The Cricket Thread

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I liked the old India with Sachin, Dravid, Laxman. Legends and Gentlemen. But now... I don't know what it is about you current team but I don't like players like Kohli. They act like Bollywood stars rather than Cricket players.

here is the thing about the Aussies. You like players like Dravid, Laxman, Sachin cus yes they are gentleman. When goons like Gilchrist, Symonds, Hayden talk shit about their families fielding around them, they dont give it back. They just ignore. Ganguly, Kohli, Harbhajan and the likes rub you the wrong way and they do it big time. they dont take shit and give shit back to you right then and there which you arent used to taking from the opposition. So no wonder you like Sachin, Dravid, Laxman. I like them too but i like Ganguly even better. That man is a Legend!!

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india is a joke. we only win on flat tracks where dravid or sachin would bat through the day and the spinners would spin the opposition out. bit better overseas last decade but last years tour of england and australia were an absolute joke

I dont get this. India always gets shit for being weak abroad and often gets termed as Flat Track Bullies. When we go abroad, we get green and bouncy pitches but when Aus or England comes to India they expect "Sporting" wickets. The only reason Australia won that one series in India in the last so many years was because of the green top in Nagpur. How many times do we get turners abroad? England cannot live with spin and so cant Australia just like we cant handle green and bouncy wickets and yet we get called flat track bullies.

Oh and yes....We should have won that series in Australia in 07-08. it was a disgrace and a blot on cricket the way Bucknor saved Australia. That performance from him was equivalent to that of the bald Norwegein referee (you know who) a

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I dont get this. India always gets shit for being weak abroad and often gets termed as Flat Track Bullies. When we go abroad, we get green and bouncy pitches but when Aus or England comes to India they expect "Sporting" wickets. The only reason Australia won that one series in India in the last so many years was because of the green top in Nagpur. How many times do we get turners abroad? England cannot live with spin and so cant Australia just like we cant handle green and bouncy wickets and yet we get called flat track bullies.

personal preference from my part i guess. i like to see a fast bowler rattle the batsmen rather than see a turning wicket. who was the last decent Indian fast bowler? I think maybe Javagal Srinath until he got crocked. Zaheer was good for maybe 2 seasons and then faded. ishanth, pathan, sreesanth all had their time in the sun but no one consistent. that's why we win only at home now.

As for "Flat track bullies" - u cant help it. i understand your point though, home advantage plays an important role in cricket and in a sense all the teams play to their strengths at home

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goons like Gilchrist, Hayden

Goons that were part of the best test team of all time? India could only wish to have as good a Side as we had...

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Goons that were part of the best test team of all time? India could only wish to have as good a Side as we had...

Not doubting the talent but as humans they lacked class. Some of the stuff they used to say to the batsmen were very x-rated. Thats why they do not like Harbhajjan, Kohli, and specially Ganguly.

McGrath to sarwan: How does Lara's Cock taste?

Sarwan to mcGrath: Ask your wife!! LOL!! and McGrath flew into rage. I understand he lost his wife to cancer later but he is a grade A Cunt!!

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Not doubting the talent but as humans they lacked class. Some of the stuff they used to say to the batsmen were very x-rated. Thats why they do not like Harbhajjan, Kohli, and specially Ganguly.

McGrath to sarwan: How does Lara's Cock taste?

Sarwan to mcGrath: Ask your wife!! LOL!! and McGrath flew into rage. I understand he lost his wife to cancer later but he is a grade A Cunt!!

Firstly, its called Sledging. To us Australians, its all part of the game. Sure sometimes they go over the edge but most of the time its fine. We get as good as we get. To call Mcgrath and especially Gilly 'classless' is a rubbish statement. And anyways, at least they were never racist like Harbhajan and the entire indian crowd was towards Symonds...

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Firstly, its called Sledging. To us Australians, its all part of the game. Sure sometimes they go over the edge but most of the time its fine. We get as good as we get. To call Mcgrath and especially Gilly 'classless' is a rubbish statement. And anyways, at least they were never racist like Harbhajan and the entire indian crowd was towards Symonds...

Thanks I wasnt aware its called sledging. But there has got to be a limit to it. you cant cross boundaries. Hey..Harbhajan was never proved racist, THERE IS NO PROOF. Get over yourself. He was tried in an Australian Court and was cleared.

And why on earth is Harbhajan tagged a racist? Gareth Bale gets called a monkey by the rest of the fans so why not Symonds? This is exactly what pisses me off. You can call a white guy a monkey but if you call a black guy monkey its racist. If Symonds hadnt made a huge deal out of it he would have been spared by the Mumbai crowd, just like Anton Ferdinand he played the victim and got what he deserved.

Michael Clarke's account was critical, considering that it did not coincide favourably with the rest of the Australians.

It is not without significance that the Australian players maintain other than Mr Symonds that they did not hear any other words spoken, only the ones that are said to be of significance to this hearing. This is a little surprising in the context where there was a reasonably prolonged heated exchange.

Indeed Mr Clarke went so far as to say that he did not hear Mr Symonds say anything. Given Mr Symonds' own acceptance that he initiated the exchange and was abusive towards Mr Singh, that is surprising.

This failure to identify any other words could be because some of what they were hearing was not in English.

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Harbhajan's a racist. That's all I know. India's a pretty racist country anyway, so its no surprise.

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Harbhajan's a racist. That's all I know. India's a pretty racist country anyway, so its no surprise.

Woah! And how do you know that?? Now, bhajji was ACCUSED of racism, and then CLEARED by an AUSTRALIAN court. But YOU formed an opinion that Bhajji was a racist and subsequently the whole COUNTRY is racist. Now have you heard about the 'Chappell's Notorious Underarm Delivery' . Wait, here is the video just in case people around you overlooked it.

ow do you want me to form an opinion about Australia as a country based on that video?

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Woah! And how do you know that?? Now, bhajji was ACCUSED of racism, and then CLEARED by an AUSTRALIAN court. But YOU formed an opinion that Bhajji was a racist and subsequently the whole COUNTRY is racist. Now have you heard about the 'Chappell's Notorious Underarm Delivery' . Wait, here is the video just in case people around you overlooked it.

ow do you want me to form an opinion about Australia as a country based on that video?

I'm Indian. I grew up in that culture and now it well. It's a racist and smug culture.

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Harbhajan's a racist. That's all I know. India's a pretty racist country anyway, so its no surprise.

I cant deny the fact that India has had a bad history with discriminating people based on caste, religion and color. But to call Harbhajan a racist inspite of getting a clean verdict from an Australian court is just ridiculous. Even Michael Clarke said he didnt hear anything. Symonds is a thug. I would rather beleive anyone on the pitch apart from Symonds. Got what he deserved.

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Woah! And how do you know that?? Now, bhajji was ACCUSED of racism, and then CLEARED by an AUSTRALIAN court. But YOU formed an opinion that Bhajji was a racist and subsequently the whole COUNTRY is racist. Now have you heard about the 'Chappell's Notorious Underarm Delivery' . Wait, here is the video just in case people around you overlooked it.

ow do you want me to form an opinion about Australia as a country based on that video?

Cry Babies and Bad Losers...Thats what they are.

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Cry Babies and Bad Losers...Thats what they are.

The best Cricket nation on Earth (All the stats back it up). We know what we are.

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The best Cricket nation on Earth (All the stats back it up). We know what we are.

You sound like a Liverpool Fan.

"We know what we are" sounds apt when an Indian cricket fan says it....

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You sound like a Liverpool Fan.

"We know what we are" sounds apt when an Indian cricket fan says it....

You can't argue with facts.

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You can't argue with facts.

Fact is we are the World Champs. Stop gloating on past glories like a liverpudlian

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Fact is we are the World Champs. Stop gloating on past glories like a liverpudlian

You're perhaps the worst world champions in a long, long time. You won the cup and basically instantly turned shit. Australia has always gone through spells of Dominating the world. You're deluded if you think it won't happen again, my friend.

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You're perhaps the worst world champions in a long, long time. You won the cup and basically instantly turned shit. Australia has always gone through spells of Dominating the world. You're deluded if you think it won't happen again, my friend.

Bit Ironic that you call me deluded when your own Ian Chappel who has played more cricket than you have seen thinks otherwise. And since you said stick to facts I am sticking to Facts. Fact is We are World Champions!!. Fact is We are above you in ODI Rankings.

You are talking about bunch of cricketers that have retired. Totally like a Liverpool fan you sound.