Sub cont sides have been soft

[Blaze 18]

Especially when the middle order is filled with not the quickets btween wickets, but the quickets to the selectsuckers' sausages.

 

[Himannv]

Yeah but this is what we expected. Everyone knew that the batting and especially the middle order sucked before the tournament started.

Especially when the middle order is filled with not the quickets btween wickets, but the quickets to the selectsuckers' sausages.

Yeah agree completely. We put ourselves into this situation due to the squad we selected.

 

[Burgey]

Had my MD exams, and arse pain of three long years is over now.

WD. Good to get them done.

 

[smash84]

Had my MD exams, and arse pain of three long years is over now.

well done........so now you can start earning the big bucks????

 

[Migara]

Depends on the sub speciality mate. This is a gruelsome exercise. Internal Medicine has two more years of training as Specialist Registrar, other sub specialities have three, and caridiology five. Still not decided on what to do.

Coming back to cricket, softness had been a inbred charachter of SC teams, other than for very few in the history (96 - 98 SL team one example). Most SC guys even cannot sledge without getting the adrenalin rush. Dilshan trying to sledge Tait was hilarious. A flying kiss of Ranatunga would have infuriated Tait without that verbal barrage from Dilshan. Or a quite, sheepish, "who gives a flying ****?" from Aravinda would have meant that sledging will be useless. Same appeas with Indians. yuvraj etc sledge bowlers, but not very quick ones!

**** shots are another problem of softness, as well as non ability to deliver at critical times. They are improving but needs a lot of application in their mentality.

 

[Daemon]

Love it when Indians and Pakistanis swear in hindi/urdu/punjabi

 

[Himannv]

Coming back to cricket, softness had been a inbred charachter of SC teams, other than for very few in the history (96 - 98 SL team one example). Most SC guys even cannot sledge without getting the adrenalin rush. Dilshan trying to sledge Tait was hilarious. A flying kiss of Ranatunga would have infuriated Tait without that verbal barrage from Dilshan. Or a quite, sheepish, "who gives a flying ****?" from Aravinda would have meant that sledging will be useless. Same appeas with Indians. yuvraj etc sledge bowlers, but not very quick ones!

**** shots are another problem of softness, as well as non ability to deliver at critical times. They are improving but needs a lot of application in their mentality.

I dont see any improvement at all tbh.

 

[Spark]

India are without a doubt improving - assuming we're talking in general, which means we're talking Tests. Which is not the smartest thing to assume in a WC forum, perhaps...

 

[vcs]

India are without a doubt improving - assuming we're talking in general, which means we're talking Tests. Which is not the smartest thing to assume in a WC forum, perhaps...

Gary Kirsten has done a good job in this respect. India are winning more close matches (both forms) than they lose under him.

 

[Himannv]

India are without a doubt improving - assuming we're talking in general, which means we're talking Tests. Which is not the smartest thing to assume in a WC forum, perhaps...

Its their batting that has really won them the matches most times. Their bowlers, bar Zaheer, are still very ordinary.

 

[Daemon]

Its their batting that has really won them the matches most times. Their bowlers, bar Zaheer, are still very ordinary.

Most of the recent 'close' games we have won was when defending. Although the other close games lost were due to the bowling as well..

 

[Jono]

Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka all make the semi-finals.

Yep, real soft performance from the subcontinent sides

Made a mockery of the thread tbh.

 

[Xuhaib]

talk about knee jerk from the OP

 

[smash84]

Depends on the sub speciality mate. This is a gruelsome exercise. Internal Medicine has two more years of training as Specialist Registrar, other sub specialities have three, and caridiology five. Still not decided on what to do.

Coming back to cricket, softness had been a inbred charachter of SC teams, other than for very few in the history (96 - 98 SL team one example). Most SC guys even cannot sledge without getting the adrenalin rush. Dilshan trying to sledge Tait was hilarious. A flying kiss of Ranatunga would have infuriated Tait without that verbal barrage from Dilshan. Or a quite, sheepish, "who gives a flying ****?" from Aravinda would have meant that sledging will be useless. Same appeas with Indians. yuvraj etc sledge bowlers, but not very quick ones!

Ok. Good luck with internal medicine. Which sub-field are you choosing in internal medicine?

Coming to cricket I don't agree that sub-continental teams have been soft at least not the Pakistan teams since the time of Imran. Heck Imran even asked Wasim to give Viv Richards a send off once he Viv was out and Imran himself gave quite a bit to the batsmen. Don't agree with the softness part in this aspect.

Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka all make the semi-finals.

Yep, real soft performance from the subcontinent sides

Made a mockery of the thread tbh.

lol.....so true

 

[ankitj]

Irony

 

[Daemon]

Irony

Technically no..Sorry just felt I had to point it out

 

[turnstyle]

This thread seems to sum up a lot of sub continental fan's attitudes to a tee. Always one extreme or the other. I know you're a passionate bunch and all.

From a harsh SC critic i'll admit they are three bloody good sides, albeit with large weaknesses. No doubt home advantage has given them the edge too. Would've loved to have seen this WC played in Oz/Nz though. Poor bastards haven't had an ICC tournament for 20 years.

 

[vcs]

Good show by the SC sides. Yes, conditions are heavily in their favour, but you still have to make them count. SA could not do that in 2003, neither could England in '99 (admittedly England were mediocre in ODIs for a decade and a half until the past year or so). In '96, no subcontinent team was knocked out by a non-subcontinent team, and only NZ have the chance to change that trend now.

 

[smash84]

Good show by the SC sides. Yes, conditions are heavily in their favour, but you still have to make them count. SA could not do that in 2003, neither could England in '99 (admittedly England were mediocre in ODIs for a decade and a half until the past year or so). In '96, no subcontinent team was knocked out by a non-subcontinent team, and only NZ have the chance to change that trend now.

Aus couldn't do that in 92 either

 

[Dissector]

Actually if you look at the entire history of the world cup, there is little evidence of home advantage. The closest a host has come to winning is 96 and Sri Lanka had to play all three knock-out games in Pakistan or India. Apart from that only one host has even reached the final: England in 1979. In four of the last six world cups the hosts haven't even made it to the semis.