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***Official*** IPL 2009

Zinzan

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chaminda_00 said:
McCullum on "I don't want to get out and lose my spot to the great Angelo Mathews" mode.

Get this hack out and get Mathews in ASAP. Can captain too and keep. ;)
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A tad harsh...:laugh: although to be fair all the NZ players have been rank in this tournament, even Vettori's been below his usual T20 standard
 
Uppercut

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zinzan12 said:
A tad harsh...:laugh: although to be fair all the NZ players have been rank in this tournament, even Vettori's been below his usual T20 standard
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He's still been awesome though. I'm not sure he'd ever have found it possible to continue to be as inconceivably good as he was before but he's still looked like arguably the best T20 bowler in the world. Malinga's the other guy with a convincing case at the moment.
 
Briony

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McCullum and Smith seem to be the worst openers but Gayle hasn't been much better. He would have been better served by getting to England earlier to prepare for the impending test match.
 
ret

ret

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Arjun said:
Their bowling lineup is too weak without their top five bowlers. Sangwan goes for lots of runs, Mishra is not a restrictive option and Yo Mahesh sprays it around. Let's not get Bhatia into this list; he's a middle-order batsman who bowls seam-up. They have to have Vettori and Nannes, and somehow get in Maharoof. They may even be missing McGrath a bit.

They may be tempted to go in with Warner, but that is a recipe for disaster. Not only are they disturbing a good (albeit misfiring) combination, they have to leave out an international bowler, and looking at the figures of Sangwan and Mishra, and Dilshan getting three overs, Delhi's not up to it. They can get back Viru when fit, then get back Vettori, but they need more runs from Manhas and the lower order than a selection change.
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At the start of IPL, I remember, you had said something like DIlshan shouldn't be played but Mahroof should. It's Dilshan won them quite a few games! Maharoof is over-rated by you. He can't come in ahead of Nannes or Vettori as a bowler and ahead of Dilshan, De Villars or Warner as a batsman. Nor is he good enough to replace any of these as an all-rounder!

and if a combination is misfiring then it isn't good. as I said before you don't make a team to do well on paper but have to see how performances can be translated on the field. I get the idea of what your theories are. Play Mills instead of Duminy, Play Maharoof instead of Dilshan and whatever. But it's not going to work
 
ret

ret

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chaminda_00 said:
Maharoof and Vettori quality in numbers?

I don't think they have enough depth in the bowling to handy having to have four local bowlers. They need atleast two internationals there. There is also Bhatia and Thwiry as batting options.
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as i said, I would suggest Warner, AB and Dilshan and pick one from Nannes, Vettori and McGrath depending up on the bowling combination. I guess Delhi needs an overseas pace bowler more than a spinner as it has quality spinner in Mishra! When Sehwag and Gambhir strike form, they can think abt playing two overseas bowlers

btw, Tiwary is out of the tourney!
 
Noble One

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Yes unfortunate for the poster who questioned why Brad Hodge was in the side. Since then, batted fantastic, playing really smart innings. Now up to third on the leading run-scorers. Started bowling really well too.

Quality always wins out.
 
Briony

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inbox24 said:
Hopefully this will be enough for Hodge to be in our T20 side.
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There's a chance that Warner and Hodge will be named after their performances here. There will be a lot of selectors from various teams reviewing their team after the IPL has proven that some players are not suited to this format regardless of reputation.

Abdullah looks to be SA's best seamer while that van Wyk guy might get a game before Smith or Gibbs because he can open and he hasn't failed yet.

McCullum's position would have to be in jeopardy though NZ lacks depth and none of their players have shone.
 
pasag

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Briony said:
There's a chance that Warner and Hodge will be named after their performances here. There will be a lot of selectors from various teams reviewing their team after the IPL has proven that some players are not suited to this format regardless of reputation.

Abdullah looks to be SA's best seamer while that van Wyk guy might get a game before Smith or Gibbs because he can open and he hasn't failed yet.

McCullum's position would have to be in jeopardy though NZ lacks depth and none of their players have shone.
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A chance? Warner's pretty much first name down on the Australian starting XI these days.
 
Jono

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Wtf is with Punjab's batting line-up.

Ridiculously thin. They're lucky KKR have dropped Sohal them 3 times!

Punjab better get up!
 
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Arjun

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ret said:
At the start of IPL, I remember, you had said something like DIlshan shouldn't be played but Mahroof should. It's Dilshan won them quite a few games! Maharoof is over-rated by you. He can't come in ahead of Nannes or Vettori as a bowler and ahead of Dilshan, De Villars or Warner as a batsman. Nor is he good enough to replace any of these as an all-rounder!

and if a combination is misfiring then it isn't good. as I said before you don't make a team to do well on paper but have to see how performances can be translated on the field. I get the idea of what your theories are. Play Mills instead of Duminy, Play Maharoof instead of Dilshan and whatever. But it's not going to work
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Maharoof is at least reliable to send down four tight overs. Like I said, Sangwan goes for far too many, and may give away a match or two. I never implied that Dilshan should be dropped, but somehow, seeing the likes of Sangwan or Bhatia (luckily not yet) or Dilshan getting smashed, they need that extra bowler. Maharoof's extra runs lower down will count. Sehwag/Dilshan bowling is too big a weakness, five specialist bowlers is a bit of a risk, and Bhatia doesn't seem to be here or there.

That combination may misfire, but they're a partnership away from a comeback. Getting in a one-innings wonder to break it up is a bad idea. What if they too start misfiring? Warner himself is very inconsistent, and isn't a regular in the Aussie team. The need of the hour is to revive the Sehwag-Gambhir combination and strengthen six and seven.

Like I said, T20 is no place for half-baked bowlers. You have to secure all 20 overs. Even one bad over will turn the match around. Every match has had the part-timers and stock bowlers get smashed, and the teams that have done well have had very good frontline bowlers.
 
Howsie

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Briony said:
There's a chance that Warner and Hodge will be named after their performances here. There will be a lot of selectors from various teams reviewing their team after the IPL has proven that some players are not suited to this format regardless of reputation.

Abdullah looks to be SA's best seamer while that van Wyk guy might get a game before Smith or Gibbs because he can open and he hasn't failed yet.

McCullum's position would have to be in jeopardy though NZ lacks depth and none of their players have shone.
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Your kidding right, why would NZ drop McCullum because he hasn't scored any runs in a joke tournment. It's probaly good he is in some bad form at the moment, hopefully he comes right by the time the 20/20 World Cup comes along.
 
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