Indian Cricket Fans http://www.indiancricketfans.com Indian Cricket Forum. Message board of the Indian Cricket fans - The official website for the Indian Cricket Fans en Fri, 18 May 2012 06:06:46 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.indiancricketfans.com/themes/athalon/misc/rss.jpg Indian Cricket Fans http://www.indiancricketfans.com Scandal at IPL party: RCB player arrested for molesting woman http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=282932&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:46:24 GMT Delhi Police on Friday arrested a Royal Challengers Bangalore player for allegedly misbehaving with... Delhi Police on Friday arrested a Royal Challengers Bangalore player for allegedly misbehaving with a woman at the bar of five-star hotel.

An Indian-American woman was allegedly molested and her fiancee beaten up by a IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore's Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach at the Maurya Sheraton Hotel.


Pomersbach allegedly misbehaved with the woman, a US citizen of Indian origin, at the IPL after-match party, police said on Friday.

An argument soon broke out between the two sides and Pomersbach allegedly beat up the woman's fiancee, they said.

A case of molestation and hurt has been registered against the player.
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yeh kya tamasha hai? ]]> Twenty20 Forum beetle http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=282932 RCB player (Luke P), arrested for allegedly molesting US woman http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=282931&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:44:49 GMT New Delhi: More controversy has hit IPL season 5. IPL cricketer Luke Pomersbach, a foreign recruit... New Delhi: More controversy has hit IPL season 5. IPL cricketer Luke Pomersbach, a foreign recruit of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team, has been arrested for allegedly molesting a woman from the US and allegedly beating up her boyfriend at Delhi five-star hotel, the Maurya Sheraton. The incident reportedly happened after the Delhi Daredevils-Royal Challengers Bangalore match on Thursday evening.

Police has filed a case of molestation against the player. He has been taken to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in Delhi for medical test. Later he will be produced in court.

Zohal Hamid, a US national, was allegedly molested by Mr Pomersbach when they were partying in her room at the hotel. A scuffle allegedly broke out after her fiance; Sahil intervened. Both foreign nationals were reportedly injured and have been admitted to the Primus hospital. ]]> Twenty20 Forum Ramu Kaka http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=282931 Match 68 Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals at Hyderabad - May 18, 2012 http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=282930&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 05:38:13 GMT Image:...
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Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals
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Rajasthan Royals are favourites to win against Deccan Chargers. Should they win, they will need to beat Mumbai Indians in Jaipur to get to 18 points and remain in contention of a playoff spot. However, one bad day and Royals' campaign will be over. Royals' team composition is not very different from Chargers, but they have worked well within their limitations to keep their chances alive. On the other hand, Chargers' weak bowling and poor fielding has kept them languishing at the bottom of the table.

Royals have been the perennial underdogs. They started the season by surprising other teams with strong batting performances. Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Owais Shah, Brad Hodge - all contributed in Royals' early wins. The team bears a different complexion now because of two impact players - Shane Watson and Shaun Tait. Watson scored an unbeaten 90 in a total of 126 after Tait dented Pune Warriors with his three wickets. Royals need another big performance from the two and watch out for the in-form trio of Shikhar Dhawan, Cameron White and Dale Steyn.

Form guide (most recent first, completed games)

Deccan Chargers : LLLLL

Rajasthan Royals: WLWWL

Players to watch

Shaun Tait spent ten games sitting on the bench. When he finally got a chance, he had batsmen hopping around with his pace and accuracy. He has picked up six wickets in four games at an economy of 5.01 to quell doubts about his waywardness.

After making a circumspect start, Cameron White found his range to score 477 runs at a strike-rate of 153.37. He has hit five half-centuries and his 20 sixes are only behind Chris Gayle's 44. Unfortunately, apart from him and Dhawan, there haven't been any major contributions from the rest.

Stats and trivia

Deccan Chargers have taken 34 catches in the field, which is the lowest for any team this season. Rajasthan Royals' 45 catches are only second to Mumbai Indians' 48.

Deccan Chargers have picked up 62 wickets in 14 games - the lowest this year. Royals are second on the list with 83 wickets.

Quotes

"We're all artists and we all have our critics. Luck, chance and destiny is all in your hands. No one else's," Kumar Sangakkara, Deccan Chargers captain, during a motivational lecture.
hopes rajputs wins

rajput live to another day :pray::pray: ]]> Twenty20 Forum Sir john http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=282928 <![CDATA[Joe Dawes & KX1P performance]]> http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=282927&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 03:15:50 GMT Has the bowling coach Joe Dawes made a difference to the KX1P? The bowlers are bowling to a plan & its heartening to see the 2 Indian bowlers PK & Awana do well as an unit

Just hope Mr.Dawes continues the same work with the Indian team

Awana credits Joe Dawes for his improvement
http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricke...er-Awana/14216
"Parvinder Awana also credits KXIP bowling coach Joe Dawes for the development in his bowling and being able to understand him. “Sometimes, when I try to put in too much effort, my movement is not right. He then tells me that my movement should go straight. Sometimes you don’t realise [if you are going wrong] when you are putting in too much effort. But he focuses on things and works on it with me. We have been working on my run-up as well, and will continue to do so,” he said.



Unlike a lot of bowlers who have turned to bowling a defensive line in order to not get hit in Twenty20, Awana believes in attacking and picking up wickets. Awana admits, “Sometimes, when I try to put in too much effort, my movement is not right. He then tells me that my movement should go straight. Sometimes you don’t realise [if you are going wrong] when you are putting in too much effort. But he focuses on things and works on it with me. We have been working on my run-up as well, and will continue to do so.” ]]> Twenty20 Forum diga http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=282927 Chanders is selfish sala http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=282926&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 02:23:31 GMT http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-west-indies-2012/content/current/story/565268.html Like the... http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/565268.html


Like the neighbour who rises early to practise on his drum kit, there can be a thin line between admirable dedication and infuriating selfishness.

It is a line that even the best of batsmen have struggled to find. Remember Geoff Boycott being dropped for slow scoring after a double-century against India in 1966, or Sunil Gavasker batting through a World Cup match for 36 not out in 1975?

A glance at the scorecard from the first day of this game would convince you that Shivnarine Chanderpaul stood head and shoulders above his team mates. There is a good degree of truth in such a conclusion, too. While his colleagues flattered for a while, only Chanderpaul had the patience, the dedication and the temperament to offer meaningful resistance. Take his contribution - 87 not out - away and West Indies may well have not reached 200.

But that is not the whole story. The scorecard does not show how Chanderpaul left Darren Bravo stranded and run out; it does not show how Chanderpaul took a single from the first delivery of the final over of the day, fatally exposing Fidel Edwards to Stuart Broad, and it does not show how Chanderpaul has resisted the invitation to move up the order to No. 3. The current incumbent of the No. 3 position, Kirk Edwards has a Test average approaching 50 but, so far on this admittedly brief tour, has shown an inclination to play across straight ones and poke at wide ones. Those are not the attributes of a successful No. 3.

Perhaps the run out of Bravo was simply unfortunate. After all, most players are involved in a mix-up at some stage and, even if there was something unattractive in the way Chanderpaul grounded his bat to ensure his partner's doom, it is hard to think of many top-order players who would not have done exactly the same thing. Chanderpaul does not give his wicket away. You may as well try to persuade a lion of the virtues of vegetarianism as ask him to do so. That is not such a bad quality in a Test batsman.

But there is a context here. This was the 23rd run out in which Chanderpaul has been involved as a Test batsman. He has been the man dismissed on just three occasions. Those are damning statistics.

Chanderpaul could argue - with some evidence - that he has to put himself first for the sake of the team. He could argue - with some evidence - that the burden on his shoulders is such that he knows that he if fails, his team will fail and he could argue - with a mountain of evidence - that some of his team-mates would do well to emulate him.

But if that is the case, he needs to ensure he takes the final over of days. He needs to ensure he soaks up the new-ball spells of the best bowlers. He needs to ensure he bats in the position that is best for the team. Superiority comes with responsibility.

Chanderpaul has a method that has worked. He is currently rated as the best batsman in Test cricket. He averages more than 50. He has been strong enough to ignore decades of convention and years of coaching to develop a technique all his own. It takes strength to do that. It takes an ability to drown out every opinion, every bit of advice, everything but his faith in himself. Many captains would dearly love such a 'selfish' player in their side.

Fidel Edwards' dismissal may come back to haunt him, though. While it might increase the likelihood of him finishing with an average-flattering not out - Shannon Gabriel's career batting average of just 4.85 does not suggest he will detain us long on day two - it also reduces his chances of becoming just the fourth West Indies batsman (George Headley, Sir Garfield Sobers and Gordon Greenidge are the others) to score a second Test century at Lord's.



"The honours boards at Lord's record not victories and losses, but individual successes. In a better environment, Chanderpaul's selfish streak might be manipulated to the team's advantage"



Perhaps such issues should not matter. It is a team game. But selfishness and individuality are laced into it. After all, the honours boards at Lord's record not victories and losses, but individual successes. Chanderpaul may have a selfish streak but, in a better environment, it might be manipulated to the team's advantage.

It was as poignant as it was inevitable that, even as West Indies' middle-order were capitulating, Chris Gayle should be providing another demonstration of his extravagant talents with an 53-ball century in the IPL. It will not have gone unnoticed that Ramnaresh Sarwan also registered another century - his second in six Championship games - for Leicestershire on Wednesday.

The harsh might argue that Gayle, in particular, has been 'selfish' not to put country before franchise. They might argue that he should have patched up his differences with the WICB for the good of the sport and the good of the Caribbean.

But that would be simplistic. The truth is that Gayle - like so many other West Indies players - has been poorly managed. And that is the key. For while Gayle and Chanderpaul and Boycott and Gavasker may all have an element of selfishness in their character, that does not mark them out as any different to just about every other batsman. Just about every other human, for that matter. The difference is management. In good teams, the needs of the individual are managed to ensure that they correspond to the needs of the group. In poor teams, the desires of the individual are allowed to come first. West Indies' management - at team and board and union level - have proved unable to coax the best out of their talented players for years. They have presided over the creation of an underperforming culture. It manifested itself on the first day at Lord's.

Indeed, this was a day that summed up many of West Indies' performances of late. They fought hard and at times it appeared they were building a decent position. Ultimately, however, they still ended up on the weaker footing and were still left searching for positives amid the rubble.

George Dobell is a senior correspondent at ESPNcricinfo ]]> Cricket Talk Saurav01 http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=282926 <![CDATA[Who are the Potential Signings for Next year's IPL]]> http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=282924&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 00:29:09 GMT Assuming that Pakistanis are allowed to play going by their inclusion in CLT20....here are some of... Assuming that Pakistanis are allowed to play going by their inclusion in CLT20....here are some of my picks

Fast bowlers
Ravi Rampaul---Very underrated and decent in Indian conditions and vastly omproved
Umar Gul---No doubt a very good T20 bowler
James Anderson-One of the leading bowlers in the world right now and has expressed his desire to play all 3 formats,so might be itching to play IPL to prove a point.
Lonwabo Tsotsobe-Very good LOI bowler..Is he in any team yet???
Spinners
Going by how Narine has been an xfactor this year and how spinners especially mystrey spinners are always good for T20 here is my list
Saeed Ajmal-On current form the best spinner in the world and he has not been demystified yet
Mendis-Can he get a 2nd lease of life?
Shillingford-Dream debut but will he still be relevant by next year is the question
Bishoo-I am not sure why he has been dropped or is he injured????but still a very good spinner

Batsman
Chanderpaul-Might get a 2nd go.....going by how some experience in the middle order has generally made teams look more stable historically....not in this tournament though
Alaitair Cook---This guy has upped his game in ODI's and when Clarke can get a chance why not cook....We all know he is good in Tests but his ODI game has been really impressive since Indian Series
Johnny Bairstow---I remember his oDI debut where he just toyed with our bowling....watch out this kid is going to be snapped up by one of the franchises and to add he is a part time keepr too.

Bits and Pieces Cricketers/All Rounders
Well 4 names come to mind and all 4 are from Pak
Shoaib Malik----I am sure he will get a contract with Sahara thanks to the MRS.
Afridi----Maybe on name value???
Hafeez---This guy opens for his team but he is a better bowler than a batsman
Hammad Azzam--Looks very Tailunted....didn't see him bowl yet but a very good striker of the ball


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