[MurTuzA]

Originally Posted by nishantdas

4 runs to win off 7 balls with 4 wickets in hand....... easy win right??? not if its windies tail with their bat in hand.... first to go.. courtney browne ..leading edge of ntini well caught at mid-on by nel.... 2 singles of the nxt two balls.... .now just 2 runs needed of 4 balls with 3 wickets in hand.... surely they cant mess it up from here.... oh no they can.... ian bradshaw n darren powel both cleaned up charl langaveldt .. both swinging across the line... n then... corey collimore plumb infront .... SA win by 1 run .. they win the series 3-0.....

langaveldt had 2-62 from 9.2 overs which became 5-62 off 9.5

................and Ian Bradshaw and Courtney Browne are the same two guys who had grabbed victory from the jaws of defeat against England in the ICC Champions Trophy ..........Boy Cricket really is a great leveller.......

Cheers to Cricket

[nishantdas]

Originally Posted by MurTuzA

................and Ian Bradshaw and Courtney Browne are the same two guys who had grabbed victory from the jaws of defeat against England in the ICC Champions Trophy ..........Boy Cricket really is a great leveller.......

Cheers to Cricket

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spot on!!! chris gayle's brilliant 130+ was forgotten 'coz of all this....... n dwayne bravo was the guy standing at non-striker's end having to watch all this..... the poor chap was 21*(19) .... u hav to feel sorry for him.... he must feel like walking alone in the boulevard of broken dreams

[simon]

................and Ian Bradshaw and Courtney Browne are the same two guys who had grabbed victory from the jaws of defeat against England in the ICC Champions Trophy

Absolutely!!.....Thats why I felt reasonably confident when Browne got out to be replaced by Bradshaw....thought he wouldn't crack under presure.....but God!..what an ugly hoick! :huh:

btw, was lucky to catch the last 5 overs of the match live! :smile: ....Back from a late night at office, switch on the TV expecting to see the prize distribution or something and surprise!...28 runs required off 30 balls! ...cool!!...would have hated to miss the conclusion of a nail-biter like this one...:smile:

[shalinshroff]

Hey, this(naming of 30 probables) has got me thinking.. What would the current World -11 look like??


My pick:
For ODIs

1 A Gilchrist
2 V. Sehwag
3 R. Ponting
4 Jacques Kallis
5 Inzamam Ul Haq
6 Damien Martin
7 Andrew Flintoff
8 Shaun Pollock
9 Mc Grath
10 Ntini
11 Murali

What say peeps??

I guess no. 1,2,3,4,5,7,9 should be automatic.. Debatable would be Ntini/Gillespie/Akhtar.
also Murali/warne.. or Damien Martin/Lara/Dravid/Sarvan.. Obv. if its Lara then, order can be changed.

cheers,
shalin..

[dilbert rules]

all in all...a well picked team....
some changes that i see fit are as follows:
warne in place of murali for sure....warne is the ultimate spin bowler.....can help with the bat too...else..if batting is not an issue with a world class lineup anyway..then one all rounder can be sacrificed in order to have both warne and murali...
u rightly did not include sachin...no way he can be there with the current form (read woeful form) he's in at the moment....
sarwan...not following windies cricket for quite some time..so dunno if he fits in....
can we think of having lara in place of inzy...i think so....

[nishantdas]

Originally Posted by shalinshroff

Hey, this(naming of 30 probables) has got me thinking.. What would the current World -11 look like??

I guess no. 1,2,3,4,5,7,9 should be automatic.. Debatable would be Ntini/Gillespie/Akhtar.
also Murali/warne.. or Damien Martin/Lara/Dravid/Sarvan.. Obv. if its Lara then, order can be changed.

cheers,
shalin..

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how abt this one-----------
1)gilchrist.
2)clarke.
3)ponting
4)kallis
5)pieterson.
6)flintoff.
7)symonds
rana naved ......can bowl well at the death too
9)mcgrath.
10)murali .......... 'coz warne has retired from ODIs.
11) ntini/nel.

pieterson, flintoff n symonds can b arranged in any order.......... they'll provide the BIG hitting..... .
picked clarke ahead of sehwag..... viru's not in the best of form in ODIs... clarke did open the batting for aussies in the VB series n had lots of success..... .

kallis can bat as the ancher man at no.4 ...tht shd allow the rest of the team to unleash HELL on the opposition.... .

6 regular bowlers..... clarke n symonds can also chip in if needed......

all excellent fielders..... kallis, clarke n flintoff can b the slippers.... ponting at point... symonds at cover/mid-wicket... no easy singles on offer to the opposition.

[akhil_agrawal]

Originally Posted by nishantdas

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how abt this one-----------
1)gilchrist.
2)clarke.
3)ponting
4)kallis
5)pieterson.
6)flintoff.
7)symonds
rana naved ......can bowl well at the death too
9)mcgrath.
10)murali .......... 'coz warne has retired from ODIs.
11) ntini/nel.

nice team nishant..but i would like to make some replacements keepin in view recent forms of players and other factors...

gayle inplace of clarke..(gayle is in superb form...n he is a gud wicket taker in dire straits)
shoaib malik inplace of pieterson...(i think malik is arguably a better batsmen than kevin..n ya...keep aside the ICC n malik bowling action trouble)

and i would choose....ntini ahead of nel...experience counts...

[nishantdas]

Originally Posted by akhil_agrawal

nice team nishant..but i would like to make some replacements keepin in view recent forms of players and other factors...

gayle inplace of clarke..(gayle is in superb form...n he is a gud wicket taker in dire straits)
shoaib malik inplace of pieterson...(i think malik is arguably a better batsmen than kevin..n ya...keep aside the ICC n malik bowling action trouble)

and i would choose....ntini ahead of nel...experience counts...

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i thought of gayle too .... went for clarke 'coz he's so much better in the field .... he has a great left arm .... n is a much better runner between the wickets.... abt gayle's bowling at death .... i thought mcgrath n rana naved would do the job.. plus clarke n gilly would also give me the l/h r/h combination.

malik is a no.3 .... he's been in great form at no. 3 for pukes..... so to me it was malik vs ponting .... n i went for punter!!!. at 5,6 and 7 i want big hitters.. n pieterson certainly is one... he hits straight n big!!! thts wht i like

ntini vs nel ..... i like nel's energy .... he's a trier... has a big heart... ntini on the other hand ... as u mentioned is more experienced... can b very effective to left handers... i dnt mind either...

[mik]

Smith banned for four matches

http://content.cricinfo.com/wivsa/co...ry/209285.html

nice to see a non asian player being banned

[nishantdas]

Originally Posted by mik

Smith banned for four matches

http://content.cricinfo.com/wivsa/co...ry/209285.html

nice to see a non asian player being banned

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deserves the ban!!! the slower the over-rate ... more i need to stay up late in the night!!!