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From: nishani@coos.dartmouth.edu (Chandana H. Fonseka)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: The best ever Test XIs
Date: 28 Jan 93 05:04:50 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Well, I haven't seen a Sri Lankan all-time best XI yet, so here is one for 
starters. It includes players who have played against touring teams before
SL gained test status; many Sri Lankans believe there were players in the 
50s and 60s who are better than the present bunch.

Sidath Wettimuny		- test best of 190
Mahadevan Sathasivam		- regarded by many as SLs best ever bat
Roy Dias			- style and grace all his own
Michael Tissera (capt)		- captained SL in late 60s/70s (?)
Sargo Jayawickrema		- dashing bat of the 50s (?)
Arjuna Ranatunge		- pretender to the allrounders crown
Mahes Gunatilleke		- i think was our best wicketkeeper
D.S. de Silva			- most experienced spinner (leg-spin)
Ajith de Silva			- off spin
D.L.S. de Silva			- fast-medium; died tragically in motor acc.
Rumesh Ratnayake		- bowls Thommo-style slingshots; surprisingly
				  fast during the peak of his career.
 
basically, 5 bats, allrounder, specialist wicketkeeper, 2 spinners and 2 pacies.
Absence of a top-class allrounder has always been a problem, same with pace
bowlers.


If we were limited to players who have played test cricket, then it might look
like this:

Sidath Wettimuny
Roshan Mahanama
Roy Dias
Aravinda de Silva
Duleep Mendis (capt)
Arjuna Ranatunga
Mahes Gunatilleke
Asantha de Mel
D.S.de Silva
Ajith de Silva
Rumesh Ratnayake


But perhaps the neatest team would be this:

Sidath Wettimuny
Sunil Wettimuny
Mithra Wettimuny
Dhammika Ranatunge
Aravinda de Silva
Arjuna Ranatunge (capt)
Sanjeewa Ranatunge
Asoka de Silva
D.S de Silva
Ajith de Silva
D.L.S de Silva
 
all have represented SL in tests at some time or another, with the exception of 
Sanjeewa Ranatunge, who is currently with the SL under-25s in South Africa.
There is another cricketing Ranatunge brother, Nishantha, and I think another
Wettimuny too. None of the de Silvas are related. It is interesting that the 
technical composition of this team is not bad at all.. all three Wettimuny
brothers were openers, as was Dhammika Ranatunge, while the other Ranatunges
are mid-order bats. Four of the five de Silvas are specialist bowlers, though 
only DLS bowls pace. But Aravinda bowls spin, giving a de Silva spin quartet!
Aravinda, however, is the best qualified to keep wickets, having done so for
his school, leaving 3 spinners, one pacie and Arjuna who is neither (his 
bowling has been described as "friendly" at best, but he does surprise on
occasion) to take care of the attack.

Chan
Xref: sparky rec.sport.cricket:19574 aus.jokes:1958
From: andrew@teslab.lab.oz.au (Andrew Phillips)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket,aus.jokes
Subject: Re: Cricket Commentary Faux Pas
Date: 22 Jan 93 03:02:44 GMT
Organization: Technology Services, Chief Secretary's Dept, Sydney

steve@fulcrum.oz.au (Steve Taylor) writes:
: hcm@ausom.oz.au (Hamish Mogan) writes:
: >Thats pretty darn immature..
: Well I object to your use of strong language like "d*rn".

Well, haberdashery to you!
-- 
Andrew Phillips (andrew@teslab.lab.oz.au) Phone +61 (Aust) 2 (Sydney) 287 6551
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From: awaheed@hubcap.clemson.edu (Aamir Waheed)
Subject: Pakistan Capt.
Reply-To: awaheed@hubcap.UUCP (Aamir Waheed)
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:35:13 GMT

Let us not jump to conclusions on the issue. Nobody seems to know for

what duration, has wasim been made the capt. whether it is just for the
Sharjah tournament or for the West Indies series as well. I am not sure
but I think Miandad is not available for Sharjah and maybe even for the
South African tour and during his absence Wasim has been made Capt. 

By the way Majid is not a member of the selection comt. Javed Burki is.

			Aamir.
-- 


                                           Aamir Waheed
From: peterm@pinhigh.Aus.Sun.COM (Peter Miles)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Dream Team of 80's
Date: 22 Jan 1993 06:48:59 GMT
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My dream team of the 80's is as follows -

		Dream Team I		Dream Team II
		===========		===========
	
	1.	Sunil Gavaskar(Ind)	Gordon Greenidge(WI)
	2.	David Boon(Aus)	Geoff Marsh(Aus)
	3.	Greg Chappell(Aus)	David Gower(Eng)
	4.	Viv Richards (c)	(WI)	Aravinda Da Silva(Sri)
	5.	Javed Mianded(Pak)	Martin Crowe(NZ)
	6.	Imran Khan(Pak)	Alan Border (c)(Aus)
	7.	Rod Marsh (vc)(Aus)	Jeff Dujon(WI)
	8.	Richard Hadlee	(NZ)	Kapil Dev(Ind)
	9.	Michael Holding(WI)	Malcolm Marshall(WI)
	10.	Dennis Lillee(Aus)	Abdul Qadir(Pak)
	11.	John Emburey(Eng)	Joel Garner(WI)
	

Commentary on selections
====================

It is very difficult to be objective in selecting a dream world team, as I tried to give each country some representation, if there was a player, competitive for a slot.

Players who receive a mention but miss out on selection.

Batsmen :

Des Haynes - omitted due to his poor behaviour onfield at times, and always in GG's shadow.
Graham Gooch - a good player, but scores too slow, sends people to sleep.
Richie Richardson - a very player, best is maybe still to come, also in Viv's shadow a lot.

Bowlers :

Andy Roberts - his best was in the 70's
I was really stretched to think of any other fast bowlers who could match it with those named.
Also, there is a real dearth of any quality spin bowlers, who could/have taken wickets consistently.

Wicketkeepers :

They selected themselves, no-one else comes close to these 2.

Allrounders :

Botham - Both my teams are chock full of quality allrounders, and Botham whilst he may have
the figures to say otherwise, I believe his skill has always been overrated. No doubt he has had
some memorable performances, but in general, I have always held the belief, that his bowling
was VERY  "Up and Down", and as for his batting, he probably should have used the belt off his
"gun holster" to keep his cricket pants from falling down, instead of leaving it in the dressing
room..

All comments welcomed, "opinions are like arseholes, everybody has one."

Regards   Peter.

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From: sbasu@spock (BASU)
Subject: Re: Ravi Shastri (Indian team for 1st test)
Organization: New Mexico State University
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:10:13 GMT

In article <C1B4zp.Ds0@cs.uiuc.edu> bharat@cs.uiuc.edu (R. Bharat Rao)  
writes:
 
> How about Sidhu, Raman/Jadeja, **Kambli**, Tendulkar, Azhar, Kapil Dev,
> Yadav, Shastri, Prabhakar,** Kambli**, Raju/Chauhan/Srinath -- thats a
> *good* team with lots of balance -- and freedom for the top order bats
> to go for it given the depth of the order until #9....

Mentioning Kambli twice in the lineup doesn't give us 1 more batsman. Just  
as calling a lamb's tail .....

Sorry, but couldn't resist!

Scrooge
> 
> >Rajiv
> 
> Bharat
> --
> R. Bharat Rao                         E-mail: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu
> AI Group, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> 405 N. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801   (217)-333-5978 (O), 337-6498(H)
> Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana
From: ksrao@power.ee.ndsu.nodak.edu
Subject: Re: IRC tonight
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:48:16 GMT
Reply-To: ksrao@power.ee.ndsu.nodak.edu
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

In article <C1IpMq.B8y@ns1.nodak.edu>, ksrao@power.ee.ndsu.nodak.edu writes:
<           I suggest that we have a chat on IRC tonight to see how the first
<test can be covered. I request that those of us who can get on the computer be
<on irc at 4.00 EST. I hope that this will filter to various sites in time. I
<have written to two persons in UK for the updates (on IRC or by .plan). I hope
<to get the reply by then.
<           
<           One more thing: Can some netters from South Africa also join in irc.
<The live commentaries which came from Australia for the Adelaide test were very
<interesting with the two way communications and the triangular series in SA
<could also benefit a lot if they join in.
<
<
       If you want to test out IRC, you can get into irc by simply telnetting
to  power.ee.ndsu.nodak.edu  oe  energy.ee.ndsu.nodak.edu  and giving the
username as irc

      If you want to compile your own program, you can get the distriburion
from cs.bu.edu by anonymous ftp.


K. Sankara Rao                          e-mail k.srao@power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu

Department of Electrical Engineering
Fargo, ND 58105  USA

Phone:  (701)237-7217  (o)
        (701)235-9912  (h)

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From: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu (R. Bharat Rao)
Subject: Re: WI win by 1 run !!!!!!!
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept of Computer Science
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:10:32 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.185850.15832@leland.Stanford.EDU>, urajan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Uday Rajan) writes:

|> I noticed that WI bowled 79 overs in more or less 6 hours of play. Now, 

|> (a) given the way the ICC rules are written, do teams incur fines regardless 
|> of the result of the match? In particular, are WI going to be fined just as 
|> Pakistan were?
|> (b) is there any reasonable way to define "getting your money's worth" that 
|> will not leave holes through which teams may fall?

If we are interested in "entertaining" cricket, how about if the match
has a result (includes tie) there are no fines for slow over rates on
the theory that spectators got to see everything they were going to
anyway... but, if the match ends in a draw then over rates are certainly
valid, as a result could possibly have been achieved had more overs
been bowled (not that draws can't be thrillers, but no one wants to
see a draw just due to slow over rates)...

Makes too much sense, will never fly with the ICC :-)

Bharat

-- 
R. Bharat Rao                         E-mail: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu
AI Group, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
405 N. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801   (217)-333-5978 (O), 337-6498(H)
Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana
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From: heard@franklin.cc.utas.edu.au (George Heard)
Subject: 4th Test WI v Aus - Stumps on 4th day
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:37:52 GMT

West Indies 1st innings

D. Haynes      st. Healy b. May          45
P. Simmons     c. Hughes b. S. Waugh     46
R. Richardson  lbw. Hughes                2
C. Hooper      c. Healy b. Hughes         2
B. Lara        c. Healy b. MacDermott    52
K. Arthurton   c. S Waugh b. May          0
I. Bishop      c. M Waugh b. Hughes      13
C. Ambrose     c. Healy b. Hughes         0
K. Benjamin    b. M Waugh                15
J. Murray      not out                   49
C. Walsh       lbw. Hughes                5
Extras (12 NB 11 LB)                     23
                                        252 all out

Hughes  21.3 - 3 - 64 - 5
McDermott  16 - 1 - 85 - 1
S Waugh   13 - 4 - 37 - 1
Warne     2 - 0 - 11 - 0
M Waugh     1 - 0 - 3 - 1
May      14 - 1 -  41 - 2

Australia 1st Innings

M. Taylor       c. Hooper b. Bishop       1
M. Waugh        c. Simmons b. Ambrose     0
J. Langer       c. Murray b. Benjamin    20
A. Border       c. Hooper b. Ambrose     19
I. Healy        c. Hooper b. Ambrose      0
S. Waugh        c. Murray b. Ambrose     42
M. Hughes       c. Murray b. Hooper      43
S. Warne        lbw. Hooper               0
T. May          c. Murray b. Ambrose      6
C. McDermott    b. Ambrose               14
D. Boon         not out                  39
Extras                                   29
                                        213 all out

Bishop 18 - 3 - 48 - 1
Ambrose 28.2 - 6 - 74 - 6
Benjamin 6 - 0 - 22 - 1
Walsh 10 - 3 - 34 - 0
Hooper 13 - 4 - 25 - 2

West Indies 2nd innings

Haynes          c. Taylor b. McDermott   11
Simmons         b. McDermott             10
Lara            c. S Waugh b. Hughes      7
Arthurton       c. Healy b. McDermott     0
Hooper          c. Hughes b. May         25
Murray          c. M Waugh b. May         0
Richarson       c. Healy b. Warne        72
Ambrose         st. Healy b. May          1
Benjamin        c. Warne b. May           0
Bishop          c. M Waugh b. May         6
Walsh           not out                   0
Extras                                   14
                                        146 all out

McDermott 11 - 0 - 66 - 3
Hughes    13 - 1 - 43 - 1
S. Waugh     -   -  8 - 0
Warne        -   -    - 1
May          -   -  9 - 5

Australia 2nd innings

D. Boon         lbw. Ambrose              0
M. Taylor       c. Murray b. Benjamin     7
M. Waugh        c. Hooper b. Walsh       26
S. Waugh        c. Arthurton b. Ambrose   4
A. Border       c. Haynes b. Ambrose      1
I. Healy        b. Walsh                  0
M. Hughes       lbw. Ambrose              1
S. Warne        lbw. Bishop               9
J. Langer       c. Murray b. Bishop      54
T. May          not out                  42
C. McDermott    c. Murray b. Walsh       19
Extras                                   21
                                        184 all out


West Indies win by 1 run!!!!!
No more later

George
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From: vaghela@laxatv.reo.dec.com (Umesh Vaghela)
Subject: India Vs England full score card.
Reply-To: vaghela@laxatv.reo.dec.com (Umesh Vaghela)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:19:30 GMT



	India Vs England 2nd ODI from Chandighad, Punjab.
	=================================================


	       **********************************
	      * 				 *
	     *  INDIA wins 2nd ODI by 5 wickets.  *
	      * 			 	 *
	       **********************************



	England
	=======
Gooch	  c Tendulkar	b Srinath	 7
Stewart   c Azza	b Kapil Dev	 7
Smith	  lbw		b Kumble	42
Gatting		    c & b Srinath	 0
F'Brother lbw		b Raju	 	 7
Hick	  		b Kapil Dev	56
Reeve	  not out.......................33
Lewis	  not out.......................16
Extras					30
Total ( 50 Overs )		       198/6



		India
		=====

Sidhu	    c Reeve b DeFreitas  76
Prabhakar   c Reeve b Lewis      36
Kambli	        c & b Jarvis      9
Azzarhuddin lbw	    b Reeve      36
Tendulkar   lbw     b DeFreitas   1
Amre	    not out..............24
Kapil Dev   not out.............. 5
Extras			         14
Total ( 45.1 Overs )	        201/4

Fall of wickets:  78/1(Prabhakar), 99/2(Kambli), 148/3(Sidhu),
		 161/4(Tendulkar), 194/5(Azharuddin).


Local hero Kapil Dev came in to hit the winning runs for India and
leveled the series 1-1.

Man of the Match : Navjot Sidhu

The first test starts on 29th February in Calcutta.
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From: sista@engr.LaTech.edu (Ravi K. Sista)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: India cruising.
Date: 21 Jan 1993 09:11:42 GMT
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Don't get heart attacks.  India are 77 for no loss at the end of 20 th
over.  Sidhu and Prabhakar are in excellent form and are not being 
troubled what so ever by the English bowlers.  

Hope India will win this one day hands down.

Keep in touch for the latest from Chandigarh, guys

With regards,

Ravi Kumar Sista
From: shivanan@nyquist.usc.edu (Shivanand Bhajekar)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Mark Taylor ambidextrous
Date: 22 Jan 1993 22:12:30 -0800
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Keywords: australian

In article <Jan.22.18.14.59.1993.20587@maya.rutgers.edu> govindra@maya.rutgers.edu (S Govindarajan) writes:
>
>Azharuddin can field and throw with either hand. At one time, he used

	Currently Azhar can throw badly with either hand. He misses the 
	stumps by a whisker from any fielding position. I believe
	that nowadays he has started catching with both hands. So he 
	spills catches like nobody's business.

	Shivanand Bhajekar

>
>Govind.
>email: govindra@maya.rutgers.edu
From: raza@engrg.uwo.ca (Mr. Raza Syed)
Subject: Javed Miandad...
Organization: DA&MRL, Engineering, UWO, London Ont. CA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:52:06 GMT


I just called home, and with couple of minutes of talk about cricket i got the
impression that politics has lot to do with the removal of JM from captaincy in the
unceremonious way. JM give the statement today in which he ask about his fault, and said
some thing like that, never in history that a captain is sacked just b/c of losing
one series(tounament)  [and winning two test serieses], he said that he has not decided
about the tour of sharjah yet b/c he is very dejected .......
-- 

S.R.Raza.
raza@surya.engrg.uwo.ca

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From: ravikane@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ravindra Shantaram Kane)
Subject: Re: A Question?
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 06:12:35 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.054349.28897@leland.Stanford.EDU> urajan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Uday Rajan) writes
> I think Engineer once got to 94 before lunch against the West 
>Indies; I remember hearing a story that he got his century in the over after
>lunch.
>
I once saw an interview of his on t.v. in which he said that he completed his
century on the first ball after lunch by hitting a six.
-ravi
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From: rsp@ukc.ac.uk (R.S.Pickett)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: India v. England 2nd ODI Result (with bowling figures)
Date: 21 Jan 93 15:44:24 GMT
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.


I've updated the scorecard to include bowling figures.


India v. England 2nd ODI:

Team news:
India: Same as first ODI
England: Emburey replaced by Salisbury who is making his ODI debut.

England:

Gooch      c. Tendulkar    b. Srinath    7
Stewart    c. Azharrudin   b. Kapil      7
Smith           lbw        b. Kumble    42
Gatting                c & b. Srinath    0
Fairbrother     lbw        b. Raju       7
Hick                       b. Kapil     56
Reeve                not out            33
Lewis                not out            16

                               Extras   30
                     Total (50 overs)  198

Fall: 1-19 2-20 3-22 4-49 5-132 6-153

10 overs: 20-2
20 overs: 57-4
30 overs: 94-4
40 overs: 133-5


India:

Sidhu           c. Reeve  b. Defreitas  76
Prabhakar       c. Reeve  b. Lewis      36
Kambli               c & b.  Jarvis      9
Azhar              lbw    b. Reeve      36
Tendulkar          lbw    b. Defreitas   1
Amre                 not out            24
Kapil                not out             5

                               Extras   14
                   Total (45.1 overs)  201


India won by 5 wickets.

Bowling:

India:

Kapil        10     2     40    2
Prabhakar     8     0     30    0
Srinath      10     2     34    2
Tendulkar     3     0     16    0
Raju          9     0     28    1
Kumble       10     0     37    1

England:

Defreitas    10     1     31    2
Jarvis       10     1     43    1
Reeve         6.1   0     33    1
Lewis        10     0     47    1
Salisbury     8     1     42    0
Gatting       1     0      2    0



Congratulations to India! A good performance especially with the pressure they
have been under. The match was really decided in the opening spell when the
ball was moving around all over the place and England slumped to 49-4. Some
excellent batting by Sidhu in particular then finished off the job. I'm glad
Hick made some runs. He'd better get it right in the tests.
Sorry I can't give a fuller report but I haven't got time at the moment.


Rob.
From: drinnen@deakin.edu.au (Philip Shead)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Tim May v Greg Matthews
Date: 27 Jan 1993 22:00:35 -0600
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In article <1993Jan28.103903.165655@dstos3.dsto.gov.au> greg@oberon.dsto.gov.au (Greg Noone) writes:
>In article <9302709.2881@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> rakesh@ecr.mu.oz.au (Rakesh DESAI) writes:
>>In article <9301260027.AA16531@eros.cc.deakin.OZ.AU>, drinnen@deakin.edu.au (Philip Shead) writes:
>
>>17) Paul Reiffel  (A replacement for Alderman is needed and Reiffel is
>>			the best prospect to move the ball around )
>>
>
>I truly hope that Alderman is selected for the tour to England. He's still
>bowling for Western Australia and taking a few wickets. His record in England is
>unbelievable. Hope the selectors take a punt and select him. I can see it now:
>Gooch LBW Alderman ......0

And then Gooch go off and says don't select me it may affect my batting average
What a poor loser. First he won't let gower be selected because of an attitude
, then I discover he is only doing half the tour of the sub-continent and no
going to Sri Lanka.
I reckon he's the one with the attirude problem. And imagine if he
does get out lbw alderman first ball. I reckon his wolrd would collapse
around him.

As for Alderman, I think the only thing that may have saved him from being
dropped from the next WA game is if Angel is selected for Australia
and the WA selectors continue to refuse Herzberg a spot because he bowls
off-spin. His form doesn't in fact warrant a place. Now if he were to be
conveniently playing in an English league you never know.

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From: craa27@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ( Steve Holmes, Computer Centre )
Subject: Re: Javed Sacked as Pak Captain
Reply-To: craa27@ccsun.strath.ac.uk
Organization: Strathclyde University Computer Centre.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:15:33 GMT

Hmm interesting. I feel that Javed was always a great grafter for the side,
and this is a side that needs its few reliable batsmen in good form.

It will be interesting to see if the team changes character since command
has switched from the top batsman to the top bowler.

Will a strike bowler / allrounder be overloaded during the fielding, and his
performance suffer ?

Perhaps Javed's batting will get even better as he is relieved of the cares of captaincy.

Personally i feel that if a team is having problems with its batting, then a good solid captain's innings can do much for morale, and batting wise Wasim != Javed.
Maybe the team will end up structured like one of those gridiron sides with a 
"Batting Chief" who will try to improve this part of the game.


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