this fucken looser replaces morkel
Philander replaces Morkel
All-rounder Vernon Philander will arrive in Karachi on Friday morning to join the Proteas as a replacement for Morne Morkel.
this fucken looser replaces morkel
Philander replaces Morkel
so all it took for us to be beaten is injuries and playing a mickey mouse hit and run game?
fuck sreesanth and fuck harbhajan theyre both bitches of the highest order. sreesanth prances on like a tiger and plays like a bitch. james hopes skies a fuckin dolly of a catch and sreesanth waves dhoni away annnnnnd HE DROPS IT HAHAHA and then throws the ball in anger and we get an overthrow. he is fucked if he comes out here he won't handle our crowds
3/13 LOL fuck india they can have the 20/20 mickey mouse hit and run tournament
how are we bad losers? when is the last time we lost? to england in VB series final? LOL where was harbhajan then? how about sore winners the way india went on after the 2001 was series was bullshit but we didn't complain about it.
pollock is on what, 396 wickets now? another one about to be welcome to the 400 club
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this one is for you ramesh. i bet if it were australian crowds - irrespective of the nationality of the fans like was the case when south africans racially abused south africans in australia yet the whole word criticised us - there would be a stink and action take. but as usual the ICC Indian Cricket Council do nothing on asian teams
Symonds racially abused
Alex Brown in Vadodara
October 12, 2007
THE ugly spectre of racism has returned to cricket, with sections of the Vadodara crowd subjecting Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds to monkey chants during yesterday's one-day international at the IPCL Sports Complex.
The incident occurred in the second half of the Indian innings when Symonds was fielding on the boundary. An unspecified number of spectators taunted Symonds with the monkey noises, which have been the scourge of European football for years.
In a separate crowd incident yesterday, play was halted for several minutes after a section of the crowd pelted the playing surface with bottles as Australia's batsmen, Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting, closed in on a nine-wicket victory. But it is the taunting of Symonds that most upset the Australians.
Sources within the team confirmed that the abuse took place, but they did not believe it was the team's place to press for further action. The Australians have referred the matter to local authorities who, in turn, may be questioned by the International Cricket Council.
"Like any cricketing centre in India, we would never tolerate this kind of behaviour," said Makarand Waingankar, chief executive of the local Baroda Cricket Association. "Racism should not exist in India at all. We are a cosmopolitan country, with many religions and dialects living peacefully together. This is the cultural city of Gujarat, and it would be a shame if that was to be spoilt by a few people.
"This sort of thing can happen anywhere in the world. Crowd behaviour is as finicky a thing as one can imagine. It is impossible to predict. I went onto the ground when there was some bottle throwing to defuse the crowd situation, but I was not informed of [the chants]."
The ICC introduced a stringent new anti-racism code last year, after the South African team complained of racist crowd behaviour on the 2005-06 tour of Australia. The new code was drawn up by a working party headed by ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed, and including Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland and his South African counterpart Gerald Majola.
The code provides for severe penalties, with spectators found guilty of racial abuse subject to life bans and venues subject to fines and the loss of international status.
"Cricket reflects the world's diversity with a range of races and religions all involved," Speed said when the code was unveiled. "That diversity is something the game can be proud of and our code is something that emphasises the commitment of all our members to maintaining and enhancing it."
The monkey chanting in Vadodara is the latest, and most disturbing, in a series of ill-tempered incidents that have beset Australia's tour of India. Tensions were first raised when Symonds questioned the manner in which the Indians chose to celebrate their Twenty20 World Cup triumph, then bubbled over when the all-rounder confronted firebrand paceman Shantha Sreesanth mid-pitch in Bangalore.
More recently, Sreesanth and Symonds locked horns in the players' race after the Australian's dismissal during the one-day international in Chandigarh on Monday. Sreesanth, who was not a member of the Indian XI at the time, mock-applauded Symonds as he left the playing surface, prompting a heated exchange. Twelfth man Stuart Clark had to separate the pair.
Pakistanis arrested for racial abuse
October 12, 2007 - 10:41PM
Four Pakistani fans have been arrested for racially abusing South African cricket team members at Gaddafi Stadium.
South African security official Faisul Nagel, assistant coach Vincent Barnes and medium fast bowler Vernon Philander were walking toward practice nets on the sidelines when they were racially abused from the stands, Akram said. All three men are black.
"They are in the lock-up as they passed on racially motivated comments on South Africans," Nadeem Akram, a Pakistan Cricket Board official told reporters.
South African team spokesman Michael Owen-Smith said the matter was swiftly handled and the visitors will not lodge an official complaint to the Pakistan Cricket Board.
"The matter was handled properly and we are now satisfied," Smith said.
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Gunmen attack Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan – At least a dozen men attacked Sri Lanka's cricket team with rifles, grenades and rocket launchers Tuesday ahead of a match in Pakistan, wounding seven players, an umpire and an assistant coach. Six policemen and a driver were killed in the brazen assault on South Asia's most beloved sport.
Two players were hospitalized with bullet wounds that were not life-threatening and the umpire was in stable condition, officials said. Five other players and a British assistant coach had minor injuries.
In a coordinated attack, the assailants ambushed the convoy carrying the squad and match officials at a traffic circle 100 yards (meters) from the main sports stadium in the eastern city of Lahore, triggering a 15-minute gunbattle with police guarding the vehicles.
None of the attackers was killed or captured at the scene, city police chief Haji Habibur Rehman said. Authorities did not speculate on the identities of the attackers or their motives, but the chief suspects will be Islamist militants, some with links to al-Qaida, who have staged high-profile attacks on civilian targets before.
The attack reinforced perceptions that nuclear-armed Pakistan is veering out of control under terrorist assault. It will end hopes of international cricket teams — or any sports teams — playing in the country for months, if not years.
Sri Lanka had agreed to this tour — allowing Pakistan to host its first test matches in 14 months — only after India and Australia backed out of scheduled trips over security concerns.
Tuesday's attack came three months after the Mumbai terror strikes that killed 164 people. Those raids were allegedly carried out by Pakistan militants, and the assault in Lahore resembled them in many respects. Both were coordinated attacks, used multiple gunmen, apparently in teams of two, who were armed with explosives and assault rifles, carried backpacks and apparently had little fear of death or capture.
Authorities will also consider possible links to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger separatist rebels who are being badly hit in a military offensive at home, though Sri Lankan military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said officials there did not believe the group was responsible.
Authorities canceled the test match against Pakistan's national team and the Lahore governor said the team was flying home. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa condemned the attack and ordered his foreign minister to immediately travel to Pakistan to help assist in the team's evacuation and ensure they are safe.
The attackers hit the team bus with automatic weapons from several locations and fired a rocket and a grenade that missed, witnesses and officials said. They did not manage to stop the vehicle — something that likely saved the squad from a worse fate. Other vehicles traveling with or close to the convoy stopped.
TV footage of the attack showed at least two pairs of gunmen with backpacks firing from a stretch of grass and taking cover behind a small monument before moving on. It was taken from the offices of a Pakistani news channel overlooking the site of the ambush.
"These people were highly trained and highly armed. The way they were holding their guns, the way they were taking aim and shooting at the police, it shows they were not ordinary people," said Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab province. "This is the same style as the terrorists who attacked Mumbai."
Other video showed damaged vehicles and unexploded grenades lying on the ground along with three bodies. An Associated Press reporter saw police handling what looked like two suicide jackets. Officers also recovered two backpacks apparently used by the attackers before fleeing, as well as walkie-talkies.
"It is a terrible incident, and I am lost for words," said Steve Davis, an Australian who was to have umpired the match.
Nadeem Ghauri, a Pakistani umpire who witnessed the attack, said the umpires were behind a bus of Sri Lankan players when suddenly they heard gunshots that lasted for 15 minutes. "Our driver was hit, and he was injured," he said.
Lahore police chief Rehman said "between 12 and 14 men" took part in the assault and they resembled Pashtuns, the ethnic group that hails from close to the Afghan border, the stronghold of al-Qaida and the Taliban. He said officers were hunting them down.
"Our police sacrificed their lives to protect the Sri Lankan team," he said.
Two Sri Lankan players — Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavitana — were being treated for injuries in a hospital but were stable, said Chamara Ranavira, a spokesman for the Sri Lankan High Commission.
Medical Superintendent of the Services Hospital, Mohammad Javed, told The Associated Press that a total of 15 wounded were admitted to the hospital.
Among them was umpire Ahsan Raza, whom Javed said was "seriously wounded." He added: "He has got one bullet in his abdomen that has damaged his internal parts."
Of the two players, Paranavitana was grazed by a bullet in the chest, and Samaraweera has a bullet wound in his thigh.
Team captain Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Ajantha Mendis, Suranka Lakmal and Chaminda Vaas had minor injuries, the Sri Lankan Cricket Board said. Ranavira said British assistant coach Paul Farbrace also sustained minor injuries.
Veteran batsman Sangakkara told Sri Lankan radio station Yes-FM that "all the players are completely out of danger."
Haider Ashraf, another police officer, said six policemen and a driver of a Pakistan Cricket Board vehicle were killed.
Three hours after the attack, at least Sri Lankan eight players and team officials left the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore on a Pakistani army helicopter that took off from the pitch. Wajira Wijegunawardena, the Sri Lankan cricket board's media manager, said the team planned to board a flight to Abu Dhabi later Tuesday and return to Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona said little could be done to stop such an attack.
"I think the Pakistani authorities have provided adequate security but as we know from experience ... there is never enough security to counter a well organized and determined terrorist group," Kohona said.
The Dubai-based International Cricket Council condemned the attack. ICC President David Morgan told the British Broadcasting Corp. that the organization had no role in deciding on whether Pakistan was safe enough for a tour.
"So long as the two countries are in agreement on safety and security, the ICC does not have a role," Morgan said.
One militant group likely to fall under particular suspicion is Lashkar-e-Taiba, the network blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks in November, in which 10 gunmen staged a three-day siege targeting luxury hotels, a Jewish center and other sites.
The group has been targeted by Pakistani authorities since then, and its stronghold is in eastern Pakistan.
In the past, India and Pakistan have blamed each other for attacks on their territories. Any allegations like that will trigger fresh tensions between the countries, which are already dangerously high.
source - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090303/...eters_attacked
i would have thought tone would have mentioned this. this is fucked up for pakistan, their national sport is cricket. i doubt anyone is going there for a while.
wtf
you havent seen this all over english news all day? ...well im watching skysportsnews... its supposed to be previewing tonights football... but this has been on all day.
my TV isnt working right now
man any players get shot?
Nope.
5 po po dead (this is wu-tang)
and 2 coaches shot. Including 1 English.
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you should read... the first paragraphs of news stories, usually have all the major facts.
"Six policemen and a driver were killed in the brazen assault on South Asia's most beloved sport.
Two players were hospitalized with bullet wounds that were not life-threatening and the umpire was in stable condition, officials said. Five other players and a British assistant coach had minor injuries."
-Indian bowler Sudhindra gets life ban for spot-fixing
India's uncapped fast bowler T. P. Sudhindra has been handed a life ban for spot-fixing in a local match, the country's cricket chiefs announced on Saturday.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also punished four other domestic players, with Shalabh Srivastava banned for five years, and Mohnish Mishra, Abhinav Bali and Amit Yadav each for one year.
"The disciplinary committee held Sudhindra guilty of actually receiving a consideration to spot-fix in a domestic cricket match, and hence imposed an exemplary penalty on him," BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a statement.
The BCCI last month suspended the players from all cricket after a sting operation by a local TV channel during this season's Indian Premier League (IPL) highlighted alleged fixing and corruption in domestic matches.
The inquiry was carried out by former police officer Ravi Sawani, who had previously served on the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit.
"Sudhindra has been debarred for life, from playing any cricket matches conducted or authorised by the ICC (International Cricket Council) or BCCI, or any affiliated unit of the BCCI," Jagdale said in the statement.
Hindi-language India TV last month showed Sudhindra, of IPL's team Deccan Chargers, allegedly agreeing to bowl pre-arranged no-balls in a local amateur match.
Kings XI Punjab player Srivastava was reportedly heard boasting he could do the same in the IPL.
The channel reported it had taped seamer Srivastava telling its reporters he could deliver a no-ball in the IPL for one million rupees (about $18,500).
"Srivastava was held guilty of agreeing to fix a match and negotiate terms for the same, even though no actual match-fixing or spot fixing took place," said Jagdale.
"He has been debarred for a period of five years."
Mishra, Bali and Yadav were found guilty of bringing "the game into disrepute".
"The three players, through loose talk and unsubstantiated bragging, brought the game into disrepute, and hence, have been held guilty of the lesser offence," said Jagdale.
"They have been debarred for a period of one year."
There was no immediate comment from the players.
The five are all first-class players, but have yet to break into international cricket.
The IPL, which began in 2008 as a high-octane mix of glamour, entertainment, rich purses for players and the excitement of slam-bang T20 cricket, has endured a difficult ride over the past four years.
The tournament, which features world stars playing for rich franchise owners, is also being investigated by government agencies for alleged fraud and foreign exchange violations.
Its founder Lalit Modi, who was suspended from the league in 2010, is holed up in London facing Indian government and BCCI charges of misappropriation of funds.
Three Pakistan players -- Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif -- plus their agent Mazhar Majeed were last year found guilty of spot-fixing during the 2010 Lord's Test against England and jailed.
http://news.yahoo.com/indian-bowler-...000906203.html
Do you follow cricket Check? It seems like a sport that Americans generally find boring.
^^
I'm not really too familiar with it to be honest, lol They hardly ever play it on TV here.
I played last year at school with a couple of Indian dudes. I was at the courts shooting by myself killing time and they just walked up and set up shop. Courts are huge so there was plenty of space but I was pretty much at the hoop that was in their out field. I started snagging the fly balls and throwing em back to them and sooner than later I just dug in and started playing Center Field for them lol. Then they was like "Yo come take a swing" Bat is heavier that it looked. I think I impressed them in the field but when I started batting the joke was on me. Got used to it though an started blasting a few. Really enjoyed it, kinda like baseball's great great grandfather.
RIP
--- Australian cricket player Phillip Hughes dies two days after being hit in head with ball
SYDNEY (AP) — Test batsman Phillip Hughes died in a Sydney hospital on Thursday, two days after being struck in the head by a cricket ball during a domestic first-class match. He was 25.
“It is my sad duty to inform you that a short time ago Phillip Hughes passed away,” Australian team doctor Peter Brukner said in a statement. “He never regained consciousness following his injury on Tuesday.”
Brukner said Hughes was not in pain before he died, and was surrounded by family and close friends. “
As a cricket community we mourn his loss and extend our deepest sympathies to Phillip’s family and friends at this incredibly sad time,” Brukner said.
Messages of support poured in from all around the world since Hughes collapsed after being hit behind the left ear after mis-timing a shot to a short-pitch delivery while batting for South Australia against New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match on Tuesday.
He underwent emergency surgery at nearby St. Vincent’s Hospital and remained in a critical condition in an induced coma.
Australia captain Michael Clarke was among the dozens of teammates, former teammates and cricket officials who visited hospital in the following days.
Deaths are rare in cricket, although Hughes is the second player in two years to sustain a fatal blow.
Darryn Randall, who was 32 and a former first-class player in South Africa, was killed after being struck on the side of the head during a Border Cricket Board Premier League match in the Eastern Cape last year.
Images of Hughes collapsing face first at the Sydney Cricket Ground were broadcast almost instantly across Australia on Tuesday, when satellite TV trucks and dozens of news crews started reporting regular updates on his condition from outside the hospital.
Hughes played 26 test matches for Australia after making his debut 2009, but was not able to earn a regular spot in the starting lineup.
The injury sparked debate about short-pitch bowling in the game, the level of protection offered by helmets that first came into common use at the test level in the late 1970s, and the seemingly slow reaction time of the ambulance service as Hughes was treated on the field.
Bouncers, where a fast bowler aims to push the batsman back toward the stumps with a ball that lands halfway down the pitch and rears up above chest or head height, are still a regular and acceptable part of the game.
The International Cricket Council revised its laws on short-pitch bowling in the early 1990s, putting restrictions on the number of short-pitch balls allowed per over to stamp out bowlers merely using the delivery to intimidate batsmen.
Tragic stuff. RIP Phil Hughes. He shit on South Africa big time in his debut series
Next weeks test vs India will get called off surely now.
The World Cup is on in February check two you should watch it lol does Ramesh still post here? We just got finished wiping our arse with South Africa like we always do
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