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All the Pakistan selectors and others have resigned over the teams elimination from the WCC. I wonder if the WI selectors have ever done so in the past?
Nuff people cussin our selectors all the time, when we takin licks from all teams - but I dont hear about selectors resigning lately. I know the board has had some changes, but what about the selectors?
And we sometimes have the nerve to criticise the Paki's? A Joke..
This is a post script to my main post, below, folks - so after this over (or before if it pleases you), please bat out the one below, and please, run swiftly between the stumps.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Bloggage
Well - I pause for a moment and celebrate the life of Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's late coach. In 1994, he was Brian Lara's coach at Warwickshire, so indirectly, he developed West Indies Cricket.
News was published in the UK today that he apparently succumbed to overdoses of prescription medicine along with heavy alcohol intake - however this was before an autopsy was performed in Kingston, Jamaica Today.
Despite this sad situation WCC continues to roar along - the Irish having impressed everyone, especially with their victory over Pakistan on St. Paddy's day - what an Irish celebration.
There is a security guard who always lets me park in a certain bank's parking lot, and today he said to me "Ah watchin out for the team they call Irieland".
The Windies have already qualified for the Super Eights, but they do play Ireland on Friday. B.C. Lara et al will be looking to drink them for Guiness.
The Irish's previous match with Zimbabwe was a thriller, actually able to pull of a tie with them - Kenya did not get anywhere today with the Kiwis, but it did start in an exciting way with one wicket for no runs. However NZ stayed at the crease and built up 331 runs, and Kenya never came close.
The Windies have taken some criticism on their uneventful win over Zimbabwe - but I cannot help thinking that this criticism is motivated by a dissapointment on the part of Cricinfo and other publications that the West Indies have advanced. There was no need for us to play as if it were baseball or a 20/20 match and lose silly wickets. I say leave them alone - a win is a win - even though Zimbabwe must be given max credit because they bowled and fielded tightly. They did not have to field tightly for Samuels' dismissal - that looked like a curry goat cricket shot, to rass. A blind man could have caught that shot. Anyhow - the ball is round.
Rally round the West Indies on Friday, folks - it will hopefully be cricket, lovely cricket.
News was published in the UK today that he apparently succumbed to overdoses of prescription medicine along with heavy alcohol intake - however this was before an autopsy was performed in Kingston, Jamaica Today.
Despite this sad situation WCC continues to roar along - the Irish having impressed everyone, especially with their victory over Pakistan on St. Paddy's day - what an Irish celebration.
There is a security guard who always lets me park in a certain bank's parking lot, and today he said to me "Ah watchin out for the team they call Irieland".
The Windies have already qualified for the Super Eights, but they do play Ireland on Friday. B.C. Lara et al will be looking to drink them for Guiness.
The Irish's previous match with Zimbabwe was a thriller, actually able to pull of a tie with them - Kenya did not get anywhere today with the Kiwis, but it did start in an exciting way with one wicket for no runs. However NZ stayed at the crease and built up 331 runs, and Kenya never came close.
The Windies have taken some criticism on their uneventful win over Zimbabwe - but I cannot help thinking that this criticism is motivated by a dissapointment on the part of Cricinfo and other publications that the West Indies have advanced. There was no need for us to play as if it were baseball or a 20/20 match and lose silly wickets. I say leave them alone - a win is a win - even though Zimbabwe must be given max credit because they bowled and fielded tightly. They did not have to field tightly for Samuels' dismissal - that looked like a curry goat cricket shot, to rass. A blind man could have caught that shot. Anyhow - the ball is round.
Rally round the West Indies on Friday, folks - it will hopefully be cricket, lovely cricket.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Cricket, what else did you expect?
Well, it was nice to see the Windies bowl themselves into victory at their first WI match.
241 was not a winning total, so although the total was not dismal, Pakistan does have some dangerous batsmen, so it was a bit unnerving - a decent one day total is more round 275 or higher.
And with 37 year old Lara getting 37, and then Gayle getting out in the 1st over, things were looking shaky at first.
But, people like Marlon Samuels and Dwayne Smith added a dimension to the teams depth in batting which was missing in the early 2000's.
How do you like that 6 that ended the innings?
Mikey Holding's pitch analysis said that a lot of runs would have been scored that day, but it appeared to have been a bowler's pitch -
So, to bowl out Pakistan for 18o odd was quite a feat for our bowlers and fielders - and Samuel's sixty odd was a very good knock.
Some matches on today- Bermuda were giving Sri Lanka lots of extra's, one over was 14 balls due to no balls and wide's - and even though they managed to injure Jayasuriya, who is one of Sri Lanka's (and the world's) best cricketers, I am sure Sri Lanka will take care of Bermuda very easily.
Everyone assumes that there are 8 teams that could win this WCC:
West Indies
Australia
Sri Lanka
India
Pakistan
South Africa
New Zealand
Either Zimbabwe or Bangladesh for the 8th spot
But, what if some of these collapse early -
This morning - David Lloyd - the former England coach who is good at making enemies, said that we should watch out for Ireland - so matters will be interesting if any of the test teams are upset by the so called minnows.
Lets see what happens -
Have a great week.
241 was not a winning total, so although the total was not dismal, Pakistan does have some dangerous batsmen, so it was a bit unnerving - a decent one day total is more round 275 or higher.
And with 37 year old Lara getting 37, and then Gayle getting out in the 1st over, things were looking shaky at first.
But, people like Marlon Samuels and Dwayne Smith added a dimension to the teams depth in batting which was missing in the early 2000's.
How do you like that 6 that ended the innings?
Mikey Holding's pitch analysis said that a lot of runs would have been scored that day, but it appeared to have been a bowler's pitch -
So, to bowl out Pakistan for 18o odd was quite a feat for our bowlers and fielders - and Samuel's sixty odd was a very good knock.
Some matches on today- Bermuda were giving Sri Lanka lots of extra's, one over was 14 balls due to no balls and wide's - and even though they managed to injure Jayasuriya, who is one of Sri Lanka's (and the world's) best cricketers, I am sure Sri Lanka will take care of Bermuda very easily.
Everyone assumes that there are 8 teams that could win this WCC:
West Indies
Australia
Sri Lanka
India
Pakistan
South Africa
New Zealand
Either Zimbabwe or Bangladesh for the 8th spot
But, what if some of these collapse early -
This morning - David Lloyd - the former England coach who is good at making enemies, said that we should watch out for Ireland - so matters will be interesting if any of the test teams are upset by the so called minnows.
Lets see what happens -
Have a great week.
Friday, March 09, 2007
Cricket, etc.
Well, as I write India is defending a soft target of 85 all out, set by the West Indies. Well, I, along with millions of other West Indies fans, are used to this by now.
The only problem with it is that the more this type of performance (does it deserve to be labelled "performance"?) continues, then the more fans become dissillusioned with the West Indian team.
I saw Australia just a while ago, at Arnos Vale, replying to England's 198. Hopefully Australia beats them, I suppose that is a predictable attitude from me. England must go down!
The tear gas incident in Trinidad wasn't nice either. What the hell is going on? Did the local organising committee let the Pakistan and South Africa teams know that there was an ongoing industrial dispute at the particular hotel they were staying in? I would like the answer whether or not the tear gas was related to the dispute -
Hopefully matters progress positively in WCC 2007 - no matter who wins.
By the way, how are folks supposed to pay these ticket prices for WCC? Amazing. Its clear they don't want certain people, although I know the ICC controls a lot of these things.
This article is in the Star in Jamaica, which is a bit on the "rag" side of journalism, but it ain't nice, none the less. There a number of serious things arising out of this.
I have asked women with weave and other hair cintings why they are often patting their head - and one in particular told me that it was so as not to scratch it, because some of the hair might come undone, or drop out to rass! Just another one of those curious things.
Blog you again soon..
The only problem with it is that the more this type of performance (does it deserve to be labelled "performance"?) continues, then the more fans become dissillusioned with the West Indian team.
I saw Australia just a while ago, at Arnos Vale, replying to England's 198. Hopefully Australia beats them, I suppose that is a predictable attitude from me. England must go down!
The tear gas incident in Trinidad wasn't nice either. What the hell is going on? Did the local organising committee let the Pakistan and South Africa teams know that there was an ongoing industrial dispute at the particular hotel they were staying in? I would like the answer whether or not the tear gas was related to the dispute -
Hopefully matters progress positively in WCC 2007 - no matter who wins.
By the way, how are folks supposed to pay these ticket prices for WCC? Amazing. Its clear they don't want certain people, although I know the ICC controls a lot of these things.
This article is in the Star in Jamaica, which is a bit on the "rag" side of journalism, but it ain't nice, none the less. There a number of serious things arising out of this.
I have asked women with weave and other hair cintings why they are often patting their head - and one in particular told me that it was so as not to scratch it, because some of the hair might come undone, or drop out to rass! Just another one of those curious things.
Blog you again soon..
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Resurrection
Well, it ain't that dramatic.
This has been my longest non-post. I wondered if by now my memberhship with Blogger may have lapsed. But, no, there it was, old faithful, still on line.
Well, I was not too comfortable with a couple of comments about my bloggionista Teenage Perfectionist - which were posted on my site about her, I guess to avoid actually having to comment on her site.
Well, her site is not online - I hope to hear from her soon.
I don't know, the blog world gets a bit testy some times. I deal with it by staying out of the fray - I am happy for folks to disagree without getting personal - but hey, the world wide web has no limits, except the old delete button, which is usually at one's disposal.
Do you know why:
Sometimes, people, in mid cell phone conversation, lean the earpiece away from the ear and sort of bark into the mouthpiece, in an apparent attempt to get the mouth close to the mike? Boy whatever the reason, and maybe some of you have done it, it look foolish no rass.
My dear mother, she covers her mouth and the phone mouthpiece, in an apparent attempt to block out the background noise. Now that looks really strange to bumbo.
How about that American Idol? Who do you like? I like Melinda Doolittle - tell me who you like - and if you like Antonella because she done the posing thing, well, thats ok too.
My Dad just returned from a week of cath lab, ecg and all manner of tesses (thats how some folks pronounce the plural of test) on his ticker. But he is really a 70 year old dynamo. He came back today, all tesses keem ("came") out good.
You know I did a post about a few months ago about my little office, and how it has these partitions which are open to the passageway inside the suite. I discussed the lack of privacy to "tap suppn" and then you know, one of my friends, a singer, said to me that his office (or former office) was better for "tappin suppn". I was a bit clueless when he said this, but then I realise that rass, 'im muss be a bloggionista. Clue me in Mad Bull .
Enjoy your weekend, and remember to rally round the West Indeeees. If unlike me you are not a cricket afficionado, then I hope you have a good month, although I will post before the month is done
This has been my longest non-post. I wondered if by now my memberhship with Blogger may have lapsed. But, no, there it was, old faithful, still on line.
Well, I was not too comfortable with a couple of comments about my bloggionista Teenage Perfectionist - which were posted on my site about her, I guess to avoid actually having to comment on her site.
Well, her site is not online - I hope to hear from her soon.
I don't know, the blog world gets a bit testy some times. I deal with it by staying out of the fray - I am happy for folks to disagree without getting personal - but hey, the world wide web has no limits, except the old delete button, which is usually at one's disposal.
Do you know why:
Sometimes, people, in mid cell phone conversation, lean the earpiece away from the ear and sort of bark into the mouthpiece, in an apparent attempt to get the mouth close to the mike? Boy whatever the reason, and maybe some of you have done it, it look foolish no rass.
My dear mother, she covers her mouth and the phone mouthpiece, in an apparent attempt to block out the background noise. Now that looks really strange to bumbo.
How about that American Idol? Who do you like? I like Melinda Doolittle - tell me who you like - and if you like Antonella because she done the posing thing, well, thats ok too.
My Dad just returned from a week of cath lab, ecg and all manner of tesses (thats how some folks pronounce the plural of test) on his ticker. But he is really a 70 year old dynamo. He came back today, all tesses keem ("came") out good.
You know I did a post about a few months ago about my little office, and how it has these partitions which are open to the passageway inside the suite. I discussed the lack of privacy to "tap suppn" and then you know, one of my friends, a singer, said to me that his office (or former office) was better for "tappin suppn". I was a bit clueless when he said this, but then I realise that rass, 'im muss be a bloggionista. Clue me in Mad Bull .
Enjoy your weekend, and remember to rally round the West Indeeees. If unlike me you are not a cricket afficionado, then I hope you have a good month, although I will post before the month is done
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