Good post Asif.
But i think sometimes one needs to say something back as was the case when Zoysa obviously said something to Shahid Afridi.
When Waqar said Bismillah and thanked Allah tallah i gained a lot of respect for him. I think Afridi did the same in Sharjah.
But what really got my attention was what Moin Khan did 2years ago or so. In Sharjah. In a match against Sri Lanka one could hear the Azaan. Moin Khan stopped play and talked to his partner i think it was Razzaq until the Azaan was over. I was surprised because i thought the batters had to play at the pace of the bowlers. Anyway, since than i had hella hella respect for Moin Khan.
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Originally posted by BoSS: Akif & ammar: chucking helps with a slow run up. It does NOT help with a fast and long run up
Does that mean its ok to do it if you r a fast bowler? How convenient. :)
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No.
The argument is, that one would be stupid to resort to chucking with a mile long run up, knowing well that its going to depreciate his speed. It certainly doesnt increase his speed.
Shoaibs arm is naturally bent. Its hooked.
So you think the sri lankans and the kiwis know what that 'behen' word means. Btw, wasim didnt say that to the batsman, he just said that while going back, and anyone who saw that would know it was not aimed at the batsman. For example, once he was batting with salim malik and he went 'yar woh ball panch*** nazar nahee andi' in punjabi. Does that mean he was cursing at the bowler, who was a gora? And besides, your Indian players arent angels like youre sayin, though I have no problems with them cursing, they can curse all they want.
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Originally posted by Andhra:
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I think what is objectionable here is all the 11 players sitting around the batsmen and cursing, which I suspect of Pakis doing.