f.b.m Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Today's effort shows that he doesnt play just to break records. What a selfless player..
Rameshraja17 Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Stat made me to thinnk , WHo the hell named him WALL ??? is that bulit behind the stumps or wat ???/:hysterical:
Manny_Pacquiao Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 fun fact of the day: this great WALL of glass has been clean bowled in NINE of his last 11 innings. quality. number 11 tailenders have gone more innings without getting bowled as many times. he is definitely in a mental block as well. Too late to sort all that out. Just pack your bags and call it a day!!! not really. he has a long history of failing against quality bowling attacks, especially away from home. not a big surprise, to be honest. i'm used to it. and of course, he is a lot older (and more useless) now than he ever was, which means its harder to find form once you lose your defence. i kinda hope he keeps playing for another few years. another 4 or 5 series of cheap clean bowleds, and his average will fall below 50. and the same goes for all the other 50 year old hags india are carrying. keep playing all of them 'til they drop dead, BCCI.
yoda Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 he has a long history of failing against quality bowling attacks, especially away from home. not a big surprise, to be honest. i'm used to it. and of course, he is a lot older (and more useless) now than he ever was, which means its harder to find form once you lose your defence. now you are talking BS. :giggle: Arguably the second or according to some even the best test bat ever for India has a long history of failure against quality attacks. :hahaha:
Manny_Pacquiao Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 now you are talking BS. :giggle: Arguably the second or according to some even the best test bat ever for India has a long history of failure against quality attacks. :hahaha: but its true. these are the best bowling attacks he has faced in this decade: australia 1999 south africa 2001 australia 2004/05 at home south africa 2006 england 2007 australia 2008 south africa 2010 australia 2011 thats a seriously long string of failures. if you take away the easier runs scored on the flatter wickets of india/pakistan/bongladesh and the cheap runs scored against mediocre teams like new zealand, west indies, he is flat out mediocre: Link batting average 41.51. he basically had just three good series in 12 years of test cricket away from home against good bowling attacks - in england 2002, in australia 2004 (without mcgrath and warne), in england 2011. since 2006, he is averaging just 30.85 away from home against the good bowling attacks. abysmal. Link 2 think of those numbers the next time you masturbate to your 40 year old hero.
vamos_rafa Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 but its true. these are the best bowling attacks he has faced in this decade: australia 1999 south africa 2001 australia 2004/05 at home south africa 2006 england 2007 australia 2008 south africa 2010 australia 2011 thats a seriously long string of failures. if you take away the easier runs scored on the flatter wickets of india/pakistan/bongladesh and the cheap runs scored against mediocre teams like new zealand, west indies, he is flat out mediocre: Link batting average 41.51. he basically had just three good series in 12 years of test cricket away from home against good bowling attacks - in england 2002, in australia 2004 (without mcgrath and warne), in england 2011. since 2006, he is averaging just 30.85 away from home against the good bowling attacks. abysmal. think of those numbers the next time you masturbate to your 40 year old hero. All the series you have mentioned, he has done poorly. But it would be too harsh upon him to exclude his great performances as well. 2001 BG series was one of the best attacks and he did magically well. similarly, 1997 WI tour, he and Sachin were the stand out performers.
Manny_Pacquiao Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 All the series you have mentioned' date=' he has done poorly. But it would be too harsh upon him to exclude his great performances as well. 2001 BG series was one of the best attacks and he did magically well. similarly, 1997 WI tour, he and Sachin were the stand out performers.[/quote'] if you play 300 test innings, you will have some successes along the way. my point: he has consistently underperformed in test series away from home against the 4 best bowling attacks of our time. the fact that you could only cherry pick 4 or 5 test series out of a massive sample size only strengthens my argument. he has had a lot more failures than successes. you can include all the innings he played away from home against those teams if you like: Link his batting average is still only 43.21 - slight improvement on the 41.51, but nothing outstanding.
vamos_rafa Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 if you play 300 test innings, you will have some successes along the way. my point: he has consistently underperformed in test series away from home against the 4 best bowling attacks of our time. the fact that you could only cherry pick 4 or 5 test series out of a massive sample size only strengthens my argument. he has had a lot more failures than successes. you can include all the innings he played away from home against those teams if you like: Link his batting average is still only 43.21 - slight improvement on the 41.51, but nothing outstanding. I am simply trying to say that he has fared well when needed as well. You talked about the 2001 SA series, he helped us save a test match there. Yes, he has failed on all the above tours but to say that he has been an ordinary player would be an exagerration.
Manny_Pacquiao Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 I am simply trying to say that he has fared well when needed as well. You talked about the 2001 SA series' date=' he helped us save a test match there. Yes, he has failed on all the above tours but to say that he has been an ordinary player would be an exagerration.[/quote'] when did i call him an ordinary player??? he is an all time great of indian cricket, thats obvious. but whats not as obvious to the indian public and the media is how consistently mediocre this guy has been away from home. a handful of good series away from home and a long string of failures against the 4 best bowling attacks of his era. its amazing how ppl's perceptions are completely different. the other guy i replied to was saying he was arguably india's greatest ever batsman ...that's a ****ing ridiculous comment with no basis whatsoever. overrated player would be more appropriate.
TheWall Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Wickets are bound to be lost' date=' batsmen are bound to get bowled every now and then, but a century does not just happen, it takes doing. like the loooooooooooooooong 100th one....
Needforspeed Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 We know with walls...once the large cracks appear, its only a matter of time before the wall crumples. All good things must end. Lets bid goodbye to a great cricketer and a gentleman. :hatsoff::hatsoff:
rkt.india Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 He missed a straight delivery today, played the wrong line.
CG Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 but its true. these are the best bowling attacks he has faced in this decade: australia 1999 south africa 2001 australia 2004/05 at home south africa 2006 england 2007 australia 2008 south africa 2010 australia 2011 thats a seriously long string of failures. if you take away the easier runs scored on the flatter wickets of india/pakistan/bongladesh and the cheap runs scored against mediocre teams like new zealand, west indies, he is flat out mediocre: Link batting average 41.51. he basically had just three good series in 12 years of test cricket away from home against good bowling attacks - in england 2002, in australia 2004 (without mcgrath and warne), in england 2011. since 2006, he is averaging just 30.85 away from home against the good bowling attacks. abysmal. Link 2 think of those numbers the next time you masturbate to your 40 year old hero. His 90 at perth in first innings was one of the reasons we won the test in 2008 australia tour. He played useful knocks in england 2007 where no batsman from either side got a century,But fact is in most wins abroad he has been a major contributer .
TheWall Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 At least Dravid plays for the team not for the record...
achilles Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 I don't see how it undoes all the games he has saved and won us. Also, I don't see sarcastic threads like this congratulating Sachin for winning a grand total of some 10 odd test matches for us of the 187 he has played.
bear23 Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Hopefully Pujara is fit for the next series. Its pack up time for Mr. Dravid.
Bublu Bhuyan Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 I don't see how it undoes all the games he has saved and won us. Also' date=' I don't see sarcastic threads like this congratulating Sachin for winning a grand total of some 10 odd test matches for us of the 187 he has played.[/quote'] What's been stated in this thread is a FACT! What you are stating is nothing but a lame attempt at applying balm on your wounds. Don't worry, your hero will be booted out after this series if he refuses to quit (which he should have years ago).
CG Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 What's been stated in this thread is a FACT! What you are stating is nothing but a lame attempt at applying balm on your wounds. Don't worry, your hero will be booted out after this series if he refuses to quit (which he should have years ago). More of Twisiting facts than actual facts.
Bublu Bhuyan Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 More of Twisiting facts than actual facts. Which part of the fact was twisted by the thread starter? Here's what he wrote - Congrates dravid made new test cricket world record to get boweled highest 54times passing the allan border had 53 times Lol It's you who's flowing with the excuses, unable to take it.
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