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Mushtaq Mohammad: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“They thought their cricketers were machines and are being treated like machines.”
Former Pakistan cricket skipper, Mushtaq Mohammad, is indignant at the callous treatment of Indian cricketers by the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI).
Mohammad said: “"I also blame the players for running after the money in the IPL. They had put their body through all kind of strain and pain and didn’t think about the tour of England, which was a very important tour. I hope they learn their lesson that too much IPL and unnecessary cricket spoils the ranking of the team.”
What he really meant:
“The BCCI honchos evidently have not played cricket themselves and are blissfully unaware of the wear and tear from the grind of continuous cricket. Indian cricketers were found out as their ill-conditioned bodies gave in.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“The India-England series ought to have been billed ‘War Of The Machines’.”
Matt Prior: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I got chewed up and spat out.”
Matt Prior, in an interview, discloses that he almost gave up the game when he first made it into the English cricket XI.
Prior said: “"I never thought I didn’t belong at this level but I did think about knocking keeping on the head and playing just as a batter.”
The wicketkeeper batsman adds: “It’s not the good times that make you the player and person you are, it’s the bad times.
I was called an uneducated skinhead and people were even having a go at my mother for things I was supposed to have done. It was a complete character assassination. It all killed me. But it spurred me on and I’ve emerged stronger."
What he really meant:
“I felt like tobacco—masticated, used and spat out.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I still have bite marks on me.Love bites from the game, these.”
Andrew Flintoff: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I bet you he’s tearing his hair out.”
Andrew Flintoff contends that Team India coach,Duncan Fletcher, is extremely frustrated by the Indian team’s performance in England. The Indians trail 0-3 in the Test series.
What he really meant:
“Fletcher’s tearing his hair out—for now. He’ll soon start tearing out other body parts as well, if the trend continues.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Fletcher’s to have a hair transplant soon. He’s creating space.”
Indian cricket: Thirteen Englishmen is all it took
A tale of 13 Englishmen and how they upended the No.1 Test team in the world:
Strauss promised he’d make them Rew,
their ill-preparedness and inability to decipher swing.
Alistair Cooked their goose with a 294,
Edgbaston was his Baston.
Trott lumbered out muttering,
“My name’s Jon-A-Ton”.
Ian rang the Bell,
the chimes of dethronement.
Kevin hit his stride and
the Indians’ fight Pietered out.
Eoin has not quite had them under the gun,
yet his pellets had bite too.
Ravi has yet to hop and Bop,
but he’ll have his chances.
Matt’s no doormat,
Someone should have warned the men in blue—Prior.
Chris had them Tremling in the first,
Bresnan had them cowering later
with Timidity.
Stuart saunters in whistling,
“The English bats are Broad,
right to No. 10”.
The English duckling is now a Swann.
And with Anderson sounding the bowling clarion call,
It’s simply “EndJames” for Dhoni.
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Rahul Dravid: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I could never have imagined it was a shoelace.”
Rahul Dravid is flabbergasted to learn that the sound he heard came not from his bat but from an errant shoelace. Dravid walked on being adjudged out by umpire Simon Taufel in the second innings of the third Test at Edgbaston.
In his own words: “"My first instinct was that I had not hit it. But there was a loud noise, and I couldn’t figure out where it had come from. I knew I hadn’t hit the ground, or my pad, or my shoe, so it confused me as to where the noise had come from. But I didn’t think I had touched it. So I asked my partner and he said there was a big noise. So I had Simon Taufel, one of the best umpires in the world, ruling me out, my partner saying it was out and I myself had heard the noise. I thought maybe it was just one of those instances where I hadn’t felt the edge.”
What he really meant:
“A shoelace? A shoelace?? A shooooooelaaace?”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Now, if I had listened to my momma and fastened untied, untidy laces, this would have never occurred.”Mahendra Singh Dhoni: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
"We have not been sleeping so we don’t need a wake-up call."
Mahendra Singh Dhoni retains his sense of humour in responding to a question whether the 3-0 series scoreline is a wake-up call.
What he really meant:
“Actually, the boys are groggy from lack of sleep.IPL partying, West Indian discos and charity dinners kept them on their toes.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Motion sickness? Oh, yes, we’re going through the motions and our fans are sick.”
Graeme Swann: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
"I spend half my working life standing next to Strauss and I have to admit he is a bit of a hero to me."
Graeme Swann admits to hero worshipping his skipper, Andrew Strauss.
What he really meant:
“Strauss is the pillar I lean on. As for the other half of my working life, I spend next to KP. Now you know, no real comparison.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Andrew, you’re the wind beneath my wings.”
Nasser Husain: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“All the best for your charity but no sympathies for your injured fingers for what you did to me in the NatWest final.”
Nasser Husain has a long memory. He may no longer don English colours but his bloody-mindedness survives. Yuvraj Singh is the target of the jab above.
What he really meant:
“I know what you can do—healthy and injury-free. Broady remembers too.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Half a dozen roses for my Indian friend and a get-well-soon card, please. Overnight delivery.”
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