Sardu Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 wow....sardu writes like we jus insulted his mother... sorry man... Man..don't go so far.. and so quick!! And did u realize that by writing this, you are .actually, defaming your whole family. Isn't this just showing the values you have learnt... or you have been taught. If you can't respect others please don't insult because you are not alone in this world who can use "These" words. I think you will understand the feeling!! By default, I consider you, like my brother and friend so.. no harsh feelings/words. Kind Regards Sardu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardu Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Thanx Sardu for returning some decency to the Thread dedicated to my Beloved Game... Alone I was waging a hard battle... :wink: Sikh hai veere tou.. ek hi lakho ke baraber hai... Don't worry!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRITICAL singh Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Sikh hai veere tou.. ek hi lakho ke baraber hai... Don't worry!! Oh Yeah !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ideal Singh Posted October 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2003 For the benefit of those who are unfamiliear with CRICKETing Termz.. Duckworth/Lewis Method - for Rain affected Matches... Wisden Cricinfo staff - October 1, 2003 The ICC has announced that an enhanced version of the Duckworth/Lewis system for rain-affected one-day internationals will be introduced from October 3, when South Africa begin their five-match series against Pakistan. Called the Professional Edition, the system has specifically been introduced to ensure fair computation of the target when the team batting first makes an exceptionally high score. "We have always been aware that when the total set by the team batting first is much greater than average, the revised targets and par scores can sometimes seem unrealistic," said Frank Duckworth, one of the inventors of the method. The D/L rule almost spoilt Australia's party in the final of the 2003 World Cup: requiring 360 to win, India were struggling at 145 for 3 after 23 overs when rain threatened, but the D/L charts indicated that India needed only 12 more from the next two overs to be ahead of the target. "We have had the answer to this problem available for use for several years," explained Tony Lewis, the co-inventor. "Using the Professional Edition of the D/L method, India would have been 20 runs behind par – a much fairer reflection of the state of the game. With this system a team aiming at a very high total has to score at much closer to the required rate for most of the chase. This means the tables have to be adjusted to suit the target." The catch is that this adjustment cannot be done manually, and hence the new edition is entirely computerised. The ICC had earlier insisted on a method which could be computed manually, which is why the computerised version could not be introduced earlier. David Richardson, the ICC's General Manager – Cricket, indicated his satisfaction with the improved version: "The ICC believes that this change ensures that the system is now more accurate in setting targets in high-scoring matches. Teams and media will still receive sheets outlining the par score at the interval and after any subsequent rain delays and, where the facilities permit, scoreboards will also show the par score." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ideal Singh Posted October 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 This is cool Cricket Ticker for Free http://www.borange.co.uk/cricticker.htm Enjoy!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ideal Singh Posted April 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Lara's 400 not out April 13, 2004 Brian Lara: "A man of the people this time" © Touchline It shouldn't have had to come to this. As breathtaking as this record-plastered innings of 400 was for the cricket world, Brian Charles Lara should have been able to soak up the magnificence of his performance without the bitter taste of circumstances burning the back of his throat. It should never have been an onslaught from a man so besieged by calls for his resignation as captain that it seemed that his battle was never primarily against England, but against those surrounding him with their steely knives. True, West Indies had been dragged through a harrowing 3-0 series by England. True, the fourth and final Test at the Antigua Recreation Ground would only decide if it would be the ignominy of a first whitewash on home soil. True, in Barbados the team had sunk to yet another of the two-figure totals that were becoming a little too familiar after the 47 all out at Sabina Park in the first Test. True, manager Ricky Skerritt had submitted his resignation after the second bout of misery at Queen's Park Oval, citing his inability to impress on team members their role and responsibility as West Indian cricketers. True, Lara as captain of this joyless bunch had some measure of responsibility for the team. But the calls for his resignation were vicious, uninformed and totally devoid of rationality. Media commentators who should know better singled him out for malicious comments, calling him a coward for not batting at his normal position at Queen's Park Oval, when his whole career has been a testament to his mental toughness and fearlessness. Not one could offer a single reason for his removal, except on the principle of vicarious responsibility. It had happened to him before, when he was just 21 and captaining Trinidad & Tobago in the Red Stripe Cup. He had been blamed and fired after the side lost. "It didn't mean I lacked the qualities needed to be the captain," he wrote, adding that the experience of being sacked "after only one season scarred me deeply". He has matured considerably since then, although when he resumed the captaincy the West Indian team was still floundering along without any substantial attempts to improve performance. Quick-fix measures had the effect of using bandaids to staunch a haemorrhage. Chop and change, change and chop seemed the only known variations and so, in a hopeless parade of personnel that led to an alarming casualty list of West Indies players and former cricketers, cricket administrators seemed more like wolves leading lambs to the slaughter. Ever since the debacle when Richie Richardson elbowed Desmond Haynes out for the captaincy, it has been a series of short terms: Courtney Walsh, Brian Lara, Jimmy Adams, Carl Hooper, and now Lara again. So many players have passed through the team in the last ten years that more have been capped in that period than in first 50 years of Caribbean Test cricket. We can't avoid seeing the weaknesses of the players, but the West Indies Cricket Board's approach has been tantamount to criminal negligence. No investment has been made in any substantive nurturing programmes. A player with a problem is cast aside, ruined, without any attempt to rehabilitate, or guide. The players of today are generally of the same breed as most of their age group (their average age seems much lower than it was); to chop and change allows none of them the chance to develop. Lara had climbed his learning curve in the stormy years since his 375 in 1994. His time had come. Anyone watching Lara return as captain could see the reincarnation. This was a different leader, one with more maturity, a greater nurturing instinct, a sharper sense of strategy, and a greater respect for the power of the post. He was not captain this time because it was the biggest job on the block; he accepted the position because he understood how central he was to the rebuilding process. West Indian people understand that. Early on Easter Monday, when Lara resumed at 313, one placard read "OUR WOUNDS ARE HEALED." It was not just about avoiding the whitewash, it was about restoring something of the dignity that cricket has brought to the West Indian citizenry. Only a man of Lara's stature could do it. It was clear too that for Lara, this game had laid something personal at stake. His demeanour was that of a man determined to put his naysayers to the sword. When he reached his first century, not even the shadow of a smile crossed his countenance: rather it was a grim look that said, "Take that." When he reached his second century, it was the same, and it was only when he reached his third that it was clear he knew he had cleared the bad blood, and was ready to reaffirm his allegiance to the crest on his helmet. It was a turning point for many West Indian watchers who had turned away, not from their love for West Indies cricket, but from the shame of watching it ground into the dust under the well-polished heels of old boys who care little for its development, and more for what it can do for their power and prestige. It was a moment when he signalled that they could come home again. And they did. And so it was that on the morning of the 400, the distant memory of the boyish figure kissing that same ground ten years before was replaced by the image of the new leader - a man of the people this time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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