daryl1985 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Going to watch until lunch. Have a really long day at work tomorrow and am planning to work through to tea time on Day 2 so will probably go to sleep after Lunch tonight. Link to comment
NareshK Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 This whole series has been bad for my sleep. Even if I dont turn on the tv in the morning, I still get anxious about how the team is doing. So I get up from bed to check the score and typically start the day with a bad mood after yet another disappointing performance. But its impossible for me not to follow Indian cricket irrespective of how they perform. I've been watching Indian cricket since I was a kid and will probably continue to do so for the rest of my life. Its in my DNA. Link to comment
Crookbond Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Cricketers who announced their retirements during series http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/550380.html Stuart MacGill The mercurial Australia legspinner MacGill actually announced his retirement mid-Test - during the second one against West Indies in Antigua in June 2008. MacGill had overslept and missed the team bus on the second day, for which he was fined by his team-mates, but that wasn't why he retired - he had realised that a succession of injuries had reduced his effectiveness. It was a disappointing end for MacGill, who had only just rid himself of the giant shadow of the retired Shane Warne, with whom he had competed for a place almost throughout his career. MacGill still took 208 Test wickets at 29.02, and recently - like Warne - made a good start to a playing comeback in Australia's 20-over Big Bash. Nasser Hussain Hussain called it a day after hitting the winning runs for England in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's in 2004, a match in which Andrew Strauss announced his arrival with 112 in the first innings of his Test debut (and 83 in the second before Hussain ran him out). Strauss had played only because the regular captain, Michael Vaughan, had injured his knee, and Hussain knew someone would have to go when Vaughan was fit again: he decided it would be him, even though he was in sight of a century of Test caps (he finished with 96). Hussain said: "Age was catching up with me in my body and my mind, and the fire in my stomach was deteriorating. I was willing to fight that and the opposition, but not to fight against youth, in the form of Andrew Strauss and others." Nathan Astle Arguably New Zealand's best one-day batsman, Astle looked set for another tilt at the World Cup when he suddenly retired in the middle of the Australian one-day tri-series in January 2007. Astle, who also played 81 Tests, said: "I have been fighting this day for about eight months. I so desperately wanted to go to my fourth World Cup, but deep down inside I knew that I was lacking motivation and the enjoyment levels were just not there." Muttiah Muralitharan The great Sri Lanka offspinner set himself a stiff target by announcing, before the first Test against India in Galle in July 2010, that it would be his last one - this despite starting it with 792 wickets. That meant he needed eight to finish with 800, and everything looked on course when he took five in the first innings. But things proved harder when India batted again, and when the last pair came together, Murali was stuck on 799. Several agonising overs followed - during which the man himself narrowly missed a run-out that would have left him stranded forever, barring a change of heart - but finally Murali had Pragyan Ojha caught at slip. So he finished with a round 800 - and Sri Lanka went on to win the match. However, they have not won many since! WG Grace A 19th-century Ashes Test without Grace was almost unthinkable, and he played on until he was past 50. During the first Test against Australia at Trent Bridge in 1899, though, the great man's lack of mobility in the field was obvious: after some catcalls from the crowd, he was forced to admit that "the ground was getting too far away". After the match, he told his team-mate, the Hon FS Jackson, "It's all over Jacker, I shan't play again." And WG never did play another Test, although he continued in first-class cricket for several more years. Tom Graveney An unusual one this, in that Graveney's 79-Test career ended when he played in his own benefit match, on the rest day of the first Test against West Indies at Old Trafford in 1969. Graveney had been warned not to risk injury by taking part, but felt he had to show up and play, to reward those supporting him. Officially he only received a three-match ban - but Graveney, who turned 42 during the Test in question, knew he was effectively retiring, as he was unlikely to be asked to play for England again. And he wasn't. Jack Gregory Gregory was one of cricket's greatest stars immediately after the First World War - a high-stepping, ferociously fast bowler, and a big hitter, whose 70-minute century against South Africa in Johannesburg in November 1921 remains the fastest in Tests when assessed by time. "His skill and his power were as unpredictable as a thunderstorm or a nuclear explosion," enthused Neville Cardus in Wisden. By 1928-29, though, the power was waning a little, and it fizzled out entirely when Gregory badly injured his knee while bowling in the first Test against England, in Brisbane, which the tourists went on to win by the little matter of 675 runs. Knowing he could no longer bowl fast, Gregory retired. Michael Vaughan A sublime batsman to watch at his best, Vaughan captained England in 51 of his 82 Tests, including the unforgettable Ashes series of 2005. Despite a succession of chronic knee injuries, he was desperate for another crack at the Aussies in 2009, but gradually it became obvious that the joint was not up to the task. Vaughan admitted defeat in the middle of the 2008 season: "I wanted to give it one last hard effort to get into the Ashes squad," he lamented, "but I haven't been playing well enough and my body hasn't been holding up." Anil Kumble After 132 Tests for India, Kumble called it a day after the third of four Tests against Australia late in 2008. He'd already missed the second Test with a finger injury, and he picked up another one in his final match in Delhi, the venue of his ten-for in 1999. "The body was asking questions every day," said Kumble, who had just turned 38. "It was not easy to keep bowling the way I have been bowling the last 18 years, to keep going." Damien Martyn It took the stylish Western Australia batsman Martyn a long time to be forgiven for supposedly causing Australia's shock defeat against South Africa in Sydney in January 1994 with an irresponsible shot - it was only his seventh Test, and he didn't play another one for six years. His end was even more sudden: he disappeared from public view after the second Test of the 2006-07 Ashes tour - Australia's remarkable comeback win in Adelaide, which gave them a 2-0 series lead on the way to a stunning 5-0 whitewash - and shortly afterwards announced his retirement. "It's time for me to move aside," said Martyn, who had been in indifferent form. "I have enjoyed everything the game has given me. I have gained from it more than I could have ever imagined." Shahid Afridi It's rather difficult to keep track of all of Afridi's retirements, but he does seem to be firmly retired from Test cricket now. He actually called a halt in 2006, before being tempted back by the captaincy in England in 2010 - but that lasted only one match, a big defeat against Australia at Lord's, before Afridi retired again after a couple of irresponsible shots. "With my temperament I can't play Test cricket," he admitted. "A captain should lead by example, which I did not. And if I played the way I played in this match it is better to leave." Link to comment
Old guy Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 This whole series has been bad for my sleep. Even if I dont turn on the tv in the morning, I still get anxious about how the team is doing. So I get up from bed to check the score and typically start the day with a bad mood after yet another disappointing performance. But its impossible for me not to follow Indian cricket irrespective of how they perform. I've been watching Indian cricket since I was a kid and will probably continue to do so for the rest of my life. Its in my DNA. this :(( Link to comment
asterix Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Will be checking scores on Cricinfo app. Can't be bothered to watch live. Link to comment
daryl1985 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 This whole series has been bad for my sleep. Even if I dont turn on the tv in the morning' date= I still get anxious about how the team is doing. So I get up from bed to check the score and typically start the day with a bad mood after yet another disappointing performance. But its impossible for me not to follow Indian cricket irrespective of how they perform. I've been watching Indian cricket since I was a kid and will probably continue to do so for the rest of my life. Its in my DNA. So true. Link to comment
bajrang Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 maybe the last match of the trinity.shall be watching it Link to comment
Dravid_TheWall Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 cricinfo and occasionaly watch. I just love watching my team or at least following the game. From our team I like watching Viru, Dravid, Tendulkar, Yadav and ZK currently. Link to comment
Pakistan Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I will watch the first session. Link to comment
BERGKAMP Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I will watch the first season. wow are you the human version of a animal that hibernates through the winter, then gets up in the summer, but you do this for cricket? :hatsoff: Link to comment
bulbul Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I will watch the first season. of Ruswa ?? Link to comment
VRV Singh Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It will be on through the night here. Won't stay up. Will inspect the damage in the morning. Link to comment
chainsmoker1985 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I am not hopeful of Indian team . I just love watching cricket expecially in Australia, so I will wake up and watch Link to comment
Utalk Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It's starts at midnight here and I will be watching till tea time. Warner or Sehwag in full flow is a mouth watering prospect. Link to comment
1983-2011 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It's starts at midnight here and I will be watching till tea time. Warner or Sehwag in full flow is a mouth watering prospect. kya kal kam pe nahi jana:winky: Link to comment
Pagalpanti Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'll get up to see if India are batting. If yeah then will stay up for couple of hours until Australia's turn comes. Link to comment
Utalk Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 kya kal kam pe nahi jana:winky: Kaam woh kya hota hai?? Link to comment
1983-2011 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Kaam woh kya hota hai?? chalo, phir to kuch aur baat hai... Link to comment
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