tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107507.post112659177794772768..comments2023-11-02T16:37:23.036+03:00Comments on Granger Gab: A Hard Urned Victory…Minalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556930930046840091noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107507.post-1126677972373178402005-09-14T09:06:00.000+03:002005-09-14T09:06:00.000+03:00@Swapnil: Aussies have their work cut out. We shal...@Swapnil: Aussies have their work cut out. We shall wait and see:-)<BR/><BR/>@ Michael: I shall not even get to Ind-Zim series.NZ won the matches in two days , trust me we will take atleast 4 if not 5 days:-)<BR/><BR/>I agree with Sunil & Tugga, 4 GOOD bowlers and consistency is the key. Aus did not have a genuine all rounder, but that Gilchrist! He was more like a batsmen who was a good wicketkeeper than the other way round. As for India, if we find someone who is 50% of what Flintoff is we should consider ourselves blessed:-)<BR/><BR/>@Sunil:You know we do have consistency in one aspect, we are consistently inconsistent:-)<BR/><BR/>@Tugga: Yes , now I have company. Finally given up on Ajit! Irfan, Lee being groomed into all-rounders, not a bad idea.<BR/><BR/>@Mary: No dear, we do not expect you to join in the celebrations. Trust me if I were an Aussies no way I would. But I know you blokes love good cricket and enjoyed this series.Minalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556930930046840091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107507.post-1126660255500174332005-09-14T04:10:00.000+03:002005-09-14T04:10:00.000+03:00Pietersen's innings was great, I have to give the ...Pietersen's innings was great, I have to give the poms that credit :) (it's a little bit easier to bear from an aussie point of view, cause he's part South African though!) but I can't bring myself to celebrate with the brits.. sorry!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09340170794914497806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107507.post-1126631793161746302005-09-13T20:16:00.000+03:002005-09-13T20:16:00.000+03:00Sunil has a point there, why go back so far, even ...Sunil has a point there, why go back so far, even this great Australian team could make do with 4 genuine bowlers and no allrounders for the last 10 years that they dominated world cricket. And when one talks of allrounders one needs to be very careful, not specialist batsmen who bowl a bit, not specialist bowlers who bat a bit, and certainly not the bit part cricketers (a la Mark Ealham) who formed such a big part of the English cricket scene a few years ago. Much as one would like, there aren't too many of the genuine allrounders around, although with Freddie coming of age, things might just look up. Again, as I mentioned in my post, Brett Lee is one who can be groomed to be a genuine allrounder, and maybe Pathan for India(sorry Ajit, I've given up finally).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, like you said, great series, has to be the best I have seen.Tuggahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10049167986330357127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107507.post-1126629176931718852005-09-13T19:32:00.000+03:002005-09-13T19:32:00.000+03:00good stuff, wasn't it :-) What a great series.Mich...good stuff, wasn't it :-) What a great series.<BR/><BR/>Michael.........perhaps.....but I don't think India needs an allrounder. You work with what you have. But india definitely needs 6 consistent batsmen (two of whom bowl good, reliable part time, (Shewag might be able to some day), 1 wk who can bat, and 4 GOOD bowlers. That's what the great West Indian team of the 80's had, and they were almost invincible. Consistency....thats thekey.Sunilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13107507.post-1126618876921977262005-09-13T16:41:00.000+03:002005-09-13T16:41:00.000+03:00Hi MinalWhat a great series it was. After the firs...Hi Minal<BR/>What a great series it was. After the first test in which Australia won easily, everyone thought it would be another one-sided Ashes. But England really improved.<BR/><BR/>What I like about England is that they have 5 real bowlers on their team and their tail can bat a bit. Consider the Indian team that only went in with 4 bowlers against ridiculously weak Zimbabwe and they are struggling to get them out. I really believe that India will never have an all-arounder until they pick someone and say "you - you are our all-arounder" and stick with him for some time.Michael Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05034249281790021336noreply@blogger.com