tendulkar.com's theory validated!

Southpaw

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Dec 12, 2011, 9:50:41 PM12/12/11

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David Warner, MotM, highest scorer in the game, on a challenging
pitch, carried his bat, etc. Previous experience: 114 T20s, 13 FC
games.

Phil Hughes. Buh-bye. Prevous experience: 17 T20s, 66 FC games.

Maybe he should play around 100 more T20s to improve his
technique. ;-)

This was as apples-to-apples a comparison one could possibly get. On
the same challenging pitch, against the same opposition, in the same
match, both opening the innings together. The T20 specialist
completely outplayed the test specialist.

-Samarth [ who has, since the Los Angeles Open of 2007, believed
Sehwag to have one of the shrewdest cricket brains around ].

arahim

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Dec 13, 2011, 12:26:43 AM12/13/11

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On Dec 12, 6:50 pm, Southpaw <arbi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> David Warner, MotM, highest scorer in the game, on a challenging
> pitch, carried his bat, etc. Previous experience: 114 T20s, 13 FC
> games.
>
> Phil Hughes. Buh-bye. Prevous experience: 17 T20s, 66 FC games.
>
> Maybe he should play around 100 more T20s to improve his
> technique. ;-)
>
> This was as apples-to-apples a comparison one could possibly get. On
> the same challenging pitch, against the same opposition, in the same
> match, both opening the innings together. The T20 specialist
> completely outplayed the test specialist.
>

Now the reason for England's rise to number one test team becomes
apparent: They are the 2T Champs.

Don speaks the truth

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Dec 13, 2011, 2:24:42 AM12/13/11

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A good T20 batsman can be a good Test batsman but it is not a given
and there are more chances that he may not do too well in Tests.
In Test cricket, what is required is mental strength and patience.
Warner must have been scoring well in Domestics in longer version of
the game.
There are other good T20 batsmen like Raina or Kieswetter who have not
done that well in Tests. Angelo Mathews is another player who started
off from T20 but is now a regular in Test squad. Gilly started off as
a ODI
player.

Cricket is cricket in the end, be it any format. All these illusions
of players
being fit for only one format of the game have been created by
armchair
experts. As long as you are able to adapt, you will do well in any
form of
the game.

Don

Tweedle Dee

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Dec 13, 2011, 3:42:54 AM12/13/11

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On Dec 13, 12:24 pm, Don speaks the truth <don200...@rediffmail.com>
wrote:

> Don- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Samarth is in kidding mode here. He is too smart a poster to be making
sweeping generalizations about Test and T20 players based on one data
point.

Cheers,

TD

Jayen

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Dec 13, 2011, 6:49:58 AM12/13/11

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On Dec 13, 1:42 pm, Tweedle Dee <k.va...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On Dec 13, 12:24 pm, Don speaks the truth <don200...@rediffmail.com>
> wrote:
>

<snip>

> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Samarth is in kidding mode here. He is too smart a poster to be making
> sweeping generalizations about Test and T20 players based on one data
> point.
>

One data point is a luxury. There have been sweeping generalisations
made in RSC with all the data pointing in the opposite direction.

Regards,
Jayen

Biju

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Dec 13, 2011, 7:14:47 AM12/13/11

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On Dec 13, 1:42 pm, Tweedle Dee <k.va...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 13, 7:50 am, Southpaw <arbi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> Samarth is in kidding mode here.

He is in self pimping mode here. By making it to the US T20 team and
quoting some random theory and example, he wants us to be believe he
is good enough for the India test team.

Southpaw

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Dec 13, 2011, 8:56:14 AM12/13/11

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I guess I was fooled by randomness. Add a data point to another of
tendulkar.com's theories.

-Samarth.

jzfredricks

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Dec 13, 2011, 9:23:37 AM12/13/11

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On Dec 13, 11:56 pm, Southpaw <arbi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess I was fooled by randomness. Add a data point to another of
> tendulkar.com's theories.

No Test team has ever scored 750 runs in their first innings and lost
the match

jzfredricks

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Dec 13, 2011, 8:58:38 AM12/13/11

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On Dec 13, 9:49 pm, Jayen <rsc_pos...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> There have been sweeping generalisations
> made in RSC with all the data pointing in the opposite direction.

No there hasn't.

cricd...@hotmail.com

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Dec 13, 2011, 7:34:37 PM12/13/11

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On Dec 12, 9:50 pm, Southpaw <arbi...@gmail.com> wrote:

The theory of which you speak is this: T20s are very good prep
for the ultimate challenge, Test cricket?

Suresh K S

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Dec 14, 2011, 5:29:11 PM12/14/11

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On Dec 13, 6:49 am, Jayen <rsc_pos...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> One data point is a luxury. There have been sweeping generalisations
> made in RSC with all the data pointing in the opposite direction.

:-) Hear hear!

Suresh

prabhu

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Dec 14, 2011, 7:16:17 PM12/14/11

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I'll be happy to have him kick Harbhajan's butt. But can he get under
the Aussies' skin? ;-)

tendulkar.com

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Dec 14, 2011, 7:42:31 PM12/14/11

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On Dec 12, 9:50 pm, Southpaw <arbi...@gmail.com> wrote:

I actually had this in my outbox, but didn't post

Subject: "Ho hum, another T20 player excels at Test"
Body: In fact when was the last time a pure test player excelled at
anything? [Amla, may be]

Mike Holmans

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Dec 15, 2011, 5:29:17 AM12/15/11

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On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:42:31 -0800 (PST), "tendulkar.com"
<tendul...@gmail.com> tapped the keyboard and brought forth:

Yes, you're right: Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott have been
absolutely useless these last couple of years.

Cheers,

Mike
--

alvey

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Dec 15, 2011, 1:58:28 PM12/15/11

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On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:50:41 -0800 (PST), Southpaw wrote:

Speaking of The Idiot.... I see that CA has identified and targetted Oz's
T20 audience. They've scheduled the local version of the IPL to fit
precisely into the Xmas school hols.

alvey