Champions League 2009

I just hope he does not follow what the other all rounders in the game are. He is an asset to test cricket.

T&T could win the Trophy - when its for the money, the West Indies can turn up - remember the Stanford 2020 for $20 million - who won that?

Delhi and Bangalore qualified for next round,well done DD and BRC, Thanks a million to overseas players without whom we could not have qualified for next round.I hope DC also makes it into next round ... err again with the help of oversears players like Gilly,Styris,Symonds and Edwards.

The emergance of Henriques,Paine,Fergusson,Hilfy and few other youngsters have put Aussies back on track to retain their numero uno status. Which I hate  !!!. Let Aussies be behind India in ODI and Test, is my wish.

C de Villiers , the SA bowler. Thanks CL for treating us with another talent before they made it to their national side. Rory Hamilton brown did not  click yesterday but impressed me in his very very short stay.

No sam, there is nothing like embarassing in here. These first round formats are so delicate, any good team can go out in first round itself.That's the beauty that's the pain of these formats. 

CJ is built like a batsman.Is he a decent bat?

Edited by MalhotraRaj84 - 14 October 2009 at 6:48am

He can biff a bit , but I've not seen much of him with the bat really, he's had few chances.
         Allan Donald rates him highly and sees him as the next really quick seamer in the country.

I agree with Raj , featherbeds are of no benefit in any form of the game. Test pitches should have sides getting around 350-400 first time around (for both sides) and a sporting 50 over pitch around 250-260. A similar sort of pitch should be used for T20 which should result in a score of about 140.
         It's important that wickets fall and the skills of both batsmen and bowlers are tested fully. Snake pits are just as bad as featherbeds - bowlers need to graft for their wickets , just as batsmen have to work for their runs.
          I think that the finest , most exciting cricket matches in any form of the game are those where scoring and wicket taking is nicely balanced.


Edited by Sledger - 14 October 2009 at 7:17am

Yes they are a in favour of bowlers but not too much,but then we have seen likes of Kallis,Duminy,Taylor all of those paced their innings to take their team to a commendable score.I feel the pitches are just about 140-160 pitches, It's just that some teams lacked application or were over-rawed due to big ocassion.Adusting to sub-continent pitches for the first time in their careers takes time.

So T@T do it again in thrilling fashion!  The much fancied DC had enough chances to win this one , but the senseless run out of Symonds cost them dearly.  Pollard can give it a right crack and that little cameo took them to a decent total , but I didn't think it'd be enough. Fidel Edwards gave his West Indian mates a real going over , but ti just wasn't enough!
      Highly entertaining (I never thought I'd say that about T20!) and I'm sure JP loved the result!!!

You have to also remember that the teams playing are the best domestic sides, which means we're not necessarily seeing the best players from each nation (e.g. Pietersen plays for Hampshire, not the other 2 counties being represented).

        The whole VIC team is full of local players who don't represent Australia (and for that matter are all Australian , with no overseas stars unlike the English and Indian teams). Besides Siddle, all the guys in the Vic team basically played the whole domestic competition. NSW has Lee and Clark who didn't play last season in their side ,  but the rest are basically domestic-only players (while of course some have international experience). You have to admit that the SA and Australian teams, particularly the Aussie teams are far and away the best domestic sides in the world.

Edited by milkman - 15 October 2009 at 9:31am

Trescothick flies home mid way through the CL because of recurrence of his stress related illness. really very sad this. Does anyone has any idea what this illness is all about? I have never ever seen/heard anyone suffer from this kind of illness before. Is it like you just can't stay away from home? 

This is really sad to see Tresco going through the same pain all over again - despite his wife being on tour. What a loss to world cricket this guy is.