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June 19, 2007, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Sohel NR
Apparently she was quite a backyard cricketer also.
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no, she was something. could bowl from both ends, keep the wicket off her own bowling. she sure was wonder woman. being the son of her, its a shame that boycott was a lousy batsman.
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June 20, 2007, 06:36 AM
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" I can get a double hundred in ODIs" - Sehwag (he hasnt got a century since, i dont count bermuda as a centruy)
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June 20, 2007, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by bengalipri
" I can get a double hundred in ODIs" - Sehwag (he hasnt got a century since, i dont count bermuda as a centruy)
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every run counts. but the way he bats, if he could get set and bat for 50 overs he could score a double hundred and same goes for sahid afridi
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June 24, 2007, 10:41 PM
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"The television has always been on in the background, whether it's at the gym when I'm training or at home when I'm having a meal or changing a nappy."
Matthew Hoggard on time spent recovering from injury
"Start the car, launch the pedalo."
David Lloyd gets very excited as Steve Harmison takes two quick wickets on the final day at Old Trafford. Andrew Flintoff was watching from the England balcony
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June 28, 2007, 08:31 AM
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"Everything I am today is because of a simple cricket ball and I respect it very much. It's just an act of respect".
Lasith Malinga, when asked about kissing the ball each time before a delivery.
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June 28, 2007, 11:50 PM
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Cricket Sage
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"Here's how to look at it: if Test cricket is a long, deep and emotional relationship, and one-day cricket is a brief but passionate holiday romance, then Twenty20 is the frantic, drunken snog in a dark corner of Dukes just before the lights come up. Stick with that and you'll be fine."
Adams, English Spectator during WI innings
"Adam, does that make Pro40 a long snog? Or one of those holiday romances where you run off a day early and hide in case she tries to get your address?"
Glyn, English Spectator during Eng innings replies
(TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL, BRIT OVAL:
West Indies 208-8 (20 overs) v England 193-7 (20 overs))
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July 5, 2007, 01:52 PM
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On the surface, plenty. They have a new coach and a new captain (one called Peter, one called Paul).
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Tim De Lisle in Cricinfo after England's second ODI defeat
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July 23, 2007, 06:34 PM
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"It was a waste of time. The boot camp was a different way to reinforce the same things. My way would have been to lock us all up in a pub."
Shane Warne gives his alternative to Australia's controversial boot camp last year
"I'm not a big fan of John Buchanan. I didn't think he was a very good coach. What was his role? How could he teach someone to play a cover drive? How could he teach me to bowl? Some people thought he was fantastic and didn't get enough credit - I found that hard to believe."
Warne speaks bluntly about Australia's erstwhile coach
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August 11, 2007, 03:47 PM
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Super Moderator BC Editorial Team
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"My dad runs a takeaway in Paisley and I have to help out this weekend because my mum and brother are both away in Pakistan, one of our chefs is unavailable and our delivery driver has gone to jail for three weeks."
Well, that's one reason (or two) to make yourself unavailable for Scotland. With a few players withdrawing from the Ireland match, Majid Haq's excuse was the most bizarre
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"I can't afford to take a step back in income because we are looking for a bigger house at the moment."
Scotland's Glenn Rogers highlights the differences between the big boys and the Associates after a course arranged by his employers caused him to miss a Scotland match
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No wonder they don't have the elite status.
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August 13, 2007, 05:12 PM
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Carl Hooper- The lollipop bowler
by Geoffrey Boycott
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Armchair selectors name their XI and conduct heated selection meetings on internet. Blood young players, some experts cry. Pick the best players, regardless of age, insist others.
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October 28, 2007, 12:49 AM
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...and a few more Sidhuisms:
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"It [Twenty20] is like chocolate which is bad for health and has to be given in small doses. At the same time chocolates are favoured by humans."
Navjot Sidhu gives his inimitable take on Twenty20 cricket
"Test cricket is like classical music which has survived since ancient ages. One-dayers are like film music that leaves people enthralled and T20 cricket is like disco and rap which provides occasional pleasure in short bursts."
Another typical Navjot Sidhu comment on cricket's various formats
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source: cricinfo
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October 30, 2007, 12:06 PM
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"I am handsome but all the actresses can wait."
A modest Sreesanth disappoints the beauties who can't wait to star opposite him
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I laughed my buttocks off and wet my pants reading that.
Further montobbo nishproyojon.
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November 7, 2007, 06:14 AM
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"We don't want him to end up as joker on both sides."
Ravi Shastri on being asked if Dav Whatmore, who is the director of operations at the National Cricket Academy, could also coach the Indian team
"Don't worry about two years of not playing Test cricket - I hadn't held a bat for three months before I came here."
Marvan Atapattu reflects on his batting ahead of the Australian barrage
"There is no doubt I am overweight. I don't know how far over I am. I just don't feel all that comfortable at the moment ... But I'd argue that, historically speaking, cricketers have proven - as I have over the last five years - that weight is not a selection criteria."
Stuart MacGill chews the fat as he waits to see if he's in Australia's squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka
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November 18, 2007, 03:15 PM
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"Ye to Geoffrey Boycott ki ma bhi pakad leti". [Even Geoffrey Boycott's mum would have caught this.]
Atul Wassan gets innovative in describing the sitter Misbah-ul-Haq dropped in the slips, off Robin Uthappa's bat.
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November 18, 2007, 05:52 PM
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Boycott's momma's sure become famous over the years. All thanks to our batsmen.
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December 5, 2007, 10:48 PM
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"Is that Ranatunga? Strewth, he's not missed many lunches has he?"
Sky Sports' David Lloyd as the camera turns on a rather portly looking Arjuna Ranatunga in the stands at Kandy
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December 9, 2007, 06:53 AM
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"Ask him about his nuts, they are massive."
Brad Haddin gives a group of journalists a not-so-subtle hint about one of the symptoms of Phil Jaques' recent bout of the mumps
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January 14, 2008, 05:28 PM
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On a rest day during the Indian tour in 1977-78, Don Bradman was around in the nets. I was bowling only legspin to him, but he had a couple of young blokes trying to get him out. With no pads, no nothing ... for a 68-year-old, he belted the hell out of them on a turf wicket. And he hadn't batted for 20 years. I went back in and said, "Why isn't this bastard playing with us tomorrow?" That's how good I thought he was.
Jeff Thompson
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May 4, 2008, 10:32 AM
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"When you've been abused as many times as I have, mate, you are bound to understand some Hindi and Urdu."
Greg Chappell has a hilarious explanation for his language skills
"The best part was in the bar afterwards. Everybody was banned so it was a pretty relaxed atmosphere. I had a blast."
Shane Bond on life in the Indian Cricket League
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September 14, 2008, 12:56 PM
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"Boycott can say what he wants. He once batted the whole day and hit just one four"
Virender Sehwag takes recourse to history to hit back after Geoff Boycott referred to him as "talented but brainless"
Sep 13, 2008
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September 14, 2008, 01:08 PM
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"Obviously." -Batting legend Ashraful
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September 14, 2008, 01:13 PM
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As Daryll Cullinan was on his way to the wicket, Shane Warne told him he had been waiting 2 years for another chance to humiliate him.
"Looks like you spent it eating," Cullinan retorted.
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October 13, 2008, 06:57 PM
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I think Zaheer's quotes (read big mouth) will stir up Oz in Mohali:
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Zaheer Khan produced a Man-of-the-Match performance in Bangalore before saving his most vicious delivery for after the game. Not satisfied with his all-round efforts, Zaheer attacked Australia's bowlers for being ineffective throughout the opening contest.
"They know they can't take 20 wickets and they are on the back foot," Khan said. "They couldn't get me or Bhajji [Harbhajan Singh] out. So we are in with a big chance. They are under pressure - we know that. So we are looking ahead at the second game."
The teams will head to Mohali on Tuesday carrying extra tension following Zaheer's comprehensive post-mortem of the tourists' performance. Australia were unable to dismiss India on the final day - bad light cost them ten overs and a little momentum - after setting an unlikely target of 299.
After the match Zaheer said the Australians had employed defensive tactics and their spin bowling was a huge weakness. "I have never seen an Australian team play such defensive cricket, which is a good thing for us," he said.
"On a fifth-day pitch the spinners could not do us any harm. That shows what their spin attack is all about." The debutant Cameron White and part-timer Michael Clarke combined for only three wickets in the game.
But Zaheer wasn't finished. "Even the pacers didn't look like getting wickets at any stage today."
Ponting was bemused by Zaheer's "defensive" charge. "I don't know what he means, to tell the truth," he said. "We were the only ones trying to take the game forward. We played aggressive cricket. He can have a little bit of a chuckle on the inside at what he's had to say. I don't think it means too much to us."
The exchange adds weight to a rivalry that has simmered since Australia beat India 2-1 at home in 2007-08. It also ensures there will be more spice in the lead-up to the match in Mohali starting Friday.
Zaheer was involved in a short, heated argument with wicketkeeper Brad Haddin while he was batting on the third day and said he expected such behaviour from his opponents. "We all know Aussies do all these kind of things," he said. "We settled the matter on the field and did not take it any further."
Zaheer collected six wickets for the match, including 5 for 91 in the first innings, to go with his unbeaten 57. Ponting said Zaheer's partnership with Harbhajan, when they rescued India from 232 for 7 on the way to 360, was a big turning point.
"Up till then we were way ahead," he said. "The lead went from 180 to 200 to 70. They took the momentum."
Zaheer was pleased to have succeeded with the ball along with Ishant Sharma in the first innings. "It was very important for me when we lost the toss that the fast bowlers took responsibility," he said. "We responded and are very happy that as a bowling unit we did that for this match."
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October 18, 2008, 02:10 PM
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"To me he will not just be remembered as a great player and a lovely human being, but as somebody who tried to learn Bengali for the last 14 years but never managed to do so!"
Sourav Ganguly pays a sort of tribute to Sachin Tendulkar
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October 18, 2010, 04:32 PM
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On Banglawash by NZPA (New Zealand Press Association)
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Experiencing that magnitude of defeat was acceptable, even anticipated, visiting the Caribbean when the West Indies were in their pomp. But Bangladesh? Unforgiveable.
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