Mysterious spinners

     In the history of cricket we have seen many mysterious bowlers who were unplayable at first then after some years they are apple pie  for the batsmen and so I am going to give you guys some details about world's past and present mysterious bowlers who were a nightmare to batsmen.
I am going to start with a mysterious spinner who is well known to the world cricket and he is none other than srilankan spinner ajantha mendis.Ajantha is considered mysterious as he can bowl flipper,off spin,leg spin,slow medium,faster balls,top spin and googlies and his variation and length also varies to ball by ball and so he was a greatest nightmare to most of the international cricketers.He is the inventor of carrom ball which is now followed my india's ravichandran ashwin.But soon ajantha's legacy has come to an end as many batsmen has opened the mystery and now at present he isn't even a regular bowler in lankan squad as there is no mystery left.
   Now it is the turn of former southafrican left arm chinaman paul adams.Paul adams's action was more unorthodox as it surprised many cricketers but soon faded during australia tour due to lack of variety.But paul was a regular bowler after 1995 but faded during 2000's that led to his retirement from professional cricket during 2008.But paul adams is still remembered for his unorthodox action by cricket fans.
       Now we can see pakistan's greatest mysterious spinner saqlain mushtaq who is considered as the inventor of doosra ,teesra,chotha and arm ball.saqlain is one of the lethal spinner ever produced by pakistan and he is one of the best off break in the world where the batsmen find it more difficult to tackle but during 2003, saqlain left pakistan and settled in  england and now atpresent saqlain is eligible to play for england and now too saqlain is a nightmare in english county cricket as he is inventing many innovative techniques.
       Another pakistani mysterious bowler is saeed ajmal who is becoming a dangerous nightmare in present day cricket.Ajmal is a off break bowler who can bowl mysterious doosra and teesra and confuse the batsmen.He fell in controversy due to his doosra  and teesra.But besides all these controversies saeed is a great gem for the pakistan team.
        It is none other than windies mystery sunil narine who is until now considered a mysterious off break bowler and can bowler in various length and line and narine is a star performer in the ipl 2012 who is  a nightmare for batsmen in ipl 2012 and champions league 2011.He wasn't able to shine in his test debut against england on the final test but is still considered the best off break bowler for windies who has good international future.

Under utilised local talents

     IPL  is born out just to destroy ICL[Indian cricket league], which was considered rebel league as they boosted young talents by giving them appropriate money and gave exposure to young indian talents by combining indian talents with foreigners.
      IPL from the first is totally under utilizing local talents but gives more importance to star cricketers from india  and foreign countries.According to me IPL isn't played to develop new local talents but it is played just to attract people with powerful foreigner and indian stars and eat more money with ridiculous ticket fairs that isnot affordable to middle class cricket enthusiasts with pricing starts from  Rs. 200 and ends with Rs 7000.
      For example I start with a single example with ranji trophy  top run scorers robin bist and abhinav mukund haven't even given a single opportunity to prove their worth and now itself  ipl teams have considered these two is fit only for domestic test.While oldie sachin,rahul dravid and sourav ganguly are getting opportunity to boost up the crowd and sourav ganguly has planned to play until 40 and sourav is a bcci executive member.There are lots and lots of talent who are overlooked in ipl due to money power that rules each team.
      I don't know why ICL's hard hitter ganapati vignesh who is associated with chennai superkings isn't given an opportunity to prove his worth even though vignesh is better than some of the current indian international star who are playing ridiculous cricket.
      But uncapped foreign players were treated like gift of god and were taken in auctions by spending more money while uncapped indian stars gets just Rs.30 lakhs and weren't allowed in auctions.I don't know why partiality exists in money matters.
     While famous english county is producing good international cricketers as their county system sounds fantastic as only 2 foreign players are allowed to play in a county team and they also have 2 division in all formats namely  elite and plate divisions and many local english players gets an opportunity to play in the league and also gets a chance to improve their techniques by sharing experiences with foreign stars. IPL  has only 9 teams,4 foreign players are allowed to play in a playing XI while english county has 20 teams with just 2 foreign players are allowed to play in playing XI.Then where is possibility improvement in indian cricket.
      BCCI should learn a lesson that they arenot here to attract audience and make money but they are here to encourage local talents and make a strong indian team.
       Atleast in the future there should be either more teams in ipl or the present ipl teams should  be scrapped and these rich ipl team owners should take care of the local state teams and these rich owners should supports all formats i.e 5 day test format,50-50 overs and t20 format.Foreign in each team should be restricted to 2 players in playing XI. If these doesn't happen india doesn't have a good future in cricket.So BCCI should change their policies for a better future
     
         
   

Great wall of windies

     Can you guys guess whom I am talking about and it's none other than cricket's unsung hero shivnarine chanderpaul.Shiv is a lanky left handed batsmen from guyana who is in windies test squad from the day he made his debut against england at 1994.
      Shiv is famous for his calm and composed display of batting in test cricket.His slow and steady display of batting have saved windies on many occasions .He is really a  batsmen feared by many bowlers round the world.
     Until now I don't know why young cricketers have followed his cricketing skills.Shiv has some distinct records of not losing his wicket for more than 1000minutes not just single time but for 4 times.It shows how skillful a cricketer can be as standing in the crease for more than 1000 minutes isnot a simple task.
   shiv cannot be just considered as slow and steady batsmen as I holds the record for hitting fourth fastest 100 in test cricket from just 69 balls that shows how multi talented and how he can adjust according to the circumstances.
     Shiv has a distinct record of averaging 100 in 2 different calender years and the record is done only by sir don bradman other than shiv.It shows his passion to cricket and a lovely player to watch and shows how bowlers will cry bowling against him.
       shiv is currently second highest test run getter for windies after lara and just completed his 10,000 mark in test cricket and he is also the most capped test cricketer in windies test history with 140 test caps.He also holds distinct records like hitting 7 consecutive 50's in test cricket.
      Until now shiv is a unsung hero in the cricket history even though he saved windies from critical situations.
Even now in the current  test series against number one english side he showed his spirit for cricket by helping windies single handedly with his batsmanship to help windies score better target.
   All hail shivnarine chanderpaul the future icc hall of famer for his highly rated batsmanship skills.This man cannot be praised with words and his records are infinite.Let's hope to watch out his superb display of batting skill and shiv is a gifted person with excellent batting skills.

     

Pakistan's last laugh

        It was a heart throbbing asia cup finale between between pakistan and Bangladesh. Pakistan started their proceedings by batting first.Pakistan had a slow start with both the openers failing to impress as they lost their crucial opener jamshed when the score ticked 16.A close call costed the wicket of veteran younus khan.opener hafeez and misbah played a defensive knock even though bangladeshi bowling wasn't that much impressive.There was a sudden break through for bangladesh when misbah had a mix up with hafeez, misbah was a ran out by the beautiful throw from bangladeshi youngster nasir hossain.When hafeez was picking up his form and unwantedly played a lofted shot to sacrifice his wicket to razzak thus bringing pakistan in danger to a total of 70 for 4.

Umar akmal and newbie allrounder hamad azam played some sensible knock thus bringing pakistan back in the game with their 50+ partnership.Suddenly pakistan lost both their inform batsmen to bangladeshi spinners even though it was a controversial decision for umar akmal led pakistan to a disastrous position to a total of 129 for 5.

Pakistan boom boom afridi fully utilised powerplay 3 by squandering past bangladeshi spinners and pace attack with some excellent fours and sixes and suddenly gave away his wicket to shakib for his ambitious knock.

Pakistani wicketkeeper safraz ahmed's suprising knock of 46 with the help of tailenders reach them a modest total of 236 runs.During slog overs bangladeshi bowlers failed to impress with their attack that helped pakistan in a best manner possible.

Bangladesh started their proceeding in a best manner possible by a prolific knock by tamim and sturdy innings by nazim helped bangladesh cross 50 runs partnership and tamim also achieved his fourth consecutive fifty during their partnership.But a sudden breakthrough by afridi and ajmal left bangladesh in a little bit tensed situation as they lost both nazim and islam for mere scores.Nasir hossain, bangladesh biggest bet came to crease to accompany tamim but tamim couldnot long last as he paid his price for his offensive display and gave away his wicket to Gul.

Bangladesh was again rejuvenated by the powerful batting display by shakib and sturdy innings by nasir saw bangladesh cross 150 mark.Again bangladesh lost their inform batsmen nasir hossain,shakib and rahim in quick succession to keep the score ticking 190 for 6.

Lower middle order all rounder mahmudullah and mortaza played some excellent shots and helped bangladesh back to a winning position but it hasn't lasted long as pakistan got the crucial breakthrough of mortaza who was in dangerous form and thanks to pakistani hero ajmal for capturing his wicket that made bangladesh sinking in 218 for 7.

49th over by gul started off badly but ended the over better as bangladesh were in need of 9 runs of the final over of cheema. singles of the first 2 balls followed by a dot.In the 4th ball of the final over saw unnecessary overthrows gave bangladesh 3 runs and bangladesh were in need of 4 runs from 2 balls with abdur razzak staying the crease.Razzak's unnecessary ambitious scoop leading to his dismissal.Bangladesh were in need of 4 runs from the final ball with shahadat staying in the crease as he could really make just a run.Thus leading bangladesh's asia cup dream reaching an end.

Finally it was pakistan who were crowned the new asian champions after a gap of 12 years.

Thrilling st.vincent tie

I t was a most entertaining and crucial 3rd odi between aussie and windies as both the team were tied 1-1 each.Aussie batted first with some floppy start by losing both losing both watson and wade for mere numbers.Even warner can just contribute 37 in a good st.vincent wicket.

Mr.cricket and george bailey changed the situation of aussie with some enthralling innings both crossing their fifties but both falling to marlon samuels to bring aussie to a respectable situation.

Again lower middle order batsmen including david hussey and the rest of them couldn't make much hype as they continued their flop show against windies. As aussie lost all the final 6 wickets for just 18 runs.

Narine and samuels again proved their worth by collapsing the strong aussie side for a mere 220 which is considered a stiff target in a typical windies pitch.

windies started their innings in a worst fashion by losing keiran powell,samuels and darren bravo for a mere runs as all the 3 wickets were chipped in by watson.Great performance by newbie charles proved worthy for windies by scoring 45 runs.After charles and dwayne bravo being dismissed as the windies remained 78 for 5.In that time aussie were in a good position to seal the match.

Again a whirlwind performance by pollard took windies to a good position but windies lost the wicket of dangerous pollard for 37 and windies were floating at 117 for 6.

With russel and baugh staying at the crease there was a drama when russel was bowled off by watson in a no ball and again russel was bowled off in a no ball in the free hit delivery.

An excellent match saving 64 runs partnership between baugh and russel kept windies in a contest.But again windies lost both their saviours to mckay and kept the score ticking 190 for 8.sammy and narine stayed at the crease and narine scored the crucial 10runs and have to go to pavillion and kept windies in bay for 204 for 9.

sammy with the help of tailenders narine and roach helped windies reach close to the target and with sammy hitting a boundary in final over of lee.Windieslevelled the scores with 3 balls remaining.

There was another drama when there was a mix up between sammy and roach stranded in the same end as brett lee removed the bails.

Finally it ended in a thrilling tie and it is one of the fantastic matches to watch out for.Mr.cricket received the match of the match award for his superb knock of 67 runs.

Sachin's disastrous 100th ton

I am a great fan of sachin until india vs bangladesh match on 16th march 2012. sachin 100th ton which is praised all over the world as a historic ton and superb knock is really a worthless and selfish knock.I was eagerly watching sachin's 100th ton knock from the beginning of the match.After losing gauti's wicket at the start of the match I thought sachin is studying the wicket at the beginning of the match and I thought he may pick up his innings after 30 overs.But that never happened and I thought he might atleast play his natural play during the 35-40 over powerplay 3 but that too hasn't happened and his play only became slower over after over and he deteriorated the situation of india and I think sachin might be in his nervous 80's and 90's only to make the situation even worse and atlast at 5.05 pm sachin created history but left the indian team in a shallow darkness from which indians can never come back.Sachin wasted nearly 33balls in his knockwhen he was out for 114 from 143 balls.

Sachin scored this blunderous knock in a flat bangladeshi batting wicket to score his selfish century.

After that it was our captain cool dhoni who again played a good knock to place india to a reasonable 289 runs.

It wasn't a good total in a flat deck bangladeshi pitch and it also showed the color of our blunderous pace attack as they were thrashed black and blue by the bangladeshi youngsters.

It finally ended up with a heart breaking win for bangladesh over india for the first time in asia cup history.

It came to limelight how our "god of cricket" under performed to score his 100th ton and left india in a shallow darkness.

This loss also dashed india's hopes of making it to the asia cup finals.

I heard sachin joked that he lost 50kgs but really he not only lost 50kgs but also gave a huge blow to india's campaign in asia cup.

Sachin should look for instant retirement from odi after this selfish 100th ton and concentrate more on his test career.