Published by Nanda on 11th January 2008
A lot of so-called “neutral observers” have mentioned that India’s reaction to the SCG test has been way over the top, the BCCI are bullies, the Indian players are hypocrites, Harbhajan Singh is a racist, the burning of effigies is a barbaric act. I could go on and on.
All the above comments/theories are not going to make matters any easy, they are going to further enrage a nation that is already on the brink of pulling out of the tour. Let me point something out before I start shredding these statements apart. First and foremost, cricket is not a passion in India, it is a religion in its most literal term. The psyche of an Indian fan is that their players are like gods that are battling it out with the rest of the world. So what if they lose. Hey the English only won the Soccer World Cup once, and yet over there soccer is the same as what cricket is in India. What about Aussie rules football. Who really knows about this sport besides the Australians. And yet it overtakes cricket or any other sport in popularity. Oh, and don’t even get me started talking about the crowd/players behavior during a Carlton-Collingwood match.
Cricket is not a contact sport, but the way sledging and intimidation is going on, it may very well become. How much crap can a person take before he gives it back. The Indian players are not like bowling pins that every Tom, Dick and Harry comes and knocks them over. This isn’t India under Mahatma Gandhi that believes in non-violence as the key. This is a young and aggressive India who knows its history of being oppressed by foreigners. So why should they be intimidated by a team that has a known history of insulting, abusing and discriminating its opponents.
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Published by Nanda on 30th October 2007
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The following umpires and match referees will officiate the ODI and Test series:
ODI Series
Match Referee - Roshan Mahanama
Umpires
First Three ODIs - Ian Gould and local umpires
Last Two ODIs - Billy Doctrove and local umpires
Test Series
Match Referee - Ranjan Madugalle
Umpires
First Match - Simon Taufel and Billy Doctrove
Second Match - Billy Doctrove and Billy Bowden
Third Match - Simone Taufel and Billy Bowden
Published by Nanda on 31st July 2007
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England, India
| Losers |
Gainers |
| Sree Santh - For losing his head and in the process embarassing his country and his team with his on-field performance. |
Zaheer Khan - Finally living upto everyone’s expectations as the pace spearhead for India. |
| England Team - For the jellybean fiasco. Come on people, get over such childish play. |
Dinesh Karthik and Wasim Jaffer - The two openers broke a three decade old record of the highest opening partnership for India in England. |
| Anil Kumble - Was ineffective and tame to the top order batsmen. Expecting a far better performance in the final test. |
Ryan Sidebottom - This man had the potential and this match proved it |
| James Anderson - Lost his length and was bowling far too short throught the match |
RP Singh - His line and length was the most consistent of all three Indian seamers. |
| Strauss and Vaughan - One gets a fifty the other gets a century |
The Fab 4 - All four got amongst the runs and expect more in the next test match |
| Simon Taufel - Lost his credibility by giving both Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly out to two extremely controversial decisions. Although he later admitted that Tendulkar’s dismissal was a big blunder. |
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| ICC - For chosing Ian Howe as an umpire for only one match. They just don’t seem to follow any logic. Steve Bucknor will return in the thrid match to partner Simon Taufel. |
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Published by Nanda on 31st July 2007
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India are on the path to history after they completed a remarkable turnaround in the test series. In what could be said as a face-saving performance in the first test, the second test has been completely dominated by the Indians. England were outplayed in every single department. Right from the toss, it seemed that destiny had chosen India to emerge victorious. Rahul Dravid put England in to bat in the first innings and his bowlers responded by skittling out the home team for a miserly 198.
It was upto the batsmen, then, to make sure that bowlers’ effort was not wasted. And they did it astonishingly well. The openers, in particular, met and exceeded everybody’s expectations. Both Dinesh Karthik and Wasim Jaffer, already showing signs of getting used to the conditions in the first test, put on India’s best opening stand in England in almost 3 decades. That in itself says a lot. From then on there was no stopping the Indians. Besides a couple of dubious decisions on Day 3, courtesy Simon Taufel, ICC’s best umpire, the Indians were always looking like match winners.
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Published by Nanda on 30th July 2007
I am just going to add the highlights for now as I don’t have time to write a review on yesterday’s play, yet.
It was another day that belonged to India, however could have been much better if Simon Taufel wasn’t an umpire. But three days in a row belonging to India is something pretty rare. A perfect day was marred by some absolute shockers from Taufel. To give Tendulkar out when he is in his nineties is folly, but to get it wrong is pure suicide. Luckily for Taufel that this match was not in India, otherwise his security would have been a cause of concern.
All said and done, the Indians would be extremely happy with the way this test has proceeded so far. For a team without an official coach this is a sensational performance so far in this test match. But then again with players like Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly and Laxman you don’t really need a coach. And the way the seamers have bowled so far, it seems Venkatesh Prasad must be doing his job pretty well. That leaves the fielding department to be looked after, and I am pretty sure that Robin Singh must be working overtime to get this under control as well.
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