Champions League T20 2014

[Kippax]

 

[Kippax]

Northern Knights light up Raipur city - More News - News CLT20.com

When Northern Knights walked for a practice game at the RKC ground in Raipur, the birds chirped to their own tunes, there was a slight drizzle and a chill in the air that would have made for a perfect morning walk. The Knights were scheduled to play a practice game against the local side here, instead the players decided to have a crack at the nets.

Word spread like wild fire in the college campus about the presence of cricket stars in the vicinity and what followed over the next couple of hours was nothing short of crazy. A swarm of students marched towards the players’ dugout for autographs and pictures. Not surprisingly, selfies were the flavour of the season and the players more than obliged each one of them with a broad smile on their faces. “Hey Kane, can I click a selfie with you please?” shouted one of the girls from the crowd. “Sure, why not.” Kane replied. “He is so cute.” She told her friend, Kane Williamson had added another one to his fan list. A few of the students got autographs on their shirts. “That’s your school uniform for God’s sake,” one of them shouted. Well it doesn’t really matter.

It almost felt as if the students were given a day off to meet the stars of Northern Knights. The school bell rang at the backdrop but none cared, the teachers themselves were at the ground. Ish Sodhi, Scott Styris and Kane Williamson seemed to be crowd favourites but the rest of the lot were not left out either. Some players were amazed at the welcome they got and were more than willing to give the camera a second shot incase the first click failed.

There was no age that defined the crowd, students and teachers alike had become children all over again. The players then walked out on the field for a brief net session. All-rounder Scott Styris enthralled the audience with some huge hits as the crowd ran for cover. “WATCH IT”, he shouted to the crowd, a professor from the crowd held on to the catch and immersed himself in a loud clap from his students. He smiled, the crowd smiled and the Knights were well and truly the reason behind those beautiful faces.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The way this piece of **** is being marketed here in India is so hilarious. The ads go on and on about "woh raaten bhi kya raatein thi", which roughly translates to "How good were those nights?" referring to the clt20 evening matches. Nostalgia, freaking nostalgia about t20?! It's ridiculous.

 

[Kippax]

See Seekkuge is back. Like a shark, mounting a third attack on NZ batting talent.

Despite paying $17, he'll bat at about No. 6, after Southee and Boult have made inroads. Shame I've looked at him scoring runs in the vault, and he's got a very crude method.

 

[Bahnz]

Southee and Boult not making many inroads so far. Poor start from ND.

 

[Bahnz]

3 drops in 3 balls! Maybe it's a part of the strategy to keep Gunathilaka on strike.

 

[Bahnz]

And now it's 4 drops in 5 balls! Got to be up there with one of the worst fielding performances ever by a professional side.

 

[Bahnz]

Scotty is absolutely fuming. Never seen him with a bigger scowl on that ugly mug of his.

 

[Bahnz]

The terrible fielding probably let the Express get about 20 runs more than they should've. This'll be really tough for ND.

 

[BeeGee]

ND cruising.

Morrison calling Kane "Williams", so it's time to mute.

 

[Kippax]

That really is a persistent glitch in Morrison's software, that Kane Williams thing. Must come from the Cricinfo scoring they have on the monitor in front of him.

 

[Howsie]

The terrible fielding probably let the Express get about 20 runs more than they should've. This'll be really tough for ND.

As long as we have Kane we are okay

Boult and Southee missed a trick in that first spell (all two overs of it). Should've looked to have gone short against Silva, Southee too predictable really and probably bowled him what he wanted. Lucky for us they figured that out when they came back on.

 

[GGG]

Kane is just going from strength to strenght in all formats. Would be a good buy for some IPL team.

 

[Bahnz]

Also Sodhi bowled well today. Had it not been for Watling been uncharacteristically ****house behind the stumps he would've grabbed a wicket or two as well.

 

[Kippax]

Should've looked to have gone short against Silva

Kusal Perera that was, Kaushal Silva is the gritty Test opener ftr.

 

[GGG]

So Mumbai take the option on Corey Anderson yet they don't play him :/

 

[smash84]

and they ended up losing to Lahore Lions. Yeah, not playing Corey Anderson was brainless IMO

 

[grecian]

Oh dear a multi-hyped Indian team lost to a bunch of players not allowed in the IPL. Yet hey they've loaded the draw and took the best players so the IPL will win in the end, yay

 

[Esperance]

Oh dear a multi-hyped Indian team lost to a bunch of players not allowed in the IPL. Yet hey they've loaded the draw and took the best players so the IPL will win in the end, yay

Jealous.

 

[Hurricane]

Jealous.

haha

That Dhoni quote is priceless.