Comments on In the Name of Cricket - A thinking cricket fan's blog: Warne-Ganguly rumpus and its fallout

Duckingbeamers,Firstly a warm welcome. It is a ple...

2008-05-03T10:48:00.000+05:30

Duckingbeamers,

Firstly a warm welcome. It is a pleasure to see you here.

So the credit for this situation goes to Warne's competitiveness. :)

Q,Yes the beauty of IPL. :)

2008-05-03T10:45:00.000+05:30

Q,

Yes the beauty of IPL. :)

Never heard of Dhoni complaining . Whichever way t...

2008-05-03T09:26:00.000+05:30

Never heard of Dhoni complaining . Whichever way the matter goes ganguly will match Warne word for word.

You write, "Warne is pure competitiveness. However...

2008-05-03T00:35:00.000+05:30

You write, "Warne is pure competitiveness. However how do you account for the following?"

But that's the point: he's so competitive that he would even cite Graeme Smith, a once-rival, to make his point. When you're trying to make an argument, you use every piece of data and source you can find, regardless of what you personally think of its merits.

In other words, pure, sheer competitiveness. Warne, once again.

Ah the beauty of the IPL. Ive been saying it all a...

2008-05-02T22:45:00.000+05:30

Ah the beauty of the IPL. Ive been saying it all along.

And now I finally know why Ottayan calls Straight Point, Pan :-)

There have been a few bad decisions in the match. ...

2008-05-02T17:55:00.000+05:30

There have been a few bad decisions in the match. Ganguly was ultimately proved right that the catch was not on.He shd not have pressurised the umpire though.
Any catch taken with a full length lounge looks suspicious to me. To be frank no fielder will say the catch was not properly taken when he had made some somersaulting effort to hold on to it.Just think over it and u will get an answer.Incidentally If a player comes in late he can be declared out.He is given a specified time to come in .U will remember Pakistan lost a match that way.
The real blame game between teams will start from now and u will see players belonging to a country supporting their their men in slow whispers.

Lazybug,Yep. Maybe the very thought of facing SRK ...

2008-05-02T17:21:00.000+05:30

Lazybug,

Yep. Maybe the very thought of facing SRK gave him the jitters.

How can Ganguly be so sure about the catch when it...

2008-05-02T16:57:00.000+05:30

How can Ganguly be so sure about the catch when it was taken near the boundary? Frustration, I guess.

Robin,He did it to our Dhoni is it?How dare he do ...

2008-05-02T15:58:00.000+05:30

Robin,

He did it to our Dhoni is it?

How dare he do it our icon?

Now you understand the reason for my dislike.

Pan,He seems to have disappointed you.

2008-05-02T15:56:00.000+05:30

Pan,

He seems to have disappointed you.

More than the fact that Ganguly spoke to umpire an...

2008-05-02T15:50:00.000+05:30

More than the fact that Ganguly spoke to umpire and did not take Smith's version, what shows him in poor light is being late for their innings.. Even in Chennai, he made Dhoni wait before he turned up for the toss.. Somebody has to give it back to him.. Thanks that Warne did it.. Hmm. an Indian supporting an Australian over an Indian... God! IPL has surely changed the cricket world.. :)

- Robin

the guy has lost last four matched on trot...he ne...

2008-05-02T15:37:00.000+05:30

the guy has lost last four matched on trot...he needs this to divert attention from the fact that he cant bat, bowl and field...

at least give this much to ganguly OTT... ;-))