Cricket - FOREVER

No.5 for Aus.  Deadly bowling performance.  Kiwis seemed to suffer from a little brother syndrome, retreated into a more defensive mould.  The low target made it all the more imperative for them to attack and instead McCullum removed a second slip that might have nabbed Warner early.

Well, as long as there is a good Aus team in the mix, you can never have a hard fought World Cup final!

Richie Benaud is no more

Selvey boinks Hyd in his latest Guardian column  

How much Pietersen actually believed in his apparent interpretation of Colin Graves’ clumsy blunt-northerner response to a Garry Richardson ambush only he really knows. A base-price IPL contract, paltry by Pietersen’s standards, and in an unattractive city as well, gave him the opportunity to challenge what had appeared to be a gauntlet thrown down by Graves, and in those terms it is hard to fault him, no matter who the runs have come against.

Weed played 3 ranji matches and took 5 wkts @ 42.50  and then gets a test callup after a ipl performance   
Kaddu deserved the sack but Karn to replace him?

with India playing mostly @ home for next 2 yrs and Ganguteli being
touted as team director, tough times ahead 

Barbie's batting has gone to dogs,should swap places with Jimmy but to think Boycott compared him to Sobers not so long ago
Kiwis after bullying teams @home are in for a pasting, enough in the pitch for a Jimmy 5ver but punting on Moeen to be wrecker-in-chief.

CSK finally mirroring the state Ranji side by getting
knocked out by a side from Mumbai and bullying opposition only on home-made/made-to-order sandpit pitches with troika of spinners , only
missing piece is getting pwned by a side from Karnatak 

but got to give in to Dhoni miyaan's boneheadness/his desire
to keep playing T20s even though he sucked donkeys balls since its inception.
new brief for the commies seems to be 'Dhoni is world's best captain on these sandpits' 
guess what any of Cook/Gauti/Harbhi can do a similar job with an army of spinners on these sandpits.

moving on to the test match, Kiwis used up all the luck they could get in a year in their first dig,
had there been any other umpire other than Ravi Eng would be sitting pretty with 150+runs lead, 
most of Umpire Ravi's marginal calls on DRS went against them, already Sky commies are up in arms for Eng losing out
on reviews because of umpire's bent on making these 'timid decisions'
since all these 'timid decisions' went against Eng brace yourself for an article on the same by 
Booth/Selvey OTOH We need more upright umpires like Ravi to tame these axis of evils  

Kane's batting is simply annoying, he is a bit like erstwhile TN batting stalwart Badri with those angled plastic bat/soft nicking it to 3rd man/point/gully, even if he edges it with a booming drive
it hardly carries to slip given the top grip,all these years we have simply overlooked this unique trait of Badri  
may be struggling Che can learn this trait/remodel himself on Badri and annoy the living hell out of bowlers/captains  

things are shaping up nicely for Eng, this could well be Stokes;s Ashes with both bat/ball, 
given Warner/Smith/Mitch's imminent descent to mediocrity,  expecting Oz to implode.

Umpire Ravi trolling Eng and sky commies 

[dhoni/CSK fan mode]

India under Dhoni would have won the Eng had it been a 2 match series, Baz could only manage a draw
against a rebuilding English side,, Dhoni>>>Baz #CSKwon#makkalinchampions#fairplayaward#sankarsuperpower

[/dhoni/CSK fan mode]



yam very happy that Cook the ugly betty bat will be top run getter for years to come, cricketing gods karumpulli on English cricket is etched 
in stone 

Wizzy wrote:Chettiar mother in court :whistle:

Referring to the panel’s report on the involvement of Individual 2 (name of a player whose identify is withheld), counsel said “the identity of individual 2 must be revealed. If individual 2 is Mr. Dhoni, it assumes relevance and importance as he is an important player associated with Chennai Super Kings or India Cements, the company whose promotee is Mr. Srinivasan. Then the same would involve a grave conflict of interest. In fact it is for this reason that identity of all the individuals may be required to be disclosed so that in terse connection and conflict of interests may be brought on record.”

Justice Thakur told Ms. Chidambaram “you argue on the assumption that your inference is correct.”

Counsel said: “It would be of serious consequences if insider information of CSK taken from a key player was being passed on by Mr. Meiyappan to bookies. The over arching influence of Mr. Srinivasan, who controls BCCI, CSK and India Cements is thus apparent.” The Bench asked her to formulate the issues for the consideration of the court. Arguments will continue on Tuesday.

'Individual 2' why can't SC just name him , edhu enna kumudam kis kis'a  

hasn't Madras HC already cleared Srinivasan pertaining to conflict of interest filed by ACM?
Seenu Mama's kerala temple detours isn't even over yet but SuSwamy and his HDLs have already flagged their support

from nov. last year, SuSwamy is so predictable   pity his tamil pride doesn't extend up to simpletons like Meiyyappan  

Eng commies/writers deafening silence on made-to-order dodo wickets being dished out in the Ashes, even ICC is mute.
why are Eng so scared of Mitch if anything these pitches have negated Jimmy and OZ batting sans Rogers/Amalasque Smith is very meek.
even on these pitches Mani paayal and his dismissals makes up for a good telly next only to Barbie shitting bricks against quicks 

this is carnage, bit of nip in the wicket and Ozzies found wanting, imagine Daisy on this wicket,
Pwnting being bullied by Beffy and Athers is the cherry on top  

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/6546243

puts in perspective Haddin's efforts in last Ashes, if not for him Oz would have suffered similar collapses.


Instant Sharma doing a Broadie http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-india-2015/engine/match/895771.html

surprised that this Indian test side ran Lankans so close in this test, 5 test bats strategy was doomed to phail when 
one of the bats is Nohit, sucks for Che to be dropped for this shithole of a bat.  props to good ol' nepotism for Darty's continued
test selection, was fun watching toil away with his darts   wish he plays all the tests and piles on his/Kohls miseries/

poor Che might get dropped even after that 100 even with Ajinx stuggles @ 3 just to accommodate 
Lolit in 11, this is why
Kohls->Cornerstone->Bunty Sajdeh as it was the case with Dhoni->Rhiti->Arun Pandey
gets messier given Lolit is engaged to Bunty's sis :-)
Cornerstone's clientele includes Meesai.Murkesh/Mijay/Pissaant/Umesh, guess Ash will soon will join the ranks.

Wizzy wrote:poor Che might get dropped even after that 100 even with Ajinx stuggles @ 3 just to accommodate 
Lolit in 11, this is why
Kohls->Cornerstone->Bunty Sajdeh as it was the case with Dhoni->Rhiti->Arun Pandey
gets messier given Lolit is engaged to Bunty's sis :-)
Cornerstone's clientele includes Meesai.Murkesh/Mijay/Pissaant/Umesh, guess Ash will soon will join the ranks.

Remember Sachin had a tie up with Mark Mascrenheas? Did we have such situations then, with those engaged with Mark's talent mgt company getting preference?

^Worldtel guy? he was more of a personal manger looking after Sach's portfolio, he attained Vaikunth around desert storm innings .
Sach's kaptaincy rein was mostly limited to his regional bias(but again Mumbai had a gun side). currently he runs a benami based player agency called NSE.
Cornerstone's only competitor is Gaames which mostly includes losers like Ash/Ajinx/Binny/Pa.Patel and one and only Baba Aprajith 

Wizzy wrote:^Worldtel guy? he was more of a personal manger looking after Sach's portfolio, he attained Vaikunth around desert storm innings .
Sach's kaptaincy rein was mostly limited to his regional bias(but again Mumbai had a gun side). currently he runs a benami based player agency called NSE.
Cornerstone's only competitor is Gaames which mostly includes losers like Ash/Ajinx/Binny/Pa.Patel and one and only Baba Aprajith 

Ha ha Baba as expected has fallen into the same scrapheap that the likes of Abhinav Mukund went to.
(well, to be honest, it was you who were so optimistic about the baba brothers. I didn't have much expectations)

So, if Cornerstone has the cream, and Gaames the cake, what is Rhiti left with?

Wizzy wrote:^Worldtel guy? he was more of a personal manger looking after Sach's portfolio, he attained Vaikunth around desert storm innings .
Sach's kaptaincy rein was mostly limited to his regional bias(but again Mumbai had a gun side). currently he runs a benami based player agency called NSE.
Cornerstone's only competitor is Gaames which mostly includes losers like Ash/Ajinx/Binny/Pa.Patel and one and only Baba Aprajith 

I think even the regional bias wasn't so obvious. Kambli wasn't at all a bad resource to invest in, and one might have been justified in giving him a long rope. Ajit Agarkar held much promise initially. It is easy to say in hindsight that it was nepotism giving him chances but it wasn't at all so open and shut then

Even Sairaj Bahutule etc got chances during Ganguly's reign more I think. Perhaps, Nilesh Kulkarni was Sachin's biggest indulgence, even that I am not sure. In fact, wasn't he saddled with Devang Gandhi, MSK Prasad etc during that disastrous Oz tour? Doesn't sound much like nepotism to me. Shows more of his lack of political power that the likes og Ganguly and Dhoni enjoyed later.

along with Nilesh/Sairaj there were Kuruvilla/Dighe/Jaffar who made their debut during his reign, 
donno if Sach was skipper when 
Nitin Paranjpe was picked( remember him, Somasundaraque bat) each one of them had
strong domestic numbers before the call except Nilesh/Sairaj but credit to Sach for ending Sanju Manju's career 

Ajit Agarkar held much promise initially

in odies yes but his continued test selection was Lolitsque.

So, if Cornerstone has the cream, and Gaames the cake, what is Rhiti left with?

Raina recently quit guess he will join Cornerstone soon, Bhuvi/Ojha were Rhiti's last major signings,
no wonder they don't get selected to test side

Shows more of his lack of political power that the likes og Ganguly and Dhoni enjoyed later.

yep, he hardly enjoyed a continuous string of home tests/lesser sides to settle in say like Gangs/Dhoni, imagine
if he had someone like Dalmiya/Seenu Maama backing him up, his captaincy numbers would have looked very different.

whtya harrowing experience it was..floods everywhere/taxi's engine seize/delayed train and then to top it Luru's kosu thural and sweet sambhar  
only redeeming factor was this awesome view from Pavilion terrace and a pint of beer for 40rs only 
The ground is as big as Marina university ground so the sound of the sweetspot makes you feel you are watching
them bat in a net. guess Ash brought his entire legion of family even Chepauk doesn't cheer this vociferously each time he came onto bowl.
Aaron with his new wrist action seems a different bowler and his heavy ball which beat Hashim's defenses   
Isshaant was in his unlucky best, Jaddu's arm went round as the day progressed.
Binny spent most of his day warming up
Mijay was desperately trying to get out in the last half-hour inbetween  played some crispy drives,
if only Meesai/Kohls edged one to the slips would have capped off a perfect day.




P.S KV and his beer binge deserves a special mention 

 People can complain about pitches all they want but this is a hell of a lot more entertaining to watch than the Perth Test.

— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) November 26, 2015

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-south-africa-2015-16/content/story/944207.html 

sad to see Wasim bhai trying very hard to be a coconut   as always SunnyG vs all vellaikarans.

Pak would have decimated India on these type given only Mijay/Che have had semblance of batting form.
given AAP takeover would be fun if Kotla serves up a revenge wicket like in Nagpur '04 

The naivety of Sennai fans celebrating ISL victory as some sort of revenge for their ban little do they know that Ambani is the pattanathil bootham in both the cases

Tony mia is such a sore loser, how about word about Windies bats and spinners.

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/world-cup/world-twenty20-championships-2016-india-versus-west-indies-semifinals-dhonis-postmatch-press-conference/article8421912.ece?homepage=true

for a team which was raiding wholly on luck/Kohls it always the conditions he loses against.

looking forward to Tony Mia's kaptany in IPL w/o Seenu's cheat code and pitches under the watchful eyes of Sudhir Naik 

Wizzy wrote:Tony mia is such a sore loser, how about word about Windies bats and spinners.

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/world-cup/world-twenty20-championships-2016-india-versus-west-indies-semifinals-dhonis-postmatch-press-conference/article8421912.ece?homepage=true

for a team which was raiding wholly on luck/Kohls it always the conditions he loses against.

looking forward to Tony Mia's kaptany in IPL w/o Seenu's cheat code and pitches under the watchful eyes of Sudhir Naik 

1-4 now. Not expected to make it to the semis with that limping bowling and odi batters(rahane/faf and dhoni himself). Steven smith who used to have a good ipl strike rate is itself struggling to put bat to ball.. Pietersen also injured. Will be surprised if they win 5 matches, let alone go to semis.