*Official* Indian Premier League 2012

[Stapel]

In which case 2-3 wickets ever game is mighty impressive.

If that's the case, he's earned that respect by being an outstanding bowler. Vettori has often been afforded the same when playing for NZ. And as the last guy said, taking 2-3 wickets a game is mightily impressive in that case.

Do you cheer up in summer Scaly?

Thanks for pointing out my post was really crappy .

Steyn simply is the best bowler around these days!

 

[Scaly piscine]

But on that pitch the longer Kallis stays regardless of what he is doing, Kolkata wins. Only way Chennai were going to win was if they got through him early.

Still Kolkata's champion all-rounder as well.

Nah. The pitch wasn't hard to stay in on, it was hard to score big on. You would much rather be 5 down with 6 an over needed than 1 down with 9 an over needed. The two fours Gambhir got at the end of Bravo's over (15th of the innings) were massive, as was the boundary in the penultimate over with a new batsman facing. KKR were very close to losing that game, Kallis' innings was not a good one.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

How come you afford to play Clarke (last T20 for Clarke was in 2010) and Samuels (can he get bat on spin bowling?) at the same team given also Ganguly in the top order? This batting line up of Pune is doomed to failure.

 

[Scaly piscine]

There's something quite comical about Ganguly running in about 40 yards with his flopping hair to bowl it at slow medium.

 

[GGG]

Michael Clark in for their second highest run scorer and the their highest last year. Did the team selection miss the average of 22 and SR of 108.85 part on Clarks CV?

 

[GGG]

Didn't he also say a few years back he doesn't care much for 20/20?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Michael Clark in for their second highest run scorer and the their highest last year. Did the team selection miss the average of 22 and SR of 108.85 part on Clarks CV?

Hmm I suppose that makes Bopara a poor man's Clarke.

Pune's innings on this stodgy pitch could be quite fun in a perverse sort of way.

 

[Stapel]

There's something quite comical about Ganguly running in about 40 yards with his flopping hair to bowl it at slow medium.

Running in, from my crap amateur cricket level point of view, is more about stability than about generating speed.

Maybe that's the case with a veteran part-time bowler too?

 

[Scaly piscine]

A good over for cricket, Samuels' chucks getting smacked about and getting Sangakkara back into some form.

 

[GGG]

And Parnel replaced Thomas O.o

 

[Dan]

Michael Clarke in for their second highest run scorer and the their highest last year. Did the team selection miss the average of 22 and SR of 108.85 part on Clarke's CV?

I think the more important point is Clarke's recent form - he's been utterly prolific for the past 12 months, and has stepped up his scoring rate dramatically.

He's more suited to T20 now than ever before (excluding ultra-young Clarke, I guess).

EDIT: Cameron White scoring runs? Christ the Pune bowling must be horrible. He hasn't been able to score a run in the past 8 months.

 

[Spark]

This is pretty funny, watching these pies get absolutely hammered.

Worth noting that Clarke has genuinely exploded at times in the last year, his last 70 runs in his last ODI came off like 40-50 balls or something

 

[GGG]

Experience is so over rated in this form, this Pune team is starting to remind me of Bangladesh in IPL.

 

[Spikey]

EDIT: Cameron White scoring runs? Christ the Pune bowling must be horrible. He hasn't been able to score a run in the past 8 months.

made a 50 two matches back tbf. he's back baby!


should have bowled smitteh and clarkeh tbh

 

[Spark]

made a 50 two matches back tbf. he's back baby!


should have bowled smitteh and clarkeh tbh

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****ing hell i forgot how apocalyptically dire nehra can be at the death

 

[GGG]

I think the more important point is Clarke's recent form - he's been utterly prolific for the past 12 months, and has stepped up his scoring rate dramatically.

He's more suited to T20 now than ever before (excluding ultra-young Clarke, I guess).

EDIT: Cameron White scoring runs? Christ the Pune bowling must be horrible. He hasn't been able to score a run in the past 8 months.

This is pretty funny, watching these pies get absolutely hammered.

Worth noting that Clarke has genuinely exploded at times in the last year, his last 70 runs in his last ODI came off like 40-50 balls or something

Fair enough, haven't be following his ODI form. Would of replaced Marlon Samuels with him though, dropped a Indian Batsman and brought in a Indian bowler.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hmm Deccan have more than tripled their halfway score and will have doubled their score after 14 overs when they reach 182.

 

[Jacknife]

Might end up jinxing Deccan but Pune look a really poor side on paper.

 

[Spark]

yeah they look terrible. the bowling is terribad. batting looks pretty poor without ryder as well.

 

[Jacknife]

Watch them chase down 186 now, with Clarke hitting a ton.