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Six and Out - Some Serious Cricket

Archive for the ‘MeThinks’ Category

December 15th, 2007

Before you call someone a chucker…

I never understood why I didn’t like talking about chucking. Now I’m seeing some daylight. I figure it’s because of how close a resemblance the word chucking bears to the f-word. Anyway, let’s get to the point.

Daniel Vettori called Shaun Tait a chucker, and this gave everyone something to talk about. I find it funny […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 3 comments

December 13th, 2007

7 Things We’ve Learned about Anil Kumble

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Anil Kumble was known to us as a humble, shy folk from Bangalore, who couldn’t even step over an ant.
But this series has allowed us to get some interesting scoop on him.

* Right-headed. Likes to think of the big picture and over the long-term. Keeps reminding players to set goals […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 8 comments

December 9th, 2007

Gilly’s snark at Captain Clarke

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Things were looking good for Michael Clarke. First, Lara Bingle and now, T20 captaincy, but there seem to be plenty of sour grapes around.

Adam Gilchrist isn’t happy apparently
Tags: adam-gilchrist, andrew-symonds, lara-bingle, michael-clarke

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By Dinsa Sachan -- 5 comments

November 29th, 2007

Why the BCCI shouldn’t hire Gary Kirsten

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What’s up, folks? Don’t tell me you are OK with Kirsten being named India coach!

*He’s only 40. Some of the seniors in Team India are well past 35. Do you think Kirsten will be taken seriously? I think that’s doubtful.
*He brings no impressive coaching credentials. Has he even coached […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 16 comments

November 28th, 2007

If you were a selector…

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…would you rope Yuvraj Singh in for the second Test?

On the one hand, I feel that he’s in the form of his life, and we need to tap in on that. But on the other hand, yes, I understand we can’t let go of our long-time trusted Laxman either. Ganguly’s […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 11 comments

November 20th, 2007

Why care about the Indian Oil Cup? (and some secret stuff…)

Pakistan skipper Malik feels that their win in the 5th ODI has “balanced” both the teams and raised his team’s confidence big time. We’ll know soon that he’s highly mistaken.
India called in the reserve bench on ocassion of the last trivial
Tags: fawad-alam, ganguly, india-vs.-pakistan-5th-ODI, india-vs.-pakistan-series, india-vs.-pakistan-test-series, Indian-Oil-cup, pravin-kumar, robin-singh, rohit-sharma, sachin-tendulkar, shoaib-malik, sreesanth, yuvraj-singh

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By Dinsa Sachan -- 14 comments

November 20th, 2007

Why Monty looks so happy?

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Monty Panesar, England’s wonder boy, suffered at the hands of former England coach Duncan Fletcher last year, missing some important opportunities, but good times are about to roll in for him. He has coach Peter Moores’ confidence ahead of their three-match Test encounter with Sri Lanka.

As soon Monty […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 3 comments

November 17th, 2007

A forgettable series (and 10 reasons we’d have to remember it anyway)

So, India has an unbeatable lead in the Indian Oil Cup. 3-1.
While the media is surely going to go gaga over it, I’ll admit we aren’t faking any joy over or interest in it. That we are actually discussing genetics at school these days should be a clue to how much interested we really are […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 0 comments

November 11th, 2007

I don’t like blabbermouths…

I really don’t. Especially when they don’t know what they are saying. When they shouldn’t be saying it. When they don’t have the right to say it. When they are simply saying it to get some cheap publicity. Like a Basit Ali did.
Malik’s learning, but as I stated on Ottayan’s blog, this series is from […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 6 comments

November 10th, 2007

The Day of the Underdog

Kris Srikkanth and my dad are more than happy. Their deepest wish has come true.

BCCI, in a hasty attempt to resolve the captaincy crisis following Tendulkar’s refusal, have passed on the hat to Kumble. They had several options beside Kumble: Dhoni, Laxman, and Ganguly. Not going for Ganguly and Laxman is understandable, but they must […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 2 comments