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Dude, there's something fishy
Pakistan's defeat, India's defeat, Woolmer's death infact murder and again india's defeat in such manner, are these things link together.
Look at Agarkar's dismissal, He swings 3 times wildly for 3 balls, Two times rahul Dravid comes up and tells him not to do it ;twice. He does it again and he gets out,
Dravid Says No to Yuvraj and he still runs, Dhoni practically kicks the ball and gets an LBW
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Well, the **** Aussies are still there
They might think they are larger than the game, but atleast they work to make sure their are the champions, unlike our fat players
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Yeah but bear in mind they don't have the same pressure that cricketers have in the sub-continent. I mean if you fail in Oz you get dropped from the team. Fail in South Asia and they burn your house down...........
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But How often do they fail
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One dead as angry India wants Team India, Chappell to go
Stung by the humiliating exit from the World Cup after a sound thrashing by Sri Lanka, cricket-crazy India was engulfed in gloom on Saturday, with angry fans led by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad demanding the sacking of both the national team and its Australian coach Greg Chappell.
"It's shameful to see such underperformance. They all should be sacked and fresh faces must get a chance to play for the country. The top order batsmen have really been playing poor cricket," Lalu Prasad thundered in New Delhi, alleging that the cricketers appeared to be "governed by money".
"Product endorsements and money are governing our players. Even villagers like me can play better than our team," the minister said after giving a lecture on Indian Railways to students of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Unable to take India's crushing defeat, cricket fan K Raju, 29, a resident of Champapet area in New Delhi, died of heart attack minutes later. Family members said he watched the entire match on television and was depressed over the result.
He had married six months ago and had no history of cardiac problems. His wife Kavita said: "He was very passionate about cricket."
The fury against the players was largely vocal but unanimous all across the country where cricket is a virtual religion. But in some places, people took to the streets hurling abuses and burning effigies of players who were worshipped as national heroes until only a week ago.
From Mumbai, the home of many of India's top cricket stars, to New Delhi, from the Kashmir valley to Kerala, and all the way from Gujarat to Assam, the reaction was: skipper Rahul Dravid and his much-fancied players had let India down, and very badly at that.
For the first time in India's cricketing history, police guards were posted outside the Mumbai house of Sachin Tendulkar fearing angry fans might turn even against one who has been compared to Don Bradman.
"We should disband this team," said KV Bhaskaran, an employee of a private company in New Delhi who sat through the night watching India go down meekly. "I feel ashamed. The whole lot should be kicked out. We need a fresh team."
"Indian players have intruded into our homes through advertisements. They must go back to the ground and work hand," said Ranchi resident Sumit Sen, reflecting a widely shared view that the cricketers seemed to be more keen to become quick millionaires by featuring on TV and print media advertisements.
The fact that the Indian team did not look even fighting fit while taking on Sri Lanka at Port of Spain on Friday and that two of its stars - Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni - got out for ducks upset almost everyone.
Dhoni's hometown Ranchi was tense. The police quickly deployed guards at his house, fearing a repetition of the attack that followed the earlier and equally shameful defeat of India to Bangladesh.
Although there was no violence, hundreds of disappointed and bitter cricket lovers marched through Ranchi's streets shouting "Dhoni Murdabad!" "Team India Murdabad!" One hastily scribbled poster carried by the marchers read: "Cricket has been murdered!"
Similar protests took place in several towns. Posters of players were defaced in Kolkata. In Bhopal, a huge crowd took out a "funeral procession" of Team India. Newspapers featuring players' photographs were torched.
After winning the toss, Dravid put Sri Lanka to bat. The islanders notched up 255. But the Indian batting simply collapsed, barring a few exceptions, bundled out for 185 in 43.3 overs.
"All that this team is good at is appearing in television commercials and making money. We don't want them, we want a team that delivers," said Renni Thomas, a financial consultant in Mumbai. Unwilling to take chances, the authorities beefed up security outside the residences of Sachin Tendulkar and Ajit Agarkar."The team is a national disaster. They do not deserve to continue," Thomas said.
Said a senior executive with an advertising agency, also in Mumbai: "Over Rs 30 billion was riding on the Indian team, and they have done nothing but disappoint fans and corporate houses. With India's exit, corporate India is going to take a severe beating."
Hemant Kale, a third year college student, vented his anger: "It was a simple batting track and Rahul and his boys could not even last the entire 50 overs. It was not only a disaster, but a big shame for the country."
The cricketing fraternity of Kolkata was downcast. The only player they were willing to forgive was local talent Sourav Ganguly, whose removal first from the team and then captaincy has never been forgiven by the city.
"It is a sad day for us, a sad day for Indian cricket," said West Bengal's upcoming cricketer Ranadeb Bose.
Dravid came under severe criticism. "He was never, ever meant to be a captain, and this was proved against Sri Lanka though he himself scored 60. His captaincy is weak," fumed Ramanuj, a teenager. "Chappell was the biggest mistake of Indian cricket and Dravid's weak captaincy completed the rest."
The mood in northern India was much more bitter.
School cricket team coach Devinder Singh was scathing in Chandigarh. "I think the present team is fit only to play Bermuda, Netherlands and Scotland. Let's us have a series with these teams, on Indian pitches," he said sarcastically.
Said Raima Sharma in New Delhi. "Our players just don't have the killing spirit. Look at the body language of the Sri Lankan players. They simply refuse to give up."
Added Ramani, a young cricketer in Guwahati: "Some of the senior players should be shown the door along with Chappell."
"It was pathetic," said Indian cricket board vice president Shashank Manohar in Nagpur. He said players must not be selected any more on the basis of past glory. He said more and more promising youngsters should be selected and given international exposure for two years before including them in the national side.
Bhubaneswar-based lawyer Ramesh Sahani said: "It is time the players are changed. We need new faces."
(Contributions to this story came from F Ahmed, Jaideep Sarin, Sharat Pradhan, Nityanand Shukla, Sujoy Dhar, Syed Zarir Hussain, Probir Pramanik, Anil Sharma, Azera Rehman, Sanu George, Shyam Pandharipande, Jatindra Dash, Mohammed Shafeeq, Prashant K Nanda)
http://www.hindustantimes.in/htcricket/8170_1957361,00160142.htm
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Stung by the humiliating exit from the World Cup after a sound thrashing by Sri Lanka, cricket-crazy India was engulfed in gloom on Saturday, with angry fans led by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad demanding the sacking of both the national team and its Australian coach Greg Chappell.
"It's shameful to see such underperformance. They all should be sacked and fresh faces must get a chance to play for the country. The top order batsmen have really been playing poor cricket," Lalu Prasad thundered in New Delhi, alleging that the cricketers appeared to be "governed by money".
"Product endorsements and money are governing our players. Even villagers like me can play better than our team," the minister said after giving a lecture on Indian Railways to students of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Unable to take India's crushing defeat, cricket fan K Raju, 29, a resident of Champapet area in New Delhi, died of heart attack minutes later. Family members said he watched the entire match on television and was depressed over the result.
He had married six months ago and had no history of cardiac problems. His wife Kavita said: "He was very passionate about cricket."
The fury against the players was largely vocal but unanimous all across the country where cricket is a virtual religion. But in some places, people took to the streets hurling abuses and burning effigies of players who were worshipped as national heroes until only a week ago.
From Mumbai, the home of many of India's top cricket stars, to New Delhi, from the Kashmir valley to Kerala, and all the way from Gujarat to Assam, the reaction was: skipper Rahul Dravid and his much-fancied players had let India down, and very badly at that.
For the first time in India's cricketing history, police guards were posted outside the Mumbai house of Sachin Tendulkar fearing angry fans might turn even against one who has been compared to Don Bradman.
"We should disband this team," said KV Bhaskaran, an employee of a private company in New Delhi who sat through the night watching India go down meekly. "I feel ashamed. The whole lot should be kicked out. We need a fresh team."
"Indian players have intruded into our homes through advertisements. They must go back to the ground and work hand," said Ranchi resident Sumit Sen, reflecting a widely shared view that the cricketers seemed to be more keen to become quick millionaires by featuring on TV and print media advertisements.
The fact that the Indian team did not look even fighting fit while taking on Sri Lanka at Port of Spain on Friday and that two of its stars - Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni - got out for ducks upset almost everyone.
Dhoni's hometown Ranchi was tense. The police quickly deployed guards at his house, fearing a repetition of the attack that followed the earlier and equally shameful defeat of India to Bangladesh.
Although there was no violence, hundreds of disappointed and bitter cricket lovers marched through Ranchi's streets shouting "Dhoni Murdabad!" "Team India Murdabad!" One hastily scribbled poster carried by the marchers read: "Cricket has been murdered!"
Similar protests took place in several towns. Posters of players were defaced in Kolkata. In Bhopal, a huge crowd took out a "funeral procession" of Team India. Newspapers featuring players' photographs were torched.
After winning the toss, Dravid put Sri Lanka to bat. The islanders notched up 255. But the Indian batting simply collapsed, barring a few exceptions, bundled out for 185 in 43.3 overs.
"All that this team is good at is appearing in television commercials and making money. We don't want them, we want a team that delivers," said Renni Thomas, a financial consultant in Mumbai. Unwilling to take chances, the authorities beefed up security outside the residences of Sachin Tendulkar and Ajit Agarkar."The team is a national disaster. They do not deserve to continue," Thomas said.
Said a senior executive with an advertising agency, also in Mumbai: "Over Rs 30 billion was riding on the Indian team, and they have done nothing but disappoint fans and corporate houses. With India's exit, corporate India is going to take a severe beating."
Hemant Kale, a third year college student, vented his anger: "It was a simple batting track and Rahul and his boys could not even last the entire 50 overs. It was not only a disaster, but a big shame for the country."
The cricketing fraternity of Kolkata was downcast. The only player they were willing to forgive was local talent Sourav Ganguly, whose removal first from the team and then captaincy has never been forgiven by the city.
"It is a sad day for us, a sad day for Indian cricket," said West Bengal's upcoming cricketer Ranadeb Bose.
Dravid came under severe criticism. "He was never, ever meant to be a captain, and this was proved against Sri Lanka though he himself scored 60. His captaincy is weak," fumed Ramanuj, a teenager. "Chappell was the biggest mistake of Indian cricket and Dravid's weak captaincy completed the rest."
The mood in northern India was much more bitter.
School cricket team coach Devinder Singh was scathing in Chandigarh. "I think the present team is fit only to play Bermuda, Netherlands and Scotland. Let's us have a series with these teams, on Indian pitches," he said sarcastically.
Said Raima Sharma in New Delhi. "Our players just don't have the killing spirit. Look at the body language of the Sri Lankan players. They simply refuse to give up."
Added Ramani, a young cricketer in Guwahati: "Some of the senior players should be shown the door along with Chappell."
"It was pathetic," said Indian cricket board vice president Shashank Manohar in Nagpur. He said players must not be selected any more on the basis of past glory. He said more and more promising youngsters should be selected and given international exposure for two years before including them in the national side.
Bhubaneswar-based lawyer Ramesh Sahani said: "It is time the players are changed. We need new faces."
(Contributions to this story came from F Ahmed, Jaideep Sarin, Sharat Pradhan, Nityanand Shukla, Sujoy Dhar, Syed Zarir Hussain, Probir Pramanik, Anil Sharma, Azera Rehman, Sanu George, Shyam Pandharipande, Jatindra Dash, Mohammed Shafeeq, Prashant K Nanda)
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Keysersoze
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I saw that one.......I think they need to make that pitch a little bigger
It's a tiny place. No wonder the two teams racked up over 600 runs!ââ¬â¢Go to Hell!ââ¬â¢: Fans taunt Pakistani cricketers returning from World Cup humiliation
By Associated Press
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
KARACHI, Pakistan - Jeering fans yelling ââ¬ÂGo to hell!ââ¬Â gave a stormy welcome Wednesday to Pakistani cricketers returning home from their humiliating early exit from the World Cup.
Four players, including star allrounder Shahid Afridi, landed at Karachi airport and were pilloried for the teamââ¬â¢s shock loss to Ireland - that was followed a day later by the unsolved murder in Jamaica of coach Bob Woolmer.
Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and six other teammates arrived later Wednesday in Lahore, but left through a cargo exit, according to an airport official, dodging dozens of waiting reporters.
About 200 people who had gathered at the airport taunted Afridi with chants of ââ¬ÂAfridi! Sell lentils!ââ¬Â and ââ¬ÂDeserter, where are you going?ââ¬Â - and marched behind him as dozens of police escorted him to a waiting car.
Go to hell!ââ¬Â some in the crowd yelled as Afridi, wearing dark sunglasses, got into the car and drove away. The allrounder, one of the most marketable stars in this cricket-crazy nation, made no response to the chants.
The poor showing of both Pakistan and India at the World Cup has prompted fans to exchange through the Internet photo montages of their cricket stars, recasting them in menial occupations such as fish sellers and chapati bakers. Afridi is pictured as a truck driver - a reference to his tribeââ¬â¢s heavy involvement in road transportation in Pakistan.
Vice-captain Younis Khan was given a similarly derisive welcome on his return through Karachi on Monday, and took offense at one fan shouting that he should ride around the city on a donkey. More players were expected to arrive back in Pakistan later Wednesday.
Afridi returned on a flight with leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, fast bowler Mohammed Sami and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal.
Akmal was waiting inside the airport to catch a connecting flight, but the crowd chanted ââ¬ÂShame! shame!ââ¬Â as Kaneria emerged, so police took him back inside. He and Sami were later spirited away from the airport through another exit.
Pakistan, which won the World Cup in 1992, suffered the worst upset in the tournamentââ¬â¢s 32-year history, when on March 17 they lost by three wickets to Ireland, a side of part-timers. That defeat sent Pakistan crashing out of the competition.
Speaking to an Associated Press reporter inside the airport terminal, Afridi and Akmal revealed their dismay at the loss, compounded by Woolmerââ¬â¢s death a day later.
ââ¬ÂWe were very disturbed after losing in the World Cup and after the death of Bob Woolmer the next day we suffered mental tension,ââ¬Â Akmal said. ââ¬ÂPray for us.ââ¬Â
ââ¬ÂIt was a difficult time but God helped us endure it,ââ¬Â said the usually flamboyant Afridi. ââ¬ÂBob Woolmerââ¬â¢s death gave us a shock. Police asked us questions in that crisis but we were cleared.ââ¬Â
ââ¬ÂThanks be to God that we have reached our country,ââ¬Â he said.
Pakistani cricket officials have said the team members have been ruled out as suspects in the strangling death of Woolmer, a former England test player who had coached the side for nearly three years.
However, Jamaicaââ¬â¢s deputy police commissioner Mark Shields told the BBCââ¬â¢s Radio Five, ââ¬ÂThat is a pretty inaccurate statement because nobody at this stage could be ruled out of the inquiry.ââ¬Â But he added the Pakistani team members had been ââ¬Âcompletely cooperative.ââ¬Â
http://sports.bostonherald.com/otherSports/view.bg?articleid=191345
By Associated Press
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
KARACHI, Pakistan - Jeering fans yelling ââ¬ÂGo to hell!ââ¬Â gave a stormy welcome Wednesday to Pakistani cricketers returning home from their humiliating early exit from the World Cup.
Four players, including star allrounder Shahid Afridi, landed at Karachi airport and were pilloried for the teamââ¬â¢s shock loss to Ireland - that was followed a day later by the unsolved murder in Jamaica of coach Bob Woolmer.
Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and six other teammates arrived later Wednesday in Lahore, but left through a cargo exit, according to an airport official, dodging dozens of waiting reporters.
About 200 people who had gathered at the airport taunted Afridi with chants of ââ¬ÂAfridi! Sell lentils!ââ¬Â and ââ¬ÂDeserter, where are you going?ââ¬Â - and marched behind him as dozens of police escorted him to a waiting car.
Go to hell!ââ¬Â some in the crowd yelled as Afridi, wearing dark sunglasses, got into the car and drove away. The allrounder, one of the most marketable stars in this cricket-crazy nation, made no response to the chants.
The poor showing of both Pakistan and India at the World Cup has prompted fans to exchange through the Internet photo montages of their cricket stars, recasting them in menial occupations such as fish sellers and chapati bakers. Afridi is pictured as a truck driver - a reference to his tribeââ¬â¢s heavy involvement in road transportation in Pakistan.
Vice-captain Younis Khan was given a similarly derisive welcome on his return through Karachi on Monday, and took offense at one fan shouting that he should ride around the city on a donkey. More players were expected to arrive back in Pakistan later Wednesday.
Afridi returned on a flight with leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, fast bowler Mohammed Sami and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal.
Akmal was waiting inside the airport to catch a connecting flight, but the crowd chanted ââ¬ÂShame! shame!ââ¬Â as Kaneria emerged, so police took him back inside. He and Sami were later spirited away from the airport through another exit.
Pakistan, which won the World Cup in 1992, suffered the worst upset in the tournamentââ¬â¢s 32-year history, when on March 17 they lost by three wickets to Ireland, a side of part-timers. That defeat sent Pakistan crashing out of the competition.
Speaking to an Associated Press reporter inside the airport terminal, Afridi and Akmal revealed their dismay at the loss, compounded by Woolmerââ¬â¢s death a day later.
ââ¬ÂWe were very disturbed after losing in the World Cup and after the death of Bob Woolmer the next day we suffered mental tension,ââ¬Â Akmal said. ââ¬ÂPray for us.ââ¬Â
ââ¬ÂIt was a difficult time but God helped us endure it,ââ¬Â said the usually flamboyant Afridi. ââ¬ÂBob Woolmerââ¬â¢s death gave us a shock. Police asked us questions in that crisis but we were cleared.ââ¬Â
ââ¬ÂThanks be to God that we have reached our country,ââ¬Â he said.
Pakistani cricket officials have said the team members have been ruled out as suspects in the strangling death of Woolmer, a former England test player who had coached the side for nearly three years.
However, Jamaicaââ¬â¢s deputy police commissioner Mark Shields told the BBCââ¬â¢s Radio Five, ââ¬ÂThat is a pretty inaccurate statement because nobody at this stage could be ruled out of the inquiry.ââ¬Â But he added the Pakistani team members had been ââ¬Âcompletely cooperative.ââ¬Â
http://sports.bostonherald.com/otherSports/view.bg?articleid=191345
Keysersoze
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Wow....... Good to see there are plenty of idiots who care more about a game than something important. Oh, like the fact that the coach got murdered......
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Wow....... Good to see there are plenty of idiots who care more about a game than something important. Oh, like the fact that the coach got murdered......
Rest In Peace Woolmer,
Good Man he was, thrown into the big bad world of South Asian Cricket, match fixers, players for sale and bookies. Its no place for a nice man
