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Still you doubt for FLUKE?
by Fact on Aug 22, 2007 07:54 PM   Permalink | Hide replies

Still you doubt for FLUKE
It is a fluke; rain saved first match, rain gave advantage in second match

How India wins after 21 years in England
First Advantage
Key players injured
1-Steve Harmison
2-Matthew Hoggard
3-Andrew Flintoff

Second Advantage
Rain
Is any doubt?


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  RE:Still you doubt for FLUKE?
by dashtodash on Aug 22, 2007 10:06 PM   Permalink
Who is responsible for RAIN and ILLNESS of english players??

India have no role in those affairs and Indian team went there to face their best 11, So, dont cut short Indian victory bcoz it was their responsibility to select best 11.....

Why a victory should not be celeberated when all the matches in this series will be counted similar to other TOUGHER series.....

Dont cry and enjoy the game....criticise bad performance but appreciate good show....

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  RE:Still you doubt for FLUKE?
by Nandu R on Aug 22, 2007 10:18 PM   Permalink
You call steve harmison with 37.04 average in the last 12 months of test cricket(13 test matches during that period ) and Matthew Hoggard with 38.35 average in the last 12 months(10 test matches during that period) as key players. What do you call sidebottom who is in the team instead of steve harmison with an average of 25.75 in the same period and tremlett who is in the team instead of matthew hoggard with an average of 29.69. Going by the recent performance and their overall bowling average India would have had upper hand if Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard were in the team instead of Sidebottom and Tremlett.

Please do some research or atleast watch cricket before calling steve harmisson and matthew hoggard as key players. if they are key players then RP Singh and Sreesanth are world class bowlers

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  RE:Still you doubt for FLUKE?
by Bango Khota on Aug 23, 2007 09:43 AM   Permalink
Captancy myth and reality Dravid vs Dada
by Bango Khota on Aug 23, 2007 09:36 AM | Hide replies

Saurav Ganguly
matches captained 147
Matches won 76
Win percentage 51 %

Rahul Dravid
matches captained 73
Matches won 39
Win percentage 53 %

Now tell us why and how Saurav Ganguly is better captain than Rahul Dravid? We have played badly as we do for years with little bit of sparkle in between.

Why this halla Hoo..?
Just because some want Saurav as captain?
In fact percentage of win against minnows is more in case of Saurav Ganguly and percentage of win against stronger teams is more in case of Dravid.


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