The Cricket Discussion

[ytwoaone]

technically Pakistan were the hosts as before the 1999 WC the holders got to host the next one, just that India and Sri Lanka got to host some of the matches as Pakistan didn't have enough stadia to go it alone, but the final was in Lahore.

 

[man united forever]

Originally posted by Dhruv
looks like ICC are planning to ban nagpur , jamshedpur and he 3rd venue (forgot name) from hosting any more one-days..

bad for indian cricket

The third venue was Rajkot. This crowd violence is terrible for Indian cricket, and I fail to understand why these people want to spoil good games of cricket. There was plenty of excitement in the last game, Sehwag and Gangly were batting brilliantly, the Windies had put on an excellent show earlier on, but the crowd started to chuck bottles on the field like a bunch of retards. I thought stuff like setting fire to stadiums was exclusive to Calcutta. But the sooner the BCCI and the ICC solve the issue of crowd violence the better - for both the image of cricket and India's reputation as a good host nation. The remaining four games are to be held in Ahmedabad,Baroda, Jodhpur and Vijayawada.

 

[Dhruv]

i bet theres is gonna be some violence in ahmedabad , in the past year gujarat has been a state which has had terrible incidents like the godhra train burning , deaths due to starvation , communal violence and having a cricket match there is bound to create trouble...

 

[zul-aid]

well all I can say is from what I saw and when Australian TV showd the crowd it didnt seem as bad - I havent seen the highlight of the other games but I have seen worse violence in India games were never stoped

South Africa have issues with crowd violence (ask Merv Hughes) and not just in Cricket with crowd invasions.

Many supporters say there is nothing like going to India to see the crowd its so intimmidating - and excellent for cricket and yet ICC wanna censor it THIS IS CRAP

If India get coverage of the one-dayers here in Australia watch what people do at the Gabba if the game is close bottles every where not just one empty one but these bottles are full.

 

[man united forever]

Originally posted by zul-aid
well all I can say is from what I saw and when Australian TV showd the crowd it didnt seem as bad - I havent seen the highlight of the other games but I have seen worse violence in India games were never stoped

South Africa have issues with crowd violence (ask Merv Hughes) and not just in Cricket with crowd invasions.

Many supporters say there is nothing like going to India to see the crowd its so intimmidating - and excellent for cricket and yet ICC wanna censor it THIS IS CRAP

If India get coverage of the one-dayers here in Australia watch what people do at the Gabba if the game is close bottles every where not just one empty one but these bottles are full.

It still doesn't make bottle-throwing any better if everyone else does it. I agree, the crowd provides a fantastic atmosphere, but recently it has crossed the line. It is dangerous for players in the outfield to have missiles chucked at them when they are not looking.

 

[Jono82]

Originally posted by ytwoaone
technically Pakistan were the hosts as before the 1999 WC the holders got to host the next one, just that India and Sri Lanka got to host some of the matches as Pakistan didn't have enough stadia to go it alone, but the final was in Lahore.

Then why didn't the West Indies host the WC in 1979 or 1983 after winning it in 1975 and 1979 respectively?!

 

[Dhruv]

west indies get a rollicking start
80 in 9 overs for 1 wicket...

gayle going berzerk and smashing nehra for 19 in 1 over

4 4 4 6 0(nb) 0 0

 

[zul-aid]

Originally posted by man united forever
It still doesn't make bottle-throwing any better if everyone else does it. I agree, the crowd provides a fantastic atmosphere, but recently it has crossed the line. It is dangerous for players in the outfield to have missiles chucked at them when they are not looking.

Yeah I know what you are saying but it happens everywhere it would seem ICC are trying to crack down on any Indian advantage ie Crowd support which I think is just not Cricket

 

[ytwoaone]

West Indies didn't have the ability to host a WC, and it doesn't have any neighbouring countries that had any cricket facilities, so the WC reverted to England instead.

 

[man united forever]

Originally posted by zul-aid
Yeah I know what you are saying but it happens everywhere it would seem ICC are trying to crack down on any Indian advantage ie Crowd support which I think is just not Cricket

Yes, that's true. Perhaps the ICC should be more alert to such incidents in other countries to keep everything on a level playing field. But anyway, WHAT A VICTORY FOR INDIA!!!!!! Is there anything this batting lineup cannot achieve? They successfully chased 326 against England earlier this year, and now they eased past the Windies with 2.2 overs to spare! Fantastic stuff. Full credit to the West Indians' batting, though. Chris Gayle was magnificent, and Ramnaresh Sarwan is desperately unlucky to be stranded not out on 99. But today was India's day, and it looks like the team is heading down the right track for the World Cup, as long as they get the bowling sorted. We are conceding far too many runs and putting too much pressure on the batsmen, and eventually they will crack, and one lapse in the World Cup could spell the end of any promising campaign. Once the bowling gets sorted, anything can happen.
Sanjay Bangar
VVS Laxman
Chris Gayle
:Bow: Rahul Dravid

 

[zul-aid]

Originally posted by ytwoaone
West Indies didn't have the ability to host a WC, and it doesn't have any neighbouring countries that had any cricket facilities, so the WC reverted to England instead.

But I thought WI have the best facilities in the world, Barbadoes, Antigua, Trinidad and Tobago, and another 5 more it has as many as England and Australia

 

[maddog1983]

and als o then why arent Australia hosting the 2003 world cup ? its in south africa ,. i went to Pakis vs Australia in 1992 it was mad ... we lost though .. saw border, marsh , Veletta ect

 

[Dhruv]

As Ravi Shastri said Lightning doesn't strike twice but in this case it did....

great victory ! but i hope they don't concede so many runs in 1st 15 overs... Nehra should be chucked out... seriously he doesn't swing the ball which he is supposed to ( i know the wicket for real flat wicket and anti-bowler friendly) but i think he doesn't deserve to be in the team... Zaheer Khan will be back for sure and now they are looking at a guy named L BALAJI !!

India are in dire need of a fast bowler(s)

 

[Dhruv]

looks like another big score gam this one... at baroda

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by Dhruv
sri lankans might be able to draw atleast a test against SA but england i am sad to say can only dream about it...

i mean if they score 325 in 1st innings and still lose the match , thats pretty pathetic

Yeah and not just lose, but lose by ~390 runs...

I like the way the English guys talking up englands chances have jsut quietened down suddenly.
Our A team would have beaten England as well. We enforced the follow on, after we earlier declared at only 3 wickets down, and England had caught our total and were setting a reasonable chase, but it was still was fairly low, before a draw was declared (3 days is a silly period of time for a game of cricket!)

Cheers
sKIp_E

 

[Dhruv]

i read in the newspaper that Gough might never bowl again as he had 3 operations on knee and still he's getting injured....

don't know how much a difference flintoff and silverwood make but england are having serious problems and that too before the world cup...

west indies won 5th ODI chasing 290...
Gayle scored yet another century (3rd in the series) : this man s in the form of his life...

 

[zul-aid]

Originally posted by sKIp_E
Yeah and not just lose, but lose by ~390 runs...

I like the way the English guys talking up englands chances have jsut quietened down suddenly.
Our A team would have beaten England as well. We enforced the follow on, after we earlier declared at only 3 wickets down, and England had caught our total and were setting a reasonable chase, but it was still was fairly low, before a draw was declared (3 days is a silly period of time for a game of cricket!)

Cheers
sKIp_E

The reason the poms are quite is because Ytwoaone was banned! - yes a future mod banned ohhhhh who cares

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by Dhruv
i read in the newspaper that Gough might never bowl again as he had 3 operations on knee and still he's getting injured....

don't know how much a difference flintoff and silverwood make but england are having serious problems and that too before the world cup...

west indies won 5th ODI chasing 290...
Gayle scored yet another century (3rd in the series) : this man s in the form of his life...

Actually Glenn McGrath really lashed out in sunday's paper about ppl saying how bad England are playing. He said that Australia are playing awesome, and when we play at our best that we would do this to any side. Then he pointed out the Pakistan series, and said how noone really mentioned anything about Pakistan there, but now all you hear is "England are going bad" rather then "Australia are playing awesome".

Cheers
sKIp_E

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by ytwoaone
South Africa are the best for allrounders, India is better than Australia for spinners (but u do have the best spinner in the world though, just that he ur only class spinner). But Australia are miles ahead of everyone else in all other departments, while England seriuosly lag behind just about everyone except Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in bowling, but we are one of the better batting sides, but still Australia, India, South Africa definetely ahead of us.

Only class spinner is Warne?? Tell me who is that Australian Leg Spinner that is a coupel of years younger than Warne, a bigger turner of the ball, and cleaned up against England in the last ashes series in Australia. You know the one with a test Average of about 24

Stuart MacGill doesnt have the consistency of Warne, but he is still definatley a class spinner.

Nathan Hauritz is still a bit young yet, but he is looking pretty good too

Cheers
sKIp_E

 

[Dhruv]

what u see is what u say ?

"England are doing Bad" and yes they are doing bad.
Australia have done nothing special...
In the past 2 years where the aussies have so much,they have lost quite a few as well...
1stly Losing to India in India , the test series...
2ndly Drawing against New Zealand in Aus , the test series
3rdly Not Reaching the C&U Series final in aus
4thly Losing 3 match ODI series against Pak in aus

so it only shows that they are not invincible...
everybody in world knows they are worldclass side but u got to develop plans and strategies to defeat them...and i'm sorry to say england haven't done their homework reagrding this...