I agree that good cricketers remain excellent no matter what is the format. But players who are average in a 50 over game (especially those who can slog here and there)too can shine well in T20. You cannot distinguish between a good cricketer an average cricketer in T20. This the point and Michael Holding is correct
Re: Quiz
by Saidas Kher on May 20, 2010 07:37 PM
yes mike u r absoulutely right,first of all t-20 is not cricket & second but for most i think IPL should be banned forever.Who ever has watched holding bowling,marshall speed,roberts accurecy,garners bouncers,imran's inswingers,kapils out swingers,hadlee leg cutters,wasims yorkers,waqars devasting pace, ambrose speed,walsh slow & speed bowl,dennis lille bowling,jeff thomson pace,bob willis pace,will never like to see that for money sake game of cricket is getting killed.i challenge that best of best batsman of todays era sachin,ricky,rahul,smith,hyden,would not had scored so many runs ever in life even if world cricket has 50% of them in cricket now, & pollard,yuvraj,hussey,ganguly would never been in team only leave alone they regular member.pls pls ban ipl & t-20 & save cricket.we love to see littel cricket but pure cricket.
Re: Holding is a Idiot
by wangdu on May 20, 2010 07:19 PM
Try to show some restraint when commenting on somebody's viewpoint especially when it comes form such a respectable legend like Holding.
BTW, get some basic grammer lessons before u start posting your comments in English
Re: Holding is a Idiot
by Saidas Kher on May 20, 2010 07:41 PM
yes mike u r absoulutely right,first of all t-20 is not cricket & second but for most i think IPL should be banned forever.Who ever has watched holding bowling,marshall speed,roberts accurecy,garners bouncers,imran's inswingers,kapils out swingers,hadlee leg cutters,wasims yorkers,waqars devasting pace, ambrose speed,walsh slow & speed bowl,dennis lille bowling,jeff thomson pace,bob willis pace,will never like to see that for money sake game of cricket is getting killed.i challenge that best of best batsman of todays era sachin,ricky,rahul,smith,hyden,would not had scored so many runs ever in life even if world cricket has 50% of them in cricket now, & pollard,yuvraj,hussey,ganguly would never been in team only leave alone they regular member.pls pls ban ipl & t-20 & save cricket.we love to see littel cricket but pure cricket.
Re: Holding is a Idiot
by Pat Thakur on May 20, 2010 07:26 PM
Balls! It's you who're a impotent moron calling Holding an idiot. You can never compare a ROLLS ROYCE (an epithet, the butter-actioned Holding is honored with) to an Indian AMBASSADOR or FIAT, mind you.
& what time you're talking about ass? We have time enough to waste years upon years in running futile cases & breeding Terrorists, we have time enough to throw national security to dogs & line up for protecting filthy moviedom, we have time enough to spend frutilessly on unending caste debates..........
Re: Holding is a Idiot
by Subienay Ganesh on May 20, 2010 07:33 PM
Mr.Mishra, you have absolutely no understanding of what Holding is trying to say. He is absolutely right, and I am sure even Modi and the ICC know it. You will not understand as 1. You seem to be from the most advanced state in India - UP 2. You probably voted for Mayawati.
This is a short form of cricket and the name should be changed as the skill set for short term cricket is different from a day long match. Now a days everybody is after money and this greed for money is clearly shows sign of death of actual cricket game.
Action a player is remembering of slavery system in the early 18th/19th century, only differance is the slaver gets the money. Play two-three hours and enjoy with half naked glamour girls in the night parties. Is this game?
The person then will interest to play as his focuss would then be spending the money he earned and slowly he would retire from cricket.
Actually, he is right...ban this formatt. Come on..we have more thrill moments in 5days cricket (Eng vs Safrica, India vs Australia series) and in ODIs too..This cricket is waste of skill. If ppl want to see short duration game, please switch to Football/hockey etc.. Cricket is meant for patience and test of stamina and mind.
Re: When Sir HOLDING speaks, everyone says YES Sir
by Leader on May 20, 2010 07:21 PM
People said the same thing when the 50 Overs was first introduced. Infact they were even more acidic towards the 50 overs than we are with the 20 overs.
I dont find wrong with any version, just that the interference of glamor needs to be cut down! Simple.
And just coz Holding is a great player....end of the day Cricket (be it test, 50 overs or T20) is bigger than him or any player.
Re: IPL PLZ GIVE HIM SOME MONY TOO
by Bikram Sahoo on May 20, 2010 07:14 PM
Micheal Holding is absolutely correct and has the guts to declare it openly. Kudos to him.
