England tour of South Africa 2009/10
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From: ajithfederer on 14th November 2009 11:48 PM [Full View]
Fixtures:
Date and Time Match Weather
Fri Nov 6
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT
07:30 EST | 06:30 CST | 04:30 PST Eagles v England XI
OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein N/A
Sun Nov 8
10:00 local | 08:00 GMT
03:00 EST | 02:00 CST | 00:00 PST Warriors v England XI
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley N/A
Tue Nov 10
18:00 local | 16:00 GMT
11:00 EST | 10:00 CST | 08:00 PST South Africa A v England XI
OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein N/A
Fri Nov 13
18:00 local | 16:00 GMT
11:00 EST | 10:00 CST | 08:00 PST 1st T20I - South Africa v England
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg N/A
Sun Nov 15
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT
07:30 EST | 06:30 CST | 04:30 PST 2nd T20I - South Africa v England
SuperSport Park, Centurion 15 - 23° C
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Tue Nov 17
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT
07:30 EST | 06:30 CST | 04:30 PST South Africa A v England XI
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom 10 - 15° C
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Fri Nov 20
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT
07:30 EST | 06:30 CST | 04:30 PST 1st ODI - South Africa v England
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg N/A
Sun Nov 22
10:00 local | 08:00 GMT
03:00 EST | 02:00 CST | 00:00 PST 2nd ODI - South Africa v England
SuperSport Park, Centurion N/A
Fri Nov 27
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT
07:30 EST | 06:30 CST | 04:30 PST 3rd ODI - South Africa v England
Newlands, Cape Town N/A
Sun Nov 29
10:00 local | 08:00 GMT
03:00 EST | 02:00 CST | 00:00 PST 4th ODI - South Africa v England
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth N/A
Fri Dec 4
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT
07:30 EST | 06:30 CST | 04:30 PST 5th ODI - South Africa v England
Kingsmead, Durban N/A
Wed Dec 9 - Thu Dec 10
10:30 local | 08:30 GMT
03:30 EST | 02:30 CST | 00:30 PST South African Airways Challenge XI v England XI
Buffalo Park, East London N/A
Fri Dec 11 - Sat Dec 12
10:30 local | 08:30 GMT
03:30 EST | 02:30 CST | 00:30 PST South African Airways Challenge XI v England XI
Buffalo Park, East London N/A
Wed Dec 16 - Sun Dec 20
10:30 local | 08:30 GMT
03:30 EST | 02:30 CST | 00:30 PST 1st Test - South Africa v England
SuperSport Park, Centurion N/A
Sat Dec 26 - Wed Dec 30
10:30 local | 08:30 GMT
03:30 EST | 02:30 CST | 00:30 PST 2nd Test - South Africa v England
Kingsmead, Durban N/A
Sun Jan 3 - Thu Jan 7
10:30 local | 08:30 GMT
03:30 EST | 02:30 CST | 00:30 PST 3rd Test - South Africa v England
Newlands, Cape Town N/A
Thu Jan 14 - Mon Jan 18
10:30 local | 08:30 GMT
03:30 EST | 02:30 CST | 00:30 PST 4th Test - South Africa v England
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg N/A
http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/co...plate=fixtures
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From: ajithfederer on 14th November 2009 11:49 PM [Full View]
England in South Africa T20I Series - 1st T20I
South Africa v England
England won by 1 run (D/L method)
http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/en...ch/387563.html
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From: steveaustin on 22nd November 2009 03:13 PM [Full View]
South Africa v England, 2nd ODI, Centurion
South Africa 170/6 (37.0 overs)
It seems that SA is struggling against England. RR is not a major concern but wickets. I think, Kallis' absence made the difference so far.
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From: ajithfederer on 23rd November 2009 08:07 PM [Full View]
Eng won yesterday thanks to Collingwood's Ton.
http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/en...ch/387566.html
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From: littlemaster1982 on 24th November 2009 12:57 AM [Full View]
What happened to England
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From: 19thmay on 24th November 2009 09:17 AM [Full View]
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
What happened to England
porumai! ippo thaane series aarambichiruku.
Honestly a great 100 by kaaling!
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From: ajithfederer on 25th November 2009 01:44 AM [Full View]
England in South Africa 2009-10
Reviews set for South Africa series
Cricinfo staff
November 24, 2009
England were unhappy the last time they played under reviews and voted against the new system © Getty Images
The ICC has confirmed that the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) will be used during South Africa's home Test series against England next month.
The use of reviews for the forthcoming series in South Africa had been uncertain because of doubts over the home board's willingness to help fund the technology, but the ICC has now confirmed that the system will be in place.
A review system was trialled last year, but a reluctance to cede power from the onfield officials meant that the third umpire was prevented from using all the available technology, and this fudged process led to a series of notable mishaps - not least during the first Test in Jamaica, when Ramnaresh Sarwan was reprieved by guesswork after the onfield umpire Tony Hill had given him out lbw.
On the back of this experience, England were the only ICC member to vote against the adoption of reviews, preferring a system where reviews are led by umpires and not player challenges.
Under the new arrangements each side will get a maximum of two unsuccessful challenges per innings, one less than when the system was trialled last year. The umpires will also have full use of the technology - Hawk-Eye, Hot Spot, pitch maps, stump microphones - to make their decision.
This latest version made its international debut in the first Test between New Zealand and Pakistan, and has already played a significant role, with Brendon McCullum being reprieved off the penultimate delivery of the first day's play, when umpire Simon Taufel's lbw decision was overturned.
Dave Richardson, the ICC's cricket operations manager, believes reviews can prompt players to adhere more closely to the spirit of the game. "Initially when we spoke we thought a possible indirect benefit might be that batsmen, when they do edge a ball, won't hang around and will walk anyway because they will be inevitably given out in the long run and they might be shown up as, not cheats, but certainly not playing within the spirit."
http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/co...ry/436467.html
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From: ajithfederer on 28th November 2009 01:27 AM [Full View]
http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/en...ch/387567.html
England in South Africa ODI Series - 3rd ODI
Played at Newlands, Cape Town
South Africa 354/6 (50 ov)
England 242 (41.3 ov)
South Africa won by 112 runs
MOM - AB De Villiers for 121 runs.
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From: steveaustin on 28th November 2009 07:15 AM [Full View]
SA team nowadays looks like another Pakistan team. They stun others one day and on the next day they stun themselves. Mostly they stun others whenever Graeme Smith off to a solid start or scores subtantially.
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From: 19thmay on 29th November 2009 02:53 PM [Full View]
You are right, now SA - 93/8 Originally Posted by steveaustin
But we need to watch this guy, Alviro Petersen!
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From: 19thmay on 29th November 2009 03:22 PM [Full View]
119 all out.
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From: steveaustin on 29th November 2009 04:13 PM [Full View]
PROfessionally TEASed by England
SA ran into a resurgent James Anderson as he shone with the ball. For the first time in ODIs, James Anderson became a five star. This Sunday becomes Anderson's day. SA bundled out for a paltry 119.
England comfortably placed at 31 for no loss in 7 overs and most probably they are going to take a lead in this series for the second time.
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From: 19thmay on 29th November 2009 06:48 PM [Full View]
Ya! England won the match comfortably with more than 18 overs remaining.
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From: ajithfederer on 29th November 2009 10:53 PM [Full View]
If i am not wrong nethu graeme smith edho vaay veesunaaapla nnu nenaikurein.
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From: littlemaster1982 on 29th November 2009 11:03 PM [Full View]
We'll make life hard for England
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From: ajithfederer on 29th November 2009 11:03 PM [Full View]
GM To Graeme smith: Ayya, enna sonneenga??
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From: ajithfederer on 7th December 2009 07:47 PM [Full View]
South Africa v England, 5th ODI, Durban
England take series after Durban washout
http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/co...ry/438106.html
First Test starts Dec 16th.
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From: Kalyasi on 16th December 2009 01:09 PM [Full View]
Makhaya Ntini is playing his 100th Test, a momentous occasion for him.
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From: Kalyasi on 16th December 2009 01:10 PM [Full View]
1.3 Broad to Smith, out Caught by Prior!! What a start for Broad and England! Strangled down the leg side! unlucky way to go! it was a nothing delivery, bouncing on his hips, Smith shuffles across, just tickles it fine, Prior makes good ground to his right and plucks off a fine catch, Broad and England exult, the Barmy Army get into the act as well, a soft dismissal! Smith c Prior b Broad 0(7)
RSA 1/1
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From: ajithfederer on 16th December 2009 01:49 PM [Full View]
If England can beat South Africa in this test series then SA will lose points in the Test Rankings.
If SA can beat England like 2-0 or 3-1 then they may surpass India's rankings(Not entirely sure about this piece of Info).
I like to see England win the series and I don't mind even if SA wins. Hope this test affair is a cracker and not a borefest.
South Africa 32/1 (11.1 ov)
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From: Kalyasi on 16th December 2009 01:58 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Enna ippadi solliteenga...
http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/match_z..._predictor.php
ithu irukku illa..
SA has to beat England 3-0 to go past India....
Aus will lose 2 points even if tey win the series 1-0... If Pak can beat Aus... Then India will remain @ No.1 for sometime...
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From: ajithfederer on 16th December 2009 02:00 PM [Full View]
Kalyasi, I've said the same. And I have written I am not entirely sure about the piece of info.
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From: Kalyasi on 16th December 2009 02:08 PM [Full View]
Not entirely sure nu neenga sonnathukku thaan antha link a vechukittu Sure a sollalaame nu sonnen!! Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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From: Kalyasi on 16th December 2009 02:29 PM [Full View]
18.2 Onions to Prince, no run, just short of length, Prince is caught on the hop as he tries to tuck it to leg but is hit high on the pad, the umpire gives him out first but changes his decision once its referred
Prince has referred an lbw decision after he was adjudged out
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From: Kalyasi on 16th December 2009 02:41 PM [Full View]
20.3 Onions to Amla, out Caught by Collingwood!! Well bowled and a lovely catch! Onions keeps it fuller this time and draws Amla into the drive, the ball moves away late to take the edge before Collingwood at second slip dives to his right to take a nice low catch! Amla c Collingwood b Onions 20(67) [4s-2]
Kamaan England!!
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From: 19thmay on 16th December 2009 02:42 PM [Full View]
Ippadi avasiyama 1st place-la irrundhe aaganuma? Originally Posted by Kalyasi
I want India to be consistent, when I say consistent that means No:1, atleast for 1/2-a decade. Nadakuma?
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From: Aalavanthan on 16th December 2009 07:52 PM [Full View]
Century to Kallis
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From: ajithfederer on 18th December 2009 12:21 AM [Full View]
SA 418 all out
Eng 88/1. Strauss on 44 batting with Trott on 18.
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From: ajithfederer on 18th December 2009 10:53 PM [Full View]
From 8/242 England make 356 all out.
Swann 85
with James Anderson's 29 
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SA lead by 62 and are 9/1 at stumps day 3.
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From: 19thmay on 20th December 2009 07:50 PM [Full View]
South Africa needs just 4 wickets to win the match / 10 overs remaining for the day.
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From: 19thmay on 20th December 2009 08:01 PM [Full View]
3 to go / 8 overs left!
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From: 19thmay on 20th December 2009 08:07 PM [Full View]
2 to go / 7 Overs left.
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From: 19thmay on 20th December 2009 08:37 PM [Full View]
What a match 1 wicket/ 2 overs
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From: 19thmay on 20th December 2009 08:45 PM [Full View]
1 wicket/ last over of the day , vengayam kayil ingilandhu
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From: 19thmay on 20th December 2009 08:50 PM [Full View]
Match drawn! Awesome match, Awesome vengayam!
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From: ajithfederer on 21st December 2009 12:02 AM [Full View]
England. They are an improving test side.
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From: Plum on 21st December 2009 06:09 AM [Full View]
Englandku idhE pozhappA pOchu. 4.5 days-ku mokka pOda vEndiyadhu. AppramA, kEvalaMA bat paNNi muzhi pidhungi draw paNNa vEndiyadhu. odanE, Sehwag 293 adicha matchai bore-fest-nu describe pandra English writers-lAM, Test Cricket-ai vaazha vaikkum vaLLal Collingan-nu ezhudha vEndiyadhu
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From: Dinesh84 on 21st December 2009 09:10 AM [Full View]
sollitale..
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From: ajithfederer on 28th December 2009 08:32 PM [Full View]
South Africa 343
England 386/5 (123.0 ov)
England lead by 43 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st inning
A Cook 118
Straws 54
Kaaling 91
Ian Mani 55*
http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/en...ch/387571.html
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From: littlemaster1982 on 28th December 2009 08:58 PM [Full View]
What happened to South African team
Home pitch-laiye ivvalavu sumaara aaduranga
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From: ajithfederer on 28th December 2009 09:00 PM [Full View]
Actually Steyn's cameo had helped them to go past 300 and make it look like a half decent score. Illati remba suttham. England are making good strides as a test team. I hope we can see a very competitive ashes in Nov 2010.
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From: littlemaster1982 on 28th December 2009 09:10 PM [Full View]
Didn't see Steyn's score when I checked the scorecard before. Quite good
SA bowling is not upto the mark I guess. Both Steyn and Ntini have gone wicketless in 50 overs
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From: 19thmay on 29th December 2009 10:08 AM [Full View]
3 naal aadi innum 2 team-um first innings-ey mudikala!
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From: Plum on 29th December 2009 10:32 AM [Full View]
idhula last day collapse aagittu, close finish varum. udanE, great test match-nu sound vuduvainga vekkangetta english media. Originally Posted by 19thmay
3 naal aadi innum 2 team-um first innings-ey mudikala!
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From: Kalyasi on 29th December 2009 05:40 PM [Full View]
SA Kalinjainga... 40/3... and trail Eng by 192 runs....
Advantage India in the Ratings!!
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From: 19thmay on 29th December 2009 05:51 PM [Full View]
M Ntini 29 4 115 0 3.96
India-va 1st place-la irrundhu thookuven-nu series aarambikiradhuku munnadi soolurai eduthaapula!
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From: Kalyasi on 29th December 2009 05:57 PM [Full View]
pottu thakku 44/4
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From: Kalyasi on 29th December 2009 06:00 PM [Full View]
45/5..... Duminy um Out!!
SA ku oooooooooooooooooooooooooh thaan
Appadiye Nalaikku Umar Akmal kalakitaan na nalla irukum!!
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From: Kalyasi on 29th December 2009 06:08 PM [Full View]
50/6 .....
SA ku oooooooooooooooooooooooh
Smith um out!!
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From: Kalyasi on 29th December 2009 06:09 PM [Full View]
Swann um Broad um kalakaraanga....
Really Broad oda bowling romba impressive.... all the 3 wickets that he took were too good!!
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From: Plum on 29th December 2009 06:34 PM [Full View]
Wtf. Enna irundhaalum england ippadi win pandradhu paarka sqagikkala
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From: Kalyasi on 29th December 2009 06:40 PM [Full View]
Tholainokku paarvaiyodu paartheenga na Rasikalaam!! Originally Posted by Plum
Wtf. Enna irundhaalum england ippadi win pandradhu paarka sqagikkala
Naama thaan ini Number 01
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From: ajithfederer on 29th December 2009 08:31 PM [Full View]
Ingilaandhu. Another good destt match
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From: ajithfederer on 29th December 2009 08:32 PM [Full View]
I think he is possessed since Ashes series..
I will watch the highlights now.
Originally Posted by Kalyasi
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From: littlemaster1982 on 29th December 2009 08:44 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by Plum
Wtf. Enna irundhaalum england ippadi win pandradhu paarka sqagikkala
I just can't digest this 
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From: ajithfederer on 29th December 2009 08:49 PM [Full View]
Yen ingilaandhu aasthirelayava-ae jeikum podhu mattum nalla irunduchaa??? :P.
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From: littlemaster1982 on 29th December 2009 08:50 PM [Full View]
I don't like both the teams, so didn't really bother about it. I thought that would be one-off. Aana winning SA in SA, romba overa pesuvaanunga inimey
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From: ajithfederer on 29th December 2009 08:53 PM [Full View]
England are actually a better test side than what they were over the years. Their bowling is pretty nippy and does the job most of the times these days but the sad thing is they will miss flintoff duing the ashes next year. Their batsman are also pretty handy.
If england wins this series then sa will lose points and it can spice up the south africa india test series.
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From: littlemaster1982 on 29th December 2009 09:07 PM [Full View]
That's going to be the only positive for me Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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From: 19thmay on 30th December 2009 09:39 AM [Full View]
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
They have almost completed this year quite positively. They won Ashes and the series against West Indies.
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From: Plum on 30th December 2009 10:01 AM [Full View]
England - hmmm...idhellAm too much. South Africa - IndiavOda avLO aakroshamA from 0-1 to 2-1 series win paNNinAnga. Why are they so flat against England and Australia? This is just not fair - India doesnt have a series win in SA despite a very good combination, but England are winning by default due to SA suddenly going flat - not because England are good.
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From: ajithfederer on 30th December 2009 10:03 AM [Full View]
Plum,
You have a reason for everything. How you know that SA are flat and england are not good?.
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From: Plum on 30th December 2009 10:31 AM [Full View]
Ntni is completely out of sorts. Steyn seems to lack steam. A batting lineup that looks formidable on paper going 50/6 - do you really think they got out to great bowling - Duminy inexplicably dragged a ball onto stumps. None of the wickets look earned - the pitch doesnt seem threatening. vEra enna solradhu?
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From: ajithfederer on 30th December 2009 10:39 AM [Full View]
And whose fault is that. Let SA blame themselves. England are a better side at least in this test match if not for sometime.
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From: Plum on 30th December 2009 10:54 AM [Full View]
AF, I am not supporting SA. ada indha flat game-ai India-vOda viLayaadi irukka koodAdhAngarEn
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From: ajithfederer on 30th December 2009 11:22 AM [Full View]
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From: ajithfederer on 30th December 2009 02:20 PM [Full View]
England complete formalities as SA are bundled out for 133.
England won by an innings and 98 runs
Graeme Swann - man of the match
Hope SA fight more vigorously in the next 2 matches.
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From: hamid on 30th December 2009 02:22 PM [Full View]
SA lost
Eng naama eppa SA kuuda velaadaroom?
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From: littlemaster1982 on 30th December 2009 03:00 PM [Full View]
February.
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From: hamid on 30th December 2009 03:23 PM [Full View]
Thanks LM.. Hope they maintain their ( this) form
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From: Plum on 30th December 2009 03:54 PM [Full View]
ennatha, namma kitta AB double century adippAn. Prince kooda century adippAn. I cant believe our bowlers are worse than the English ones, Durby notwithstanding - Edho thappu nadakkudhu inge.
Actually, Durby-lAm Swanna-ai pArthu nAkkai pudungittu....
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From: Plum on 30th December 2009 03:55 PM [Full View]
ennatha, namma kitta AB double century adippAn. Prince kooda century adippAn. I cant believe our bowlers are worse than the English ones, Durby notwithstanding - Edho thappu nadakkudhu inge.
Actually, Durby should hang his head in shame looking at how the likes of Swann are performing
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From: hamid on 30th December 2009 04:25 PM [Full View]
Plum vara vara ellathukkum chatterjee poduriinga.. mix n match concept maranthutiinga pola
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From: ajithfederer on 31st December 2009 07:26 PM [Full View]
England in South Africa 2009-10
Broad exorcises his Durban ghost
Andrew McGlashan in Durban
December 31, 2009
Stuart Broad started a blistering spell after tea by removing Jacques Kallis with one that came back, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, December 29, 2009
Stuart Broad can treasure the memory of Jacques Kallis's flying off stump from Kinsgmead
Stuart Broad can now remember Durban for the good times. His fourth-afternoon spell of three wickets in 15 balls helped put England on course for their crushing innings-and-98-run victory and it was far cry from his previous experience on his ground. During the 2007 World Twenty20 he was clobbered for six sixes in an over by Yuvraj Singh and has been reminded about it many times since.
Now, though, after ripping out Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers and JP Duminy in a dramatic post-tea session there is a different Kingsmead story to talk about. "I made sure I bowled at the other end," he said with a laugh. "It's a very different format of the game - and I can't remember what happened yesterday, let alone years ago.
"But I've learned a lot since back then and I'm feeling confident with where my game is at the moment. It was nice to get six wickets in the game at a ground I didn't have too many fond memories of. To have won one of the best Test matches abroad that I've been involved in will certainly diminish the memories I had left of that poor day.
He also believes that such experiences have helped him develop on the world stage, although that may have been quite hard to see while Yuvraj was launching him towards the ocean. "I've always been a big believer that you learn most from your mistakes," he added. "It was a pretty brutal way to be introduced to international cricket. I'm pleased the way I've reacted to failures in the past, and it's up to me to keep doing that."
For a bowler who was on the verge of being dropped four Tests ago, Broad has made significant strides to now be a key part of England's four-man attack. He has ended 2009 as the third-highest wicket-taker for the year with 47 wickets at 28.36, six behind his destroyer-in-arms, Graeme Swann. Still, if it hadn't been for Andrew Flintoff's omission at Headingley due to injury Broad would have been left out after a poor start to the Ashes series.
Instead he took 6 for 91 - a flattering analysis as Australia romped to victory, but still career-best - and then there was his day in the sun at The Oval. What people really wanted to know, though, was could he do it again?
His most recent spell provided the answer. In 15 balls he extracted three high-class batsmen as Kallis, de Villiers and Duminy each departed to a variety of leaves. Kallis' was the most dramatic as the off-stump went cart-wheeling then de Villiers padded up and Duminy dragged on.
"It was pleasing to get Kallis with one that nipped back when the seam was wobbling," he said. "One thing that helped me before this series was to watch a bit of footage on Shaun Pollock because he's the sort of bowler I want to be like.
"He seemed to get the ball to talk when the seam wasn't exactly perfectly bolt upright, when it was just wobbling slightly. It just nipped either way, on the South African wickets. It was a very happy moment when I saw Kallis raising his arms - because I knew it was not missing the off-stump; I just felt like it was tailing back."
Broad's development as a Test cricketer mirrors, in many ways, that of the team from an inconsistent performer capable of occasional glimpses of something special to a consistent threat on the world stage. People still point to an average the wrong side of thirty, but it's on the way down and as batsman's averages have climbed over the last decade so have bowler's. Broad has been the only ever-present in the England attack this year, which shows a wise investment from the management and they are now getting the rewards.
"I'm fortunate at my age to have experienced quite a lot of different conditions round the world," he said. "We're learning as a bowling unit that pressure is getting us wickets. We're not necessarily bowling huge, reverse-swinging yorkers. It's the pressure we're building from both ends."
"We're improving all the time. It's crucial that we don't get carried away, though. It was a great lesson in the Ashes series in the Test where we could have won the Ashes but were terrible at Headingley. It just shows we shouldn't look too far ahead. We're always a better team when we're talking about winning the next hour or the next session.
"The shorter targets are really helping us as a team, and that's something we'll take into Cape Town. We've got a great opportunity over here in South Africa - one of the hardest places to come and win Test cricket - and that first hour at Newlands will be crucial, whether with bat or ball, that we strike the first blow."
Andrew McGlashan is assistant editor of Cricinfo
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http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/co...ry/441876.html
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From: ajithfederer on 1st January 2010 10:58 PM [Full View]
ICC Rankings
Swann moves to No.3 in rankings
Cricinfo staff
December 31, 2009
Graeme Swann has crowned a remarkable year, in which he has taken 54 wickets in 12 games, by rocketing to No.3 in the world rankings, ahead of Muttiah Muralitharan.
His man-of-the-match performance at Kingsmead, where he completed match-figures of 9 for 164, earned him an eight-place jump to the number-three spot, the highest of any England bowler since Steve Harmison was crowned No.1 in August 2004.
Stuart Broad, who partnered Swann to condemn South Africa to defeat in Durban with 4 for 43 in the second innings, also gains, up six places to No.7 in the bowling rankings.
Not surprisingly, the picture isn't as rosy for most of South Africa's bowlers. Under-pressure Makhaya Ntini has slipped four places to eight, after failing to take a wicket in the match while Paul Harris has dropped five places, out of the top ten, to No.12.
On a more positive note, Morne Morkel, who has been the biggest threat for South Africa in the series, has gained six places and now sits in 24th position. Dale Steyn has managed to cling on to No.1 spot although he is under pressure from Mitchell Johnson, after Steyn's mediocre return from injury in Durban.
As far as the batting rankings are concerned, Andrew Strauss's 49-ball 50 has helped him gain four places to joint-13th position, level with Rahul Dravid and AB de Villiers, who drops one place.
For a full list of the rankings click here.
http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/co...ry/441905.html
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From: ajithfederer on 3rd January 2010 12:18 AM [Full View]
England in South Africa 2009-10
Strauss aims to overturn history
Andrew McGlashan in Cape Town
January 2, 2010
Having rekindled Ashes memories with their draw at Centurion, followed by Stuart Broad's and Graeme Swann's second-innings demolition of South Africa in Durban, England are now hoping to avoid a repeat of what happened against Australia. Leading the series 1-0, with a chance to take an unassailable lead at Headingley, they imploded in little more than seven sessions.
At Newlands a similar chance awaits and this time they want to make it count. As the Ashes showed, England are not at their most comfortable when ahead in a contest. Being favourites, as they now are in many people's eyes for this series, doesn't sit naturally with a team that prefer to be classed as underdogs. They need show that they can respond to the pressure of expectation and Andrew Strauss wants his team to prove they can stay ahead.
"You want to be ruthless and just as desperate to win when you're up," said Strauss. "Sometimes there's a thing in the back of your mind that you can pat yourselves on the back a little bit and think 'we've got some breathing space'.
"But as soon as you think like that, you're going to get beaten pretty quickly. It's important to learn how to win when you're up and be just as clinical and not give the opposition a sniff. We hope we can do that this week"
History doesn't bode well for them, though, and not only because of the Headingley experience last year. Their three most recent visits to Cape Town have resulted in defeats by 10 wickets, an innings and 37 runs and 196 runs. There will also be the expectation from thousands of England fans - many arriving just for this Test - who will want a repeat of the performance at Kingsmead.
"You don't win a Test match on day one. But it's very, very important that you start the Test match well - so that the opposition don't get on top of you," said Strauss. "It's very much a case of keeping our feet on the ground. I've seen enough instances of teams losing one week and then coming back to win the next to know that nothing is guaranteed.
"If we're slightly off our game we'll get a pretty rude surprise. In a lot of ways that is the kind of lesson we learned from Headingley in the Ashes when we started talking about 'we could finish it this week; let's realise our dreams', and all that sort of stuff.
"We should have been talking about just winning the first hour. That's very much been the talk in the dressing room so far - right back to square one again, work hard to contest every over and hope, if we do that well enough, we'll get into a position to win the game later on in the week."
It has been noticeable in the days since the victory in Durban how measured the noises from the England camp have been. Andy Flower, as is his style, was very restrained on Friday and kept reiterating that the series is only half-way through and Strauss is singing from the same hymn sheet.
"There have been a lot of people telling us how great we were. It's important we don't read too much into that," he said. "It's very much a case of being desperate to win again and I like the feeling in the dressing room at the moment."
England's trump card could again be Graeme Swann. He already has 14 wickets in the series and the Newlands pitch can assist spinners later in the game. Last year Paul Harris claimed six wickets in the second innings, and nine in the match against Australia, so South Africa are going to have to combat the spin threat.
Strauss will hope he can name an unchanged side for the third match running and the chances of that increased with a positive report on Paul Collingwood's dislocated finger. He had a lengthy net against pace bowling and also tested his injury with some slip catching, although he may have to be protected in the field.
"At this stage, everything looks fine. He was batting without any real discomfort," Strauss said. "We're very hopeful, barring any last-minute incidents." He's obviously contributed a huge amount, both this series and previously and is an experienced player as well so it would have been a shame if he missed out."
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From: VinodKumar's on 3rd January 2010 02:27 AM [Full View]
'Iconic' Ntini facing the axe
Graeme Smith has admitted the decision over Makhaya Ntini's place in South Africa's line-up is a "sensitive" issue, but unlike during the build-up to the previous Test at Durban he didn't give the struggling fast bowler his unqualified support.
Two days on from the Kingsmead Test, Smith confirmed that Ntini would retain his place in the starting line-up at the expense of Friedel de Wet, but after a performance where he went wicketless through 29 overs the captain was no longer able to offer that backing. The decision over Ntini's fate was being taken on Saturday afternoon and the news is unlikely to be good for one of South Africa's most famous sportsmen.
"It's a sensitive issue in South Africa, and that's being honest," Smith said. "Makhaya is an 'icon', through the country, not only the most iconic player of colour that we have, but also one of our most iconic cricketers in terms of performance over the last decade.
"When senior players are at the point where there are a lot of questions being asked about them it's always a terrible, tough time for any leadership group to manage. We've really tried to support Makhaya and give him as much as we can behind the scenes.
"He's been working hard at his game. Let's hope there's confidence left in him for the future. It's always tough when a guy hasn't taken a wicket in a game to say you've seen improvements."
Such has been the focus on Ntini throughout this series - from the build-up to his 100th cap at Centurion to his decline in form - that Smith showed his exasperation at endlessly having to defend his strike bowler when asked again about his chances. But Ntini is more than just another cricketer in South Africa which is why the issue is so significant.
"England have played him well. They've had good tactics against him, and Makhaya probably hasn't been at his best," Smith said. "We've worked on a few things with him this week. Let's see what happens.
"Makhaya will fall into the same place as everyone else. We want to pick the best team for tomorrow. Obviously it is a sensitive issue. We want to make the right decision, so we can win a Test match over the next five days."
In the set-up of South Africa cricket the final decision on the team rests with coach Mickey Arthur once he is given a squad by the selectors, headed by Mike Procter. The triangle of Arthur, Procter and Smith has had few issues over the last year and this major selection call will test the cohesiveness of the home side.
"Mickey is meeting with the selection panel this afternoon. We'll have the team by tonight and announce it [in the] morning," Smith said. "As far as I know, the selection process is that Mickey will have the final call.
"I'll have an input. But since I've been captain, I can't remember having a vote in the selection. I'm not passing the buck ... it's always been that way."
Either decision will come with significant consequences. If Ntini somehow survives the axe it will create an inescapable feeling that more than purely cricket reasons are behind the decision, but if he is omitted, as looks likely, it will be a tough road back for a player who means so much to this country.
There is no black cricketer making a huge push for selection in the near future. Only Lonwabo Tsotsobe, the left-arm paceman who has played three ODIs, is close to the national set-up and he isn't considered a realistic Test option at the moment. The coming weeks and months will show how free of outside influences South African cricket has become.
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From: Kalyasi on 3rd January 2010 01:59 PM [Full View]
Newlands Test
SA 19/1
and Smith has already been dropped by Swann...
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From: Kalyasi on 3rd January 2010 02:49 PM [Full View]
SA 46/2... Finally///
SA were lucky with the review for a couple of times...
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From: Kalyasi on 3rd January 2010 05:19 PM [Full View]
41.2 Swann to Duminy, OUT, Swann strikes again! Sharply spinning delivery from round the wicket, catches Duminy's outside edge and Prior eagerly snaps it up. Second first-baller in a row for Duminy. Top delivery from Swann and South Africa are in real trouble.
JP Duminy c †Prior b Swann 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Duminy arrives at the wicket with South Africa tottering. He needs a good score both for himself and his team.
41.1 Swann to de Villiers, OUT, gone this time! Swann from round the wicket and de Villiers will kick himself, chipped to short midwicket. Soft dismissal just as South Africa were really making England sweat. Swann continues to cause trouble but he would concede he was lucky here.
AB de Villiers c Strauss b Swann 36 (84m 60b 4x4 0x6) SR: 60.00
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From: Kalyasi on 3rd January 2010 05:20 PM [Full View]
SA 130/5
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From: Dinesh84 on 3rd January 2010 07:59 PM [Full View]
Kallis 104*
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From: Plum on 3rd January 2010 08:20 PM [Full View]
When de villiers waqs going through a purple patch, mild murmurs of world's best batsman began as is the ritual with western press.now
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From: Dinesh84 on 4th January 2010 04:23 PM [Full View]
SA 291-10 (86.1 overs)
Kallis 108 , Anderson 5-63
Eng 82-4 (30 overs)
Cook 32* , Morkel 2-31
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From: 19thmay on 4th January 2010 04:51 PM [Full View]
Kallis is an outstanding player; I am a great fan of his patient and sensible innings. You can always trust this gentleman, like our wall!
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From: ajithfederer on 4th January 2010 08:14 PM [Full View]
England trail by 66 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Steyn to Broad, OUT, Steyn breaks through! Broad is hanging back on his crease, and he's late on this and it clips the top of the stumps. Important breakthrough just before the second new ball
SCJ Broad b Steyn 25 (39b 4x4 0x6) SR: 64.1
* Min overs remaining 8.0
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From: 19thmay on 5th January 2010 08:55 AM [Full View]
Fascinating and evenly poised.
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From: ajithfederer on 5th January 2010 07:56 PM [Full View]
England bullied by smith(145*) and amla (95).
South Africa lead by 299 runs with 8 wickets remaining
South Africa 291 & 282/2 (72.0 ov)
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From: littlemaster1982 on 5th January 2010 08:05 PM [Full View]
SA
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From: 19thmay on 6th January 2010 08:51 AM [Full View]
What happened to Mckenzie?
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From: sathya_1979 on 6th January 2010 09:38 AM [Full View]
Ivanga appaaru Match Refnu paya pulla pandhu mela kadhakali aadudhu pola?
http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/co...ry/442621.html
Broad nu peru vechittu narro-mindedaa behave pannuraan!
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From: ajithfederer on 7th January 2010 08:00 PM [Full View]
England have held up well.
England 273 & 282/7 (135.5 ov)
# Min overs remaining 4.5
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From: ajithfederer on 7th January 2010 08:10 PM [Full View]
Fall of wicket: 286/8 (137.4 ov); Partnership: 8 runs, 7.4 overs, RR: 1.04 (Bell 8, Broad 0)
Broad out. 3 overs to go.
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From: ajithfederer on 7th January 2010 08:13 PM [Full View]
Bell out for 74.
SA have one wicket to pick. 17 balls remaining.
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From: ajithfederer on 7th January 2010 08:50 PM [Full View]
Strauss arrives for the presentation, greeted with plenty of cheers from the Barmy Army. He has a broad grin and says that Collingwood and Bell produced something 'special' to save his side here. He credits South Africa for fighting their way so close to the finish line and says that the game of cricket, not any ball tampering issues, will be in the headlines tomorrow.
Plenty of credit must go to Paul Collingwood, who when England needed another rearguard action, arrived at the wicket armed with a sack of bricks and built an unbreachable wall that repelled everything South Africa threw at him for 276 balls. Ian Bell played a huge innings under intense pressure. South Africa had to battle 22-yards of remorselessly flat, spirit-sapping earth, as they almost drew level in the series with fantastic bowling from Steyn.
Match drawn This, yet again, has been epic drama. South Africa look deflated, Smith rueful, but they stormed back into this match with one hour to go. The players shake hands, as well they might, they have provided a magnificent spectacle here. Wonderful Test match and today's duel between Steyn and Collingwood stirred memories of Atherton and Donald at Trent Bridge in 1998. This sides cannot be separated and it's made for a thrilling series.
England survive.
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From: Plum on 7th January 2010 09:00 PM [Full View]
Two 1-wicket survivals for Eng. Would be really unfair if SA lose this series
(And why should there not be talk of Match fixing - idhuvE oru Sreesanth or Durby andha delicate position-la mAtti irundhA, ivanunga chumma iruppAngaLA. Bleddy English hypocrites and obfuscators!)
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From: ajithfederer on 7th January 2010 09:23 PM [Full View]
hehehe plum
Adutha match ingilaandhu jeycha nalla irukkum
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Enna unfair. One day, 90 some overs and just 7 wickets to take
. SA should have finished this off easily.
Originally Posted by Plum
Two 1-wicket survivals for Eng. Would be really unfair if SA lose this series
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From: littlemaster1982 on 7th January 2010 09:25 PM [Full View]
Something wrong with SA bowling
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From: vanchi on 7th January 2010 09:26 PM [Full View]
South aprica
sothap payalunga. nalla chance.
second time also missed out.
but, what a test.
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From: ajithfederer on 8th January 2010 12:26 AM [Full View]
South Africa v England, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 5th day
England save yet another thriller
The Bulletin by Andrew Miller
January 7, 2010
Ian Bell produced the innings of his life and Paul Collingwood battled for four-and-a-half hours in another masterclass of crease occupation, but England's ultimate match-saver was once again their No. 11, Graham Onions, who reprised his heroics in the first Test at Centurion by seeing off the final six deliveries of the match, bowled by Morne Morkel, to ensure that England will go to Johannesburg for next week's fourth and final Test with a 1-0 lead in the series and a chance to emulate the achievement of Michael Vaughan's men on their last tour of South Africa in 2004-05.
In a day of desperate tension that began with England uncomfortably placed on 132 for 3 and then deep in the mire after going to lunch on 179 for 5, Bell and Collingwood seemed to have drawn the sting of South Africa's attack in an epic and virtually strokeless sixth-wicket stand of 112 in 57 overs. But then, just when it seemed that the draw was inevitable, JP Duminy found the edge that had eluded all of his team-mates, but most particularly the magnificent but luckless Dale Steyn, to send Collingwood on his way for 40, and trigger a fraught final hour in which four wickets were chiselled away for 18 irrelevant runs, in 64 balls.
With eight men camped round the bat for the spinners, and gasps and appeals ringing out from the fielders and crowd alike, Matt Prior came and went for 4 from nine balls, brilliantly scooped by AB de Villiers at short leg to give Paul Harris his second wicket of an otherwise disappointing day's work. Stuart Broad survived one referral for a catch at silly point, but was then nailed on the glove by another Harris lifter, and sent on his way with 20 deliveries of the match remaining. By this stage Steyn, the only seamer to truly rise to the occasion, had been recalled at the Kelvin Grove End give the ever-scrutinised Bell a final test of his resolve, buzzing a full length on and around the top of off stump to keep both the slips and short leg in business.
But three deliveries after Broad's departure, it was Morne Morkel who made the critical incision, as Graeme Smith tossed him the ball for a final, furious two-over burst, and with his first delivery he found extra bounce on a perfect length outside off, for Bell to fence dejectedly to Smith himself at first slip. It had been a magnificent performance from Bell, a vindication of his selection as the sixth batsman in England's starting XI, and a continuation of the new-found confidence that he had shown since his breakthrough century on the decisive fourth day at Durban. But just when it seemed he was set to be the hero, he blinked and departed for 78 from 213 balls, and South Africa sensed a sensational turnaround.
South Africa's dejected captain, Graeme Smith, admits he couldn't have asked more of his players
But first they had to get through the unlikely tenth-wicket pairing of Onions and Swann, two men who had already shown their ability with the bat in this series, and now had 17 balls to survive. Onions memorably defied Makhaya Ntini for the final six deliveries at Centurion, and he showed he was primed for survival by riding a vicious fifth-ball lifter from Morkel inches short of gully. To add to the drama, Steyn then required physio treatment after seemingly tweaking his hamstring from the first ball of the penultimate over. Though he was fit to continue, he was destined to finish a luckless day with the under-rewarded figures of 2 for 74 in 35 overs.
And so everything, once again, came down to the final over. And just as at Centurion, it was Onions who was left with the job of blocking everything that came his way. Whereas Ntini's skiddy angles had been comparatively easy to negotiate, Morkel's height and pace provided a whole new examination of his grit and resolve, as he jabbed down coolly on a brace of probing yorkers, before hauling his bat inside the line of a snorting bouncer that tempted a desperate Smith to call for his final review in the hope of locating some glove. But one delivery later, Onions left well alone in the channel outside off, before turning to the pavilion and punching his fist in triumph.
It was a sensational escape, and incredibly England's third in eight Tests, after their Ashes-transforming performance at Cardiff, and last month's get-out at Centurion. And the common denominator in all three performances was Paul Collingwood, whose late dismissal meant he was destined yet again to be overlooked in the final analysis. But following his 74 from 245 balls at Cardiff and his 26 not out from 99 at Centurion, today's 40 from 188 once again had a case to be considered the most critical effort of the lot.
Despite the anxieties of the closing overs of the game, the destiny of the match was, to all intents and purposes, decided in a riveting first hour after lunch, in which Collingwood and Steyn pitted their wits against one another in a duel that already deserves to be recalled in the same breath as Allan Donald's legendary joust with Mike Atherton at Trent Bridge in 1998. Then, as now, both players recognised the singular importance of the moment, for the new ball had been claimed in the second over of the session, and one quick wicket would have chiselled an opening into England's lower-order. Then as now, neither player was willing to give an inch.
Make that a millimetre, for the defining feature of Steyn's ferocious six-over burst was the excruciating late swing that he located from a full length on off stump. Time and again he curled the ball at 90mph-plus around the edge of the edge of the bat, as Collingwood's only response was to play the line of off stump and not flinch a muscle. Finally, as the drinks break loomed and after perhaps a dozen of the closest shaves imaginable, Steyn's ardour began to dampen, and with the Kookaburra's short-lived shine beginning to fade, England sensed that they had weathered the storm.
At the other end, Bell was left with the easier, but no less critical, task of maintaining his concentration against the second-string fare of Morkel, whose leaping bounce off a good length was let down by a poor line that demanded no strokes, and Friedel de Wet, who underwent an injection in his back before the start of play, and was noticeably down on pace from the Steyn-alike who had hustled England to the brink on his debut at Centurion.
Smith soon had no choice but to turn to the lesser threats of Harris and Jacques Kallis, who kept the pressure on in a session that realised just 51 runs, but were unable to turn the screw on two well-established players. Harris in particular was a disappointment against a pair of batsmen whose only interest was survival, and was outperformed by the offspinner, Duminy, who entered the attack in the final over before tea, and instantly began probing Collingwood's defence with sharp turn towards his precious stumps.
Harris, however, did make the first breakthrough of the day for South Africa, from the 12th delivery of his morning spell, when the nightwatchman, James Anderson, under-edged a full-toss onto his boot and into the outstretched right hand of Ashwell Prince at leg gully, who had only moments earlier been waved into position by an alert Boucher. Anderson, however, had done his job, and by surviving for 45 minutes of the morning session, he had raised the frustration levels of his opponents, while at the same time convincing his team-mates in the dressing room that survival was not out of the question.
At 153 for 4, however, England were back in trouble, and their predicament could have got even worse from the very first ball that Collingwood faced, when Harris produced a fizzing lifter on off stump that flew into the hands of Kallis at slip. Though the umpire's finger went up in an instant, Collingwood was equally quick to call for the review, and sure enough the replays showed that his hip had caused the deflection. England were not great fans of UDRS at the start of the series. That reprieve may well have convinced them of its merits.
In a sign of things to come, Trott and Collingwood burrowed deep into their shells thereafter, with only seven runs coming from the next nine overs, and Collingwood himself took 21 deliveries to get off the mark. But with thoughts beginning to turn to the new ball, Smith recalled Steyn for another rapid burst, and once again his skiddy pace made the difference.
On 42, and after 99 balls of stoic resistance, Trott had no answer to a superb full-length seamer that zipped through his gate and sent his off stump cartwheeling. However, Collingwood, at the non-striker's end, watched and learned, and resolved to put bat on ball to every single Steyn delivery that bent back into his stumps. Somehow, he avoided nicking any that went the other way.
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From: Movie Cop on 8th January 2010 12:51 AM [Full View]
Haven't been following this series. But in the space of last 6 months, this is the third unbelievable time that England has successfully managed to hold on to a thrilling last wicket draw. What is happening to England? Very unlike them.
Perhaps the psychological aftereffects of Warne/McGrath retirements is showing up in their spirits. Let's see how long this lasts.
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From: ajithfederer on 8th January 2010 08:18 AM [Full View]
Watched the final day highlights. Hats off to collingwood and bell. They survived the entire post lunch session w/o losing a wicket. Kaalingwood faced 188 balls for his 40 and the 100 partnership came off in 295 balls. From whatever I heard from the commentary and in the highlights they rarely played any rash shot. SA came back through Duminy who took 2 crucial wickets. During the last 10 overs the crowd roared and cheered at the end of every over. Fntastic fantastic stuff and it was SA's game to lose. Well done Bell, Collingwood and England
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From: Dinesh84 on 8th January 2010 11:20 AM [Full View]
Vaughan says England 'lucky' over ball tampering
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/...0108-lxfm.html
Vaughan also accused the world governing body of double-standards, saying there would have been a furore if, for example, Pakistan had been involved.
"If Shoaib Akhtar or Mohammad Asif had been pictured using their fingers on the ball, there would have been uproar."
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From: Plum on 8th January 2010 11:30 AM [Full View]
AF, rash shot illai. Basically, Collingans technique is to not play ANY shot at all. idhellAm test cricket-nu ivainga dhAn sollikaNum. Ofcourse, there is much to enjoy a scrape for draw but to project that as "We are saving test cricket with such wonderful display", as Swann claimed is laughable(you aren ot saying that but my rant is neverthless valid given English hypocrisy and megalomania)
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From: 19thmay on 8th January 2010 01:19 PM [Full View]
IMO Smith should have tried with Harris in the last few overs, Bhajji/Kumble technique.
But what a test match!
First two test matches of this year are classics.
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From: Aalavanthan on 8th January 2010 02:24 PM [Full View]
England is emerging as a Best Draw Team of the Year/Decade
But yes .. what a match.. A crucial draw is always a win for the batting side. I mean, I havent seen a bowler punching the air, when his last ball ends in a draw..
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From: ajithfederer on 9th January 2010 11:43 PM [Full View]
January 9, 2010
Posted by Andrew Hughes 13 hours, 30 minutes ago
Hail Colly, you brave pickle-jar lid
Paul Collingwood rues not having been born in the days of timeless Tests © Getty Images
It is said that if you open any book by Cardus to any page, you will find what it is that you are looking for. By whom is it said? Well, by me, just now. Such is the genius of the great man’s writing, you may not even known what it is you are looking for until you find it. This morning, for example, I picked up my battered copy of The Summer Game, allowed the pages to fall open and came across the following:
“No lover of the game has a ghost of a reason for protesting against true and natural obstinacy at cricket.”
Quite right, Neville, straight out of the middle. As everyone knows, not losing is the essence of cricket. And the key to not losing is sheer, unvarnished, pig-headedness. Duncan Fletcher talks a lot about coming to the party. But he’s only telling us half the story. Cricket isn’t about coming to the party, it’s about refusing to leave the party, even when the other guests have gone home, there is nothing left to drink and the police are hammering on the door.
Ah, you might say, but what about Pakistan? Surely, they lost in Sydney precisely because they were trying not to lose. Not true, say I. Pakistan lost because they were trying to be too clever. Mohammad Yousuf has been incorrectly portrayed as a cautious skipper. That is a naïve view. His innovative in-out field (two men in, nine men out) was designed to puzzle Hussey and Siddle, which it did, to such an extent that they could only stagger the occasional bewildered run or 90.
But it was too clever. Pakistan were trying to fashion a delicate creation, a victory soufflé, when what they needed was something altogether stodgier and Durham-like. What they needed was a dose of Collingwood. Now, admittedly, the ginger-haired one is not a guru of grind - like, for example, the great Chris Tavaré . Tavaré’s Zen-like style has never been surpassed. He was rather like a knitter who only knows how to do scarves and so goes on row after row, knit one, pearl one, block one. Unfortunately, there is only so much scarf, or indeed Tavaré that you need.
But if Tavaré was the blocker’s blocker, Collingwood is a natural stonewaller, a man who only starts playing when the rest of the team have checked out of their hotel. Whilst Australians are at their best when sniffing victory, the English cricketer tends to rise to the occasion only when victory is completely out of the question. I was not privileged enough to see Ken Barrington play but my father speaks of him as a steadfast occupier of the crease. He was a rock, a cliff face; immovable, impassable.
By contrast, Colly is a lid on a jar of pickles. Not as awe-inspiring as rock face, I’ll grant you, but just as capable of defeating even the boldest opponent. No matter how hard you wrench, or pull or hit it with the blunt end of a screwdriver, the Collylid cannot be popped. You grunt and groan and roar with exasperation until in the end, your arms are tired, your hands are red raw and you drop the jar on the sideboard absent-mindedly, whereupon the lid pops off with a sigh. But it’s too late. You don’t care about pickles any more. In fact, you can’t bear the sight of them, and so you stomp off muttering something about lid-tampering.
I’ve never played cricket with Paul Collingwood, not even in my dreams, so I don’t know what it is like to see him plop your very best deliveries back into the dust like fizzled out fireworks. I imagine it isn’t much fun. I expect that when he closes his eyes, Dale Steyn can even now see that Colly crouch, that tap-tapping of the bat and that bow-legged forward poke from a shuffleboard player’s back lift. Block, tap, block, leave, block, tap. Repeat 276 times. Wrestling crocodiles was nothing compared to attempting to dislodge the obstinate Geordie.
http://blogs.cricinfo.com/thelonghan..._picklejar.php
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From: sathya_1979 on 9th January 2010 11:48 PM [Full View]
Andrew Hughes crocodiles kooda ethana vaatti wrestling pottirupparu?
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From: ajithfederer on 9th January 2010 11:55 PM [Full View]
ehhh?
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From: sathya_1979 on 9th January 2010 11:57 PM [Full View]
Feddy, last line of his article above "Wrestling crocodiles was nothing compared to attempting to dislodge the obstinate Geordie.
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From: ajithfederer on 10th January 2010 12:01 AM [Full View]
oh okok.
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From: Movie Cop on 12th January 2010 10:13 PM [Full View]
Looks like the "desperate" South Africans are going to bank on home advantage to square up the series.
http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/co...ry/443295.html
http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/co...ry/443555.html
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From: ajithfederer on 13th January 2010 08:02 PM [Full View]
South Africa v England, 4th Test, Johannesburg
The Wanderers set for fitting finale
Andrew McGlashan in Johannesburg
January 13, 2010
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Ian Bell was under pressure coming into this innings but batted superbly to make an unbeaten 54, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, December 28, 2009
Ian Bell has been England's leading run-scorer in the series so far © Associated Press
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Regardless of the result in the final Test at the Wanderers, England will leave South Africa with more international victories than defeats. If anyone had offered that outcome two months ago they would have been greeted with bemused looks. However, such are the strides England have made on these shores that a drawn Test series would now be classed as a disappointment. That is almost extraordinary.
Two more wickets for South Africa and they would be the team unable to lose the series and if Centurion had gone their way it's difficult to imagine that England could have gained a foothold. But don't diminish the visitors' achievements here by suggesting South Africa have been unlucky - which are the vibes coming out of the home camp. As Australia found during the Ashes, looking the better team on paper doesn't give you a divine right to win.
They had 141 overs to bowl England out at Newlands and had them five down before the second new ball. Yet they couldn't close out the contest. Yes, they got very close as England faltered in the closing stages, but close doesn't win Test series. South Africa will baulk at the suggestion, but the choker tag is hovering again.
England have stood toe-to-toe with an opposition that likes to think they can bully teams at home and when South Africa dropped their guard at Durban they surged through. This England team is not packed with flair, especially with Kevin Pietersen struggling to recapture his form, but they more than make up for that in perseverance and tenacity. However, the depths of their resolve, highlighted by Graham Onions' repeated defiance, will have surprised even the most patriotic of supporters. The question is, have they used up their 'get of jail cards'?
Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower knew England's best chance in this series was to hang in and be ready to strike if the opportunity came. Thus the decision to play six batsmen, greeted with cries of defensiveness in some quarters, has paid off handsomely so far. It ensured a massive lead at Kingsmead, which set up the chance ambush South Africa, and then saved the third Test.
In those two games the sixth batsman, Ian Bell, has contributed 266 runs and England are on the verge of going through a series of four or more Tests with an unchanged team for the first time since 1885. However, although a long batting order has worked, only one of three first innings - the 574 for 9 in Durban - has been a commanding performance. Test matches can be saved in the last innings, but they are won in the first.
Although a draw at the Wanderers is unlikely unless it rains - which could also benefit England by making them play for victory - this could still be a series won through one dramatic collapse. England were on the receiving end of such a result last year in West Indies when Jerome Taylor and Sulieman Benn skittled them for 51 in Jamaica. West Indies spent the next three Tests hanging on, but hang on they did.
With England taking the lead in the second Test it left South Africa needing back-to-back wins to claim the series and that chance disappeared when Onions survived Morne Morkel's final over in Cape Town. A drawn series would now be a relief for Graeme Smith and Mickey Arthur, but even that shouldn't paper over the cracks. The team has gone backwards and there are also signs of confusion within the set-up with the messy situation surrounding Imran Tahir's failed call-up.
South Africa are carrying two batsmen, Ashwell Prince and JP Duminy, have struggled to find a first-change bowler and the frontline spinner can't consistently pitch the ball. There may be only one change for Johannesburg with Wayne Parnell, the talented left-arm seamer, replacing the injured Friedel de Wet, but others will be nervous ahead of the India tour next month. There are concerns that Parnell isn't ready, but now is as good a time as any to find out. He swings the ball at pace and this is a Test to win not draw.
Looking at the bigger picture, which it is always wise to do in the current climate, this series has done much for Test cricket as has the concurrent contest between Australia and Pakistan. There is a lesson here for administrators. Pitch the best teams against each other and the cricket will look after itself. The recent matches in Sydney and Cape Town needed no gimmicks to spice them up.
Compare that to the soporific triangular one-day tournament going on in Bangladesh where the action has been monotonously dull. Whenever a game in this series has threatened to head towards the more mundane something has sparked into life whether it be a spell of bowling, a piece of fielding or a smidgen of controversy.
The crowds have also been good, which is no small matter in this part of the world. The Wanderers will struggle to match those numbers, people in Gauteng have been overdosed in cricket in recent months, but hopefully they have saved some rand for this match. It's the last international of the South African home season. It shouldn't let anyone down.
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From: Plum on 13th January 2010 09:12 PM [Full View]
These guys cannot stop taking digs at india. This series hasn't been great. England hanging out for 141 overs against insipid sa bowling isn't great test cricket. Paul collingwood plonking his foot assured that the pitch is playing true is not great test cricket. 4.5 days of soporific cricket followed by an incompetent collapse leading to false excitement isn't great. Rahul dravid defending is a treat to watch. Collingwood doing so isn't. Who are they kidding?
Anyday, an indian or sl odi team is more watchable
Pak vs aus - now that's a cracking contest. Mcglashan ecently showed his bias by asking a leading question to broad on his thoughts about his behaviour - as if broad is going to plead guilty. He is shwoing his bias.Its time to start boycotting the anti-india, anti-bcci cricinfo. Bcci is evil but cricinfo isn't a paragon - and they have been blaming bcci for everything. Siddarth monga wrote earlierr today in that supposed to be funny article about bcci armtwisting slcb to play more matches with india - as if; any team playing india benefits monetarily and any team would be dying to play india but cricinfo has the policy of mocking bcci whether relevant or not. I am going to stop visiting this english stooge of a site. I am by no means nationalistic but they are going just too far with their licking english feet and implementing englis agenda to discredit india and establish england as true saviours of cricket
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From: P_R on 13th January 2010 10:05 PM [Full View]
cricinfo-vum out-A
Plum, ungaLukku pudichcha vishayangaLai oru bus-ticket pinnAdi ezhudhidalaam pOla irukkE.
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From: Aalavanthan on 13th January 2010 10:28 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by Plum
I thought Collingwood had showed his potential as a test cricketer during this match. The matter of fact is that he defended the fiery attacks from Steyn and he did save the match. For a man who loves test cricket on a whole should appreciate the fact that the match was pulled down to the last minute . Even the English guys here know about the capability of their side. 6-1 defeat after winning the Ashes is still being criticised here.
I dont think England will be able to pull this one up and will be left 1-1 and return with their hands empty. If not, I will be happy for Andrew Strauss.
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From: ajithfederer on 13th January 2010 10:47 PM [Full View]
So ?
It isn't great but it was good. At least better than the ind srl series that happened recently. SA should have won the first and third games. They didn't and its their fault. Originally Posted by Plum
Insipid sa bowling??. Did you atleast watch steyn bowling with full steam followed up by morkel. Heck even Duminy picked up a few wickets. You call that insipid? Originally Posted by Plum
. Even graeme smith acknowledged he couldn't expect more from his players.
Shabba mudiala Originally Posted by Plum
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Not for everybody. And this is not the first time Collingwood saving a match for godsakes. Dravid block panna greatness adhaye kaaling panna boring aa?. Endha ooru nyaayam idhu. Originally Posted by Plum
Adhaan innaku paathome. Originally Posted by Plum
Bulls@#. 2-0 down with an easy win lost in the winds. You are kidding me. Can't even score an must win 175 is a joke. Originally Posted by Plum
The rest of your post I think BCCI deserves more. Originally Posted by Plum
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From: Movie Cop on 13th January 2010 11:00 PM [Full View]
Didn't see Eng vs SA series - so can't comment on how exciting (or the lack of it) the series was. But at least, on paper/scorecard, it looks like one heck of a intense Test series, so far. OTOH, the BD tri-series was a joke, to put it mildly. I would prefer playing solitaire on my laptop than watching this piece of crap. Sachin taking a break from this crap helped to worsen it even further. Make no mistake, I'm no fan of English media and their biased/prejudiced stance on Asian cricket/administration. But trying to defend BD tri series is blasphemy, IMO. Originally Posted by Plum
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From: ajithfederer on 13th January 2010 11:21 PM [Full View]
At least with the number of test matches happening around the world in good pitches in places like australia england and southafrica they have every right to criticize india for its pitches.
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From: Plum on 13th January 2010 11:23 PM [Full View]
An attack that cannot get england allout in 141 overs - strike rate reqd 85! - insipid illaama?
There were bursts of brilliance and that's why they got to 9 wickets. Even then it was the pressure of the last hour that got 4 wickets.
Aus-Pak saw some real sustained fine bowling. Check maddy's posts during the test.
As for crookinfo, one of these days they'll publish an article on why Rtp is greater than srt. I wouldn't need a campaign after that to get you guys on my side.
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From: ajithfederer on 13th January 2010 11:33 PM [Full View]
Bowling was brilliant from sa side and it is no lesser compared to pakistan's bowling. I say England's batting got the better of SA Bowling.
Yes Pakistan had some great bowling. No lesser arguments there but they failed to win the 2nd match which they should have won very easily and made the 3rd match less interesting. In fact I think they will get bullied badly in the third match. As a series SA - Eng is miles better. Now I don't even have the interest to follow the third match. Originally Posted by Plum
AFAIK Maddy didn't watch or even follow sa-eng tour. I say that because he hasn't even posted here.
Let that thing happen first. I don't think they would publish such a farce. Infact they are the ones who produced the fine article"Ponting's fall from stratospheric heights" which i bookmarked you in world cricket thread. Originally Posted by Plum
Originally Posted by Plum
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From: Movie Cop on 13th January 2010 11:38 PM [Full View]
True AF. Pitches aside, to add one more thing, Ind/SL/BD bowling attacks ellame insipid thaan at Test cricket level. Pak has a very good bowling attack, I'd argue even better than current Aus/SA but unfortunately their fielding is amateurish! Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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From: ajithfederer on 13th January 2010 11:47 PM [Full View]
And the number of tests played by india is awful and now who wants this bd srl ind odi series. March-la IPL vera suttham . Thank god thalaivar took a break he can get some good rest.
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From: ajithfederer on 14th January 2010 12:04 AM [Full View]
And for the point Pakistan not being able to bowl out a tail ender along with Hussey is more insipid than sa's bowling. Granted that akmal dropped 3 hussey's chances. But atleast they should have got the tail ender away. 100+ odd freakin runs for a 9th wicket partnership.
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From: Movie Cop on 14th January 2010 12:42 AM [Full View]
AF, that was some poor captaincy from Yousuf. On day 4 morning, when Hussey & Siddle began their innings, there were very few fielders closer to the bat. Hussey was like a cat on hot water against Kaneria the previous evening. On day 4 morning, the fielders were wide spread in the deep to prevent boundaries
It just eased out the pressure for both Siddle & Hussey helping them rotate strike. It's more to do with unimaginative captaincy from Yousuf than unimaginative bowling.
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From: Plum on 14th January 2010 07:14 AM [Full View]
Duminy and steyn scored like a million runs to win a series against oz. That was advertised as great cricket but when a subconti team is involved in a similar situation, it is not? I can understand them propogating such canards but even we fall trap to that mentality?
Sa and england are the most boring teams - even a t20 between them can't be exciting despite the nature of the format. Mechanical excellence - in their case not excellence, we should say dominance - down down. Flair and mercuricity zindabad. Aus can be mechanical yes but atleast they are mechanically excellent.
As for pitches, five fingers. Every pitch can't be like australia. Granted india can have more variety and less batsman friendliness - and I'd push for india being spin friendly but we need not buy in the bounce qand paciness are the only good attributes required. They are not saying that with cricket's good in mind.
And cricinfo has been subtly blaing bcci for everything which makes them as much a joker as bcci. Just because I am against bcci, I will not side with an equal and opposite agenda driven org.
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From: Plum on 14th January 2010 08:26 AM [Full View]
AF, Ajith pErula oru j-kku badhil-a 's' potta pongareenga agenda-nnu? Cricinfo ella articlelayum sambandham irukko illaiyo bcci bashing pandradhu agenda and unwanted-a theriyaliyA? Just because you like ajith and don't like bcci?
Enakkum dhaan bcci pidikkaadhu but fairness-nu onnu irrukkillai?
(Or you are peeved at my regular digs at ajith? Maybe you have a case there! )
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From: ajithfederer on 14th January 2010 08:43 AM [Full View]
Plum
Regarding my posts here in this section and especially in this thread I have been only replying only to your posts and not to the person and they all have been very frankly to the point. My style/way of posting is such that and it has always been very direct.
Well cricinfo bashing bcci doesn't involve along my interests. To be frank this is news to me. I have no idea which articles you are referring to that bashed bcci. Even if cricinfo bashes bcci I don't understand the implications of my action with this regard.
I don't know what to say about your ajith accusation. Since whatever I say can be misinterpreted I leave it your opinion.
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From: Dinesh84 on 14th January 2010 08:43 AM [Full View]
avaru bcci ah bcci nu thaane sollrau? Originally Posted by Plum
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From: Aalavanthan on 14th January 2010 03:50 PM [Full View]
England 108/4 (27 ov)
England won the toss and elected to bat
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy - 4th Test
Test no. 1948 | 2009/10 season
Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
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From: Aalavanthan on 14th January 2010 03:52 PM [Full View]
Strauss Golden Duck (is there any other name if its the first ball of the match itself
)
0,21,5,7 - The runs of top order.. BTW, where is Mr. KP ?
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From: Kalyasi on 14th January 2010 05:06 PM [Full View]
153/8 Eng...
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From: Kalyasi on 14th January 2010 05:09 PM [Full View]
155/9...
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From: Kalyasi on 14th January 2010 05:43 PM [Full View]
180 all out...
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From: ajithfederer on 14th January 2010 07:56 PM [Full View]
Ingilaandhu
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From: Plum on 14th January 2010 08:21 PM [Full View]
Indha engilaandhai thaan 141 oversla thookka mudiyala.
Now rain. Paavam south africa but a good reminder to them of their weaknesses to address.
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From: Aalavanthan on 14th January 2010 08:43 PM [Full View]
sambO siva sambO .. I yaam maybe right.. 1-1 provided Raingods dont play their game here
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From: ajithfederer on 14th January 2010 08:51 PM [Full View]
இந்த பௌலிங் இப்போ மட்டும் இன்சிபிட் இல்லையா?
Originally Posted by Plum
Indha engilaandhai thaan 141 oversla thookka mudiyala.
Now rain. Paavam south africa but a good reminder to them of their weaknesses to address.
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From: Aalavanthan on 14th January 2010 08:59 PM [Full View]
Changes in both the teams.. Surprised to see Onions being dropped .. If anybody had to be dropped, it should have been Chris Fraud. The most unsuccessful, undisciplined English bowler of the tournament.
Paul Harris dropped , Wayne Parnell and Ryan McLaren make their test debut. Wayne Parnell was very promising in his ODI matches against Aussies .. should wait for the other innings to come.
But as usual Daryl Steyn ku oru O podungo
.. Will watch the highlights and come back sooon.
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From: Plum on 14th January 2010 09:59 PM [Full View]
Af, tamil ippo padikka mudiyala englishla ezhudhungo
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From: ajithfederer on 14th January 2010 10:10 PM [Full View]
Indha bowling ippo mattum insipid illaya??
Just saw the scorecard. Steyn has grabbed a five fer. He was unlucky in the third test not to get many wickets. Well done steyn. Ind sa test series should be even better. Why can't they add atleast one or two test matches scrapping the three odi's.
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From: Bala (Karthik) on 14th January 2010 11:12 PM [Full View]
Plum,
You've got to be kidding!
Sometimes insipid bowling cost teams the match and sometimes poor batting does. Adhukku enna ippo? How can you even compare this series and the nonsense that happened in India? 5 fingers be damned... Test cricket should be banned from being played IN India, SL(?) and W.I (at least spin-avadhu aana parava illa)
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From: Plum on 14th January 2010 11:39 PM [Full View]
spin aana ban panniduvanga Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
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From: Plum on 14th January 2010 11:40 PM [Full View]
appo Steyn 66 adicha great match. Siddle adichA - because it is pak bowling - poor match-A? Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Indha bowling ippo mattum insipid illaya??
Just saw the scorecard. Steyn has grabbed a five fer. He was unlucky in the third test not to get many wickets. Well done steyn. Ind sa test series should be even better. Why can't they add atleast one or two test matches scrapping the three odi's.
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From: ajithfederer on 14th January 2010 11:43 PM [Full View]
bala
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From: Plum on 14th January 2010 11:48 PM [Full View]
I'd rather watch 293 than Kaalingan. Ella defensive game are not th4 same, Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
Dravid = Collingwoodnu Sachin fanatics-Ala dhan solla mudiyum
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From: ajithfederer on 14th January 2010 11:59 PM [Full View]
Yebba saami mudiala !!
Plum I don't care if you hate england or their media or collingwood. It's none of my business. You are free to do so and its a free country. For me eng-sa series is infinitely better than Ind-srl-bd tri series and the ind-srl test series.
Collingwood and dravid are not the same and i am not stupid to say it. Shabba. Neengala literal meaning eduthitta ennala onnum seyya mudiayadhu. Their batting proved good to their respective sides. In dravid's case winning for India and in collingwoods case saving from a certain defeat. Idhai vida velakkama solla mudiadhu.
You can watch 293 (shewag veraya idhula
) or 2293 but I am giving credit to collingwood's innings and this series avvalavu dhan.
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From: Plum on 15th January 2010 02:03 AM [Full View]
Me also shabba mudila
This discussion panned out like this
1. Crookinfo needlessly compares india series with eng-sa
2. I post that here and shabba mudila it
3. Per you "you enjoy your seies, I"ll enjoy mine fav" logic, you should have shbba mudila-ed it. Instead, you found that ok to compare and rubbish india series.
4. I rubbish eng series in comparison but now you apply shabba logic
Oru consistency vennavaa?
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From: Plum on 15th January 2010 02:05 AM [Full View]
Another thing. If instead of saachin century if india had contrived to lose a few wickets in the last hour and manufactued a close draw, appo oru vela it would have become a great series?
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From: Aalavanthan on 15th January 2010 06:54 PM [Full View]
Smith next to Ponting on highest number of centuries hit as captain.
Now thats one list where Indians arent placed in the top ten even though we have some good batters.. Maybe in 2015 with Dhoni still as captain in Tests.. maybe ...
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From: ajithfederer on 15th January 2010 07:53 PM [Full View]
Ok.
Since you started to rubbish eng-sa series what do you expect me to do. I had to respond back. You started it man. WTH Originally Posted by Plum
Me also shabba mudila
This discussion panned out like this
1. Crookinfo needlessly compares india series with eng-sa
2. I post that here and shabba mudila it
Shabba logic is for you persistence in nay saying here. We got your point long back konjam edatha gaali panrardhu. I don't constantly nab about it or come to tri series thread saying this is a waste series dabba series etc...I just stayed away you understand what i mean. Originally Posted by Plum
Originally Posted by Plum
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From: ajithfederer on 15th January 2010 08:00 PM [Full View]
No.
Originally Posted by Plum
Another thing. If instead of saachin century if india had contrived to lose a few wickets in the last hour and manufactued a close draw, appo oru vela it would have become a great series?
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From: Plum on 15th January 2010 08:04 PM [Full View]
Ada enna indha threadum only for positive review-vA? I thought that was restricted to blockbuster movie threads
Sari 'andha' thread-lerundhu vilagi irukkarA maadhiriye indha threadiyum treat pandren
Sari bye :farewell:
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From: Bala (Karthik) on 15th January 2010 08:14 PM [Full View]
Cool down cool down cool down!
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From: ajithfederer on 15th January 2010 08:23 PM [Full View]
Bala
I mean I was answering very carefully to the points. I mean thideernu ivaru ajith pathi ellam ingae pesuraaru. I mean What The Heck. What has that got to do here I ask. I can't fathom. Cricinfo, series comparision ellam start pannadhu ivaru. I was just only retaliating. if you give be prepared to get it also.
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From: ajithfederer on 15th January 2010 08:34 PM [Full View]
Ok
To put the thread purpose back in perspective let me write why i started this thread and why i liked this test series.
England offlate have been doing pretty good in tests and I believe they are forging a good team (atleast in Tests). I was happy that they regained the Ashes and this series was particularly important as India had recently regained the Number one ranking in Tests. The series had started pretty well with england teething out the first match by a whisker and the second test was a comprehensive victory for England.
I mean even I couldn't believe that they had an innings victory against SA. The Third test started and south africa should have won it comfortably. Thanks to unorthodox or whatever batting methods employed by bell and collingwood. Make no mistake the approach may be in the grey areas but it served the purpose for England. And third test match had some very gritty bowling effort by steyn too and it has paid up in the fourth test. More later.
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From: Aalavanthan on 16th January 2010 04:02 PM [Full View]
355 - 5 and Daryl Harper is under the scrutiny again on the 3rd day. After that bizaare "review umpiring" my Harper for the decision of Smith, we have another review which wasnt decided properly by ArupEru.
This time its De Villiers, the ball brushed the gloves, went to the leg slip and the on field umpire's decision was out. De Villi, asked for a review and Harper gave it not out although there was a clear indication of the ball deviation after passing the glove.
Ian Botham during the lunch discussion called Daryll "incompetant". They even showed a reply from Daryl in his facebook that SA media didnt give proper "sound" for the nick of Smith..
Intense battling on with England having 0 reviews remaining and 175 runs behind.
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From: ajithfederer on 16th January 2010 08:18 PM [Full View]
England reeling under pressure at 48/3.
Match delayed by bad light - Day 3
Min overs remaining 20.4
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From: ajithfederer on 16th January 2010 08:29 PM [Full View]
And Cook was not out because it was a no-ball but it was given out by the third umpire(Daryl Harper).
Originally Posted by Aalavanthan
355 - 5 and Daryl Harper is under the scrutiny again on the 3rd day. After that bizaare "review umpiring" my Harper for the decision of Smith, we have another review which wasnt decided properly by ArupEru.
This time its De Villiers, the ball brushed the gloves, went to the leg slip and the on field umpire's decision was out. De Villi, asked for a review and Harper gave it not out although there was a clear indication of the ball deviation after passing the glove.
Ian Botham during the lunch discussion called Daryll "incompetant". They even showed a reply from Daryl in his facebook that SA media didnt give proper "sound" for the nick of Smith..
Intense battling on with England having 0 reviews remaining and 175 runs behind.
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From: ajithfederer on 18th January 2010 02:54 AM [Full View]
SA wins comprehensively. A good test series to an end.
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