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Indian Premier League 2014

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Sean Flynn

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Laxman Sivamarakrishnan must surely be the world's most BORING commentator. He looks and sounds like an accounts clerk on his day off.
 
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Jassy

Banned
Sean Flynn said:
Laxman Sivamarakrishnan must surely be the world's most BORING commentator. He looks and sounds like an accounts clerk on his day off.
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Russel Arnold is as bad as him. Many of the commentators around are horrible but what makes Arnold and Sivaramakrisnan boring is their extremely dull voice. Of course they talk crap too but the list of commentators that do is incredibly big.

The only saving grace in the IPL is Ian Bishop. Simon Doull is not too bad, but the rest are pathetic.
 
hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
hmmm, if both Corey Anderson and Rohit are going in early (which I think they both should), they need to make sure they convert. Mumbai perhaps a little unlucky that they both fell when they were set.
 
hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
Shri said:
The pitches have been boring. Not much turn or bounce and also a bit sticky. Worst kind.
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In comparison with the pitches from most of the other IPL seasons, these pitches have been some of the best, IMO. They haven't really turned much but a few of them have had decent pace and carry, and there's been swing about.
 
Arjun

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
RCB erred heavily by not opting for either Varun Aaron or Abu Nechim. Both were coming off good form (Aaron has had a great start to the tournament and was their highest wicket-taker, while Nechim had a great domestic OD/T20 season before the IPL) and would do better than Dinda. Ideally, they'll need both alongside Starc, Rampaul and Chahal. They will need their best bowling combination, to cover up for their incomplete batting resources (I can, at best, imagine Gayle-Kohli-ABD-Zol-Yuvraj-Taka), which they had not foreseen when they bid in this period's auction.

Mumbai Indians are missing a trick by excluding Santokie. Nearly two wickets a game in over 50 T20s, he should be in the starting lineup, alongside Malinga, Zaheer, Harbhajan and Pollard+Corey. Their bowling is rather weak, with Harbhajan being short of wickets and Pollard+Corey being short of wickets and economy. They may need to pack their top five with their all-rounders Pollard+Corey, or simply drop one of them for Ben Dunk. They'll need to make use of Apoorv Wankhede, who may not have the big scores just yet, but has an impressive strike rate, and also find ways to make Rayudu and Gautam useful. I have no idea why Pragyan Ojha is getting smashed all around without a wicket, because his T20 figures suggest otherwise. They'll have to find a way to fit in Pawan Suyal, who's decently fast- maybe ease out Zaheer to fit him in.

Anybody surprised at how fast Mohit Sharma has been clocked? He's let out a few over 140, while the one capable of it, Ishwar Pandey, has hit the high 130s at best.

Kolkata bring in Piyush Chawla for Vinay Kumar. Bizarre swap. Vinay had won them both games, while Chawla, handed the third to Delhi. They're up against Maxwell, Miller and Bailey. They can't win this. On the other hand, Kings XI have got their playing XI right.
 
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Sean Flynn

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Jassy said:
Russel Arnold is as bad as him. Many of the commentators around are horrible but what makes Arnold and Sivaramakrisnan boring is their extremely dull voice. Of course they talk crap too but the list of commentators that do is incredibly big.

The only saving grace in the IPL is Ian Bishop. Simon Doull is not too bad, but the rest are pathetic.
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Danny Morrison is errr....interesting (i think that is the word) to say the least.
 
karan316

karan316

State Vice-Captain
Johnson calling Narine a chucker after getting him bowled, SOUR GRAPES. Oh no, wait, we "sledge", that was all right.
 
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Jassy

Banned
Sean Flynn said:
Danny Morrison is errr....interesting (i think that is the word) to say the least.
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haha yeah. He talks a lot of crap and is utterly clueless a lot of the time, but you'd rather listen to him than Siva or Russel (not that that's saying much :D )
 
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Jassy

Banned
Mumbai's management or whoever is responsible for buying players are a bunch of clowns. They just randomly buy whoever is performing well at a certain point in time without any thought or strategy.

They gave away Maxwell and while no one could have foreseen what happened in Punjab's first 3 matches, to give him away and then buy Corey Anderson is stupidity of the highest order(cue a 50 ball 100 from him soon now). Just because he scored the fastest 100 they totally disregarded how poor he is against spin or how ordinary his bowling is.
 
social

social

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Unless there were other reasons for it (e.g. giving somebody else a hit), I found it strange that Smith was due to bat at 7 for Rajastan as he is probably their best batsman
 
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