World Cup Quarter Finals Discussion

[SaiSrini]

How this after the BD game. Praveen is nowhere near the Ind squad right. This is some old vid.

That video was way back. It was those days when Rohit was far more inconsistent than this and faced a lot of media flak for being backed a lot by the selectors and Dhoni.

Just watched the PAK v AUS highlights. Wow, Maxwell plays some really insanity shots. He square cuts a ball which is short and well down the leg side. My jaw literally dropped when I saw replays of that shot. Pakistan dropped very crucial catches, that of Watson and Maxwell and that hurt them big time.

 

[PokerAce]

That video was way back. It was those days when Rohit was far more inconsistent than this and faced a lot of media flak for being backed a lot by the selectors and Dhoni.

Just watched the PAK v AUS highlights. Wow, Maxwell plays some really insanity shots. He square cuts a ball which is short and well down the leg side. My jaw literally dropped when I saw replays of that shot. Pakistan dropped very crucial catches, that of Watson and Maxwell and that hurt them big time.

Maxwell did play that insane square cut/pull. He did have some issues with the short pitch stuff. Having said that I do worry that India don't feel that after the trouble Aus had against short pitch stuff today, they will resort to bowling short. That has been the trouble for the entire summer till the bowlers started pitching it up.

I would hate them to resort to bowling short based on what was on display today. Especially Clarke. India need to pitch it up.

 

[Aislabie]

I really hope Dwayne Smith doesn't play this game.

But he will.

 

[Aalay]

How this after the BD game. Praveen is nowhere near the Ind squad right. This is some old vid.

Praveen Kumar is there in spirit.

 

[SaiSrini]

Maxwell did play that insane square cut/pull. He did have some issues with the short pitch stuff. Having said that I do worry that India don't feel that after the trouble Aus had against short pitch stuff today, they will resort to bowling short. That has been the trouble for the entire summer till the bowlers started pitching it up.

I would hate them to resort to bowling short based on what was on display today. Especially Clarke. India need to pitch it up.

India have done well in this World Cup bowling short most of the time. During our QF game, they even showed the pitch map of India's wickets and at that time, 21 of India's overall wickets in the World Cup had come from short deliveries. Shami, Yadav and Mohit have just not mindlessly hurled it short. They have used it very effectively. I think India using the short ball tactic against Australia might not be a bad idea at all.

 

[grkrama]

just a fun read

 

[grkrama]

Anybody else seeing the guptill carnage

 

[Aoun13]

There are players scoring 230 and there is a team which mostly score less then 230.

 

[SaiSrini]

Who's gonna do the first triple ton in ODI cricket? Rohit with his 264, Guptill with this, Gayle with his double hundred this tournament, etc. There used to be a time when Saeed Anwar's 194 (against India; a very painful game for us Indian fans) used to be the zenith and was almost unbeatable for quite a bit of time.

But now, its getting insane.

 

[abhi_jacko]

Absolute carnage. Absolute bore

Hopefully the semifinals are more competitive

 

[grkrama]

never drop a batmsan when he is on 4..if you do its a double

 

[AliB]

There are players scoring 230 and there is a team which mostly score less then 230.

Pakistan

 

[Samuels]

It was entertaining while it lasted. 7 sixes in first 9 overs was remarkable however, we stand no chance now with Marlon and Ramdin gone. Gayle cannot do nothing on his own.

 

[grkrama]

dont underestimate gayle, im sure mcculum wont breath easy till he is there

 

[Samuels]

dont underestimate gayle, im sure mcculum wont breath easy till he is there

He is from Jamaica, man. Btw, one man no matter how good cannot help the team chase a total of 393 with no/little support. That said, Carter is doing the right thing at the moment. It would not hurt much even if he goes at a strike rate of about 70 if he and Gayle can take us near to the 40th over. We have people to make up for that.