coffee_rules Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 I think it was Botham and Chappell as well. They didn't talk to eachother for over 20 years after that. You guys are right. Botham claims he got a shot at Chappelli. But Chappell thinks otherwise and says Botham is a liar and doesn't deserve his knighthood.
SachDan Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 I think it was Botham and Chappell as well. They didn't talk to eachother for over 20 years after that. Remember reading an article by Jonathan Agnew where he mentioned Botham chasing Chappell in his car after the bar brawl. Even 20 years after the incident andwhen Botham was part of the channel-9 commentary team for the Ashes in 1999/00 they never had a stint together for the entire series!
ketansingh Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 A friend once told me that some Aussie players including Ponting were beaten up in a Delhi nightclub. Is there any truth in this?
SachDan Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 A friend once told me that some Aussie players including Ponting were beaten up in a Delhi nightclub. Is there any truth in this? IIRC it was in Kolkata during Australia's tour to India in 2001.
coffee_rules Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 IIRC it was in Kolkata during Australia's tour to India in 2001. I think it was in 1997-98 tour of India.
Malcolm Merlyn Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Virender Sehwag was facing Pakistan’s medium-fast bowler Abdul Razzaq, who was reverse-swinging the ball, and Sehwag handled that in his unique "JAT" way: “Sehwag came up to (his batting mate Jeremy) Snape and said: ‘We must lose this ball. I have a plan’. Next over he whacked the ball clean out of the ground, forcing umpires to pick another from the box that would obviously not reverse straight away. To which Sehwag said: ‘We are alright for one hour.’ when did this happen?
Sachinism Posted January 6, 2010 Author Posted January 6, 2010 when did this happen? Virender Sehwag was facing Pakistan's medium-fast bowler Abdul Razzaq, who was reverse-swinging the ball, and the way the Indian handled him is narrated in an interesting story in Australia's legendary spinner Shane Warne's just released book. “Sehwag came up to (his batting mate Jeremy) Snape and said: ‘We must lose this ball. I have a plan’. Next over he whacked the ball clean out of the ground, forcing umpires to pick another from the box that would obviously not reverse straight away. To which Sehwag said: ‘We are alright for one hour.’ Smart I say.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A49431693 happened while Sehwag was playing for Leicestershire on the English domestic cirucuit
Malcolm Merlyn Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Ravi Shastri narrated this talk with Sehwag "When I was cricket manager for the Indian team after the World Cup, I walked up to Sehwag to discuss his batting. I asked him how he coped with the swinging ball? Sehwag said 'I go after the ball hard.' " "I asked him how does that help?" "Sehwag replied, 'I have seen when I go at the ball hard, it stops swinging.' "
Malcolm Merlyn Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 uring a tour, John Wright was asked how was Sehwag going to handle the new ball, and whether he thought the opener had any chance of succeeding. John replied that the new ball wouldn't be a problem, but the spinners could be. The puzzled reporter questioned as to why spinners could pose a threat since almost all Indians play spin well, and Sehwag hadn't struggled anywhere against spin. John replied that the problem with Sehwag was, according to him a spinner shouldn't exist in cricket. So he would go after him, and may get out due to over-aggression.
Don Sharma Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 was this before the game or after it? It must have been after the match, I am not sure. It is a reasonably long list. The last such player was Lee Germon in 1995/6 (excepting Naimur Rahman). A father and son - Frank Mann & George Mann - played for England in 5 & 7 Tests and captained in all of them. George Mann's son Simon Mann was jailed for 5 years in Equatorial Guinea for trying to engineer a coup before being pardoned recently. Among his co-conspirators was Mark Thatcher, son of Dame Margaret. India have CK Nayudu (the first Test), Maharajkumar of Vizianagram (3 Tests, all as captain) and Pataudi Sr (3 Tests, all as captain for India; but had played for England already) Good list that. TFS. Yeh I think so. I remember a commentator mentioning it during a match' date=' something to do with a bowler trying to intimidate him while he was batting and he responded with something along the lines of, "I've been shot at, do you really think I'm gonna be scared of you"[/quote'] It was Andrew Hall. Wasim Akram re-collected it on air. Remember reading an article by Jonathan Agnew where he mentioned Botham chasing Chappell in his car after the bar brawl. Even 20 years after the incident andwhen Botham was part of the channel-9 commentary team for the Ashes in 1999/00 they never had a stint together for the entire series! Ian Chappell went on to say, "Hope they(ch-9 mgt) don't ask me to socialize with him." Botham was always a controversial character, he once ran out Boycott deliberately.:cantstop: Here is the full story. A friend once told me that some Aussie players including Ponting were beaten up in a Delhi nightclub. Is there any truth in this? Ricky Ponting had a rugged start to his first class career. He had massive drinking problems and was even punched by a bouncer after an altercation in a night club in Sydney's red light district. But you got to give it to the man for the way he resurrected his career unlike few others (read Symonds).
coffee_rules Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 The only two captains from India to be dropped from the squad the very next test after they were dropped from captaincy are Venkat and Kris Srikanth.
Aaku Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 Virender Sehwag was facing Pakistan’s medium-fast bowler Abdul Razzaq, who was reverse-swinging the ball, and Sehwag handled that in his unique "JAT" way: “Sehwag came up to (his batting mate Jeremy) Snape and said: ‘We must lose this ball. I have a plan’. Next over he whacked the ball clean out of the ground, forcing umpires to pick another from the box that would obviously not reverse straight away. To which Sehwag said: ‘We are alright for one hour.’ Wowwwww !! :omg:
TheWall Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 Dravids the highest of course! 80! The Silent Warrior!!!:dance:
The Dark Horse Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 The only two captains from India to be dropped from the squad the very next test after they were dropped from captaincy are Venkat and Kris Srikanth. Both were dropped due to petty politics, weren't they?
The Outsider Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 The only two captains from India to be dropped from the squad the very next test after they were dropped from captaincy are Venkat and Kris Srikanth. Venkat played quite a bit after being removed from captaincy under Kapil and Gavaskar - he was finished anyways. Sreekanth did not play tests, but did play ODIs. His axing after the Pakistan tour was pretty messed up though.
kabira Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 What is common between Vivek Razdan, Budi Kunderan and Parthiv Patel?
Laaloo Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 Poyzz with a powerful bowling house have not drawn a test match (let alone winning one) against the aussies this decade.
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