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***Official*** Top End Series

Craig

World Traveller
1/ What are some of the Indian members perspective on Amit Bhandari? Is he lucky to get those two ODI caps?

2/ And what has happened with Amit Mishra? How good is he? Has he falen away in the selectors eyes, or is he talented who still needs more to learn. His FC record is first-rate, but I haven't seen him bowl so it could mean anything? Amit Mishra record. It looks as though he has been ignored completely.
 

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
Pakistan A in full- Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Bazid Khan (vice-capt), Hasan Raza, Mohammad Hafeez, Rafatullah Mohmand, Shahid Yousuf, Mansoor Amjad, Abdur Rahman, Mohammad Salman, Mohammad Khalil, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Irshad, Wasim Khan, Akhtar Ayub; Reserves: Samiullah Khan, Shahzad Malik and Tahir Khan.

Full article- http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/250015.html


Raza will probably score a truck load of runs and it will be interesting to see how Amjad gets on, fantastic talent.
 

adharcric

International Coach
Craig said:
1/ What are some of the Indian members perspective on Amit Bhandari? Is he lucky to get those two ODI caps?

2/ And what has happened with Amit Mishra? How good is he? Has he falen away in the selectors eyes, or is he talented who still needs more to learn. His FC record is first-rate, but I haven't seen him bowl so it could mean anything? Amit Mishra record. It looks as though he has been ignored completely.
Amit Bhandari was a top domestic and A-level performer for several years, but nothing spectacular. He probably earned those caps based purely on his record rather than his potential, unlike guys like Zaheer and Nehra.

Amit Mishra is probably next in line after Kumble, Harbhajan, Powar, Kartik, Chawla and Jadeja. I don't think the selectors have forgotten about him because he was in one of the warmup squads recently. He just needs to dominate at the domestic level; the Challenger Series could be the perfect opportunity as he competes with the likes of Chawla and Jadeja. I haven't watched him so I can't say how talented he is, but he has taken wickets in big-wicket hauls at times to indicate that he does have talent.
 

adharcric

International Coach
TT Boy said:
Pakistan A in full- Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Bazid Khan (vice-capt), Hasan Raza, Mohammad Hafeez, Rafatullah Mohmand, Shahid Yousuf, Mansoor Amjad, Abdur Rahman, Mohammad Salman, Mohammad Khalil, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Irshad, Wasim Khan, Akhtar Ayub; Reserves: Samiullah Khan, Shahzad Malik and Tahir Khan.

Full article- http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/250015.html


Raza will probably score a truck load of runs and it will be interesting to see how Amjad gets on, fantastic talent.
I really wanted to see Anwar Ali and Jamshed Ahmed in the A team because I wasn't impressed by any of the Pakistani seamers in the BSNL series. Raza will score runs, but I rate Bazid Khan more. Mohammad Hafeez is a quality batting all-rounder, a bit of a A-level Shoaib Malik. Mansoor Amjad is supposed to be very talented, but both Piyush Chawla and Ravindra Jadeja were more impressive in the BSNL series. Hopefully we can see all three at their best, for they may well be the leading spinners of the future.
 
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adharcric

International Coach
Cricinfo's coverage of this series is looking really weak so far. Anyone know about worldwide broadcasting for these matches?
 

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
Well to be honest, it's not that big a deal really, hence they're not covering it very comprehensively.

I mean some ODIs don't get full treatment...
 

James

Cricket Web Owner
We'll be giving the series full coverage on Cricket Web, so keep an eye on the frontpage :)
 

adharcric

International Coach
marc71178 said:
Well to be honest, it's not that big a deal really, hence they're not covering it very comprehensively.

I mean some ODIs don't get full treatment...
Which ODIs are you talking about? I'd say this is a big deal for genuine fans who care about the depth and future of their team.
 

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
adharcric said:
Which ODIs are you talking about? I'd say this is a big deal for genuine fans who care about the depth and future of their team.
There's been games involving Bangladesh and Zimbabwe that haven't been covered.

Ok, they may not be the biggest draws, but they're still ODIs

This series is to all ntents and purposes meaningless, so to expect 100% coverage is wrong.
 

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
Important series for some of the fringe players of the Australian team mainly Jaques, Hodge, Watson, Haddin, Cosgrove, Cullen & Tait as they push for places in the upcoming ashes series & for the long term as some of the older players i.e Gilchrist,Martyn, MacGill, Langer come to the end of their international careers.
 

adharcric

International Coach
marc71178 said:
There's been games involving Bangladesh and Zimbabwe that haven't been covered.

Ok, they may not be the biggest draws, but they're still ODIs

This series is to all ntents and purposes meaningless, so to expect 100% coverage is wrong.
International matches involving minnows aren't much more meaningful, if at all so, than this series. Maybe it doesn't matter for you because England prospects aren't involved; for India, Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand fans, several guys who will be regulars in the near future are competing here. Similarly, I couldn't care less about what's going on in the English domestic circuit apart from the international players and the major guys that I know about; that definitely deserves its coverage though, as does Indian domestic cricket and a series like this.
 
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brockley

International Captain
The northern territory chief's xl 234 and india A 8/362 s dhawan 84 and v rao 106,in great form for the A series, guess this would make them favourites:laugh: .
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
Siddharth Trivedi, whom some may remember as a BG scholarship holder and Academy product, is a slightly-faster-than-medium pacer and frontline seamer for Gujarat. Not much is known about his style of bowling.

Who.....is.....Tejinder Pal Singh? He's a middle-order batsman for Railways, who's also bowled chunks of left-arm spin, but not bowled very often, since that team often has five or six other bowlers. His FC and List-A average are not too impressive, and though he's done decently with the ball, he's not bowled much. His four wickets and century may attract some attention. He's come out from nowhere, almost.

Someone mentioned Amit Bhandari and Amit Mishra, so here goes. Bhandari is not as talented as Zaheer or Nehra, but is a thinking man's bowler. He can use a seaming pitch to good effect, without giving too much width. He doesn't use the bouncer so much, but can bowl a few good yorkers. He had been a standout performer in England, playing for India A, while the not-so-successful youngsters later played for India in many matches. He would suffer on flat pitches, especially ODI's, but the variations in pace as well as the delvieries bowled may help. He's nothing special with the bat or on the field, so his chances of a return are not much.

Amit Mishra hasn't been forgotten, but the selectors are chasing someone younger. It's obvious, he's a lot more accomplished and experienced than Piyush Chawla, so they can't forget him, unless they're interested in Chawla's batting. Mishra was often dubbed as a genuine leg-spinner who can turn the ball a lot more than the famous Anil Kumble. His performance this season (also Bhandari's) was not noteworthy, so the selectors were looking elsewhere.
 

Haddin

U19 Debutant
At last! I met Haddin, and he was really cool, got Jaques, Cullen Bailey(who reconised me) a photo of Bailey and Haddin, and it was awesome!
 

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