living Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 And I blame that for his poor run recently :giggle: Link to comment
Gambit Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 When Azhar was my favourite player, I used to hope and pray that he wore his white helmet. His batting used to be awesome when he wore his white helmet. Link to comment
yoda Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Didn't get a chance to see it much. :haha: Link to comment
observer1 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 BTW Gambit, I was listening to Angus Fraser et al on TMS over the weekend - I find Sky too dry. Gus swears Azza was the best right hand batsman he has seen (second as a batsman to Lara) - he was so effusive in his praise, it was unbelievable. They interviewed Azza and he gave his usual 'itwasateamdecisioneveryonewantedtobowlfirstandithoughtiwouldgoochhit300andyesihattedwell' Link to comment
Lurker Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 ^^ Fraser's opinion about Azhar might be due to this particular innings. http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1990/IND_IN_ENG/IND_ENG_T1_26-31JUL1990.html Azhar had scored at more than a run a ball and this particular innings was widely celebrated in English media. Aggers had mentioned that "English should make an effort to catch the genie of Azza and keep it in a jar in England" while Johnston had bemused "No point expecting any Englishman to play the shots that Azhar played". And in the next game Azhar went one better with 150 plus. His match fixing allegation aside I find it fascinating that Azhar gets routinely picked in all time Indian XI. Far ahead of the likes of Vishwanath, Amarnath, Manjrekar, Vengsarkar etc etc. Considering how many Indians still dislike the chap it is nothing sort of amazing. xx Link to comment
living Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 yeah, I loved it when everyone had that black grill on their helmets. Then after the WC in 2003, the new guys got silver ones and slowly everyone started using them :sad_smile: Link to comment
gator Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 ^^ Fraser's opinion about Azhar might be due to this particular innings. http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1990/IND_IN_ENG/IND_ENG_T1_26-31JUL1990.html Azhar had scored at more than a run a ball and this particular innings was widely celebrated in English media. Aggers had mentioned that "English should make an effort to catch the genie of Azza and keep it in a jar in England" while Johnston had bemused "No point expecting any Englishman to play the shots that Azhar played". And in the next game Azhar went one better with 150 plus. His match fixing allegation aside I find it fascinating that Azhar gets routinely picked in all time Indian XI. Far ahead of the likes of Vishwanath, Amarnath, Manjrekar, Vengsarkar etc etc. Considering how many Indians still dislike the chap it is nothing sort of amazing. xx Lurks... i would pick him in the top 5 indian batters of all time... Link to comment
King Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 And I blame that for his poor run recently :giggle: What a co-incidence? I pretty much was mulling over the same and was saying why change something that is working for ya? Link to comment
Predator_05 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Do manufacturers still make those "visor-less" helmets ? You know, the kind used by South African batsmen like Hudson, Symcox, Cullinan and other batsmen like Salim Malik. Or are they no longer in demand because batsmen are too scared to face fast bowling these days ? Link to comment
Cricketics Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 David Gower used to wear a unique kind of helmet.. if anyone remember Link to comment
Ram Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 the MOST unique helmet was Gavaskar's... almost like a skull cap.. Link to comment
Cricketics Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 the MOST unique helmet was Gavaskar's... almost like a skull cap.. i always considered it as a cap and not a helmet.. it seriously was unique.. Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I just bought the albion helmet dravid wears last week. So comfortable and light! Link to comment
suma25 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I just bought the albion helmet dravid wears last week. So comfortable and light! idont know whether he has changed his helmet again or in between because in the older helmets the space between the top part and front grills was less so that the ball cud not pass but in the newer helmet its slightly more I remember i think it was him but was hit by bouncer and the ball got stuck between the grills and the top part and still managed to hit his nose just enough for him to bleed and later they showed the difference between the older helmets and newer helmets Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 You can adjust the grill on all helemts. Must make sure you adjust it so ball cannot pass through gap. Although mant batters like large gap so they can see better but of course you then run risk of what happened to Dravid. Personally better to be safe then sorry and one soon gets used to the grill a bit tighter. Link to comment
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