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AdventureRacing
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Finally some form from Yuvraj. We may actually see a competitive final. Hopefully the final isn't an absolute belting. I really think we could be in for a good final between India and Australia (assuming sri lanka don't make it of course).
Also i've fallen a bit behind but what's happened to Sehwag. I'm assuming his injured, if so how serious is it?
Also i've fallen a bit behind but what's happened to Sehwag. I'm assuming his injured, if so how serious is it?
India win.
Umpire ruined the finish by calling that wide.
India shouldn't be too happy with that performance.
Had Sri Lanka 2/6 in their innings yet couldn't go on with it and bowl them out. Then in their innings they were well on top and still nearly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
Australia is so far ahead of these two teams its not funny.
Great game to watch as a neutral though.
Umpire ruined the finish by calling that wide.
India shouldn't be too happy with that performance.
Had Sri Lanka 2/6 in their innings yet couldn't go on with it and bowl them out. Then in their innings they were well on top and still nearly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
Australia is so far ahead of these two teams its not funny.
Great game to watch as a neutral though.
AdventureRacing said:
He was fit for this game but not picked, for some odd reason. Personally he has to come back and open, he really adds that element up the top.
I don't think Australia are miles are ahead of either team personally. Sure we've won all of our games bar one and secured bonus points but I think that's down to some exceptional bowling and some brain-meltdowns form the opposition. I think we're definitely ahead but not leagues better.
As for Sangakarra he's a class act, through and through.
Grug said:
Don't get too cocky Grug, with the scores so low it didn't take much of a difference in runs to get the bonus point. When you only score 170 odd it's only a few runs between a win and giving away a bonus point. All it would have taken is the tail getting a couple extra boundaries and those bonus points would have disappeared quickly.
That said, there is no reason for Australia to be batting this poorly, and I think they have been given a fright a couple times now which will hopefully restore them to the premier line up in cricket. They are the best in potential, they are just not performing at the moment.
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master15 said:
Your fucking kidding me. So after their stupid fucking decision not to start him from the beginning of the test series their at it again. Sehwag is just about the only player on their team who can really take it to the opposition bowlers. If they don't pick him in later games then i hope they get absolutely belted for being so stupid.
I didn't mean any offence by laughing, it just seems strange and I laugh at strange things because that's how I was raised.
I get that it's not related to baseball but it seems sorta like kicking a football into your own net if you're going backwards. I guess the idea of not having a direction of play is what I was getting at. In football you know which way you're going, am. football you know which way, and so on. Makes sense I suppose though.
The reason I ask about the ten wickets thing is because of sports night. They said it was like pitching three perfect games on three days in a row but that seemed strange. I watched a video of it on youtube and they were hitting the ball so I couldn't quite understand how it was like throwing a perfect game.
How do people in America watch the game? It's not on Setanta
I get that it's not related to baseball but it seems sorta like kicking a football into your own net if you're going backwards. I guess the idea of not having a direction of play is what I was getting at. In football you know which way you're going, am. football you know which way, and so on. Makes sense I suppose though.
The reason I ask about the ten wickets thing is because of sports night. They said it was like pitching three perfect games on three days in a row but that seemed strange. I watched a video of it on youtube and they were hitting the ball so I couldn't quite understand how it was like throwing a perfect game.
How do people in America watch the game? It's not on Setanta
I'm not sure if this is ok to post, so if it's not, please tell me and I'll remove
Came across this when looking for some way to watch the live cricket at work, www.cricketlivelinks.com . You need to install a plugin for IE/FF called SopCast which is kind of like a streaming P2P application. Then you go to that live links website and people put up links to each game, and usually a couple of different streams, Sky Sports, Indian Stream, Ch9 stream, just depending on who is playing obviously.
Works like a charm and has let me follow the cricket when at work!
But yes, if streaming live tv is some kind of piracy thing etc, please let me know and I'll delete this post!
Came across this when looking for some way to watch the live cricket at work, www.cricketlivelinks.com . You need to install a plugin for IE/FF called SopCast which is kind of like a streaming P2P application. Then you go to that live links website and people put up links to each game, and usually a couple of different streams, Sky Sports, Indian Stream, Ch9 stream, just depending on who is playing obviously.
Works like a charm and has let me follow the cricket when at work!
But yes, if streaming live tv is some kind of piracy thing etc, please let me know and I'll delete this post!
QVT said:I didn't mean any offence by laughing, it just seems strange and I laugh at strange things because that's how I was raised.
I get that it's not related to baseball but it seems sorta like kicking a football into your own net if you're going backwards. I guess the idea of not having a direction of play is what I was getting at. In football you know which way you're going, am. football you know which way, and so on. Makes sense I suppose though.
The reason I ask about the ten wickets thing is because of sports night. They said it was like pitching three perfect games on three days in a row but that seemed strange. I watched a video of it on youtube and they were hitting the ball so I couldn't quite understand how it was like throwing a perfect game.
How do people in America watch the game? It's not on Setanta
There's no specific area to try and hit the ball too. I mean, in football you're trying to reach the goal, so you want to primarily move forward. Cricket is completely different.
I have no idea what you're talking about with the perfect game thing. For someone to get 10 wickets without the batsman ever getting a run would be nigh impossible, and has never happened with cricket, professional or semi-professional. Runs are not as scare as they are in baseball. In test match cricket (the one that goes 5 days), you commonly see teams getting over 400 runs in an inning.
Also, the IPL auction starts in 30minutes. I have no idea where to watch it though. Anyone know if there's a site we can get updates on?
santouras said:
Yup, good stuff. I remember the glory days watching the Cricket World Cup streaming from my work computer. I had the perfect desk with a wall behind me so no one could really see what I was doing. Good stuff (Only wish I had found out about it during last Ashes).
Living in London and trying to keep up with the games was a nightmare, I often would have BBC streaming audio playing, and would wake up to the voice of Boycott which wasn't the most pleasant noise let me tell you
By the way, an absolute cracker of a game happening at Napier between NZ v England. What a run chase!
legend166 said:
There was just an episode of sports night where a bowler had taken all 10 wickets in an innings and it was supposed to be a big story. I guess it's just american confusion like someone being amazed that a footballer has scored a hat trick and going on like it's some great departure from that darn ol' nil-nil.
Oh, well yeah, in terms of significance, one bowler taking taking 10 wickets in an innings is similar to pitching a perfect game. It hasn't happened many times at international level. A couple of Indian players have done it, in fact.
Edit: In fact, looking at cricinfo, it's only happened twice in Test matches in the 130 odd years they've been playing it.
Once by the current captain of India, Anil Kumble, and the evil Englishman Laker, who totally rolled Australia back in 56.
Edit: In fact, looking at cricinfo, it's only happened twice in Test matches in the 130 odd years they've been playing it.
Once by the current captain of India, Anil Kumble, and the evil Englishman Laker, who totally rolled Australia back in 56.
Auctions have started for the IPL!
Dhoni has gone for over a million dollars US, the highest so far.
When a more complete list is available, i shall post it here, or i'm sure some one else will.
It'll be interesting to get some discussions on the different teams.
Dhoni has gone for over a million dollars US, the highest so far.
When a more complete list is available, i shall post it here, or i'm sure some one else will.
It'll be interesting to get some discussions on the different teams.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Wow you'd have to be stupid to pay that much for Harbhajan Singh, lol seriously wow, thats such a friggin waste.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
medrew said:
Yeah true but still, i wouldnt waste that much money on him.
Fleming for $350k. Lol, and he's retired so they're assured of his services for all games.
Jaipur is going to spend big on Sehwag. They look like the only team that'll be able to afford him without going over the limit too far
edit: bloody hell, Sehwag is an icon player. Makes me look smart.
Jaipur is going to spend big on Sehwag. They look like the only team that'll be able to afford him without going over the limit too far
edit: bloody hell, Sehwag is an icon player. Makes me look smart.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Well they have continually said Symonds is the best 20 20 players so you would expect him to go for the most of the non-Indian players, the rest i would agree with cause of their form slumps of late, but hey we lol at it and they are earning more in a few weeks than we do in 4 -10 years or whatever!!
Pathan goes for just under a million. Cameron White picks up $500k.
Also, the Hyderabad team is ridiculous: Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000), Scott Styris (US$ 175,000).
They're going to have no bowlers. Here are all the teams so far:
Jaipur Shane Warne (US$ 450,000), Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000), Younis Khan (US$ 225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$ 150,000), Yusuf (US$ 475,000)
Chennai MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00), Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000), Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000), Parthiv Patel (US$ 325,000), Joginder Sharma (US$ 225,000), Albie Morkel (US$ 650,000)
Mumbai Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$ 975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$ 850,000), Shaun Pollock (US$ 550,000)
Bangalore Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$ 900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$ 450,000), Mark Boucher (US$ 450,000), Cameron White (US$ 500,000)
Hyderabad Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000), Scott Styris (US$ 175,000)
Mohali Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$ 475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$ 700,000), Brett Lee (US$ 900,000), Sreesanth (US$ 625,000), Irfan Pathan (US$ 925,000)
Kolkata Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$ 400,000), Brendon McCullum (US$ 700,000), Chris Gayle (US$ 800,000), Ajit Agarkar (US$ 330,000)
Delhi Virender Sehwag (icon), Daniel Vettori (US$ 625,000), Shoaib Malik (US$ 500,000), Mohammad Asif (US$ 650,000), AB de Villiers (US$ 300,000), Dinesh Karthik (US$ 525,000), Farveez Maharoof (US$ 225,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$ 250,000)
Getting it from here: http://blogs.cricinfo.com/breakingnews/
Also, the Hyderabad team is ridiculous: Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000), Scott Styris (US$ 175,000).
They're going to have no bowlers. Here are all the teams so far:
Jaipur Shane Warne (US$ 450,000), Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000), Younis Khan (US$ 225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$ 150,000), Yusuf (US$ 475,000)
Chennai MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00), Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000), Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000), Parthiv Patel (US$ 325,000), Joginder Sharma (US$ 225,000), Albie Morkel (US$ 650,000)
Mumbai Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$ 975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$ 850,000), Shaun Pollock (US$ 550,000)
Bangalore Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$ 900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$ 450,000), Mark Boucher (US$ 450,000), Cameron White (US$ 500,000)
Hyderabad Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000), Scott Styris (US$ 175,000)
Mohali Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$ 475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$ 700,000), Brett Lee (US$ 900,000), Sreesanth (US$ 625,000), Irfan Pathan (US$ 925,000)
Kolkata Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$ 400,000), Brendon McCullum (US$ 700,000), Chris Gayle (US$ 800,000), Ajit Agarkar (US$ 330,000)
Delhi Virender Sehwag (icon), Daniel Vettori (US$ 625,000), Shoaib Malik (US$ 500,000), Mohammad Asif (US$ 650,000), AB de Villiers (US$ 300,000), Dinesh Karthik (US$ 525,000), Farveez Maharoof (US$ 225,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$ 250,000)
Getting it from here: http://blogs.cricinfo.com/breakingnews/
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Syth_Blade22 said:
i go wherever Gilly go.