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> > Now, nothing wrong in making statements, but for once can Hayden first
> > learn to play cricket properly and the way it has to be played at an
> > international level..The guy cant even differentaite between the way
> > he has scooped the ball back to the bowler or hit iton the ground...as
> > a batsman, he should be the best judge as to whether he has scoped it
> > or not, but the guy keeps nooding his head every time the umpire gives
> > him out(of course he is out clearly)..

> Ah yes, here's one of the f*wits who bagged Hayden for waiting for the 3U on
> a scooped C&B.

> There's another thread not far away where you can express your sentiments
> about Laxman. Knock yourself out.

> > Its alright to call other batsman intimidated, but first learn to
> > playcricket the way it is...then, your statements will have some
> > value.

> > and before you jump,Zaheer would beat Hayden fair and square when it
> > comes to batting...in any form of the game...Just for the record, he
> > was called the "Asian Bradman"

> So? George Headley was the Black Bradman, Pollock the South African
> Bradman, Tendulkar the new Bradman and so on.

> Just because they're called it doesn't mean they actually hold a candle
> to Bradman does it?

> >http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/482318.cms

> >Now, nothing wrong in making statements, but for once can Hayden first
> >learn to play cricket properly and the way it has to be played at an
> >international level..The guy cant even differentaite between the way
> >he has scooped the ball back to the bowler or hit iton the ground...as
> >a batsman, he should be the best judge as to whether he has scoped it
> >or not, but the guy keeps nooding his head every time the umpire gives
> >him out(of course he is out clearly)..
> >there are 3 instances  I have seen(there could be more, the way he
> >triesto bully around the opposition and the umpires) where he has
> >scooped the ball back to the bowler..

> >1>Once in the 2002Ashes series...the bowler was Ashley Giles and he
> >had scooped it...and not ready to leave...Kurtzen had togive himout

> >2>Once in India he did that and there the same..he was just standing
> >his ground..dontrecallwho the bowler was..

> >3>Now, in the first final against Balaji...and kept on nodding his
> >head and suggesting he had hit it on the ground...

> >Now, the irony is that his partner Gilchrist is on the move
> >tocallhimself the "best sportspirit around"(ofcourse, thats keeping in
> >mind the excessive sledging he did to Dravid in the testmatches)and
> >Hayden is the opposite...

> >Its alright to call other batsman intimidated, but first learn to
> >playcricket the way it is...then, your statements will have some
> >value.

> Well I assume you're going to be bagging Laxman now.

> > Now, nothing wrong in making statements, but for once can Hayden first
> > learn to play cricket properly and the way it has to be played at an
> > international level..The guy cant even differentaite between the way
> > he has scooped the ball back to the bowler or hit iton the ground...as
> > a batsman, he should be the best judge as to whether he has scoped it
> > or not, but the guy keeps nooding his head every time the umpire gives
> > him out(of course he is out clearly)..
> > there are 3 instances  I have seen(there could be more, the way he
> > triesto bully around the opposition and the umpires) where he has
> > scooped the ball back to the bowler..

> > 1>Once in the 2002Ashes series...the bowler was Ashley Giles and he
> > had scooped it...and not ready to leave...Kurtzen had togive himout

> > 2>Once in India he did that and there the same..he was just standing
> > his ground..dontrecallwho the bowler was..

> > 3>Now, in the first final against Balaji...and kept on nodding his
> > head and suggesting he had hit it on the ground...

> > Now, the irony is that his partner Gilchrist is on the move
> > tocallhimself the "best sportspirit around"(ofcourse, thats keeping in
> > mind the excessive sledging he did to Dravid in the testmatches)and
> > Hayden is the opposite...

> > Its alright to call other batsman intimidated, but first learn to
> > playcricket the way it is...then, your statements will have some
> > value.

> Well said.  Hayden is a pathetic hack who only gets runs from french-cuts
> and leg glances.  He should be ashamed of himself.

> ***y grafters.  They ruin the game.

> > Check his score in India during his last tour and Murali is a better
> > spinner than Harby. OK My IQ is 1 and your's is 0 and still mine is
> > better than you, you idiot.

> Ah, he's not going to India and he's not facing Harby. So why would
> those scores matter as much or as more as his last tour to SL, when he
> did face Murali and scored plenty of runs off him, the only aussie to do so?

> probably by his mother only.

> Just in the last few messages you said, Tendulkar didntplay in this
> tour..when in reality he had good tours in 1999 and 92...so if
> Tendulkar can fail in conditions not suited to him, why cant Ponting
> fail to Murali....? Infact, I say Ponting'sfirst series as captain ?
> oh boy..

>>> Maybe more. They played two tests against Zim, flew over for the TVS
>>> cup, came back here for four tests and VB series. If anyone should
>>> be tired, it's the aussies.

>> however, for most of the time they have been at home (i.e., in
>> australia). makes a big difference.

> Why? they are all living in hotels and away from home aswell. They
> don't go home every night after a match.

> >>> Maybe more. They played two tests against Zim, flew over for the TVS
> >>> cup, came back here for four tests and VB series. If anyone should
> >>> be tired, it's the aussies.

> >> however, for most of the time they have been at home (i.e., in
> >> australia). makes a big difference.

> > Why? they are all living in hotels and away from home aswell. They
> > don't go home every night after a match.

> still makes a diff. you are living in a country familiar to you.
> you get to meet with family and friends.
> you get to eat your kind of food.
> how much do  you travel on work?
> tell me that towards the end of a long trip (2 weeks or more), you aren't
> generally totally pissed off with everything- living out of a suitcase,
eating
> out all the time, working all the time because there's nothing better to
do,
> etc.
> tell me that the aussie cricketers aren't totally exhausted at the end of
a long
> tour of india?

> If a professional athlete getting paid as much as those guys do, puts
> on a tanti and plays bad because he wants his mummy then he should
> step aside and let someone else play.

> > Just in the last few messages you said, Tendulkar didntplay in this
> > tour..when in reality he had good tours in 1999 and 92...so if
> > Tendulkar can fail in conditions not suited to him, why cant Ponting
> > fail to Murali....? Infact, I say Ponting'sfirst series as captain ?
> > oh boy..

> I never said Ponting would score the runs this tour. I said he had
> scored plenty last time he toured SL. No one knows how any of the
> batsmen or bowlers are going to go.

> But if you base Ponting's upcoming series on his performances against
> India in 2001, why not bring up his stellar series against SL last time
> we toured there?

> What on Earth has the series against India in 2001 got to do with the
> tour to SL?

> Yes I think you're right if all the batsmen go out without making runs it
> would much easier for India to win. Don't live with ifs and maybes.

> still makes a diff. you are living in a country familiar to you.
> you get to meet with family and friends.
> you get to eat your kind of food.
> how much do  you travel on work?
> tell me that towards the end of a long trip (2 weeks or more), you aren't
> generally totally pissed off with everything- living out of a suitcase, eating
> out all the time, working all the time because there's nothing better to do,
> etc.
> tell me that the aussie cricketers aren't totally exhausted at the end of a long
> tour of india?

> well, you were claiming that he has handled Murali pretty well and the
> direction ofyour statement was he would do it again thistime...

> > well, you were claiming that he has handled Murali pretty well and the
> > direction ofyour statement was he would do it again thistime...

> No, I said he performed well last time, which counters the argument that
> he can't play spin on the sub-continent.