marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Compared with 23 (which is what I was doing) it can!Excuse me, an average of 28 can hadly be described as WORSE.
Compared with 23 (which is what I was doing) it can!Excuse me, an average of 28 can hadly be described as WORSE.
There's bad patches, and there's bad 3 year spells!Everyone goes though a bad patch, McGrath,Pollock , Waqar , all had their share of bad patch.Ajit is in the team now purely on merit!
LOL, he's in the SQUAD of 15 !!Originally posted by marc71178
There's bad patches, and there's bad 3 year spells!Everyone goes though a bad patch, McGrath,Pollock , Waqar , all had their share of bad patch.Ajit is in the team now purely on merit!
Oh, and he isn't in the team at the moment!
I am not a fan of Agarkar by any means as most of you know, but that is a ridiculous statement to say the least. The point is in his initial set of matches, he was highly successful and then his strike rate started going down. How can you discount the possibility that he would have started with a good success rate whichever year he starts his career? Or is there something about 1999 that is different from 1998 that would prevent that? Maybe, you have prepared his horoscope or something and know for sure that 1999 would have been a bad year for him to start his career. You sure sound like it anyway.I put it to you that had his career started in 1999, there is no way he'd have still been playing by the end of 2001.
Well to tell u the truth i never realised that he actually fared that badly for such a long period.However Ajit has been performing decently since past one yr.I don't think much of his batting ability but i think he can be usefull to India in onedayers as a bowler!Originally posted by marc71178
No, it is a 3 year bad patch - 1999 to 2001 he played 51 games, taking 66 wickets at 34.62.
In 1998 he took 58 wickets at 23.75 in 30 matches.
I put it to you that had his career started in 1999, there is no way he'd have still been playing by the end of 2001.
He's not out of the Squad, u have to understand that India are going in the match with only two pacers, and till now Nehra had been doing well.Originally posted by marc71178
Agreed, he has begun to turn the corner, and then ironically he's been left out of the side - it's a funny old game!
I could see a case for him at number 8 or 9 in the World Cup, but definitely no higher.
Thats hardly a news for us!Originally posted by marc71178
I know he's in the squad - that's twice people have said that to me - but he's definitely not considered an automatic starter in this current Tournament.
Now thats the stupidity of team management, Ajit has been dropped(from onedayer) coz of his POOR performance in test matches.If u ask me, Ajit shouldn't have been played in Test matches atall, especially when a player isn't performing well , its better not only for the team but also for the player to be dropped.Ajit played all test (when he shouldn't have been playing) and now isn't in onedayers (in which he can be usefull)Originally posted by marc71178
How do you mean, I was just pointing out when he was in poor form he was always in, now his form's improving, and he's out of the team. Thought it quite ironic.