posted Dec 7, 2007

SuperKanga, probably a disgruntled Aussie, has stooped so low, he can now only bite the dust after Murali broke the record. While you are at it, why don't you also comment on how many wickets were taken by Warne during the period he was using performance enhancing drugs which his Mama gave him.

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posted Dec 7, 2007

Have to say though that though Murali has overtaken Shance Warne in wickets I still rate Warne higher. He worked batsman out with subtle varitions whereas Murali relies on the "magic" big spinning delivery.

Mybe I'm biased though as Im a legspinner

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posted Dec 7, 2007

“A SAD DAY FOR CRICKET” is indeed a fitting heading for this particular topic. Cricket has always been a gentleman’s game and loved by fans around the world, notwithstanding the socioeconomic background of nations – poorest of the poor and those in wealthy countries. In majority of the British Commonwealth countries, cricket is revered as high as a religion – especially in Asia where Muttiah Muralitharan (Murali) the world famous right-arm off break bowler comes from. His recent achievement as the world’s highest wicket taker and best bowler in world rankings are well-earned awards and cannot be challenged by any sane individual.
However, some Aussies seem to be very distressed by the fact that they were won by Murali an Asian and taken away from the “World’s Best Team”. SuperKanga who has compiled the critique “A SAD DAY FOR CRICKET” is either ill-informed or plain naive to have displayed such lack of appreciation of those achievements; when the cricketing world has accepted Murali as the best in his specialty. SuperKanga is clowning himself by making cheap statements to the effect such as “level playing fields”, “Murali having forced the rule makers to change laws” etc. are nothing but "sour grapes” of sort.
One may wonder if the previous "holder" and I quote not the “owner” of this prestigious position Mr. Shane Warne; or for that matter Australians would have appreciated it, if one is to comment about Mr. Warne’s historical background, when it comes to sincerity and the integrity as a player of the noble game of cricket. Mr. Warne’s “bagging” record of 708 wickets may be a questionable achievement when he was caught using performance enhancing drugs and banned from taking part in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa. Mr. Warne was also once fined for alleged match fixing by the Australian Cricket Board. Were those issues raised when Mr. Warne was named as a champion wicket taker? The answer is No! That is, simply because they were non-issues that had been resolved entirely on a different platform. Why this claptrap happens now, when Murali defeats Warne? I would leave that to the imagination of the enlightened readers.

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posted Dec 9, 2007

murli never was great bowler and never will be

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posted Dec 9, 2007

The ICC decided to set an elbow extension limit. This was 10 degrees for fast bowlers, 7.5 degrees for medium pacers, and 5 degrees for spin bowlers.

it is only for murli extended to 15 degree why

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posted Dec 10, 2007

Thechosenone

There has been oppposed views quite forceably put by a lot of people on this topic and under other threads. For you to come up with your two brief statements now shows that you must be a complete idiot - the chosenone indeed.

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posted Dec 10, 2007

Christkay, you are absolutely correct. I really admire your comments. A sad day for cricket - who created this topic, must go to see psychiatrist.

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posted Dec 17, 2007

I've heard comments about being a legspinner, off-break bowler etc etc. Quite frankly it's all nonsense as they and others like SLA, googly bowler, chinaman etc are just labels that have been used to describe types of bowling and they are confusing to many.
Regardless of being right or left handed spin bowlers are either "finger spinners" or "wrist spinners" Murali, like Warne, is a wrist spinner. Neither of them in my opinion have saddened the game of cricket. People should be grateful to have been alive and seen both of them.

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posted Nov 4, 2008

The game of Cricket has been evolving as has the World. Who makes the rules now and who made the rules centuries ago.


There there. is Murali action controversial or genuine

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posted Nov 5, 2008

Why resurrect a post that is nearly a year old?

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