**Official** Indian Premier League 2013

[Jono]

Hodge has a cricket brain yes. But he does not have a brain. Fairly dumb.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hmmmmmm.

 

[Jono]

Malinga developing a serious habit of choking under pressure.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yes but he's not getting a fair shot at finishing games if he's coming in with a few balls left needing to hit 15 an over.

He's got a brain, he knows when to attack and when to calmly play himself in. RR lose nothing if he comes in with 8-10 overs to go, because the other guys coming in are gash and just eat up deliveries that Hodge could use to get in - and he's actually good enough to make it count.

Yeah exactly. There's nothing wrong having him as the designated finisher but he could finish more effectively coming in a bit earlier. No-one's saying he should bat top three but when he came out at #8 with four overs to go and they lost chasing it was ridiculous.

 

[Snippie27]

Oh my word that final spell of Malinga was absolutely hilarious!

Just such a pity that the spot-fixing saga does raise a few eyebrows at such displays...

 

[Jono]

57 run partnership. That's just ridiculous

 

[Jono]

Great over from Faulkner. Mumbai's have sucked balls from the 15th over onwards whilst both batting and bowling. They need a Harbhajan miracle with the bat lol.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Bloody Hodge choke to outdo Mumbai's epic choke.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Oh ffs you can't let them get a single like that when they need 2 off 3.

 

[Jono]

Hodge spending too much time telling the crowd to get pumped and not enough time taking match winning catches. What a douchebag.

 

[Daemon]

Gun win. We have a **** record against CSK in matches that count though so I don't expect much.

 

[SJS]

I was told last week that Royals will reach the second qualifier after defeating the Sunrisers. They will then meet MI and lose to them. MI will play CSK in the finals and will win it. All except the last have come true so far. The final bit might happen, just might, by default if rule 12.3 is exercised by the other team owners who have to decide in a meeting to be held on the morning of the Finals !!

Unlikely that the Franchisees will vote against CSK I think but one never knows. The rumours about some of the other Franchisees are stunning so they may act according to where they think their best interests lie rather than propriety consideration. In any event, it is amazing that we have to wait till the morning of the Finals to take a decision whether one of the Finalists should be thrown out. If this does not call for an emergency meeting what does ?

 

[social]

I was told last week that Royals will reach the second qualifier after defeating the Sunrisers. They will then meet MI and lose to them. MI will play CSK in the finals and will win it. All except the last have come true so far. The final bit might happen, just might, by default if rule 12.3 is exercised by the other team owners who have to decide in a meeting to be held on the morning of the Finals !!

Unlikely that the Franchisees will vote against CSK I think but one never knows. The rumours about some of the other Franchisees are stunning so they may act according to where they think their best interests lie rather than propriety consideration. In any event, it is amazing that we have to wait till the morning of the Finals to take a decision whether one of the Finalists should be thrown out. If this does not call for an emergency meeting what does ?

The IPL was recently valued at more than $3 billion

If the owners vote against CSK then many will assume that the whole thing is staged and its' value will drop accordingly

Cant see them cutting their own wrists tbh

 

[SJS]

The IPL was recently valued at more than $3 billion

If the owners vote against CSK then many will assume that the whole thing is staged and its' value will drop accordingly

Cant see them cutting their own wrists tbh

You are probably right.

By the way, the IPL valuations are a bit of a scam. The Franchisees have lost money in IPL overall. The valuation of individual Franchise is being disputed by them as in the case of Sahara recently who were made to take it for four times what the initial Franchisees had done. If BCCI was to try and sell Sahara's spot next year, it is likely to fetch a much lower sun this time. So these things have some complications to put it mildly

 

[Cevno]

Dammit Mumbai!

Choking again ?

 

[Daemon]

Yep. Not surprised at all. If they're going to lose I hope Chennai chase it down really quickly so I can go to bed.

 

[Cevno]

Pollard making bit of a fight of it at least.

Plus Harbhajan edging all around.

 

[Cevno]

Yeah, boi Pollard!!

148. Not bad though still CSK fav's.

 

[Daemon]

Those 4 dot balls at the end..imagine what Pollard could've done if he had faced those.

 

[Cevno]

Malinga!!