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Mambo
Mighty Windies
by Mambo on Jun 17, 2003 09:17 AM

Are you sure about omari banks....?

seen his perfomance in the last test against the aussies.In his debut test he scored 47 not out to take windies to a record win.
and you tell him thats ordinary.
when parthiv patel makes a 25 not out you say that thats a genius.
I am not critcising parthiv, but atleast now people ( I really mean reporters) should stop crticizing others and give value to others perfomance.

Or maybe gulu should think of stop writing more stuff.











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Madhusudhan
Ezekiel is right - The windies were sore losers
by Madhusudhan on May 30, 2003 10:32 AM

I distinctly remember watching the Bangalore test of Clive Lloyd's Windies tour in '74. Viv Richards, Greenidge and others making a debut and how they demolished India in that match, with Lloyd making a powerful century. Greenidge missed a world record of century in both innings on debut very narrowly. It was a great team in the making. But India, under the recalled Pataudi, gave them a good fight and lost the series narrowly at 2 - 3. What is fresh in my memory is Lloyd two-faced post match interviews. When they won, everything was hunky-dory. When they lost, everything else was to blame, from the umpiring, to the practice pitches, to the crowd to everyone's mummy and uncle. This was a bunch of sore losers, who could not stop whingeing. Indians, ever gracious hosts, took all crap and never retaliated. But it was sickening for the discerning among the cricket fans, to see the blatant hypocrisy of the Windies. There was no Saurav to give them back in their own coin then. They sure were an exciting bunch of cricketers but chivalrous and happy-go-lucky??? ... any one would be a fool to call them that.

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Syed Aiyaz
Error!!!
by Syed Aiyaz on May 30, 2003 10:23 AM

Hi gulu,

In 1995 it was the Mark Taylor led Aussies that won the test series and not Steve Waugh led Aussies as you have mentioned in your column. Steve Waugh was instrumental in winning that series by scoring a match winning 200 not out against the bowling attack Courtney Walsh and Ambrose.

Please check facts, rediff readers are more informed.

Thanks,
Syed

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Bala
Correction
by Bala on May 30, 2003 09:29 AM

By the way, when was Australia led by Steve Waugh way back in 1995. His first series as captain of Australia was against the West Indies in 1999 I think, when Brian Lara played some of the most outstanding knocks ever played in any form of the game in any era.

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Bhavesh
Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Bhavesh on May 29, 2003 10:04 PM

One of the best article i have read on rediff. not the statistics but the analytical approach was wonderful. and most imp first of its kind.........ie something about one of the best side of the cricket history......its negatives..........now i can inderstand the behaviour of aussies on the field.........once who have a habit of winning ....its difficult to be on the loser's side........so teams have done that before........
thanks for bringing out this ........
bhavesh, new jersey, USA

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Avinash
Factual error
by Avinash on May 29, 2003 09:14 PM

I believe Nagamooto was/is a leg spinner, not an offie.
just thought i'd point it out. other than that...nice article! and well researched.
avinash.


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Amit
Wrong fact
by Amit on May 29, 2003 07:28 PM

Wrong fact in para 12. It wasnt Waugh's Australians who defeated West Indies in 1995 but the team was led by Mark Taylor...

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