posted Dec 4, 2008

ANYWAY I DONT WANT TO STRAY FROM THE POINT THAT 20/20CRICKET IS HERE TO STAY.YOU GUYS HAVE TO START EMBRACING IT FOR WHAT IT IS .IT'S THE SHORTEST VERSION OF CRICKET,NOT BASEBALL IT CANT BE BOTH.PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAPS AND TAKE YOUR NOSES OUT OF YOU KNOW WHERE

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posted Dec 4, 2008

No problems here...We should ignore this &*&%% and continue with the discussion.
Here....my post again (below)!!!

It is right for SL players to opt out as they had signed to play for IPL before ECB cancel it’s Zim tour. Just because ECB wanted some team to get their match practice for their all-important Ashes, I don’t think any team should be prepared to drop their plans & come wagging their tails. Cricket boards may want to, but players may not.

Different things motivate people. At certain times, while some players pee in their pants & ask to cancel their tours when a bomb goes off, another team might agree to continue a tour. If players can opt out quoting security reasons, why not they have the say when this kind of odd jobs comes their way?

Be happy for the fact that you did not have to play SL before your sacred Ashes. If you had to, there wouldn’t be any confidence left in the team to face the Oz. But then again it won’t make a difference anyway.

If cricket is suffering, and we are looking for the culprit, I would start with the idi8t who brought 20/20 (baseball cricket) format to the game!

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posted Dec 4, 2008

Also keeping in mind that this discussion is not solely (come to think of it hardly) about 20/20...The discussion topic is at the top of this screen!

Adam, you OK buddy? (My intallectual buddy by the name.)

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posted Dec 4, 2008

AGAIN I LOVE CRICKET AND WOULD NOT LIKE BASEBALL FANS TO CALL CRICKET A "crazy type of baseball" SO WE AS CRICKET LOVERS SHOULD SHOW RESPECT FOR THE SPORT OF BASEBALL.20/20 CRICKET HAS NO RULES WHATSOEVER SIMILAR TO BASEBALL BUT ONTHE OTHERHAND HAVE ALMOST ALL THE RULES OF TEST AND ODI

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posted Dec 4, 2008

If Pakistan was requested to confirm English tour, then i would have been very interested to see the battle between England and Pakistan. Nevertheless, West Indies still remains good team with an addition of Chanderpaul, Gayle, Sarwan, Bravo and Taylor.

Anyways, isn't it true that Chanderpaul, Bravo, Gayle and Sarwan have contract with IPL and were allowed to participate by West Board? If that's case, then West Indies vs England won't be interesting. I really hate IPL, but sadly, it's killing the cricket and nothing we can do about it. Although, i like T20 if given bowling condition pitch to enjoy. Otherwise, it's murder for the bowlers in flat track, that too in T20? This doesn't get better!

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posted Dec 5, 2008

It would be better preparation for the Ashes if they played a third Test rather than three pretty meaningless ODIs. Is it too late to change this?

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posted Dec 5, 2008

"Anyways, isn't it true that Chanderpaul, Bravo, Gayle and Sarwan have contract with IPL and were allowed to participate by West Board? If that's case, then West Indies vs England won't be interesting."

Chanderpaul, Gayle and Sarwan all became dollar millionaires thru the Stanford competition. I can't see them showing a preference for IPL over the England tour, IMHO, as a result....

I can't say the same for Bravo, though. He missed out on the Stanford payday.

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posted Dec 5, 2008

"Chanderpaul, Gayle and Sarwan all became dollar millionaires thru the Stanford competition. I can't see them showing a preference for IPL over the England tour, IMHO, as a result...."

Well, you never know. IPL makes people wonder>

I heard a rumour that ECB is currently signing deal with PCB to make sure provided four to five test in England 2010, in replacement of West Indies. That's what i heard. Sadly, bad news for West Indies, as should have been given more than three test. But West Indies has to work hard to make sure that impression in Test field should be given positive to attract more viewers, spectators!

Any chance England was supposed to tour in Pakistan for next two years? I know it's pointless to bring this point, but just keen to know!

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posted Dec 5, 2008

Actually, the WI are only playing two Tests next year!

But on the IPL, we can only wait and see....

However, given the usual public airing of pay disputes in the Caribbean, if it was an issue, I'm sure it would've hit the news already.

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