Batsmen must stay positive
by Ravi Prasad on Nov 15, 2006 05:58 PM Permalink | Hide replies

Well,Amre means well and is being polite but the fact of the matter is that our track record is dismal in SA
Not just that,the form and fitness of our batsman in particular leaves much to be desired.With Kumble and Zaheer back in the attack and with Ajit,Irfan,Munaf and Bhajji as back -up the bowling is the least of our worries

Amre seems to have forgotten Kallis who can be quite a handful not to mention Nel in SA conditions.

Unless the batsman bat well and long and give SA batsman a stiff target our bowlers will try to defend rather than bowl out the opponents.

Let us pray for our Poster boys whose heroics in ad films is converted into performance on the field.

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RE:Batsmen must stay positive
by anoop sonny on Nov 15, 2006 07:38 PM Permalink
Hello Mr Vijay Praveen Amre did score a centyury on debut and it was in south africa in 1992 Please read properly

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RE:Batsmen must stay positive
by Girish on Nov 15, 2006 08:43 PM Permalink
He made a century in 1991-92 series against SA and not in 96. He was not even in the team for 1996 series which we lost miserably.

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RE:Batsmen must stay positive
by veda on Nov 15, 2006 11:38 PM Permalink
Amre scored the century in 1992 series of SA - In his debut match. It was not in India. SA toured India early that year. India toured SA the same year (Nov). That was also the series when Kumble came to limelight.

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RE:Batsmen must stay positive
by Girish on Nov 16, 2006 04:19 AM Permalink
On November 15, exactly 14 years ago.. is Not 1996.. .. 1992.. Do some research before commenting,..

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/engine/match/63586.html

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ind ia/content/player/26238.html

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RE:Batsmen must stay positive
by Praveen on Nov 15, 2006 08:11 PM Permalink
Mr. Vijay,

If you dont remeber pravin amre scoring century..that does change the history...in fact he did score 103.. Here is full detail..

PK Amre c Rhodes b McMillan 103 374 299 11 0

Please check facts b4 making any comments...and making a fool out of yourself.

Praveen

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RE:Batsmen must stay positive
by Sandeep on Nov 16, 2006 10:54 AM Permalink
Mr. Vijay,
Amre toured in 1992 and not in 96..dravid was not even in the picture at that time ..

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RE:Batsmen must stay positive
by suhas on Nov 16, 2006 09:42 AM Permalink
Amre did score the century against SA in his debut match in SA. In fact he went ahead to score a 50 in his debut ODI in SA. He is only one (in the world) to score 100 in tests and 50 in ODI on debut. This was in 1992.
Rahul dravid scored 148 in 1999 tour.

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RE:Batsmen must stay positive
by ST on Nov 15, 2006 08:59 PM Permalink
guy,

you are refering to the wrong test.
praveen amre was in the team in the tour of 1992. that was Rahul Dravid was not in the team then.

In 1996, Dravid was in the team.

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amre did score a century
by subhra on Nov 16, 2006 11:49 AM Permalink
praveen amre did score a century in 1992, Rahul Dravid was not even in the Indian team at that time.
That match was ajay jadeja's debut too.

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RE:Batsmen must stay positive
by Avijeet on Nov 16, 2006 01:47 PM Permalink
Amre did score in his first match and that was a long time back in the 92-93 season...

Rahul Dravid was not even there in the team.

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