Anyone reading this who is against John Wright being the Coach of the Indian Cricket team should get a life and occupy yourself some other way. He is the father of my friend Harry who is in my brothers cricket team. And only just in this past week they have had a cricket tournament and John was there and I think he is a great coach if he wasnt how did he end up being it in the 1st place?? Exactly..! He has the perfect characteristics of being a great coach calm,knowledgeable,fair,understanding..etc..He is a great guy and you dont know him personally to be able to have an opinion. Dont just listen to what you hear as it is almost always not the truth!
india will bounce with a big bang and this can happen only under the leadership of ganguly and led by john wright.all indian cricket u will see some great cricket from indians from their next schedule.
the important thing that comes to my notice is when sachin tendulkar is not playing why should these selectors going for rohan gavaskar.if somebody who plays well is not there it is better to go for a young players. thats looking funny for me.really what these selectors thinking of.if they want someone really experienced they would have gone for kapil dev or sidhu or at the most azaruddhin that would be the better option. first of all the problem is with selectors .first change them and then come to john wright.
In the Asia Cup and the present Holland series the main problem is arising in the middle overs, where the run-rate has to be atleast maintained, if not raised. The openers have given a considerably good start to the innings, but after 15-20 overs, the run-rate FALLS considerably. In all the games, the middle overs have yielded 2-3 runs/over, which increases the pressure on the batsmen after 35 overs. As a result, The initial run-rate, going over 6 runs/over after 15 overs, drops down to 3.5-4.0 runs/over. This negative feature has consistently been seen in the Indian innings even when they have won. After the 20th over, the statistics always show 10-15 runs in last five overs, upto 35-40 overs. I still don't understand how this drawback has escaped the watchful eyes of Mr. John Wright, and the mistake is being repeated game after game. It is now high time that Mr. Wright works upon this illness, which the Team India has developed in the Asia Cup, and finds a proper cure for Team India to taste success again. The same story is being repeated in the 1st match aginst England as I am writing this. The Indian innings has ended at 170 in 43.5 overs, the runs coming in same fashion.
just a couple of bad games and ppl think that its the end of the world...and that too seasoned cricketers like Srinath...His categorical statement of Bob Woolmer's laptop being the cause of Pak's gud show is ridiculous to say the least...and Sri is ravin about England's recent success but he conveniently chooses to forget that England's recent show in ODIs is still pathetic... i am sure that it's the long lay off rust thats buggin indian cricket and it wont be long b4 the men in blu start rockin the cricketin world again !!! watch out sri...i am sorry but u'll hav to eat ur words !!!
there's nothing wrong in Srinath saying that Wright should look for some new game plans. at times improvisation is only way to perfection.
but having said that i would also like to make a point that the current team is very talented and it is only a bad patch they r going thru now.
maybe as Srinath says the team will have to look at new ways to deliver what they r really capable of as a team. just a matter of accepting change with open arms & taking it with the right attitude.
Indian Team at present is in shackles. It is not playing as a unit. The fielding is found wanting on many situations. It is a pity our players does not understand the need to cover the wicket in the absence of wicketkeeper or bowler from that area. Results in overthrows. Fielders should attack the ball rather than waiting for it to come to them. Throwing to the wicket is a pity to watch from many players. There are many spent horses in the present team. The spirit is not there. Ganguly bears a tired look. Dravid is spoiled behind the wicket. Lakshman is not playing with responsibility. He is a batsman who can decide whether he wants to get out or stick on rather than the bowlers. Too many runs are scored through third man area. Kumble is a burden for the team. It is a pity he could not learn to bat for all thease years. It is good that Zaheer is dropped. He need a big break. Our bowlers except Pathan and Balaji to an extend, lacks line and length. Look how Sri Lanka's Vaz bowls. How consistant he is there to see. We need more allrounders. Harbajan is no more a force in International cricket. Nilesh Kulkarni would be a choice. Kaif is only a shadow of his ability.
RE:Indian Team at Present
by R.Sridhar on Aug 31, 2004 04:29 PM
Hai,
You are right to point out about recent matches indians were losing spree. I do not understand how come the experienced player like Lakshman, sewag, Ganguly got out very cheaply against low spin, the match against pakistan that too from Afridi. At the out set, we need professional keeper not a part time keeper. We can even drop one batsman like kaif who is not doing the job up to the mark. Bring the new guy Dinesh who can even bat well. As for as fielding is concern, player should run before the ball not after the ball. Indians need one jonty roads for the fielding department. It is not too late , let them get a wake up call to show their full potential skill to beef up in all department.
I agree with one reader who says that Srinath himself had no plans while his playing days. Except the last 2 years of his career where he actually started to pitch the ball up and reap rewards he was always guilty of pitching too short and would have had many more wickets if he'd started doing it earlier - and that too was a forced result since he'd lost some pace and was compelled to pitch up further.
But his point about Wright is well taken - I also think that we must go a a step further and appoint a new coach next year (since Wright's contract has already been extended by a year)While Wright has been instrumental is our team's recent successes and deserves credit for taking a team with very little planning and work ethic and setting us on the right path, the team now needs someone who is an even better student of the game - maybe a Dean Jones. This would serve us well in extracting the best from the players. For eg: Agarkar (given that he's able to keep himself fit !) has all the talent in the world but has spent 6 years of his international cricket as an underperformer - maybe a sharp mind will help him overcome his technical/temperamental problems & perform to potential !
At the outset, we do not have team spirit. Selecting of team that matters more when you are playing outside soil. If you are selecting 15 players they should have more experience in playing out side india. You just can not select team because the player scored in ranji/duleep trophy. Selection based on the all round performance against all the country. Indians lakh of good fast bowler at the moment, first thing is to send all the fast bowler to out side country to trained properly. They should bowl straight to stump with correct accuracy. It is not that bowler should only do the bowling job they should also show their performance in batting atleast to score 30 to 40 runs. You need to strengthen the team spirits contribute to the team as much as you can. If the batsman not scored two three matches replace them immediately. What actually we need is all round performance by the player. Do not select team just because they did well in the past. See what they are now and who is in good form. Each player should analise their mistake and rectify the same before the next match begins. If indians needs to win future matches they have to increase the tempo.
First of all Sri said what he felt. Here no body is wrong. I must say that ganguly has to give a thought abt team's position coz if there is no result BCCI will not let Mr. Wright to continue for another year as well as physio. They are doing their work. I must say its the complacency that indian team takes into its mind b4 entering the tournament. But i hope no i feel they will regain their form b4 champions trophy. We can remember we were in the same status b4 entering worldcup down and out. But nobody expected india 2 reach final. So i say to all indian fans keep faith in indian team as something really big waiting for the opponents. It is natural that when we loose silly games fans get frustrated especially on finals but indians has the potential to bounce back.
