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Cricketer Of The Year
Stick to the topic :POriginally posted by vandemataram
And who do you think will be the man of the tournament?? Batty?
Stick to the topic :POriginally posted by vandemataram
And who do you think will be the man of the tournament?? Batty?
Well since Australia will be without Warne, and now that the English team have found a great cricketer in Batty, chances are that England will give Aussies a hammering in the dream final!Originally posted by Redox
Semis:Australia, SA, Black Caps and England.
Final: Australia vs England.
Winner:????
Oh dear! Someone predicted that England would outgun teams likes SA,India,NZ and will reach the final to play with Aussies.Knowing all the English players well, i knew none of them would be able to accomplish something that remarkable for England so i just added the name of a new face(said to be highly talented by BBC) in the hope that the guy might come up with a miracle and win a Final birth for the Great English team!Originally posted by Mr Mxyzptlk
Nobody was hailing Batty as great. It's not like he was being compared to Balaji or anything....:rolleyeswhistles)
What is this Great English team all about. How many times do we have to say it - No English person has come on here talking up England. The only people who seem to be doing that are the Terrace lot.Knowing all the English players well, i knew none of them would be able to accomplish something that remarkable for England so i just added the name of a new face(said to be highly talented by BBC) in the hope that the guy might come up with a miracle and win a Final birth for the Great English team!
Actually I was responding to YOUR comment about pitches in NZ. And I do believe England would have done better on that pitch. Can't be worse than the ones we played on and Hussain got a fantastic ton I seem to recall!Originally posted by warrioryohannanBazar think England would have done wonders on that pitch
Anyway, he's mixed up between the two formats of the game, next thing he will do is give refrences of India's poor record in HK sixes tour:rolleyes:
What about NZ, who had to bat on the same pitch?Originally posted by QuickFire
Let me tell you the fact..
The pitch that India dealt with in the first test match was indeed tough to bat on.
At the moment apart from Australia and to some extent South Africa (not sure either), no other side could have batted any better than what India did. Its not something to laugh about.
Its a lot worse. You should have understood from seeing even the Indian Bowlers picking up wickets. It was rising to the head height from a short of a good length ball. Sehwag and Dravid got hit a lot of times.Bazzaroodoo said:Actually I was responding to YOUR comment about pitches in NZ. And I do believe England would have done better on that pitch. Can't be worse than the ones we played on and Hussain got a fantastic ton I seem to recall!
Are you willing to stand by these words? Never is a strong word and implies permanancy.vandemataram said:one will never find a quality spinner in Englsih team! [/B]
Are we making excuses now?Choora said:Not only are the pitches worse than the last time, but also the bowling attack is different.Bond, Tuffy etc weren't playing in the mentioned series!
Excuse for what???? I had predicted before the start of the series that NZ would be favourites, i give credit 2 the NZ team as they were the worthy winners.Mr Mxyzptlk said:Are we making excuses now?
And the English predicted they'd lose to Australia in this series, but that hasn't stopped the massive over-reaction and condemnation of us!Choora said:Excuse for what???? I had predicted before the start of the series that NZ would be favourites, i give credit 2 the NZ team as they were the worthy winners.
It doesn't matter if the pitches were different (since it's the same pitch for both sides)The point i made which you were unable to understand was that the team that played with England had a different bowling attack and the pitches back then was DIFFERENT than they were in this series.This is a fact that no one can deny, and hence the comparison between the two series simply cannot be made!!
marc71178 said:And the English predicted they'd lose to Australia in this series, but that hasn't stopped the massive over-reaction and condemnation of us!