The new T20 minnows announced.. Surprisingly Bangladesh, Netherlands are also featured along with Australia..
Australia deserve T20 minnow status after losing consecutive matches in their hapless shot at the 2009 world T20 title. It would be disrespectful to their opponents to be overly critical of the men in yellow as they were easily beaten by better teams in both matches. Not once were they in a strong position and they were embarrassingly outplayed, outwitted and eventually spanked by the Windies and the Lankans.It seemed that they thought all they needed to do was turn up and the result would go their way.
What little success Australia has had in the last 12 months has been due to the hungrier, less experienced players and to choose any player on past glory and not performance erodes the confidence of the younger men and ultimately upsets the morale of the entire squad.. Remember the other aussie, Guru Greg, had said that players cant select themselves on performances from the past.. Anyone listening !!
Mitchell Johnson has been exceptional with both bat and ball.. Poor guy bats, scores all the runs and then runs up and takes all wickets. Where are the other 10 !! :-D
Australia’s performance at the World T20 should have the captain, coach and selectors critically analyzing why they failed to be competitive..
My opinion- two of their best players Hayden and Gilly have retired and its getting tough to find replacements for them. Ricky doesn't fit into T20 scheme, he is not a good all round player neither is he an impact player..
Sending Symonds back was ridiculous, being in a world title tournament and acting so irresponsibly is inexplicable.. Is drinking the problem ? or being drunk ? D.Hussey batting at 7 and 8, huh ! He is the impact player, he needs to bat up front..
This is the 3rd ICC tournament where aussies haven't won a single game..
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Super 8 Fixtures
Super Eight Fixtures of twenty20 world cup
Every 4th match is of India..
Every 4th match is of India..
Time | Match | Venue |
Thu 11 June | Group F – New Zealand v Ireland | |
Thu 11 June (D/N) | Group E - England v South Africa | |
Fri 12 June | Group F - Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Lords |
Fri 12 June (D/N) | Group E – India v West Indies | Lords |
Sat 13 June | Group E – West Indies v South Africa | Oval |
Sat 13 June (D/N) | Group F – New Zealand v Pakistan | Oval |
Sun 14 June | Group F - Ireland v Sri Lanka | Lords |
Sun 14 June (D/N) | Group E – India v England | Lords |
Mon 15 June | Group E – England v West Indies | Oval |
Mon 15 June (D/N) | Group F – Pakistan v Ireland | Oval |
Tue 16 June | Group F – New Zealand v Sri Lanka | |
Tue 16 June (D/N) | Group E – India v South Africa |
Reward for elimination
Strange things can happen only in Pakistan cricket, I thought.. Australia are doing their best to match it and even overtake PAK in it..
Aussie cricketers have been awarded a pay hike after ending a "successful" T20 world cup campaign where they was bundled out after back-to-back losses to the West Indies and Sri Lanka.
Australia's top cricketers were awarded a 13.1 percent increase in their retainers’ unveiled by Cricket Australia on Wednesday. Under the new deal, skipper Ricky Ponting and five other players will get a fixed contract, guaranteeing their tiered retainers plus match payments for every Australia match.
So even if they're injured or fail to win selection for a Test match, limited-overs international or Twenty20 international, the top six centrally contracted players will get the match payment.
Australian Cricketers' Association chief Paul Marsh said the top players would earn in excess of A$1.5 million ($1.21 million) a year.
At the other end of the scale for the 25 centrally contracted players, the minimum base retainer will increase from A$180,000 this season to A$210,000 in 2010-11 with two 13.1 percent increases figured into the agreement over two years.
Match payments will increase marginally from A$13,000 ($10,450) to A$13,500 ($10,850) per test over two years. Over the same time, match fees for an ODI will increase from A$5,200 ($4,200) to A$5,400 ($4,340) and for a T20 from A$3,900 ($3,140) to A$4,050 ($3,255).
The number of player appearances for internationals is expected to be around 15-30 in 2009-10 and 18-30 in 2010-11.
Retainers and match payments will also increase for players with provincial contracts. Australia's six state associations are allowed to contract between 16-20 players, in addition to 3-8 players on rookie contracts.
The "Players Payment Pool will increase from 25 percent to 26 percent of Cricket Australia's revenue, projected to be worth A$96.2 million ($77.3 million) over two years of this agreement. The PPP for 2008-09 season is A$39.9 million ($32 million).
Aussie cricketers have been awarded a pay hike after ending a "successful" T20 world cup campaign where they was bundled out after back-to-back losses to the West Indies and Sri Lanka.
Australia's top cricketers were awarded a 13.1 percent increase in their retainers’ unveiled by Cricket Australia on Wednesday. Under the new deal, skipper Ricky Ponting and five other players will get a fixed contract, guaranteeing their tiered retainers plus match payments for every Australia match.
So even if they're injured or fail to win selection for a Test match, limited-overs international or Twenty20 international, the top six centrally contracted players will get the match payment.
Australian Cricketers' Association chief Paul Marsh said the top players would earn in excess of A$1.5 million ($1.21 million) a year.
At the other end of the scale for the 25 centrally contracted players, the minimum base retainer will increase from A$180,000 this season to A$210,000 in 2010-11 with two 13.1 percent increases figured into the agreement over two years.
Match payments will increase marginally from A$13,000 ($10,450) to A$13,500 ($10,850) per test over two years. Over the same time, match fees for an ODI will increase from A$5,200 ($4,200) to A$5,400 ($4,340) and for a T20 from A$3,900 ($3,140) to A$4,050 ($3,255).
The number of player appearances for internationals is expected to be around 15-30 in 2009-10 and 18-30 in 2010-11.
Retainers and match payments will also increase for players with provincial contracts. Australia's six state associations are allowed to contract between 16-20 players, in addition to 3-8 players on rookie contracts.
The "Players Payment Pool will increase from 25 percent to 26 percent of Cricket Australia's revenue, projected to be worth A$96.2 million ($77.3 million) over two years of this agreement. The PPP for 2008-09 season is A$39.9 million ($32 million).
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Super 8
Group A
Teams | P | W | L | NR | T | Points | NRR |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1.25 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.68 | |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.00 |
Group B
Teams | P | W | L | NR | T | Points | NRR |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1.48 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.05 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.46 |
Group C
Teams | P | W | L | NR | T | Points | NRR |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2.41 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.47 | |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.33 |
Group D
Teams | P | W | L | NR | T | Points | NRR |
South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +6.50 |
New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2.29 |
Scotland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5.28 |
Points Table at Super Eights Stage
Group E – India England West Indies (C1) & South Africa
Group F – B1 will more likely be Netherlands unless pakistan defeat them with a huge margin today..
The group F now will have the 2 so called minnows IRE, NRL and NZ, SRL should fancy themselves to go all the way to the semis..
Aussies have gone and more shockingly the Bangladeshis too !! ;) Aussie boasted of the best line up and nothing clicked for them.. It was only Johnson who had to score runs and then come out to defend that too .. Aussie sent Symmonds packing and now they themselves have packed their bags and left..
Sunday, June 7, 2009
FIP rises from RIP
FIP roared into the scene on april 18 with a promise that "throughout the IPL, I will be bringing to you the "aankhon dekha haal", right from inside the dressing room, meeting room and players' bedrooms ;-). Let the games begin!"
The blog which now has in excess of 8000 fans sadly had to end a month later (IPL got over) with his identity revealed..............
Now, the insider the fly on the wall has risen from his RIP.. Yes,the FIP is back. His sarcastic remarks and brilliance in writing posts to be continued right through the world cup too..
So, the FIP who wanted to reveal the happenings in KKR's team calling himself a player of KKR, is now blogging on T20 WC. Now, that is true to his name FAKE IPL PLAYER..He is a fake player and IPL came in for publicity..
TMK, Pomeranian pilla, Captain Kakdi are the new nicknames ..
Captain Kakdi is our MSD.. Dunno why.. Actually a god insight into why MSD wants to bat at 3 ahead of others.. May be right if we are to believe in his FAKE identity. Its a probable situation where MSD wants to prove his worth as a batsman and wants to show the selectors that he can fit into the side as a pure batsman and not as a wicket keeper batsman.. His fingers are sore, swollen, all bruised and patched up due to all the cricket he's played over the last 2 years. He apparently has a sore back too.. It is indeed true that if the blues dont put up a good show MSD will be in the line of fire and his wings may be chopped; wings chopped means end of journey for many a player..
Too addicted to blogging huh, FIP !! hehheh :-)
The IPL anonymous now for the world cup, next for the ashes ??? It would surely be fun to have him blogging the way he has been doing for all series..
The blog which now has in excess of 8000 fans sadly had to end a month later (IPL got over) with his identity revealed..............
Now, the insider the fly on the wall has risen from his RIP.. Yes,the FIP is back. His sarcastic remarks and brilliance in writing posts to be continued right through the world cup too..
So, the FIP who wanted to reveal the happenings in KKR's team calling himself a player of KKR, is now blogging on T20 WC. Now, that is true to his name FAKE IPL PLAYER..He is a fake player and IPL came in for publicity..
TMK, Pomeranian pilla, Captain Kakdi are the new nicknames ..
Captain Kakdi is our MSD.. Dunno why.. Actually a god insight into why MSD wants to bat at 3 ahead of others.. May be right if we are to believe in his FAKE identity. Its a probable situation where MSD wants to prove his worth as a batsman and wants to show the selectors that he can fit into the side as a pure batsman and not as a wicket keeper batsman.. His fingers are sore, swollen, all bruised and patched up due to all the cricket he's played over the last 2 years. He apparently has a sore back too.. It is indeed true that if the blues dont put up a good show MSD will be in the line of fire and his wings may be chopped; wings chopped means end of journey for many a player..
Too addicted to blogging huh, FIP !! hehheh :-)
The IPL anonymous now for the world cup, next for the ashes ??? It would surely be fun to have him blogging the way he has been doing for all series..
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