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From: perera@athena.cs.uga.edu (Niranjan Perera)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Border gets a 100
Date: 9 Sep 92 14:07:50 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

In article <1992Sep9.061142.20494@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU> sanjay@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU (Sanjay K. Mazumdar) writes:
>
>Well Alan Border has finally made his 24th test century, almost 4 years
>after his last against Pakistan in Faisalabad. And what a time to get -
>Aust were 5/50+ when he arrived at the crease after the top order
>was decimated by the awesome pace line-up of Sri Lanka. Bring on
>Pakistan and the West Indies, I say. After the Aussies superb performance
>against Sri Lanka on this tour, we will no doubt prove once and for
>all that Australia is the best cricketing nation in the world :-)
>
>Sanjay 'waiting to be called up by either India or Australia' Mazumdar

[ POSTING ON BEHALF OF AN ARMCHAIR EXPERT ]

Give Alan Border a break. He is a great cricketer. However, why do the
aussies have such an attitude problem whenever any of the south asian
cricket teams get the better of them ? It's not that the aussie, english, and
kiwi umpires have not had dubious calls whenever the asian teams visited them.

Remember that the brits are the ones who are supposed to have  oppposed 
neutral umpiring. Looks to me that the colonial masters have a hang up
about asians beating them. I still think AB is one of the finest most
hard working aussies in a team of mediocre proportions.

Mano Ratwatte ( armchair expert!!! )

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From: cdcs@st-andrews.ac.uk (Colin D. C. Steele)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Info Request, 1st Test, SL v Aus
Date: 14 Sep 92 08:56:30 GMT
Organization: St. Andrews University, Scotland.


Can somebody fill me in on some details of the first Test between
Sri Lanka and Australia in Colombo last month ? In particular what I require
are the four innings totals and (if possible) the Sri Lankan score when they
lost their third wicket in the final innings.

Thanks - CDC
From: madabusv@cse.fau.edu (Vasudhevan Madabushi)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Qasim Omar
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:48:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: cybernet.1992Sep4.204810.1057
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

In article <30AUG199213031627@zeus.tamu.edu> fdm0886@zeus.tamu.edu (Faraaz) writes:
>Does anyone have a clue what happened to Qasim Omar?
>Is he still a viable option For a Pakistani Text side?

I remember having read these in THE SPORTSTAR and other prominent news papers.

Quasim Omar is currently coaching club sides/young players in The Netherlands 
He cannot even dream of being a viable option for a Pakistani Test side as he had
been literally kicked out of Pakistan for accusing Imran Khan a junkie.  This
was after lots of difference of opinion between him and Imran after the tour
of Australia/NZ some time in 87-88(I'm not sure of the dates) and his subsequent
drop from the team.

He even went to the extent of saying that fellow Pakistani players used to
smuggle drugs in the batting gloves they used!  How far this is true, leaves
much to be desired.

One thing I can never forget about Quasim Omar-his getting yorked on the
very first ball he faced from Kapil dev in the final of the world championship,
Australia, 1985!
From: vnesiah@usc.edu (Deep Third Man)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: SL-AUS 3rd One Day Match
Date: 8 Sep 1992 14:34:44 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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The Aussies managed to pull of a win to avoid being swept in the one-day
series against Sri Lanka.  Batting first (for the first time this series)
Sri Lanka scored 207 for 6 in 50 overs. Mahanama was out for 0 in the first 
over but Hathurusingha, Ranatunga and Aravinda chipped in to break the
200 run mark.

In reply, the Aussies were tottering at 58 for 3 (courtesy of Sri Lanka's
"pop gun attack") but recoverd to 208 for 5 in 47.5 overs. This was mainly
due to Boon's 60+ and Mark Waugh's 50+.  Border made sure that he continued
his string of scores under 20 by getting out for 14.  Neither of SL's best
bowlers (IMHO) played in this game. Both Muralitharan and Arunasiri were
rested for the Test.

The test match (third and final) should have started on Tuesday (today)
the 8th of September.

Other news, Chris Cairns (sp?) will not be touring SL and IND with the NZ
team next month. He is having some sort of surgery done and it is supposed
to be quite serious. :-(

 
- Vaseeharan
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From: ramana@unislc.uucp (Ramana Ramachandran)
Subject: Re: Australia v. Sri Lanka Notes.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 15:41:11 GMT

Nadeem Moghal (moghal@aludra.usc.edu) wrote:
: 
: The world record is seven successive scores of 50+, held by Everton
: Weekes of West Indies. In late '40s, he had a world record sequence
: of five hundreds, followed by 90 and 56.
: 

Could somebody elobarate on weekes 5 hundreds? I believe he started off
with a century in england followed by 4 in India and at 90 in Madras he
was "run out" (apparently a shady decision according to my uncle)

This is ofcourse pure hearsay.

ramana
ramana@unislc.slc.unisys.com
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From: mrangasw@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Muralidhar Rangaswamy)
Subject: Re: World's Worst Fielder
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 15:39:27 EDT

While we are on the subject of ChandraShekar's fielding, it is
worthwhile pointing out that he took a fantastic return catch to
dismiss Clive Lloyd during the blood bath at Sabina Park in 1976.
In the previous match, India had created history by scoring the most #
of runs ever in the second innings to win a test match. Don't know
how many nettors can recall this series.

Muralidhar Rangaswamy
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From: sobitha@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Sobitha W Samaranayake)
Subject: AUS / SL final test D4
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 13:33:51 GMT


Aus first inn. 337 

SL first inn.  275-9 dec

Aus second inn. 146-6  (at the end of the 4th day)



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From: s1172217@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Smith)
Subject: Eng A to Aus
Organization: Monash University College Gippsland, Churchill, 3842, Australia
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 22:41:10 GMT

>     The England 'A' squad to tour Australia is :-
>
>              Moxon   (Captain)             Yorkshire
>              Russell (Vice Captain)        Gloustershire
>              Caddick                       Somerset
>              Capel                         Northamptonshire
>              Cork                          Derbyshire
>              Ilott                         Essex
>              Lathwell                      Somerset
>              Lloyd                         Lancasshire
>              Middleton                     Hampshire
>              Millns                        Leicestershire
>              Prichard                      Essex
>              Roseberry                     Middlesex
>              Salisbury                     Sussex
>              Such                          Essex
>              Thorpe                        Surrey
>
>     Dominic Cork and Ian Salisbury were tipped to tour India and Sri Lanka
>but its semms the selectors want to wait and see before choosing them for
>future main tours.
>
>
>
>Kelvin Ho,
>Loughborough University of Technology,
>Leicestershire,
>England.

When was this announced and who are these guys playing?
I usually keep up pretty well with whos coming and going to our shores but I
haven't heard of an Eng A side coming to Aus at all.
If they are playing the states during our summer, I expect this to be a very
interesting tour as a lot of our states will give this 2nd XI a real good run
for their money.
I must say I'm surprised at Jack Russell being in this side rather than the
first side.  Would I be correct in saying that hes the only one in this side
that has played more than about 5 tests (Moxon & Capel have both been on the
fringe in or out for a long time, they may have both played about 5-10 tests).
A lot of this side has test experiance of 1 or 2 tests, perhaps this is
because of the turn over rate that there is in England which seems to be very
high compared with every other test playing country.

Any comments.

+------------------------------------+
|  Mark Smith.                       |
|  <s1172217@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au> |
|  Morwell, Victoria, Australia.     |
|  Monash Uni Gippsland Computing    |
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From: sagrawal@cajal.usc.edu (Sanjay Agrawal)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Aus vs SL (Final test)
Date: 11 Sep 1992 15:47:30 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cajal.usc.edu

Only 30 overs of play was possible in the last session on the 3rd day.
Sri Lanka advanced to 215 for 4.

Sanjay Agrawal
Oracle Corporation
From: murali@iris.polymer.uakron.edu (Murali Cotah)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: World's worst fielder
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:04:27 GMT
Organization: Institute of Polymer Science, University of Akron

I saw the posting on world's worst fielder (?)...
How about B.S. Chandrasekhar (sp ?).. 
He made Dilip Doshi look good
Cotah
From: hasn@midway.uchicago.edu (Sheheryar Hasnain)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: CRICKET IN CHICAGO??
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:57:44 GMT
Organization: University of Chicago

I had inquired earlier about joining in some games taking place in the Chicago area. Please
e-mail me with info.  Thanks.
From: jont@harlqn.co.uk (Jon Thackray)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: World's worst fielder
Date: 14 Sep 92 15:50:05 GMT
	<GANESH.92Aug31143001@karp.albany.edu>
Organization: Harlequin Limited, Cambridge, England

In article <GANESH.92Aug31143001@karp.albany.edu> ganesh@cs.albany.edu (Ganesh Murugesan) writes:

   In article <1992Aug31.152100.13529@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> andrew@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Andrew Walker) writes:

   >
   >  I'll start the ball rolling with one from the England test team -
   >
   >   Devon (I'll dive for this, oops i've missed it again) Malcolm
   >

      A good Indian Prospect for this category is Sandeep Patil.

If you want a "good" English candidate, there are far better (worse?)
than Devon in the fielding department. Phil Tufnell is one such, and
he and Devon could probably compete for world's worst test batsman
while they were at it.
--

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Harlequin Ltd.                  jgt1@uk.ac.cam.phx      44 223 872519 (fax)
Barrington Hall
Barrington
Cambridge CB2 5RG
England
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From: zmahmood@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Zakir Mahmood)
Subject: TEST, PLEASE CONFIRM 
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 15:43:31 GMT

 THIS IS A TEST.  I AM NOT SURE IF THE MESSAGES ARE BEING POSTED, SO CAN
SOME KIND SOLE OUT THERE CONFIRM UPON RECEIVING THIS MESSAGE?  I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW IF IT IS GOING TO UK AND NEW ZEALAND.
THANKX

ZAKIR

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From: 10702946@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (PARTH DESAI)
Subject: Re: whingeing aussies
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University 
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 00:34:04 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.140350.1@uqvax.cc.uq.oz.au> ccrob@uqvax.cc.uq.oz.au writes:
>From: ccrob@uqvax.cc.uq.oz.au
>Subject: Re: whingeing aussies
>Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 04:03:50 GMT
>In article <10702830.25.716086156@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au>, 10702830@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (RAJIB DATTA) writes:
>> 
>> 	It said on a local radio report today that " play was stopped  in 
>> the third test between Australia and Sri Lanka due to supposed bad light
>>                                                       ^^^^^^^^
>> What does this infer? Apparently Border wasn't very happy that the umpires 
>> decided to call off play for the day because the Aussies were in a 
>> commanding position. I think Allan Border should really open his eyes. 
>
>   {...}
>
>> play would be posssible. Anyway, I think it is about time Allan Border 
>> stopped whineing so much. He is always one of the first to defend 
>> Australia's umpires when they make seemingly genuine mistakes, but ready to 
>> bag anybody else that might be doing anything wrong. 
>
>Sigh....
>
>You forgot to mention that when the players went off, the cloud cover was not
>heavy, and that play was resumed later on in the afternoon. This is
>significant, in that it is possible that Border had a fair point.
>
>The Australians have been at pains on this tour to keep any and all
>controversy over umpiring out of the spotlight. Whilst the media have reported
>the difference in LBW rates, for instance, *no* Australian player has made
>*any* comment.
>
>Note that from this distance, I am not offering any judgement. I am simply
>pointing out that Australian efforts on this tour to keep things harmonious
>should be given some credence before people start firing from the hip.
>
>> Take it easy Allan and don't stay in international cricket too long just so 
>> that you can overtake Sunil Gavaskar's all time record of 10,122 runs!
>
>Ah, the green-eyed monster makes an appearance.

It does not matter since Tendulkar is going to be the eventual record holder.


PARTH



>
>> Raj.
>
>--
>Rob.
>
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From: tom@cs.su.oz.au (Thomas James Jones)
Subject: Re: PAK, ENG  ONE DAYS ON PPV
Reply-To: tom@cs.su.oz.au
Organization: Basser Department of Computer Science
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 04:47:57 GMT

In article <9209101902.AA13080@cs.utexas.edu>, aapfl6!zulfiqar@aapfl1.attmail.com writes:
|>         DON'T  FORGET  PAKISTAN  VS  ENGLAND  ODI  THIS  SATURDAY
|> 
|>                                 ON  PPV
|> 
|> 
|>         England vs Pakistan One Day Internationals would be televised
|>         by most of the cable companies throughout the US.
|> 
|>         Different companies are airing the matches at different times.
|>         Majority is showing it LIVE on AUGUST 22 (SATURDAY). Some would
|>         TAPE-DELAY the event by a few hours.
|> 
|>         The AUGUST 24 match may be TAPE-DELAYED and played on
|>         AUGUST  29 (SATURDAY). Some systems would show it LIVE.
|> 
|>         Your best bet would be to check with your local cable company
|>         to find the time and day of both the matches. I understand that
|>         the operators may not know yet because AVI has just struck deals
|>         with these companies. You might have to talk to your PPV MANAGER
|>         to get details.
|> 
|>         I also understand that the match would be SCRAMBLED and would not
|>         be distributed to satellite dish owners unless you make special
|>         advance arrangements with AVI @ (407) 239-8933.
|> 
|>         Different cable companies are charging different amounts. The
|>         range is from  $15 to $20.
|> 
|>         Some folks want to know what they can do if their cable company
|>         is unaware of the matches. I suggest that you call the PPV MANAGER
|>         of your company and let him/her know of your interest and ask them
|>         to contact AVI @ (407) 239-8933. It would not be a bad idea to
|>         give AVI the name/phone of your cable company's PPV MANAGER
|>         as well.
|> 
|>         In reply to someone's question, Sammons Communications has indicated
|>         that in towns where they operate there is no interest in cricket
|>         and so would not be carrying it. That is hard to believe.
|>         However, there are other companies in NJ, MA, NY carrying these
|>         games and are in close proximity.
|> 
|>         If anyone needs any further info. you can post it to rsc and I
|>         will see if I can get the answers.
|> 
|> 

	Why don't you bugger off?
	
	tom
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From: s8921366@macgraw.mqcs.mq.oz.au (Paul English)
Subject: Re: whingeing aussies
Organization: Macquarie University, School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and Electronics
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 07:26:09 GMT

In article <10702830.25.716086156@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au> 10702830@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (RAJIB DATTA) writes:
>
>	It said on a local radio report today that " play was stopped  in 
>the third test between Australia and Sri Lanka due to supposed bad light
>                                                      ^^^^^^^^
>What does this infer? Apparently Border wasn't very happy that the umpires 
>decided to call off play for the day because the Aussies were in a 
>commanding position. I think Allan Border should really open his eyes. 
>Maybe he has forgotten about the Melbourne test against India in 1983 ( I 
>think) when India needed only a few runs to win with one session left and 
>the umpires were very quick to call  off the game. The M.C.G. was full of 
>sunshine about 20 minutes after the umpires had decided that no further 
>play would be posssible. Anyway, I think it is about time Allan Border 
>stopped whineing so much. He is always one of the first to defend 
>Australia's umpires when they make seemingly genuine mistakes, but ready to 
>bag anybody else that might be doing anything wrong. 
>
>Take it easy Allan and don't stay in international cricket too long just so 
>that you can overtake Sunil Gavaskar's all time record of 10,122 runs!
>
>
>Raj.
>

Border has said that umpires are too quick to call off play generally.  He
has said that if test cricket is to regain popularity players must stay out
except in the rare situation when there is physical danger.  Having said
that, he added that he has often come off the field in situations where he
could see the ball perfectly well, but it was in his teams interest to stop
play.

I think Border's comments here should be taken in context, he was
unhappy that play stopped, but his criticism was of the rules rather than
directed at the umpires.  Border has said he will continue to take
advantage of the rules until they are changed, otherwise Australia will be
disadvantaged.


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From: diwadkva@ctrvx2.vanderbilt.edu (Vaibhav A. Diwadkar)
Subject: Border breaks through ......
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Vanderbilt University
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 21:32:00 GMT

Seems like interest regarding the Lanka/Aussie series is inordinately low?

Well, heard on the Beeb that Allan Border rescued the Aussies with his 24th
test century (his first in four years) in the final test against Lanka.  He
won the toss and elected to bat.  Tom Moody made him look quite sheepish
quite early on, being clean bowled in the first over of the match. Taylor,
Boon, Jones and Waugh (trying to avoid three 0s in a row) didn't show much
gumption and it was Border (106) and Mathews (57) who put on 127 for the 
6th wkt.  At close of play the Aussies were 286/8 with Ian Healy (43*) and
Shane Warne (1*) out there.

Some observations.  Mark Taylor and Tom Moody have been striking failures
in this test series. They may have one fifty between them thru their 10
innings thus far.  Waugh has been patchy and so has Border till today.  The
revelation has been Mathews who I think has now run off four consecutive
50s in the series? Very impressive batting by him.  What do the Aussie 
nettors think about Mark Waughs retention at the exclusion of Damian 
Martyn?  Would have been a good time for Martyn to come out in a test where
the pressure is not as high.  Also the Aussies recalled Warne and left out
Whitney.

Anyway, a good day for Lanka (could have been better though) and for Border 
and Mathews.

						- Vaibhav.
From: jawad@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jawad Ali)
Subject: Re: Richard Hadlee Shares His (derogatory adjective) Views.....
Organization: California State University, Chico
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 22:25:01 GMT

In article <18364.2aa6512c@ecs.umass.edu> vigneswa@ecs.umass.edu writes:
>Q: What is your opinion about the ICC match referee?
>A: It is a good idea.  It has proved very important, especially seeing the 
>   way the Pakistanis are playing in England at the  moment - bringing the 
>   game into disrepute.  It has got to be sorted out.

QQQ: What is your opinion about the ICC match referee?
JNA: Froget ICC!  Its time to call Beefy on his mobile phone again and ask
     him about his cricket attorney.  We need to talk about Sir Richard
     and these interviews he is giving -- you know, bringing disrepute to 
     the game.  Time to sort *him* out.

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From: kpw105@phys.anu.edu.au (Ken Wessen)
Subject: Re: The decade of the all rounder
Followup-To: rec.sport.cricket
Organization: Theoretical Physics, Australian National University
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 05:35:24 GMT

In article <191mo3INN141@aludra.usc.edu>, moghal@aludra.usc.edu (Nadeem
Moghal) wrote:
> 
> In article <12SEP199210114658@vxcrna.cern.ch> hafeez@vxcrna.cern.ch (Syed Mohammad Ali) writes:
> 
>
> 
> >	ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! THOUGH I STILL DON'T THINK OF
> >	BOTHAM AS A GREAT ALLROUNDER EXCEPT FOR HIS LAST
>						
> 
> My opinion of Botham could well be biased. I was in my teens,
> and had found a new interest in the game, when his exploits
> were at their peak. His performance in the Golden Jubillee
>
> Lots of stuff about how magnificent Botham is.

Speaking as an Australian who saw and listened to Botham destroy the
Australian team on many different occasions, I can only say that of all the
great alrounders of recent times, none has had even near the match winning
ability of Botham with both bat and ball.  Hadlee, Imran, Kapil are great
alrounders and deserve to be ranked amongst the best of all time (maybe 4
of the top 20 rather than the top 8  :-)  ), but Botham is the player who
stands out as the most dazzling matchwinner I have seen.
He combined recklessness and flair with amazing ability and as a cricket
phenomenon stands unrivalled in recent times.  Maybe this very recklessness
made him a little less reliable in his performances ( a point in favour of
the other three - who were very reliable players in general ), but in my
view it just made his greatness all the more spectacular.  (All this is
IMHO of course  :-) )
Ken