Sachin and Dravid to retire after English series.Surely after such outstanding careers, they will not want to end in such a note.Laxman will face the axe and perhaps we have already seen the last of him.Tragic.
A bit harsh on laxman, he's not the only one falling short. when will the others take responsibilities and accountability for their failings.
Whats indias fixture list for this year viru, is it just england end of october? what after that?
Sachin probably will prolong a bit but Dravid will say GOODBYE after the 'retribution' against England and Laxman will play his last test at Adelaide.
its newzealand first, then india in srilanka, then england in india, then at the start of 2013 australia in india.
Most graceful exits that come to my mind are:
1) Imran Khan- leading his nation to win the most coveted crown in cricket ( and within near future will lead the country towards the epitome of success)
2) Steve Waugh
3) Glenn Mcgrath
4) Shane Warne
1) "Imran Khan- leading his nation to win the most coveted crown in cricket"
? Imran Khan has never won the Ashes...
Sachin should not even think about retirement. He is still our best batsman.
Dravid and Laxman should probably retire because they clearly are not enjoying this, and I don't see any reason for them to continue.
I think Dravid still has something to offer but when you`ve got Sehwag giving his wicket away for next to nothing in rapid time its bound to put pressure on the rest...
Sehwag MUST go, Laxman will go too I presume, Sachin will give it another year at least.
It was only a few month ago in England that Dravid was showing the rest of his team how to bat...
Dravid did very well there... but his last 4 years have been well below par. I think it's time where seniors need to be playing their best to justify their place in the team. Even if they play as good as the replacements or even slightly better, I would give young kids a chance.
(U2074)
posted 52 minutes ago
1) "Imran Khan- leading his nation to win the most coveted crown in cricket"
..............................................................
Oops Sorry, under his leadership Pakistan won a small event called World Cup which the inventors of the games have never won.
? Imran Khan has never won the Ashes...
..................................................
Ooops He did
Oops Sorry, under his leadership Pakistan won a small event called World Cup which the inventors of the games have never won.
Hope u stick with this statement when England finally wins WC.
i back 2074's statement, and will always stick by it. When/if England win the world cup, i will not care, just as I did not care when England won the T20.
jezzer.... hmm so you wouldnt care if england won any kind of world cups? world cup win is a big event for any country. it might not be for you because you country has never even come close to winning this coveted cup.
I don't watch ODIs, i never have, I never will.
The world cup would be irrelevant to me, whether England were good at ODIs or not.
I think because the Ashes has so much history and meaning, it will always be the priority for England and the Aussies.
The T20 WC win meant absolutely nothing to me and most English fans, just has a ODI WC win would`nt. I didnt care when we beat India in the ODI`s at home and I didnt care when we lost the return series in India.
I can see why other nations (mainly the sub-continent) find it so important, not having anything anywhere near the sheer intensity of the battle for the "little urn".
I would like to see what the Aussie`s on JA606 think about the ODI WC v the Ashes in terms of importance.
Ashes > ODI WC
Pakistan- India test series were followed with as much intensity as the Ashes if not more but due to obvious reasons for the last 2 decades, we rarely have these 2 sides playing tests against each other.But if u rewind back to 99 ,90 ( in which Tendulkar andWaqar played debut tests),86(Gavaskar Farewell) and 82 series ( Imran destroying India's batting lineup), I am sure you be surprised to learn that it was followed with incomparable passion.
Only because you want to kill each other..
The Ashes IS cricket...
Ashes > Pak v Ind
BTW... Did you see when England were awarded the mace for being rank1 in tests? It was embarrassing to say the least ... But getting our little urn back means EVERYTHING
Keep your test mace, ODI and T20 wc cack, give me the Ashes anyday
ODI = fancy coloured tops and silly dancers..
World Cup > Ashes? bwhahahahahahahaha!
Kids...
not every fan is an english or australian.... its stupid argument that ashes is greater than anything. Odi cricket has also produced one of the most epic encounters. Its just that england havent ever done something epic in that format, and till now they havent done anything special in cricket itself. Its just in the past 2 years where england have become a good test side, which is yet to do well in the subcontinent and hold on to that no.1 spot for a long time. who can forget some of the matches of india vs australia in sharjah,? who can forget a match of pakistan vs india in sharjah? who can forget the recent pakistan india match in the world cup?
What is the best form of cricket? all the best players and real cricket fans with more than a couple of hours attention span that arnt seduced by silly marketing ploys seem to think its test cricket
What is the best test series on Earth? the Ashes
I thank you
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posted on 15/1/12
Sachin and Dravid to retire after English series.Surely after such outstanding careers, they will not want to end in such a note.Laxman will face the axe and perhaps we have already seen the last of him.Tragic.
posted on 15/1/12
A bit harsh on laxman, he's not the only one falling short. when will the others take responsibilities and accountability for their failings.
Whats indias fixture list for this year viru, is it just england end of october? what after that?
posted on 15/1/12
Sachin probably will prolong a bit but Dravid will say GOODBYE after the 'retribution' against England and Laxman will play his last test at Adelaide.
posted on 15/1/12
its newzealand first, then india in srilanka, then england in india, then at the start of 2013 australia in india.
posted on 15/1/12
Most graceful exits that come to my mind are:
1) Imran Khan- leading his nation to win the most coveted crown in cricket ( and within near future will lead the country towards the epitome of success)
2) Steve Waugh
3) Glenn Mcgrath
4) Shane Warne
posted on 15/1/12
1) "Imran Khan- leading his nation to win the most coveted crown in cricket"
? Imran Khan has never won the Ashes...
posted on 15/1/12
Sachin should not even think about retirement. He is still our best batsman.
Dravid and Laxman should probably retire because they clearly are not enjoying this, and I don't see any reason for them to continue.
posted on 15/1/12
I think Dravid still has something to offer but when you`ve got Sehwag giving his wicket away for next to nothing in rapid time its bound to put pressure on the rest...
Sehwag MUST go, Laxman will go too I presume, Sachin will give it another year at least.
It was only a few month ago in England that Dravid was showing the rest of his team how to bat...
posted on 15/1/12
Dravid did very well there... but his last 4 years have been well below par. I think it's time where seniors need to be playing their best to justify their place in the team. Even if they play as good as the replacements or even slightly better, I would give young kids a chance.
posted on 15/1/12
(U2074)
posted 52 minutes ago
1) "Imran Khan- leading his nation to win the most coveted crown in cricket"
..............................................................
Oops Sorry, under his leadership Pakistan won a small event called World Cup which the inventors of the games have never won.
? Imran Khan has never won the Ashes...
..................................................
Ooops He did
posted on 15/1/12
Oops Sorry, under his leadership Pakistan won a small event called World Cup which the inventors of the games have never won.
posted on 15/1/12
ODI cricket is for kids
posted on 15/1/12
Hope u stick with this statement when England finally wins WC.
posted on 15/1/12
i back 2074's statement, and will always stick by it. When/if England win the world cup, i will not care, just as I did not care when England won the T20.
posted on 15/1/12
jezzer.... hmm so you wouldnt care if england won any kind of world cups? world cup win is a big event for any country. it might not be for you because you country has never even come close to winning this coveted cup.
posted on 15/1/12
I don't watch ODIs, i never have, I never will.
The world cup would be irrelevant to me, whether England were good at ODIs or not.
posted on 15/1/12
I think because the Ashes has so much history and meaning, it will always be the priority for England and the Aussies.
The T20 WC win meant absolutely nothing to me and most English fans, just has a ODI WC win would`nt. I didnt care when we beat India in the ODI`s at home and I didnt care when we lost the return series in India.
I can see why other nations (mainly the sub-continent) find it so important, not having anything anywhere near the sheer intensity of the battle for the "little urn".
I would like to see what the Aussie`s on JA606 think about the ODI WC v the Ashes in terms of importance.
Ashes > ODI WC
posted on 15/1/12
Pakistan- India test series were followed with as much intensity as the Ashes if not more but due to obvious reasons for the last 2 decades, we rarely have these 2 sides playing tests against each other.But if u rewind back to 99 ,90 ( in which Tendulkar andWaqar played debut tests),86(Gavaskar Farewell) and 82 series ( Imran destroying India's batting lineup), I am sure you be surprised to learn that it was followed with incomparable passion.
posted on 15/1/12
Only because you want to kill each other..
The Ashes IS cricket...
Ashes > Pak v Ind
posted on 15/1/12
WorldCup > Ashes
posted on 15/1/12
BTW... Did you see when England were awarded the mace for being rank1 in tests? It was embarrassing to say the least ... But getting our little urn back means EVERYTHING
Keep your test mace, ODI and T20 wc cack, give me the Ashes anyday
posted on 15/1/12
ODI = fancy coloured tops and silly dancers..
World Cup > Ashes? bwhahahahahahahaha!
Kids...
posted on 15/1/12
not every fan is an english or australian.... its stupid argument that ashes is greater than anything. Odi cricket has also produced one of the most epic encounters. Its just that england havent ever done something epic in that format, and till now they havent done anything special in cricket itself. Its just in the past 2 years where england have become a good test side, which is yet to do well in the subcontinent and hold on to that no.1 spot for a long time. who can forget some of the matches of india vs australia in sharjah,? who can forget a match of pakistan vs india in sharjah? who can forget the recent pakistan india match in the world cup?
posted on 15/1/12
What is the best form of cricket? all the best players and real cricket fans with more than a couple of hours attention span that arnt seduced by silly marketing ploys seem to think its test cricket
What is the best test series on Earth? the Ashes
I thank you
posted on 15/1/12
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