Shoutbox

Nice to see the banter from Blake and Bolt, all in good humour. If they have the skill set, then their natural athleticism will set them apart from other cricketers. Cricket is more about skill and mental toughness than fitness... just ask Inzamam ul-Haq! Both Blake and Bolt have the discipline, mental toughness and that x-factor about them to be great sportsmen, but their actual cricketing skill-set is an unexplored territory! Anyone can roll their arm over, but do you reckon Bolt could bowl 15 overs in a day? You never know, if the IPL and other T20 leagues continue to expand, then the likes of Bolt and co. could feature. I'd love to see cricket become more globalised and for its appeal to become greater in the Caribbean. Can't think of any better ambassadors than the 2 fastest sprinters on the planet. All these comments by them are great publicity for cricket... heck, our sport might even feature in the next Olympics or in 2020!

In Bolt cricket days, they said his run up was faster than his deliveries. 

Apparently, Yohan Blake came out and said he can bowl faster than Zaheer Khan.  Cricket is a favourite for many West Indian still, but in my opinion, its one sport that is harder to master than some others.  No use gambling with Cricket when you can run at such speeds.  Andre Russell is another who is very quick, who knows what he could have been doing on the track had he not been playing cricket.

Growing up, there was a guy in my school who use to run about 10.5 seconds for 100 metres, and that's just by doing normal day stuff, no training.  Imagine if he was under the kind of training that people go through today for running.  The guy was seriously quick, he was on the soccer team, played as a strike, as as you'd expect, beat any defender to the ball. His shooting wasn't too good.  He'd easily excel in athletics had it been like today's time. He's just about 26 now, but drank too many beers since he finished school, he got a beer belly.  If you want to know what that is, i'm sure Sledger can give better details.


Edited by spin wizard - 10 August 2012 at 6:34am

Big up to the Caribbean athletes in the olympics track and field.  Jamaica's men taking full dominance of the sprints, and Grenadian Kirani James dominating the 400.  Bahamas may well win the 4 x 400 Metre relay.  Caribbean people has always been good at track and field, but years gone by, the opportunity was never there like it is now, hence why plenty of them are emerging now.

Usain Bolt is the king. 4 x 100 Metre relay on saturday is going to be the bomb!

Yes I know it rains less up in Pakistan mystery, rains slightly more at my place but it is nothing as compared to the rains I've seen in Mumbai or Kerala, Mumbai is like hell during the rainy season, you just hate the sight of water it rains so much there, and the drainage system there is very poor leading to extreme traffic jams, I don't know if anyone would believe but I have once cried, yes, cried, because of the frustration I faced in the traffic jams in Mumbai... 

Take care spinny and stay safe, hope everything will be alright... plenty of Rains at my place and I'm really enjoying it! we are lucky we don't get Hurricanes or cyclones!

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.

             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.

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! 

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

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

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 !

can any one answer me on this?

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

Hi Brad

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