Wastemen etc

[Migara]

Will be good.

 

[axxebond]

Imran Tahir has played in all parts of cricket in Pakistan, his native country to England and now South Africa. He was interested in playing international cricket for Pakistan, but the packaging bag free spirit landed on the rainbow nation of his heart told him.

 

[Howe_zat]

Imran Tahir has played in all parts of cricket in Pakistan, his native country to England and now South Africa. He was interested in playing international cricket for Pakistan, but the packaging bag free spirit landed on the rainbow nation of his heart told him.

Why was this guy banned?

Poetry.

 

[slippy888]

Sachin Tendulkar

Can you please carry on playing international cricket for another 3 to 4 years, all us fans are going to miss him big time, Sachin is the reason i started watching cricket.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Well he isn't God.

 

[sledger]

Well he isn't God.

The upstanding members of this community have deceived me!

 

[robelinda]

God scored 140* in the world cup final........

 

[slippy888]

rahul dravid

Where would you rate him in the all time great batsman top 20?

 

[centurymaker]

Tendulkar on avg scores 1 100 every 9 innings. Since he had already scored 2 in 8 wc innings, I didn't really expect him to get his 3rd last night.

 

[turnstyle]

Tendulkar on avg scores 1 100 every 9 innings. Since he had already scored 2 in 8 wc innings, I didn't really expect him to get his 3rd last night.

Cos Tendulkar looked at his averages before the game and said "nah, not tonight boys"

 

[Jono]

Would really rather Sachin give up ODIs and stick to tests. I'm fairly certain he will.

 

[Borges]

Would really rather Sachin give up ODIs and stick to tests. I'm fairly certain he will.

I would be over the moon if he did that. The best thing that could happen to Indian cricket.

Would hoping that he plays a few Ranji games be asking for too much?

 

[Daemon]

Who would you like to see opening the batting once Sachin retires? Parthiv for me.

 

[Teja.]

Move Gambhir and Kohli up one position each and play both Raina and Yusuf, surely?

 

[Jono]

Gambhir clearly opens.

Start trying to get Pujara in ODIs IMO. Domestic record is amazing.

 

[Daemon]

Move Gambhir and Kohli up one position each and play both Raina and Yusuf, surely?

Depends on how Raina copes outside of India, tbh. If we go overseas with the Raina that can't play bounce, and with an inconsistent batsmen in Yusuf then it's not a particularly steady line up. Would much prefer a solid middle of Gambhir, Kohli and Yuvraj like how it is now. If Parthiv is able to cope with international cricket which imo he definitely is, then he wouldn't be a bad choice I think

EDIT: I completely forgot about Pujara, Parthiv can wait....again :P

 

[vic_orthdox]

Gambhir clearly opens.

Start trying to get Pujara in ODIs IMO. Domestic record is amazing.

Does he open in domestic OD games? I know that he did in the U/19 WC. And has he always batted in the middle order in the FC stuff?

 

[Howe_zat]

Does he open in domestic OD games? I know that he did in the U/19 WC. And has he always batted in the middle order in the FC stuff?

He seems to have stayed in the middle order, that's where he batted in the domestic final. Bats in the middle for India A too.

 

[Shri]

Sachin should retire from ODIs next year and play tests till 2014 and retire. He should then comeback and play the 2015 WC and should lift the trophy after a 100 in the final before retiring completely ala Imran Khan.

 

[Cevno]

Abhinav Mukund could be a good bet to open too.Probably the best opener around in the domestic scene and for me pretty much better than Vijay.

Then there is Shikhar Dhawan too or even Rahane can play as a opener.

But the most likely would be Gambhir pushing up and Kohli coming at 3.