CRICKET IS A GAME OF PROFICIENCY/SKILL/FORM & CHANCE.NOT REFERING TO WC 2007, IN FUTURE, EVERY TEAM, AT LEAGUE STAGE, MUST/SHOULD PLAY A REVERSE MATCH WITH EACH OPPONENT TO DECIDE THE
CONSISTANT TEAM.STALWARTS LIKE PAK/INDIA /WI /SRILANKA etc.KNOW HOW TO FIGHT BACK. THEY SHOULD NOT BE MADE TO WAIT FOR 4 YEARS TO AVOID A FLUKE LOSS.
ALSO/ALTERNATIVELY, THE LAST WC FINNALISTS,
MUST BE GIVEN A BIRTH IN SUPER 8/9/10 ROUND, NEXT WC, SO THAT THEY will NOT BE VICTIMS DUE TO CHANCE ELEMENT.
RE:CHANGE WORLD CUP LEAGUE MATCHES STRUCTURE
by Pankaj Garg on Mar 22, 2007 09:17 PM Permalink
Suri Sahab,
Totally agreed with you. Hundred percent in favour of what you said. ICC is trying make money by including more teams and at the same time changing format every year thinking that test playing team will beat minnows easily.
I totally agree that early exit of Pak doesn't reflect true picture of world cup. Same thing happened in last world cup also when Zim and Kenya reached super 6.
RE:CHANGE WORLD CUP LEAGUE MATCHES STRUCTURE
by Bijoy K on Mar 22, 2007 09:35 PM Permalink
Exactly!!!! The whole format is bullshit. It kills the fun and just that. Reverse matches r the need of the hour. If ICC can spend time and energy on some minnows, why can't they find time to conduct reverse matches? There is no fun in this world cup!!
RE:RE:CHANGE WORLD CUP LEAGUE MATCHES STRUCTURE
by varinderbir sawhney on Mar 22, 2007 09:52 PM Permalink
Very humbly want to point out Col. Suri that typing in caps is considered akin to shouting in cyber world.
Other than that, I agree with your ideas but I feel that somehow these reverses to the so called 'big teams' is the main thing which is keeping this game interesting dur to the unpredictability attached to it. If the consistent team is allowed to win by getting more chances to play, team like Australia wil maintain its monotony and then I doubt whether the level f public interest will remain that high.
What do you mean India JUST needs to beat SL. do you think SL is such a walkover. My country of 20million can take on any country of any size in cricket and we will thrash you. Ha ha, 1 billion can't beat 20million. SINHALA LION ROARS
RE:SL's win is assured
by Bengal Tiger on Mar 22, 2007 09:11 PM Permalink
See Mr.Low tech, i know that your pathetic country does not even have a decent website where you can cry. So, cry and whine but are not going to win any sympathy.
RE:SL's win is assured
by sp on Mar 22, 2007 09:05 PM Permalink
patriot's country lost to minnows Ireland, so now this guy has gone mad. In order to abuse indian team(its in paki's blood) he pretends to be Sl supported. This is their true color, tthey(pakis)always attack from behind,becos they know if they come face to face, they will be teared apart
RE:RE:SL's win is assured
by Bob Woolmer on Mar 22, 2007 09:08 PM Permalink
Sahi bola SP yeh Patriot tutta hai..iskaa koi desh nahee hai he is living a nomadic life tabhi apne PTV per post dalane ki jagah yahan Rediff per mara raha hai.
RE:RE:SL's win is assured
by patriot on Mar 22, 2007 09:06 PM Permalink
SL has never lost to Ireland. Sorry, your statistics are wrong. you are the weekest link.
RE:RE:RE:SL's win is assured
by nikin shetty on Mar 22, 2007 09:35 PM Permalink
weekest link.....ha ha this guy is a joke,must be from srilanka.....what are you?monthest link(LOL)
Hello! If India will choose this team for tomorrow, then definetely India going to win, the team as follows, Sourav, Sachin, Shewag, Dravid, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Irfan, Agarkar,Kumble, Zaheer and Munaf. Sachin should open with Sourav.
RE:Interview with God
by Kirit Mankodi on Mar 22, 2007 09:08 PM Permalink
I quite agree with "Patriot". Most of us Indians ARE insensitive, especially city-bred Indians. You can see this everywhere, including Internet. But there are some sane people like "Patriot".
RE:Interview with God
by patriot on Mar 22, 2007 08:58 PM Permalink
A man dies and someone writes like this and use his name as a screenname. This is the sensitivity of an Indian.
RE:RE:Interview with God
by sp on Mar 22, 2007 09:00 PM Permalink
You are not Indian so why do you worry. Infact We will never call you as an indian. You are not worth of it. You are from a country which we indian have given as an ALMS.And we don't allow beggers to be part of our country
RE:RE:RE:Interview with God
by nikin shetty on Mar 22, 2007 09:42 PM Permalink
this patriot is insensitive to people alive and is talking about sensitivity of others....must be a srilankan(LOL)
RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Interview with God
by sp on Mar 22, 2007 09:08 PM Permalink
Yeah we do have beggers in india. but what about you your whole country is given in ALMS by us. You were beggers, you are beggers and you will be beggers all the time.
If we bat first - scores should be: 1) 5 overs 23/0 2) 10 overs 55/0 3) 15 overs 74/0 4) 20 overs 95/1 (no wicket is always good) 5) 25 overs 120/1 (we will have Murali here) 6) 30 overs 150/2 7) 40 overs 203/3 8) 45 overs 248/5 9) 50 overs 295/8
If India follows something of this sort, it would be a thrilling match. Hope there is rain and SriLanka is effected by D/L method and asked to score 275 in 42 overs and they lose by 30 runs.
RE:RE:Batting Numbers
by Chandra SK on Mar 22, 2007 09:05 PM Permalink
My take is this. India can win tom if we do this
a. Come tom. to play with a psoitive body language (Definitely not the case against BD and Ber)
b. If win toss, get ready to bat (yes, even with swinging ball). MJ's track record on winning toss (Bats 90% of the times)....
c. Plan, prepare and have a flexible batting order. What does this mean?
- I suspect Uthappa may not be in for these kind of pitches (Just a sense, am not sure ), i would replace him with Dinesh (ya, I am not dropping VS, even though I hate him so much)
- Dinesh and SCG open the innings
- If the start is OK (4 rpo in 10 overs without loss of wickets), I will send MSD at 1 down
- If the start is not OK (losing one wicket quickly, I will send RD at 1 down)
- If things go solidly, I will continue with MSD followed by YS and then so on
- If things worsen in the first 15 overs, I will quickly change strategy. Instead of sending my main stream batsmen , I will send in Sreesanth (Risky, but instead of agarkar or AGarkar if RD retains him) and Zaheer after the loss of 3 quick wickets - mandate, try scoring 10 runs each in 3-4 overs each...no smashing around
- Apart from this- Here is my objective for each individual batsmen
- DK/ SCG- Target: 30 Runs each in 45 balls each (60 in 15 overs)
- MSD/ YS- 30 runs each in 30 balls each (60 in 10 overs)
-RD/SRT/VS- 30 runs each in 35 balls (90 in 18 overs)
- One of the above batsman then extends to score 75 in 85 balls.....
Net net score : 255 in 48 overs (approx)....Add another 20 in 2 overs...Total target 275.....
Since RD is a useless captain..here is my strategy to deal with that problem
Tom. instead of RD leading the team, I will split the fielding team into 3 parts
A team of 3 India players will be responsible to plan to get the top 3 batsmen out.....similarl two other fielding teams will be set up to plan for the other batsmen,.....
That way...each team needs to plan, think and execute on match day...The necessity of an idiot captain is over as he will also be a part of team planning to get 3-4 batsmen out......
Also....since everybody is in a smaller sub-team....the conrtibution and responsibility to the team will increase manifold......
If India follows something of this sort, it would be a thrilling match. Hope there is rain and SriLanka is effected by D/L method and asked to score 275 in 42 overs and they lose by 30 runs.
RE:Shut down comments
by Kannan SivaramanViswanatha on Mar 22, 2007 08:52 PM Permalink
while I agree that some posters cross the line of decency, you get to know different points of view on one platform. The best way is to ignore the trash and absorb what you think is worthwhile. I don't in any way mean to sermonize on this, but we must accept the ground reality. Democracy is abused very often by a few but that is no good reason to throw the baby and water together.
RE:Shut down comments
by kumar v on Mar 22, 2007 09:00 PM Permalink
I do believe that India can beat Sri Lanka, India has always beaten SriLanka in World Cup except in 1996, remember 2000 world cup in England when India crushed them in England. And also in SA 2003.
It is a must win situation for India and I know SRT will be the key man along with Kumble both will play a crucial role. Expect Mulari being wacked all over the park
RE:RE:Shut down comments
by Sudha R on Mar 22, 2007 09:14 PM Permalink
It is anybody's game, but it will be a great one for sure ....as much as I want India to win, I know it's not that easy. Let's wait and see :)
RE:RE:Shut down comments
by Nutan Choubey on Mar 23, 2007 12:19 AM Permalink
ye SRT SRT kya hain ? if SRT means sachin then sachin has 6 char SRT has atleast FOUR char (yes atleast four one key stroke to hold caps-lock and three char ). Why u want to confuse others, want to prove urself smart, ur SMSians
With the current captain and coach in the helm and the glaring inconsistencies of our team, India cannot beat Sri Lanka and therefore will not make it to Super 8's.
a. Come tom. to play with a psoitive body language (Definitely not the case against BD and Ber)
b. If win toss, get ready to bat (yes, even with swinging ball). MJ's track record on winning toss (Bats 90% of the times)....
c. Plan, prepare and have a flexible batting order. What does this mean?
- I suspect Uthappa may not be in for these kind of pitches (Just a sense, am not sure ), i would replace him with Dinesh (ya, I am not dropping VS, even though I hate him so much)
- Dinesh and SCG open the innings
- If the start is OK (4 rpo in 10 overs without loss of wickets), I will send MSD at 1 down
- If the start is not OK (losing one wicket quickly, I will send RD at 1 down)
- If things go solidly, I will continue with MSD followed by YS and then so on
- If things worsen in the first 15 overs, I will quickly change strategy. Instead of sending my main stream batsmen , I will send in Sreesanth (Risky, but instead of agarkar or AGarkar if RD retains him) and Zaheer after the loss of 3 quick wickets - mandate, try scoring 10 runs each in 3-4 overs each...no smashing around
- Apart from this- Here is my objective for each individual batsmen
- DK/ SCG- Target: 30 Runs each in 45 balls each (60 in 15 overs)
- MSD/ YS- 30 runs each in 30 balls each (60 in 10 overs)
-RD/SRT/VS- 30 runs each in 35 balls (90 in 18 overs)
- One of the above batsman then extends to score 75 in 85 balls.....
Net net score : 255 in 48 overs (approx)....Add another 20 in 2 overs...Total target 275.....
Since RD is a useless captain..here is my strategy to deal with that problem
Tom. instead of RD leading the team, I will split the fielding team into 3 parts
A team of 3 India players will be responsible to plan to get the top 3 batsmen out.....similarl two other fielding teams will be set up to plan for the other batsmen,.....
That way...each team needs to plan, think and execute on match day...The necessity of an idiot captain is over as he will also be a part of team planning to get 3-4 batsmen out......
Also....since everybody is in a smaller sub-team....the conrtibution and responsibility to the team will increase manifold......
RE:Strategy tom
by patriot on Mar 22, 2007 08:46 PM Permalink
The Sinhala Lion Flag will fly on Friday. Don't worry so will that indian flag, but it will be at half mast
RE:RE:Strategy tom
by Bengal Tiger on Mar 22, 2007 09:30 PM Permalink
The sad part is you dont even have sufficient Lions. So, we will export you some from Gir sancturary. (such losers nothing original, be it religion, Lions, cars...). Not even a Sri Lankan website for this loser to whine. What a pathetic low tech country.
RE:RE:Strategy tom
by nikin shetty on Mar 22, 2007 09:54 PM Permalink
hey sinhala loin ,your team ios what it is today because of a tamil tigert.He has single handedly won more matches for you then all ur other players put together and you abuse them.Shame on you, u uncultured brute.(hope ur moronic brain understands whom i am refering to)
RE:RE:Strategy tom
by kripa venkat on Mar 22, 2007 08:51 PM Permalink
May the best win! Come on its just a game, if Srilanka win tomorrow hats off to them. Do you think this is such a big issue to start an arguement on. There are far more constructive issues that can be debated upon.
RE:RE:RE:RE:Strategy tom
by Bengal Tiger on Mar 22, 2007 09:37 PM Permalink
Low tech chaiwallah Sri Lankan.(what a loser) whining in Indian forum becoz his pathetic country does not even have a decent website. What a sad undeveloped country. No wonder he is so frustrated.
RE:RE:RE:Strategy tom
by Special on Mar 22, 2007 09:10 PM Permalink
Instead of Hockey, Cricket should be our national game. Crores of people watch it, follow it, sleep with it, eat with it, plan with it, rests with it, etc...etc...
Even the paan wala, auto rickshaw wala, taxi wala, barber, cabler, sabzi mandi, fruiters, etc...etc...
brother, sister, mother, father, even ur grandies
are after cricket in front of the TV set and hearing commentary on radio
and this KRIPA VENKAT says that there are more constructive issues to be debated on ????????????????????????
Please dont come to this forum if you have some family problems.........
