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  • Quotes of the day

    From the world of cricket come the lines below. Talk about hitting below the belt!!

    It was in Jamaica that Mike Gatting became the first batsman, as opposed to bowler, to be accused of ball-tampering after being struck in the face by Malcolm Marshall. When they finally retrieved the ball, which had richocheted so far it was located somewhere around the mid-off region, they found, or so legend has it, a piece of Gatting’s nose embedded in it.

    Martin Johnson, Times Online

    The new age cricketing wife or girlfriend tends to be a brassy sort of gal who can’t wait to tell the Allan Border Medal interviewer who designed her dress and her hanky – both of which happened to be the same size.

    Robert Craddock, The Courier Mail

  • World Test XI

    Ron Reed and Vic Marks have done it. And so has Uncle JRod.

    Here is mine.

    1. Sehwag – The innings against South Africa and Poms at Chennai. Enough said.
    2. Smith – Gambhir is unlucky to miss out, but Smith scored more runs, and at crucial times.
    3. Pietersen – The guy can bat.
    4. Tendulkar – I don’t want to explain this one.
    5. Ab – Loads of runs, and with style.
    6. Chanderpaul – I hate to do this. I mean I really hate his tape under his eyes, but he made runs, and buckets of it.
    7. Dhoni – The best keeper batsman in Tests today.
    8. Mendis – Amazing debut against the best players of spin in the game today.
    9. Ishant Sharma – One of the three awesome pace bowlers. His spell to Ponting was one of the best spells of fast bowling in almost a decade. 
    10. Dale Steyn – Look at the number of wickets.
    11. Mitchell Johnson – Very impressive young bowler with a lot of heart and good cricketing sense.

    Reserve bowler – Zaheer Khan – again amazing cricketing sense. Reserver batsman – Gautam Gambhir.

    Any ideas??

  • Daily WTF

    Can someone please explain as to why Agarkar and Yuvraj were bowled today, instead of Irfan Pathan?

    [tags] Cricket, T20 WorldCup, India, New Zealand[/tags]

  • India in England

    The Good: India in tests. Tendulkar, in sublime touch and his responses to the decisions against him, from the disbelief to the smile, priceless. Kevin Pietersen in the first test. Vaughn in the second. Kumble in the third, with the bat. Mascarenhas in the sixth ODI. Utthappa in the sixth ODI, even though many shots were pure luck. Monty’s fielding efforts. Ganguly giving Broad a piece of his mind.

    The Bad: India in ODIs. Selection of Ajit Agarkar, some one give me one good reason. The on-field behaviour of both India and England. Indian batting in the final ODI.

    The Ugly: Indians on the field. The umpiring. The series has to be the best case for increasing the use of technology in cricket. These umpires could are no Dickie Birds. Dravid’s captaincy – only thing that came close to the umpiring. Matt Prior behind the wickets. Powar, all times except when he bowled, and if I may ask, what’s with the hairband? Paul Collingwood, after his runout, in the sixth ODI. Yuvraj, with the ball, in the sixth ODI.

    For a better article on use of tech, go here. And if you are generally fed up of India’s dismal performance in cricket maybe this will cheer you up.

    [tags]Cricket, Hockey, Sports, India, England[/tags]