Kaif won the toss on a nuetral venue and chose to field. This cost him and his team dearly. Kaif may hve been given out wrongly but as a captain he was mediocre. He even dropped catches. But Mumbai played boring cricket in the end. Even after having a big lead they did not press for an outright win. Their tail enders wasted precious overs in the end without scoring runs. Shame on Mumbai. They seem to be satisfied by winning on 1st innings lead.
Re: Uninspiring Kaif
by sam w on Jan 15, 2009 11:04 PM
UP in any case are extremely slow.. snail.. they dont hv gut abd batting to chase fast.. wasim I suppose prefers 2 mumbai players to b in middle than 11 looking at boring UP bhay ye...
Re: Re: Uninspiring Kaif
by Ashwin Ramaswamy on Jan 15, 2009 11:32 PM
no sporting declaration by Jaffer. disappointing certainly.but with Mumbai it is not very surprising. They always like to ensure the win (on basis of lead) and slowly grind down the opposition
Re: Re: Re: Uninspiring Kaif
by srijith appu on Jan 16, 2009 09:14 AM
Declaration not taken is a surprise but way UP played the first innings was pretty annoying. I dont know how they reached finals...and shukla he must the one of the boring cricketer.
Jaffer did not leave any hope of Victory for UP. This is not bad, actually very bad. Although UP is not upper than Mumbai, but Jaffer made a rough decision that he did not declare earlier. He knows that on the basis of first Innings lead Mumbai will win the match as well as Trophy record 38 times.
Re: Jaffer did not leave any hope of Victory for UP.
by goodcomment on Jan 15, 2009 07:54 PM
Anyways mumbai is going to win the match as they can get UP allout in a whole day. They have done it in first inn too
Re: Re: Jaffer did not leave any hope of Victory for UP.
by goodcomment on Jan 15, 2009 07:57 PM
Any captain will do the same thing.... First rule out the all posibilities of opposition win and then declare when there is adequate time to get them all out
Re: Jaffer did not leave any hope of Victory for UP.
by Guest on Jan 15, 2009 07:01 PM
Sport is sport..... There are anybody playing for Victory. ONLY VICTORY...... But using all positive approch.
