Trichromatic Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 He was Sehwag type batsman who could bat in all types of conditions. Link to comment
Vilander Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 KP against quality pace attack is one of the highlights of cricket for me, piece of **** ECB and pom fans and smug english players ruined it. Link to comment
Gollum Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, Jimmy Cliff said: Not an Ojha fan but wasn't he our best bowler in that series? It was Ashwin who was a let down averaging 50+. Our blunders were going for a rank turner in Mumbai when we easily beat them on a traditional sub-continent wicket in the 1st Test and going for a dead pitch in Nagpur in the last Test . 17 hours ago, Stan AF said: He made a point to ECB for dropping him with his knocks in Mumbai and Kolkatta. W/O him it was a 1-1 at best. Umesh getting injured after the 1st test also didn't help us. Pragyan Ojha was never a test level bowler. The idiots at BCCI should have scheduled a test match in Sennai instead of Mumbai. 3 months later Dhoni hit a 200+ there. vs Poms and venue Mumbai, too many bad memories for us across formats. We must learn to schedule matches more smartly, some venues against certain teams are just bad for us statistically, against Poms in Mumbai or Pak in Chennai. Edited June 28, 2020 by Gollum Link to comment
Gollum Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, Stan AF said: Oh yeah Ashwin let us down big time. No arguments there. Our weak batting also put huge pressure on the bowlers. They were dropping like 9 pins in front of Swann and PPPPP pppp aanesar. One of the most sorrowful sights of my cricket watching life is seeing tendulkar getting out to panesar of all people. He should have retired before that series. All our home series losses have been mainly because of our subpar batting. After the Ahmedabad test it never looked like our top/middle order knew how to hold a bat, except Che. Even a few 50s by the others were so scratchy, more reliant on luck. That our second best batsman was the #8 or 9 in that series explains why we lost. Somehow our batsmen are put on such a pedestal that their * ups are hardly ever the centre of focus. Edited June 28, 2020 by Gollum Link to comment
cricket_girl Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) exciting competition Edited July 8, 2020 by cricket_girl Link to comment
Jimmy Cliff Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Gollum said: vs Poms and venue Mumbai, too many bad memories for us across formats. We must learn to schedule matches more smartly, some venues against certain teams are just bad for us statistically, against Poms in Mumbai or Pak in Chennai. Al Bakis have won just once in Chennai, right? Their most successful venue in India is probably Bangalore. England do have a great record in Mumbai which is why it was great fun watching them getting their asses kicked in 2016. Gollum 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 19 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said: Al Bakis have won just once in Chennai, right? Their most successful venue in India is probably Bangalore. England do have a great record in Mumbai which is why it was great fun watching them getting their asses kicked in 2016. Yeah but they have won a few ODIs in Chennai, I don't think we have a single victory against them at that venue. Bangalore again them and Aussies have enjoyed some success but at least we haven't drawn blank, 96 QF is somewhat a soothing balm. That 2016 test win was special, Kohli's epic double, Vijay and Jayant chipping in with 100s, Ash's 12fer. That 2016-17 home season as such featured some of the most entertaining cricket by Team India I have seen in all my years of following the sport. Jimmy Cliff 1 Link to comment
Jimmy Cliff Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Just now, Gollum said: Yeah but they have won a few ODIs in Chennai, I don't think we have a single victory against them at that venue. Bangalore again them and Aussies have enjoyed some success but at least we haven't drawn blank, 96 QF is somewhat a soothing balm. Yeah if you count ODIs as well then it has certainly been a happy hunting ground for them along with Kolkata. Just now, Gollum said: That 2016 test win was special, Kohli's epic double, Vijay and Jayant chipping in with 100s, Ash's 12fer. That 2016-17 home season as such featured some of the most entertaining cricket by Team India I have seen in all my years of following the sport. Lucky enough to have attended that Test for all 5 days although I could have done without the sun burn . That home season was the best phase of Kohli's tenure for sure. Gollum 1 Link to comment
Jimmy Cliff Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 On 6/27/2020 at 6:14 PM, Jimmy Cliff said: https://www.bcci.tv/videos/91895/ind-v-eng-2012-2nd-test-kevin-pietersen-s-stroke-filled-186 Surely the best knock by a visiting batsman against India in the last decade. WTF @Laaloo why a troll vote for this post? Stan AF 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said: WTF @Laaloo why a troll vote for this post? Cos you didn't put 'best' and 'Sachin' in the same sentence. Jimmy Cliff 1 Link to comment
Laaloo Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Jimmy Cliff said: WTF @Laaloo why a troll vote for this post? I hate that innings. Brings back nightmares Jimmy Cliff 1 Link to comment
Laaloo Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Gollum said: Cos you didn't put 'best' and 'Sachin' in the same sentence. Nope wasn’t that. Nice try though Link to comment
Aiden Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Pieterson did a Babar Azam on Steyn Laaloo 1 Link to comment
Suhaan Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 11 hours ago, Aiden said: Pieterson did a Babar Azam on Steyn You need to up the ante,not impressive Need more weed power Stan AF 1 Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 2012 was a bad year for steyn. His speeds were down and the pitches were absolute roads both in england and in australia .Also the lack of support on flat pitches showed. Morne just wasn't consistent enough and didn't take enough wickets. Philander's lack of speed didn't help either and they didn't have a decent spinner too. I would rate clarkes 151 against this attack in SA higher. It came on a difficult wicket against an attack that was the best in those conditions. Link to comment
Stan AF Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 IMO, Any batsman who isn't attacking is not a batsman. Offense is the best defense. The present generation of Indian test batters(including Kohli) should learn a thing or two from this. Link to comment
Sandeep99 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, Stan AF said: Special player! Link to comment
Sandeep99 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 England somehow manages to import some radically good players into their setup.. Allan Lamb, Kevin Pietersen, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer... Eye for talent.. something that is so very missing in India! Link to comment
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