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Re: Bangladesh in Pakistan Pakistan are on the verge of a whitewash, but Bangladesh will take some heart from their performances in the last two matches. They managed to post a respectable score today, thanks largely to Shakib's impressive century, after struggling at 109/8 and they got pretty...

Re: Ajantha Mendis I've seen videos of him on youtube. His action looks somewhat ordinary and unlike that of an orthodox spinner, but he has plenty of tricks in his bag.

Re: Should Dravid retire? He has been in bad form recently, but I don't think it's necessary for him to retire, at this point. There are other candidates to assume his position, like Badrinath, but Dravid should be rested once in a while, so that players like Badrinath can gain some experience.

Re: South Africa in India I don't understand why they're still selecting Jaffer to open. Karthik opened in England and ended the series as the top run scorer for India. He then failed to get a good start in the next couple of tests and was dropped. He came back at the end of the series against...

Re: South Africa in India That's probably part of it. Injuries are another. The presence of Tendulkar is pretty crucial to the stability of the batting order and I doubt India would have folded for a sub-100 score if he had been playing. The bowling has also looked dull without Ishant Sharma...

Re: South Africa in India I can't say that I'm surprised with the disappointing batting performance. Even when they scored 627 in the first test, Sehwag's and Dravid's innings made up the bulk of it. I think we need to go back to Karthik as the opener in tests. He top-scored in the test...

Re: South Africa in India It'll be interesting to see if India goes with the three spinner option. Spinners have generally done well on this pitch, so I wouldn't mind seeing Chawla play.

Re: South Africa in India I see, it seemed somewhat rare at first glance, but I guess there have been large totals before. Tendulkar being out is horrible news. He wasn't much of a factor in the first test, but I was hoping that he could play some solid innings this series. I'm guessing...

Re: South Africa in India Assuming Ishant Sharma will not be ready for the second test, I think Pathan would be the best alternative to RP Singh. I was looking through the scorecard and noticed that Harris gave up 203 runs from his 50 overs. How many times before has a bowler given up a...

Re: South Africa in India It's unfortunate that Sehwag couldn't capitalize on his brilliant play on day 3, but even as an Indian fan, I'm glad that Lara's record still stands, because he's too good of a batsman to lose that record to Sehwag. What was more depressing was India's collapse after...

Re: CB Series That's been the difference this entire tour. We finally have some world-class pace bowlers, even though you wouldn't really class Kumar has a particularly fast bowler. Ishant Sharma has been a revelation, but the best part is that our bench strength has developed by leaps and...

Re: Effect of training on fast bowling Thanks for the reply. I'll definitely look through those articles during the weekend. It does look like I have to cut back on the miles. I'm considering running normally three days a week, lifting three days a week and running shorter distances on the...

Effect of training on fast bowling I'm a fast bowler, but more in the range of medium-fast. To train, I'm basically running around 30 miles (48 km) a week, and working up to 40. This might be more than required for cricket fitness, but I'm also doing some cross country running at the moment, so...

Re: England in New Zealand Ryder's looking extremely well for New Zealand. If I'm remembering correctly, they've had problems finding a stable opening pair for a while, at least in ODIs. It seems like they've finally found a solution in McCullum and Ryder.

Re: Why is monkey racist? And rightfully so. It's a pretty stupid point to make that all Indians are racist, even if they don't know it. You have a billion people and yes, you're going to have those extreme, uneducated, and ignorant elements that probably are racist, but the vast majority of...

Re: Why is monkey racist? It may not be a racist term in India and perhaps, before this incident and the incident in Mumbai, we were not aware of its connotations in England and Australia. But, once Symonds made it clear that the use of that word hurt his feelings, there is no excuse to use...

Re: Battrick Yeah, you were pretty luck with your YPs. That's one helluva team you've got there, though. I'm getting there, but most of my players are trainees.

Re: Zimbabwe in Pakistan Zimbabwe has a lot of talent, but they can never put up a playing XI that can compete with test nations until they stop shooting themselves in the foot by alienating and ejecting good players for political and racial reasons.

Re: Best English Spinner If he's the best player available, there shouldn't be a problem in selecting a player like Saqlain. He's definitely got the ability to perform and that ability isn't going to be affected because he's playing for another nation. At 31, age shouldn't be too much of a...

Re: Australia vs India - Border Gavaskar Trophy The partnership between the two batsmen currently at the crease will be critical to the result. If India can break it immediately, we should be in good stead.