posted Nov 21, 2008

YorkshireTaff

Welcome to the Forum. I am new too - my 1st message appeared yesterday.

I understand the blame / excuse game that we have here, and don't support it. But I am trying to be bipartisan. Cricket has become a big business, and hence, very political.

To me - BCCI = greed; ECB = Ego, CA = Opportunist. The rest are too small to have a significant influence. As I said earlier, the existence of ICL (and EPL) could be very beneficial for cricket. But, BCCI, and hence, ICC are not letting it happen.

In the US, there is NFL. Not too far back, a new league USFL was launched. Guess what? Using the same tactics that BCCI is using, NFL killed USFL. So, nothing new when it comes to money and power.

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posted Nov 21, 2008

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posted Nov 21, 2008

Too much analysis leads to Paralysis. 43 runs needed in 9 overs less than the scored run rate plus BATTING POWER PLAY of 4 overs remaining; I don't see how england would have won no matter who or which team bowled slowly. If lighting was available; 4 overs of powerplay alone would have fetched 30+ runs. Have Coffee or beer and chill guys. Its Friday-weekend.

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posted Nov 21, 2008

Take a chill pill guys. MSD and his team are professionals. 43 runs needed in 9 overs ; actually it was 47 needed in 11 overs with 4 overs of ":BATTING POWERPLAY" yet to be taken. They even refused singles in last 2 overs to ensure that wicket was not lost. secured the game first. As what MSD said after the game; his objective was to secure gfame and if they had lost a wicket; they would have taken powerplay. Powerplay alone would have yielded 30 runs. Importantly MSD hinted after the toss; he would have fielded if he would have won the toss; knowing fully well that D/L would come into play. They played to a plan of staying much ahead of required run rate for D/L and maybe lost 5 wickets. Indian won it squarely. chances of england winning were maybe 10 % . Yet England did play well in 3rd ODI compoared to initial 2 ODIs.

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posted Nov 21, 2008

idiots organized and even more idiots agreed to play....and more idiots watch and just cannot digest..where do we go from here...By the way what does idiot mean !

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posted Nov 21, 2008

have questions
1. flood lights.. why not use them. i mean is flood lights bad, cause of shadows that ppl reluctant to use it?
2. cant they just come back next day and finish the remaining 10 overs (its not like they are all busy in other 'meetings')

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posted Nov 21, 2008

In history of Cricket D/L has been used for the result. Organisers have to comply with ICC regulation.

India were in control of match....so please stop excuses.

How often we see matches are affected in England due to bad weather.

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posted Nov 22, 2008

The third ODI is played according to rules.Umpires decided to reduce one over for 45 minutes delay,no change in lunch timings etc. There is no rule to apply commonsense.Even if Steve Bucknor were to umpire this match, the result would have been same. England lost fair and square. With the same rules they won few matches by D/L method.
The point is now, why the players and british media is whining now?

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posted Nov 22, 2008

The answer is no-one is 'whining' about the result.

Questions are being asked of the schedule and planning that meant a full match was never going to be played.

Don't be fooled into thinking the result is why these questions are being asked. The media and people here in England like nothing better than to complain about England. Had England won by D/L there would be more outrage, the media are only happy when England lose.

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posted Nov 22, 2008

Even with floodlights on, england might have lost the match with many overs left. The rules are clear and they lost the match.They should stop cribbing and get on with preparation of next match.

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