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General Cricket => Latest Matches => Topic started by: rp27 on March 26, 2011, 09:31:15 AM
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Anybody else watching it? Strauss was looking awful
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low bounce on the wicket..
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Not a great track. 220 will be a good score.
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herath's a chucker
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herath's a chucker
murali hasn't bowled yet... controversial!
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haha, i don't understand why they can't bowl with a normal correct action, the way things are going, all subcontinent bowlers will be chuckers
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Nothing wrong with Herath's action
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herath's a chucker
Herath's not a chucker, silly thing to say. His action is clean.
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Loving Dilshan's beard!
I'm going to experiment with that tonight! would suit you Brimble!
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Haha the whole bent arm thing made me go back to Ian Ponts fast Bowlers Bible....not to do with spin but pace....he reckons you can walk 6 paces, throw the ball with a 15 degree bend in the arm, and achieve speeds of 90mph....haha interesting....anyways back on topic, don't have it on TV just watching live updates on cricinfo.....is the deck dead, are sri lanka bowling awesome, or england just can't hit the thing off the square?
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when herath bowls the doosra his action changes, and he chucks it
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when herath bowls the doosra his action changes, and he chucks it
He doesn't, I'm watching it. It's not a doosra anyway, it's a carrom ball like Mendis, which means that no discernible change in arm position is needed. He genuinely doesn't throw/chuck it.
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when herath bowls the doosra his action changes, and he chucks it
He bowls a carrom ball where he flicks his wrist, like Mendis. Clean action. Murali on the other hand...
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hmm, fair enough, i'm probably wrong, i just get fed up of these dodgy actions
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Silva is a new wearing of an Ayrtek now
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everyone wants to wear one really ;)
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I've worn one - I'm a bit of a poster-boy really!
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Looks like pace off the ball is the way to go
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Lankans fielding like schoolboys. Dropping 3 dollys!
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jeet, what are your views on an englishman being the highest run scorer so far?
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jeet, what are your views on an englishman being the highest run scorer so far?
Doesn't effect me in the slightest. I'm not gonna lose any sleep over whether Trott, Sangakkara, or anyone else has scored x amount of runs
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If by poster boy u mean poster supplier Fattus ur spot on ;)
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Doesn't effect me in the slightest. I'm not gonna lose any sleep over whether Trott, Sangakkara, or anyone else has scored x amount of runs
Fair enough
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not sure about that shot first up from swann, you can take a ball to get in
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just an embarrassment to himself there
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not sure about that shot first up from swann, you can take a ball to get in
That delivery was prime to be swatted over cow corner too
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i know, but why do that first up, you're allowed to use a couple to get in
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Since being LBW to a reverse sweep in a 1st XI game I've not played the shot for a few years now
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Nothing lost by sending Swann in to do something like that.
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Nothing lost by sending Swann in to do something like that.
Why not stick to what he's good at though. I'd feel differently if he'd gone first ball trying to clear the front leg and pap it over cow corner.
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i disagree...momentum and a wicket has been lost!
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i appreciate that, but if he'd have played a proper shot he would have got some runs and he can do damage
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http://www.sportschances.com/live-in-play.php?match_id=CRK110326SRIENG (http://www.sportschances.com/live-in-play.php?match_id=CRK110326SRIENG)
A fun link to watch.
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England need a more innovative wicketkeeping batsman for the end of the innings like Jos Buttler. Prior is too correct in his stroke play
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i agree jeet, but for me, jos buttler isn't ready yet
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Trott should probably also open, he just doesn't have the power to bat at the end even when he's set. There's a reason he has so many 50's and no 100's in this WC.
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swan legend ... end of lol
takes some balls to do that 1st ball.
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swan legend ... end of lol
takes some balls to do that 1st ball.
If you pull it off, he was just left looking stupid and handed some momentum to the sri lankans.
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bob willis is a moron, trott's innings was exactly what was required given the situation, and he consistently scores runs at a reasonable enough rate
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Given the pitch wasn't easy to score on his innings could prove invaluable
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If you pull it off, he was just left looking stupid and handed some momentum to the sri lankans.
did it change the outcome of the game tho?
it gain and lost nothing just one ball?
it was a gamble u lot may think he looked stupid but i dont think omg swan u (No Swearing Please) i think what ever floats ur boat swanny
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bob willis is a moron, trott's innings was exactly what was required given the situation, and he consistently scores runs at a reasonable enough rate
He is a liability in the powerplay though.
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If you pull it off, he was just left looking stupid and handed some momentum to the sri lankans.
He tried something and it didn't come off. Something I bet everyone on this forum has done...
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I can't believe some people are complaining about Trott!! If he doesn't stay we'd collapse...
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He tried something and it didn't come off. Something I bet everyone on this forum has done...
fair point, however surely swann was put in then to bash a quick few runs, not try a fancy shot that hasnt been that successful for the proper batsmen this game so far
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did it change the outcome of the game tho?
it gain and lost nothing just one ball?
it was a gamble u lot may think he looked stupid but i dont think omg swan u (No Swearing Please) i think what ever floats ur boat swanny
Impossible to say whether it had an effect onthe outcome, losing a wicket is about more than just plus 1 in the wickets column though, as everyone who's played will know.
Also seems odd to have Look Right in there and not send him out to have a slog in the powerplay, I thought that was pretty much all he was in there to do other than field and bowl if someone gets injured/bowls like Anderson.
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I think it was correct to send Swann in at 6, but a few sighters wouldn't have gone a miss. Swann is capable for whacking the ball and a quick 20-30 would've pushed the game away from the Lankans.
Just look at Sanga's body language at the end of England's innings, rather concerned look on his face.
Final point, Murali looks a shadow of his old self. He bowled very poorly today. When do you ever see Murali going at a run a ball in Coloumbo?
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I can't believe some people are complaining about Trott!! If he doesn't stay we'd collapse...
I wasn't complaining about him, he's good at what he does, just recognising the fact that we don't want him batting in the powerplay if possible as he just isn't any use there at all.
Really England should have taken the BPP in the 16th over, forced KS to either back his lesser bowlers with the field up, or use some of Malinga's overs up early on meaning he had less to bowl at the death. I presume it was considered but written off in the hope we could exploit it in a more orthadox manner.
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i agree jeet, but for me, jos buttler isn't ready yet
If he has a good season for SCCC, I wouldn't mind him getting a few games for England in the tail end of the English summer
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England need a more innovative wicketkeeping batsman for the end of the innings like Jos Buttler. Prior is too correct in his stroke play
I doubt you have seen enough of Buttler to give that opinion though Jeet
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Kieswetter needs a run for me, get him some experience
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I doubt you have seen enough of Buttler to give that opinion though Jeet
I saw him on Sky 6-7 times last yeaf and he was a breath of fresh air.
Haven't seen him live as a round trip from London is epic lol
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I have played against him and rate him highly as a batsman but he is no means ready yet
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right what is people thoughts
crying in my soup or laughing in my beer
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right what is people thoughts
crying in my soup or laughing in my beer
neither for me haha, in between the two
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i am now officially crying in my soup
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my wife is warming the soup up
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thisis where we lack putting the bad ball away we hit 4 boundaries in our 1st 30 overs or something silly!
trott going steady eddy is great but needs to be scoring quicker for my liking at the same time
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Trott is fine we need to bat round him but looking at the line up were carrying too many passengers
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England's main issue was not using their feet to the spinners. They allowed the Lankans to dictate terms. England seem obsessed with the sweep shot. They gotta use their feet to put doubt into the bowlers mind
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Prior's gotta go after this tournament.
I'm a person who likes to stick with a set-up for a long period of time but I think we have better keeper/batsman available in the domestic teams such as Kieswetter, Davies, Butler etc...
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Hard to keep wicket on a slow low one yes we should groom a young un no doubt but still the test keeper
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least were winning against Wales
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to be fair half the team are not good enough
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2-0 in the football
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luke wright shouldnt be anywhere near the england team
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lack of hundreds by England in WC has hurt them. Only Strauss has got one
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lack of anything bar Strauss and Trott
at least my miinstronie is good
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lack of anything bar Strauss and Trott
at least my miinstronie is good
agreed, minestrone is the best soup available
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10 wicket loss by looks of it and a ton each for the openers !
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Well deserved too
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10 wicket loss by looks of it and a ton each for the openers !
And theyre both in my fantasy team with trott :)
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Ahh I've forgotten about the Fantasy Cricket for the past week Whoops :( - Ahh well..
Anyway, as a Sri Lankan, I am delighted. Thought it would have been a tricky chase, and it was, but the openers made it look easy. Bring on NZ :)
Who do we reckon is gonna win the India vs Pakistan Semi?
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Nothing to complain about really. A comprehensive victory to SL, fair play to them.
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Who do we reckon is gonna win the India vs Pakistan Semi?
India hands down :D
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Haha obviously you Jeet :)
I think Pakistan have looked really strong this tournament so wouldn't be surprised if they won. As our overseas is Indian I guess I'll be supporting them.
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I'd go out on a limb and say Pakistan personally...just cause they have been surprisingly consistent this tournament and Afridi has been great with the ball especially! :)
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Haha obviously you Jeet :)
I think Pakistan have looked really strong this tournament so wouldn't be surprised if they won. As our overseas is Indian I guess I'll be supporting them.
At least until India are not 200/1 of 15 at which point they become hated, incompetent fools and the coachin staff outdated infidels.
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Lol so true
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Everyone (not on the forum) goes on about Afridi and Gul, but India have pummeled both of them in the past.
I saw on Cricinfo that Hafeez claims Pakistan have 'the best attack in the world'? On the wacky baccy I think...
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Everyone (not on the forum) goes on about Afridi and Gul, but India have pummeled both of them in the past.
I saw on Cricinfo that Hafeez claims Pakistan have 'the best attack in the world'? On the wacky baccy I think...
Drugs?
That is just about the only rule Pakistan cricket hasn't broken so far...
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Drugs?
That is just about the only rule Pakistan cricket hasn't broken so far...
Pretty sure Asif is banned from UAE for trying to smuggle in Opium lol
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Pretty sure Asif is banned from UAE for trying to smuggle in Opium lol
Oh god :D Butthey are a wonderful, warm, peace loving people, lest we be accused of racism.
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Fancy Sri Lanka, their not easy to score against their bowlers Malinga Murali etc