maniac Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) Just like on reddit....why not have one for ICF members. Who want's to go first...let us start with one of the Admins/Mods. Volunteers can refuse to answer anything that might get too personal or vulgar-obviously the mods are there to delete such posts. Let us try to keep it cricket related as much as possible anyway who wants to be in the AMA-Starting with the mods @Cricketics @laaloo @radhika @Malcolm Merlyn @Gambit @Trichromatic @rkt.india @G_B_ Please set up a date with the fans Edited December 15, 2016 by maniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trichromatic Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I am in maniac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 Ok Guys first ICF AMA with Trichromatic.....Ask him anything......here you go. @Trichromatic what made you a cricket fan? Did you play the game at any level? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilander Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 who is the guy in your avatar. why did you choose him maniac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaloo Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 1 hour ago, maniac said: Ok Guys first ICF AMA with Trichromatic.....Ask him anything......here you go. @Trichromatic what made you a cricket fan? Did you play the game at any level? this guy always runs away lol. Even in that Sachin thread, woh aag laga ke bhaag gaya MechEng, sandeep and maniac 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, laaloo said: this guy always runs away lol. Even in that Sachin thread, woh aag laga ke bhaag gaya He pulled a Priyanka Chopra anyways if he doesn't answer then are you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaloo Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 8 minutes ago, maniac said: He pulled a Priyanka Chopra anyways if he doesn't answer then are you in? yeah but not the first one. I'll see how a couple goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 33 minutes ago, Vilander said: who is the guy in your avatar. why did you choose him Vil....Quote the guy so he knows question is for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaloo Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 6 minutes ago, laaloo said: yeah but not the first one. I'll see how a couple goes chalo pucho AMA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLICKR392 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Who would want to ask anything to laaloo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaloo Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 3 hours ago, SLICKR392 said: Who would want to ask anything to laaloo? There has to be somebody around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trichromatic Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 5 hours ago, maniac said: Ok Guys first ICF AMA with Trichromatic.....Ask him anything......here you go. @Trichromatic what made you a cricket fan? Did you play the game at any level? I started watching cricket in 1998. Before that I had read few pieces about cricket in newspaper. First name I came across was Darren Gough in some article in a newspaper after his 5-fer in an ODI in 1997. We had access to DD1 only and at that time we could watch only full ODI matches. Tests were shown only for two hours, 1 hr at start and 1 hr at end. Since I was young at that time, I didn't have any inclination towards any team. What drawn me towards the game was the battle between bowlers and Indian batsmen especially in ODIs. I didn't understand the details, but it was thrilling to watch the tussle between them. I remember watching a game against West Indies and my first thought was which country is West Indies. Then I remember Sachin getting run out after scoring 140 against Australia in an ODI or Srinath bowling aggressively against SL after India were bowled out for 179 and India still won by 81 runs. Agarkar was MoM in that match. 99 world cup was the time when I was glued to the tv screens. Last over of SF between Aus and SA was most memorable moment back then. Till that time there was just excitement and nothing else. But when I watched Allan Donald bowling against Indian batting line up, I was scared for the first time wondering how you dominate that kind of bowler. He was probably first pacer against whom I saw Indian batsmen to be totally clueless. Donald v Indian batsmen and then McGrath v Sachin, Shoaib v Indian team. Warne v Indian batsmen these or even Agarkar v other teams at start and death overs - these were the battles which kept drawing me closer to the game. I think one of the reason why interest in game is losing is that we don't have such battles anymore. Curiosity was the other factor in the love for this game. More I didn't understand, more was the desire to know and follow. maniac, sandeep, tweaker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trichromatic Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 5 hours ago, Vilander said: who is the guy in your avatar. why did you choose him Guy is Indian left arm pacer in 70s and 80s Karsan Ghavri. He was first left arm pacer from India to take 100 wickets. I keep reading about old matches and watch the videos about them whenever I get chance. I don't remember exactly, but probably I was going through some article about him where he contributed in winning a test against Pakistan at home when India were bowled out cheaply in 2nd inning. India won the series and that was our first series win in long time (6-7 years). tweaker, Vilander, MechEng and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 11 minutes ago, Trichromatic said: I started watching cricket in 1998. Before that I had read few pieces about cricket in newspaper. First name I came across was Darren Gough in some article in a newspaper after his 5-fer in an ODI in 1997. We had access to DD1 only and at that time we could watch only full ODI matches. Tests were shown only for two hours, 1 hr at start and 1 hr at end. Since I was young at that time, I didn't have any inclination towards any team. What drawn me towards the game was the battle between bowlers and Indian batsmen especially in ODIs. I didn't understand the details, but it was thrilling to watch the tussle between them. I remember watching a game against West Indies and my first thought was which country is West Indies. Then I remember Sachin getting run out after scoring 140 against Australia in an ODI or Srinath bowling aggressively against SL after India were bowled out for 179 and India still won by 81 runs. Agarkar was MoM in that match. 99 world cup was the time when I was glued to the tv screens. Last over of SF between Aus and SA was most memorable moment back then. Till that time there was just excitement and nothing else. But when I watched Allan Donald bowling against Indian batting line up, I was scared for the first time wondering how you dominate that kind of bowler. He was probably first pacer against whom I saw Indian batsmen to be totally clueless. Donald v Indian batsmen and then McGrath v Sachin, Shoaib v Indian team. Warne v Indian batsmen these or even Agarkar v other teams at start and death overs - these were the battles which kept drawing me closer to the game. I think one of the reason why interest in game is losing is that we don't have such battles anymore. Curiosity was the other factor in the love for this game. More I didn't understand, more was the desire to know and follow. If you started watching in 1998 then you missed a lot of Donald's peak when he was terrorizing Indian batsman...The Donald on the 1996 tour to South Africa or even the one in the titan cup was scary...even more than the one in 1992-93 tour or the guy who ripped through our line up in his debut. Didn't think he was the same after that semifinal anyways great insight and a very good post so next question is was anyone in your family a keen fan based on how much knowledge you have on the game on some of your posts even about games in the past? Also did you play cricket at any level? tweaker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 hour ago, laaloo said: There has to be somebody around Laaloo bhai iska hone do Phir aabki baari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Did you post with any other id in ICF? Rasgulla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaloo Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 28 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: Did you post with any other id in ICF? Vibhash tweaker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 @laaloo 1) Why is your name "laaloo" and not "laloo" ? 2) Can you read/write Gujarati? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaloo Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 32 minutes ago, Mariyam said: @laaloo 1) Why is your name "laaloo" and not "laloo" ? 2) Can you read/write Gujarati? 1. Because laloo sounds like lallu. In Laaloo, you can stretch the aa as in aaloo :P 2. Yes I can. I learned to read Gujarati again after 'forgetting' it for a while. Now I can read ok. There are some words which gives me trouble and especially when they write the English word in Gujarati. Those are hard to read. I have always had trouble with writing in Gujarati. I can still write but it's not clean and only I can read it lol. tweaker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 @laaloo Girl in your avatar? Your real age and your earliest memories of cricket. When you moved to States? Family pressure of getting married or you really wanted to? Last time you played cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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