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[Blwe_torch]

Why no thread on the Champions League Twenty20-2011?
Let's have it all here friends.

KKR ...thnx to Yusuf Pathan and Kallis have set Somerset a stiff target of 162.....let's see, if they can chase this one off.......it will be some chase!

[Blwe_torch]

Not a bad start by Somerset...15 off the first over from Brett Lee....but they have immediately lost Jones's wicket. van der Merwe in now..

[vincent]

Van der Merwe spent most of his time at RCB in IPL sitting on the bench. Now he has shown what he can do.

[dhruvdeepak]

actually enjoying the cricket on show in this tournament so far. plenty of close games (incl  the qualifying tournament) and see-saw cricket. very interesting to watch and i dont know who to back.

tensionless enjoyment of cricket for once!

[dhruvdeepak]

somerset has 4 full time left arm spinners in their squad. amazing. (all 4 played today!)

kkr has three of their own if you include unadkat!

[teamindia]

What is Champions League?

[Blwe_torch]

What is Champions League?

This is the T-20 club tournament....with the best clubs across the cricketing world.

[sudzz]

Any crock of * dished up by the BCCI will be lapped up by our public I must say. This league is meaningless, mindless and utterly unnecessary. We have just returned from a debacle and will be heading for one soon - players could have done with a little down-time instead of being rushed into something that will give them a "red-bull" high for a short while after which they will be brought down to earth by Trent Copeland and co.

All we are doing is to provide material for Fletchers book post his India assignment wherein he will write how the powers that be in India look into their rear orifices and think that the world is a stinky dark place.....

[teamindia]

What is Champions League?

This is the T-20 club tournament....with the best clubs across the cricketing world.

OK. But what is T20 ?

[Blwe_torch]

What is Champions League?

This is the T-20 club tournament....with the best clubs across the cricketing world.

OK. But what is T20 ?

Sir...basically that is the 20-20 cricket tournament

[teamindia]

What is Champions League?

This is the T-20 club tournament....with the best clubs across the cricketing world.

OK. But what is T20 ?

Sir...basically that is the 20-20 cricket tournament

20-20? Cricket? I am lost.

[Blwe_torch]

What is Champions League?

This is the T-20 club tournament....with the best clubs across the cricketing world.

OK. But what is T20 ?

Sir...basically that is the 20-20 cricket tournament

20-20? Cricket? I am lost.

why?....we even played 5-5 on the side lanes....didn't you?

[dhruvdeepak]

anothre last baller! crazy!

[teamindia]

What is Champions League?

This is the T-20 club tournament....with the best clubs across the cricketing world.

OK. But what is T20 ?

Sir...basically that is the 20-20 cricket tournament

20-20? Cricket? I am lost.

why?....we even played 5-5 on the side lanes....didn't you?

Got it. Champions League is some club 20-20 (can also be 5-5) cricket tournament played in side lanes by blwe and mates and followed by DD.    

[k-slice]

What is Champions League?

This is the T-20 club tournament....with the best clubs across the cricketing world.

OK. But what is T20 ?

Sir...basically that is the 20-20 cricket tournament

20-20? Cricket? I am lost.

its what the big boys play to recuperate from the hammering they get when touring overseas.

[dhruvdeepak]

What is Champions League?

This is the T-20 club tournament....with the best clubs across the cricketing world.

OK. But what is T20 ?

Sir...basically that is the 20-20 cricket tournament

20-20? Cricket? I am lost.

why?....we even played 5-5 on the side lanes....didn't you?

Got it. Champions League is some club 20-20 (can also be 5-5) cricket tournament played in side lanes by blwe and mates and followed by DD.    

wow you spent 3 days on this thread to come up with this zinger 

[teamindia]

What is Champions League?

This is the T-20 club tournament....with the best clubs across the cricketing world.

OK. But what is T20 ?

Sir...basically that is the 20-20 cricket tournament

20-20? Cricket? I am lost.

why?....we even played 5-5 on the side lanes....didn't you?

Got it. Champions League is some club 20-20 (can also be 5-5) cricket tournament played in side lanes by blwe and mates and followed by DD.    

wow you spent 3 days on this thread to come up with this zinger 

What to do.. with no real cricket happening, it is getting so boring. 

[Cover Point]

anothre last baller! crazy!

yup was at the stadium for this one. The games are all fixed anyway but the cheer leaders were pretty and the food (Was in the corporate Executive stand) was awesome. Nothing like going to a ball game and getting a wonderful laid out desi buffet in an air conditioned lounge.

T&T seemed to be putting in a lot of heart into it.

Stadium was about 1/4 full since it was not a home game for anyone. But it was still good fun. LN would have had a good time

[dhruvdeepak]

anothre last baller! crazy!

yup was at the stadium for this one. The games are all fixed anyway but the cheer leaders were pretty and the food (Was in the corporate Executive stand) was awesome. Nothing like going to a ball game and getting a wonderful laid out desi buffet in an air conditioned lounge.

T&T seemed to be putting in a lot of heart into it.

Stadium was about 1/4 full since it was not a home game for anyone. But it was still good fun. LN would have had a good time

only watched the world t20 semis and final in england in 2009. would really like to go for an ipl game or an indian t20 intl.

good thing about the bangalore stadium is the noise. its closed like a cauldron (like the Bullring) which amplifies the acoustics. so even 25% full is fun.

i personally dont care about the crowd too much as long as the match is exciting.

didnt watch the game ystday as i was playing my own first t20 of the season here but it sounds like poor quality cricket from both teams that made the game close. good enjoyment though

[achutank]

this is what happens, there is a test series on and i feel like coming i here and joining the conversation, moment T20 starts I don't know what to talk i am not even following it

[Cover Point]

this is what happens, there is a test series on and i feel like coming i here and joining the conversation, moment T20 starts I don't know what to talk i am not even following it

Well I have known people to like all kinds of weird things. People follow curling. Others like to watch grass grow. So I guess we have to tolerate people who want to watch inferior cricket which hardly pays the players any money. We wont judge you for watching a sport where the players are so poor that they cant even afford to buy any color for their clothes.

They should look to merge Curling and Test cricket .... together maybe they can get a couple of people to come and watch?

[achutank]

this is what happens, there is a test series on and i feel like coming i here and joining the conversation, moment T20 starts I don't know what to talk i am not even following it

Well I have known people to like all kinds of weird things. People follow curling. Others like to watch grass grow. So I guess we have to tolerate people who want to watch inferior cricket which hardly pays the players any money. We wont judge you for watching a sport where the players are so poor that they cant even afford to buy any color for their clothes.

They should look to merge Curling and Test cricket .... together maybe they can get a couple of people to come and watch?

 

[dhruvdeepak]

this is what happens, there is a test series on and i feel like coming i here and joining the conversation, moment T20 starts I don't know what to talk i am not even following it

Well I have known people to like all kinds of weird things. People follow curling. Others like to watch grass grow. So I guess we have to tolerate people who want to watch inferior cricket which hardly pays the players any money. We wont judge you for watching a sport where the players are so poor that they cant even afford to buy any color for their clothes.

They should look to merge Curling and Test cricket .... together maybe they can get a couple of people to come and watch?

 

i think watching a marathon on tv comes close to curling

[vincent]

Well, you should watch Snooker "world championship" (although it is only British players which BBC shows every three months or so. Nothing can be more boring than that since there is not even a lot of commentary. "World Darts Championship" is not much better. More interesting are the championships of "Carry your wife on your back and win the race" in Finland.

[dhruvdeepak]

Well, you should watch Snooker "world championship" (although it is only British players which BBC shows every three months or so. Nothing can be more boring than that since there is not even a lot of commentary. "World Darts Championship" is not much better. More interesting are the championships of "Carry your wife on your back and win the race" in Finland.

women's beach volleyball FTW!

[dhruvdeepak]

finally a boring match in the tournament.

trust that idiot gambhir to leave everything for yusuf to do (100 to win off 40-odd) and leaving a clean striker like doeschate inside till the 18th or 19th over.

you cant have shakib AND tiwary (who cannot slog - maybe someone should tell him this) AND kallis up the order above doeschate and pathan

Redbacks (or the 'Sackers' as Chappelli calls them) got it right by dropping Tait - good team

[teamindia]

this is what happens, there is a test series on and i feel like coming i here and joining the conversation, moment T20 starts I don't know what to talk i am not even following it

Well I have known people to like all kinds of weird things. People follow curling. Others like to watch grass grow. So I guess we have to tolerate people who want to watch inferior cricket which hardly pays the players any money. We wont judge you for watching a sport where the players are so poor that they cant even afford to buy any color for their clothes.

They should look to merge Curling and Test cricket .... together maybe they can get a couple of people to come and watch?

It's not the format of the game CP. It is this whole "club" concept that just puts me off.

BTW, thanks for enlightenment on "Curling". I didn't know that it was a sport. Next time might watch if it is being shown.

[dhruvdeepak]

this is what happens, there is a test series on and i feel like coming i here and joining the conversation, moment T20 starts I don't know what to talk i am not even following it

Well I have known people to like all kinds of weird things. People follow curling. Others like to watch grass grow. So I guess we have to tolerate people who want to watch inferior cricket which hardly pays the players any money. We wont judge you for watching a sport where the players are so poor that they cant even afford to buy any color for their clothes.

They should look to merge Curling and Test cricket .... together maybe they can get a couple of people to come and watch?

It's not the format of the game CP. It is this whole "club" concept that just puts me off.

BTW, thanks for enlightenment on "Curling". I didn't know that it was a sport. Next time might watch if it is being shown.

IMO, cricket is small enough that we can have just one world league comprised of clubs, with few or NO barriers for cricketers who want to play in other countries. there was a time when probably 25 Australians were good enough to play anywhere in the world at the intl stage but they were stuck in Australia. England is beginning to find itself in such a situation also.

I love the club concept because it promotes learning across cricket cultures and raises the level of the game.

If I had it my way most of cricket would be club-based - with a singular T20 league, or maybe two, and a champions league. Add to that club-based 50 over tournaments concluding in a worldwide playoff every year. And regular regional First Class cricket. so a KKR starts playing 4-day cricket against Colombo FC or whoever.

On top of that players could be away for international duty for country v country Tests (capped at 10 per year in an international league / tournament), or World Cups / Champions Trophy.

Can't stand this country v country BS. you only get a 'good' series probably once in a year.

Also, it sucks that some players can play for like 6 teams. What an idiotic system. You should have one team and you can be transferred for a fee with spending limits per team per year. wtf is this Kieron Pollard - he plays for T&T, WI, Somerset(?), Mumbai Indians, Sydney (?).

[dhruvdeepak]

O M G

what a ******* match!!!!!!!!!!


went to the lastest of last balls of the super over!!!

daren ganga is the world's worst captain. ever. and rampaul. choker. 16 to tie off the last over and NSW make it ?!?!?! what ridiculous field settings and even worse bowling straight into the areas for guaranteed 4s


MOISES HENRIQUES TAKE A BOW. scored 9 off 3 balls in the 20th over. then 18 in the super over - 024444 !!!

[dhruvdeepak]

2nd game on now....CSK vs Cobras. 2 pedigree teams.

gotta say I'm cheering for the Cobras here. anything to end CSK's hold on the t20 trophies

[dhruvdeepak]

brilliant brilliant banner in the crowd.

"DHONI, I AM BACK" - Lady Luck

[dhruvdeepak]

yet another heartstopper!!

Dwayne Bravo hammers Steyn for 17 in the 19th over and CSK take it home with 2 balls to spare!!

[Blwe_torch]

KKR fighting it out with the Chevy Warriors

[Blwe_torch]

KKR did well to restrict the Chevrolet Warriors to 155/4...............let's see how they get going. They need to win this badly!

[Blwe_torch]

Chevy Warriors...the great Proteas mis-fielding badly...all the better for Kolkata!

[Blwe_torch]

what's happening to the Warriors?!...too many dropped catches a bit too early!....good for KKR though

[Blwe_torch]

Rain stops play in Bengaluru.......but KKR well on top....83 for 1....as against the reqd 61/1 as per D/L.
KKR living upto it's billing after all!
The Warriors were going strong till now in the tournament......and now...suddenly a hiccup

[Blwe_torch]

KKR wins via D/L...well ahead of par score, to be fair.
Is that enough to carry them to S/F though?

[dhruvdeepak]

KKR wins via D/L...well ahead of par score, to be fair.
Is that enough to carry them to S/F though?

They need somerset to lose their remaining 2 games, south australia to lose their remaining 1 game and (unlikely) hope that bangalore doesnt win their remaining 2 games by huge margins

[vincent]

Chis Gayle is Back!!!