India V Aust - Cricket

AwayFromHome

You don't have to. Well played Aussies. And well played India.

Looking forward to another 6 exciting matches.

Oh, as a side note:

I recorded the match, and planned to watch it in peace. Meaning, I'd finish watching after the kids were in bed, circa 10:30 PM. I had no idea of the result or any intervening proceedings.

Meanwhile, my sweet 9 year old daughter made up a sign, complete with a necklace, that hung about my neck. It had a great Bat and Ball, and declared "DO NOT DISTURB - I AM WATCHING CRICKET".

Well, about halfway through the match, I went downstairs for a smoke with the sign around my neck.

The first guy I met on the elevator was very amused by the sign, and said "Too bad India lost by 4 runs".

I was pissed - but 3 other people had to inform me of the result, including the Subzi-wallah!

Still watched the rest of the match, though.

Nitinthegreat

Off course. You can get the tickets from CCI cricket officials.
Address: Cricket Club of India, Brabourne stadium, Dinshaw Vachha Road, Churchgate, Mumbai 400 020.
Telephone:00 91 22 6659 4245 & 00 91 22 6659 4100.
Fax: 00 91 22 2283 5465.
Email: ccimails@rediffmail.com.

OR

Google for online booking.

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brishti

oh well...
T&T reached them finals with their adrenalin rush... they had nothing to lose.
NSW, decimated them systematically - difference between an adrenalin rush and going for the jugular i guess
brett lee was spectacular

thats what makes the aussies a lean mean fighting machine.
to them a loss is a loss - no time for we-went-down-fighting kinda thinking.
with the sackfuls of moolah them boys-in-blue make, irrelevant of performance - it really is high time they earned their pay.
nah - its not about winning. its about feeling abject shame for losing.

anyways - get ready for that everyready 'jai ho', we're going to win the next match.
2 out of 7 is my prediction...


we had the strongest batting line-up since time immemorial...
on paper




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that was sweet
you sure her mom had nothing to do with that necklace ?

AwayFromHome

brishti:

No, it was her idea and creation.

The Indian team has done remarkably well for the last 2-3 years. Let's not get too down on them, just yet.

brishti

considering they earn a lotof couple of lakhs just for getting on the field - you're damn right i'm going to come down hard on them.
like i said - its not about losing. its attitude.
there is something not quite kosher with the attitude - cant put my finger on what.

anyways - i'm all sri lanka nowadays. anywhere they go - i follow its their spirit i hold bhery bhery dear
and like i said - younnis khan is doing wonders with his boys... inspite of having a panel of morons on the PCB.



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mousourik

I think there should be a change in the laws. The final teams should be declared after the toss. If India win the toss and decide to bat first, then only that Mumbaikar who has decided to play in the 3011 world cup will be included in the team. His chance of scoring a century will be high then. Everybody will then start praising him - aha, aha... If India have to bat later, one tail-ender should replace him as he can't deliver in the second innings. That kind of flexibility should be allowed to the teams, especially India.

Did I say anything blasphemous ?

brishti

you sound like my mum, mousourik!
she wholly and soully believed, it was tendulkar who was spreading unspeakable speaks about ganguly
sheesh - keno, why only tendulkar ?
oh come on - dravid was in the team till recently, wasnt he ?



i'm off to get my black n gold shirt with 99 at the back... must get ready nah, for the next round!
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mousourik

Sorry, you got me wrong. I never said / hinted at that Tendulkar was behind Sourav's fate. My only contention is that why shouldn't there be an unbiased evaluation of everyone's performance ? Tendulkar makes it sure to make a good score in at least one first inning and as he is from Mumbai, he is untouchable (whatever be the meaning). If he gets out, it's portrayed as if it's the only unplayable ball bowled in the bowler's lifetime. Nobody dares say that he doesn't have many match winning innings (in fact, very few). And as you rightly said earlier that these guys make lot of money, then why shouldn't he be made answerable also ? In Indian cricket, there are two sets of regulations - one for HIM and the other for the rest. Phew.

brishti

arre baba - i know thats not what you said.
but dada out and tendulkar in ?
could there be a wee bit of bias, a wee wee bias because of that ?
did you have the same problem with dravid being in the team then ?



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de_cooky

A bunch of guys representing your country dont perform as you wanted them to --- you blast them
These guys arent taking money from you, atleast not directly. They are earning it and they do every bit at their disposal to perform on par with their compensation. else they get sacked and new guys are recruited.

Another scenerio:
You select a bunch of guys to represent you to run the country. They use your money to fill their coffers and dont care about the performance, not the slightest bit.They use your money fopr their personal enjoyment and dont hesitate to show you the middle finger if you dare heckle them.
Why dont you question them..You are scared of them but you find it convinient to bash up the poor cricketers for their little poor performance.
Just because they represent your country and you think you have the right.

Isnt it selective or I would say convinient nationalism

mousourik

Dravid is not rated in the same category as Tendulkar. The latter hails from Mumbai - so he has to be the greatest in the world. The tallest tree has to withstand the most severe storms (of criticism), right ? The treatment meted out to different players should not be different, but unfortunately that's what it is.

Yes, you are right. People criticise the players because they expect that some day they will perform. In case of politicians, they have got power. They have got govt./non-govt. machinery (party cadres) who will take care of you in case you are too vocal. And people don't expect them to perform either. There is public criticism of the politicians nowadays - I can feel that very well as I live in West Bengal. And you have the option to give vent to your anger to the ballot boxes. But all politicians are same, so you can't expect sea-change there.

brishti

i am not going to waste my time on the ludicrous comparison between cricketers and politicians [its given me a headache just reading it].
its akin to saying pigs and humans have the same DNA [on another thread]

talk to me about cricket fatigue for the boys - i will comply
talk to me about selection ill-selection - i will comply
talk to me about uncertainity in them players mindset for fear of being dropped after 3 matches - i will comply

does not need rocket science to realise that every player goes through a bad patch.
it is the task of the captain and coach to see the boy/s through that patch and not give up on them.
frequent shifting and churning does no team any good.

alot of these boys have come to forefront because of the IPL... which is a boon.
the flip side to that is - IPL comes annually, with the promise of an enormous bonanza, to put it mildly.

my posts did mention twice - its not about winning or losing, but obviously you totally missed the point cooky
its about the attitude.

do these boys don the indian blue as a national pride ? IMO, nah, not any more.
whatever the opinion about the cricketing abilities of tendulkar and dravid - i value their pride in donning the indian cap.
i just cannot say the same for most of the team - and i'm guessing, nor can tendulkar

together with the above - i am getting this feeling, there is rampant dirty politics in play within the team.
time will tell...


mousourik - the tendulkar controversy will continue. you're not alone on this i'm guessin
all said and done - he's a dying breed, unfortunately.




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LilBoy BigTown

The problem with Indian cricket is the glaring lack of bench strength. I agree with Brishti about some of these guys not being passionate enough when putting on their Team India cap.

However, if the same bunch of 15 guys play cricket 390 days a year, not to mention the travelling that goes with it, it becomes a bit of a treadmill as opposed to something that evokes strong passion and the desire to do your best and give 100% every time. Games then become just another day in the office.

Now that the powers that be in BCCI have decided to milk the gullible public by non stop cricket around the year, they could do worse than laying strong emphasis on creating additional bench strength. It is imperative that players are rotated from time to time to keep them motivated. Goes without saying that the players must also take ownership of the situation, and for the longevity of their own career, rest/skip games (NOT Test cricket) from time to time.

Game 1 was excellent, hope the remainder of the series is just as closely fought. 50/50 cricket is well and alive. Long it may live.

de_cooky

Good that you realize that pigs and humans have different DNA.
Its good coz I can assume that you can understand what I am going to say.
The attitude that you display on a certain entity's non performance shoul stem from something.
The media has a purpose in bashing them up coz thats media's way of making money.Exciting the layman into useless debates.
What I dont understand is why people like you and lot many on the forum and every day life bother to fall prey.
This anger over the poor performance, where does it emanate from.
If its money as in case of media, I understand thats its fabricated anger.
But I hate it and it induces puke throwing tendencies in me when they call it nationalism.
Where does that nationalism go when issues get bigger.

brishti

i am amazed that the players dont throw up their hands at the BCCI and its incessant cricketing schedule.
all leads to burnout / injuries / apathy - does not bore well for indian cricket, in whichever form.
sheesh.

and then of course - the incessant greed. more is never enough.
oh well...


cooky - i have no idea what you're trying to say. sorry.
do excuse me if i do not post any response to your posts from now on.
thank you.



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