Indeed. Sadly run out but saved India for sureadharcric said:Well done Dhoni. An intelligent innings.
Well he screwed us over by running out a well-set Dravid, but that was Dravid's fault as well.Dravid said:Indeed. Sadly run out but saved India for sure
How was it Dravid's fault when he was only responding to the call?adharcric said:Well he screwed us over by running out a well-set Dravid, but that was Dravid's fault as well.
Dravid is one of the worst runners between the wickets after he reaches in the 30s or 40s. He gives up way to easily. If his excuse is that he gets tired, than he needs to get more fit. This is not the first time Dravid got run-out like thisadharcric said:Well he screwed us over by running out a well-set Dravid, but that was Dravid's fault as well.
That almost cheered me up until I realised that the first side to get knocked out was still able to win 5-0 in England without their best bowler. Just in case anyone wasn't aware how pants we are in this form of the game ...Scaly piscine said:Woohoo England aren't the first team to get knocked out in the last 8 group stages...
Dhoni made the wrong call, but Dravid was also at fault. He should've sent Dhoni back if it was a bad call. Instead, he went on with the call and didn't even put effort into making his ground. He wasn't even sliding his bat in the replay and he wasn't exactly out by a mile.Pratyush said:How was it Dravid's fault when he was only responding to the call?
At least in ODIs - remember his brain-dead bating in the last India v England Test whwn he seemd to work on the theory that Monty would keep dropping it no matter how many times he put itstraight up in the air to him...Still agree with you about Afridi..sometimes if you didn't know better you'd think he was a kid just starting out not someone who made his debut TEN YEARS AGO!! As for this game 223 at least is defendable...and HOW stupid do the Wisden Cricketer look now predicting this Trophy would be a feast of batting...Fratboy said:This is what seperates Dhoni from Afridi. Dhoni, unlike Afridi actually can build an innings in singles.
You don't often have enough time to send the other person back. Mostly you just run when the other person calls. The second point you make - good point. For example, Dhoni leaped and gave it his all in his dive when he faced a close shave a few overs later.adharcric said:Dhoni made the wrong call, but Dravid was also at fault. He should've sent Dhoni back if it was a bad call. Instead, he went on with the call and didn't even put effort into making his ground. He wasn't even sliding his bat in the replay and he wasn't exactly out by a mile.
Yeah, sometimes I wonder why the Pakistani team don't force Afridi to just deal in singles for a few overs, prohibit him from scoring a single boundary till so and so over. It seems hard to believe that a player could have absolutely no will power.Poker Boy said:At least in ODIs - remember his brain-dead bating in the last India v England Test whwn he seemd to work on the theory that Monty would keep dropping it no matter how many times he put itstraight up in the air to him...Still agree with you about Afridi..sometimes if you didn't know better you'd think he was a kid just starting out not someone who made his debut TEN YEARS AGO!! As for this game 223 at least is defendable...and HOW stupid do the Wisden Cricketer look now predicting this Trophy would be a feast of batting...