On this pitch, sree has been fabulous. For the past 2 hours, zaheer sharma and bhajji r trying their best to remove kallis and tsotsobe for sometime, sreesanth should come back and try his luck...,Or a change bowler. come on Dhoni do something
SA in Durban capitulated since they had not figured out Zaheer Khan, but on a less lethal pitch, he looked ordinary with his slow pace. Ishant seems to have lost his brains and never looked threatening and did not have a clue on the right length to bowl on this pitch. Only Sreeshanth hit the right length and got the ball to move. India should not fix bowlers for test match and one-dayers, a smart bowler like Praveen Kumar, wud have been a better option in pitches like SA or England, or for that matter RP Singh or Ashish Nehra or even Munaf Patel. The only weak link in the bowling dept was Ishant Sharma
in a situation of bowling frndly conditions, ind did poorly on first day. hyped attack of sree n ishant cum zaheer didnt do much dmage to the sa batting line up.
Australians are known to start some controversy against the key player in the opponent team to demoralize him so that he under-performs due to the mental pressure. They used to start controversies like ball tampering, throwing, chucking charges against Asian bowlers whenever they visit DownUnder. The same tactics is now used by South Africans to put pressure on Sree santh so that to divert his concentration. Fast bowlers worldwide are known to be aggressive to apply mental pressure on opponents to get them out. If the same method is followed by an India he is accused of crossing the line. It is a pity that knowledge less Indians blame Sreesanth.
GOD HAS NOT BEEN KIND ON INDIA AS THERE IS A DEARTH OF GOOD FAST BOWLERS AND ALL ROUNDERS.
PAKIS,AFRICA,AUST, N.Z HAS THE SAME IN ABUNDANCE. A GOOD ALL ROUNDER SPINNER/PACER WILL DEFINATELY BE OF A GREAT HELP IN BALANCING THE SIDE. AFRICA HAS KALLIS,MORKEL INDIA NONE.
ALL ROUNDER WILL ALLOW US TO PLAY REGULAR BOWLERS & THUS REDUCE THE STRAIN ON OUR PACERS.
Re: NEED OF AN ALL ROUNDER
by pravin sarode on Jan 03, 2011 07:19 AM
sachin is all rounder but his tenis elbow does not allow him to bowl this clearly means that indian selection board is playing sachin for records but sachin not nly bowls but his wise advise is as costly as lord shri krishna advice to yudhishthir in battle of mahabharat so sachin will play a key factor on day 2 onwards till the end of the match i suspect bowlers spot fix because sudden change of direction of attack in south africa the ghost of ex slain captain hansie cronjie is always there that makes his friends life miserable? hansie cronjie's parents are not taken care of because hansie wife claimed all his assets ? Again indians falied to develop partnership like 413 runs record by 1st Wicket MH Mankad Pankaj Roy 413 India New Zealand Madras (Corp) 1955-56 2nd Wicket ST Jayasuriya RS Mahanama 576 Sri Lanka India Colombo (RPS) 1997-98 3rd Wicket AH Jones MD Crowe 467 New Zealand Sri Lanka Wellington 1990-91 4th Wicket PBH May MC Cowdrey 411 England West Indies Edgbaston 1957 5th Wicket SG Barnes DG Bradman 405 Australia England Sydney 1946-47 6th Wicket JHW Fingleton DG Bradman 346 Australia England Melbourne 1936-37 7th Wicket DStE Atkinson CC Depeiza 347 West Indies Australia Bridgetown 1954-55 8th Wicket G Kirsten M Zondeki 150 South Africa England Headingley 2003 8th Wicket Wasim Akram Saqlain Mushtaq 313 Pakistan Zimbabwe Sheikhupura 1996-97 9th Wicket MV Boucher PL Symcox 195 South Africa Pakistan Johannesburg 1997-98
Re: NEED OF AN ALL ROUNDER
by siva kumar on Jan 03, 2011 07:12 AM
In spite of that INdia is No.1 Test squad and every cricket playing nation is envy of Indian Cricket Team.
Re: Re: NEED OF AN ALL ROUNDER
by pravin sarode on Jan 03, 2011 07:28 AM
8th Wicket G Kirsten M Zondeki 150 South Africa England Headingley 2003 8th Wicket Wasim Akram Saqlain Mushtaq 313 Pakistan Zimbabwe Sheikhupura 1996-97 9th Wicket MV Boucher PL Symcox 195 South Africa Pakistan Johannesburg 1997-98 10th Wicket Azhar Mahmood Mushtaq Ahmed 151 Pakistan South Africa Rawalpindi (CS) 1997-98 10th Wicket BF Hastings RO Collinge 151 New Zealand Pakistan Auckland 1972-73 8th Wicket ND McKenzie SM Pollock 150 South Africa Sri Lanka Centurion 2000-01 so indian coach garry is proud partneship record holder of 150 runs in year 2003 with M Zondeki against England so indian players are not listening to south afican coach in his home i suspect the senior players like sehwag, dravid are as good as gods or consider them self God and do not practice or follow coach advice and fail to do their expected best performance so it is EGO of Sehawag and Dravid that keep them awau from the best coach team india got who has 150 runs partnership with much less popular man M Zondeki ?Full name Monde Zondeki Born July 25, 1982, King William's Town, Cape Province Current age 28 years 147 days Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Border, Cape Cobras, Warriors, Warwickshire Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm fast
Re: Re: Re: NEED OF AN ALL ROUNDER
by syed kalim on Jan 03, 2011 04:26 PM
so much statistics!...u r a cricket buff..But we dont need all that. Our players have to be sincere and thankful to the indians for getting a chance to play in the team. They just cant do it as a Govt. job...which is do it or not, they cant be removed...nor their income is affected. Very poor performance by the top...except laxman who has been consistent.
