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***Official*** India in Australia 2011/12

howardj

International Coach
In other news, chances of the T20 being free of rain are about as high as me kicking Miranda Kerr out of bed
higher than you getting her in there in the first place?

Oh well, if it's washed out, at least we won't have to hear Nicholas say "all the fun of the fare" all night.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Lol.

Harsha Bhogle in the post mortem after Adelaide said the FC cricket in India is too diluted and the standard isn't high enough. Said its many, many levels below international standard in general, and cited the Ranji Trophy final as an example of what's wrong in terms of mindset.

Obviously I don't watch it so I wouldn't know, but they were interesting comments.
You do have the Duleep Trophy but when players are picked from the national side via performances in U19 and IPL - the mindset becomes 'what's the point', along with the fact that IPL also pays a lot more than slaving away for days on end on hot days and flat wickets, it's a surprise you don't see people just flat out retiring from Ranji once they get an IPL contract.
 

Burgey

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higher than you getting her in there in the first place?

Oh well, if it's washed out, at least we won't have to hear Nicholas say "all the fun of the fare" all night.
My sources tell me you might be surprised.

Best wishes,

Orlando Burge.
:ph34r:
 

BoyBrumby

Englishman
I think that's why Ganguly was so successful as captain. He wasn't a great Test player either but Indians loved him because he was the first captain in history who was really hated by the opposition because he acted like an arrogant ass
You're selling Gavaskar short there, methinks.

Different MO to Ganguly, but certainly had his moments.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
You're selling Gavaskar short there, methinks.

Different MO to Ganguly, but certainly had his moments.
No, I'm not.

Now Gavaskar is hated, wasn't as much back then. Plus, he seemed petulant but for the wrong reasons - different to Ganguly. People liked Gavaskar because of his ability - they liked Ganguly because of his personality - because he didn't back off (opposite to literally walking off the field like Gavaskar).
 

Spikey

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what thread are we talking about the T20 in?


Weather clearing up. The women's game is on C9 too. Clashes with the canucks so i won't be paying too much attention but worth mentioning
 

benchmark00

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Tonight's commentary check list:

[ ] Michael Slater refers to T20 cricket as 'the rock & roll version of the game'
[ ] Mark Nicholas says 'all the fun of the fare'
[ ] Commentator mentions how the kids love this version
[ ] Commentator refers to the atmosphere as electric
 

Crazy Sam

International 12th Man
Tonight's commentary check list:

[ ] Michael Slater refers to T20 cricket as 'the rock & roll version of the game'
[ ] Mark Nicholas says 'all the fun of the fare'
[ ] Commentator mentions how the kids love this version
[ ] Commentator refers to the atmosphere as electric
[ ] Commentator refers to the pitch as a 'belter'
[ ] Mark Taylor has a blowout calling a six
[ ] Michael Slater says "There he goes" when a player hits a six
[ ] Mark Taylor says "He's going nicely" after a couple of boundaries are hit
 

Spikey

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a lot of brad hogg ****

Related: "We thought T20 would kill spinners but boy were we wrong"
 

ajdude

International Coach
Mark Nicholas goes with the emotionless "Now then..." at an LBW shout/when a ball is hit in the air/run out chance
 

Burgey

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what thread are we talking about the T20 in?


Weather clearing up. The women's game is on C9 too. Clashes with the canucks so i won't be paying too much attention but worth mentioning
This thread.

The CB series thread specifies it's for ODIs.

Does this look like an ODI to you, ****?
 

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