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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 18, 2008 14:36:36 GMT 10
First Match Bangalore vs. Kolkata (my favourites)
Broadcast 12:15 am Channel 10 (90% sure, someone confirm..)
Teams: Kolkata (likely) 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 3 Ricky Ponting, 4 Brendon McCullum (wk), 5 David Hussey, 6 Debabrata Das, 7 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 8 Ajit Agarkar, 9 Murali Kartik, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda.
Bangalore (likely) 1 Praveen Kumar, 2 Wasim Jaffer, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 Rahul Dravid (capt), 5 Virat Kohli, 6 Cameron White, 7 B Akhil, 8 Mark Boucher (wk), 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Ashley Noffke, 11 R Vinay Kumar
The Toss: The Stadiums Floodlights Will Be Shutdown, 1 Minute Later, Spotlights Will Focus On The Two Captains Walking Out Into The Middle, Rockstar Entrance Much?
Nick's Prediction: Unless Bangalores bowlers fire on all cylinders, they have too many grafters to get a score of 180 +
Kolkata the likely victors, with a dominating line up, Ricky Ponting will be glad Ishant Sharma's on his side,
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 18, 2008 14:40:52 GMT 10
Update: Chris Gayle is yet to arrive for the match, with a delayed flight, his spot is in jeopardy (how do you spell that?)
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Post by TC Ink on Apr 18, 2008 14:59:44 GMT 10
Kolkata should win this match faily easily, but hey its 20/20 and obviously can be quite a lottery.
I doubt I will be staying up to watch it! (Surely 10 will show some replays during the day?!?!?)
If anyones interested the odds are: Bangalore 2.05 Kolkata 1.70
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Post by dle rulez on Apr 18, 2008 15:22:55 GMT 10
This game will be a beauty to Watch for the first game Cameron White will be a joy to watch.
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 18, 2008 15:26:15 GMT 10
cameron white is a ho, davo, that sounds really gay, you aren't a 60 year old english commenator
as if you wouldnt stay up to to watch it..
i put a bet on kolkata
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Post by ::Richo:: on Apr 18, 2008 15:36:51 GMT 10
itll be interesting to see how they organise it
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 18, 2008 16:40:18 GMT 10
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Post by ::Richo:: on Apr 18, 2008 16:47:41 GMT 10
lol the gangully meds are devestating
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 18, 2008 22:02:44 GMT 10
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Post by ::Richo:: on Apr 18, 2008 22:11:55 GMT 10
omg he's gonna get a baggin from our commentators
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 18, 2008 22:15:49 GMT 10
i want to see how channel 10 does cricket, all trippy i bet, who are the commentators?
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Post by ::Richo:: on Apr 19, 2008 10:36:35 GMT 10
the commentators were shate ummmm geeze noffke and kallis are useless players
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 19, 2008 10:50:42 GMT 10
haddin is the worst commentator ever! haha bloody hell McCullums good, Kallis is alright, just not suited to 20/20, i think my decision not to pick any aussies in my fantasy team got justified here, yeh, cameron whites real awesome davo
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 19, 2008 10:51:27 GMT 10
and the ganguly meds devastated the opposition that was pretty awesome other funny things - McCullum, as the top runscorer currently, will now wear the 'Orange Helmet' which is essentially the tour de france yellow jersey of cricket - The outfits in general, so shiny, - McCullum's paddle over slip - Sambit Khan - owner of Kolkata's celebrations. god, it was worth staying up for ha oh and this George Lucas, where are you? With their golden helmets, the Knight Riders look like they've just stepped off a Star Wars set. Just imagine R2D2 in black clothes, and you get the idea. Mind you, as an Australian journalist watching from London said: "You've got to love those golden pads." No worries with a team song for this lot. Spaceman, which was a massive hit in the mid-90s for Babylon Zoo, whose lead singer, Jas Mann, has roots in the Punjab.
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Post by ::Richo:: on Apr 19, 2008 12:14:44 GMT 10
lol yea gotta love those shiny kits
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 20, 2008 20:58:20 GMT 10
hyderabad vs kolkata starts, whoever wins this will win IPL i know its an early call but.. update: dodgy pitch has hyderabad in trouble at 2/29 in the 6th over content-aus.cricinfo.com/ipl/engine/current/match/335986.htmllaxman got a duck and rao got a couple, both victims on the pitch Sharma is apparently dangerous, im tuning in on tv
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 20, 2008 21:06:05 GMT 10
update, just some interesting quotes, to give you an idea of the pitch
1.3 Sharma to Venugopal Rao, no run, beaten outside off. It lifted from short of length and straightened outside off, Venu jabbed at it and was beaten. Puff of dust came up as the ball landed and Venu has a close look at the spot
1.4 Sharma to Venugopal Rao, 1 run, ooh another lifter! The pitch is certainly doing things. It kicked up alarmingly, Venu took out the bottom-hand and stabbed at it, the ball flew off the glove and went to the off side
1.5 Sharma to Gilchrist, 1 wide, And this one keeps low. Hmm... not a ideal track, this. This one was down the leg side and Gilly survives. Had it been straight, he could have been in trouble
3.1 Sharma to Venugopal Rao, no run, the janus-faced pitch is acting up. This one stops on the batsman and Venu is early into his cut and can't connect. Again that puff of dust.
3.2 Sharma to Venugopal Rao, OUT, caught at gully. The previous one stopped on the batsman, this one kicked up a touch even as it came in from outside off to cramp up Venu and he ended up guiding it straight to the fielder
3.5 Sharma to Laxman, no run, Nasty lifter and VVS is in pain. VVS leaned forward to defend a length delivery but was shocked as it kicked up brutally to crash into the left glove.
4.2 Dinda to Laxman, no run, stops on VVS and he wrists it down to midwicket. VVS walks down to have a very close look at the spot. Big puff of dust flew up that time.
4.3 Dinda to Laxman, OUT, The pitch takes out VVS. It was a short delivery and as any batsman would do, VVS went for the pull but it stopped on him, VVS couldn't get out of the shot and just managed to flat bat it a dolly to mid-off. VVS Laxman c Shukla b Dinda 0 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
5.2 Agarkar to Gilchrist, no run, The top soil is coming off already. It landed outside leg, on a length and just spun across! Gilly was stunned and just had a poke and a miss.
6.5 Kartik to Symonds, no run, Now then, that's a ripper. It spun sharply from the middle stump, jumped up and left a bemused Symonds. Ponting rushes across from first slip to have a chat with Murali Kartik
7.5 Mohammad Hafeez to Symonds, no run, Big turn. Is it Hafeez or Muralitharan?! It landed way outside off and spun past Symonds and down the leg side
thats just 7 overs of it hahaha
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Post by ::Richo:: on Apr 20, 2008 21:11:04 GMT 10
yea sounds like the pitch is livley and crazy should be a cracker!
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 20, 2008 21:12:56 GMT 10
haha, lets hope hyderabads long batting line up saves them
ive switched off the site, i want to be in for a surprise when i watch it
can McCullum save kolkata from the dodgy pitch?
last update only because i cant stop laughing at the commentator 10.2 Kartik to Symonds, no run, OMG! what a ripper. Unplayable. It drifted in, landed on middle and leg, gripped, turned, bounced and spun past the off stump, past the poke.
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Post by TC Ink on Apr 21, 2008 11:03:11 GMT 10
The commentators on telly were driving me insane with their chatter about the pitch. OK its heavily a bowling pitch! They were carrying on as if every single ball was going to be unplayable and that somebody might get killed!
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 21, 2008 11:57:39 GMT 10
looks like my team shreds over hyderabad,
ohhhh yeah
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Post by ::Richo:: on Apr 21, 2008 12:27:03 GMT 10
no dude put them on an actual pitch with actual flood lights and lets see what happens.
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 21, 2008 14:18:13 GMT 10
but but but, they lost...
Kolkata = top of table
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Post by TC Ink on Apr 21, 2008 14:33:17 GMT 10
Matt, when making that comment did you consider that Kolkatta were the ones that had to bat under dodgy flood lights?
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Post by nickmclachlan on Apr 21, 2008 14:36:02 GMT 10
hafeez isnt bad..
i was impressed
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