I thought the man of the match award goes to the person who played a game changing innings. And Laxman did exactly that. He changed the course of the match. He deserved MotM. Doubt he cares though. Good man.
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Is Hauritz sucking Ricky's cock?
Agree with Clique here. For me, the man of the match should always be the person who most influenced the result. Zaheer set it up, but Laxman was the one who won it for us.
They got it right in the Chennai test a couple of years ago.. Sachin had a century, Strauss had centuries in both the innings.. but we wouldn't have thought of winning if Sehwag hadn't hit that quickfire 84 and he was rightfully adjudged man of the match.
Quite possibly.
Now now!. Credit to the Aussies. They played very well, they didn't give an inch. All that stood between them and a victory was that fabulous player Laxman who seems to enjoy facing these men from the Tasmanian region.
I've said it three times now and i'll say it again. Whadaplayaaa!!!!!!
I've said it three times now and i'll say it again. Whadaplayaaa!!!!!!
Screw credit. The Aussie cnuts lost to us again.
Hehe poor Hauritz must've felt like crying when he saw Ponting tossing the ball to North.
I understand that was a superb innings. One of the best!
However, putting aside the emotions of the final day the MoM is decided over five days, and Zaheers wickets together with Sachins runs kept us in the game giving VVS a chance to become a hero.
. You've got a thing against them dona?. To be fair, they aren't filled with as many cnuts as a while back. The likes of bollinger are thoroughly likable. Ponting though is a utter cnut.Yea. Really late wake-up call for Ponting. Changing spinners with one test to go for the Ashes. Steven Smith will come in, though and he's a very decent batsman. They have way too many all-rounders. Watson, Smith and Johnson can bat a fair bit.
Who we give it to goes on the definition of Man of the Match doesn't it?. I would personally give to a person who takes 10 wickets in a innings and helps his team win than a person who's taken 5 in each of the innings but still loses the game.
A game changer. Laxman IMO was a game changer.
They don't have ANY quality spinners do they?. What would they give to have a Mcgill again
.So you must know Melb Red really well.
To be fair, if I had Bangladesh as my first team I'd probably consider supporting the Aussies as well.
looking forward to the racist australian media squirm like vermin.
More dull than likable. It's like a team of random australians. The guy with the stubble looks like some drunk they've pulled out of a pub.
That's a good way to describe Hilfenhaus. They're not dull, though. I think it's just because you don't follow cricket a lot these days.. Bollinger and Johnson are great competitors.
He plays for Chennai, my local team. Maybe I'm slightly biased because of that.
Great bowler, though. Didn't find his rhythm in this test match, probably had a lot to do with coming really late from the Champions League T20 win. Australia will be hoping he's fit for the next match starting Saturday.. Banglore offers a fair bit to the seamers and none of their reserves have debuted yet.
What.A.fecking.Match
The best test match I've ever seen, kudos to Ishaan for batting very well but I've no words for Laxman, what a player, some of his shots were amazing. He really loves batting against the Aussies.
Great pitch for a test match, people like to criticize Indian pitches for being flat but for the last 2-3 years they've been very result oriented. Credit where it's due.
The best test match I've ever seen, kudos to Ishaan for batting very well but I've no words for Laxman, what a player, some of his shots were amazing. He really loves batting against the Aussies.
Great pitch for a test match, people like to criticize Indian pitches for being flat but for the last 2-3 years they've been very result oriented. Credit where it's due.
Great win! Laxman loves playing the Aussies. And he plays in the lovely Hyderabadi style using his wrists. Brilliant batsman
they still do a better job reporting, than the Indian media do (we just sensationalize and nothing else)
they still do a better job reporting, than the Indian media do (we just sensationalize and nothing else)
Can someone kindly surmise what the incident with Ponting and Khan was about?
Any other nationality, or any other era than the Warne one, and he'd have been one of the best bowlers ever. Poor guy.What would they give to have a Mcgill again
Absolutely unbelievable match.
Bunked lectures in college and we all sat in our canteen and watched this match. Unbelievable atmosphere and brilliant fun. Nervy as hell.
Yet quite don't know how Ishant was given out and how Ojha was not?!
This was right up there with the Edbagston 2nd Ashes test of 05 for me.
Bunked lectures in college and we all sat in our canteen and watched this match. Unbelievable atmosphere and brilliant fun. Nervy as hell.
Yet quite don't know how Ishant was given out and how Ojha was not?!
This was right up there with the Edbagston 2nd Ashes test of 05 for me.
For the second time in successive tough run-chases, Laxman remained standing till the end. In fact, his run of scores in the second innings over the last year-and-a-half has been stunning. It reads thus: 124 not out, 61, 51 not, 69 not out, 69, 103 not out, and 73 not out.
For the second time in successive tough run-chases, Laxman remained standing till the end. In fact, his run of scores in the second innings over the last year-and-a-half has been stunning. It reads thus: 124 not out, 61, 51 not, 69 not out, 69, 103 not out, and 73 not out.
The quiet man of cricket compared to more illustrious players like ST and Dravid but I've always loved his elegance.His test average is up there with the best; over 47
On a side note, Mohali shouldn't be awarded another test match. Disgraceful crowd on all 5 days. Day 5 with a prospect of a really good match, and day 3 a sunday with Sachin and Dravid at the crease in particular.. shocking that there wasn't any crowd.
Well compared to the old Aussie team they are. That team had character, albiet not always for the better. Guys like Warne, Mcgrath, Gillespie, Lee etc were in a different league in terms of ability and character/personality.
That's a good way to describe Hilfenhaus. They're not dull, though. I think it's just because you don't follow cricket a lot these days.. Bollinger and Johnson are great competitors.
Yea, fair enough.
Someone like me is an example of what's happening with the game. Ten years back I wouldn't believe you if you told me I'd be this distant from the game. There's lots wrong with the game. Sadly, it's test cricket that bears the bruises.
Yeah, those games were something. That was a magical time for the game IMO. The noise in the grounds, the atmosphere.
I think this whole 'test cricket is dying' thing is overdone.
We've had some absolute classics over the past 3 years.
England's tour of India had an epic match(the one at Chennai). South Africa's tour of Australia was brilliant, as was the return leg. The Ashes were excellent. England's tour of South Africa had brilliant matches.
While the standard of the Australians has gone down a bit, the standards set by the other teams has gone up. I can't recall an Indian, South African or English side as good as the ones being put out right now. Overall, the standard has gone up.. England in particular have become very good. Pakistan are fading into obscurity, though..
We've had some absolute classics over the past 3 years.
England's tour of India had an epic match(the one at Chennai). South Africa's tour of Australia was brilliant, as was the return leg. The Ashes were excellent. England's tour of South Africa had brilliant matches.
While the standard of the Australians has gone down a bit, the standards set by the other teams has gone up. I can't recall an Indian, South African or English side as good as the ones being put out right now. Overall, the standard has gone up.. England in particular have become very good. Pakistan are fading into obscurity, though..
Okay, name the 3 best spinners in International cricket?
Yea, okay, you have me there.
Comparing fast bowlers though.. Zaheer, I think, is going to be remembered as the best fast bowler India's produced barring Kapil Dev(I can't comment on this, I didn't see Kapil bowl). Australia's standards have gone down. South Africa have Steyn, whose average will stack up against fast bowlers of any era, particularly good considering that you have pitches that offer less to fast bowlers now. Morkel is a very exciting prospect.. raw with all the basic stuff, but he seemed to be getting it together in the series they played against England.
England have a good pace attack and excellent depth.. Anderson, Finn, Broad and Pakistan's is quite incredible if they're not taking any money.
Spin, yes, you're completely correct.. but you're comparing it with a single generaton that produced Warne, Murali and Kumble.. that's not going to happen again, IMO. Warne and Murali in particular were once in a century players.. they'll go down as two of the best bowlers ever.
Comparing fast bowlers though.. Zaheer, I think, is going to be remembered as the best fast bowler India's produced barring Kapil Dev(I can't comment on this, I didn't see Kapil bowl). Australia's standards have gone down. South Africa have Steyn, whose average will stack up against fast bowlers of any era, particularly good considering that you have pitches that offer less to fast bowlers now. Morkel is a very exciting prospect.. raw with all the basic stuff, but he seemed to be getting it together in the series they played against England.
England have a good pace attack and excellent depth.. Anderson, Finn, Broad and Pakistan's is quite incredible if they're not taking any money.
Spin, yes, you're completely correct.. but you're comparing it with a single generaton that produced Warne, Murali and Kumble.. that's not going to happen again, IMO. Warne and Murali in particular were once in a century players.. they'll go down as two of the best bowlers ever.
This is my take on the topic:
Spinners: India alone before the generation before the last had Prasanna, Bedi and Chandrashekar. This last generation saqlain, Mushtaque Ahmed, Shane Warne, Anil Kumble and Murlithadaran. Now there's noone.
Fast bowlers: I don't even need to name what the older generations had. The last one had Mcgrath, Gillespie, Lee, Akram, Shaoib, Waqar, Alan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Klusner & Kallis, Ntini (before they lost pace), Ambrose, Walsh. Now what do we have, Deyle Steyne? Zaheer Khan has become a good bowler but he's nowhere near most if not all the guys on that list.
Batsman: Sachin, Lara, Ponting, Dravid, Sehwag (I'm not sure which one he falls in to be honest), Beven, Waugh, Jaywardane, Kallis the list goes on and on. Today we have good averages but who is in that class. Players have heavy bats and nice pitches to tonk the ball on but as of yet I don't see a batsman of that caliber around.
For me it's as much to do with the pollution of the game by T20. Test cricket is becoming seemingly unimportant in the eyes of the public. And that's the biggest problem. Cricket is growing, but in the wrong way.
Which is what I've been saying for ages. It'll fast become a parody of the 'sport' it is. These 2 test series don't help matters.
And somehow when I think of all that is bad in cricket today Rohit Sharma and the new bratpack's faces swim into my mind.
And somehow when I think of all that is bad in cricket today Rohit Sharma and the new bratpack's faces swim into my mind.
Not really, Murali was a chucker.
I saw bits of the first two days and I have to be honest, the ball barely reached the keeper at knee height. I've since read that the bounce improved albeit inconsistently, but it's just demoralizing to watch cricket this way. As much as the argument goes about favouring spinners with dusty wickets, the indian cricket board has to do something about it. Get some sporting wickets at the cost of whatever the fecking ratings they need to maintain.
Got to agree. There's a genuine problem in world cricket of pitches becoming too batsman friendly but the solution isn't to make every pitch fast and bouncy. This pitch in the end provided a fantastic test match, and that's what matters. It started out favoring the batsman and ended up favoring the bowlers. It was all you can ask for from a pitch. A pitch should offer enough for everyone to perform and it did. Batsman got hundreds, fast bowlers too wickets as did spinners and most importantly we got a result.
So any wicket that brings about a proper contest between bat and ball is a good one. How it does that, whether through favoring pace or spin can vary from pitch to pitch, and is less important unless there's a trend to favor one heavily (i.e all pitches favoring pacers and none favoring spinners or the other way round)
Laxman out, Pujara in.
The 2 other changes were expected, though. Vijay for Gambhir and Sreesanth for Ishant.
A batting line-up of Vijay, Sehwag, Dravid, Sachin, Raina, Pujara, Dhoni
Some immensely talented young players in there, though. Fingers crossed.
The 2 other changes were expected, though. Vijay for Gambhir and Sreesanth for Ishant.
A batting line-up of Vijay, Sehwag, Dravid, Sachin, Raina, Pujara, Dhoni
Some immensely talented young players in there, though. Fingers crossed.
Stumps at 285 for 5. Very evenly balanced..