Cricket World Ratings : Best oneday innings ever u see

Author: SriramSubject: Best oneday innings ever u seePosted: 09 March 2008 at 7:13pmTendulkar's 98 against Pakistan in 2003 WC. It's a great knock by Little Master. One of the best entertainers

Cricket World Ratings : Vettori

Author: The TykeSubject: VettoriPosted: 10 March 2008 at 9:38amOriginally posted by eddyc_solidhe would still make the nz team for his batting even if his bowling was crap,great future captain  Pretty good prediction here. I reckon he'll make a great captain but for now, I think he'll settle for being a good captain.

steve's expensive balls

Steve Harmison is searching for the million dollar ball

Sounds like a reality show for the search for the perfect porn star.

Harmison is odd.

This is not a new revelation.

If he were born in a country with a consistently good cricket team that had a plethora of talented bowlers, he would probably not be playing international cricket.

Unfortunately these things do not exist in England.

They know he is a problem child, they know he is unpredictable, but deep down they know that if he were up and firing, he could be anything.

But potential is an uglier word than monogamy.

Steve is now either working his way towards an IPL contract, or he is trying to find the solid copper peanut inside his head.

Drastic action needs to be taken with him, without big brother Freddy around, he looks like a goat without its herder.

I suggest he forgets about this tour of New Zealand, hop on a boat for Mexico, go out to the desert and take a hat full of peyote.

Then he can run naked with the coyotes, play football with the locals and drink Cervasa with a pretty little senorita.

Then when his mind is somewhat closer to normal he can decide whether International Cricket is a beast he wishes to slay, or whether he will go to the IPL and collect his superannuation early.www.cricketwithballs.com "Sign our David Hussey petition"

the other unwritten memo

Recently I wrote a memo on behalf of Cricket Australia.

Apparently it was "a real crappy post by my standards" (technically I have no standards) and by writing it I became a "fu(king moron" and that was because I am a left wing artist from Melbourne.

Now the PCB in the guise of wellpitched.com has responded.

Feel free to wander over there and read their article.www.cricketwithballs.com "Sign our David Hussey petition"

Sportsfreak joins the chorus

Sportsfreak agree with me, so I posted this.

Lost amongst the allegations of racial abuse, taunts, and bowlers pontificating towards the dressing rooms, one of the most disappointing aspects of the recent Indian tour of Australia has been the steep and very obvious decline of the Channel Nine commentary team.

Once the pinnacle of cricket broadcasting (and some may say broadcasting in any sport), this outfit has become more embarrassing by the year. And during the 2007/8 series, they finally reached their collective nadir.

It is a sad sight when any public figure loses the plot. However, when an entire commentary team simultaneously submerges itself in a sea of drivel, questions need to be asked.

Tony Greig, the South African/English/Australian consistently recognised as one of cricket’s biggest ever mercenaries, is many years past his best before date (if indeed he ever had one). His place in the commentary box came compliments of a thank you from the late Kerry Packer for all his work during the World Series Cricket years. Now that Kerry has departed this mortal coil, it is time that Greig’s commentary career suffered a similar fate.

His condescending attitude has steadily worsened over the years, which is no mean feat â€" this is from the man who used to describe Gundappa Viswanath as “Little Vishy”, as if he was a five year old referring to his pet goldfish.

As far as Bill Lawry goes, his commentaries have declined into a state of borderline senility. His bizarre ranting during the 20/20 game at the MCG was the effort of an elderly man, who, in a state of dementia, had reverted back to his preschool years. It was a thorough embarrassment watching a grown man whooping it up like he had just won lotto.

A couple of years ago, Mark Nicholas was a very good front man. He had the ability to temper some of the jingoistic Australian twaddle with a level-headed approach that lent the Channel Nine team some credibility. But, as the crew at Cricket with Art rightly point out, he appears to have fallen victim to Stockholm Syndrome, and any sense of balance has been beaten out of him by his captors.

The new breed of Taylor, Healy and Slater have now been on board for a few seasons. Taylor and Healy are very ordinary at best, seemingly there as a result of their efforts to be so pro-Australian that the others pale in comparison. Slater looked to have plenty of potential a couple of years ago, but has not progressed thanks to the team of donkeys around him. All too often he is heard sniggering like a primary school girl at the back of the box as a result of some in-joke between he and Taylor that nobody else is allowed in on. Must have had some rude words in them. When Gilly arrives, he is surely gone.

Ian Chappell is, was and always has been a commentary enigma. He, of all the Channel Nine crew, is the most likely to provide the best technical analysis â€" he is also capable of pointing out something so thought provoking that it will stop the viewer in their tracks. However, this is tempered by snide remarks usually directed at anybody playing Australia. The smarmy delivery does not make for easy listening, and at times over the last few seasons it almost appears as though he is getting bored with it all. The ignoring of Tendulkar is just plain sour grapes.

And of course last, but not least, there is Richie.

Long regarded as the doyen of TV cricket commentators, the once great Richie Benaud has gone on two seasons too long. His time on the microphone has been drastically reduced, yet when he DOES appear, he is reduced to corny one liners in a “really guys, I am very funny” method. If further proof was needed, his display in the Symonds vs Streaker episode was particularly unamusing.

Mind you, everyone else in the commentary box thought Richie was hilaaaaaarious. Course they did. He is, after all, their Godfather.www.cricketwithballs.com "Sign our David Hussey petition"

Onedayers are great

Harbhajan thinks this one day victory over Australia was sweeter than winning the 2001 series.

I'm not sure if Bhaji is a weed, but he is surely smoking some.

2001 was arguably the best three test series of all time.

It had great innings, dominant performances and one of the best comebacks ever.

This one day series had none of that.

Other than some more boring comments off and on the field and some interesting Lee VS Tendulkar action the series was quite dull.

It was good to see bowlers dominate, but when the happened it was more slow steady grinding by the bowlers, rather than sudden ground shattering collapses.

I mean its not as if a team got bowled out for 58, and another one passed it 9 wickets down.

Neither of the finals were particularly close, and it rained for most of the time.

Harbhajan may have had a hard time this tour, and for him this was a release, but in terms of cricket and importance this was a mole on the buttock of a walrus.

Let's not get carried away Bhaji, like I mentioned before, the England won this tournament last year.www.cricketwithballs.com "Sign our David Hussey petition"

the poms get crushed by the kiwis

This is the same New Zealand that forgot to tour South Africa, isn’t it?

The same England who, um, beat someone somewhere once.

Getting bowled out for 110 in the 4th innings after humbling New Zealand in their second dig, is like waking up with a rash after a really good night.

I can’t really comment any further on this game, as it probably doesn’t deserve it.

The England look really ordinary, I now predict a six nil white wash for NZ.

Unless they lose some tests and then the six nil will be hard to complete.www.cricketwithballs.com "Sign our David Hussey petition"