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Kurra Bewarse
Username: Switchblade
Post Number: 1840
Registered: 10-2004
Posted From: 75.177.183.73
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Votes: 0(Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 - 8:58 am: |    |
malla kirket gola modalettadu... 
endha chaata |
Prasanth
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Username: Prasanth
Post Number: 29800
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0(Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 - 7:19 am: | |
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Pilla Bewarse
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Post Number: 420
Registered: 05-2008
Posted From: 199.67.140.154
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Votes: 0(Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 10:24 am: | |
Akhila Ranganna: Hello and welcome to Bowl at Boycs. I have with me Geoffrey Boycott to answer all your queries.
The first question is from Kiran and he wants to know, now that Ricky Ponting has entered the elite club of batsmen with more than 10,000 Test runs, do you consider him alongside Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara? He says he doesn't, as he feels that Ponting struggles to score against spin and quality swing bowling, and he hasn't scored against the kind of attacks that Lara and Tendulkar have. What is your opinion?
Geoffrey Boycott: Well, I think Ponting is the best batsman in the world at the moment. He is a top-class player and I think most people would vote him as the best player over the last couple of years - he has scored very heavily in both one-day and Test cricket.
But Lara and Tendulkar are iconic figures, which is about more than being just a terrific player. They have captured the imagination of the public. They haven't just scored runs: Lara twice got the record of most Test runs and he still holds the record of the highest score in Test cricket. Those are huge figures. And the way he bats is just very special. Sachin is technically correct against all kinds of bowlers and the way he took Shane Warne apart when he came to India makes him more than just a terrific player.
Sorry, I don't think Ponting is in the same league as Lara or Tendulkar.  |
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Pilla Bewarse
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Post Number: 419
Registered: 05-2008
Posted From: 192.193.220.202
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Votes: 0(Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 10:21 am: | |
Afridi pakkana nunchoni kottaddura ayya anna kuda, vinakunda oopesthadu annadu  |
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Pilla Bewarse
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Post Number: 418
Registered: 05-2008
Posted From: 199.67.140.84
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Votes: 0(Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 10:20 am: | |
AR: The next question is from Naseeh, who asks: why do you think Shahid Afridi - who he thinks is one of the greatest hitters of the ball ever in the history of the game - is not performing? Do you think he should be dropped from the team? Or should he change his game or quit trying to hit the ball for six in all directions?
GB: He can't change his game because he is a hitter of the ball. He is a wonderful hitter and I think he is one of the biggest hitters that the game has seen. He has a wonderful physique and is a strong lad. But he has no brain. He can't think. He can't stop swiping even if you stood on his shoulder and told him not to hit the ball before the bowler bowled.
I love him to bits and I think he is a smashing lad. He has the gift of natural hand-eye co-ordination to hit the ball, but I am sorry, God didn't give him a cricket brain to think his way through cricket situations. He doesn't have a cricket brain to play technique cricket, so he cannot change. I think he has a natural skill at bowling. But I am afraid, Naseeh, that you and I, and lots of his fans have to love him for what he is, not for what we'd like him to be. |
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