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  1. Lions81

    India cancel Bangaldesh series

  2. Lions81

    India cancel Bangaldesh series

    The West Indies did not tour India to be nice or to help India develop or because of committments. The West Indies toured because of the high touring fees.
  3. Lions81

    India cancel Bangaldesh series

    No, stop. The Bangladesh tour has nothing to do with ICC's Ten year Plan. It's not on it, so let's not continue to let people think it ever was. And regards to how Bangladesh are supposed to develop. Well being destroyed by India isn't how they are going to become better. If that was the...
  4. Lions81

    High time ICC have a check on the umpires

    Haha, I took a wild guess. :P
  5. Lions81

    High time ICC have a check on the umpires

    Well now we are entering new territory here on cricketweb, questioning the journalistic integrity of Wisden writers. I think you should be cautious about such allegations. Amit Varma is not some little eight-year old placing unfounded rumors into stories. He is a veteran writer who has covered...
  6. Lions81

    India cancel Bangaldesh series

    I'd much rather see ODIs between India and Pakistan and Australia then any tests between India and Bangladesh? How can you say otherwise? The ODIs would be competitive (ok fair enough if you claim India can't beat Australia which is true) but the Tests would be one-sided affair which would...
  7. Lions81

    India cancel Bangaldesh series

    Yes, the ICC ten-year plan is the only instance of when the ICC dictates touring terms, and as I stated in my earlier post, India touring Bangladesh is NOT part of the plan. This is plain as day on the ICC website. In other words, this tour has absolutely nothing to do with the ICC ten year...
  8. Lions81

    *Official* India in Pakistan Thread

    This is ridiculous. How stupid is Rahul Dravid.
  9. Lions81

    *Official* India in Pakistan Thread

    Agreed in all respects.
  10. Lions81

    High time ICC have a check on the umpires

    Yes, the technology's not 100%. But it's somewhere closer to it than the human umpire. With all due respect to you, I am certain you do your job with the utmost care and skill, but you are a human being! You can't do what machines can do! Anything which can improve the accuracy of calls should...
  11. Lions81

    England

    Ah, well Machiavelli says that luck favors the bold. But again, we won't convince one another that the other is wrong! And sorry Tom, but I have to agree with tooextracool and disagree with you! Anyone can just turn his wrists or fingers, its another matter to give it to the batsmen at 95 mph :P
  12. Lions81

    India cancel Bangaldesh series

    How can you say countries should not have the right to pick and choose their tours? That's one of the most insane things I think I've heard! Who else will decide then? This was not an ICC Ten Year Plan tour. The ICC's job is not to play matchmaker. The boards decide who to play, when to play and...
  13. Lions81

    *Official* India in Pakistan Thread

    Utterly disgraceful bowling to tailenders. The Pakistani tail is not the New Zealand tail, there's no way our bowlers should have allowed such a thing to happen. An Indian win is really out of the question, and a draw is what we can realistically hope for, and that's not terribly likely either.
  14. Lions81

    *Official* India in Pakistan Thread

    I seem to remember a World Cup match in which he made some English batsmen look a bit silly. Six of them I believe. :D
  15. Lions81

    India cancel Bangaldesh series

    Well, I thought my paragraph was literary genius. :lol: But sure, that's a reason. What makes that disrespectful? These cricket boards aren't in the philanthropy business!
  16. Lions81

    *Official* India in Pakistan Thread

    Yeah, this same thing happened on Day 4 of the Multan test. Akhtar just kept standing there at the crease and forced India to come back for the 5th day. This is ridiculous. I suppose a yorker's not in our vocabulary at this point. I don't think tailenders play those very well.
  17. Lions81

    *Official* India in Pakistan Thread

    Haha, good point, but I have a nagging suspicion that a draw is the best India can hope for, and even that is going to be difficult! Cricket_spider, you are absolutely right. This lead is already too much. Also, have Ajit Agarkar's ears become so big that they're throwing off his ability to...
  18. Lions81

    New NZ Test match philosophy & team

    Fair enough. I am being a little unfair towards Fleming. But after his magnificent 192 against Pakistan in the first test of their recent tour of New Zealand, he really faltered, getting two ducks and a 24 while his team collapsed around him, so I suppose those unfairly left more of an...
  19. Lions81

    *Official* India in Pakistan Thread

    Excellent bowling from Pathan and Balaji, and continued poor bowling from Kumble and Agarkar, but I still can't see how a bet on India to win this match will pay off. I say a draw is the best we can hope for. We're already a hundred runs down and looks to be at least 150 by the time the...
  20. Lions81

    Over rated Vettori?

    But if I recall correctly, he was bowling around 145 kph on the most recent New Zealand tour of India, and on the dry wickets they played on, that is impressive! But perhaps I am mistaken.

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