Saturday, January 14, 2006
First Test:Day Two .....
Before the Third day begins....
Ganguly’s Catch and Dravid’s Opening were the two most striking events of the day though latter was more or less expected, but the former was totally out of the blue! Going backward and catching with one hand. It stuck to his hand which normally never happens. All of a sudden Greg is all smiles and that’s good. After all, there’s no better fighter than a cornered tiger. This Bengal tiger is eyeing his second comeback and should be allowed all support which does not compromise with the team’s interest. Dravid had to open as there was no specialist opener in the team. This might be good, for Laxman’s in his favorite position – no. 3, and everyone will be glad if this pay off. 679 is a hard target but not unattainable especially in this track.
Of all the topics which Sanjay Manjrekar put to Imran Khan, I liked this one best because the same question had been in my mind since I myself am a fast bowler. The question was why India doesn’t produce a Shoib Akthar or Wasim Akram or Waqar Younis? I never concentrated on my bowling (nor on my fielding or even less on my batting). I was like a natural fast bowler with a good in-cutter and sometimes with a wet ball, I could swing too. Since I never had to work on my balling, I left it like that and here I am with not a single game in three years. This might be the case with many bowlers in India. Sanjay said a point he noted – if asked to a (any) group who is a batsman, who is a bowler, 90% goes to batsmen while a few are left to bowl. The bowlers are the dredgers; they are not given their due most of the time. The case is not of physique or anything else other than psyche. Why waste time when nobody recognizes your contribution? I read in a magazine that in a match with Hindus (pre-independence era), Hindus had a fast bowler, Ram or something, he was considered to be really fast by the English but unfortunately nothing of his legacy is left in India, though in Pakistan it flourished.
On passing note, I believe Pakistan is an equal or even better side than India with a really solid lineup. Like brothers, both are experimenting with makeshift openers when they have specialists waiting to be picked. Whose experiment will yield result? Only time can tell.
More articles:
Pak view - A suspension of disbelief
Indian View - Courage after the disaster
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Courtsey: Cricinfo
Ganguly’s Catch and Dravid’s Opening were the two most striking events of the day though latter was more or less expected, but the former was totally out of the blue! Going backward and catching with one hand. It stuck to his hand which normally never happens. All of a sudden Greg is all smiles and that’s good. After all, there’s no better fighter than a cornered tiger. This Bengal tiger is eyeing his second comeback and should be allowed all support which does not compromise with the team’s interest. Dravid had to open as there was no specialist opener in the team. This might be good, for Laxman’s in his favorite position – no. 3, and everyone will be glad if this pay off. 679 is a hard target but not unattainable especially in this track.
Of all the topics which Sanjay Manjrekar put to Imran Khan, I liked this one best because the same question had been in my mind since I myself am a fast bowler. The question was why India doesn’t produce a Shoib Akthar or Wasim Akram or Waqar Younis? I never concentrated on my bowling (nor on my fielding or even less on my batting). I was like a natural fast bowler with a good in-cutter and sometimes with a wet ball, I could swing too. Since I never had to work on my balling, I left it like that and here I am with not a single game in three years. This might be the case with many bowlers in India. Sanjay said a point he noted – if asked to a (any) group who is a batsman, who is a bowler, 90% goes to batsmen while a few are left to bowl. The bowlers are the dredgers; they are not given their due most of the time. The case is not of physique or anything else other than psyche. Why waste time when nobody recognizes your contribution? I read in a magazine that in a match with Hindus (pre-independence era), Hindus had a fast bowler, Ram or something, he was considered to be really fast by the English but unfortunately nothing of his legacy is left in India, though in Pakistan it flourished.
On passing note, I believe Pakistan is an equal or even better side than India with a really solid lineup. Like brothers, both are experimenting with makeshift openers when they have specialists waiting to be picked. Whose experiment will yield result? Only time can tell.
More articles:
Pak view - A suspension of disbelief
Indian View - Courage after the disaster
Live Video & Live Audio - Pay and Use (not pay per use)
Courtsey: Cricinfo
// posted by Rajasekhar @ 10:40 AM 
