***Official*** IPL match discussion thread

[Magrat Garlick]

Also, LOL @ the IPL taking exclusive rights to the photos for the official website, yet copying the designs of cricinfo for their stats output.

One rule for one...

 

[silentstriker]

Also, LOL @ the IPL taking exclusive rights to the photos for the official website, yet copying the designs of cricinfo for their stats output.

One rule for one...

Haha, noticed that too.

 

[silentstriker]

Haha, Guardian commentary is hilarious.

"An Indian side picking Cameron White as a spinner? Bishan Bedi would be spinning in his grave - if he were dead."

 

[NZTailender]

Just watched the replay. McCullum=gun.

He scored 118 without having to run. Insane.

 

[_Ed_]

His running is one of his biggest assets and he didn't even make use of it. Are Kolkata getting their money's worth?

 

[NZTailender]

FFS when will people realise Cameron White isn't picked for his bowling alone?

 

[Smudge]

Haha, I certainly appreciate White is picked mainly for his batting, but I can't believe how some people actually consider his bowling even remotely useful. He doesn't turn the ball and he's erratic as all hell - basically all the worst aspects of a leg-spinner rolled into one.

 

[Days of Grace]

Don't understand why Ross Taylor didn't play last night for Bangalore? Isn't he in their squad. They sure could have used him.

 

[Halfpast_Yellow]

Don't understand why Ross Taylor didn't play last night for Bangalore? Isn't he in their squad. They sure could have used him.

Easy to understand really, can only play 4 internationals, and 3 were M.Boucher (WK), Noffke bowler, and Kallis All-rounder.

So your last spot is a toss between the holder of the record for highest T20 score ever (now ex-holder after the game itself), and Ross Taylor from NZ. Can't begrudge them for choosing Cam White.

 

[Laurrz]

that was awesome... reminded me of the first match of the world cup in South Africa... where Gayle hit a ton..except that was an extremely flat track... this one definitely moved a lot off the seam and even through the air... which makes McCullums knock even more unbelievable

we got to see Ponting celebrate with Ishant ....he did reach Ishants head! I was worried with his height he wouldn't be able to mess up his hair
David Huss is so gun.. you can tell everyone in the team already loves him :-)

LOL at the Khan dude bahah its only one game.... wonder if he'll act like that for the whole thing

bring on the two games tonight
(Mohali vs Chennai)... Murali vs Sanga/Jayawardene
also Lee vs Hayden (should be from ball 1!)
then later McGrath vs Warne...... (well we get to see both of em in action :-) )

ps. how terrible is Haddin, that ch 10 trio are horrible .. its cringeworthy lol
pps. did we see a 3 hit in the entire game?

 

[Laurrz]

Easy to understand really, can only play 4 internationals, and 3 were M.Boucher (WK), Noffke bowler, and Kallis All-rounder.

So your last spot is a toss between the holder of the record for highest T20 score ever (now ex-holder after the game itself), and Ross Taylor from NZ. Can't begrudge them for choosing Cam White.

needa get him in somehow imo... the team is so test orientated.. top order is Dravid, Jaffer, Some domestic guy

not good for the guys like White and Boucher

 

[whitedazzler]

do some of the indian domestic players play in both the ipl and icl?

 

[masterblaster]

Really enjoyed last night, was a fantastic night's worth of entertainment. McCullum's knock has just raised the bar so high and was completely out of this world. Bangalore could never cope. Cameron White and Ashley Noffke were really disappointing and I hope they have someone better than Jaffer because he couldn't even get his bat towards the ball.

As an Indian fan (and AAAS Vice President) it was so awesome to see Ajit Agarkar bowl so well. This is his tournament to show people that he's a really useful player in limited overs cricket. That throw in the outfield to run out Noffke was superb too.

Despite supporting Bangalore and Dehli in this tournament, Kolkata really looked the goods yesterday. It was awesome to see guys like Ponting and Hussey get along so well with the Indian players. That for me is going to be the highlight of this tournament, watching people from different teams and different cultures get to know each other a lot better.

 

[masterblaster]

ps. how terrible is Haddin, that ch 10 trio are horrible .. its cringeworthy lol pps. did we see a 3 hit in the entire game?

Poor guy, you can tell he's never had television presenting experience. Plus the advertisements were so excessive. It pissed me off to see those damn Single Chat Line and McDonalds ads over and over again. For five years, Channel 10 has rights to this, I much rather would've had Fox Sports or Setanta Sports pick them up. Hardly any commercials and you get what to pay for.

 

[silentstriker]

Haha, I certainly appreciate White is picked mainly for his batting, but I can't believe how some people actually consider his bowling even remotely useful. He doesn't turn the ball and he's erratic as all hell - basically all the worst aspects of a leg-spinner rolled into one.

The worst part is that this is India. You can find someone better than that in the 3rd XI for a Ranji side FFS.

 

[Laurrz]

Despite supporting Bangalore and Dehli in this tournament, Kolkata really looked the goods yesterday. It was awesome to see guys like Ponting and Hussey get along so well with the Indian players. That for me is going to be the highlight of this tournament, watching people from different teams and different cultures get to know each other a lot better.

hear hear

hope the Aussies do better tonight.. awesome lineup
McGrath Warne Geeves Watson Hayden Lee Lehmann

 

[Athlai]

Are any of these matches going to be on live in NZ? Would be a shame to miss anymore of McCullums antics.

 

[_Ed_]

That first game was, but it was at 2:30am.

 

[Athlai]

Worth it IMO. Gotta get used to it for the English tour I spose.

 

[sportychic33]

Here Athlai.
Print it off for future reference:
http://www.skytv.co.nz/ipl-timetable.aspx
Im gutted that most of it is on Sky Sport 3, as we don't have Sky Sport on our SkyDecoders at Uni which is ridiculous.