two world cups.two unforgettable over for stuart broad

India
June 6, 2009 4:12am CST
hmmmm may be world cup and Stuart Broad dont go well together it seems. last year,a 36 run over and this year,one of the worst ever over bowled in the history of cricket. [b] 6 balls,7 runs needed and they would have won by 6 runs if they managed to hang on to the ball and hit the stumps but they didnt. the 2 last over culprits,broad and foster,never hit the stump.its not as if they r throwing it from the boundary or even the 30 yard circle.its barely a meter or 2 from stumps. i believe Stuart Broad will make a fine addition to the mumbai indians squad as they were knwon to lose the matches in the last overs.[/b]
1 response
pratik87
@pratik87 (1927)
• India
6 Jun 09
coming from a guy like you who does not like t20 matches i would say you do not fully understand the concept of t20 cricket. broad bowled well in the last over but when things are not going for you nothing falls in place for you. it is just one of the things that happen in cricket and he was the right choice for the last over. some better fielding might have seen england home but it was not their night to be so it happens and the remark against mumbai indians is also not very kind to them. they played very well but again it is t20 cricket and things can turn around in an over.
stardustcdsd
@stardustcdsd (1856)
• India
7 Jun 09
me,punter and MS gill r on the same wavelength.T20 is not for cricket.just an entertainment quotient.good bowling never gets rewarded and some part timer bowlers sharing 3 hat tricks prove it all.a game of chance like rolling dice and cards.if u were a true cricket lover,u would agree with me.but if u r watching just to watch every ball sail over the boundary,no problem at all. i am a mumbai indians fan and unlike many of them i see the weakness in the team i support and critisize it directly.and may be ask u one more question.what do u think of the cheerleaders?fully covered but great moves and did a perfect job of cheering up people.
pratik87
@pratik87 (1927)
• India
7 Jun 09
t20 is said to be the future of cricket . now i have no problems against t20 cricket but i still like test cricket the most.still i will say the same thing your knowledge about t20 cricket is poor. if you think good bowling never gets rewarded then go back in time two years and check what happened in the inaugural t20 championship in south africa. shahid afridi was awarded the man of the series award for his bowling. even harbhajan says it is not so bad for the bowlers as the batsmen are always looking to hit and thereby giving the bowlers a chance to get them out. and the two hat tricks just prove the point that the batsmen are under pressure to score on every ball. and if i am not wrong then yuvraj singh has even got kevin peitersen out in even one day and test cricket so he is not a total stranger when it comes to bowling.and again it is an exaggeration to say that people come to see every ball sail over the rope since it is impossible for something like that to happen.regarding cheerleaders i am not interested in talking about them since it is just for entertainment value and is not related to the cricket that is being played on the ground. and that entertainment does not affect the cricket in any way so no point in talking about that. i do not think the mumbai indians team was weak. the batsmen just failed to fire and sanath jaysuriya their main weapon did not get going in most of the matches so that did not help their cause. the mumbai indians bowling was one of the best if not the best of the tournament. their key players zaheer khan , shikhar dhawan, sourabh tiwary got injured and that spoiled the team balance a little and they lost a few matches that they should have won like the one against rajasthan royals,kings 11 Punjab and the two matches against Hyderabad where they were cruising at till the 10 over mark.