The Official Cricket Thread 2006/2007 (1 Viewer)
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gee, after watching that i dont think ponting should have been penalised.. i think as a player u have the right to question and verify the decision as long as u accept that umpires decision...melb22 said:
i mean ponting really didnt argue over the situation, or demanded not to be called wide.
umpiring is now gettin ridiculous.. and the same is occurring in all the other sports - i call it the world cup fever after the soccer world cup.
by the Way wat comeback by tendulkar 141 not out.. bloody awesome.
yeah,coming after a 6 month break, he did a grt job. He has a good chance of having 50 hundreds in odis. He needs 10 more. When he retires, it wud be quite difficult for anyother batsman to break his no. of centuries or total runs record in odi.HotShot said:
In test ponting is not far from him and i think ponting has a good chance to have the highest no. of centuries in test cricket under his name. Same goes to the highest number of runs, if tendulkar ever breaks lara's record, dravid, ponting and kallis are not that far. Tendulkar hasnt made that many runs in test matches in the last 5 yrs due to injury and bit of lack of form. He doesnt have the same lead any more over the other 3 players. I was just looking at the figures, in the last 5 yrs tendulkar made around 4000 runs compared to pontings 6000 runs.
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yeah, india dont play too many tests which will make it difficult for tendulkar and he also bat at 4 compared to ponting who bats 3. In ODIs, it will be very difficult to break Tendulkar's record, the closest i think anyone will get will be Ponting he has 9000 runs now and maybe 3-5 years of cricket left in him (31 now), but tendulkar has 14000 runs and about 2-3 years left (33 now). in test ponting i think should easily surpass him.melb22 said:
some tendulkar shots from his innings yesterday
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8048240422877026967&q=dlf&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8048240422877026967&q=dlf&hl=en
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dravid nearly dropped a sitter.. anyway washed out... hard to say who would have won, it was clear that the rain was having impact on the game... but if it went as it were - hard to see india winning that match.doingHSC said:
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dont know about his captaining, we will find that out soon, its surprising everytime ponting doesnt play the middle order is just so shit.otay said:
273 will be hard to defend with just 4 bowlers and haddin played well as well.
I would say at the moment Ponting is the best ODI batsman, wait a few matches and Tendulkar will show whose boss.
Uh? I count Lee, Bracken, Clark, Cullen, Watson, Symonds and Clarke who have all a bit of experience in ODI's. And since when has 273 been hard to defend?HotShot said:
Haddin is also gun your right. So good to ahve him as a backup to GILLY. And Yeah it's a toss up between Ponting and Hussey, Hussey jsut seems to very very rarely fail in ODI's. Tendulkar will need a few more games to convince me. One brilliant innings, but hasn't played thus hasn't done much for a while to really warrant a best in the world status. Will always be up there though and would not be surprised if in a few months or so he is the best. But for me, Hussey is awesome atm. And yeah it will be interesting to see Hussey's captaincy.
As for the middle order, you also have to look at who is opening today. Hayden is past it. Katich is, well what he is doin there is beyond me. The thing about the side is its soooooo strong that someone will inevitably get them out of trouble, 9 times out of 10 at least. Like today, you say middle order was shit yet Hussey n Haddin put on the highest 6th wicket partnership for Australia. I'd say that is damn fucking strong. Bring Jaques back though I say.
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no i was just saying, when ponting doesnt play.. the aussie team middle order plays shit for some reason.otay said:
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India ripping through Australia at the moment - australia is scared of the turbanator. Again the run-out problems with australia still continue , hayden was batting well.
Australia will struggle to beat India.
Australia will struggle to beat India.
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u never know, but it seems highly likely that they wont. With Tendulkar in form and small total...sunjet said:
230+ would be enough for Australia.. if Haddin keeps battin then that target of 230 is easily reachable.
It is always difficult to chase when u play with aus. 213 is a decent target, If tendulkar and dravid play well, india has a good chance. The thing i like abt the aus team is they never give up which is one of the reasons they are the best team around.
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Thats sportmanship that you wont see any other sport, certainly not in SOCCER!