India - England Test Series @ India, 2012

Might as well open a new thread.
Let's hope my mangaLagaramana kaigaL help India to crash to a heavy defeat in the series and hasten Dhoni's exit as a test player.
(Cue: Dhoni scores a century in the next match and wins by an innings )

Sorry 2040 - teknikal faultla unga post delete Agi pochu

(msg to grouch: idhukku dhAn indha apprentisai ellAm velaikku vekka koodAdhu )

Indha thread pErula kiri kettu-nu illai - let me know if it is still banned in your workplace

this one gets through...

Ok, kirikettu-nu explicitA sonnA dhAn prachnai pOlirukku.

it exactly looks for the word 'cricket' in the url... even a kricket will get thru...

Hope the series ends in a draw.

doesn matter to me...

thalai epdiyaachum formku vandhuranum...

adhukkappuram velayaatta continue panraaraa pannalayaa'nradhu adutthapacham...

overap pOraainga... ponandhinni pasanga...

Yo engayya main cricket thread

AF - mild teknikal fault...main cricket thread-ai accidentalA delete paNNittEn.. normalA sumoke ellAm vaRAdhu...V_S is doing his best to restore the main thread. Fingers crossed...

plum wrote:AF - mild teknikal fault...main cricket thread-ai accidentalA delete paNNittEn.. normalA sumoke ellAm vaRAdhu...V_S is doing his best to restore the main thread. Fingers crossed...

the main thread is lying int the MISC section... go grab it before someone steals it...

Wow! SS great catch. I will move it to sports thread.

BCCI is dealing with a nutcase here

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/atherton-boycott-barred-from-inspecting-pitch/article4161286.ece


sly ECB

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/9719521/India-v-England-ECB-apologises-for-allowing-Steven-Finn-to-play-in-Lions-match-to-prove-fitness.html

seems Seenu maama is one big Dravid fanboi

http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/594722.html

wizz/af,



predictions for the next two tests...??

Eng got this, 9am start/seam/no Barbie/no cheap runs/Finn back in the fold. Ind can hope draw @ Nagpur if it remains the road like yesteryear.

i predict a win in edens...

That FOUR .

Indian bats are so nervy even Murali/Warne didn't command so much of respect like Monty enjoying in this series

^ Lol. Forget Sachin, Sidhu used to run down the track and hit Warnie for 6s over and over.

kamaan thala... aduttha inningsla paatthukkalaam...

How did Sir bat today??

this explains it better:

But for Tendulkar their plight would have been far worse. His was a curious innings; he was strokeless at the start while facing Panesar. Several times Alastair Cook set his field deep in an attempt to give Tendulkar a single so that he would be compelled to face one of the pacemen at the other end. Giving a single to get Tendulkar on strike? No one has dreamt of doing that for two decades.

Tendulkar fidgeted, gardened and took his time, hellbent just on staying there, trusting in his defensive technique. An adoring crowd was patient, seemingly more nervous than the man himself; an edged boundary was cheered to the rafters.

Gradually a little of the magic returned even though he imposed some severe restraints upon himself.

Tendulkar was not much bothered with scoring in front of the wicket; he must have decided this was too risky when in such dodgy form. Instead he was content to glide and glance down to third man against the seamers and to use paddle sweeps and leg glances against the spinners. Eleven of his 13 boundaries went behind the wicket on a lightning fast outfield.

Just when Tendulkar's personal reintegration process seemed complete he edged the first ball after the final drinks session to Matt Prior. And the bowler, Anderson, gave us a broad on-field smile for the first time in a while. Cook was quite pleased as well.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/dec/05/jimmy-anderson-monty-panesar-england

Is Kohls treading Yuvi way?? after some odi chases against SL/paata tracks seems to have been found out in tests,
that too @ home to think peeps had multiple orgasms over some of his knocks and rated him higher than Sach by pulling some random stats is remember Jennings terming him as talented kid who thinks he is bigger than the game, so true in his case.

some guilty pleasure in his failings... eventhough i dont dislike him...

SS, he might need another season of Ranjis to tighten his game. currently he is clueless on how to string together a test innings. Ashwin looked far more @ ease than him against Monty/Swann. selectors have learnt zilch after Yuvi/Raina misfirings.

edhukku ranji...

he is already sachin&dravid puttogether... fb'la kaettu paarunga...