For fans of proper kirkut: A depository of great moments to tide us over during the circus

[Mr. Wicket]

To the old school fans like Boss, Lurker, etc - please keep adding to this thread over the next 42 days and give us some GOOD quality cricket to enjoy; quality players and moments in the great sport so nobody is forced into watching the s-hit and giggle nonsense and losing a few brain cells. graphic will start us off with some gems. Hail to the g for inspiring this idea by sending me clips of the Kolkata magic over gmail. [FYI: Off-topic/trolling posts deemed as such by EMC will be deleted. Keep the jokes in the relevant forums.]

[graphic23]

Let's start off with India's greatest bowler [ame=

Anil Kumbles Magic 500[/ame] And then again :D [ame=

Australia vs India 2007 - Anil Kumble's 600th Test Wicket[/ame] I watched the second one live. It was a hell of a moment for me - particularly considering what happened through the tour and that test match. :--D

[graphic23]

Now for the clip that Salil spoke about in the OP: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3AB6uEYkBs]YouTube- India Vs Australia 2001-Victory Moments[/ame] VVS Dravid Bhajji Tendulkar for the 3 wickets.

[ludhianvi]

So what counts as proper cricket? Timeless tests? 4 ball overs? 5 ball overs or 8 ball overs? How about ODI cricket - 60 overs, 50 overs? Is that proper enough? :hmmm:

[graphic23]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7CjptAaT58]YouTube- Anil Kumble Takes 10 Wickets[/ame] Rips through the Pakistani batting order :amitdance: Kumble

[Mr. Wicket]

I see your vids G... and I raise you this. tts2C2CTIe4

[satishg]

nice thread! thank you for providing some "true" entertainment in midst of the boring IPL! :icflove:

[graphic23]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEZOhMNGLj0]YouTube- Glen Mcgrath Hatrick[/ame] Whatta player (in b4 Salil's "I've seen that infinite times and I have it on DVD :hehe:) I wish we had the highlights of McGrath vs. Pakistan at Perth. Would've seen the premier fast bowler vs. the best player of fast bowlers on earth :((

[satishg]

Wow Salil, thanks a lot for that share, a great match! :)

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[Mr. Wicket]

Boss... any anecdotes from your experience re. Ghavri? Heard a few stories about him from Gaurang (or KDG - Ghavri's initials) in the past... one of those players I wish I could have seen playing a fair bit more.

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[graphic23]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jVhqSwfe-0]YouTube- Sachin Tendulkar 71 3rd Test Australia vs India Day 1 Perth[/ame] at 0:16 (Another innings cut short by an umpiring error. :(( He looked good for a 100. Dravid played a horrible shot at 93 though :(( )

[Clarke]

We certainly miss the calypso magic these days .. here's Ambrose running through Australia. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5G4pqb4nns]YouTube- Curtley Ambrose devastating spell of 7 for 1 run v Australia[/ame]

[Clarke]

Mcgrath used the slope @ lords pretty well. Here's his 500th wicket, part of a devastating spell that destroyed poms. His injury must be the single most important reason Australia lost the Ashes that year. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wsTcONIJ6w]YouTube- Glenn McGrath[/ame]

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[Ram]

There's no proper, improper cricket. There's only cricket some people like, which some others may not like. So lets keep it real before we go overboard with this 'proper cricket' stuff. I like test cricket much much more than T20 cricket, which is probably I watched EVERY ball of the test series between the no.1 ranked India and no.10 ranked B'desh, while I dont feel any urge to follow IPL at all. But I am not going to overboard and call this as proper cricket and that as tamasha cricket. The game's bigger than any fan, not vice versa.

[Mr. Wicket]

Some forms of cricket emphasize skills and abilities that mark the best cricketers out from others. Other forms appeal to a lower common denominator, both in terms of fans and players, allowing for more mediocre, bits and pieces players to shine. If you find them equal, you're welcome to your opinion though plenty of experienced fans and connoisseurs of the game would disagree.

Ahhhh Curtley .... what a bowler he was .... I could watch that guy nonstop for hours ....

Got any more vids to offer? :D more WI pace goodness. MhYnYbvF9fo

[Ram]

Who said I find it equal? I've already made it abundantly clear - I prefer test cricket to any other form. But to call one particular form the 'proper form', while ridiculing the other is donning a larger-than-life that none of us fans are entitled to. History will be judge of what is proper and improper, not fans living in the present.