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Venkat Bhatti
May 25, 2012, 1:42:25 PM5/25/12
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That was a fine recovery.
I couldn't see today's play - Willow f**up royally - maybe it is just
my environment. Also could not get the TMS commentary - whatever
plugin BBC Radio 5 uses acted up.
Read a blurb on Cricinfo that Trent Brdige was not as bowling friendly
as it has been in the recent past. WI were on the ropes and the
Samuels and Sammy came thru. I like watching Samuels bat, really easy
on the eye. He had some hiccups had the start of his career. Hopefully
he has learnt his lesson.
--Venkat
I couldn't see today's play - Willow f**up royally - maybe it is just
my environment. Also could not get the TMS commentary - whatever
plugin BBC Radio 5 uses acted up.
Read a blurb on Cricinfo that Trent Brdige was not as bowling friendly
as it has been in the recent past. WI were on the ropes and the
Samuels and Sammy came thru. I like watching Samuels bat, really easy
on the eye. He had some hiccups had the start of his career. Hopefully
he has learnt his lesson.
--Venkat
sdavmor
May 25, 2012, 2:26:26 PM5/25/12
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John Hall
May 25, 2012, 2:29:17 PM5/25/12
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In article
<9dbeec9f-cd59-45f8...@i19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
It was. Well done to them.
there wasn't much today. There was a little help for the bowlers in the
first session, but not much thereafter. England may have misread the
conditions in preferring Bresnan to Finn. He is the best part of 10mph
faster than Anderson, Broad and Bresnan, who all bowl at around 80mph.
> WI were on the ropes and the
>Samuels and Sammy came thru. I like watching Samuels bat, really easy
>on the eye. He had some hiccups had the start of his career. Hopefully
>he has learnt his lesson.
He seems to be concentrating much better in this series than he has in
the past. He made very few mistakes today, whereas the more aggressive
Sammy needed a little luck now and again (but deserved it).
--
John Hall
Johnson: "Well, we had a good talk."
Boswell: "Yes, Sir, you tossed and gored several persons."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84); James Boswell (1740-95)
<9dbeec9f-cd59-45f8...@i19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
It was. Well done to them.
>
>I couldn't see today's play - Willow f**up royally - maybe it is just
>my environment. Also could not get the TMS commentary - whatever
>plugin BBC Radio 5 uses acted up.
>
>Read a blurb on Cricinfo that Trent Brdige was not as bowling friendly
>as it has been in the recent past.
Yes, in recent years there has usually been a lot of swing there but
>I couldn't see today's play - Willow f**up royally - maybe it is just
>my environment. Also could not get the TMS commentary - whatever
>plugin BBC Radio 5 uses acted up.
>
>Read a blurb on Cricinfo that Trent Brdige was not as bowling friendly
>as it has been in the recent past.
there wasn't much today. There was a little help for the bowlers in the
first session, but not much thereafter. England may have misread the
conditions in preferring Bresnan to Finn. He is the best part of 10mph
faster than Anderson, Broad and Bresnan, who all bowl at around 80mph.
> WI were on the ropes and the
>Samuels and Sammy came thru. I like watching Samuels bat, really easy
>on the eye. He had some hiccups had the start of his career. Hopefully
>he has learnt his lesson.
the past. He made very few mistakes today, whereas the more aggressive
Sammy needed a little luck now and again (but deserved it).
--
John Hall
Johnson: "Well, we had a good talk."
Boswell: "Yes, Sir, you tossed and gored several persons."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84); James Boswell (1740-95)
Southpaw
May 25, 2012, 3:07:04 PM5/25/12
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-Samarth.
>
> --Venkat
Venkat Bhatti
May 25, 2012, 4:54:09 PM5/25/12
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--Venkat
Bharat Rao
May 25, 2012, 8:54:36 PM5/25/12
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On Friday, May 25, 2012 1:42:25 PM UTC-4, Venkat Bhatti wrote:
> That was a fine recovery.
> That was a fine recovery.
Samuels and Sammy came thru. I like watching Samuels bat, really easy
> on the eye. He had some hiccups had the start of his career. Hopefully
> he has learnt his lesson.
Samuels was class personified. But the real revelation to me was Sammy. Maybe he actually learned his lesson from Lord's? Yes he had a few streaky shots, but there were few extravagant slashes outside off -- generally, he waited for the bowlers to come to him, and then presented the full face of the bat. Some of the timing in his shots was simply breathtaking. Don't get me wrong -- Sammy isn't a patch on Samuels in style, but if he bats within himself, he could become a formidable #7 or #8. It is't impossible for him to average in the high-30s to low-40s, if he gets his act together; he has oodles of batting talent.
> on the eye. He had some hiccups had the start of his career. Hopefully
> he has learnt his lesson.
Bharat
Vijay Sharma
May 26, 2012, 12:19:25 AM5/26/12
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Samuels is definitely a good batsman...if not for the match fixing ban he coulda blossomed much earlier. IIRC he was Lara's protege.
Sammy shows his value to the team again. For all the brickbats that Sammy receives I think he has done a great lot in bringing some junoon to this West Indian side.
Is it just me or is it that I detect most people love it when WI fight and do good on the field including their opponents which in this case are England. I get the feeling that many English fans wouldn't mind WI winning a game (and compensated by England winning 2...or not?)
Go Windies!
Sammy shows his value to the team again. For all the brickbats that Sammy receives I think he has done a great lot in bringing some junoon to this West Indian side.
Is it just me or is it that I detect most people love it when WI fight and do good on the field including their opponents which in this case are England. I get the feeling that many English fans wouldn't mind WI winning a game (and compensated by England winning 2...or not?)
Go Windies!
John Hall
May 26, 2012, 5:24:29 AM5/26/12
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In article <9c27efbb-95fc-4a00...@googlegroups.com>,
that way, judging by his petulance yesterday. :)
Vijay Sharma <viz.nirva...@gmail.com> writes:
>Is it just me or is it that I detect most people love it when WI fight
>and do good on the field including their opponents which in this
>case are England. I get the feeling that many English fans wouldn't
>mind WI winning a game (and compensated by England winning
>2...or not?)
Yep. Although I don't think that Jimmy Anderson is among those feeling
>Is it just me or is it that I detect most people love it when WI fight
>and do good on the field including their opponents which in this
>case are England. I get the feeling that many English fans wouldn't
>mind WI winning a game (and compensated by England winning
>2...or not?)
that way, judging by his petulance yesterday. :)
Steve the Bajan
May 26, 2012, 8:25:02 AM5/26/12
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On May 26, 12:19 am, Vijay Sharma <viz.nirvanam.sha...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Is it just me or is it that I detect most people love it when WI fight and do good on the field including their opponents which in this case are England. I get the feeling that many English fans wouldn't mind WI winning a game (and compensated by England winning 2...or not?)
It's not just English fans who feel that way -- this starving Windies
fan would be pretty delighted with that result, too! (Though, of
course, if we get a taste of victory in this Test, we'll also want
more, more, MORE!)
Fraternally in cricket,
Steve the Bajan
wrote:
> Is it just me or is it that I detect most people love it when WI fight and do good on the field including their opponents which in this case are England. I get the feeling that many English fans wouldn't mind WI winning a game (and compensated by England winning 2...or not?)
fan would be pretty delighted with that result, too! (Though, of
course, if we get a taste of victory in this Test, we'll also want
more, more, MORE!)
Fraternally in cricket,
Steve the Bajan
Bharat Rao
May 26, 2012, 2:48:48 PM5/26/12
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On Friday, May 25, 2012 8:54:36 PM UTC-4, Bharat Rao wrote:
>
> Samuels was class personified. But the real revelation to me was Sammy. Maybe he actually learned his lesson from Lord's? Yes he had a few streaky shots, but there were few extravagant slashes outside off -- generally, he waited for the bowlers to come to him, and then presented the full face of the bat. Some of the timing in his shots was simply breathtaking. Don't get me wrong -- Sammy isn't a patch on Samuels in style, but if he bats within himself, he could become a formidable #7 or #8. It is't impossible for him to average in the high-30s to low-40s, if he gets his act together; he has oodles of batting talent.
Sigh, reversion to type. After getting to a somewhat fortuitous ton, Sammy decided the right shot to play was a hoick from well outside off, with 2 men on the leg-side fence -- the resulting skier was as simple as it was predictable.
>
> Samuels was class personified. But the real revelation to me was Sammy. Maybe he actually learned his lesson from Lord's? Yes he had a few streaky shots, but there were few extravagant slashes outside off -- generally, he waited for the bowlers to come to him, and then presented the full face of the bat. Some of the timing in his shots was simply breathtaking. Don't get me wrong -- Sammy isn't a patch on Samuels in style, but if he bats within himself, he could become a formidable #7 or #8. It is't impossible for him to average in the high-30s to low-40s, if he gets his act together; he has oodles of batting talent.
This too was downright wanton -- hard as it is to criticize a man who rescued WI from a deep deep hole, Samuels seemed impregnable at the other end. All Sammy had to do was to bat within himself -- which is a wide latitude as his shot-making skills and timing are extraordinary -- and look to pound England into the ground with a 500-ish score. In comparison with 160/6, it was terrific -- at 350/6, it was stupid. Not as bad as the hara-kiri at Lords when batting an hour onto D5 would have pretty much set up a draw, bu still verging on the suicidal..
Bharat
Venkat Bhatti
May 28, 2012, 2:27:36 AM5/28/12
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Bresnan now.
Time for the Sams to turn it on again.
--Venkat
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