I felt for Clarke today. You could be the world's best skip but if
your bowlers bowl tripe the way his chaps did, you can pretty much do
zip.
Ramapriya
PS: Since he at least picked up some 4 wickets at Hyd and couldn't
have done any worse than Hughes with the bat, I think Oz should've
persisted with Maxwell.
> > Well done Shikhar. Hope this is the first of many.
> Sehwag only in scoring rate. Dhawan style is quite different. His feet
> move much more than Sehwag though he seems to be primarily a front
> foot player. Let us not forget the Australian generosity: Before he
> faced a single ball, he was mankaded through by accident. Neither the
> bowler nor the captain appealed. Not sure if they knew he was out. In
> any case, the Australian team (and their captain) should be applauded
> for this.
--Venkat
Phil Hughes is a shoo-in for the role of the clueless bumbling sidekick of the hero.
Cheers,
TD
> > Well done Shikhar. Hope this is the first of many.
> BTW, if a movie 11 is compiled based on current players, Dhawan would undoubtedly get the role of the villain. After scoring his century, when he headed back to the pavilion for the tea break, he twirled his moustache in a very smug fashion, as if he was a cheesy Bollywood villain who had just trained his sights on a fetching village belle.
> Phil Hughes is a shoo-in for the role of the clueless bumbling sidekick of the hero.
> Cheers,
> TD
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2013/content/story/6253...
The villain analogy seems obvious, or maybe Coverdale reads rsc :-)
-TD
> > > Well done Shikhar. Hope this is the first of many.
> > BTW, if a movie 11 is compiled based on current players, Dhawan would undoubtedly get the role of the villain. After scoring his century, when he headed back to the pavilion for the tea break, he twirled his moustache in a very smug fashion, as if he was a cheesy Bollywood villain who had just trained his sights on a fetching village belle.
> > Phil Hughes is a shoo-in for the role of the clueless bumbling sidekick of the hero.
> > Cheers,
> > TD
> BTW, check this out :-)
> http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2013/content/story/6253...
> The villain analogy seems obvious, or maybe Coverdale reads rsc :-)
> -TD
"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde
Wonderful days play yesterday. Apart from the superb quality of the Indian
batting, those of us who believe that Arthur c. Clarke are mad as cut
snakes, enjoyed seeing their obvious self-satisfaction in Oz scratching and
swishing their way to 400 being so very quickly demolished and replaced by
black ***. But not to worry Oz fans! As all the Wellness Reports
are now being fastidiously completed and punctually returned it's only a
matter of time before Aus are #1 again.
alvey
"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde
> Even though the first day's play was lost and Australia made over 400,
> going by the tempo at which India batted they must still think that they
> have a chance of victory. And they could well prove to be right.
Aside: I don't know what the weather forecast is but Betfair has the Indian
win at $3.60. Hmmmmm. I'm just off to check the Mohali weather forecast...
alvey
>The king (Sehwag) is dead; long live the king.
-
XBox 360 GT: Broton69
--
ButIstillneedtoknowwhat'sinthere! Thekeytoanysecurity
systemishowit'sdesigned! Thatdependsonwhyitwasdesigned!
Ihavetoknowwhatwhoeverdesigneditwastryingtoprotect!
(Blakes 7, City on the Edge of the World - Vila in typical panic mode)
>> The villain analogy seems obvious, or maybe Coverdale reads rsc :-)
>Maybe he does. He mentions something that has been noted here; Clarke seems
>to have no clue about how to stop attacking batsmen.
>Wonderful days play yesterday. Apart from the superb quality of the Indian
>batting, those of us who believe that Arthur c. Clarke are mad as cut
>snakes, enjoyed seeing their obvious self-satisfaction in Oz scratching and
>swishing their way to 400 being so very quickly demolished and replaced by
>black ***. But not to worry Oz fans! As all the Wellness Reports
>are now being fastidiously completed and punctually returned it's only a
>matter of time before Aus are #1 again.
>alvey
Aus still have a first innings lead of over 100 and are 125/1 to win!
-
XBox 360 GT: Broton69
--
ButIstillneedtoknowwhat'sinthere! Thekeytoanysecurity
systemishowit'sdesigned! Thatdependsonwhyitwasdesigned!
Ihavetoknowwhatwhoeverdesigneditwastryingtoprotect!
(Blakes 7, City on the Edge of the World - Vila in typical panic mode)
>Aus still have a first innings lead of over 100 and are 125/1 to win!
"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde
> > Well done Shikhar. Hope this is the first of many.
> BTW, if a movie 11 is compiled based on current players, Dhawan would undoubtedly get the role of the villain. After scoring his century, when he headed back to the pavilion for the tea break, he twirled his moustache in a very smug fashion, as if he was a cheesy Bollywood villain who had just trained his sights on a fetching village belle.
He was of course likening Dhawan to the real life villain Veerappan.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/Veerappan_the_poacher.jpg