The Roar » Cricket http://www.theroar.com.au Your Sports Opinion Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:56 +0000 en hourly 1 theroar/crickethttp://feedburner.google.com Pakistan’s win over England a triumph of character http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/theroar/cricket/~3/dGHPHLo-h5Q/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/09/pakistans-win-over-england-a-triumph-of-character/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:42:03 +0000 M_Campbell23 http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=67508 After years as the butt of the cricketing world’s jokes, and after all the false hopes, England had reached number one. What’s more, they had done it in the form of the game they invented, Test cricket, the one where their humiliations have been most pronounced. In their tour to Australia, the side which had [...]

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]]> After years as the butt of the cricketing world’s jokes, and after all the false hopes, England had reached number one.

What’s more, they had done it in the form of the game they invented, Test cricket, the one where their humiliations have been most pronounced.

In their tour to Australia, the side which had so often wilted looked utterly invincible; to say they simply beat Australia would be to drastically short change them. Then in their own summer they mopped up an admittedly ailing Indian side 4-0. With that, they had reached the top of the world rankings.

So who would have thought that an innocuous tour to the Middle East to play Pakistan would bring them undone?

Matches in places like Abu Dhabi and Dubai are usually colourless affairs played in front of vacant stadiums against flimsy Pakistan outfits. If this was what England expected, they, like most of us, made a staggering miscalculation.

Pakistan have not beaten England 3-0 because England were inept. They did not crush them. They simply played better cricket in the clutch moments of each match. Against all likelihood, this is a Pakistan side of great quality and great spirit, and one which should give hope to any sportsmen or sporting team which thinks the game is up.

Let’s have a look at what Pakistan have seen in the last few years.

Going back a decade and a bit, there was Salim Malik. Captain of his country, quality player, fixing matches. Despite all the trials which Malik’s sins brought to his nation in the mid-1990s, Pakistan clambered their way into the final of the 1999 World Cup.

Shane Warne and his associates knocked them over for 132, and Australia got the runs in a trot. Far from being heroes for their rise to the final, the Pakistan players returned home to see effigies of themselves burned for their defeat.

After that, threats of terrorism meant that opposing teams wouldn’t play in Pakistan anymore. They still don’t, hence the smattering of matches in the United Arab Emirates and the like. Pakistan has effectively become a black hole, where international cricket will no longer venture.

Then there was the chaos of 2007, one of the saddest and most mysterious incidents in the game’s history. Pakistan are knocked out by Ireland of all teams, and the next morning coach Bob Woolmer is found dead in his hotel room. Still nobody knows what happened to him. The stink around Pakistan cricket was suddenly even more rancid.

Then there was spot fixing. Mohammed Asif was a fine bowler. Though undoubtedly mercurial, when in the right form he was the equal of any other bowler in the world with his swing and seam. Salman Butt was a bold batsmen and leader, establishing him despite being young for the captaincy. Mohammed Aamer was a blindingly bright prospect. On his tour to Australia in 2009/10 his papers were marked: this young man was going to be a superstar.

I use the past tense in each of these instances and the players in question may never play again, and in my view they shouldn’t be allowed back. Their greed showed a disrespect for the game which hurt all cricket fans.

But imagine what it did to those in Pakistan. This was the final indignity for a nation pummelled by ignominy, mystery and scandal in the past two decades.

Yet they have picked themselves up. They have come to the United Arab Emirates, with a new captain, a new spine for their team and a new desire. And they have played superb cricket.

Azhar Ali’s 157 from 442 balls in the third test represents this perfectly. Think back to the way Pakistan squandered a similar winning position in Sydney in 2010, and the shots played by the likes of Umar Akmal. Now think of Azhar Ali, standing in front of a nearly empty ground in a dead-rubber game showing pride in his wicket, and a determination to put his team in position to win the game.

Pakistan have shown a strength of national character which we should never have doubted.

We must hope that this band of players stick together, and that Pakistan can get the clear air needed to return to their rightful position as a powerful and formidable cricketing nation.

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]]> It is obvious that Australia’s batting line-up is not settled. We have had five different openers since the start of the Ashes series.

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]]> National selectors mustn’t make the same mistake again with Shaun Marsh. The 28 year-old left-hander has had two vastly different Test “careers”. The first against Sri Lanka with an outstanding 141 on debut, followed by 81, and 18, then 44 and a duck against South Africa.

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]]> The weight of expectation is a funny thing: pressure is there where once there was none. The natural processes give way to the nagging thought at the back of your mind that your performance doesn’t befit your ranking.

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]]> If statistics don’t lie, that would that make Jacques Kallis the greatest cricketer of this generation? Since making his debut for South Africa in 1995, Kallis has scored over 12,000 Test runs at an average 57.02; a batting record matching that of Ricky Ponting.

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]]> While Michael Clarke led his baggy greens to a surprise 4-0 whitewash of India, Andrew Strauss led England to an humiliating 3-0 whitewash by Pakistan.

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]]> Besieged left-hander Shaun Marsh will attempt to revive his Test hopes at the Gabba when Western Australia meet Queensland in a top-of-the-table Sheffield Shield clash starting on Monday.

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]]> Before its younger sibling came along, One Day cricket was all the rage.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/06/one-day-cricket-is-suffering-from-middle-child-syndrome/feed/ 89 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/06/one-day-cricket-is-suffering-from-middle-child-syndrome/ Australia vs India One Day International: live scores and commentary http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/theroar/cricket/~3/K9vV4nCmazg/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/05/australia-vs-india-one-day-international-live-scores-and-commentary/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:37:43 +0000 Geoff Lemon http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=67063 Australia took on India in the first match of the ODI cricket series at the MCG. If the leap from the 20-over to the 50-over format was too great, today was a nice middle ground, with rain reducing the match to 32 overs a side. David Hussey was the star of Australia’s innings, slamming a [...]

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]]> Australia took on India in the first match of the ODI cricket series at the MCG.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/05/australia-vs-india-one-day-international-live-scores-and-commentary/feed/ 221 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/05/australia-vs-india-one-day-international-live-scores-and-commentary/ Hodge, Hogg score big deals in IPL auction http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/theroar/cricket/~3/L3kvsT4NCjs/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/05/hodge-hogg-score-big-deals-in-ipl-auction/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:12:51 +0000 AAP http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=67091 Ageing Australian cricketers Brad Hodge and Brad Hogg have earned massive pay-days in the latest Indian Premier League auction. The Rajasthan Royals purchased both players, with Hodge selling for $US475,000 ($A445,000) and Hogg $US180,000 ($A169,000). Hogg, just two days shy of his 41st birthday, was summoned into Australia’s Twenty20 team for the just-completed series against [...]

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]]> Ageing Australian cricketers Brad Hodge and Brad Hogg have earned massive pay-days in the latest Indian Premier League auction.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/05/hodge-hogg-score-big-deals-in-ipl-auction/feed/ 2 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/05/hodge-hogg-score-big-deals-in-ipl-auction/ Australian cricket and tennis both have exciting times ahead http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/theroar/cricket/~3/ewj0YBjHXPc/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/05/australian-cricket-and-tennis-both-have-exciting-times-ahead/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:55:58 +0000 johnhunt92 http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=66788 Give or take a few one-day cricket matches and a Davis Cup tie, the summer sports of tennis and cricket have come to an end. Compared to last summer, I am guessing most fans of these sports will have hope in their hearts. To understand this summer of sport, we have to take a trip [...]

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]]> Give or take a few one-day cricket matches and a Davis Cup tie, the summer sports of tennis and cricket have come to an end. Compared to last summer, I am guessing most fans of these sports will have hope in their hearts.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/05/australian-cricket-and-tennis-both-have-exciting-times-ahead/feed/ 2 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/05/australian-cricket-and-tennis-both-have-exciting-times-ahead/ Nathan Lyon signals Australian cricket’s post-Warne era http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/theroar/cricket/~3/FgB8oDhwSzY/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/05/nathan-lyon-signals-australian-crickets-post-warne-era/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:51:31 +0000 GarethIan http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=66799 There are two avenues bowlers can use to build pressure in Test match cricket. The first is to beat the outside edge, strike the pad, coax the batsmen into playing shots they normally wouldn’t, create chances, and make the striker’s end an unnerving, uncomfortable place to be. The other is to apply what is commonly [...]

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]]> There are two avenues bowlers can use to build pressure in Test match cricket. The first is to beat the outside edge, strike the pad, coax the batsmen into playing shots they normally wouldn’t, create chances, and make the striker’s end an unnerving, uncomfortable place to be.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/05/nathan-lyon-signals-australian-crickets-post-warne-era/feed/ 3 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/05/nathan-lyon-signals-australian-crickets-post-warne-era/ Improvements that Twenty20 cricket desperately needs http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/theroar/cricket/~3/gzopsS2KbxU/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/04/improvements-that-twenty20-cricket-desperately-needs/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:57:17 +0000 Elisha Pearce http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=66790 In the last few years, cricket came to a crossroads, took a turn to the capitalist right, and blew on through a few more intersections. So here we are, with Twenty20 cricket threatening to take everything in its path. Since we have taken ourselves down this path already, I thought I would chip in a [...]

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]]> In the last few years, cricket came to a crossroads, took a turn to the capitalist right, and blew on through a few more intersections.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/04/improvements-that-twenty20-cricket-desperately-needs/feed/ 12 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/04/improvements-that-twenty20-cricket-desperately-needs/ India gain confidence from win at MCG http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/theroar/cricket/~3/QgbwBPuIL0E/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/04/india-gain-confidence-from-win-at-mcg/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:56:11 +0000 Greg Buckle http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=66964 India have boosted their confidence ahead of Sunday’s opening one-day game against Australia, levelling the Twenty20 series with the home side 1-1. India bowled Australia out for 131 in 19.4 overs and scored 2-135 in reply with two balls to spare at the MCG on Friday night. Gautam Gambhir was unbeaten on 56 and skipper [...]

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]]> India have boosted their confidence ahead of Sunday’s opening one-day game against Australia, levelling the Twenty20 series with the home side 1-1.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/04/india-gain-confidence-from-win-at-mcg/feed/ 0 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/04/india-gain-confidence-from-win-at-mcg/ Disgraceful Australian run-outs are just inexcusable http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/theroar/cricket/~3/qKijwX5Ee4Y/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/04/disgraceful-australian-run-outs-are-just-inexcusable/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:42:10 +0000 David Lord http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=66942 The suicidal run-out of Australian opening batsman Aaron Finch opened the door for the Indians to win their first game of the tour by eight wickets at the MCG last night. India had two deliveries to spare in the second Twenty20 international with 2-135, heading off Australia’s all out 131. Finch was the difference. The [...]

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]]> The suicidal run-out of Australian opening batsman Aaron Finch opened the door for the Indians to win their first game of the tour by eight wickets at the MCG last night.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/04/disgraceful-australian-run-outs-are-just-inexcusable/feed/ 22 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/04/disgraceful-australian-run-outs-are-just-inexcusable/ Will the next month define the future of ODIs? http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/theroar/cricket/~3/CW3ArxlAYLA/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/04/will-the-next-month-define-the-future-of-odis/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:27 +0000 Luke Doherty http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=66550 Cricket Australia may be basking in the afterglow of the Big Bash League, but another huge test is looming. Last night marked the end of Twenty20 international cricket in Australia for the summer and the coming month is filled with matches many fans see as irrelevant. Between now and March 2, the Aussies will play [...]

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]]> Cricket Australia may be basking in the afterglow of the Big Bash League, but another huge test is looming. Last night marked the end of Twenty20 international cricket in Australia for the summer and the coming month is filled with matches many fans see as irrelevant.

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]]> http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/04/will-the-next-month-define-the-future-of-odis/feed/ 7 http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/04/will-the-next-month-define-the-future-of-odis/ Australia vs India, Melbourne T20: cricket live scores, commentary http://feeds.theroar.com.au/~r/theroar/cricket/~3/NtLqZmLj9C8/ http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/02/03/australia-vs-india-melbourne-t20-cricket-live-scores-commentary/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:41:40 +0000 Suneer Chowdhary http://www.theroar.com.au/?p=66855 Join us for live scores, team lineups and commentary of the second Australia vs India Twenty20 match, with Australia looking for another win and India looking for their first win of their tour. The match starts at 7.35 pm AEDT tonight from the MCG in Melbourne Australia out-batted and out-bowled India in the opening T20I [...]

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]]> Join us for live scores, team lineups and commentary of the second Australia vs India Twenty20 match, with Australia looking for another win and India looking for their first win of their tour. The match starts at 7.35 pm AEDT tonight from the MCG in Melbourne

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