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rfari wrote:How come tendulker (sp) still playing cricket and lara skinning e cornt??? Stewps
grad wrote:Also, this is why i cannot support this rusty steel team we have. amazing players at TT disposal, yet we must be the ATM of the caribbean and lend other islands our players for them to be able to beat us
hydroep wrote:T'was a great final. You just get the feeling that for RR things took a turn for the worse when Watson got out. Polly psyched him out real good...grad wrote:Also, this is why i cannot support this rusty steel team we have. amazing players at TT disposal, yet we must be the ATM of the caribbean and lend other islands our players for them to be able to beat us
While there will be more opportunities for up and coming players to make viable careers with the advent of this franchise system in the regional game, it's sad that there will no longer be a true T&T T20 side. There was also a sentiment expressed on an i95.5 talk show last night that might have further implications for T&T cricket as well.
The 'Red Force' is (or should I say was) a team groomed primarily for the T20 game and there was sort of 'carry over' from their successes in that form of the game to the 4 day and ODIs. But now that there is no longer the need for a national T20 squad, T&T no longer has any strength to build on.
Furthermore, in a world where the money is in T20, the fear is that prospective players would not waste their time honing their skills in 'dying' forms of the game. T&T will continue to hemorrhage quality players leaving the 'Red Force' a depleted side.
It'll be interesting to see how the TTCB and the team's management handles this state of affairs.
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:India/West-Indies start month end,shud be a one sided affair
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:as many commentators saying,if he's as good in t20 he should be in Test,but the problem is world class batsmen see him out in test and begin knocking him around after they're set at the crease.However,India wickets are slow so he could do some damage
Dizzy28 wrote:shake d livin wake d dead wrote:as many commentators saying,if he's as good in t20 he should be in Test,but the problem is world class batsmen see him out in test and begin knocking him around after they're set at the crease.However,India wickets are slow so he could do some damage
What an absurd statement. If that was the case International test teams would not be so different from the T20 ones.
Tendulkar to retire after 200th Test
ESPNcricinfo staff
October 10, 2013
Sachin Tendulkar will bring an end to his glittering 24-year international career after he plays his 200th Test, which is scheduled to be during the home series against West Indies in November. Tendulkar announced his decision on Wednesday afternoon, via a BCCI statement, like he had done when he retired from ODIs in December 2012.
"All my life, I have had a dream of playing cricket for India. I have been living this dream every day for the last 24 years," Tendulkar said in a statement. "It's hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it's all I have ever done since I was 11 years old. It's been a huge honour to have represented my country and played all over the world. I look forward to playing my 200th Test match on home soil, as I call it a day.
"I thank the BCCI for everything over the years and for permitting me to move on when my heart feels it's time. I thank my family for their patience and understanding. Most of all, I thank my fans and well-wishers who through their prayers and wishes have given me the strength to go out and perform at my best."
Tendulkar's retirement had been the matter of much speculation. He had wound down his career in phases, announcing his retirement from ODIs in late December 2012, and with the BCCI shoehorning a home series against West Indies before the controversy-hit tour to South Africa, it had seemed an apt moment for a home farewell. The venues for Tendulkar's last two Tests have not yet been announced.
N Srinivasan, the BCCI president, said in a tribute that it was hard to imagine an India team without Tendulkar. "I have been an ardent follower and admirer of Sachin Tendulkar from the days he came to play Buchi Babu in Chennai. He is without doubt the greatest cricketer India has produced. In fact one should really say he ranks among the top of all-time great sports persons in the world. No one has served Indian cricket as Sachin has. He has truly been an ambassador for India and Indian Cricket. He has been an inspiration for generations of sportsmen not just cricketers. We respect his decision to retire although many of us can't imagine an Indian team without Sachin."
The 200th Test will be the last of numerous milestones in Tendulkar's career. No cricketer has played so many. He also owns the records for most runs and centuries in both Test and one-day cricket.
Tendulkar began his international career in November 1989, and was the third youngest Test cricketer at the time. He established himself quickly in the middle order and after the early 1990s, he has remained the first name on India's team-sheet for the majority of his career.
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Dizzy28 wrote:shake d livin wake d dead wrote:as many commentators saying,if he's as good in t20 he should be in Test,but the problem is world class batsmen see him out in test and begin knocking him around after they're set at the crease.However,India wickets are slow so he could do some damage
What an absurd statement. If that was the case International test teams would not be so different from the T20 ones.
comments were hinted on the day of the semi-final game.Gavaskar and others
JBL wrote:shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Dizzy28 wrote:shake d livin wake d dead wrote:as many commentators saying,if he's as good in t20 he should be in Test,but the problem is world class batsmen see him out in test and begin knocking him around after they're set at the crease.However,India wickets are slow so he could do some damage
What an absurd statement. If that was the case International test teams would not be so different from the T20 ones.
comments were hinted on the day of the semi-final game.Gavaskar and others
gavaskar biased... its hard for sunil to play test.. thats bowling 10 and 15 overs on the trot.. hez gona eventually be easily read.. same thing that happened to murali
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:big run chase on now...Australia India..
Dizzy28 wrote:shake d livin wake d dead wrote:big run chase on now...Australia India..
Sucked to have been a bowler in this match.
Aus 359/5 off 50 overs.....India 361/1 in 43.3 overs.
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