Ramblings of a madman

Security code cracked (courtesy AFP) March the 3rd will be regarded as the darkest day in international as well as Pakistan cricket. The attack on the Srilankan players meant that there would not be cricket in Pakistan any time soon . Pakistan cricket has suffered a lot of setbacks in the recent times. First it was the Bob Woolmer murder incident ,then the ouster from the world cup in the group stages and now this. The Australia, England and South Africa have repeatedly expressed their fear in touring Pakistan , India is a recent inclusion. Now it wont be a surprise if rest of the world follows suite. Pakistan's only crowning moment in recent times was reaching the T20 world cup final, which they lost by a silly shot. Apart from that it has only been sorrow all the way. The Lankan players were arriving at the gaddaffi stadium,a group of terrorists fired at them to hold the...

Warner hits a six against South Africa in the T20 in Melbourne Dave Warner ,the pocket rocket which blasted the South African bowlers on Jan 11,2009 ,in his debut game needs much more time to repeat his feat.In the process ,the 22 year old became the first Australian in about a hundred years to make the debut for the national team without representing his home state New South Wales in a single first class game. This in itself is a great feat.The bondi boy in his first appearance for NSW in T20 Big Bash hit a hundred and got selected for the T20 against SA.All this happened in a blink of an eye .He has tasted success so early .Now every bowler would have his tapes and it ain't going to be easy coming. If you missed Warner's debut Knock watch now If he has to become the demolition man he is then he needs to get a few first class games under his belt. He needs to get his pacing of innings right for which experience is a mus...

Andy Roy Symonds has turned out to be one of the brattiest cricketers the game has ever seen if the recent lump of shit remark is anything to go by.He has a history of such events hung-over on the morning of a one-dayer against Bangladesh in 2005, a spat with Harbhajan Singh in the summer of 2007-08, a fight at a nightclub last year and another suspension at the hands of Cricket Australia earlier this summer. Watch out this is only the tip of the iceberg. Things were hunky dory until he made the "Unaustralian" remark on NSW which I think is bullshit. Just when you thought his rehab was on track he got drunk and took a jibe at McCullum calling him a lump of shit and pressed the self-destruct button. He tendered an apology through his manager,by now it was too late that his apology was only what he meant McCullum was.CA should get their act together and put an end to Roy's antics, rather than imposing fines on players getting injured during the IPL. If Symonds has any aspi...

I might sound silly to you all.I cant blame you guys for that as they lost series to India and South Africa.But if anyone thinks of writing off Australia you have mistaken.Mind you India and SA beat the Aussies when they were at their weakest,the problem is others rarely manage to beat them.But when they do beat the Aussies they start screaming at the top of their voice.The likes of Marsh ,Warner,Clarke,Tait,Mitch might just manage to get them back on their feet.Australia seems to be coping well after losing great,it has found their answer for next spinner in Krezja too.I think future ahead for young blokes is pleasant especially Pocket Rocket Dave Warner,he just needs to fine tune his skills a bit. I agree that they have lost the aura of invincibility but there still gas left get them back on track .To be honest I don't see them winning consistently for a year or two .But the kind of domestic structure they have go...