From the Editor :
With the return of good old Test cricket less than a week away, the touring New Zealand team and some England hopefuls are battling it out. Do you think any players in the Lions team will be selected for England?
Also the debate about whether or not Andrew Flintoff is ready for a return to the England side is heating up. Is he ready for a return to the Test team?
Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke has delayed his departure to the West Indies and Brad Hodge has been called up. Do you think this is a big setback for the Aussies?
The Indian Premier League continues apace. The Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings are leading the way, but nobody is running away with proceedings. Do you think those three will be among the semi-finalists?
As you can see there is plenty to talk about. Send us your comments and we will publish them as soon as we can.
Cheers,
The C365 team
Now editor, you're meant to be a proper editor and I'm sure you're literate so how about eliminating tacky errors. The spellos can stay in case they're intentional so you don't change the integrity of the post but obvious typos can be tidied up. Your humour is not funny!!!
I know you would say that Penny. The tainted Indians are yet to play their next match. Whereas the proper righteous Aussies fined him! And he goes on to play plenty of matches and has the temerity to call a fellow spinner a chucker. Awesome gent he is!
Editor why don't you edit OBVIOUS typos?
The editor says.... I'm not sure wat yu ar talkeng abot...
I agree editor that van der Wath is now beyond a future with the Proteas but I just wondered if he had been treated somewhat harshly by selectors. I also find him sexy. I didn't intend for you to consider Marsh better than Kallis, more that he's providing superior value for money in this form of the game. I don't think Kallis is a wise investment. I believe the franchise owner was seduced by his test figures and the fact that he bowls but didn't really apply T20 thnking to the equation.
Done................. Dear Editor. At last you are coming to the scene. Better late than never................
The editor says.... Dear samar......... keep the peace. Cheers.
Welcome to the company of idiots...u stupid pennypacker..gets irritated when u hear something true? Get it more clear, your players have earned more in two weeks in IPL than what your country is giving them in 2 years. If u cannot provide what they are earning in India, just shut up................or come with more money.........
The editor says.... Gents, posts about cricket are seemingly few and far between lately. Keep the schoolboy stuff out of it and get back to some insightful posts. Cheers.
Will Harmison retire now that he's been overlooked for the first two tests? What do Saffas think of Johannes van der Wath? I always rated him and thought he was worth more of a go. Sean Marsh is outbatting the pretenders from some of the other nations. Eat your heart out Kallis.
The editor says.... Marsh, indeed, is a star. Not better than Kallis, though. van der Wath, the ICL rebel, is over the hill, and his days in a Protea get-up are done for.
Yeah Poo, weather updates. Much worse than what a few South Africans and Indians were found guilty of huh?
438/9, dont forget Warne's regular weather updates!
It obviously should have been Warne or the porky Protea? BTW, anyone else think that the fat skipper is being very obsequious to impress the great Aussie leg-spinner??
438 ask the cricket world who they prefer - Warne and your fat captain? It will overwhelmingly be in favour of the former.
Trying to get a bite 438/9?? You'll find most Aussies probably agree with you. I know I do...
"Who can say t20 doesnot need skills and it is a lotterry?" Me...
"your own people show how much they are in need of money and fame which your own country cannot provide then shut up." How about you shut up Samar - you're an idiot...
Man WTF is going on with these talkbackers? R we in some English Litreature teaching site ?? I love the to see u intellectual folks get down though...for real... ahhmm. And whats up with this GLADIATORS ad on the right? Its TV show for Fitness Kingdom???? If u should put any ad it should be SPEED RACER.. . ED U there???
Hi foolishOZ, u r proving all the time that how much a fool u r trying to put urself as arrogant. U will watch Aussies play T20 but will not watch IPL. Fine. You call BCCI a cancer and the persons came first to suck that infected blood were your people and they were the only ones ready to shun thier country for money. If u cannot give enough money to your people let them go to places where they will get it. Open a dictionary get all the defamatory words that you can find and put it in a mail and our editor will give you a clean chit, but it is obvious to any body that your problem is with Indians and that too is of pure jealousy and ........(any other word for racism, dear editor?). U are not mentally retarded, so will be reading newspapers, right ? Then U will be knowing the current reason for inflation and shoratge of food. The growing economy of India!!! Indians are spending more, that is why. It was found by George Bush and supported by European Union. When they were developing nothing happened like this. You can be the leader of these jealousy fools. When Australians were doing whatever they liked on and off the field, everything was 100% right. When somebody starts to qn that and u are sure your monopoly is lost and your own people show how much they are in need of money and fame which your own country cannot provide then shut up. Who can say t20 doesnot need skills and it is a lotterry? It is the same people who are good in other forms of cricket, performing here also. Bring 10 more intelligent people like u and play 20-20. Foolishness will replace skills.Anyway u have a chance. Circus needs jokers. Editor, why r u worried about decisions by BCCI? It is about Indain Cricket and players. Not interfering with internal matters of anyother board. BCCI is powerful because of the money and fame it brings to cricket which no other country can provide now. Jealous ?
I don't think ArrogantOz,/b> was being racist. But he's certainly traumatized by the IPL. His fears are well-founded. Will his beloved Aussie players choose IPL over the Pura Milk-Guzzling Contest if and when the IPL clashes with Pura? How many more Aussie cricketers will retire prematurely this year with dollar-signs in their eyes? Will the CA ever stand up to anything after their Hansen sell-out? Why did Greg Matthews say that the BCCI is way better than the ECB has ever been in managing cricket ?(Arrogant, here's your cue to trash Greg.)
Being the only wise man left in OzLand, he'll have the answers.
It is upto the Editor to stop the bickering. Surely there is a delete button on his computer. Most editors I deal with love to use that button. A more liberal use will certainly improve the quality of this blog. You could start with this one.
Watching Warne now makes one realise that he may well have made a great captain for Australia. Pity he was a cheating, steroid abusing slob who not only made a mockery of himself, but of Australian cricket too. Dirty bugger couldn't even be a loyal husband and father either...at least Smith doesnt tarnish his reputation nor that of his country with such disgusting behavior. Warne prefers to blame his Mommy for his moronic actions...Warne is a complete tool...he could've been a leader, instead he ended up a fat, unfaithful, druggie fool. Lucky he was a great leg spin bowler or he probably wouldve had nothing to live for....
Qu'est ce qu'elle est conne celle-là.. understand that, Ms Pedantic? =) It's all yadda yadda, but the fact is that the IPL is nothing more than entertainment, the BCCI are controlling things (as is their wont), the aussies (most of them) are playing well, and Kevin Pietersen cries himself to sleep every night when he thinks of all the millions that passed him by. What does this change in the international status quo? Not much. Eng vs SA will be good (I wonder if they'll have the balls to select Key over Strauss). WI vs Aus might be interesting if the Aussies are half as arrogant as we were in the first test. Aus and SA will be the highlight. Will we have the balls to perform?
Enigma, i don't think Ed can do anything about Arrogant's post, and even the Indians do not hold BCCI in affection. You have to look from Arrogant's point of view, i. The tournament where almost the whole world plays is not conducted by ACB, but BCCI. ii. The baggy greeners, who were considered innocent and pure got tempted by these barons and whatnots and are having fun. Some people even timed their retirement to coincide with the tournament. That must be traumatic to watch! Instead of cursing at his own countrymen, he is ranting against the people who seduced and let them down the wrong path. Wait till Weatherman Warne wins the trophy, there would be a long post, admiring Warne and at the same time cursing the pointlessness of the tournament. It may even have a point about Indians cant even win their own tournament. That should be funny to read!
Hey Enigma, ArrogantOz has a severe case of heartburn. When erstwhile power-brokers become non-entities, it is hard to digest. They will go down spitting and cursing and what you are witnessing are the last throes of that malady. The venom in his posts vouch for that. Unfortunately for him, relief is not around the corner. The thing to do is the ostrich way or maybe some Gelusil might come in handy.
Ed, ArrogantOz's post might not have been explicitly racist but tell me, why should he hate the BCCI, just because it is powerful and makes a lot of money. If BCCI generates a majority of ICC's revenue, does it not have the right to exert its influence? Should the asian boards always remain subservient to ECB and CA? And on what basis has he called the Indian corporates in IPL 'robber barons'? Does he have any proof? ArrogantOz is the malignant cancer in this forum. You should not allow him to splatter his poop here.
The editor says.... Most of these questions I cannot answer. So all I will say is that the disagreeable sentiments towards the BCCI, which continue to grow in the cricket world, seem to be based more on the cricketing decisions the board makes than the colour of their skins.
Prophet egregious is in common usage but the fermez phrase was a French touch to respond to Saman's little indulgence in the romantic language. Enigma, while one might argue that Arrogant Oz's comments are inflammatory and represent a value judgement on the conduct and influence of the BCCI and attendant Indian corporation involvement, they cannot be construed as racist. One could quite equally apply the same principles and accusations to Kerry Packer and his World Series circus.
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Posted 11/05/2008 @ 14:53 View all poochandi's posts
And staying on the topic, an Indian or SA board goes much deeper than accepting what the accused says. It doesn't buy the weather updates drivel and let the accused off. Why would anybody pay Warne to say what the weather is going to be?! There might be something more sinister than that. Atleast on that record the Indian board is way better than CA. "Did you just provide a weather update? Ok pay 13 dollars fine. Oh! your mom gave you the drug, stand up on the bench"