Beer, Chips and Cricket

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83488422012-01-02T01:32:31.272-08:00Beer, Chips and CricketThis is a site about drinking beer, eating chips and thinking cricket. I am not a former player, a television commentaror or a journalist; my qualification to being worthy of hearing is that I drink a lot of beer, eat a lot of chips and think a lot about cricket. The thoughts need not be politically correct and often include colourful language but there will be no deliberate bias towards any player, community or state. I don't care about popular opinion or perceptions and I speak it as I see it.Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.comBlogger1601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-4312226104309335552008-08-12T14:22:00.000-07:002008-08-12T14:27:38.289-07:00Dhoni's rest || The new World Order (BCCI) || Good cricket not in Olympics2008 || Will BCCI ever go to the Olympics

Dhoni's 'Rest' was a brave move on August 8, 2008The New World Order on August 8, 2008Why it is a good thing that cricket is not part of the Olympics 2008 on August 8, 2008Will the BCCI ever go to the Olympics? on August 8, 2008

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-17882674860132350572008-08-12T14:20:00.000-07:002008-08-12T14:22:21.406-07:00World Cup win anniversary and Kevin Pietersen's switch hitting

World Cup anniversary showcases the BCCI's cheapness on June 19, 2008Switch Hitting - A welcome addition on June 29, 2008

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-66964156484043021302008-08-12T14:12:00.000-07:002008-08-12T14:19:38.607-07:00My IPL related posts on http://cricketblog.aol.in

Icon players in IPL teams do not make sense on March 17, 2008Icon Players continue not to make sense on May 25, 2008Slapgate a wake up slap for the ICC on May 25, 200820-20 is not just picnic cricket on June 5, 2008IPL and the myths about leadership on June 19, 2008

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-81520988686225978542008-08-12T14:01:00.000-07:002008-08-12T14:12:41.343-07:00Remaining posts - India's tour to Australia Jan-Feb 2008

These are all the posts I made on http://cricketblog.aol.in during the Australian series. Ah, what a series it was, and I still regret I couldn't get to blog regularly or with the intensity that I would have liked in that series. A series worth killing for!Blackmail? Maybe it is, so sue us! on January 8, 2008Stop monkeying around and take a stick to the Australians on Jan 10, 2008You don't HAVE

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-35195325431887539372008-08-12T13:38:00.001-07:002008-08-12T13:41:32.425-07:00A lot of changes

All those who think the blog is dead ... well, u r almost right!!!A lot happened in my life since my last posts, and yeah I know those weren't exactly very regular.I shifted my location to outside India, I became a dad, and I have even less time than usual for blogging. However, I am still blogging for the www.aol.in website since of course, they pay me. To check out that blog, check out http://

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-52203229049222148402008-01-08T02:05:00.001-08:002008-01-08T02:05:58.938-08:00My eleven for the Sydney test

It is always fun selecting a team, and this being the Indian cricket team, it is funnier still because you know that each selection is probably going to get mud on your face the next time the selected player goes onto the field. However, since that is life for a sports blogger, here goes nothing!Click here to read the complete post

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-32202051742110166182008-01-08T02:03:00.000-08:002008-01-08T02:04:53.461-08:00Patriots game to knock the BCCI's block off for dishonouring country?

When India took the big hit it did in the first test at Melbourne, inevitably one of the reasons trotted out was the "need more time to acclimatise" thingy that we all knew would come up sooner or later. It is so convenient; lose and shout "we need more time", win and say "Rahul played great, Sachin is a genius etc".Click here to read the complete post

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-37410729341367185012008-01-08T02:02:00.000-08:002008-01-08T02:03:38.253-08:00SRT shows the way - what happened to his role in the team?

It was a strange experience watching Tendulkar bat today, on the second day of the 1st test against Australia in Melbourne. He didn't play amazingly as he played in his prime; he didn't play shuffle-poke-prod cricket as he has in his recent past; what he did was back his skills as they exist today and take the attack to the opposition. More than the 65 odd runs he made, it was the way he made

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-50765860768046837512008-01-08T02:01:00.000-08:002008-01-08T02:02:29.120-08:00Team man Rahul Dravid bogs down the team

If the Indians have to learn something from the second day of the Melbourne test, let it be this! Being a team man to the core is admirable but when the team man bats as Rahul Dravid did while donning the unfamiliar role of opener on the 2nd day of the test, it is better to be slightly selfish and say "Sorry mate, I don't think I can". The team might fare better for that piece of selfish

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-51744366120714955802008-01-08T02:00:00.000-08:002008-01-08T02:01:22.457-08:00Ganguly the enigma gets a 100

A toast to Ganguly seems to be the order of the day with all news channels carrying quotes from his teammates, past and present, his family, and his friends. I don't go much for accolades for momentous occasions like 100th test, etc.. because they are filled with a lot of sugar and sweetness, some of it false, but this Is definitely a nice time to look back at the various phases of Ganguly, see

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-12141383469945560682008-01-08T01:58:00.000-08:002008-01-08T02:00:01.636-08:00Sehwag or Yuvraj for the first Test? Both, of course!!!

I talked earlier about Sehwag's inclusion in the Test squad for Australia being a good move on the part of the selectors. However, after seeing him sit out the practice game against Victoria, I wondered if it was just to be a matter of a good pick and nothing else. However, the stars seem to be in his favour, and with some luck, he might be walking out to open in Melbourne.Click here to read

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-57965394268211110952008-01-08T01:54:00.000-08:002008-01-08T01:58:44.240-08:00Pre-Melbourne posts - India's bowling nice and fresh after practice game washout

It's a weird title for the post but I tried to be optimistic about things! Four days to go before the Boxing Day Test, and India have managed a grand total of less than one day's practice on Australian pitches, with the bowlers getting none at all. Frankly, there is no reason for optimism here, but looking at the current bowling attack, I can see a slight silver lining (but only if I peer hard

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-81906303828999057892007-12-24T00:03:00.000-08:002007-12-24T00:08:05.630-08:00Priorities, Guru Gary, and Sehwag's pick for Australia

A matter of priority - As I watched the "national flag dishonor at the Eden" controversy on Times Now TV for the thousandth time, I wondered as I often have before as to why we insist on spending valuable time and money over arbitrary issues that arise out of random acts of ignorance, frustration or even arrogance, and forget the significance of the word "random" in it.Here is to Guru Gary - Gary

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-89797556196044117932007-10-29T13:45:00.000-07:002007-10-29T13:46:25.522-07:00The idiot who became a monkey

To hear the hullabaloo that the Australian media is creating about how the Australian public is going to give it back to the Indians when they tour there later his winter, it might seem that poetic justice is being meted out for a grave sin committed against the Australians.Click here to read the complete article

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-66322868380452905482007-10-29T13:43:00.000-07:002007-10-29T13:45:20.862-07:00It is not that hard to drop the seniors ... err, make that 'Drop Dravid'

I knew that when it came down to it, showing Dravid the door would be a hundred times easier than doing it to either of the other two golden oldies, Tendulkar and Ganguly.Click here to read complete article

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-24690433655591959272007-10-19T15:27:00.000-07:002007-10-19T15:29:29.145-07:00Indian crowds and racism

There is a lot of discussion happening over whether Andrew Symonds had been racially abused or not. I have read so many articles on this that I feel compelled to put in my two cents on something I felt would blow over on its own, simply because it was too small. Don't get me wrong here; racism by itself is not a small matter to be dismissed lightly. But everything has to be seen on a case-to-case

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-76215813661696763862007-10-01T02:53:00.000-07:002007-10-01T02:59:11.463-07:00India awesome, Chappell laughing, Luck with the Indians?

India has been awesome - Everyone has his own biases, little or big, and I am no exception. If I write this post tomorrow or after the Twenty20 final gets over, definitely the bias of the happenings in that match will reflect in my assessment. So based on the Indian team's performance at the Twenty20 World Cup, up to and including the semi-final against Australia, here goes nothing! Click here to

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-47987023407255867782007-09-24T10:15:00.000-07:002007-09-24T10:20:29.010-07:00Captain Different

Captain Different - Maybe this was destiny's way of getting India its next good captain. It probably said - "Oh heck, the BCCI can't do it in a million years; I gotta take a hand myself." Out of the blue, the big three decide not to participate, Yuvraj gets into the bad books of the BCCI, the players start playing like demons and India under Mahender Singh Dhoni absolutely smash their way into

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-32470074001702829292007-09-24T01:42:00.000-07:002007-09-24T02:02:44.939-07:00Going strong on AOL.in

To those who missed me - thanks! To those who don't - Hmm, why don't u?Anyways, blogging going strong at AOL.in and I won't say I don't regret stopping my own blogpage here, but frankly it is not possible for me to spend more time in addition to what I am spending at AOL.in.So I came up with a good idea (heh heh, this is my blog and I get to decide which ideas r good). Everytime I post there, I

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-55225742216521733632007-05-20T21:23:00.000-07:002007-05-20T21:27:53.796-07:00A new development for the blogger in me ... ;-)

Hoi guysRecently I got offered a chance to blog for a new blogsite coming up at AOL, India. The blog is not 100% active yet but the bloggers contacted by AOL (including self) have started blogging there. The site is - http://cricketblog.aol.in/ ... You should be finding the link to this site from the main page www.aol.in soon but it isn't available right now.Anyways, hope this is the start of

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-36393122218668952642007-04-21T11:04:00.000-07:002007-04-21T11:06:53.272-07:00sunny takes another potshot at chappell

click hereI think Sunny's main problem is - pyaara tendu beta didn't get the opening slot and hence missed out a couple of centuries against bermuda and bangladesh.CheersThe Chuckster

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-66276636799176057732007-04-20T02:41:00.000-07:002007-04-20T02:45:50.032-07:00Prateeksha and Jalsaa

I am getting bugged of these two names. In case u didn't know these are the names of Amitabh Bacchan's houses (or bunglows ... whatever) at Mumbai. Since his son is marrying Rai babe, the news channels talk about Prateeksha and Jalsaa as if they were the houses of their aunts and uncles.U can almost see the reporters drooling as they talk about the arrangements for the weddings or the place where

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-34588318085705351922007-04-10T08:22:00.000-07:002007-04-10T08:27:45.076-07:00SRT cuts the Indian flag for b'day

This one is delicious ... not just coz of the cake. LMAO @ what we think of as news. Funnier still is how the BCCI guys blame the High Commission who then blames the guy who baked the cake.Read hereI know it is nitpicking but hey, technically it is right u know.As I once pointed out in my blog before (yes I acknowledge it as nitpicking) - Click here -, his helmet has the tri-color and there is

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-45308497874089595192007-04-09T21:50:00.000-07:002007-04-09T22:25:23.985-07:00Rahul Dravid, the betrayer

This article talks about what I feel would be the natural feelings of the players, who I have always maintained play for money and not for the pride or whatever nonsense everyone keeps talking about. Remember to take all articles in the media with a pinch of salt ... as something that might be the truth or that might just be a figment of someone's imagination.Click hereCheersThe Chuckster

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-91780399817833465372007-04-08T21:15:00.000-07:002007-04-08T21:37:48.095-07:00how much time does an ad take anyway?

Over the past two-three days, there have been scores of guys in suits (and a lady too ... some top agent of Percept D Mark or some agency like that) who have been appearing on TV and giving their views on why to accuse the players of spending too much time on commercials is not correct."Oh, some of these shoots hardly take 3-4 hours" ... one said ... and another went - "in a complete year, the

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-39996193485198914242007-04-08T21:03:00.000-07:002007-04-08T21:07:46.954-07:00How long should I spend in the middle?

This article is self-explanatory .... and if someone is telling me that the players are too desh-bhakt for small things like this to affect their service towards the nation, then I ask that person to go for a mental check up.Wouldn't it be simpler for the player to say - I play for India ... u take me coz I play well. How long I play depends on the situation on the field ... and thus a clause

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-5249959995237970202007-04-07T11:53:00.000-07:002007-04-07T11:54:37.028-07:00Dhoni not a darling anymore among his fellow Jharkhandis

Saw this story on star news a while back ... was too good not to share.So there is Mahender Singh Dhoni, apna puttar from backward Jharkhand who became a star. He got alloted land by the govt and decided to make this huge house there (they showed the plot of land and believe me u, five of us could make our hosues there ... of course, i don't know the size in square yards etc but it looked bloody

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-55171679501234812102007-04-07T11:52:00.000-07:002007-04-07T11:53:28.983-07:00Number crunching ... that they earned and what they will earn

Note - I cannot vouch for these numbers ... just reporting what I heard on TV. the news channels r freaking out with all the steps announced by the BCCI today. I too have many comments but it is too much to be written now. Now will just try to put up a couple of short items I got from news channels and bring up something big a bit later.I think it was headlines today that gave this statistic.

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-10823182865678248162007-04-07T11:50:00.000-07:002007-04-07T11:51:33.415-07:00So what do I think?

For me, I am all for most of the steps taken by the BCCI ... I know the BCCI comes out of this smelling of roses and it doesn't deserve that coz it stinks as much as the players do ... but I have one belief ... nothing works perfectly ... to have the players get their butts kicked for treating the Indian team like their personal playground and to get the BCCI's ass kicked for treating Indian

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-3871500730148695542007-04-07T01:22:00.000-07:002007-04-07T01:28:19.549-07:00Shastri is the coach ... err, no he is the manager

For all the bad things that could have happened in this BCCI meet (and a lot of it was plain bakwaas), the Chuckster is seeing one silver lining.In one aspect, I have always disagreed with many "experts" on TV. My take is - the players play because they get a lot of money to. They aren't really doing it for the country ... they do it for the greens (I don't mean vegetables). Nothing wrong in it

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-79568521530891138102007-04-07T01:20:00.000-07:002007-04-07T01:22:17.201-07:00it was the big bad coach who took away my mojo

So there r all these idiots on TV who say that Pathan, Sehwag, Harbhajan etc are ruined by Chappell. His ways r wierd, they say. Junping on chairs and crawling under tables and wearing different colored hats is as important as practicing bowling / batting etc.I wonder if people remember a guy named Shane Warne who also is not exactly enamoured by the coaching methods of his team's coach, one Mr.

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-43164990755265426972007-04-05T01:53:00.000-07:002007-04-05T02:04:23.376-07:00Thanks, Mr. Kapil Dev

Don't remember which channel it was ... NDTV or CNN-IBN or what ... but Kapil Dev who was giving expert comments made a very clear and lucid statement - I think Sunil Gavaskar should become the coach of the Indian team.A big name like Kapil says it ... and on live television ... and Indian cricket is going through so much of muck. Though Gavaskar will try his best to wriggle out of it, he would

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-2076228560565466062007-04-05T01:14:00.000-07:002007-04-05T01:45:42.749-07:00So Chappel goes. Wasn't it inevitable?

After the world cup whitewash, it was inevitable that a few heads would have to roll and frankly, Chappell's was the easiest to chop off. No one would take out protest rallies, no one would burn posters or effigies. Hey, he isn't a Bengali or a Marathi or a Tamil ... so who cares?What surprises me is the drama that has surrounded his resignation. His relevations (not yet confirmed but only

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-92162809665315525292007-04-03T21:59:00.000-07:002007-04-03T22:14:35.206-07:00What a mess!!!

Lots of things to write about but no time. Fights between Chappell and the seniors and formation of the parallel cricket league by the Essel Group guys.I tried to get the link to an article I read yesterday, which detailed a story about how Agarkar and Zaheer told Sreesanth to bounce Ganguly in the nets whereas the batsman had specifically asked the bowlers to bowl full length deliveries so he

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-59934544626168894742007-03-28T00:46:00.000-07:002007-03-28T00:54:39.548-07:00Post from Anirvan Chaudhuri

One of the guys who reads this blog sent this to me, asking me to put it up on the blog. So here it is. The guy's name is Anirvan Chaudhuri and his email id is anirvandc@yahoo.com .... so if u guys like it, don't like it or anything else, do send in a mail to him.CheersThe Chuckster**************************************************************************What a shambolic performance. I feel like

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-68819711001165280992007-03-27T22:13:00.000-07:002007-03-27T22:15:12.547-07:00A spoof on the Post Mortem conducted by the BCCI on the World Cup Flot show

Hoping to make some posts soon (too busy in office).Here is something I got on Rediff - http://www.rediff.com/wc2007/2007/mar/27sriram.htmCheersSriram

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-41220609432157751842007-03-23T02:34:00.000-07:002007-03-23T02:39:03.281-07:00Sunny does the right thing by Hookes

Give credit where credit is due! Sunil Gavaskar gives a very decent apology for pulling in David Hookes name and memory into his spat with Ponting. When it happened, I was shocked that maligning a dead man (and what else could u call that) was actually becoming part of a quarrel between a former and present great of the game. Thankfully, Gavaskar backs off this one ... I don't want him to back

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-32598284485562528772007-03-23T01:13:00.000-07:002007-03-23T01:52:19.202-07:00India - Bangladesh ... better late than never

I watched the whole match, unfortunately!!! The thing that struck me most was - Bangladesh came out attacking like they were Australia ... and India looked like a team not knowing what to do on the big scene.SRT got out to a left arm spinner again.... but the laws of cricket fanaticism say that we must not label him suspect against left arm spinners. Look at the many times he has NOT been out to

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-62788699014552183212007-03-23T00:45:00.000-07:002007-03-23T01:13:45.409-07:00Woolmer saga

About ten days into the world cup and Pakistan bites the dust, Gibbs hits six sixes in an over, Bangladesh give India a roundhouse punch, and the man considered by some as the best coach in the world, Bob Woolmer, is dead.I bet none of the previous world cups had so much action so early ... in fact, did any of them have so much action in the entire world cup?I can probably break down my thoughts

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-89373795905594999482007-03-13T04:50:00.000-07:002007-03-13T05:13:05.307-07:00The Indian team looks good

I don't want to push it ... but the Indian team is looking pretty strong out there in the West Indies.I had worries on two ends ... whether Uthappa would be upto scratch in International cricket ... after all, he hasn't been seen much in International cricket and to go into a world cup after 5 odd matches ... that is a bit scary.Secondly, the form of Yuveraj ... coz when Yuveraj was in that

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-42131445795688037172007-03-13T04:02:00.000-07:002007-03-13T04:34:01.575-07:00Sehwag's dilemna

Or should that be Dravid's dilemna? If u ask Sehwag, he will probably tell u he is one shot away from getting back into form. He has a career average of 31 and in 167 matches till date, he has gone above 50 runs (thus including 50s and 100s)31 times.Everyone says he is a matchwinner ... Dravid says he is our only triple-centurion. Jadeja says he would always have Sehwag as the opener as he can

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-21127951830099264142007-03-13T03:55:00.000-07:002007-03-13T04:01:35.079-07:00World Cup - catfight!!!

So Ponting and Gavaskar take swipes at one another ... LOL. Gavaskar is always so smug and Mr. Kno-it-all I am not surprised he pisses off people. Anyways, I think Ponting has other things to worry about right now with getting 11 fit men onto the field being the first priority. If the Aussies do win the world cup (and this time unlike last time, they don't look favorites from the start itself),

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-2637328636900859712007-02-21T22:46:00.000-08:002007-02-21T22:49:39.257-08:00captaincy records

I have never been too hot on TOI articles ... and neither on statistics coz I always believe they don't give the complete story.But I found this one interesting. I am not vouching here for the stats shown in the article ... I have not checked and I am not gonna check it either ... but if correct, then it is pretty interesting.CheersThe Chuckster************************* ARTICLE IN QUESTION ******

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-71737546609570488132007-02-19T21:19:00.000-08:002007-02-19T21:56:38.988-08:00Sehwag's run out in final ODI

It was a dumb way to get out ... but then I don't really think it gives us any new reflection on Sehwag's attitude ... it is not as if he didn't get into the crease coz he doesn't give a damn. I think it is just an Indian habit to be careless .... even at the end of his illustrious career, Azhar used to cross the line carrying his bat in the air while taking a run ... and many a time replays have

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-20481460046401079632007-02-15T00:17:00.000-08:002007-02-15T01:51:20.290-08:00The WC 20007 team

There was a time when I would have made this post five minutes after the team was announced ... how things have changed!!! Better late than never!BatsmenDravidGangulySRTUthappaKeepers - First time probably that a squad is selected with two keepers and having realistic chances of both playing in a match ... one as a keeper-bat and the other as a

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1171004649712238422007-02-08T22:46:00.000-08:002007-02-08T23:08:37.346-08:00How did it come to this?

I love this dialogue in "Lord of the Rings" when Theoden, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli along with the king's army are gonna ride out of Helm's Deep to meet the orcs in battle. How did it come to this ... such a simple dialogue that conveys so much of helplessness and wonderment.Well, anyways, I was browsing Prem Panicker's blog and he was commenting about how a simple discussion on cricket turns to

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1170853819424184292007-02-07T03:58:00.000-08:002007-02-07T05:10:19.790-08:00Worthy of commenting on the gods ... err ... cricketers

Rahul Dravid never struck me as being a prize snob but there is something fat-headed in this statement ... if indeed it is not been mis-quoted. See the article here.So those whose names r in the annals of cricket history only can comment on the demi-gods ... hmmm! To think this Desai guy is a team manager appointed by the BCCI ... LOL ... probably the guy feels like shit right now after hearing

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1170393565351419552007-02-01T21:13:00.000-08:002007-02-01T21:19:25.366-08:00Getting flak ... HELPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!

Whew! I am getting so much abuse (through comments at the bottom of the page and by email) I could get mentally scarred for life ... ;-)See guys, I knew even when I wrote it that I was gonna get people calling me lots of bad names. I earn a decent bit of money and do not get a single penny from this article on Rediff. They don't pay for "guest columns" as they call it. For those who think I am

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1170334391328350052007-02-01T04:50:00.000-08:002007-02-01T04:53:11.350-08:00Article up on Rediff - A title makes a lot of difference

So rediff put up my article hereI had given the article a title of "Cricket Hero Worship - Take a Chill Pill". Basically the idea of the article, even though it takes SRT as an example, was about hero worship. With the title given by Rediff "Love Tendulkar for what he was", it basically sounds like a SRT-bashing article ... :-) ... once u read the title and form an opinion, it is really hard to

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1170327858173994382007-02-01T02:57:00.000-08:002007-02-01T03:04:18.176-08:00Chuck doing a Sunny here - nitpicking

Ok, I am gonna be a nit picker here, just for fun sakes!There r rules regarding the usage of the national flag and recently there was this hullaboo where sportpeople were asked to remove the national flag from their helmets (SRT and Yuveraj in cricket and Narain Karthikeyan in F-1 being examples). The issue blew away and I guess today no one has a problem with it. The govt wanted to create a fuss

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1170327447790175842007-02-01T02:49:00.000-08:002007-02-01T02:57:27.896-08:00Amarnath's comment not creating a storm?

Recently Mohinder Amarnath put forward a theory which is not so new in tea sessions at office but never spoken about aloud officially, as on TV and on record.He professed that SRT was bluffing when he squats down on his haunches when he gets bowled. We have seen it countless number of times ourselves, and wondered why only he gets these shooters. I even pointed out in one of my previous posts

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1170240200113193282007-01-31T02:32:00.000-08:002007-01-31T02:43:20.133-08:00Egg on my face?

I sent in an opinion piece to rediff (Ivan Crasto and Prem Panicker) to be carried on Rediff. This was an opinion piece I got inspired to write after reading this sentimental piece carried on Rediff some days back.Don't know whether they carry it or not ... they never reply whether they will. If they do carry it soon, then man ... will it be a case of bad timing or what ... coz a certain Mr.

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1169205632260243102007-01-19T03:03:00.000-08:002007-01-19T03:20:33.703-08:00SRT as vice captain ... and Greg C's reappointment

SRT become the vice captain of the team to "support the captain with his vast experience" ... hmmm, I thought he was already doing that all this while since he was the senior most cricketer in the team ... at least that is what everyone led us to believe.A vice-captain has to be someone who could be a potential captain ... Sehwag was seen as such a candidate and hence his position as vice captain

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1169203626933574362007-01-19T02:27:00.000-08:002007-01-19T02:47:06.953-08:00Gangs as opener

The best opener India has ever had in the shorter version of the game, is back in business.Firstly my stand - I think Ganguly being kicked out of the team was just and proper. I think today's focussed and determined Ganguly is simply coz his ass got kicked out and if he had been captain for the past year or so as he was for the past five, he (as a player) would have been pathetic today.BUT ... as

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1169202424511617442007-01-19T02:02:00.000-08:002007-01-19T02:27:05.170-08:00Racism and all that ... and Gavaskar

I found this one very funny .... it seems "animals" is a racist comment. At least from what I can get from the media reports, Gibbs has been banned for a comment callinng the Pakistani players or spectators (I am not clear as to which exactly) as "animals".Ummmm ... "basturd" is not a problem ... "muther focker" is not a problem ... "focking indian bustard" (from what I could lip read of Nel in

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1169200932925858312007-01-19T01:51:00.000-08:002007-01-19T02:02:12.943-08:00Nehra - the forgotten man

I was reading this article - about Ashish Nehra - and the thought that came to mind immediately was the difference between him and Zaheer.Both were out roughly at the same time and for roughly the same reasons - fitness / attitude / form etc. While Zaheer slogged it out in domestic cricket, got fit, went to England, got fitter and returned to the team with impressive performances, Nehra went on

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1167806653537941972007-01-02T22:40:00.000-08:002007-01-02T22:44:13.853-08:00SRT - observations

Just an observation or two about SRT!!!One - In his first 16 or so years in international cricket, he has faced a lot of fast bowlers but has always managed to play them well ... and he has never gotten hit. In the past year or two, he has gotten hit on the helmet by Shoaib Akhtar, Glenn McGrath, Nathan Bracken and Andre Nel.Two - SRT seems to have added a stroke to his repertoire. He always

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1167713459876213402007-01-01T20:50:00.000-08:002007-01-01T20:50:59.900-08:00Quick and dirty post - Jan 1, 2007

I write this on the night of 1st Jan ... a day before the third test between SA and India.I have watched a lot of this series and while I have not had time to blog (ok I had time but didn't blog ... I admit it), let today make up for somme of it.First my opinion of the game as played over the first two tests. One - the Indian bowlers r doing a damn good job ... they r not really as excellent as

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1154006092684635972006-07-27T03:27:00.000-07:002006-07-27T06:14:52.773-07:00A long hiatus

Hi guysI am sure a lot of people must have stopped frequenting this blog simply coz there was no activity on it for long. For that, I apologize!A variety of reasons for the break ... I got promoted, I got lazy, blah blah blah. Yeah, my employers gave me a promotion and the added responsibility took my mind away from a lot of things, including cricket. Now I have the hang of things as far as the

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1146060548635157692006-04-26T06:28:00.000-07:002006-04-26T07:09:08.740-07:00Quota shota

Ok so this is not a cricket topic - but this is the only forum I have so here goes.U guys must have read about Pramod Mahajan being in hospital and being very critical etc ... coz his brother shot him and his liver / kidneys / etc r damaged severely. While I feel sorry for the man (life is short ... and everyone should enjoy it to the full - Chuckster's philosophy), it was ironic that at this

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1144932047924886342006-04-13T05:40:00.000-07:002006-04-13T05:40:47.936-07:00Dhoni the opener

The fun part of the 6th ODI at Jamshedpur - which we lost comprehensively to England - is that people r talking of many things ... like how special Dhoni is ... and how Sehwag / Kaif should be dropped ... and how the new ball bowlers r too raw. No one is speaking about one very interesting development that happened and that is Dhoni "opening".See, I know it is his home town and all that but I

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1144909200840505492006-04-12T23:07:00.000-07:002006-04-12T23:20:00.856-07:00Desh ke liye ... ya paise ke liye?

This is not really a cricket post but since related to sports, here goes. U guys must be aware of the Commonwealth gamesh which were held in Australia some days back ... well, next games r in Delhi and hence one of the events in the closing ceremony of the Australian games was something akin to "handing over to the next host". Several Indian stars like Aishwarya Rai, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1144908421804122982006-04-12T23:05:00.000-07:002006-04-12T23:07:01.816-07:00Reservations must for the cricket team

When will we implement reservation in the Indian cricket team? I am totally against the concept of reservation but if it is happening in educational institutions and also in the employment sector, why leave out the cricket team? I firmly believe that while reservation at the primary levels of education, when properly implemented and monitored, will lead to the benefits sought by the proponents of

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1144322846341346122006-04-06T04:26:00.000-07:002006-04-06T04:27:26.356-07:00Cricketer's egos ... cont.

When I say "cricketers get big egos" (as in my last post), just include ex-cricketers.I put this on my blog some time back but will repeat it coz it is that good - Sidhu on his weekly program on NDTV regularly equates the selector's job to that of high court and supreme court judges. His solution to the selection process cleansing is - pay the selectors 20 lacs per annum and watch them produce

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1144317554479766042006-04-06T02:40:00.000-07:002006-04-06T03:02:28.920-07:00A couple of links ... and other crap

What r Zaheer and Nehra upto?Zaheer doesn't know what is wrong ... hmmm, I guess he can't correct it then. lol ... if a guy who bowled 145 bowls 125 and says he doesn't get it, then what can u say?Nehra is singing a very different tune to some months back when he was quoted as saying "it is ok to try youngsters but when the seniors come back, they should be given preference"Criticism of chappell

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1144310255975902022006-04-06T00:36:00.000-07:002006-04-06T01:00:00.133-07:00Dhoni's six and "fan support" comments

I have read a lot of descriptions of the six Dhoni hit a match back ... over midwicket and which made people talk coz it was the most un-cricket like stroke u could ever see. Given below is an excerpt from Prem Panicker's blog.Click here the match report in which Dhoni hit this sixDhoni then rubbed gratuitous salt into the injury with a shot to which no name has yet been given – a whirl of feet

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1143189724064117162006-03-24T00:20:00.000-08:002006-03-24T00:42:04.103-08:00Why did we lose ... coz of the toss?

It is not as if I was thrilled at Dravid's two shockers - field 5 bowlers and then field first. But I wasn't too worried either coz eith Dhoni and Pathan's batting, we can easily make up for the sixth batsman ... and as the match showed, the pitch didn't really play a big factor so batting first or second might not have mattered too much.For me, the blame has to be put on two factors - fielding +

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1143007271073735372006-03-21T21:56:00.000-08:002006-03-21T22:04:52.453-08:00As SRT and Dravid battle it out

Day 5 ... 270 odd required and two wickets down. SRT and Dravid in the middle ... this is what test cricket is all about.SRT has been a great player and even his harshest critics can't deny him that title. However, it is often how people go out that lingers on in the mind ... and it is not as if SRT is on his way out of international cricket today but he is definitely no spring chicken.SRT's past

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1142937558812633522006-03-21T02:37:00.000-08:002006-03-21T02:39:18.826-08:00SRT booing - what is the big deal?

Long time no posts ... and if I were a famous writer, I would say I had writer's block ... but since I am not famous, lets just say I am too bored to blog nowadays ... am taking medication for it and hope to recover soon.I read with some degree of amusement the hoo-haa regarding the booing of Sachin Tendulkar at the Wankhade. Some of the reactions bordered on the ridiculous like that of Ajay

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1141297175972969622006-03-02T02:54:00.000-08:002006-03-02T02:59:35.986-08:00Just a couple of links

Click here for the story of Indian cricketers and Dhobi discountAlso there seems to be some controversy over Sania Mirza's breakup with Shahar Peer of Israel as a doubles partner ... basically, Sania didn't want to invite the wrath of the muslim community by playing with an Israeli player. What hogwash!!!http://www.tennis.com/Tennis_World_Blog/entry.asp?ENTRY_ID=803http://in.sports.yahoo.com/

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1139381675183964652006-02-07T22:49:00.000-08:002006-02-07T22:54:35.196-08:00Bowlers scared of bowling fast???

Don't have too much to add but saw this story so thought would post the link - http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20060206&fname=rajaraman&sid=1Interesting thought ... but then Greg C has expressed his interest in getting someone who can bowl "fast" ... so this story really goes against that theory.BTW, Sania Mirza moves into the second round of a tournament in Paris ... beats world No.

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1139313166736152112006-02-07T03:52:00.000-08:002006-02-07T03:52:46.750-08:00Greg C - The Control Freak?

It was as sorry a way for a match to end as any. Though Pakistan seemed to be running away with it, a couple of wickets towards the end, including the Inzy "obstructing the field" wicket made it a bit closer. Even now I think that Pakistan still had the match in the bag but they smartly chose not to test the situation and take the win through the D-L method.Nothing to say about the match coz I

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1138977314469884272006-02-03T06:27:00.000-08:002006-02-03T06:35:14.556-08:00After the Karachi test

It was fun while it lasted but sadly it didn't last too long.You know what was most impressive for me in this test series? Not Mohammed Asif (yes I was impressed by him but more impressive was something else) and not Irfan Pathan for his hat-trick ... but Shoaib Akhtar.See, lets get one thing clear. We keep talking about whether he chucks and now even Greg C is under a cloud for supposedly

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1138773494731886072006-01-31T21:47:00.000-08:002006-01-31T21:58:14.746-08:00Lets see - How is an Aussie coach different?

What is certain is that Pakistan is going to set India a HUGE total to chase. What is also certain (lets say most likely) is that India will not be able to play out till day 5 by batting for a draw. So either the Indian team can make a valiant (foolhardy, some might say) bid for the target or they can go down like a bunch of wimps.In the past, faced with such a situation (in fact, a much lesser

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1138169315381388132006-01-24T21:32:00.000-08:002006-01-24T22:08:36.663-08:00This blog ain't dead

I know it seems dead but it ain't ... ;-)I been working so hard that I am actually feeling that I earn my salary. It isn't a nice feeling, really.Anyway cheers guys ... the only positive thing I can say is that this series against Pak has been sooooooo boring that this is as good a time as any to be busy on non-cricketing fronts.Just a thought here on Dravid opening .... capability wise, he was

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1135574089432353832005-12-25T21:13:00.000-08:002005-12-25T21:14:49.443-08:00a short one - S Ramesh for Kerala?

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=84690Sadagoppan Ramesh in a match between Kerala and Jharkhand?Anyone have any idea on whether this is the Sadagoppan Ramesh of "What Debang Gandhi ... on these pitches even Mahatma Gandhi will score a century" fame?Cheers

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1135260650144726662005-12-22T06:10:00.000-08:002005-12-22T06:10:50.163-08:00Just before the squad to Pakistan

Still not talking of the Ganguly issue coz I simply don't have time to think so much. So I will take the easier path of ignoring that for the moment and concentrating on the team selection for the Pakistan series.A couple of things are certain; the Pakistanis have a good pace attack and the conditions would be tailored to suit them. So we have to have a decent pace attack on hand and while

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1134929494708118082005-12-18T10:10:00.000-08:002005-12-18T10:11:34.726-08:00the finger salute - late but not too late

Even this post is not about Sourav Ganguly … coz I need a lot of time to talk about that one. But this is one I have been itching to write for a long time and work has not really allowed me the freedom.This is about the infamous finger salute given by Greg C to the Kolkatta fans. Firstly for all those who might not have seen the clippings on TV but merely read about it, here is my take on the

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1134842874936521822005-12-17T09:57:00.000-08:002005-12-17T10:07:54.950-08:00Jaffer took Ganguly's spot? I think not

Before I get to the issue of Ganguly’s ouster and whether I support it or not (u guys already know the answer to that one, don’t u), let me address one side issue to the whole situation … the issue of Wasim Jaffer.One of the comments I have been hearing on all the TV channels all through the past days is about why an opener has pushed out a middle order bat, namely Ganguly, out of the team. There

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1134836216073028462005-12-17T08:15:00.000-08:002005-12-17T08:16:59.853-08:00Before third test (Ahmedabad)

There are so many things to talk about that if I try to put it into one single post then I will go mad writing it and u will go mad reading it. So let me break it down into multiple posts … hopefully all to be posted within this weekend (16-18 december).Though there r more controversial things to talk about, let me start off with a comment I hear almost everywhere nowadays, specially in the

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1133461097010301622005-12-01T10:16:00.000-08:002005-12-01T10:18:17.030-08:00Mostly (but not all) about Sourav Ganguly and Chennai test

All said and done, it would be a pity if the Chennai test got washed off. It really sucks; Chennai is nice and sunny after so many days of rain and it looks like there will be some good cricket and bang-there is a cyclone warning.There has been so much of drama over the past few days in terms of Ganguly getting kicked out of the ODI team, making good scores in domestic cricket and making a

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1132924380711525582005-11-25T05:03:00.000-08:002005-12-19T20:27:50.470-08:00quick post - mid innings 4th ODI

Don't have time to write essays today ... ;-) ... weekend starts and wifey awaits at home ... need I say more?A few links to things I read -Some player's wives pics - Click hereOn Zaheer - Click hereSomething random on how the pressure of Ganguly's selection might affect the other players - Click hereHarsha on the Ganguly selection issue - Click hereTelegraph's LPS on Ganguly selection - Click

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1132740846993996872005-11-23T02:12:00.000-08:002005-11-23T02:14:07.003-08:00zaheer misses out coz Ganguly is all rounder

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/226933.htmlLMAO ... someone please tell me what Zaheer thinks of all this.Cheers

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1132665010405328612005-11-22T04:47:00.000-08:002005-11-23T00:55:36.140-08:00Just before test team gets selected

If the Chuckster said it once, the Chuckster said it a hundred times. Sehwag down the order, Sehwag down the order ... that has been the Chuckster's call for well over an year now. Sighhh ... when will Greg Chappell start reading the Chuckster's blog?See, it looks nice coz he scored runs and I fully agree that he needs to make runs "consistently" to make the Chuckster's point of his being more

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1132141545433252342005-11-16T03:45:00.000-08:002005-11-16T03:45:45.450-08:00Just before first ODI against SA

Though it is a couple of matches since my last post, the events of the past few days have been startling in their sameness - the Indians demonstrating their superiority over the Lankans in batting, bowling and *gasp* fielding.Greg Chappell made a comment as to how the Indian fielding has never been better and for those of u who haven't seen it on TV and have to rely on reports etc, let me assure

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1130995056722660682005-11-02T21:17:00.000-08:002005-11-02T21:17:36.740-08:00before the pune ODI

There was King Midas who had the gift of turning everything he touched into gold. Then there is Greg Chappell who suddenly seems to have developed the Midas touch. Just like the Indian team was looking ragged in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, they look razor sharp in this series and man, is everything clicking for the Indian team or what?They send up Pathan and he delivers the goods! They send up Dhoni

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1130321141069609632005-10-26T03:03:00.000-07:002005-10-28T03:19:40.440-07:00Hey there again

Nothing great in this article but it was written in New York Times ... cricket article in NYT ... in this they call Andrew Flintoff "amiable all rounder" ... lol ... worth a dekko just for the title of the story.http://www.nytimes.com/iht/2005/10/26/sports/IHT-26CRICKET.htmlThis one is Gavaskar's rant on the game yesterday - Click here ...What is his problem anyway? U know one thing about

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1130308531882356762005-10-25T23:35:00.000-07:002005-10-25T23:35:31.893-07:00God is back

God is back and he scored 93 good ones yesterday. The Indian media in their regular suck-up mode is hailing his greatness to have come back from injury layoff and conjuring up a match winning 93 but for me, the fun part was in the way he scored those 93. Right from his first four - where he stretched far beyond the normal stretch standards to put bat to ball and drive it through the covers - to

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1130230826071046022005-10-25T01:58:00.000-07:002005-10-25T02:00:26.083-07:00On Dravid becoming captain

Wrote this some days back but never got the chance to either complete it or post it ... so posting the incomplete post ... will write a fresh one for the first match of this ODI series.CheersThe Chuckster******************************************************************************Sourav Ganguly is out and Rahul Dravid is in. Much as I hailed Ganguly's appointment as captain way back in the year

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1128344837068793512005-10-03T05:18:00.000-07:002005-10-03T06:07:19.506-07:00october 3, 2005

Before I forget this nugget, here it is - http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/02/stories/2005100203271900.htm .... Patil is amazing, really. He thanks God / BCCI / whoever for not leaking a confidential report he made to three different cricket boards ... and spells out what he had written in the reports. Is this guy just plain dumb or what?Anyway the Challenger series hots up with SRT back in the

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1127895094016424342005-09-28T00:59:00.000-07:002005-09-28T01:11:34.023-07:00Gangs wins ... or is that Dalmiya wins?

It cannot be seen any other way. Reading the contents of Greg C's email, with so many scathing remarks and accusations, for Ganguly to be "cleared of all charges" is nothing short of a slap in Chappell's face.U know something ... it may be a mis-communication after all ... maybe Greg C just got his head all mixed up and read deep into things that had no deep seated meanings. Or it might be that

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1127799910226739462005-09-26T22:41:00.000-07:002005-09-26T22:45:10.233-07:00Gavaskar not to attend BCCI meeting

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2005/sep/27bcci.htmHmmmm, I don't know what to say. Gavaskar is rumoured to be one of the Ganguly backers, while Shastri is supposed to be the Chappell backer. If this "reason" for missing the meeting is actually not a red herring, then surely the meeting could have been accomodated to ensure Gavaskar can attend it.Everything is so much politics nowadays that even a

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1127722139582642252005-09-26T01:01:00.000-07:002005-09-26T01:08:59.590-07:00Who's the next captain?

THough who knows the truth in anything coming in the media, I read this one and thought of sharing with u all - http://www.hindustantimes.com/htcricket/14_1500476.htmI am surprised the question of captaincy (or the next captain, to be more precise) Magazine has raised hasn't come up in the media a lot ... coz it has definitely figured in the tea time debates between me and my office chums. The

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1127711201149966282005-09-25T22:01:00.000-07:002005-09-25T22:06:41.156-07:00Yuveraj - which camp?

A quick word before I get down to the work of the day. I didnt include Yuveraj in the Ganguly camp earlier when I said Zaheer, Bhajji and Nehra would surely be behind Ganguly as it ensures their hassle-free life in the team. While Yuveraj may be indebted to Ganguly for the backing he has got from him, it is also a fact that Greg C's standards would be much more easier for Yuveraj to measure upto

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1127654703819114172005-09-25T06:17:00.000-07:002005-09-25T06:25:03.833-07:00

Hmm first things first! The Chuckster is back home and what a time to be back … who ever imagined a series of India vs. Zimbabwe would be so interesting … heh heh, never mind if all the interesting things r happening off the field of play.Sometime back, in a post of mine, I made the statement – Greg Chappell has to decide now if he is man or mouse. Of course this was much before this spat between

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1125847849896131862005-09-04T07:11:00.000-07:002005-09-04T08:30:51.756-07:00

Pass ur peepers over this article - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4211792.stm - it symbolizes what I like about Greg Chappell ... why I think he is different from the rest. He has a long term plan in mind .... any other coach in his place would have talked a bit about the win ... and tried to make it more than it was. Not this guy .... naah, it is not that important, he says .... good

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1125636074996804152005-09-01T21:21:00.000-07:002005-09-01T21:41:15.003-07:00Aussies - booo hooooo hoooo

Btw, these Australians are strange people. They r great cricketers and competitors but sometimes u wonder if they even know what they r talking about ... whether they r just too dumb to realize it or so conceited that they think they have a point?Some time back there was this crusade launched by wonder-keeper Gilly, where he decided to turn saint and preach about the morals of walking when out.

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1125628807889538832005-09-01T19:39:00.000-07:002005-09-01T19:49:05.540-07:00good one from PremP's blog

Clive told the story of how one time, Sobers reached the dressing room a couple of moments before the toss, said oh, good, you guys are all here, shucked his blazer, went out, tossed, came back in, said we are fielding, and led his team out. As they were walking to the middle, he tossed the ball to Wes Hall and went, 'You bowl... the rest of you guys scatter!'That, apparently, was the art of

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1125588508095057382005-09-01T07:12:00.000-07:002005-09-01T08:28:28.150-07:00Sept 1

I looked at this article - http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=sports&xfile=data/sports/2005/August/sports_August512.xmland at this article - http://cricket.indiatimes.com/quickies/1215227.cmsand I chuckle to myself and say - "Mr. Chappell ... this is where you show the world whether u r man or mouse".The stories may be just rumours but I have had reason to comment on Sehwag

Chuck Innhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726151398900911224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348842.post-1125027162255033502005-08-25T20:25:00.000-07:002005-08-25T20:32:42.263-07:00Montiero wins the toss

and the chance to run the new Jordan machine at the Italian grand prix. For those wondering what this is about, there is only one new Jordan available for the Italian Grand Prix and the guy to run it was to be chosen by the toss of a coin ... and Montiero wins it ... so Karthikeyan will run the same Jordan he has been running this season. Next race, both drivers will have the new Jordan, from all

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