T20 World Cup

We're a country of 1billion who are obsessed with one sport and we're still mediocre.

To be fair, you've always been mediocre. If anything, your team has improved over the last few years. Still not as good as it should be, though, everything considering.
 
5 or 6 years ago - India was probably amongst the best in the world and we are slowly getting there again.

I think they will beat SA today..
 
To be fair, you've always been mediocre. If anything, your team has improved over the last few years. Still not as good as it should be, though, everything considering.

Yep. Our away form until recently was embarrassing and we still haven't produced a world class bowler.
 
Yep. Our away form until recently was embarrassing and we still haven't produced a world class bowler.

That will always be your achilles heel. To be a great side, you need an excellent geniune pace bowler. Frankly, you've never had one. I think your batting has always been good enough, though.
 
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Stuart Broad will be world class. I was gutted when he left Leicestershire.
 
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Stuart Broad will be world class. I was gutted when he left Leicestershire.

I've been saying this since I first saw him. He's gained a yard of pace and will probably get faster. I like his action, it's very smooth. Whether he'll go on to become a great, god only knows, but he'll become a very very good bowler, nevertheless.
 
That will always be your achilles heel. To be a great side, you need an excellent geniune pace bowler. Frankly, you've never had one. I think your batting has always been good enough, though.

We have always had World-Class batsmen though. I once would like to see a bowler bowl a ball at 150kph in a indian shirt, it might not happen in my life time though :(

On a side note, you have to love our support though - i think there is about 20,000 indian fans here..
 
We have always had World-Class batsmen though. I once would like to see a bowler bowl a ball at 150kph in a indian shirt, it might not happen in my life time though :(

On a side note, you have to love our support though - i think there is about 20,000 indian fans here..

Poor buggers have been caught up by the hype. And 20,000? TB only holds about 14k!
 
What do you think of Ishant Sharma Pavan?

Read this on Cricinfo.

I cannot believe Cricinfo didn't pick-up on this. Millions of pages have been wasted on blaming India's batting. Has anybody thought maybe there is also a problem with the bowling as well. Ishant Sharma's T20 stats are (excluding 1 match against Bangladesh) is shameful: Matches 7, Average 93.5, Wickets 2, Strike Rate 64, and Economy Rate 8.76. This is the guy who was auctioned for a million bucks for the IPL. OPEN YOUR EYES SELECTORS
 
What do you think of Ishant Sharma Pavan?

Read this on Cricinfo.

I cannot believe Cricinfo didn't pick-up on this. Millions of pages have been wasted on blaming India's batting. Has anybody thought maybe there is also a problem with the bowling as well. Ishant Sharma's T20 stats are (excluding 1 match against Bangladesh) is shameful: Matches 7, Average 93.5, Wickets 2, Strike Rate 64, and Economy Rate 8.76. This is the guy who was auctioned for a million bucks for the IPL. OPEN YOUR EYES SELECTORS

It's just like Football transfer rumors i guess - 20 years old and can bowl quite fast and is Indian so 'expensive' :lol:

Don't think he is actually a Indian type bowler, a bit different to something we have always had tbh. He seems a decent prospect but he is very overrated right about now.

Hope for Indian cricket sake, he turns to be a good bowler.

We have never found a successor for Kapil :(
 
To be fair, you've always been mediocre. If anything, your team has improved over the last few years. Still not as good as it should be, though, everything considering.


Nah, we won just about everything last year. Had to lose at some point, am glad it happened here and not in an important Test series
 
Bhajan is World Class but arragont.

He's a world class moron. Ojha and Chawla are both good spinners and should be groomed. And there was another spinner who played well last year. Can't remember his name. As for pacers, we should forget about Munaf and stick with RP and Ishant. Ishant's going through a poor spell but a bowler that can trouble Ponting the way he did has a lot of potential.
 
Why laugh at SA?

Do you know anything about Cricket?

The pitch is obviously tired, i reckon they got about par.
Yeh, you may knock it off easily, i don't reckon you will...
 
Why laugh at SA?

Do you know anything about Cricket?

The pitch is obviously tired, i reckon they got about par.
Yeh, you may knock it off easily, i don't reckon you will...

Is the pitch bad? I didn't know, i am at the ground so can't really see how the pitch is like.

And i have been watching cricket for the best part of 10 years now so, i do know a thing or two.
 
Is the pitch bad? I didn't know, i am at the ground so can't really see how the pitch is like.

And i have been watching cricket for the best part of 10 years now so, i do know a thing or two.

Did the fact they had only lost 5 wickets yet still only made 130 not alert you to the pitch being a bit dodgy?

Also they weren't even attemtping slogs until the final few balls, the pitch aint cut out for it.

It's pretty dead. India may mock a mockery of it if they go for it all guns blazing, but 130 isn't a laughable effort.
 
Did the fact they had only lost 5 wickets yet still only made 130 not alert you to the pitch being a bit dodgy?

Also they weren't even attemtping slogs until the final few balls, the pitch aint cut out for it.

It's pretty dead. India may mock a mockery of it if they go for it all guns blazing, but 130 isn't a laughable effort.

We will find out i guess..
 
I can't wait till the Ashes.

Last time I supported Australia.

However, in the four years since my hatred of Australian cricket fans has increased so this time I'll have to flip a coin.
 
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No idea how you got into the super eights to be honest. Your place should have been given to a side who would have been more competitive.. maybe Holland or Bangladesh
 
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No idea how you got into the super eights to be honest. Your place should have been given to a side who would have been more competitive.. maybe Holland or Bangladesh

:lol:

How did England fare against SA?

Hope we don't get embarrassed like you did.
 
Just thought I'd inform you that India and England are both out. You can stop the sniping now. We're both shit.
 
Heheheh.

Suprised at how shite India are.
Not a team at all.

You're not even inconsistent...
Just wank...