SL win the 2nd Final
Winner takes all in the 3rd and final one
SL win the 2nd Final
Winner takes all in the 3rd and final one
Allen Stanford has been found guilty.
Australia win the 'deciding final' 2-1 (stupid system) by 16 runs against Sri Lanka. Ends a great couple of months for them - whitewashing India in the Test Series and winning the triangular ODI tournament. Especially in the Tests, they looked very, very good.
And: http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/co...ry/556624.html
Rahul Dravid is set to announce his retirement from cricket altogether on Friday. 39 years old. A hero of mine, it must be said. Even in the era of helmets, the number of body hits he has shrugged off is incredible. People will focus on how he was 'the wall' and had sound technique but I think his bravery should have been inspirational for young cricketers. But now a bunch of fannies have filled the Indian team who are scared of the short ball. One of the best of all time, for sure.
Raul David
Bloody alwsome
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...l-cricket.htmlINDIAN batting great Rahul Dravid is set to call time on his glittering international career.
The 39-year-old, who was the one tourist to stand up to England in last summer's 4-0 whitewash, will announce his retirement at a press conference in Bangalore on Friday.
Dravid sits second in the all-time Test charts behind team-mate Sachin Tendulkar, having harvested 13,288 runs in a 164-Test career that spans 16 years.
And Tendulkar himself has led the plaudits, claiming the right-hander will be missed by the Indian team.
He said: "I have shared my best moments with Rahul Dravid. No tribute can be enough for him.
"For me there's only one Dravid. I will miss him in the dressing room and on the field."
Dubbed 'The Wall' for his defence and concentration, no man has faced more deliveries in Test cricket.
But Dravid has also been a world-class one-day international batsman, with more than 10,000 runs in the book to prove it.
Cricket fans will still be able to see the right-hander in the shortest form of the game however, with Dravid down to captain Rajasthan Royals in the upcoming Indian Premier League season.
2nd best Batsmen of all time
Will be missed
Nah. But definitely the 3rd best Indian batsman in history.Originally Posted by Ach
Tendulkar
(big gap)
Gavaskar
(big gap)
Dravid
(massive, massive gap)
Azharuddin, Ganguly, Laxman etc.
Too young to have seen Gaviscon play tbh
And im not a big enough cricket fan to look up how he played
Mo Azza is a good shout. Mainly cos hes a muzza tbh
Averaged 51 in a very competitive era (not when England and Australia were the only 2 good teams around like Don) without helmets. At a time when nobody could go to West Indies and score runs against their pace attack, Gavaskar hit 3 hundreds and 1 double hundred in a record-breaking 774 runs against them in the Test Series. The thing about Gavaskar was that he was carrying 10 cowards similar to Van Persie, I guess. In an era when you could be intimidated, racially abused on the field, 90mph balls flying past your head - to score the record number of Test hundreds (until Tendulkar broke it) and maintain that average is phenomenal. It's the bravery you have to admire as well as technique. It was much more difficult batting in the 70s than it was in any other era. Cricket got very ugly when Aussies and WI emerged as the best.
And I know you'll respect him for this scorecard and his wonderful attempt at chasing down a mammoth England total in an ODI game: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engin...tch/65035.html
Must be the best scorecard in history, really.
Press conference over. Dravid has indeed retired from all forms of cricket - aged 39.
A tearjerker of a speech tbh. A highlight:
My appoach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride."http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/co...ry/556782.html
One comment on cricinfo: "Not just an emotional moment for Rahul Dravid himself, but also for millions of his fans like me who have grown up watching him bat."
Dravid
Team player is a good description, but it'd be underdoing his batting talent. Nevertheless, the England series last year was a good summation. Far and away India's best batsman, kept wickets, often went out to open after India's bowlers took a beating. All as the oldest Test cricketer.
Most of my earliest cric memories involve him somehow. Eden Gardens v Australia in 2001. His performances in England a bit later on - that series was the first I really followed.
Great batsman, great professional. He could be a decent pundit imo. But it was definitely time to go.
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