and he kept wicket badly - it was his fault they lost. He even somewhat admitted it in the interview, which is saying a lot coming from him.

Have you quoted the right person here because where the **** did I even mention the word luck? and where did I type anything to the contrary. Just a sarcastic comment at the start because he hasn't won a game since then.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Have you quoted the right person here because where the **** did I even mention the word luck? and where did I type anything to the contrary. Just a sarcastic comment at the start because he hasn't won a game since then.

Broken mirror = bad luck.

 

[Jacknife]

Broken mirror = bad luck.

Like I said it's a sarcastic comment you've taken literally, maybe I should use a few emoticons to make it clearer.

 

[Jono]

Malinga !!!

Chennai. They're Mussolini to Mumbai's Hitler.

edit: if anyone feels that this is an overly offensive comparison, I'd like to draw their attention to this former restaurant in Mumbai:

I wasn't offended, but an offensively named restaurant in Mumbai doesn't mean someone from Chennai or Mumbai can't be offended by you calling their teams Mussolini and Hitler tbh.

 

[Jacknife]

Chennai. They're Mussolini to Mumbai's Hitler.

edit: if anyone feels that this is an overly offensive comparison, I'd like to draw their attention to this former restaurant in Mumbai:

I wonder if they actually thought it was a cool idea at the time and I love the catch phrase 'from small bites to MEGA joys', very catchy.

 

[Daemon]

Meh what's luck got to do with it?

He captained badly and he kept wicket badly - it was his fault they lost. He even somewhat admitted it in the interview, which is saying a lot coming from him.

He made one bad decision which is only bad in hindsight; bowling Jakati ahead of Raina for which his reasoning was that the left armer would take the ball away from the right hand batters while Raina would allow them to slog with the spin. Besides that he dropped one chance to stump Malinga, but affected four dismissals in the rest of the game. He's just copping it for the team.

 

[Arjun]

I don't feel good about Mumbai Indians winning. It's neither Mumbai nor Indian. Cricinfo's shark posters call this team Mumbai Internationals. No Mumbai players, and except for Harbhajan, no frontline India players (no, I don't consider Rayudu as frontline) at all. Things have gone from bad to horrible. Indian teams have been trumped by overseas sides with few or no internationals, but instead of developing a domestic T20 base, they've just tried to up the number of internationals, and Mumbai actually got them. If Mumbai face Somerset or KKR at any stage, I hope Murali Kartik or Yusuf Pathan takes seven Mumbai International wickets.

The BCCI know nothing and don't care about T20, and it shows. They won't allow a single Indian player, even the ones not picked for India, to play in overseas leagues. On the other hand, they'll fight tooth and nail for overseas players in their IPL teams. Not so much because of glamour, or an international appeal, but because those teams seem to need them desperately. Like Indians shouldn't be good enough to play T20. Dross.

 

[weeman27bob]

I don't feel good about Mumbai Indians winning. It's neither Mumbai nor Indian. Cricinfo's shark posters call this team Mumbai Internationals. No Mumbai players, and except for Harbhajan, no frontline India players (no, I don't consider Rayudu as frontline) at all. Things have gone from bad to horrible. Indian teams have been trumped by overseas sides with few or no internationals, but instead of developing a domestic T20 base, they've just tried to up the number of internationals, and Mumbai actually got them. If Mumbai face Somerset or KKR at any stage, I hope Murali Kartik or Yusuf Pathan takes seven Mumbai International wickets.

The BCCI know nothing and don't care about T20, and it shows. They won't allow a single Indian player, even the ones not picked for India, to play in overseas leagues. On the other hand, they'll fight tooth and nail for overseas players in their IPL teams. Not so much because of glamour, or an international appeal, but because those teams seem to need them desperately. Like Indians shouldn't be good enough to play T20. Dross.

I mean, obviously what you're saying sounds fairly true, I'm not really sue you can claim this bit.

I mean, there can never be that many frontline players for one country, and there always going to be divided between the IPL franchises. So MI have Harbhajan, and Tendulkar is injured.(Not sure about Munaf, wether he counts or if he's injured). It's very difficult for each team to have four or five frontline Indian players.

 

[Arjun]

I mean, obviously what you're saying sounds fairly true, I'm not really sue you can claim this bit.

I mean, there can never be that many frontline players for one country, and there always going to be divided between the IPL franchises. So MI have Harbhajan, and Tendulkar is injured.(Not sure about Munaf, wether he counts or if he's injured). It's very difficult for each team to have four or five frontline Indian players.

I would expect Rohit and Munaf to make a bid to return, but Tendulkar won't, and Harbhajan shouldn't have been in this event, for his benefit, but honestly, there's a shortage of Indians in this team, reserves included. While missing Tendulkar, Rohit and Munaf was inevitable, it's left them forced to play a barely-fit Harbhajan. But five internationals (already four are too many) in this side won't win them too many fans in India, or even in Mumbai.

While that line was a long shot, like who's really frontline for India, I'm still peeved at the lack of Indian players in the frontline- the Indian look and feel of these teams is completely lost. NSW didn't need to sideline and ignore local talent. Nor did Somerset. Nor did South Australia or any South African side. Or T&T, or any Lankan/Kiwi side. Indian Premier League teams depend on overseas players to such an unhealthy extent, that all of them play every game as long as they're available, while several Indian top reserve players don't even get all of the games. We talk up Rahane, Pujara, Tiwary, Aaron, Umesh, what have you as an India prospect, but IPL teams don't give them a chance at all.

Rajasthan Royals, owned by a yesteryear actress trying hard to stay in the limelight, who knows little about Indian cricket, retained Warne and Watson, but let go of all their Indian players- who were seized by other IPL franchises for huge sums.

 

[Burgey]

Tait. Makes Johnson seem like a simple case study.

Just a weapon when he gets it right. What a rock, seriously.

 

[Scaly piscine]

He made one bad decision which is only bad in hindsight; bowling Jakati ahead of Raina for which his reasoning was that the left armer would take the ball away from the right hand batters while Raina would allow them to slog with the spin. Besides that he dropped one chance to stump Malinga, but affected four dismissals in the rest of the game. He's just copping it for the team.

He bowled Morkel for 3 overs. The guy is a part-timer who bowls in the 80s. If he was as effective as he is now but bowled at medium pace he'd get 1-2 overs and that's it. You have to adapt to the situation, Malinga occasionally hits a good shot straight, but it's mostly just slog at everything. You shouldn't be getting hit for 40 off 20 balls or whatever it is by someone like that.

Dhoni not only fluffed the stumping he coughed up byes from non-wides and wides alike. Those were crucial.

 

[Burgey]

This Ja Ja Binks bloke from SA hits them all right.

Meanwhile... Rashid. Not very good.

 

[Spark]

Tait

 

[SamSawnoff]

Tait

The other bowlers did ok.

Anybody know if Tom Cooper is much of a hitter? I thought he was a slowcoach in the world Cup. They could have tried Christian up the order.