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[Burgey]

Was he the fella who bowled pretty well in an ODI series out here in the mid-late 2000s? Swung it around a bit iirc

 

[duffer]

Will always be remembered as the guy who was hit for that Brett Lee six.

I was there. It still hurts.

 

[Burgey]

Should never have got two the ball before tbh. Was that Rohan Gavaskar?

 

[duffer]

I don't remember. I try not to think about it.

 

[duffer]

Actually just found it:

 

[OverratedSanity]

Will always be remembered for those sixes he smashed off Akhtar and Sami. The below is, as I've said before, probably the best shot I've ever seen from a tailender.

 

[anil1405]

Haven't come across any Indian player who was cheered by the Pakistani fans as much as Balaji was during that tour.

 

[Gnske]

Actually just found it:

That "fielding" from Laxman gets me every time.

 

[smash84]

Haven't come across any Indian player who was cheered by the Pakistani fans as much as Balaji was during that tour.

haha, this was my first thought too

 

[Jono]

Actually just found it:

The era when every ODI meant so much. That was literally a meaningless game in that series but it was absolutely critical for both teams.

 

[anil1405]

haha, this was my first thought too

I still keep wondering why he attracted so much attention?

 

[honestbharani]

He was a good bowler actually Wish he was a bit fitter though. Had some sort of groin injury at his peak after the 2003-04 season. Was never really the same since.

 

[Shri]

It wasn't a groin related thing. And not just one injury either. He had a spinal injury and came back as a bowler with the threat of serious paralysis. Most people lose a few clicks after an injury, this guy lost it all and its a miracle he played cricket again at all.

Here's more on the injury:

Ranji Trophy: Want to be mentor to youngsters, says Lakshmipathy Balaji | The Indian Express

 

[Spikey]

ATTN BURGEY

The one-time dashing Australian batsman said he had not sought help from doctors, rather he knew it was "psychological", his body still dealing with the flashbacks in unfavourable terms three decades to the day his innings began at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, complete with the stench wafting from a nearby canal which basically was an open sewer.

Thirty years on, Dean Jones' 210 hit for six by former teammate Greg Matthews

 

[Daemon]

Your point Spikey? Nobody in this thread is fabricating anything. Chennai is genuinely not a nice place.

 

[Spikey]

mate my point is **** you

 

[honestbharani]

Your point Spikey? Nobody in this thread is fabricating anything. Chennai is genuinely not a nice place.

Nah.. it is.. And you are fabricating.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Nah.. it is.. And you are fabricating.

What has he fabricated? Saying Chennai is not a nice place is an opinion, not a fabrication.

 

[honestbharani]

What has he fabricated? Saying Chennai is not a nice place is an opinion, not a fabrication.

When he said no one was fabricating anything here..

 

[Shri]

Chennai is an acquired taste. Though in the end, you throw up one way or the other. The only positive thing about that 'sewage'(its actually a terribly 'maintained' river) is the fact that its mostly industrial waste with not a lot of human waste. It was kinda purified last year during the floods when everything was washed away, including a few dead babies. I don't doubt its back to looking like a dirty asshole though.