Friday, November 21, 2008

The other Mr Chopra

here.

Which reminded me of this.

The ball, is in Chris Broad's court.

Posted by Homer at 11/21/2008 01:10:00 PM

18 comments:

samir said...

Homer, thanks for the link! (BTW, you should take off the #links in the URL above - it takes you down to the bottom of the page)

But on the business of pitches, I was staggered to see everyone talking about the expected low scores, how difficult it would be and so on, but all in an admiring tone of voice. Unfreakingbelievable.

3:20 PM, November 21, 2008
Homer said...

Samir,

Oops !! Sorry about the #links!

About the pitches, the onus is on Chris Broad and the ICC - are they going to maintain different standards for different teams or will they apply the same set of rules across the board.

Cheers,

3:32 PM, November 21, 2008
RGB said...

The double standards must be rectified but this pitch is hardly a green top.

Not sure what Broad can do even if he wanted to.

2:21 AM, November 22, 2008
Som said...

I was in Kanpur where India played England and Duckworth-Lewis beat Cricket in fading lights. There I had a chat with Shiv Kumar, the curator there, who had made the pitch when India won that Test inside three days against a hapless South Africa.

Kumar said it was not that bad a pitch and only Dravid's dismissal in that Test could be blamed on the track. According to him, rest had themselves to blame for their dismissal, he said.

I thought Green Park traditionally offered low bounce but a senior journo told me here Marshall had knocked Gavaskar's bat off his hand. But things gradually changed and Kumar said because of its vicinity to a river, Green Park would never be a fast bowlers' delight.

11:28 AM, November 22, 2008
scorpicity said...

I quite liked this pitch at least it was not dangerous... and a welcome change... either way, heavy rains to the rescue.

2:13 AM, November 23, 2008
Tifosi guy said...

Mate

Neat blog! Like your writing style. Btw are you the same guy who comments also at ' Smoke Signals' the blog run by Prem Panicker?

5:48 PM, November 23, 2008
Homer said...

RGB,

More wickets fell at Brisbane for less runs, compared to Kanpur..

And yet, Roshan Mahanama, the matvh referee found it necessary to find fault with the Green Park wicket and the ICC found time to censure the BCCI over this.

The ICC has written regulations on pitch behavior - did Brisbane comply to these norms?

If not, why is the ICC dawdling over this?

Cheers,

7:33 PM, November 24, 2008
Homer said...

Thanks for that insight Som.. Deeply appreciated .

Cheers,

7:34 PM, November 24, 2008
Homer said...

Scorpi,

Too many batsmen have been pampered for too long - and the ICC has taken lead in this mollycoddling.

Cheers,

7:35 PM, November 24, 2008
Homer said...

Tifosi Guy,

The very same :).

Thanks foy you kind words and welcome to the blog ..

Cheers,

7:36 PM, November 24, 2008
RGB said...

Homer,

The pitch is judged on how it behaves and not on wicket per runs ratio.


The guidelines are farcical. I am amazed Asian countries agreed to them.

But if we accept those guidelines, Mahanama was within his rights to report the Kanpur pitch as poor. The pitch did offer excessive turn to spinners early in the match.

In Brisbane , batting was inept. The pitch did not offer excessive seam movement.

9:51 AM, November 25, 2008
wildkiwi23 said...

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4:40 PM, November 25, 2008
scorpicity said...

Homer... hope you and you loved ones are safe in Mumbai.

3:47 AM, November 27, 2008
someone's dad said...

Homer,
you seem to be getting more N more hits. your blogs are incicive but very partisan biased towards india and your team mumbai. can you not atleast some time take a neutral stand on issues

5:19 AM, November 28, 2008
Homer said...

RGB,

Fair point..I stand corrected.

Cheers,

5:24 AM, November 28, 2008
Homer said...

Wildkiwi23,

Done adding you to the blog roll. I will shoot an e-mail in a bit.

Thanks for your kind words and welcome to the blog.

Cheers,

5:28 AM, November 28, 2008
Homer said...

someone's dad,

Thanks for your kind words and welcome to the blog.

I have an opinion, one that is shaped by what I know.

I am a Mumbaikar, have grown up with the team and am fanatical about it, and I am unapologetic about it :).

Other opinions - I look at the blog as an ideas exchange forum -I have a point of view, others have a whole different take on the same issue. By exchanging ideas, I can form a more well rounded view of the topic at hand.

Cheers,

5:33 AM, November 28, 2008
Homer said...

Everyone is okay Scorpi.. Thanks much for your concern.

I hope your family is safe too.

Cheers,

5:35 AM, November 28, 2008

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