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A quick buck A quick buck
- From: The12thMan
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Sad and testing times for cricket indeed! What a shame to foresee (and demand for) a possible life ban on a young talent like Mohammad Amir. If any of you guys watched Pakistan play against England in the recently concluded test series, y’all would have loved to see a young fast bowler who brought back memories of the legendary Imran Khan.
I won’t dive into the grime of what happened and how the sting operation was carried out – I’m sure the news channels have burned it into all of our brains by now. But the public outcry demanding a ban for Pakistan (the entire team?!) seems harsh and unfair doesn’t it? Ban the players! By all means, they deserve punishment if found guilty. But banning the entire team is atrocious! They’ve given world cricket some truly exciting moments throughout its history.
India was marred by the match fixing scandal in 2000 too remember? How would we have reacted if everyone had called for banning India from playing cricket? And if the accused are proven guilty, it will speak volumes of a crumbling country and a cricket board in dire straits. What Indian cricketers earn in a year, Pakistan cricketers earn in 10. They have an unstable government full of corrupt politicians, a fan base that is unforgiving, a cricket board that hands out bans, only to revoke it in a few months.
I am strongly against any kind of chiselling, and on the record, I strongly condemn the entire episode. But think of it from Mohammad Amir’s shoes just for a moment. This isn’t match fixing! The match was headed to a tame end. This is spot fixing! Which inexperienced, suddenly glorified 18 year old wouldn’t be tempted to earn a quick buck without influencing the outcome of the match?
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- 4 days ago
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The spirit of cricket The spirit of cricket
- From: The12thMan
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Ninety nine not out. Not in the record books but definitely a match winning performance by Virender Sehwag. Now much has been made of Randiv’s controversial no-ball – by the media, by the onlookers (on TV and on the ground) and by fans like you and me. However, the players have moved past it. Randiv apologised, Sehwag accepted it, the Lankan board fined Randiv and Dilshan, and the entire episode should have been closed soon. And yet, we still talk about it, we blog about it, and it makes great lunch time conversation.
But flip through the pages of cricketing history, and you will find many such instances where batsmen have been left stranded, deliberately and otherwise. A good link I’d suggest is: http://bit.ly/dxvUJg
In all this madness however, have we ever questioned if the no-ball rule itself is silly to start with? And this is no age old rule! In fact, conventionally, batsmen got runs on a no-ball. To say that the shot was not valid because India already won the match before the shot was hit is just plain unfair.
I’ll leave y’all with 2 things to chew over:
1. If Randiv was on a hat-trick and Sehwag deliberately padded the ball away, would he be guilty of not giving Randiv a chance of earning a well deserved hat-trick?
2. Who robbed Sehwag of a century - Randiv or the rules of cricket?
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- 2 weeks ago
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India in Lanka and Murali’s re India in Lanka and Murali’s retirement
- From: The12thMan
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Hope you guys have been following India’s tour of Sri Lanka in the past 2 months now. It’s been a great cricketing season for India – winning the Asia Cup after such a long time and drawing the test series was some of the best cricket India has played in recent times.
Something that almost everyone in the cricketing world is talking about is the Indian bowling. However, the raw, unexposed, and inexperienced except for Harbhajan Singh, bailed us out in the finals of the Asia Cup as well as in the final test match. Consider the test matches for example. The first innings of the first test match was a bowling disaster with Sri Lanka scoring 500 odd runs. But did the ‘strong’ Indian batting line up cover for its weaker bowling attack? Nope! They scored a paltry 276.
The second test match was a batsman’s game all the way. Neither the Lankan nor the Indian bowling did much in that match. In the 3rd test however, it was the Indian bowlers that shined. The batsmen did an incredible job too, no doubt about it, but Indian bowlers outshone their Lankan counterparts, plain and simple. Personally, I think the Indian strategy of trying out its bowling bench strength before the World Cup next year is a well planned out strategy.
That said, perhaps in the years to come, India’s tour of Lanka will merely be remembered as the last test series played by the legendary Murali. Congratulations to him for grabbing that coveted 800th wicket. Sadly though, I just cannot think of a Sri Lankan attack that doesn’t feature him. Now that he’s off test duty, maybe it’s time KKR picked him up for season 4?
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- 4 weeks ago
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That's 4 wins in a row!! That's 4 wins in a row!!
- From: JoyBKKR
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Four out of four. The Knight Riders won their second T20 of the day, beating a strong Ragama side by a handy margin of 47 runs.
After setting a target of 188, they were only briefly threatened by Ragama, who finally lost too many wickets to mount an effective chase. Weeraratne did come back strongly, hitting 46 off just 24 balls, and for a while he and Sameera Soyza (25 off 18 balls) looked good to make a match off it, progressing to 90 in the 10th over. After Weeraratne went, the Ragama chase fell apart, and they lost their way, scoring just 57 off the last 10. Parwinder Awana bowled yet another consistent spell, ending with 16 runs and 2 wickets off his 4 overs, and captain, Sourashish had another excellent all round effort with 18 for 1 off his 4 overs.
Earlier, Sourashish got his 2nd consecutive 30 off the day, this time off 36 balls, and with Sunny Singh put on 97 for the first wicket. Sunny was once again in sublime touch and his 64 came off just 42 balls with 4 sixes and 3 fours. Useful innings from Mandeep (38) and Vivek Singh (24) ensured that KKR reached a target that would not be easy.
It was a fairly strong Ragama side, with 3 internaionals and 4 U-19 internationals, and the win could only add to the confidence of the team. Coach Dav Whatmore rewarded his boys by cancelling one of the two matches tomorrow, giving the boys a sleep-in before they played their third match in 48 hours. It will be the Colombo Cricket Club tomorrow, and we tee off at 2:00 pm local time. - Blog post
- 1 month ago
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Stick Cricket ONLINE Multiplay Stick Cricket ONLINE Multiplayer!!!
- From: maliha
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ITS "US" coz "U" was already taken. LOL. just thought of mentioning it..........
- 2 months ago
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Victory against the Moors Victory against the Moors
- From: JoyBKKR
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July 29
A thumping win for the Knight Riders. After setting a target of 286, they dismissed the opposition, Moors Sports Club for just 76 runs in the 25th over. The Moors were destroyed by an early burst from Pakistani fast bowler Mohammed Irfan who generated genuine pace and bounce and took 2 wickets. He ended with 2 for 10 in his 5 overs. Fellow left arm seamer Akhlakh Ahmed also ended with excellent figures of 3 for 5 in his 4 overs. Keeper Sanju Samson did a competent job behind the stumps and took 3 catches and a very smart stumping.
Earlier things did not look quite so rosy for KKR, when they lost Sunny Singh and Chetan Sharma within the first 5 overs. Harpreet and Debabrara Das also went cheaply and at 73 for 4, 200 was looking difficult. Mandeep and Sanju did a great job of rebuilding the inings, and when Mandeep finally departed, for a well compiled 83 studded with 11 4’s, KKR were looking much healthier at 167 for 5. The tail chipped in with decent contributions from Sourashish and Gaurav Jathar and a whirwind 39 of 20 balls from Irfan, with three massive sixes.
We have a day of practice tomorrow, a day off on Saturday, and then 2 T20s against the Ragama Cricket Club on Sunday. The word is out, and we expect Ragama to put out fairly strong sides for Sunday. - Blog post
- 2 months ago
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Practise sessions in SL Practise sessions in SL
- From: JoyBKKR
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July 27
We practiced today at the Bloomfield club, yet another beautiful facility slap in the middle of Colombo’s cricket mecca. This was a light practice considering we are playing the Moors Cricket Club tomorrow, and conditions have been humid. It must be pretty taxing on the boys as they refused an invitation to watch Sachin and Laxman batting and elected to go back and sleep at the hotel.
We have finally managed to stitch two track bottoms together to make a pair for Mohammed Irfan. He shall make his debut in full KKR colours. Thought of getting him another pair of spikes, but for some reason, none of the shops he tried had size 17. Wonder why? - Blog post
- 2 months ago
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Winning the first match Winning the first match
- From: JoyBKKR
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July 27, 2010
A great start for the tour. We won our first match convincingly against the NCC, one of Sri Lanka’s premier cricket clubs. KKR chased down their total of 155 in just 22 overs, thanks to an outstanding century from Haryana captain Sunny Singh. Sunny’s 106 was scored off 98 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 13 fours. He was well supported by Chetan Sharma, who contributed 22 in a first wicket stand of 77, and Mandeep Singh who was unbeaten on 28.
Earlier, a wicket each in the first two over’s stymied NCC’s start, and a third with the score at 20 did their cause no good. Parvinder Awana did the early damage, and finished with excellent figures of 21 runs and 3 wickets in his 8 overs. After the early debacle, Jehan Mubarak and Pussesola tried to rebuild but were tied down by some good restrictive spin bowling from the captain , Sourashish Lahiri, and Arlen Konwar. Finally Jehan departed for 22, trying to force Konwar, and Gaurav Jathar took two late wickets to have NCC on the mat. Only some late hitting by Sri Lanka international Ganegama, who got 3 fours in his 35, gave the score some respectability.
Early days yet, but good to beat a team that boasted 5 -6 Sri Lankan Under-23 players and two Sri Lankan internationals, Mubarak and Ganegame.
The boys went back to the hotel in a good mood, and immediately entered the pool for a recovery session. There was a bit of drama as marketing and logistics manager Mathew Joy suddenly went down in the deep end, and was thankfully rescued by Awana and Akhlakh. Certainly will not hurt their cause for a team berth next year.
Tomorrow, we practice at Bloomfield, another lovely cricket facility, in the morning and hope to get the boys out later to the test match to see a bit of the action.
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- 2 months ago
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More from the SL Tour More from the SL Tour
- From: JoyBKKR
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A miracle. Sri Lankan airlines calls at 6:30 in the morning to let us know that the missing carton has arrive. A good start to the day which only got better when we went for practice to the picturesque Nondescripts Cricket Club. The Indian team was playing just next door at the SSC in Colombo.
The weather was not unlike Kolkata, humid and in the early thirties – and it was heavy going for the boys as they went through a grueling 3 hour session. While most of the boys went back to the hotel, coach Owen and Dav held back four of the younger boys for another two hour indoor nets.
In the evening, there were some interesting scenes at the airport as the driver at the airport could not recognize the only seven footer on the flight, and Irfaan had to wait for 45 minutes before they located him. Obviously, none of the standard gear fits him, and we will have some interesting tailoring to do before we can give him a full uniform.
Tomorrow is our first match, and word is that the likes of Jehan Mubarak and a couple of other Lankan internationals could be playing against us. Great news, as there’s nothing better than tough opposition to get the best out of the boys. - Blog post
- 2 months ago
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A bagful of cricket coming up A bagful of cricket coming up
- From: The12thMan
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With the FIFA World Cup now over, it’s cricket all the way for the next few months. There is India’s tour of Sri Lanka (which by the looks of it till now, doesn’t look very good for India – 125 for 4 on day 2 and trailing the Sri Lankan Board President’s XI by 389 runs), Pakistan and Australia have their own test series going on in England, then there’s the tri series in Sri Lanka between the hosts, India, and New Zealand. But probably the most exciting cricket we will see in the next few months will be the T20 Champions League in September in South Africa (they really seem to be hosting every major sporting event don’t they?). Excited though I am about the T20CL, it brings back the nostalgia of the IPL fever, and it is with a pang of disappointment that I realise that the Knights could have been playing this league if only we’d performed a little better during the season. With the transfer windows opening later this year, we will be following the T20CL very closely, marking prospective Knights in purple armour. There is a plethora of talented cricketers in India and abroad which we could really use. Suggestions as always are welcome on what you guys think should be the ideal picks for the next season. Let’s hope we get some truly exciting cricket to watch in the second half of this year, and also hope Paul comes out of retirement and picks his food from the KKR food tray, every time next season.
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- 2 months ago
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rare scene in a cricket field. rare scene in a cricket field.jpg
- From: surapaneni
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- 3 months ago
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