The Cricket World Cup Thread

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Mar 2011 20:28

more you guys make special prep for wednesday, more you jinx TI to lose heavily.

its not going to be a close match - I am expecting one side to lose heavily - hopefully Pak!

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 28 Mar 2011 20:29

Singha wrote:more you guys make special prep for wednesday, more you jinx TI to lose heavily.

its not going to be a close match - I am expecting one side to lose heavily - hopefully Pak!

Yeah. Gonna try and keep away from asking boss for a half day. Hope the stars that showed up during QFs come back!

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 28 Mar 2011 20:32

bart wrote:I guess the BR jinx-masters fall in that category, in a sense.

Jou are wrong kaafir. We do not 'want' TSP to win. India will lose onlee

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 28 Mar 2011 20:51

kittoo · Post by **kittoo** » 28 Mar 2011 21:07

Dmurphy wrote:WTF are these guys smoking??

I am sorry to say but when I go to such a group and find that 80% of members are Indian Muslims, it seems pretty self-explanatory why question marks on IMs wont go away. Again, not blaming all 15 crore of them, but most of the members of that group are IMs, well-educated too.

Vikas · Post by **Vikas** » 28 Mar 2011 21:07

Hum yeh match definitely losenge..

Sushupti · Post by **Sushupti** » 28 Mar 2011 21:08

Aamir Sohail Vs Ravi Shastri

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/vide ... 802068.cms

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 28 Mar 2011 21:20

Tweet of the day:

Shaun Tait has retired from Tests and ODIs to concentrate on Twenty20. That's a bit like retiring from sex to focus on your masturbation.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 28 Mar 2011 21:20

bill gul-e-futteh~ killer dhood shakti just turned organic!

our chick & phish kollam guy may play and screw their b@@ls off!

The quelling shall begin on March 30th!

Tamang · Post by **Tamang** » 28 Mar 2011 21:21

sum wrote:Tait retires from ODI's to prolong T20 career
SDREs again cause the "Wild one" to retire!!!

Yeah, he did the same after we smashed him in Perth test in 2008(?).

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 28 Mar 2011 21:34

Archan, must be something wrong with your browser cookies. Better clear them. I haven't come across any blind links on this thread. Why do you seem to be stumbling across them?

Tamang · Post by **Tamang** » 28 Mar 2011 21:38

World Cup - All time wicket takers

Zaheer is at 6th place, and his stats are extremely impressive.

archan · Post by **archan** » 28 Mar 2011 21:41

^^ saar, by blind link I mean a user posts a link and says absolutely nothing about it. A link to a video, some facebook page (users without a facebook account cannot access it), or link to some page wanting a person to enter their details (like your facebook link wanted me to do)...

Just write a line, a quote or something about it. See Sushupti's post above. He got a warning on that. Blind link does not mean a link to a blank page.

archan · Post by **archan** » 28 Mar 2011 21:43

Tamang wrote:World Cup - All time wicket takers

Zaheer is at 6th place, and his stats are extremely impressive.

Interestingly it is top-heavy with (medium) pacers. Only Murali there as a spinner at the top.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 28 Mar 2011 21:52

How do they calculate bowling SR here ?

Tamang · Post by **Tamang** » 28 Mar 2011 22:02

Should be "Bowls bowled / Wickets taken"

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 28 Mar 2011 22:04

varun Aaron. Regularly clocks 140+kmph, open chested, super clean action. Hits the deck hard. Seems like our next fast bowling star:

And he's just about 22!

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 28 Mar 2011 22:09

Dmurphy wrote:varun Aaron. Regularly clocks 140+kmph, open chested, super clean action. Hits the deck hard. Seems like our next fast bowling star:

And he's just about 22!

There you go an jinx him.

Bliss to remember past experiences at counting our chickens before they hatched..
Ishant Sharma,
Pranthan
Munna
Irfan Pathan
R P Singh
...

So repeat after me..
Varun Aaron will lose all his pace and become like Munna onlee

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 28 Mar 2011 22:22

Tamang wrote:Should be "Bowls bowled / Wickets taken"

duh, I was going by the runs.. where was I?

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Mar 2011 22:59

Shaun Tait gives up on 50-over game

From: Herald Sun
March 28, 2011 2:27PM

THE fallout from Australia's failed World Cup campaign has begun to hit with speedster Shaun Tait quitting the 50-over format of the game.

Tait announced today that he will concentrate on being a Twenty20 player rather than trying to balance that with One Day Internationals.

The South Australian was a key part of Australia's three-pronged pace strategy in the World Cup, which failed on the slow, flat pitches of the sub-continent.

In Australia's last World Cup match, India's batsmen were harsh on him with the South Australian returning figures of 1-52 off seven overs at an average of 7.42 runs per over.

Over his career, Tait played 35 ODIs for Australia and took 62 wickets at an average of 23.56. An average of 5.19 was scored per over from his bowling.

Tate will concentrate on the more lucrativeTwenty20 matches and has also retired from the one-day Ryobi Cup fixtures for South Australia.

He says the decision will prolong his career by giving his body a chance to cope with the rigours of fast bowling.

"This is not a decision I have taken lightly but I believe it is one that will help me to prolong my cricketing career through the many Twenty20 avenues available,'' he said in a statement today.

"In reality, playing all year round for Australia and South Australia is not allowing my body to stand up as I would like and I do not want to be forced into retirement through career-ending injuries.

"Twenty20 cricket allows me to manage my body to a level where I feel I can continue to contribute to the game for some time yet.

"My goal was to hopefully help Australia retain the ICC Cricket World Cup. However, with our involvement now finished I feel it is the perfect time to move on in a new direction.''

Tate emphasised that he was proud to have played for Australia in the ODI and said his decision was accepted by cricket Australia.

"Cricket Australia has been very supportive of me over the years and again have accepted the decision I have made. I am very thankful for all they have done and I now look forward to the next phase of my career," Tait added.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Mar 2011 23:01

from a few days back
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/aus ... 6027024241

THESE are the speed demons who hold Australia's World Cup destiny in their hands.

The defending champions will today deploy the fastest attack in world cricket, when Aussie pace trio Shaun Tait, Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson are let loose on India in their sudden-death World Cup quarter-final showdown.

Maligned as a bowling unit before the tournament, the pace triumvirate has hit back at its critics, taking 32 wickets between them in Australia's march to the knockout phase.

The Indians are renowned as the masters of spin, but they will be under siege from ball one when Lee, Tait and Johnson pepper Sachin Tendulkar and the top order with their array of 140km/h-plus thunderbolts.

"As a bowling unit, we feel pretty confident," Johnson said before today's all-or-nothing clash at the 50,000-capacity Sardar Patel Stadium.

Johnson said: "Us three quicks going together, we always look forward to bowling over 140km/h and swinging the ball.

"Having Brett Lee around has been a huge boost for me. Having his experience again has been awesome and the way he has bowled gives you confidence.

"It's do or die - we need to win this game or we go home."

Lee (12 wickets), Tait (10) and Johnson (10) have all had success at the World Cup and Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is confident his pace trio can shake up India.

"I've got no doubt about that," Ponting said.

"If you've got three guys who can bowl 145km/h-plus and they hit their marks regularly, then I think most teams are going to find that difficult.

"We're lucky that we've got three guys who can actually do that. If they do it to the best of their ability (against India), then they'll be as hard to face as anyone."

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 28 Mar 2011 23:02

Dmurphy wrote:varun Aaron. Regularly clocks 140+kmph, open chested, super clean action. Hits the deck hard. Seems like our next fast bowling star:
And he's just about 22!

The guy's pretty good! I like his compact Steyn-ish (or perhaps Marshall-like) action. He generates tremendous hand speed but an apparently slower runup compared to Steyn, and needs to watch out for shoulder and rotator cuff injuries.

Re: Tait, we've now twice bundled him out of the game. Remember he had a breakdown after the 2009 Perth test where he got carted around, and now this. TFTA cowering in dark corners.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Mar 2011 23:07

action looks very Steynish. but one hsa to recall even the 'traditional' fast bowling hubs seem to produce just about one truly good superquick every generation - allan donald, then steyn, shane bond suffered back injury and quit, marshall did not get busted by overdose of ODIs, waqar yunus ... its a tough job and few make it.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Mar 2011 23:10

the really quick ones like steyn, brett lee, shane bond, waqar, marshall somehow share the same build of lean and stocky, not oversized or too tall.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 28 Mar 2011 23:19

For the wrists, elbows they can have some kind of elastic stabilizers. Would there be anything for the shoulder joint? Difficult to even think of one. some kind of elastic banian!?

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 28 Mar 2011 23:20

How about Ambrose and Walsh then ? Ambrose always looked like a rag doll during the runup, with that characteristic oscillating hand but had a smooth action that didn't stress his body much. Ditto for Walsh. Even Ishant used his height very effectively during the two 2008-09 series, particularly when he was dismantling Mr.Integrity. Tait on the other hand - the first time I saw him and his wierd whiplash action, I thought he was a back injury waiting to happen, and so it did.

ajit_tr · Post by **ajit_tr** » 28 Mar 2011 23:20

Shahid Afridi complaining about biased Indian media saying its programs are negative for the team not worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_m72Z_S8h4

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 28 Mar 2011 23:22

Holding's action was the smoothest, and to an extent imran khan.

amdavadi · Post by **amdavadi** » 28 Mar 2011 23:27

terrorist afridi is scared as hell

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 28 Mar 2011 23:27

you mean afraid-he?

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 28 Mar 2011 23:29

I wonder who Shah Rukh Khan will be cheering for in the next match.

partha · Post by **partha** » 28 Mar 2011 23:31

ajit_tr wrote:Shahid Afridi complaining about biased Indian media saying its programs are negative for the team not worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_m72Z_S8h4

OK. Don't watch.

archan · Post by **archan** » 28 Mar 2011 23:32

KJoishy wrote:I wonder who Shah Rukh Khan will be cheering for in the next match.

^ any good reason for the doubt, saar?

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 28 Mar 2011 23:52

what! how does it matter about this filmy hero's opinions and preferences for the world cup?

--

yes, SMG >= SRK in the sense, without helmet he was facing the big 5 WI pace attack.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 28 Mar 2011 23:57

>> duh, I was going by the runs.. where was I?

that's bowling avg.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 29 Mar 2011 00:01

varoon aaron lands in the danger area every single time. these things should be rectified in the domestic level and not when a player starts playing for India.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 29 Mar 2011 00:07

archan wrote:
KJoishy wrote:I wonder who Shah Rukh Khan will be cheering for in the next match.
^ any good reason for the doubt, saar?

Can't answer for my Amchi brother but I am certain that KJo saar isn't implying anything based on King-Kong Khan's religion. KKK has time and again tried to surpass the WKKs and he has sound financial reasons for it. For me, KKK's loyalty is suspect just as much as Mahesh Butt, Mani Stinker Aiyar and Arundotty.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 29 Mar 2011 00:09

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 29 Mar 2011 00:09

two stress fractures to his back already!?
http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-f ... nts/page/1

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 29 Mar 2011 00:11

Now, I'm not a Bal Thackeray fan but his recent comment that Afzal Guru and Kasab should be invited to Mohali to watch the match along with MMS is surely ROTFL material