<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Kho-Kho, here I come! <!--emo&:beer--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cheers.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
kabaddi-kabaddi-kabaddi - but wait i hear BD national game is kabaddi.. <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Not only the indian batsmen, the indian bookies are also overrated. The best bookies on paper could not fix a match between two minnows<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
India to have two cricket teams: Pawar
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->BCCI chief Sharad Pawar said that there will now be two cricket teams for India - India Seniors and India Blue.
While the seniors will, as the name suggests, consist of the more experienced players, India blue will also get a chance at international games.
Pawar has also quashed rumours of an interim coach being named.
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It just keeps getting better, isin't it? Two teams - twice the number of cricketers, twice the number of opportunity to fleece the public or collect bribes, haftas and betting proceeds. Just like Pawar wearing two hats - one as cabinet agriculture minister and another as Cricket board head, must be easy since this guy is a natural born two faced person.
What's the possibility of this guy being setting packing to fix the situation with farmers in Vidharba and other places and leave cricket to professionals? Can our PM or the super PM do the right thing here?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Earlier, there were reports that former India player Sandeep Patil was approached for the top job. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Won't be a bad choice, if memory serves me right, he was the architect of Keyna being in semi final during last world cup. And he's served Oman. Who better to taken on pedestrian bunch and whip them into shape.
And what's up with <b>Woolmer case</b>? Pakistani team has flown back. Chief inspector Sheilds stating the crime won't be solved in 45 minutes a la Karamchand. Zee reporter was on the hotel floor (where Woolmer spent his last night). There were two cameras located near elevator so any movement in-out of elevator during the crucial time window (3 AM (Woolmers last email) to 10 AM?) would have been caught on tape unless the killer(s) lived on the same floor. Brian Lara was in the room opposite Woolmer (not suggesting anything here). Who else lived on the same floor? It was reported that the hotel policy was call-in guests to the lobby when there were visitors unless guests requested them to be sent to the room. And there seems to be no logs or records of any visitor from outside coming to visit Woolmer that morning.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Indian bookie's hand in Woolmer's murder?
March 27, 2007 02:12 IST
The night before his murder, Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer had a blazing argument with an Indian bookmaker in his hotel room, a newspaper report said.
Quoting a senior government official, the Guardian newspaper reported that two Pakistan players told Jamaican police that Woolmer had a blazing argument with a bookmaker based in Mumbai on Saturday night.
"Bob Woolmer said he had just thrown a bookie out of his room. He didn't give any reasons," the official said.
<b>Pakistan has asked to send a detective to Jamaica to investigate what it claims were links between an Indian bookmaker and the murder</b>, the report said.
However, Shields, the former Scotland Yard superintendent who is No 2 in the Jamaican police force, said he was unaware of any bookmakers having stayed at the Pegasus, or any suggestions of Indian involvement. Kaffir !!
Indian cricket officials also dismissed the allegations as "speculation and stories", the newspaper wrote.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
All those who are clamoring for the oldies to retire and make way for the "younger generation" on the Indian team are snorting paint.
You have to watch a Ranji tropy match or Duleep trophy match in progress to understand the difference. In India, cricket is S-L-O-W. The energy level is low, the "pace" bowlers are all "medium-pacers" trundling up and kind of rolling their arms over, rather than fast bowlers full of aggression (except Sreesanth). The batsmen caress the ball with fine flourishing "style", rather than whack it out of the ground (see what happened to India in the Sri Lanka match? All those sixer hits got caught - Ganguly, Dravid, Zaheer. The pitch wasn't conducive to touch sixers, and they didn't have the power behind the whack.
We need more Dhonis - hefty guys who hammer the ball. We need fast bowlers of the Andre (***King) Nel or Makhaya Ntini, who slam the ball with all their might into the ground, so that it comes up at the batsman's chin.
But there aren't many around in Indian cricket. Because the grounds are not conducive to that, the coaches don't encourage it, and the kids simply don't have the stamina, in the Indian heat.
I would suggest that Indians demand
a) ground cleanup, to clear the gravel and put in grass, so that the fielding improves, and kids feel OK with diving and sliding stops.
b) hard pitches. Pakistani schools have cement pitches, to get kids used to fast, bouncing balls.
c) long boundaries (easier said than done - this needs larger grounds) to force bigger sixers.
The game of cricket, like all other sports, has moved on. It's now much faster-paced, just like field hockey, and POWER and SPEED have replaced elegance and timing as the keys to success.
Watching Tendulkar and Ganguly struggle to score runs against Sri Lanka or South Africa, is like watching Indian field hockey stars struggle against Holland or Australia or Germany. The Indians come in with grace and elegance and style. The Europeans and Australians respond with deadly accuracy, repeatability and sheer, massive speed. The penalty corner in field hockey, the short, rising ball and the sixer in cricket.
India is heading INTO the dumps, we are NOT yet at the bottom. The "newer generation" does not have a prayer in world class cricket. Look at the dismal record of Raina, Rohan Gavaskar, Jaffer, Gambhir, and all those other wunderkinden of Indian domestic cricket, when they come up against the searing heat of world-class competition.
India won't start winning in a sustained manner until the domestic competition standards get ahead of the best that other countries have to offer. The British, the South Africans and the Australians have mastered that.
Its an article that talks about similar things as N3 does.
They are however comparing India with SL who are blessed with 2 chuckers par excellence.
My solution for the long-term is to create one or more cricketing leagues with legal betting, complete with song and dance shows. I also cannot believe that people are dissing SRT and actually talking about ditching him. One more century from him and all these fellows will start having orgasms all over again.
The plus-side of all this SRT bashing is that the guy will actually get some motivation back. I have always wondered how he keeps himself motivated - i am sure all these calls for his blood will result in a flurry of centuries.. <!--emo&:felx--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/flex.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='flex.gif' /><!--endemo-->
SRT and Sehwag (and Dhoni) are suffering from the effects of over-exposure. World-class bowlers have trained enough to figure out their weaknesses, and that makes life very difficult for these guys.
SRT has a problem with leg-spin, and of course his height makes him vulnerable to the sharp rising delivery on pitches that favor the Andre Nel or Flintoff type.
Sehwag of course has to flash outside the off-stump, because his percentage there is very very good.
Dada was targeted for years using bouncers and rising away-swingers, because of his tendency to do that push towards point. Recently I don't see him doing that.
So these things make me wonder what the Coach haas been doing. A good technical coaching staff would go over videos and help the stars get these flaws out of their batting.
Sehwag for instance had got into habit of not moving his right foot to the off-stump, and not using a straight bat - these are very basic errors. The coaches didn't seem to correct these.
SRT is an opener by technique, and it's just a mistake to send him in down the order. He is NOT comfortable against spin, but he is deadly against pace, with that "forward defensive prod" that shoots to the mid-on fence. This is where his timing and wrist power come into play.
So my point is that as the opposition figures out the weaknesses of Indian star batsmen, it is essential for these batsmen to evolve their own tactics and eliminate those weaknesses. Sehwag and Dada seem to have learned the hard way. Now let's see if SRT and Dhoni will follow suit. Both SRT and Dada have lots of cricket left in them.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->SRT has a problem with leg-spin, and of course his height makes him vulnerable to the sharp rising delivery on pitches that favor the Andre Nel or Flintoff type. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The plus-side of all this SRT bashing is that the guy will actually get some motivation back. I have always wondered how he keeps himself motivated - i am sure all these calls for his blood will result in a flurry of centuries.. flex.gif<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
SRT was playing well until 2003 worldcup and even in 2004. He has not been at his best the last 2 years. I am guessing it has something to do with age. Either his reflexes have slowed, or more likely is being slowed by that heavy bat. My guess is that if SRT switches to a lighter bat, like Azarrudin, he should be good as new. But truth is he has been figured out and all international captains, observers etc do not want him to figure out his problem and that is why they keep praising him as best in the world (ponting said just last week that SRT and lara were the best and he considered SRT to be slightly ahead). I think SRT should get dropped. That should inspire him to improve/tinker with his game and come back stronger. who know, that 2011 target that he has for himself might be feasible. But someone should bell the cat that he is no good right now. Unfortunately everyone considers even the mere thought sacrilegious.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->So these things make me wonder what the Coach haas been doing. A good technical coaching staff would go over videos and help the stars get these flaws out of their batting. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Absolutely, that is why Chappell should be fired.
This sharad Pawar is killing both the cricket team and the farmers across the country. Total moron, he now wants two teams!! What play 22 players against 11? How is two teams going to help?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->You have to watch a Ranji tropy match or Duleep trophy match in progress to understand the difference. In India, cricket is S-L-O-W. The energy level is low, the "pace" bowlers are all "medium-pacers" trundling up and kind of rolling their arms over, rather than fast bowlers full of aggression (except Sreesanth). The batsmen caress the ball with fine flourishing "style", rather than whack it out of the ground (see what happened to India in the Sri Lanka match? All those sixer hits got caught - Ganguly, Dravid, Zaheer. The pitch wasn't conducive to touch sixers, and they didn't have the power behind the whack.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Absolutely, the standard of our domestic cricket is pathetic. One interesting info I saw, Hussey has a better average in international cricket than domestic!! That is the standard of the australian domestic league. So you kind of know that if a player does well in pura cup, they will be pretty good in the international cricket!
Full name Michael Edward Killeen Hussey
Born May 27, 1975, Morley, Western Australia
Current age 31 years 304 days
Major teams Australia, Durham, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Western Australia
Nickname Mr Cricket, Huss
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 1.80 m
Relations Brother - DJ Hussey
Statsguru Test player, ODI player
Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
<b>Tests </b>Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 16Â 26Â 6Â 1597Â 182Â <b>79.85 </b> 3029Â 52.72Â 5Â 8Â 181Â 11Â 8Â 0
ODIs                  64 51 22 1750 109* 60.34 1917 91.28 2 10 146 36 39 0
Twenty20 Int.             4 3 1 50 31* 25.00 30 166.66 0 0 3 4 5 0
<b>First-class</b>Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 193Â 345Â 33Â 16956Â 331*Â <b>54.34</b>Â Â 44Â 75Â Â 209Â 0
List AÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 254Â 234Â 48Â 8312Â 123Â 44.68Â 10880Â 76.39Â 11Â 60Â Â 131Â 0
Twenty20Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 12Â 11Â 2Â 397Â 88Â 44.11Â 315Â 126.03Â 0Â 3Â Â 11Â 0<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Didnt they just say that Pak squad members are not suspects? Now Inzi and Mushtaq are prime suspects?????
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> CCTV catches 2 men entering Bob's room
Pioneer News Service | Antigua
Highly placed sources close to the Jamaican police have said that the CCTV footage has caught on <b>tape two men going into Bob Woolmer's room on March 18 morning, some hours before he was found unconscious by the housemaid at the Pegasus hotel's room 374.</b>
<b>These two men have been seen going into Woolmer's room but are not seen coming out of it. The footage has since been sent for further evaluation to a high-sensitivity machine to catch if these two men actually are on the tape coming out of the room. Sources did not rule out that these two men could be from the Pakistani squad that has since left for home.</b>
<b>Both skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq and assistant coach Mushtaq were questioned separately before the team left for London. Sources said that both were allowed to leave Jamaica on assurance that they would come back for further investigations, if called.</b>
The footage has again put a big question mark on the involvement of cricket persons in the murder of the <b>coach who, incidentally, had a heated argument with two senior members of the Pakistani squad after the team's defeat against West Indies</b>. Investigation is going on to identify these persons and no possibility, including their being part of the Pakistani squad, is being ruled out.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Focus seems to be on 3 fans now. Pakistan no longer suspects in Woolmer case
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Shields said investigators were "nowhere near" being able to pinpoint potential suspects or name names and said reports of three fans who were wanted for questioning were "unhelpful". The British press "are totally wrong with all due respect on this occasion," Shields told a news conference. "The reality, as I've said before, is that there are many potential suspects in this investigation and even more potential witnesses, and we are nowhere near the stage of being able to start naming names in terms of suspects."
Shields was earlier quoted by The Times saying detectives were trying to trace three Pakistani fans who socialised with players at Kingston's Pegasus Hotel where Woolmer was strangled. The report said the three were believed to have left Jamaica shortly after Woolmer was found dead on March 18.
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(a) Last month during SL series, Shewag didn't show up for some practice and after a little noise and not even slap on wrist, he was allowed to play in all ODI and was even picked for WC despite his dissmal record lately.
These "senior" players have become so senior that their priority is doing the page 3 social circuit photo-ops, opening new business/hotels, pushing some soda or bank or shaving cream on TV etc.. and with all this primary focus has taken back seat. I have no doubt SRT to will score big anytime now.
In fact back in 80s there was a time when Ravi Shastri had perfected the art of coming up with some big scores *just* when he was about get the axe for a string of poor performances; and the cycle would repeat. These guys know to beat the system.
Until there's automated rating system of chucking the player out of the team, we'll see those occasional flash of brilliance now and then but never collectively or consistently. I understand there's a lot of subjectivity involved to just condense it into a mathematical equation, but with couple thousand PhDs around why can't we come up with something? Anything?
(b) N:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A good technical coaching staff would go over videos and help the stars get these flaws out of their batting.
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In late 90s Srinath was working with software engineers in Bangalore to create a unique database of cricket videos and cataloging it for easy search/research, the kind where one could pull up say '<i>give me all dismissals in past 2 years for Pointing for balls pitched on off-side</i>' or <i>retrieve SRTs reaction to all short pitched deliveries</i>, you get the idea. There hasn't been any news about this software lately or is it that hush-hush project now? Anyone heard anything about this lately?
Some interesting comments from Suresh Menon on Cricinfo
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->..to term India's departure from the World Cup a tragedy is ridiculous. Tragedy is when a coach is murdered. Tragedy is when a world champion driver is killed on the circuit. Tragedy is not to understand what is tragedy. Dropping a catch is not a tragedy, being thrown out of the World Cup because batsmen can't score runs is not a tragedy. In fact, it is a farce.
If you saw the Australia-South Africa encounter, you knew that India had no chance in this World Cup. These two teams have taken the one-day game to a different plane altogether. Everything is based on physical fitness and the ability to think on the feet. Two qualities that India lacked. If anything, by their refusal to acknowledge the importance of fielding and fitness, India were actually taking the game backwards. Shane Watson throwing down the stumps from the boundary to break a 160-run opening partnership is what it's all about. It turned the match, and perhaps the tournament itself.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar has said that there is no talent in India. Who is responsible for that? The cry for the coach's head, the captain's head, the best players' heads are so strident, the odd cry for the Board officials' heads goes unheard.
This about sums it up:
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->If a team with nearly 40,000 runs among them cannot chase 255 on a good batting track, they have no business to remain in the World Cup. And that has to be the bottom line. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In late 90s Srinath was working with software engineers in Bangalore to create a unique database of cricket videos and cataloging it for easy search/research, the kind where one could pull up say 'give me all dismissals in past 2 years for Pointing for balls pitched on off-side' or retrieve SRTs reaction to all short pitched deliveries, you get the idea. There hasn't been any news about this software lately or is it that hush-hush project now? Anyone heard anything about this lately?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I was there during one of those discussions when he was on vacation. I think it was his personal mission to get this software done. He still may have pretty good software. Current players are more interested in ads money and other goodies; they are least interested in sport. For them or BCCI bosses its waste of time.
<!--QuoteBegin-Viren+Mar 27 2007, 11:13 AM-->QUOTE(Viren @ Mar 27 2007, 11:13 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->In late 90s Srinath was working with software engineers in Bangalore to create a unique database of cricket videos and cataloging it for easy search/research, the kind where one could pull up say '<i>give me all dismissals in past 2 years for Pointing for balls pitched on off-side</i>' or <i>retrieve SRTs reaction to all short pitched deliveries</i>, you get the idea. There hasn't been any news about this software lately or is it that hush-hush project now? Anyone heard anything about this lately?
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The company was Phoenix Software that was based in Bangalore. That company was acquired by TCS about 2 years ago. Not sure if TCS is still supporting cricketing pursuits.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Indian cricket software bowls over ICC
By Imran Qureshi, Indo-Asian News Service
Bangalore, Mar 15 (IANS) An analytical software product that has made the
Indian team rise like the Phoenix in the World Cup has bowled over the
International Cricket Council (ICC) too.
The ICC has ordered the e-Cricket Pro software produced by Bangalore-based
<b>Phoenix Global Solutions India</b> (PGSI) Private Limited to train umpires for
judging international games.
"The ICC has just ordered it. They seem to have big plans on using the
software that has become an analytical engine for the Indian team," Satish
Bangalore (rpt Bangalore), MD, Phoenix Global Solutions, told IANS.
"The umpires can view any match and see what and how a decision was taken.
And it is just not analysing only umpiring decisions but the entire game,"
he added.
<b>PGSI network engineer Shriram Bhargava, who has accompanied the Indian team to the World Cup in South Africa, "is almost like the 12th man", chuckled
Bangalore.</b>
Bhargava provides all the positives and negatives for any player as well as
a team to improve performance.
The e-Cricket Pro software, bought by the Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) last year, has played a critical role in shaping India's
brilliant comeback in the World Cup after the miserable start.
The software solutions leverage the convergence of the Internet, video
streaming and database technologies. Phoenix has a team that studies each
sport -- cricket, golf and baseball --Â closely to explore opportunities for
technology leverage.
For instance, every ball bowled or hit is recorded with the help of the
usual television cameras. The difference with this software is that it
analyses the manner in which Indian pacer Javagal Srinath, for instance, has
beaten the batsman with his bowling or the number of times his bowling has
been clobbered to the boundary.
The Indians have used the software, developed with the active participation
of Srinath, extensively before, during as well as after matches through the
tournament with Bhargava's help.
"It has become a powerful tool. (Coach) John (Wright) was the first to take
to it to analyse the performance of the team in all aspects. At the end of
each day, our engineer tailors a CD for each player to analyse," Bangalore
said.
"And John does it from the fielding point of view. He had, initially, felt
that India's fielding was misplaced. He always calculates the numbers of
fours that could be cut. It has helped the team to strategise even if I say
so myself," Bangalore added.
<b>"Sachin (Tendulkar) has taken to the tool seriously. After every match he
analyses his batting. And so do others. The BCCI has now given laptops to
each of the players. And Bhargava is there as part of the team."</b>
Bangalore declined to put a figure to the cost of developing the software or
the business that the product has brought Phoenix. <b>"Our intention in
developing the software is not driven by the profit motive,"</b> he said.
<b>PGSI, a Fortune 1000 company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Phoenix Life
Insurance Company, is an IT services firm with facilities in Bangalore and
the U.S.</b>
Its interest in sports has a history, beginning in the U.S. by sponsoring
the NCA tennis tournament. In India, the company has sponsored the ATP
doubles tournament and has developed software for golf.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->TCS to acquire Phoenix Global
Business India â May 24, 2004
Software giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is acquiring the Bangalore-based Phoenix Global Solutions (PGS), a technology business solutions provider to insurance companies, for an undisclosed sum. TCS last fortnight signed a definitive agreement to acquire PGS, subject to regulatory approvals, a company press release said. If the deal goes through, this will be TCS' fourth acquisition. PGS, with an annual turnover of $12-13 million, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the New York Stock Exchange-listed The Phoenix Companies Inc. As part of its restructuring exercise, the US-bases Phoenix put its Indian arm on the block. TCS had outbid EDS, one of the world's largest third-party BPO and IT solutions companies, in acquiring PGS, sorces said
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Cricket players are human beings. As such they have strengths and weakness. When I used to play cricket, it was evident very early on that I had quick reflexes and responded well to balls that came fast on to me. My team always sent me number one. No matter how hard I tried, I could not bat well against spinners. But I was consistent with new ball. We all had our roles in our team. When each one of us was able to do our roles, we won or it was a close match. When more of us failed in our roles, we lost games.
People say cricket has become a game of power. That is not entirely accurate. Cricket was always a game where power played its role. When you are batting against a spinner, you need power to lift the ball across the boundary. But when you are batting against a fast bowler, you need quick REFLEXES and timing or else you are doomed.
Cricket always had power in it. You could say that dynamics have changed since introduction of ODI. The dynamics will further change with the introduction of tewnty20. But power was always there in the cricket. You always needed power to throw a ball at 100mph. You always needed power to hit a spinner across the field.
A batsman will need both power and reflex to be an ideal batsman. But in reality we will have batsmen who will have either power or reflex. We have to work with them. There is no way around it.
Good teams win because of good teamwork. One man cannot save the team whether it is coach or an idolized star player like Tendulkar.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bangalore, Mar 15 (IANS) An analytical software product that has made the
Indian team rise like the Phoenix in the World Cup has bowled over the
International Cricket Council (ICC) too.
The ICC has ordered the e-Cricket Pro software produced by Bangalore-based
<b>Phoenix Global Solutions India</b> (PGSI) Private Limited to train umpires for
judging international games.
<b>"The ICC has just ordered it. They seem to have big plans on using the
software that has become an analytical engine for the Indian team," Satish
Bangalore (rpt Bangalore), MD, Phoenix Global Solutions, told IANS.</b>
<b>"The umpires can view any match and see what and how a decision was taken.
And it is just not analysing only umpiring decisions but the entire game,"
he added.</b>
Bhargava provides all the positives and negatives for any player as well as
a team to improve performance.
For instance, every ball bowled or hit is recorded with the help of the
usual television cameras. The difference with this software is that it
analyses the manner in which Indian pacer Javagal Srinath, for instance, has
beaten the batsman with his bowling or the number of times his bowling has
been clobbered to the boundary.
The Indians have used the software, developed with the active participation
of Srinath, extensively before, during as well as after matches through the
tournament with Bhargava's help.
"It has become a powerful tool. (Coach) John (Wright) was the first to take
to it to analyse the performance of the team in all aspects. At the end of
each day, our engineer tailors a CD for each player to analyse," Bangalore
said.
"And John does it from the fielding point of view. He had, initially, felt
that India's fielding was misplaced. He always calculates the numbers of
fours that could be cut. It has helped the team to strategise even if I say
so myself," Bangalore added.
"Sachin (Tendulkar) has taken to the tool seriously. After every match he
analyses his batting. And so do others. The BCCI has now given laptops to
each of the players. And Bhargava is there as part of the team."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Maybe I have become a conspiracy theorist, but why would ICC want to train umpires using this software? Remember ICC was then headed by Malcom Speed. Maybe he got it from an indian company for the his australian team under the ruse of ICC. I would not be surprised ig the aussie team is using this software to the fullest extent in thrashing other teams.
It's all a state of mind Kumar. And these guys are professionals (at least I thought they were) compared to likes of you, me or N.
Pakistani captain has resigned, coach (Lord rest his soul) gone, PCC chief quit, selectors have quit. What's are our guys waiting for? Some announcements are coming on April 6th - plenty time to cash in till then?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The former captain felt that India was unlucky against Sri Lanka. "I am not trying to make excuses. But the initial leg-before decisions went against the team. And the inner edges did not crash onto the stumps.
It's part of the game but that did matter in the ultimate analysis, for the partnership between Dilshan and Chamara Silva proved crucial," he said. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
and his opinion on SRT too i agree..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But Vengsarkar was more lenient in assessing Tendulkar. "Over the years Sachin has set such a high standard for himself that anything less than 60 or 70 is termed as a failure. He is not new to the pressure and in the past has used such situations to bring the best in him.
Unfortunately he failed to do so this time around," he said. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I dont agree with his take on Sehwag.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The former India captain maintained that although Sehwag scored a hundred against Bermuda, he should have forged a partnership with Rahul to see India through against Sri Lanka. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
