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As per Rediff: Sehwag on Mornantau Hayward.
"He is the fastest bowler I've ever faced, but apart from that he is
fairly mediocre."

Good Lord; we are down 0-1 and we are providing bulletin
board fodder to fire up the South Africans....

Bharat [we need a media manager bad..:-]
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IMHO, this is a very good comment from Sehwag.
And it shows his +ve attitude.
We need to come out of the defensive mindset.
If our team has talent and determination to win (which
I doubt) then we can even if SAfricans are all fired up.
I dont find anything wrong with his statement.
We need few more Sehwag ( I am not talking about
his batting ability, its too early to give a judgement), But
he does display a +ve attitude.

Vainy

On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 16:39:25 -0500, "R. Bharat Rao"

I suppose the RSA players can respond with "At least he's fast, what
do your guys do?"
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I dunno, Vainy... I'm all for being positive and confident,
but I think you can do that without being insulting to the
opposition.  Calling a particular bowler "mediocre" seems
unnecessary at any time -- and right after the opposition
bowling has taken you to town, seems a bit much.  (I know
you may think this is the best time to do it...:)

My point is that the same confidence can be displayed
without running down a specific player -- it seems.. um,
unprofessional.  Something like, "Hayward was the
fastest bowler I have faced, but the only one who really
gave me problems was Pollock. He can swing it both
ways <etc, etc>... "

He did say all that; what I specifically think is uncalled
for is calling Hayward mediocre..  Look at the South
Africans -- I'm sure that even though they *know* that
Ganguly is a bunny rabbit for fast bowling, they don't
say it -- they keep talking about the "class Indian batting
lineup" while rolling us over like ninepins... And they
certainly don't lack for any confidence..

But anyway, I'm probably out of touch.  And this has been
going on for a while.  This isn't a patch on the famous
"we'll make the grovel" (mis)statement by Greig:-)
Many teams in the, US frequently "diss" the opposition
as well, so just call me a dinosaur..

Bharat [Sehwag for MoM in T2]
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There's a huge difference between not being defensive and criticising
a particular oppositiion bowler.

Tony Grieg was being 'positive' when he made his famous comment about
making the Windies grovel.

Clive Lloyd is of the opinion that the Windies bowlers picked up speed
every time he strode to the crease after that one....

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After this, Shewag had better take Wayward to the cleaners in T2 or
he'll end up looking like a silly ass.

Come to think of it, Shewag may not have said that at all. I remember
watching Shewag in the ODIs v/s Aus and he couldn't speak English
when he was being interviewed by Ravi Shastri after getting a MoM.
Maybe the reporter translated his own version of whatever Shewag was
babbling.

- Gussie

I agree with your viewpoint that there is a possibility the
SA team would get fired up based on what we have seen
here with professional teams in the U.S :-) This is not
the first time he has said something silly, in SL he mentioned
about getting a 100 in 38 balls agianst SL in the final :-)

I personally feel, that it may not be that bad, because,
Cricket, unlike U.S football, is more of a finesse sport
with a lot more technique and temperament involved in
it. May be it can distract Hayward or may be not, because
he can stray in line and length trying to intimidate the batsmen.

We have seen inspired bowling by Prasad in the World
Cup match against Pakistan, but that was on the field
and a bowler can get emotionally charged up while on
his run-up :-)  Most people think, the momentum of the
game swung in India's favor with that incident. If Hayward
bowls really well, Shewag has a lesson to learn. I would
think Pollock would bring in Hayward to bowl at
Shewag and the battle should be an interesting one :-)

Nikhil [ Hopefully this is that last time Shewag made this comment :-) ]
Shah

|After this, Shewag had better take Wayward to the |cleaners in T2 or
he'll end up looking like a silly |ass.

Actually, if you saw T1, Shewag looked pretty
clueless against Hayward, and had to be
shielded by Tendulkar. VS was playing Hayward's
deliveries almost 2-3 seconds after they were
passing his bat, I for one was worried he
wouldn't get past 20 if he had to face too much
of the guy.

Shewag strikes me as a very modest guy, so as
you say, there is a chance he was misquoted.
But if he did say that, then one has to frown.
If you're going to talk the talk, then you'd
better walk the walk. Ganguly made all sorts
of noises before the OD series, but India
still got hammered 3 games out of 4, and lost
T1 in 4 days to boot. So far, India haven't
performed nearly well enough to be shooting
their mouths off...if they miraculously win
something before the tour ends, then they can
say what they want. Right now though, an 0-3
series result cannot be ruled out - so I say
just shush and try to do your talking on the
field, rather than off of it.

Toodle pip, my friendly newt lover.
- Harish.
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Ok, I'll bite.

(1) Hayward IS a mediocre bowler. He is also fast, but theres more to
bowling than speed.

(2) The Indian batting line up IS class.

(3) Ganguly IS a bunny for short fast bowling.

Justin [I only speak the truth]

Actually, Chandramouli, it was 3 and a half days.
heheheh.

Justin [again, I only speak the truth]