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by **kbhar..** » Tue, 17 Feb 1998 04:00:00

I've heard rumors connecting Bobby Simpson with the Indian cricket team,
could anyone shed any more light on this

Thanks

Kam

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by **Greg Cowe** » Wed, 18 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

> I've heard rumors connecting Bobby Simpson with the Indian cricket team,
> could anyone shed any more light on this

> Thanks

> Kam

As I understand it the Indian cricket board announced that Bob
Simpson had been appointed to be a technical advisor to the team.
However, when he was contacted he knew nothing of the appointment
as the board had never in fact asked him.

greg

by ms » Wed, 18 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

> > I've heard rumors connecting Bobby Simpson with the Indian cricket team,
> > could anyone shed any more light on this

> > Thanks

> > Kam

> As I understand it the Indian cricket board announced that Bob
> Simpson had been appointed to be a technical advisor to the team.
> However, when he was contacted he knew nothing of the appointment
> as the board had never in fact asked him.

> greg

Well, it seems that he has been appointed advisor, and is in India presently
having discussions about the nature of his employment. He will not however be
there for the series against Australia for reasons of 'loyalty'. To read more,
check out the cricket section of rediff ( http://www.rediff.com )

by **Coli** » Fri, 20 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

>I've heard rumors connecting Bobby Simpson with the Indian cricket team,
>could anyone shed any more light on this

He's the manager I think.

Colin

Quote:

>Thanks

>Kam

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by **Pet** » Fri, 20 Feb 1998 04:00:00

On ABC radio he said it wasn't a permanent position, more advisory and
part time. I expect he'll assist in developing training skills, and
assist in coaching and analysis of the Australian players. If he
takes up the job. He has a very good cricket brain does Simmo.

by **Chris Westo** » Fri, 20 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

>On ABC radio he said it wasn't a permanent position, more advisory and
>part time. I expect he'll assist in developing training skills, and
>assist in coaching and analysis of the Australian players. If he
>takes up the job. He has a very good cricket brain does Simmo.

I have it on good authority that he will not take up any position
until after the Aus tour for 'loyalty' reasons. The news report
reckoned that India have not won a test match in the last
13, and lost 29 out of 39 of their recent odi's. I hadn't realised
just how bad they are at the moment.
--
Chris Weston

by **Chris Westo** » Fri, 20 Feb 1998 04:00:00

<snip>1

Quote:

>> I have it on good authority that he will not take up any position
>> until after the Aus tour for 'loyalty' reasons. The news report
>> reckoned that India have not won a test match in the last
>> 13, and lost 29 out of 39 of their recent odi's. I hadn't realised
>> just how bad they are at the moment.
>> --
>> Chris Weston

>Things are very very bad : remember that Anwar got the highest score
>against us as well last year, and Jayasuriya & co. demolished too many test
>records to recount when they scored that massive 900+ .

>Though I think the 29 loss out of 39 is unlikely :
<snip>

>Then, 10 wins in 18 matches = 8 losses out of 18.
>To lose 29 out of 39 , 21 matches in 21, which while possible, is wrong as
>well.

>So Either I am bad at counting, or you may have misheard them, or they may
>even have got the facts wrong.

I may have misheard them, I was falling asleep at around 3am last night
with world service sports report on and too much lager swilling around
my system.
<snip>

Quote:

>Though the fact is, 13 matches without a win is true, but the losses were
>only 3.

>However , the weakness of the bowling is there for all to see, after all,
>13 matches without a win ain't a joke, it's a nightmare.

I hope that your team improves against Aus. It's a shame when any test
side gets into a run of form like this. (Except when they're playing
England ;->)

Regards.
--
Chris Weston

by **J Sreedha** » Fri, 20 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

> Simpson will be doing his "technical advising" only after
> the Australian tour. According to Sports Tonight (Channel
> 10), Simpson's input will be used first against the Sri
> Lankans.

> By the way, what is this "loyalty" thing? This is a
> professional sport and there is no such thing called
> loyalty or gentlemanly conduct. David Whartmore did
> an excellent job and nobody called him a traitor. In
> the international cricket we have Woolmer and Rixon
> at the moment, directing *their* teams against their
> country as well.

in Simpson's case this makes sense as he is still a paid employee of
the ACB!!

--Sreedhar

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by ms » Sat, 21 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

> On ABC radio he said it wasn't a permanent position, more advisory and
> part time. I expect he'll assist in developing training skills, and
> assist in coaching and analysis of the Australian players. If he
> takes up the job. He has a very good cricket brain does Simmo.

He won't be involved in any analysis of Australian players, at least not
yet, because he will not be consultant for the India-Australia series.

by ms » Sat, 21 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

> >On ABC radio he said it wasn't a permanent position, more advisory and
> >part time. I expect he'll assist in developing training skills, and
> >assist in coaching and analysis of the Australian players. If he
> >takes up the job. He has a very good cricket brain does Simmo.

> I have it on good authority that he will not take up any position
> until after the Aus tour for 'loyalty' reasons. The news report
> reckoned that India have not won a test match in the last
> 13, and lost 29 out of 39 of their recent odi's. I hadn't realised
> just how bad they are at the moment.
> --
> Chris Weston

Things are very very bad : remember that Anwar got the highest score
against us as well last year, and Jayasuriya & co. demolished too many test
records to recount when they scored that massive 900+ .

Though I think the 29 loss out of 39 is unlikely :

We've won 10 of our last 20 matches. And 2 were no results. So we lost 8 of
the last 20.
To lose 29 out of 30, we would have to lose 21 matches out of 19.

Unless of course, only completed matches are taken into consideration:

Then, 10 wins in 18 matches = 8 losses out of 18.
To lose 29 out of 39 , 21 matches in 21, which while possible, is wrong as
well.

So Either I am bad at counting, or you may have misheard them, or they may
even have got the facts wrong.

But one thing stands : Times are very bad indeed ( Though we have been
doing well against Pakistan , which is always something to be thankful for
)

ms

ps : let's just do the tests as well :

13 tests

last 5 against Sri Lanka : all draws ; one high probability of victory,
rain and light intervened.

8 tests

5 tests in West Indies : 4 draws; the fifth , we make 81 all out chasing
120 to win!

3 Tests

3 test in South Africa, 2 losses, one a real thrashing, the second a
thrashing, but less humiliating, while the third test match, well , the way
I remember it would probably have half the people here abusing me, so let's
not talk of it.

Though the fact is, 13 matches without a win is true, but the losses were
only 3.

However , the weakness of the bowling is there for all to see, after all,
13 matches without a win ain't a joke, it's a nightmare.

ms

by **Offi** » Sat, 21 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

>However , the weakness of the bowling is there for all to see, after all,
>13 matches without a win ain't a joke, it's a nightmare.

>ms

Yep. But now if they said "theyve won more than half of their last 18 ODIs, and
lost only 1 off their last 10 tests" - that wouldnt sound quite as bad, would
it? :-) Given that Australia has won less than half of its last 18 ODIs, I
would think?

Sadiq [ who wouldnt mind the Aussies being overconfident ] Yusuf

by **Vicky B. Vigneswara** » Sat, 21 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

> I have it on good authority that he will not take up any position
> until after the Aus tour for 'loyalty' reasons. The news report
> reckoned that India have not won a test match in the last
> 13, and lost 29 out of 39 of their recent odi's. I hadn't realised
> just how bad they are at the moment.

Simpson will be doing his "technical advising" only after
the Australian tour. According to Sports Tonight (Channel
10), Simpson's input will be used first against the Sri
Lankans.

By the way, what is this "loyalty" thing? This is a
professional sport and there is no such thing called
loyalty or gentlemanly conduct. David Whartmore did
an excellent job and nobody called him a traitor. In
the international cricket we have Woolmer and Rixon
at the moment, directing *their* teams against their
country as well.

Vicky:
Feb 20, 1998