Jesse Ryder is in! The new martin crowe has finally been given a
chance.
In the words of Adam Parore: "there's no room for fat players in
international cricket any more".
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1566319
Andrew
Bah ...! What a tosser
If a nation full of men like this ( http://mansworldindia.com/newsite/articles/features/jan08/ugly01.asp
) can play, why not fat talented kiwi men?
Mukul Kesavan is an self loathing western worshipping emotional idiot.
Ah! Would Kesavan be the same guy who wrote this
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Indian players have been on the receiving end of the match referee's
kangaroo court before and know it to be dysfunctional. Procter is a
notably inept match referee who presided over the shambles created by
Darrell Hair and the Pakistan cricket team last year. For him to have
taken the word of the likes of Michael Clarke, who as a batsman had
stood his ground after being caught off a massive edge at slip and who
as a fielder had confidently claimed a bump ball catch, over the
testimony of Tendulkar who insisted he hadn't heard 'monkey' being
said, was the final straw. The most satisfying part of Hansen's
judgment is his characterisation of the slippery Clarke as an
unreliable witness.
.... in recent years the Ugly Australian stereotype has been rendered
uglier by Ponting's charmless leadership.
Indians don't think much of Ponting for several reasons. His first
tour was dogged by rumours of bad behaviour, his second tour was an
embarrassment (he scored less than a dozen runs in three Test
matches), his onfield aggression struck Indians as offensive, his
unlovely habit of spitting into his palms and rubbing them together
left desis wondering how he got people to shake hands with him and not
only did he look remarkably like George Bush, he behaved like him
too.
http://blogs.cricinfo.com/meninwhite/archives/2008/01/shock_and_awe_1.php#more
CiL
Ethir katriley echi muzhiadey thambida thambi ..
Well - Kesavan has assumed that Tendulkar and Kumble are the ones who
"insisted that the Board stand by Harbhajan and made it clear that the
team would not go on with the tour if the Procter decision was not
reversed." But Tendulkar has denied sending any smses or any
directives to the BCCI - so I am not sure that this is a valid
assumptiom.
Kesavan then states that this hiring a chartered jet business and
calling the seven odi players from Melbourne to Adelaide etc. may well
have emerged from Kumble and Tendulkar - but again, I don't see this
as anything more than speculation, unsupported by any statements or
reports I have seen so far.
> CiL
> Ethir katriley echi muzhiadey thambida thambi ..
What does this mean?
-TD
Should we assume from this that CoverPoint has a twirled moustache and wears
gold chains?
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Andrew
That would be Basrur. I saw him few months back in India.
btw I see you are hiding behind Parore's weak shoulder. Still craving
for your boy Kane Williamson to be picked eh?
CiL
Twiddle dee that's a tamil song which means don't spit into the wind
or some shit like that. Why did I post it here? Thought I would drag
Shishir Pathak out of the woods and make him post at least to curse me
for using tamil(zh!) here.
I consider and analyze many things before accusing a person for
what they are.
This one comment from Mukul Kesavan doesnt prove otherwise.
Mukul Kesavan is an "utter idiot" and a "western worshipper"
to insist in his column Harbhajan used the word "monkey"
despite Tendulkar giving evidence that Harbhajan used the
words "Teri Maaki".
In other words Mukul Kesavan is accusing Tendulkar
to be a liar.
Whatever comparisons he made between Ponting/Australians
and George Bush were "probably" motivated from my comments
on rsc.
Andrew Dunford,
I dont look like Mervwyn Hughes with his big twirled moustache and gold
chains.
Craig McMillan being quoted in this article struck me as rather ironic.
The comment about inconsistencies in selection is a good one though.
It was mentioned that Fulton was the #3 a month ago but now
he's not. Sinclair gets picked for SA, does well, then doesn't
do well in Australia (along with just about everyone else), barely
gets to bat against the Bangles and is then jettisoned. I would
have taken the same ODO squad that played Bangladesh to play
against England with only changes forced by injuries. I don't think that
anyone has really forced themselves into the team based on performances.
The selectors are a bit stuck because of the lack of quality. Some
choices don't work so they feel compelled to change something. In most
cases, I think that there's nobody better to select but they try anyway.
I'd much prefer if they just acknowledged that there is no good solution,
decide what is the least-bad solution and stick with it.
At least there is some form to go by for the ODO team selection. For
the test team, the selectors will have to remember form from back in
December. I don't see it happening.
Cheers
Michael
I saw him few months back in India too, except that I was in New Zealand at
the time.
> btw I see you are hiding behind Parore's weak shoulder. Still craving
> for your boy Kane Williamson to be picked eh?
Kane Williamson is *your* boy, slut.
Andrew
Basrur is a village in South India renowned for little other than its
whores. The beautifully written piece at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basrur
explains this succinctly and articulately.
> I saw him few months back in India too, except that I was in New Zealand at
> the time.
So was he. It's been almost a year, bitch.
> > btw I see you are hiding behind Parore's weak shoulder. Still craving
> > for your boy Kane Williamson to be picked eh?
>
> Kane Williamson is *your* boy, slut.
And Lara is his Prince, and Jesse rydes him. CiL should change to
Cricketers' Wife. The trollop.
A
Read and weep Dungford.
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Last night he made his debut. He is much bigger than he was five years
ago but his weight didn't seem to affect his fielding - and he took a
wicket with his Astle-esque dobblers. He also outscored the rest of
the top order, including two monstrous hits - slaps that stayed
slapped. He didn't just seem not over-awed, he seemed born to that
arena.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/blogs/googlies/2008/02/06/ryder-on-a-storm/
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CiL
Fat men can play. If only Styris had not got so jealous and ran him
out.
> Fat men can play.
Maybe - but fat men can't jump.
Yeah? see and weep!
http://content-www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/image/287371.html
I though it was white men who couldn't jump.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/white_men_cant_jump/
-Cheers,
TD
Be fascinating to know what these "monstrous hits" involved - presumably
they took place at the pub after the match. In the match itself Ryder hit
two nice boundaries along the ground and two more off the edge.
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Andrew
Uff! Keep regurgitating your vomit. Another slap in your face today,
the best 31 ever made by a New Zealand batsman! A nonchalant flicked
six,a slap past point and some sound defense against seamers.
Just bend down and smell ....
I watch the man bat frequently at domestic level, where he regularly scores
runs in the four-day competition. He has never scored regular runs in the
domestic one-day competition and is having a poor season, which is what made
his selection at this time mystifying. Plus he doesn't open at domestic
level either.
I know he can play; needs to curb the obsession with hitting over mid-wicket
and needs to work more singles. Looks a bit block-bash at the moment.
Andrew