Cricket - October 2007

I, like millions of his fans have a lot of respect for him.

In my eyes his right up there @ the number 1 spot & i have a lot of statistical data to prove that.

You jst look at his stats & he beats all of his opponents in the key departments. His has performed in all countries,on all types of pitches & against all great batsmen of his time.

I know M.Marshall,Fred Trueman & Joel Garner had a slightly better average but then again they all stopped at 250-300+ wickets while 'Mr.Pigeon' - Glenn McGrath went on to take '563' wickets leaving these 3 far behind.

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In ODI's also he has the better average among the top 10 wicket takers.

Bottomline - If you very carefully examine the bowling stats of top 20 bowlers ever in both test cricket & odi cricket , you will conclude that this guy 'Glennn McGrath' beats others in most of the categories.

I give fast bowlers some extra credit because they have to put in a hell lot of efforts to be successful

2007-10-15 16:49:10 · 20 answers · asked by The Great Montitude 7

2007-10-15 09:01:40 · 13 answers · asked by Max H 1

If we exclude the big 3 of Sachin, Ganguly and Dravid, I want to see these 15 players rotated regularly in and out of the ODI and test teams until the 2011 world cup

That is I want these players to step up so that we can rely less and less everytime as each series passes by on those 3 seniors in ODIs and Tests

1) Robin Uthappa
2) Rohit Sharma
3) MS Dhoni
4) Yuvraj Singh
5) Dinesh Karthik
6) Irfan Pathan
7) Mohammad Kaif
8) Harbajan Singh
9) Zaheer Khan
10) Munaf Patel
11) Sreesanth
12) RP Singh
13) Piyush Chawla
14) Virender Sehwag
15) Yusuf Pathan

Anyone you want to remove from this list and who do you want to replace them with?

2007-10-15 08:04:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I really like Ian Chappell & his comments (except that pathetic comment against Cricket God)

I admire his knowledge about the game a lot & he has a great sense of humor. He is a fine professional both on the cricket field & in the commentary box.

I love it when Geoffrey Boycot & Ian Chappell are in the commentary box at the same time,lol

Gregy is a bit too serious i think. Though he's also nice & his knowledge about cricket is no less than Mr.Ian Chappel but i don't like his style (boring)

Ian is quite a personality

2007-10-15 06:09:10 · 15 answers · asked by The Great Montitude 7

i think India dont stand a chance against Australia. Even Rahul, Sovrav and Sachin know this, thats why i think they did not want to become capt. India should Cancel their tour and save us the embaresment of another series loss. lets face it India dont stand a chance, can anyone prove me wrong???

2007-10-15 06:05:30 · 152 answers · asked by naythan 2

can they put up a fight to stay in the games at Australia?

2007-10-15 05:48:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 05:30:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

He hasn't been the same in his performance and his attitude. Seems kind of depressed or something to me. Does anyone know why?

2007-10-15 03:02:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

He hasn't been the same in his performance and his attitude. Seems kind of depressed or something to me. Does anyone know why?

2007-10-15 03:01:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 02:17:23 · 20 answers · asked by ashokkumar h 1

2007-10-15 01:29:28 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-15 00:22:45 · 36 answers · asked by Pintu 1

Ok, so i have seen that many people don't know much about the game.

Very few give correct answers to my Trivia questions .

As always the first to answer correctly with confidence will get the easy 10 pointer.

Cheers!!!

2007-10-15 00:05:35 · 8 answers · asked by The Great Montitude 7

I have just read an article in my news-paper that ICL is going to spend a lot of $$$money$$$ on the cricket stadiums which have been alloted to them so far.

Isn't it great for the infrastructure of cricket in our country?

This feud will do a lot of good things for Indian cricket

2007-10-14 23:41:24 · 4 answers · asked by The Great Montitude 7

which r da top 3- best cricket teams in da world tday?

2007-10-14 22:57:20 · 18 answers · asked by ☆ MΩηA ☆ 2

Hey people. Forget about all bad things & just laugh it off. It's 'FESTIVAL TIME' in India & i don't want to spoil my lovely mood.
Cricket section should be fun & we should just make 'FUN' of each other but not 'INSULT'.

Cricket question - Who is the funniest cricketer at present ?

a) Andre Nel
b) Sreesanth
c)Freddie Flintof
d)Chris Gayle (though he's serious most of the times but he can be damn funny)
e) Craig McMillan

Ok, now just laugh it off & forget about the past. The poll results were quite positive.

Cheers!!!!

2007-10-14 22:55:28 · 13 answers · asked by The Great Montitude 7

I want your opinions, NOT the format and what others think.
Whether they are good...which is the best form...etc etc...

2007-10-14 22:02:03 · 14 answers · asked by Sal 2

The options are
1.V.V.S.Laxman
2.Sachin Tendulkar
3.Inzamam-Ul-Haq
4.James Hopes
5.Sanath Jayasuriya
6.Greame Smith

2007-10-14 22:00:03 · 65 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's kinda sad. I mean look at it this way... how he ends his ODI career? Not at all in an impressive way -- blames all over-- comes under fire from PCB and the media!

then he tries to get 20 runs to become the highest test scorer ever in pakistan cricket and give pakistan a great victory in the second test but fails miserably... to top it all there are all kinds of news about a 'deal' between pcb and inzi to make him wind up his career in lieu of 10 million Rs.!

i really feel he had the potential to play for another year or two.. i mean look at brian lara... he's still playing!

what do you say?

2007-10-14 21:51:13 · 13 answers · asked by Shariq M 5

I like a system where its run professionally.
1) Only the performance counts not any politics.
2) The players should be paid a BASIC salary of Rs.6-10 lakh annually, that turns out to Rs50,000 to Rs80,000 per month (thats what software professionals earn after 5 years of experience!).
Any earnings above their basic salary is dependent on their performance.
3) A contract where players sign for 1 (or 2) year.Upon his good performance, contract extends on yearly/biennial basis. Injured players should be allowed to complete their term. All players be allowed to play x number of games for the national team with the penalty that a bad performance puts you back into the regional league. Provision, if the player plays well on the regional level, he gets another x number of games on the national team to prove himself. Otherwise he completes the term with the BASIC salary and he's gone!

2007-10-14 21:42:58 · 3 answers · asked by rendezvous_rama 3

some time we beat australia and some time we lost to even bangladesh

2007-10-14 21:31:47 · 13 answers · asked by paljas2002 1

In the Nagpur match against Australia, Uttahpa displayed nerves of steel by smashing around 44 runs in just 28 deliveries. If every Indian batsman plays like this, India would easily defeat Australia even if it is to chase 400. Don't you feel he was sent too late to bat? Shouldn't he be sent to open instead of Ganguly, because Ganguly's strike rate is slow even if Ganguly's score is big? That way in the final overs, the required run rate wouldn't balloon.

2007-10-14 20:51:20 · 10 answers · asked by Math 7

In the nagpur ODI of India vs. Australia, Shreesanth conceded 64 runs in 8 overs. Conceding 8 runs an over is too costly in one day cricket. India lost by 18 runs, but if Shreesanth was even to concede just around 6 runs an over, India could have won. Actually even 6 runs per over for bowler is expensive in ODI but Shreesanth is going even beyond 7.5 to 8 runs an over. What is wrong with shreesanth's bowling? What is your opinion on, if shreesanth was responsible for the loss? He has proven to be an expensive bowler throughout the series.

2007-10-14 19:30:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

World champions to me means that ur the ultimate.No one in the world is better than you.Do u think that men in blue has achieved it?

2007-10-14 18:54:41 · 24 answers · asked by prashanth VS 1

I had long been a cricket fan, I still follow occassionally. What hurts me most about Indian team is that they are never consistent.
Bowlers strive for pace. The only bowler that has changed for the better is Pathan. He has sacrificied his pace for line and length. This is something so unexpected and a great change. Thats how you need to bowl. Im only an arm chair expert. But from what I have seen in the past few years, Indian seamers have never had the discipline to bowl good line and length. Ajit Agarkar, wicket taker, can generate pace and swing. But gives away so many runs. Shreesanth has been like that too.
Look at Fannie De Villers, he used to bowl out swingers, pitch the ball in the region of uncertainty, great economy rate. Glenn Mcgrath bowled like this too, superb line and length. Backed by some intelligent bowling, he got lot of wickets.
Fielding is bad. Bad fitness. Bangladesh fields better.

Bowl better, save runs.Field better.Im not supporting the batsmen here

2007-10-14 18:30:52 · 5 answers · asked by rendezvous_rama 3

2007-10-14 02:38:30 · 21 answers · asked by The Queen 1

2007-10-14 01:25:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-14 01:18:18 · 13 answers · asked by spnmht 2

Please provide brief Reason for your answers ..

Cuurent Requirement to win for india " 32 Runs in 11balls"

2007-10-14 00:21:11 · 10 answers · asked by Inder 2

Please give brief Reasoning to your answers.. It would be appreciated

2007-10-14 00:18:58 · 27 answers · asked by Inder 2