tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post5018299534376199770..comments2023-10-26T17:15:40.259+05:30Comments on Clipboard Conversations: Silky wrists, but what else?J Ramanandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700969855424872769noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-13651509770268371512008-12-29T18:13:00.000+05:302008-12-29T18:13:00.000+05:30On Srikanth "was an opener" and played like that. ...On Srikanth "was an opener" and played like that. The opened those days playe less than 3 an over. <BR/><BR/>First 15 overs, you need to save wicket. Srikanth was the only guy who did otherwise, but of course without strategy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606261259115163927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-37821116799031167892008-11-18T15:19:00.000+05:302008-11-18T15:19:00.000+05:30Would you consider these as original Indian innova...Would you consider these as original Indian innovations:<BR/><BR/>1.Dhoni's vertical helicopter shot in which he whirls his arms like a windmill and occasionally sends the ball over the long on boundary.<BR/><BR/>2. Slow bowlers disguised as fast bowlers and vice versa (Venky Prasad and Anil Kumble respectively)<BR/><BR/>3. Match fixing<BR/><BR/>4. Cricketers who went on to act in films (Kirmani, Jadeja)<BR/><BR/>5. Lowest Performance/Potential ratio for a team ever.<BR/><BR/>6. Arun Lal and Navjot Sidhu as commentators.Jeeban Ramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02635377991481937038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-22081488662398516922008-11-15T20:30:00.000+05:302008-11-15T20:30:00.000+05:30How could Sachin fans miss his checked drive! And ...How could Sachin fans miss his checked drive! And his adjustments to stance? Or is it quatrainman's ploy to let the fans point out that most if not all the recent inventions from the blues have one source? ;-)<BR/><BR/>Then there's the strategy of close fielders hounding the batsman to complement an all-spin attack and plucking catches almost on the pitch a la Solkar. <BR/><BR/>Nasir Hussein setting a negative line, which may become a trend, Sehwag forbid. Wonder if Sachin called him the best captain for this innovation.CruiZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228149387488670946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-75836394896849885332008-11-13T17:57:00.000+05:302008-11-13T17:57:00.000+05:30Anand: refer 'straw clutching tendencies' ;-) Anyw...Anand: refer 'straw clutching tendencies' ;-) Anyway, not sure the English would want to claim that 'unchristian' stroke as theirs :-)<BR/><BR/>Anon aka Wadhwaney fan: ah, thanks for the info, I just re-skimmed Idols, so don't recall from that, so I will take your word for it.<BR/><BR/>Anon_ulTaa: yeah, that mind of theirs! I think studying Pakistani innovations is much more fun in general. Am sure Javed and generation had many more up their sleeves.J Ramanandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03700969855424872769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-88147544479700372732008-11-12T23:54:00.000+05:302008-11-12T23:54:00.000+05:30Isnt it funny that everything you mention about pa...Isnt it funny that everything you mention about pakistani innovations are "oolta" in a way ... "reverse" sweep, "reverse" swing, "doosra" ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-63890438655375869122008-11-12T06:29:00.000+05:302008-11-12T06:29:00.000+05:30About Sandeep's comment : Google says that the upp...About Sandeep's comment : Google says that the upper-cut over the slips was invented by Eddie Barlow. Ramanand - I assume from your post about the Balls... quiz that you (re)read Idols. Gavaskar says in that Alan Knott used the cut over the slips with much success against the bouncers of Lillian Thomson in 1974-75<BR/><BR/>It also seems to have existed in some form before Barlow. For instance Cardus says about George Gunn (an online version at http://century.guardian.co.uk/1970-1979/Story/0,,106904,00.html ) of how he got under an off-side bouncer of Ted Macdonald and " actually cut under the ball, sending it over third-man's head, high over, for six." Sounds a bit like what Tendulkar and Sehwag do in modern times.<BR/><BR/>(I am the anon of the first post and the "Wadhwaney fan" in the other blog)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-80863895358486142402008-11-12T01:06:00.000+05:302008-11-12T01:06:00.000+05:30Yoicks Tally Ho--thought Ranji only played for Eng...Yoicks Tally Ho--thought Ranji only played for England but you are the "IndiancricketRanji" expert :)<BR/><BR/>What about the "chapati" shot ? Playing two wicketkeepers in one team when both are fit ? Parties till dawn on match-day ? Dhoni's double-handed topspin down past mid-off ? Bhajji's Tan ki shakti monkey shakti ?Number of cricketers who've shaved off moustaches ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-9366952523039583402008-11-11T18:09:00.000+05:302008-11-11T18:09:00.000+05:30anon: I would have expanded on "clutching straws e...anon: I would have expanded on "clutching straws etc", but since you didn't leave a name or handle, I won't bother ;-) Anyway, many of the listed innovations turned out to not be about just creation, but popularisation.<BR/><BR/>Salil: IIRC, the huddle was suggested by Sandy Gordon (i, like some other people, won't take harbhajan's claims at face value :-))<BR/>Niners: perhaps yes. <BR/><BR/>Sandeep: good point. In fact, Harish also mentioned it yesterday to me (I forgot to add). The only doubt we had was if others had made it their own before - esp. on the bouncier pitchers. Of course, Sachin's control here is exceptional.J Ramanandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03700969855424872769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-216800152695074702008-11-11T16:55:00.000+05:302008-11-11T16:55:00.000+05:30The over-the-slip-cordon cut shot to counter short...The over-the-slip-cordon cut shot to counter short-pitched restrictive bowling? (Sachin has invented and mastered this stroke and used it effectively against Ntini et al, Lee et al., Sami et al.)<BR/><BR/>Nobody else (except perhaps Sehwag) seems to have picked it up yet.Sandeep Limayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12767288237649951824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-52176958192302208992008-11-11T11:11:00.000+05:302008-11-11T11:11:00.000+05:30What about the after-wicket or after-win huddle? I...What about the after-wicket or after-win huddle? I remember reading Harbhajan's claims that it was his idea.<BR/><BR/>Also, there are rumours that ICL is planning to introduce 'niners' to reward shots over the 90m mark.Salilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11766706291407000110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-5617131570048746202008-11-10T23:08:00.000+05:302008-11-10T23:08:00.000+05:30Mankading : Had been happening in first class cric...Mankading : Had been happening in first class cricket for nearly a century before Mankad did it in Tests. Being named after doesn't make him the inventorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com