Australia lost coz their sole focus was on upcoming Ashes and they did not give the T20 world cup enough importance. Best Luck for Australia team for Next Series. It was gr8 seeing australia getting kicked out of the tournament in the first round itself.
world cup match organisation is not good,if team loose one match , they they are in danger of elimination,they should make contest intresting or more competitive,till now world cup is boring.
They are arrogant.....tehy are not used to this type of cricket...as it does not give them time to sledge and cheat. You cant send a player of the caliber of Symmonds back just bcoz he was drinking....come on...if they had won the cup all of them would have been doing the same thing. Biggest blunder sending a match winner home... All you know Symmonds may be laughing his A55 off
Re: Aussies lost due to...
by Against Pseudos on Jun 10, 2009 05:06 AM
Rishi:
:-).... CA should have followed BCCI's example of "win at any cost" and the code of conduct be damned... eh?.... ;-)
And yet you call THEM arrogant?..... curious... :)
Yuvi/Rohit/Raina who partied all night on the eve of a final; are obviously not arrogant but epitome of priesthood, and the BCCI is a gem of an organisation to pardon those actions.... :)
I like your logic..... hopefully we shall see the whole Indian squad turn up drunk during a match sometime soon.... ;-)
This is such a farce, some teams are in dead easy groups. Then one team loses one match and is in danger of elimination. Too many groups, just to create more games. It should have been a round robin in two groups.
this is no longer a game - a test of skill and endurance. just plain luck.
Re: Re: Re: what a sham tournament - 1 loss and you're out
by Chaturchuramoni Chatterjee on Jun 10, 2009 02:17 PM
Or perhaps the umpires who gave Symonds at least 2 lives before he made 160 odd in that test.
1) Ponting, Clark and Lee never played this format well I wonder why selectors choosen them for T20 World cup..past records shows Ponting and Clark's average is very less and strike rate is around 110... 2) Targeted Ashes - In media they were talking more on Ashes then T20 world cup. 3) Ben Laughlin - such a great T20 bowler wasn't selected in the team!!! some thing is fishy!! he can bowl with all the varations, he bowls fast(140 KMPH), medium (120), slow (100), very slow (80-90), I wonder why he hans't been selected for T20, he has proved in past that batsman cant hit his balls for boundaries, 4) Spinners - each team have minimum 2 quality spin bowlers, Ausis had non (in first match) and one (that too not a great spinner I say - Natan Haritz)
Re: Re: Four MAIN reasons Why Australia Out of World Cup
by Against Pseudos on Jun 10, 2009 05:25 AM
Rakshas:
That just shows that CA really cares about the Code of Conduct it wants the players to follow.....
BCCI on the other hand prints it just for the heck of it, and then shoves it down somewhere where it can't be ever found ..... :)
You have a particular penchant for players who skip team meetings regularly and turn up drunk in the middle of the day?.... But you see, CA doesn't care for the Yuvraj/Rohit/Raina model for a perfect cricketer.... :)
It clearly shows the team exit like australia, bangaladesh, pakistan (will be). who blamed or neglected the IPL. this experiency come handy for many team including india rohit opening the innings, srilanka dilshan, mendis, murali, south africa, morkel, etc..
Fact 1: Indians have been attacked by some Australian in Australia and got injured or killed. Fact 2. Australia team lost two matches in row and is out of the tournament.
After the exit of Aus, people have started venting their angers and hate just to feel good by correlating the two facts.
Do they really care about the people suffering in Australia? I do not think so because none has come out with any solution/action to be taken. If one really cares about someone who got injured, one will first find the solution-apply medicine or taking one to hospital—instead of pondering on why it happened or what could have avoided such thing or venting one’s anger of loved for recklessness.
I am sorry to say that all these people who calling Aus team arrogant or racist are nothing but cowards.
As far as I think, following solutions/actions are viable
Severe economic tie with Australia—hit them hard economically. Stop playing any sport with Aus. Do not allow any Aus player to play in IPL. All Indians who are willing to come back should immediately come back to India.
Any kind of freedom bring with it responsibility. So if anyone talks of freedom of speech he/she must talk or write responsibly.
Aussies were never invincible this is all hype created by AUS media in 1999 Klusener ran himself out in the last ball and AUS went into the finals in the finals PAKIS chose to bent down b4 money ,fixed the match and AUSSIES WON
in 2003 Sourav ganguly made a mistake of choosing bowling on a flat johannesburg track and zaheer and Srinath's bowling further added insult to injury
in 2001 AUS lost to india in tests in 2005 AUS Lost to ENG in ASHES in 2004 India would have defeated AUS in SYDNYEY TEST AND TEST SERIES 2-1, but STEVE BUCKNOR HELPED THEM giving steve waugh not out twice when he was out
in 2007-2008 again they cheated in sydney test otherwise it was india's test series also they lost in OIDS vs india
so AUSSIES WERE AN INVINCIBLE SIDE IT WAS JUST A HYPE
Re: Aussies
by Bhavik Shankar on Jun 09, 2009 02:47 PM
give the aussies due credit. from 1997-2008 thery wer the best until the retirements of greats like: hayden, gilly, warne, mcgrath, soon symonds.
Re: Where is Zimbabwe?
by gudguy on Jun 09, 2009 04:36 PM
In Zimbawe, where else...!!! :) They where in T20 but because of political problems in the country they pulled off as a result Scotland came in to picture !!!