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Extremely tragic incident, I didn't knew about him earlier but it appears that he was a bright future England prospect. May his soul RIP and condolences to his family...

RIP. Saw him quite closely in the BPL earlier this year - he seemed a mature player at a very young age. Tragic.

Thats what most people fear spinny but its really different for me i love to experience it :p
i mean i would love to become a ghost :p

   ... at both the above comments by Mystery and Spinny!

Originally posted by zuhair_abbasi What a scorecard http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/567251.html

And all that on top of the fact that one of the BD kids hit a 200 in a 50 over match... outscoring Qatar by 6 times

Hi Brad

can any one answer me on this?

Edited by sam_ahmed - 29 June 2012 at 6:56pm

Extensions are a logical method of finishing a match early and giving players and supporters a free day (or days).  The rules of cricket for the final day are simple , when the stipulated number of overs have been bowled the match is over.  It's perfectly fair and both sides will know what is required to either win or save a match - it has given rise to some of the most entertaining finishes Sam !

So finally the plans are been taken forward of 2 IPL in 1 year(Champions league) Great 4 teams from Indian why not put 3-4 also in qualifiers to get one more or maybe 2 more Indian teams. I personally think champions league is a great tournament compare to IPL but again BCCI showing interested and destroying it.


Edited by mystery - 04 July 2012 at 7:37pm

The year end revised ICC rankings are out, India drop down to 5th thanks to two 4-0 series whitewashes they suffered, pakistan's good work over the last two years has shown up, they overtake India for the 4th spot.

Edited by sam_ahmed - 14 July 2012 at 4:20pm

India are expected to do well at home after having a very tough time of it abroad, however, they'll still have to play some good cricket and win, if they can't do well then they are in deeper trouble... it's everything to lose and nothing to gain for India really... I also don't see India winning all 6 tests at home this winter, in fact this time it's an unusual August start to the season, if Rain is around then NZL may actually like these conditions. I've never seen a home series in Aug-Sep in India! 

             I have already posted about Tony's illogical stuff recently in the Shoutbox topic twice, but after posting I see that he can't even give a proper commentary forget his biased opinions. In 27.2 and 47.2 ball of Indian innings, both these times ball had clearly touched the ground before ballooning up in air, both these times I could hear his utmost happiness and excitement and declaring them out, only to realize later and get embraced in front of fellow commentator. Then he keeps giving wrong commentary, for example he said well caught , when the ball had flown after keeper had got his hand to it.

             He was trying to somehow bring BCCI into picture couple of times and tried his to taunt them.The best he could do was to make a fool out of himself, maybe he got snubbed by some commentary deal due to his link up in now defunct ICL. Maybe he had put some portion of his fortune on ICL.So I did some googling, and found this gold dust http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2008/mar/18greig.htm     

Former England captain Tony Greig tells Rahul Bhatia what the Indian Cricket League is about, where the BCCI's Indian Premier League is likely headed, and why he would love to have the Indian team play in the ICL but can't.

Greig, who featured in 58 Tests and 22 one-dayers for England, played a big part in Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket. He is now actively involved with the ICL, as its executive board member.

Excerpts:

If the England Cricket Board is thinking of starting their own league, doesn't that make things more complicated?

Of course! Let me go back a little bit. I've always been interested in the rights of players, and it comes from World Series Cricket. When I was a cricketer, I think we were seriously abused by the establishment of the day. And when an entrepreneur turned up -- I was 32 years of age -- firstly, I had to secure myself, and second, you were forced to justify, rather like now, justify your decision. And, of course, the justification for my decision was that this was going to be good for all the players. Because if there was some competition out there, and they were offering us more money.

Now I know , he is suffering a sour grapes syndrome.

Well I just posted about a Rising Star probably in James Taylor , suddenly the thought crossed my mind ... I don't understand what these commentators say about Virat Kohli ... saying him as rising star... maybe they have been in hibernation too long, funny he is already established himself as one of the best batsman in ODI ( forget last few centuries) even otherwise he has always been in higher 40's average and right from post World Cup, he has been better than anyone else. Can't believe the word 'rising' being used... he already is one of the best.