yes...i don't think saffers choked yesterday...
they were thoroughly outplayed...outclassed...by a team who was more desperate for a win...
saying they choked will be like insulting the team pak's magnificent effort...don't get confused by their defeat margin of 7 runs...for to get choked they should have been in a winning position...but the reality is that they never looked like winning it...at any stage of their innings...
so...then how come south africa have choked...?
as for pak...i can only do this thing...
take a bow!!
virtually out of cricket map...anything worse that could have happen...happened to them...but they took everything in stride and kept it going...
like the current pepsi campaign..."i can't hear you..."
sometimes art of not listening... ignorance to what's happening around you...is the bliss...and pak has shown just that...under the able leadership of younis khan...who i have been saying for quite a while...is the best bet pak has right now...
he takes the game it is...just a game...thereby he don't let his team feel the pressure...sometimes younis demeanor...his endeavors on and off field are misinterpreted as if he is taking things lightly...but he surely knows the job...and how to extract best performances from his players...they are just enjoying themselves out there...afridi's contribution in last game is the case in point...
team pak...you are already a winner for me...
but yeh dil maange more...give me just one more game...am i asking too much...? ;-)
well done pakistan...but south africa didn't choke...
shared by straight point on Friday, June 19, 2009
can a tournament have finals played even before it starts...?
shared by straight point on Wednesday, June 03, 2009
the buffoons at icc have done just that...
if they were thinking that its just another warm up match then they don't even know what happens when two fiercest of rivals play on the ground...
they just don't play cricket...they live cricket...and with them the fans...the followers...you and me...many skip heart beats...everything else just seizes to exist...
yes guys i am talking about indo-pak 'warm up' match...
in fact at bored the game has already begun...
like icc i hope you won't risk it thinking its just another warm up game...
do join us at BCC!...lets come together...
lets live the moment in the company of those who know what it means...lets live the moment in the company of friends...defying borders...created by others...
so...see you all...at bored...where else...
lessons learnt from first warm up game...
shared by straight point on Tuesday, June 02, 2009
- first warm up game...india vs new zealand...
- our bowlers avoid using head in death overs...
- fielding is as pathetic as before...robbing singh will enjoy england doing nothing...as usual...
- rohit opening - no one is indispensable...
- gambhir on current form - highly dispensable...
- dhoni continues to over rate himself...
(his stumping was most embarrassing dismissal i have seen of late of a front line batsman...i mean how he missed the line...while the ball was going towards leg...he continued to charge on off side...)
- yousuf pathan can perform only when warne's around...
(mean what was he doing...he acted like as if he was out on a death row...specially when he tonked the same bowler in ipl with effortless ease...)
- irfan pathan - one of the most lucky guy playing at international level...
p.s. som...you have my company now... :)
what the fuss over sachin and dinesh's withdrawal...?
shared by straight point on Friday, February 27, 2009
bcci has decided that since himesh marshal who is linked with icl will also be playing in the same match...so sachin and dinesh karthik won't be turning up for master's t20 match...
the stance of bcci viz a viz icl is clear...they have already declared icl as an unofficial league and their policy of not letting their players to play with the teams who have players with icl link is well known either...
earlier they did not let laxman to appear for nottinghamshire for the same reason...
they have always been non-negotiable...they have been clear...and they have been consistent about it...
so what the fuss is all about this time...
just coz the sachin was playing they should relax the stance...?
or the fuss is about how the bcci known for fickle ways has been firm and consistent...?
why?
as usual...a telling statement on 'fussers' from friend soulberry here @ SP...
The fussers are becoming a bit too fussy.
Sachin is in NZ in an official capacity..as is DK...it was a consistent stand by BCCI.
It is time alternative boards were raised in each of the fusser countries and their boards split and later encouraged to patch up...maybe it will teach them a thing or two about fussing.
well said SB!
