Friday, January 14, 2005

More cricket round-up

Dinesh Kaarthick played some fantastic knocks to make TN one day format champions in the south zone. Surprising, how people like Sriram, Balaji, Kaarthick make it a point to perform outstandingly when they play for their state team and certainly not-so-good performances when they represent the country. Maybe Balaji is the best among the lot. Balaji truly bowled well in Pakistan and fairly okay in Australia except for that Brett Lee six in the last-over.

Ricky, as always is in blazing form in down-under. West Indies were drubbed badly. The best part of the match I think is the announcement that McGrath is the 12th man for Australia. Replacing McGrath was Brett Lee who bowled a fiery first spell taking 3 west-indian wickets. Now, wondering who McGrath will replace in the next match?
Brad Hogg replaced Shane Warne for this one day match. Hogg has taken a fiver in this match. Now, lets see how Shane Warne will replace in this team.

Ajay Jadeja is performing well for his ranji team. He is helping his team post big scores and he himself is scoring hundreds at ease. A tainted player to come back after a ban and play such comeback knocks is really cool-stuff. I am sure Ajay Jadeja knows that it is impossible for him to break into this Indian team. But still the committment shown by him for Ranji tournaments is just great. Another Ajay who showed great committment to Ranji tournament and was exceptional for Delhi in Ranji is 'Ajay Sharma', he too was a tainted player. Quite a coincidence!


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