tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post1131054462305544198..comments2024-03-28T12:44:14.970+05:30Comments on Bored Cricket Crazy Indians (BCC!) - play with cricket: Thankful for what?Gaurav Sethi http://www.blogger.com/profile/04330224127597873431noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-26238576079225789842010-10-07T09:35:21.425+05:302010-10-07T09:35:21.425+05:30lol @ Jonathan.. I just find the hagiography of th...lol @ Jonathan.. I just find the hagiography of the Australians contrary to what I saw over five days of Test cricket.<br /><br />Cheers,Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949049044524078820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-89253601135510579292010-10-07T04:16:35.116+05:302010-10-07T04:16:35.116+05:30I'm not sure that article makes enough sense t...I'm not sure that article makes enough sense to criticise it.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663760985851423746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-71287432490953034622010-10-06T23:11:15.221+05:302010-10-06T23:11:15.221+05:30Mouse,
You and me both.. Have posted here before ...Mouse,<br /><br />You and me both.. Have posted here before that there is a difference between not able to play the short ball and not being able to score runs off the short ball.<br /><br />But it is a lot easier to state the first because there are no follow up explanations required while stating the latter means explaining the difference.<br /><br />Also plays up on the existing stereotypes - which makes it idiot proof.<br /><br />Cheers,Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949049044524078820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-45465322561041964322010-10-06T23:05:47.254+05:302010-10-06T23:05:47.254+05:30SP,
Doesnt crediting the Indian team indirectly c...SP,<br /><br />Doesnt crediting the Indian team indirectly credit the BCCI? Lot easier to talk up individual performances than say the team has the never say die attitude.<br /><br />Cheers,Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949049044524078820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-70710559705787654562010-10-06T23:01:47.289+05:302010-10-06T23:01:47.289+05:30Thanks for the link Balajhi :)
Cheers,Thanks for the link Balajhi :)<br /><br />Cheers,Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949049044524078820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-67554890841280965902010-10-06T23:01:19.501+05:302010-10-06T23:01:19.501+05:30Raj,
I had written something along the same lines...Raj,<br /><br />I had written something along the same lines here (http://paddlesweep.net/why-test-cricket-should-die/).<br /><br />The need to make cricket idiot proof is something I cannot understand. The very nature of the sport does not lend to cliched responses and yet there are paid writers who try to do exactly that.<br /><br />Cheers,Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949049044524078820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-55251244142267376652010-10-06T22:47:24.514+05:302010-10-06T22:47:24.514+05:30Cheers Anil :)Cheers Anil :)Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949049044524078820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-9021321855684835222010-10-06T22:46:50.282+05:302010-10-06T22:46:50.282+05:30Cheers Rishabh :)Cheers Rishabh :)Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949049044524078820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-15108683048347241532010-10-06T16:41:40.444+05:302010-10-06T16:41:40.444+05:30Try this
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/cri...Try this<br />http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/cricket/australians-choked-again-admits-shattered-ponting-20101005-166bz.htmlMousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-77720732750906830282010-10-06T16:22:47.829+05:302010-10-06T16:22:47.829+05:30Aside from this, what irked me the most was when A...Aside from this, what irked me the most was when Arun Lal kept saying that 5 (no more,no less) indian batsmen had got out to the short ball. It spreads the myth that indians and indians alone are poor players of the short ball.<br />Again, Sehwag, Raina, Sachin....then who?<br />Bhajji- for those who consider him a batsmen. <br />Again, these same people discount Ishant's wicket of Ricky as lucky since he hit it off the middle of the bat. Then equivalently, Sachin and Sehwag got it off the middle as well. <br />What about Clarke's portrayal of a rabbit caught in the headlights? To my mind Raina had better technique.Mousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-83307845664994301212010-10-06T13:08:33.846+05:302010-10-06T13:08:33.846+05:30as much as this post exposes the cliche that pundi...as much as this post exposes the cliche that pundits use when writing from memory about oz... it also undermines the fighting attitude of team india by merely suggesting that its was all for oz to either gain or lose advantage... momentum or whatever we call it... :)straight pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309030423887849171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-67011645173494120742010-10-06T09:12:55.193+05:302010-10-06T09:12:55.193+05:30Relevant article to this topic
http://www.heralds...Relevant article to this topic<br /><br />http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/killer-punch-is-gone/story-e6frf9if-1225934614911Balajhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530684730088152328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-87996658550692685852010-10-06T08:56:27.845+05:302010-10-06T08:56:27.845+05:30Btw, if the scorelines and events in the match had...Btw, if the scorelines and events in the match had been exactly reverse, the narrative would have been "india traditionally lacks killer instinct". Conditioned responses.rajnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-82649975511343801432010-10-06T08:52:34.624+05:302010-10-06T08:52:34.624+05:30"People who should know better"
This is ..."People who should know better"<br />This is inaccurate. Monga writes for cricinfo. To remain in employment, he should NOT know better. He should only regurgitate such standard cliches which are approved by the english masters of the siterajnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-30272070560364034502010-10-06T07:45:41.384+05:302010-10-06T07:45:41.384+05:30Honest write-up backed by discreet facts. Thanks.Honest write-up backed by discreet facts. Thanks.Anil Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03730693158313605630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-57726425170499088292010-10-06T07:30:10.554+05:302010-10-06T07:30:10.554+05:305 points for mentioning Two and Half Men.5 points for mentioning Two and Half Men.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281368477670951233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-85523732029394718112010-10-06T00:10:55.931+05:302010-10-06T00:10:55.931+05:30Achettup,
England? Even in 2007, we did not have ...Achettup,<br /><br />England? Even in 2007, we did not have an easy road winning that Test series against them.<br /><br />Cheers,Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949049044524078820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-53232339737962630282010-10-06T00:09:31.207+05:302010-10-06T00:09:31.207+05:30Mahek,
I am not convinced that these patterns exi...Mahek,<br /><br />I am not convinced that these patterns existed previously and even if they did, no Australian team would concede so much ground so as to keep the opposition in the game.That is the difference.<br /><br />Which is why I think Monga is way off the mark when he says the Australians "are going to make it difficult for sides to beat them. They just won't go away"<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Cheers,Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949049044524078820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-37415993392592656382010-10-06T00:02:53.210+05:302010-10-06T00:02:53.210+05:30Teams that don't give an inch don't drop a...Teams that don't give an inch don't drop as many catches (and thats just one subset of the misfields) as we saw during India's first innings... That said earning a win against Australia is still considerably harder than earning one against most nations. I'd reckon South Africa have been the only side to have consistently had the edge over us.achettuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16177809419856216677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-70494917449216116252010-10-05T23:54:12.507+05:302010-10-05T23:54:12.507+05:30I would say the pattern was there even back then. ...I would say the pattern was there even back then. It's just that the class of players usually overrode it. Didn't the Aussies let the Ashes slip away by dropping Pietersen at the Oval? The rest of the teams were simply overmatched to make Australia pay for the lapses here and there. Bangladesh in 2006 are a classic example of this.Mahekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01036231713500207408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-92014656581728485512010-10-05T23:50:40.989+05:302010-10-05T23:50:40.989+05:30Balajhi,
Australian teams of yore may have had th...Balajhi,<br /><br />Australian teams of yore may have had the occasional slip, but I will be damned if they allowed the opposition so many opportunities to get back in the game - a fact that seems to be lost to people who should know better. And this ticks me off.<br /><br />For one, it does not honestly evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this current team, and two it stymies them because of comparisons with a golden past.<br /><br />And thanks for you kind words.<br /><br />Cheers,Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949049044524078820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-90047353637410342372010-10-05T23:44:19.734+05:302010-10-05T23:44:19.734+05:30Cheers elegantstroke and thanks for your kind word...Cheers elegantstroke and thanks for your kind words.<br /><br />Cheers,Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949049044524078820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-43921041837479567192010-10-05T23:43:32.417+05:302010-10-05T23:43:32.417+05:30Mahek,
The Indian spirit, as you will, wont ever ...Mahek,<br /><br />The Indian spirit, as you will, wont ever come up for discussion because it is not fashionable to do so. Much easier to talk of specific players and build them up than speak of what the team does.<br /><br />That said, while your examples are valid, they dont indicate a pattern. Unlike the current Australian team who seem to have made a habit of letting the opposition in with a chance.<br /><br />Think Banglore 2008 and the go slow on Day 1, Nagpur and Hussey bowling, Cardiff 2009, Headingley 2010. Even Sydney 2009 falls in this category.<br /><br />Cheers,Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949049044524078820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-2607720123291073752010-10-05T23:36:06.895+05:302010-10-05T23:36:06.895+05:30Even I was thinking like Sidharth Monga did till I...Even I was thinking like Sidharth Monga did till I read this post. Thanks Homer for your wonderful post, without it I may have kept thinking the same way.Balajhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530684730088152328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-34604592452830263652010-10-05T23:31:50.267+05:302010-10-05T23:31:50.267+05:30honest appraisal. good observations homer - this a...honest appraisal. good observations homer - this aussie team can hardly be called 'won't give an inch'. whey they had the match in complete grasp they have let it go.elegantstrokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03516602011273896993noreply@blogger.com