Asia Cup

[kv_baby]

Seeing as though we've seen the Sri Lankan's perform quite well in the last month, interested to see how they go in the Asia Cup.

Are they showing the games on Foxtel?

 

[Dont be a lemon]

Are they showing the games on Foxtel?

Setanta Sports http://www.setanta.com/au/Our-Sports/Asia-Cup-2012/

 

[Tassieboy]

Bugger. They did the 2008 series in Pakistan too.

Dhaka to play host to its 51st ODI in 4 years tomorrow Talk about overkill!

 

[The Speaker]

Afghanistan should be playing.

 

[Underarm]

biggest Non event on the Calender surely? especially for the long summers that Sri Lanka and India have had. With the IPL and that tour in England after the WC when was their last 'break'?


But the fans over there go Nutso for any cricket. Watch India come out and return to form in better conditions, SRT to hit a century against Bangas on a Road and Indian selectors to wonder what all the hoohah about them being shit was all about, citing Dravid's retirement as the only necessary change to their lineup.

 

[DrVanNostrand]

Afghanistan should be playing.

Agreed. Hong Kong and UAE have played in the past, and the matches given full-ODI status, HK's only 4 ODIs to date. Afghanistan are currently light years ahead of both of them.

 

[Tassieboy]

What a choke Bangldesh 39 from 40 balls with 5 wickets left. How the hell.

 

[whats_at_stake]

Afghanistan should be playing.

I think they have World Twenty20 qualifiers or something.

 

[Kram]

Another Tendulkar failure against SL, out for 6 off 19 balls. India 1 for 147 off 30 overs.

 

[Cooldude]

Fat lady's closing in for Sachin

 

[Underarm]

Hasn't hit a century(or half century) in an Away game since 14 sept 2009. (in Sri lanka, of all places.....)
Hasnt hit a half century since the Semi in the WC against Pakistan.
Hasnt hit a century since the start of the WC (vs Saffas)

Also, gone 22 test innings without a Century. at this point in Ponting's slump (I.e start of Saffa tour) people were calling for his head...

 

[Simple Jack]

Yeah but India have played 2 or 3 whole away series recently.

They must have 30 tests in a row at home including plenty against minnows coming up. Surely he and Sehwag will be able to rack up the runs.

 

[Tassieboy]

Sachin would have to be paying $1.50 to score a ton on these pitches - especially against BAN - surely?

 

[The Speaker]

This has to be one of the more awkwardly scheduled tournaments in recent history.

 

[whats_at_stake]

Sachin would have to be paying $1.50 to score a ton on these pitches - especially against BAN - surely?

Never scored a hundred against Bangladesh in ODI's but there is always time for a first.

 

[The Speaker]

Sachin would have to be paying $1.50 to score a ton on these pitches - especially against BAN - surely?

Pitches don't affect a person's mental state.

 

[Hellgood]

Pitches don't affect a person's mental state.

Of course they do. Look at the difference in batsmen's mindset when they play on a pitch like the latest Hobart test and when they are playing on a road in Ahmedabad.

 

[The Speaker]

Of course they do. Look at the difference in batsmen's mindset when they play on a pitch like the latest Hobart test and when they are playing on a road in Ahmedabad.

Not what I was talking about.

Way back last year, when the Windies were touring India, the Test in Mumbai was on a flat, flat pitch.

Tendulkar was seemingly cruising to his century, thus providing a fairytale ending to the contrived milestone of one hundred hundreds.

I predicted he would get out for 94 when he was on about 70 something.

He got out for 96.

It's a mental block he is struggling to overcome. Regardless of the pitch.

 

[Underarm]

True, but while in australia he didn't look like making it because of both his mental issues, but also the pitch made all the Indians gaga.

At least in the subcontinent you remove the pitch as a factor. And bangladesh isn't world class like Australia and sri Lanka.....

 

[Tassieboy]

I'm a sadist perhaps, but I would love to see him make a 99

 

[Kram]

I'm a sadist perhaps, but I would love to see him make a 99

lol, I recently had a dream where he should've easily been run out on 99 but some clown missed the stumps from only a couple of metres away.

 

[Tassieboy]

Haha

However, I feel the stars will align today and he should score well and probably hit a ton. Everything seems on the money.

 

[ioppolo]

Cricinfo says Shakib Al-Hasan & Mahmudallah have both bowled 2 overs in a row.

 

[Mint Condition]

Also, gone 22 test innings without a Century. at this point in Ponting's slump (I.e start of Saffa tour) people were calling for his head...

The difference is that Sachin had probably his best ever year in 2010 and carried that form into early 2011 before his current slump started. Ponting hadn't had a decent year in test cricket since 2008.

 

[JUBJUB]

Sachin on 89 against the mighty Bangers.Tony Greig has just rushed out to his garage to knock up a '100th 100th' product.