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Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle, Chris Gayle, Chris Gayle.
It’s all about the West Indian opening bat.
Will he ever play for the Windies again?
The solution to this riddle may lie with Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The heads of government opted to resurrect the prime ministerial sub-committee on cricket to resolve the dispute.
For uninterested outsiders, it becomes harder and harder to sympathise with the Jamaican player. Not because the decision taken by the West Indian Cricket Board is fair, but because it seems he’s crying himself hoarse despite being richer to the tune of $265,000 plus his RCB fee of $400,000. Being a free agent has its perks when you’re Chris Gayle.
Dr. Ernest Hilaire and Dinanath Ramnarine are the other high-profile faces of the warring sides in this drama. The man in the centre of the storm is Ottis Gibson, the West Indian coach.
Gibson is a former player from Barbados who played a couple of Tests snaring three big wickets in Alec Stewart, Darren Gough and Jacques Kallis. Gayle appears to have more than a few issues with the current coach, a common thread repeated by Shivnarine Chanderpaul among others. A resolution to the crisis can only happen if Gibson is shown the door. Every predicament has a scapegoat.
Daryl Harper: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“It’s about as common as Indians eating beef burgers."
Australian umpire, Daryl Harper, takes a huge swipe at Indian cricketers— simultaneously defending his track record, following the criticism directed at him by the Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. In a series of caustic remarks—interpreted by some as having racist overtones— that included “I should never have applied the laws of cricket to Indian players.", the Australian let fly letting Indians know how he felt about their accusations. Harper says that the ICC proved that 94% of his decisions were right and that his mistakes were as rare as Indians eating beef.
What he really meant:
“That’s how strongly I feel. So there!”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’m a vegetarian.”
“McDonald’s have offered me a job—in India.”
Saurav Ganguly: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
"When I played, I loved hitting sixes."
Saurav Ganguly—at a clinic for young players at the Kowloon cricket club in Hong Kong—dwells on his penchant for hitting the ball out of bounds.
What he really meant:
“I always went for broke on small grounds.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“A quick single to third man—that’s my preferred batting style.”
Matthew Hoggard: What he said
What he said:
“The best way I can explain how I felt in New Zealand is to liken it to when you are a small child and you cannot get your own way. You burst into tears, and that is what I wanted to do – on the field, during a Test match.”
Matthew Hoggard—in an article in The Independent—describes his struggles with depression in an attempt to make the general public aware of the disease and its effect on the person affected.
Graeme Swann: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
"It’s not to do with just being overweight, it’s the reluctance to buy into the discipline of it that was his downfall."
Graeme Swann is less than enthusiastic about Samit Patel’s return to the English squad. The off-spinner believes that the unwillingness to control his weight pointed to disciplinary issues which earned the all-rounder his teammates’ approbation.
What he really meant:
“If you can’t keep off the food and keep off the kilos, mate, get off the gravy train.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’m a huge Ramesh Powar fan.”
Sunil Gavaskar: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I would also like to suggest that there should be no water for bowlers at the boundary end.”
Former India opener, Sunil Gavaskar, is flabbergasted at the ICC’s decision to abolish runners for injured or cramping batsmen.The master bat believes that the rule should be extended to bowlers and fielders as well, levelling the playing field.
What he really meant:
“No runners for batters? What next?”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Let’s have substitutes for umpires, too.”
Brett Geeves: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
"My back’s about as stable as the Egyptian government.”
Australian fast bowler,Brett Geeves,announces his retirement from first-class cricket. He joins the growing legion of pacers who feel that their bodies cannot cope with the non-stop nature of the game. The toil and rigours defy the laws of bio-mechanics.
What he really meant:
“My back’s had it, mate. As for the Egyptians, they’re all crying: “Mummy!”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’m off to play cricket in Cairo.”
ICC’s CEC caves in to BCCI pressure on DRS
The BCCI may have won but cricket is the loser.
The ICC Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) gave its approval to a watered down version of the Decision Review System (DRS). The system will now include just the Hot-Spot (infra-red cameras) and audio-tracking. The ball-tracking technology (Hawkeye or VirtualEye) is not mandatory. It will be used only if parties in a bilateral series agree.
This is pretty much in accordance with the BCCI’s stand on the system. It will be interesting to see the effect of this ruling on number of correct decisions in the coming months. The resolution effectively takes out the leg-before referrals.
The use of DRS made a case for increasing the number of referrals in an inning to three. However, the diluted version rightly deserves only one.
The ICC intends to continue further research into the ball-tracking technology.
Other approved changes include use of two balls in ODIs—one at either end. This will keep them hard and fresh and will cut complaints about replaced leather’s quality. The batting and bowling power-plays can now be taken from overs 16-40. This is intended to retain interest in the middle overs where play tends to slow down.
Abolition of runners in international cricket is welcome. You don’t expect Rafael Nadal to have another player do his sprinting in a major if he’s injured, do you? So why this archaic rule for cricketers? They’re professional sportsmen and are expected to be fighting fit when they take the field.If they’re unfit or are hurt during a game, they either forfeit the right to be on the field or continue through injury.
The CEC approved the recommendation that captains be suspended for slowing the over-rates twice in a 12-month period.
Ireland, however, have received no succour from ICC executives. The CEC has recommended a qualification process for the 2015 World Cup but have refrained from specifying the number of teams.
Haroon Lorgat.,Sharad Pawar,Clive Lloyd,Mansur Ahmed,Subhan Ahmed,Michael Brown,David Collier,John Cribbin,Warren Deutrom,Francois Erasmus,Dr Ernest Hilaire,Gerald Majola,WilfredMukondiwa,Nishantha Ranatunga,N Srinivasan and Dr Justin Vaughan were the representatives in attendance at the CEC.
Approval of the DRS means that the up-coming Indian tour of England will see the system ending weeks of heart-burn and debate.
In an article in the Daily News and Analysis(DNA), the inventor of the HotSpot technology, Warren Brennan, says that it costs $10,000 per day and not $50,000 as stated earlier by BCCI secretary,Niranjan Shah.
Read previous related article here.
Also read: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/738619-cricket-ten-reasons-why-the-bcci-disses-drs-humour
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Hugh Grant: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“Women do love a cricketer.It’s one of those things. It’s like Aston Martins. They just love it.”
Hugh Grant is convinced that cricketers have sex appeal and that women are immensely attracted to them. The veteran thespian is no mean cricketer himself and represented his school, Latymer High School, as a youth. The actor adds that his aunt said that it was difficult to dislike a man who likes cricket except for wicket-keepers whom he terms “weird, chippy, lippy”.
What he really meant:
“Cricketers don’t just appeal to umpires—they appeal to members of the opposite sex, too.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’d rather drive a cricket ball than an Aston Martin.”
“Crikey! My director wants a cricketer to star in his next film.”
Mahendra Singh Dhoni:What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“If the correct decisions were made, the game would have finished much earlier and I would have been in the hotel by now.”
MS Dhoni rips into the umpiring during the post-match press conference after the first Test at Kingston, Jamaica.
What he really meant:
“The umpiring was abysmal.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Due to the late finish and poor umpiring, I missed scrumptious tandoori chicken at the hotel’s restaurant.”
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