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Sports => Cricket Anyone => Topic started by: Bitter on September 26, 2011, 05:40:20 AM
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T&T come up against old homeboy
The Preview by Sidharth Monga
September 25, 2011
http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2011/content/current/story/533754.html
Match facts
Mumbai Indians v Trinidad & Tobago, September 26
Start time 2000 (1430 GMT)
10:30 AM Trinidad & Tobago
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It must have been love: when Pollard and T&T first charmed the world
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Champions League Twenty20
Teams: Mumbai Indians | Trinidad & Tobago
Big Picture
Two years ago a regional team from the Caribbean Islands entertained and captured the imagination of - at least - the Indian crowds. They played merry cricket, and their celebrations included national flags, something no other team in the Champions League had. They were almost the home team, and one man in particular, marauding runs, diving to pull off incredible catches and saves, became the darling of the crowds.
Two years on, that man Kieron Pollard is the ultimate freelance cricketer. He plays Twenty20 cricket in India, Australia and England, sometimes even when West Indies are playing international cricket. When the said team, Trinidad & Tobago, were winning the Caribbean T20 this year - qualification for the Champions League qualifiers a by-product of that - Pollard was playing the Big Bash in Australia.
Pollard and T&T raise the classical money-league questions. Was Pollard because of T&T or T&T because of Pollard? How much does Pollard owe T&T, his first team? Has he outgrown T&T? The two parties have followed the classical money-league solution too. They have both moved on seamlessly. Pollard plies his trade all around the world, and makes more money that he can imagine making with T&T. There is the general practical acceptance - at least on the surface - that making money through playing cricket is no sin.
T&T too have got used to life without Pollard. They have put together another steady team playing merry and effective cricket, they have won the Caribbean T20 again, they were the best team in the Champions League qualifiers, and who should they face in their first match in the main draw? Pollard's IPL side that is philosophically the exact opposite of T&T. Mumbai Indians have bought the finest players money could buy and auction would allow, they have bought the finest coaches the facilities, they have looked after their talent well, and when they were faced with a deluge of injuries they managed to even get the playing conditions twisted to accommodate five foreign players.
Watch out for …
Ravi Rampaul made it a habit to strike early during the past international season at home. The definition of "early" changes with Twenty20, but he has been doing it in the qualifiers, and will be crucial again, especially in Bangalore, a track not tailor-made for T&T's slower bowlers.
Lasith Malinga won Mumbai a game off his bat on Saturday; he bowled a few trademark yorkers too, but he will surely want to make bigger impact with the ball than 4-0-29-1, and T20 cricket knows he can.
Team news
T&T preferred the same XI in the qualifying leg, but given the better pace of the Bangalore pitch and the small boundaries they might want to add to the only specialist fast bowler, Rampaul.
Mumbai don't have too many choices with team selection, and are likely to retain their winning combination. The one concern for them is their South African opening batsman, Davy Jacobs, who is a doubtful starter after being stretchered off the field
Stats and trivia
- T&T have won nine of their last 10 completed T20 games.
- Malinga scored a third of his career runs, 37 out of 113, in his match-winning effort against Chennai Super Kings.
Quotes
"We are looking forward to meeting the Mumbai Indians with Kieron Pollard on board, and also the Chennai Super Kings with Dwayne Bravo on board, and we will be coming hard at them. We are hoping to pull off a victory over both teams, and the boys are looking forward to playing against players who were part of our set-up. I think getting victory over those guys in this tournament will be feathers in our caps."
Darren Ganga suggests T&T haven't moved on that well after all
"I think this win will set the tone for us to go forward. We have won this game and this will definitely boost our confidence. We would like to stay very humble in the remaining matches, and do what we can do at our best."
Harbhajan Singh, the Mumbai Indians captain, stays, well, humble after one Twenty20 win
Sidharth Monga is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo
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Start Time: 10:30 AM Trinidad and Tobago
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come on tnt..show dem fellas we could out spin dem fellas today
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Let's do it!
TnT won the toss and elected to bat
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Bharath down, clean pelted by Malinga.
21/1
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Bravo for 6!
34/1 after 4
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WDMC Simmons?
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now tune in an that is what i see...that is some poor poor poor running
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Simmons was batting so well...steups
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Simmons gone and do some stupidness there...
lazy
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That was some real schoolboy shit there from Simmo :cursing: Before I even saw the replay I knew he was gone >:(
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what d hell ramdin?
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Ganga & Ramdin WDA
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well yes..... :frustrated:
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I suppose if the IPL teams are Liverpool. T&T is Arsenal.
Self-inflicted wounds.
64/5
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we in trouble now
need a heroic effort and now!
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call ah SOE......
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call ah SOE......
Send a motobike!
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:pissedoff: :banginghead:
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pressure
war
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COOPER GONE NOW
LAWD FADDERRRRRRRRR
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83/7
After Simmons gone, it seem the whole team fall apart....
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SCHOOL BOI CRICKET AT ITS FINESTTTTTTTT
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Whey the motobike???!!!!
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ah wonder what going through Pollard mind yes
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ah wonder what going through Pollard mind yes
Apparently he thinking he could bowl we out.
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95/9
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I telling allyuh dis team loose discipline and bite since d MFC take over.....ah not kidding there has been serious regression
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ah hope we at least cross 100
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ah hope we at least cross 100
Ent!
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ah hope we at least cross 100
Ent!
Nope... ???
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ah hope we at least cross 100
Ent!
shoulda chase...
98...
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ah hope we at least cross 100
Ent!
Nope... ???
dais pathetic
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Almost Windies bowl out Kinda England for 88. I keeping hope alive!
:challenge:
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ah hope we at least cross 100
Yuh hope in vain
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yes Badree
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yes Rampaul! 13/2
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Almost Windies bowl out Kinda England for 88. I keeping hope alive!
:challenge:
16/3!
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well yes...16/4
here comes Pollard..
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Barath should have called for that ball just now. He would have made it IMO had he committed.
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well Polly gone now...33/5
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well well!
Pollard out!
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Look Ting!!!
Never Give Up!
:challenge: :challenge:
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This making Simmons run-out look worse.
If we had post a decent total, this match would be well in hand. As it is, is still nervous for Mumbai, but they ent really in trouble.
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This making Simmons run-out look worse.
If we had post a decent total, this match would be well in hand. As it is, is still nervous for Mumbai, but they ent really in trouble.
CO-SIGNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
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65/6!
Malinga and Harbhajan could bat though
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75/7
Harbhajan Gone!
Tension!
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75/7....danger man Harbhajan gone!!!!
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65/6!
Malinga and Harbhajan could bat though
23 runs 16 balls
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come on now!
2 mis-fields for 1 ball, give away 4 runs
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65/6!
Malinga and Harbhajan could bat though
23 runs 16 balls
:nailbiting:
Ravi Rampaul still have an over to bowl; Ganga seems to be expensive...
let's do it!
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come on now!
2 mis-fields for 1 ball, give away 4 runs
dat hurt me as equal as simmons run out
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1 over
Come on now!
:applause: :applause:
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Son of a... :cursing: :cursing:
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Ganga! come on!
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Run Out!!!!
96/8
3 runs 2 balls
Come ONNNNNN!!!!! :applause: :applause:
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Run Out!!!!!!
97/9!
:praying: :praying:
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:cursing: :cursing: :cursing: :cursing:
Ganga!
Can't really blame the bowlers though...
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SON OF A BITCH!!!!!!
:cursing: :cursing: :cursing: :cursing:
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that hurt...
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Run Out!!!!!!
97/9!
:praying: :praying:
Was not answered
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RAMDINNNNNNNNN :cursing: :cursing: :cursing: :cursing:
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we loss nah :(
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Poor batting fellas, Great work in the field. :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :cheers:
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Poor batting fellas, Great work in the field. :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :cheers:
we win we win ah gettin conflictin signals an ah have no stream
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Poor batting fellas, Great work in the field. :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :cheers:
we win we win ah gettin conflictin signals an ah have no stream
WE LOSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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Poor batting fellas, Great work in the field. :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :cheers:
we win we win ah gettin conflictin signals an ah have no stream
We loss on the last ball. Had a chance for the run-out to tie and miss the stumps.
But I cyah be vex with that. Is 99 they had to score eh. 99 and we were *this* close...
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allyuh coulda imagine andre baptiste commentating on that lol
shouldve brought men in ganga...giving them a run to tie equals a loss..we wud have never survived the super over
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allyuh coulda imagine andre baptiste commentating on that lol
shouldve brought men in ganga...giving them a run to tie equals a loss..we wud have never survived the super over
Same way we would never have defended 98 to the last ball?
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allyuh coulda imagine andre baptiste commentating on that lol
shouldve brought men in ganga...giving them a run to tie equals a loss..we wud have never survived the super over
Same way we would never have defended 98 to the last ball?
apparently u have never seen slinga malinga bowl...batsmen lookin to 'voop' is easy food for him
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allyuh coulda imagine andre baptiste commentating on that lol
shouldve brought men in ganga...giving them a run to tie equals a loss..we wud have never survived the super over
I would not say that. Rampaul was not giving up more than 10 runs and then we would have been in with a serious chance of winning. Not a forgone conclusion at all.
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Tough game to lose, but never more proud of the way they fought. The emotions at the end show a team that is committed to playing hard and winning. Hopefully they come out stronger in the next game. Wish I could see that attitude from the West Indies squad.
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At least we didnt get blow out, we run rate good
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The plain truth is that the team is not balanced since we lost Pollard and Bravo,we also a bowler short so we got to be brave and drop somebody to bring in Slo Mo,we wudda stifle the life outta MI if he was in the team today.TT can beat anybody as long as they get 150 so a batsman must go,Jason Mohammed is the likely one.We must have the best T/20 bowlers in world cricket so just get 150 that is not difficult even if we drop Mohammed and bring in Slo Mo.
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bring in perkins and drop ramdin...think perkins can contribute better with the bat than ramdin and he can keep too...lendl can go to 3..we need to bat deep
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bring in perkins and drop ramdin...think perkins can contribute better with the bat than ramdin and he can keep too...lendl can go to 3..we need to bat deep
Yes I agree with that coz I said the same thing in an earlier post but we need a sixth bowler too,so drop Ramdin and Jason Mohammed and bring in Perkins and Slo Mo.
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dread hear nah.. Trinis love facking excitement boi.. jes suh we does play football..is rell heartaatack man could get watching we play footbbal andcricket.. I nearly call 911 eh...anyway hardluck guys .. although you guys got bowl out cheaply you guys played hard.. hard luck keeper....
war