Australia can't defend

What a match and what a chase..
and NZ grounds are a joke..

49.3 Bracken to Brendon McCullum, FOUR!!, low full toss on the off, Brendon McCullum comes down the track and looks to go over the top of long off, outside edge runs it down to third man, that is going all the way for four and that is all over, New Zealand win by 1 wicket

49.2 Bracken to Brendon McCullum, no run, yorker length delivery on the off, Brendon McCullum comes down the track and carves it to mid off, no says he as he has got plenty of time to score the one run

49.1 Bracken to Brendon McCullum, SIX!!, full toss on the off, Brendon McCullum shuffles across a long way outside the off stump and hammers it over backward square leg, that is going going and gone for maximum, SCORES LEVEL, what a turnaround this is!!!

7 runs off 6 balls

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How much support do you get from a thong ?

Apparently as much given by New Zealand fielders to their bowlers , according to Peter Roebuck, in yesterday's virtual semi final match against England in the Commonwealth Bank Tri-series. Well..not surprising coming from Peter Roebuck who as readers might remember , was once censured for beating children with stick in one of his cricket coaching clinic.


Anyway read the entire article here
Careless Kiwis let Poms into final - News - Ashes Tour 06-07 - theage.com.au

Harmissonesque..

First over. Very crucial match , in fact the most critical in the series and your best bowler in the previous match comes out with this rubbish. So Harmissonesqu!

0.6 Plunkett to Fleming, leg byes, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the leg, Fleming comes on the frontfoot and pads it to backward square leg
0.6 Plunkett to Fleming, wide, way down the leg side
0.5 Plunkett to Fleming, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Fleming shuffles across and plays it to cover point
0.4 Plunkett to Fleming, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Fleming comes on the frontfoot and shoulders arms to it
0.3 Plunkett to Fleming, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, nipping back in sharply, Fleming comes on the frontfoot, lifts his bat and lets it go
0.2 Plunkett to Vincent, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the leg, Vincent comes on the frontfoot and drives it to mid wicket
0.2 Plunkett to Vincent, 5 wides, Plunkett lands it way on the leg
0.2 Plunkett to Vincent, wide
0.1 Plunkett to Vincent, no run, short of length delivery, Vincent goes on the backfoot and looks push it, misses it
0.1 Plunkett to Vincent, wide, Plunkett lands it way outside off
0.1 Plunkett to Vincent, wide, way outside the off stump

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This is not Cricket

Nitin Pai writing in the much followed blog http://www.acorn.nationalinterest.in, talks about the nationalisation of Cricket in India. My opinion ? This is not Cricket.

"The UPA government has delivered a blast from the past, exorcised one of Indira Gandhi’s most damaging policies and turned it loose on Indian cricket. Time and again, this government has shown that it neither understands nor respects a principle that is at once the most basic and most sacred—the principle of rights. This time, it has trained its guns on broadcasting rights, ordering that Prasar Bharati (Doordarshan and All India Radio), as the public broadcaster, must have free access to events of ‘national importance’—like cricket matches. Cricket fans (that includes almost everyone) might rejoice at this state-sponsored free lunch. But the joy is unwarranted, because it is bad news for cricket.

The fact that the market value of broadcasting rights has shot through the roof indicates, well, just how valuable they are. Prasar Bharati is either incapable or unwilling to pay the market price, resulting in its viewers not having access to live cricket. The UPA government decided that this is a bad thing and ordered private broadcasters (who paid for the rights) to “share live feed, without advertisements” with the state-owned broadcaster. Thus Prasar Bharati not only gets the live feed free of cost, it can also make money by selling airtime to advertisers. The UPA may call this policy. A more appropriate word for it is robbery"

The Acorn � Cricket has been nationalised: