He's such a shitty bowler.. Albie Morkel..
2 overs of Morkel and 1 of Steyn..
2 overs of Morkel and 1 of Steyn..
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Poor captaincy by AB. There was no need to bowl Morkel. Should have never used Kallis and Morkel in consecutive overs anyway.
He should have the bottle to use spin at death overs. Does not and will rightly lose because of it.
There is no sports culture in India and there never will be I think
Money has magical powers my friend and the Indian economy is going to go places . For every 40 crore endorsement deal the likes of Sania Naiwal sign we'll have lakhs wanting to emulate them. Saina isn't done yet and we already have a Sidhu.
More money corporates have the more avenues they would look to spend them on. When money comes in, parents would be more willing to let kids follow their passion. It would take time but there would be more sportspersons in future. Money will help develop a sports culture, it already is.
not been following this game.. just got home.. but AB's generally a shit captain
He turns up, does a million things different and acts like that's the key to winning WC.
He turns up, does a million things different and acts like that's the key to winning WC.
Richard Levi's an useless fecker, isn't he? He's like a really shitty version of Ross Taylor
Are the South Africans the biggest bottlers in any sport? They have the most awesome teams doing the the most amazing choke jobs in international tournaments. It's bizzare.
PS: They might still win it, they are playing Ppakistan afterall.
PS: They might still win it, they are playing Ppakistan afterall.
Sidhu is a testament of sports culture in India
Money is never going to develop any kind of culture. European and American sports generated a culture around their sports before big money moved in. That's the reason despite there being NFL in US, many are more passionate about college football and even high school football. Or that even teams in third division in UK have passionate fan base.
Removing cricket there is no sports culture here. Cricket's is not up to the scratch as well otherwise Ranji matches would be watched by at least a few people other than dogs.
That looked so painful. Infact brought back memories
feck. 9 needed off the final over. Typically shit batting...
Boom!!! 3 needed now, come on you cnuts...
Bottlers gonna bottle.
Great innings by Akmar and Gul though.
Great innings by Akmar and Gul though.
This is looking like Pak's cup
Yes!!!! Great game, just about winning this thanks to Gul. Bowling was superb, batting poor as usual. India next up...
What the feck is wrong with teams?
SL should've won it easy yesterday, Pakistan should've won it easy today.
SL should've won it easy yesterday, Pakistan should've won it easy today.
Code:
J Botha 2 1 10 1 5.00
JP Duminy 2 0 5 1 2.50Pathetic bottle job by AB
Bottlers. Its a bit early this time but happening none the less. I wish they're in a do or die match.
Switched on when Pakistan lost the 7th wicket. great game.
Is the India Aus game at the same stadium? Because they showed Indian team sitting there. If so, how'd the ticketing work?
Is the India Aus game at the same stadium? Because they showed Indian team sitting there. If so, how'd the ticketing work?
Never rated Albie Morkel as a bowler. He's very ordinary. AB should never have given him the ball at the death.
What an innings by Gul though.
What an innings by Gul though.
We can take them, imo.. don't think Pakistan are that good.
Bowling not as good as in previous t20 WCs.
Yeah, on the same pitch as well. India ought to win given the spinner friendly conditions
Word is that Sehwag is dropped. About time IMO, what a fecking waste of talent. Never looks bothered, fitness is poor.
It was a tossup between him and Yuvi right? Nightmare that for MSD.
Umar fecking gul. Thanks ab as well for making it easy
We'l beat them. We always do.
would you really pick Yuvraj over Sehwag on batting?
I wouldn't..
Yuvraj's bowling is not going to be very useful with 5 bowlers..
Although Irfan might well end up getting some good runs at the top. Good batsman.
Sidhu is a testament of sports culture in India
Money is never going to develop any kind of culture. European and American sports generated a culture around their sports before big money moved in. That's the reason despite there being NFL in US, many are more passionate about college football and even high school football. Or that even teams in third division in UK have passionate fan base.
Removing cricket there is no sports culture here. Cricket's is not up to the scratch as well otherwise Ranji matches would be watched by at least a few people other than dogs.
I was talking about Sidhu, the 17 year old badminton player who just beat the olympic gold medallist in one of the super series tournaments. Money will help produce more world class players in other sports which in turn will bring more recognition and more support. Up until now we had only cricket. Every one wanted to be a cricketer and nothing else. Things are changing now, youngsters are adopting different sports, there are more facilities, more good coaches, better understanding of diet and nutrition, better emphasis on fitness, schools are improving sports facilities, makiing easier for kids to participate, parents are more willing, I can list a hundred other things. Like I said earlier, change is not going to come in a day or two. Change takes time and positive is that seeda are already being sown.
People follow heros. A Sushil Kumar will inspire a 100 other Sushil Kumars in Haryana alone. The same way others will do. I don't know the a,b, or c of wrestling and I watched each and every bout that him or Yogeshwar were involved in during the Olympics. I know many other who were equally involved.
As for college football and high school football, do you think they would be so intense if it wasn't for the lure of the NFL and money? How many good players remain in college after their freshman or sophmore years?
We didn't have anything besides cricket a few years ago. Now with more money and more athletes will come more following.
Money will help produce more world class players in other sports which in turn will bring more recognition and more support. Up until now we had only cricket. Every one wanted to be a cricketer and nothing else. Things are changing now, youngsters are adopting different sports, there are more facilities, more good coaches, better understanding of diet and nutrition, better emphasis on fitness, schools are improving sports facilities, makiing easier for kids to participate, parents are more willing, I can list a hundred other things. Like I said earlier, change is not going to come in a day or two. Change takes time and positive is that seeda are already being sown.
People follow heros. A Sushil Kumar will inspire a 100 other Sushil Kumars in Haryana alone. The same way others will do. I don't know the a,b, or c of wrestling and I watched each and every bout that him or Yogeshwar were involved in during the Olympics. I know many other who were equally involved.
As for college football and high school football, do you think they would be so intense if it wasn't for the lure of the NFL and money? How many good players remain in college after their freshman or sophmore years?
We didn't have anything besides cricket a few years ago. Now with more money and more athletes will come more following.
What's her full name? Vaguely remember reading it.. Isn't it Sindhu?
Normally I wouldn't, but how many runs has Sehwag scored lately?
I think Sehwag would win us at least 1 game if he played these 3.
Plus, he's more match fit than Yuvraj.
Abit harsh!
South Africa never deserved to be anywhere in the game after a very average batting display. Only because of Pakistan's early idiocy with the bat did SA get right back into the game ... but all Pakistan needed throughout their innings was one major partnership, which eventually came with Gul's astonishing cameo.
In the end, the right team won, rather than SA 'bottling' it!
He's also more than likely to give his wicket cheaply and batting like a fecking moron. His attitude is awful IMO. Still a lovely sight to see him in full flow though.
I think you need to read up a bit more on football culture in US. Most of the players playing high school and college football know that they have no chance of making NFL. Besides players are only a part of it, the fact people turn up for these games in such huge numbers and passion on display is more than that at NFL game is the main point.
Money will help produce more world class players in other sports which in turn will bring more recognition and more support. Up until now we had only cricket. Every one wanted to be a cricketer and nothing else. Things are changing now, youngsters are adopting different sports, there are more facilities, more good coaches, better understanding of diet and nutrition, better emphasis on fitness, schools are improving sports facilities, makiing easier for kids to participate, parents are more willing, I can list a hundred other things. Like I said earlier, change is not going to come in a day or two. Change takes time and positive is that seeda are already being sown.
People follow heros. A Sushil Kumar will inspire a 100 other Sushil Kumars in Haryana alone. The same way others will do. I don't know the a,b, or c of wrestling and I watched each and every bout that him or Yogeshwar were involved in during the Olympics. I know many other who were equally involved.
As for college football and high school football, do you think they would be so intense if it wasn't for the lure of the NFL and money? How many good players remain in college after their freshman or sophmore years?
We didn't have anything besides cricket a few years ago. Now with more money and more athletes will come more following.
I think you are too optimistic. We sat on our hands as our great legacy in Hockey eroded into such a farce that there are two federations out there claiming to be the 'official' one. Couple of medals in Olympics or one big contract for a badminton player is not going to change public mindset. Look at the state of stadiums that were built for CWG.
Would he really? Any stats in T20 to back this up?
Yuvraj has looked very unfit and his movement has been extremely laboured. He could be a real liability given we are going with only 6 batsmen, one of which is Dhoni, who is not as potent in T20 cricket.
Didn't we take Tiwary or Rahane?
Sorry man, but on a spinner friendly pitch, if you're bowling Albie Morkel in place of Botha who's a good bowler then you deserve to lose. Also 5 overs 58 runs and only 3 wickets were left for Pakistan.
Kris Srikanth the utter feckwit didn't take Rahane despite him being the best indian batsman at IPL.
Sehwag dropped.
One part of me is happy because he's such an arrogant twat.
3 spinners already.. surprising.
Strong tail, though. Probably can afford to play 6 batsmen. Especially if Irfan opens.
One part of me is happy because he's such an arrogant twat.
3 spinners already.. surprising.
Strong tail, though. Probably can afford to play 6 batsmen. Especially if Irfan opens.
Not only that. He should have backed his spinners to bowl the 18th, 19th and 20th overs even after the Albie debacle. Gul kept using the pace of the pacers to heave boundaries and he kept lobing the same stuff at him.
Press will be happy to carry on the drama of Sehwag vs Dhoni