The brand new Mongoose bat

When world was talking about this new bat
meanwhile Stuart Law used it in riverside match
between Durbishire and Durham in England's domestic
T20 World Cup.

According to general calculation the normal bat's
blade is almost double in length than it's handle.
The MMI3 Mongoose bat which Stuart Law used has
handle 43% longer and blade(blade is that part of bat
which is actually used to hit a ball) is 33% shorter
than that of traditional bat.From above statistics it is
clear that Mongoose bat have handle longer than the
blade.Mongoose bat is specially made for T20 cricket.
Mongoose was sponsoring Stuart Law that's why he used
that bat apart from that Mongoose is also sponsoring
New Zealand Cricketer Loo Vincent and Lady cricketers
like Laura Marsh and Ebony Brent.

Many time attempts were made to propose new types
of bats but MCC rejected them but passed Mongoose bat
that's why Stuart Law could use it.MCC in turn ICC
don't have problem with cricketer using this type
of bats.

Producers of Mongoose bats are claiming that
if you will hit two shots with equal power one
from traditional bat and other from Mongoose bat
then shot by Mongoose bat will be enhanced by 20%
due to it's structure.It have blade more thicker
than that of traditional bats.Marcus Kedrington
Fernandez have designed this bat.

Mongoose bat costs 13 thousand rupees(159 pounds)
in England.Stuart Law admitted that if you are
holding Mongoose bat it seems to be having power
of around half brick.

Let us wait and see if Mongoose bat will
become popular or not;it depends on batsman's
experience.No need to mention this type of bat
has come in the market to support batsmans in
very efficient way.Have anyone thought about
bowlers?.Kevin pietersen invented switch shot
then cricket specialist said that bowlers also
should be given right to throw from any side and
with any hands.Now cricket fan don't like less
score matches instead they want matches like
SA-AUS 434-438.

Can two cricketers be compared?

You must have seen or heard people saying
Don Bradman is the best cricketer,Sachin
is the best cricketer,Lara is the best
cricketer and blah blah.These are the people
who have seen anywhere an average of that
batsman or no. of centuries he owns

It is very much crucial to compare two cricketers
because they plays in different pressure,different
style and different crowd.With what pressure Sachin
have played and performed well cannot be same for
other cricketers.Sachin bears the psychological
pressure of performing well while playing cricket.
We cannot surely say that if Don Bradmen were play
for India then he would have registered the average
of 99.94 than also.

One time Sachin Tendulkar's childhood friend
i.e. Vinod Kambli was said to have more talent than
him but what matters for us is the final result we
currently have.If Vinod Kambli would have got proper
environment for cricket then surely his final record
were better than the present.

Anytime a cricketer starts playing well consistently
we start opening our mouth for doing comparisons between
him and some great cricketers.

New Zealand's former Cricketer Richard Hadlee said that
Sachin is best because he have good record in both
Test and One Day.Sir Donald Bradman did not play One
day and Hadlee compared Sachin with Bradman on the basis
of his good performance in One day.But what if Bradman
would also have played One day and performed well.

Sir Donald Bradman played 53 Tests and made 29
centuries.When Sunil Gavaskar 'broke' the record
of 29 centuries everybody start congratulating
him but he said Sir Donald Bradman's 29 centuries
record will be said to broken if anyone would make
30 centuries after playing equal to or less than 53
test matches.

So a batsman can only be differentiated based on
his particular record.Comparing a batsman will
also be very much contradictory when any old
cricketer says it any press conference or in any
column in Newspaper.

Does fourth inning performance holds any criteria to measure a Batsman's performance?

I am talking about Fourth inning then then it will
be obviously Test cricket.I am not talking about
T20 test match because this type of matches have
not been played still.If T20 test match will come
in existence I don't know what they will call the
traditional Test Cricket.Anyone who don't like traditional
cricket might say it is Cricket of Senior Citizens.

Coming back to the point of fourth inning performance.
Many great said cricketers have performed bad in Fourth
inning but some have performed well.Many cricketer's
fourth inning score have bring win for their team but
many have record of not winning matches in which they
have performed well in fourth inning.

It's very hard to score runs in fourth inning
because does not remains as it was in start,batsman
have to play in pressure and also batsman feels tired
in the fourth inning.Sachin Tendulkar is great cricketer,
everybody knows but he have conflicted to make big score
in fourth inning.

Brian Lara played his cricket when West Indies Cricket
had lost his Crown of World Winners;there was nothing left
for West Indies.If a great cricketer is playing for a team
which seems to be nothing without him,does not guarantee
that team will have good record finally.This thing can be
taken as like If you will make Clive Lloyd as captain of
Bangladesh their record will not be improved anymore.
Brian Lara have made 860 runs in that fourth inning
of the Test which they lost finally.Brian Lara have played
well in Fourth inning but it have not improved overall
record of West Indies.Currently Brian Lara's work is being
done by Shivnarayan Chanderpaul.Chanderpaul is also
making runs in fourth inning but it get counted as
contribution in their lost.

Making runs in fourth inning is hard you will get to know
this by knowing that anyone have not yet scored total
2000 runs in fourth inning of Test.Talking about currently
playing and have total of more than 10000;Rahul Dravid
have scored 1320 runs in fourth inning.Brian Lara have
scored 1440 runs in fourth inning but have retired.
There are nearly 16 batman who have scored more than
1000 runs in fourth inning but none have scored 1000
runs that contributed in the team win.South Africa
skipper Greame Smith is very much closer to this record.
The tests in which SA batted in fourth inning and have
won out of this 16 in which Smith played he scored 919
runs with the average of 83.33 and total 3 centuries.
There are maximum 4 centuries have been scored by Sunil
Gavaskar and Ricky Ponting in fourth inning.The most
remarkable point about Smith's 3 century is they brought
win for the team.Ricky Ponting's 3 centuries out of 4
have brought win for the team.Sachin Tendulkar have
not scored at least 500 runs in fourth inning which have
bought win for the team.

Three complete member countries are conflicting to save Cricket on their land

No need to mention which country is most conflicting
to save cricket on their land.

Pakistan who have won a One Day world Cup and recently
a T20 world Cup,is no more organizing any ICC event.
First ICC Champions Trophy shifted from Pakistan to
South Africa and recently ICC One Day World Cup 2011
decided to move from Pakistan.Cricketer's security is big
issue keeping in mind these issues ICC is currently not
organizing any event in Pakistan.We must have heard that
terrorist attacks around Team Hotel but not targeting
cricketers but recent terrorist attack on Sri Lanka Team
bus was targeting cricket.Fortunately no cricketer died.
(During a cricket match a terrorist group was planning to
attack cricketers but in that group there was a cricket
fan who stopped them from attacking cricketers).Do you
know during the recent series between Pakistan and
Australia who was guarding cricketers,Jobless Drivers
and Cookes were acting as guard.What if terrorist would
have attacked once again?.Which ability of these cookes
and driver would have come in use.Would they have told
terrorist we will make you free foods and free trip to
Disneyland?.Thanks to god this conditions did not come.
From Sri Lanka incident Pakistan Cricket Board(PCB) have
not learnt any lesson.Pakistan's internal issues have
not been solved yet.How Pakistan is running their Cricket
cannot be explained.Pakistan Cricket Board don't takes
any action if their cricketer shows indiscipline.Former
Pakistan Coach Bob Woolmer was worried because most of
the Cricketer were concentrated on Religious matters.
During 26/11 attacks on India someone said India cannot
be divided from ICC.Obviously Pakistan also cannot be
divided from ICC because their is different joy of
seeing India-Pakistan match.

.Next conflicting country is Zimbabwe.When ICC's
former chairman Ray Mali who was working as temporary
ICC president toured Zimbabwe to inspect Cricket
Condition,He told that Zimbabwe Cricket have ability
to become no.1.What he said is worth laughing because
Country who is not allowing any journalist to enter in
their Country because they would print the sad
condition of Zimbabwe in newspaper,cannot become
no.1 anymore.Zimbabwe was active from late 30 years and
currently Zimbabwe cricketers are not at least improved
their cricket status.Zimbabwe is worry about Complete
Membership which can be anytime taken away from them.
ICC gives Complete membership based on their performance
otherwise every country would have beared the status of
Complete Membership.Zimbabwe cricketers are leaving
Zimbabwe or get involved in other professions.Zimbabwe's
sad condition is open to everyone.If ICC will not take
immediate steps Zimbabwe Cricket will become bad example
for other countries.

Last Country is Bangladesh who is also complete member
of ICC but they are struggling in Test.So Test Cricket fans
are not interested in seeing a 5 day match get converted
in Two or three day match.So there is risk of them loosing
ICC's complete membership in future.

So Pakistan,Zimbabwe and Bangladesh are currently
headache for ICC.ICC cannot do anything in Pakistan,
Pakistan will have to act on their own but ICC can improve
conditions in Zimbabwe and Bangladesh because at least
these countries are not going through any terrorism.

Should we call Cricket as National sport of India?

National sport of country is that sport which a
country plays most and have achieved unbelievable
heights in that sport.

Do currently national sport of India fits in the
above scale?;answer will be no.So no need to mention
which sport is currently worth saying national sport of
India?.

Hockey was given name of national sport of India,when
India was master of Hockey.When players like Colonel
Dhyanchand was playing for India that time India was
master of Hockey but it is past.When India was going
in Olympics it was sure that India will win gold Medal,
but...this was History of Indian Hockey.India's
performance at that time does not matches with current
poor performance.The disastrous moment for India
Hockey came when they could not qualify for Olympic
last year.Present condition is that no parents are
interested in seeing their child as future DhyanChand

Which things are responsible for this sad conditions
of Indian Hockey.Cricket can be said responsible for
this condition of Hockey at some extent but it was
work of Sport Ministry that they should have taken
sufficient steps to promote Hockey so that Cricket should
not dominate their National game.But call it whatever
you say,fever of cricket that touched Indian cricket fans
when India won 1983 World Cup have not yet came down,
instead India owns powerful 'Chair' in ICC.Initially
when ICC was started England and Australia had 'Veto
Power' but when Asian countries started dominating ICC,
they had to end 'Veto Power' in 1991.Today it is not
worth mentioning what position India holds on map of
World Cricket?.Hockey started first in India but their
is no organization controlling Hockey in India but their
is organization controlling Cricket in India i.e.BCCI.
Initially India was said beginner of Cricket but now
India have given answer to them by winning two world Cups
and maintaining Cricket's one of the Richest Organization
ever.Today cricket is in every corner of India wherever you
go.India's cricket love is worth seeing.

Former Captain of India Mansoor Ali Khan said that
time has come when Cricket should be declared as National
sport of India.

From last 4-5 years Cricket was loosing control over
Cricket fans but IPL came and compensated everything.
It was India first who decided to form a league like that
in Football,on the basis of Indian Cricket fans they had
expected it's success and they got expected results.
During IPL's first session TRP was recorded 8 approximately.

Rain and then Duckworth Lewis

You are watching a very interesting match between your
favourite cricket team and opponent team is the team
which you think is tough opponent of your favourite team.
Suddenly commentator says Match have halted due to heavy
rain;after one hour rain stops.Commentator again says
after one hour our umpires will inspect pitch and decide
whether match can be started or not.

Umpire inspects pitch and putting hand on outfield they
says that it's very wet and match cannot be played further.
If your favourite team have already won the series then you
will blame one or times and then stop.But what when your
favourite team was lagging before that match.You had expected
that your favourite team would have won if match would have
committed.When you come out of your home after draw match and
discussing with your colleagues and start saying did you see
Gayle's sixes that was a highest six I have seen ever.And
then start an endless debate on that match which was not
played completely.

If match proceeds after rain by drying pitch and umpire
have declared pitch to be fit for playing.Now again another
problem your whole cricket knowledge get defeated by the
rule which is unpredictable that is Duckworth Lewis method.
Even if you saw the first inning you caannot tell on what
basis the second inning team requires how many runs in
reduced overs.Now even if match have started again but
there is threat of that dead rule to be applied whenever
match halts and both the team have played 20-20 overs

.

South African cricket fans cannot forget that day when
D.L. method reached it's peak and South Cricket had required
22 runs in 9 balls in Semifinal of World Cup against Australia
before the rain started ruining that interesting match but
after the rain stopped then D.L.method was applied they
required 22 runs in 1 ball.Anyone have not heard of heating
22 runs in 1 ball in any type of cricket.At least Umpires
should have declared South Africa as defeated instead of
displaying South Africa requires 22 runs in 1 ball on scoreboard.
There are many examples in which D.L. method have broke the
heart of cricket fans.

.

ICC should think of another rule instead of D.L.rule which
at least can be justified easily.

What's wrong with West Indies cricket?

The team which was no.1 for many years in late 1970s is
currently at that position in ICC ranking,which cannot be
appreciated.This team was said to be non-defeatable in it's
good time.Do you know from 1980 to 1995 they had not lost a
single Test Series.But time changes,'Change' is rule of universe.

What are the reasons responsible for this condition of West
Indies Cricket ?.The main comment that former Cricketer Mark
Taylor did on West Indies Cricketers is that they are forgetting
the right techniques of Cricket.It cannot be said there is lack
of talents in West Indies but West Indies Board is not able to
extract it's best cricketers for playing XI.West Indies team
cricketers comes from different territory.Each territory launches
their own players in all other sport except for Cricket.The unity
of West Indies Territories over Cricket should be appreciated.
You know West Indies board did not do physical test of their
cricketers because it would have cost them 750 pounds.

West Indies Board had expected high profit by hosting World
Cup 2007 but the World Cup 2003 was the biggest flop show in
world Cup history.There was lot of mismanagement due to which
many suffered and it reached maximum when Pakistan coach Bob
Woolmer died during World Cup.So World Cup 2007 did not
increases prestige of West Indies as an organizer of World Cup.

The single cricketer in West Indies cricket team who is
trying to bring lost respect for West Indies Cricket is Shiv
Narayan Chanderpaul.During Wisdon Test Series in England,when
Chanderpaul did not play second Test they lost by an inning and
238 runs.The main advantage of his batting is that it have
stability.

Texas business tycoon Elan Stanford who is the biggest fraud
in Cricket History initially tried to improve West Indies Cricket
by his dollars is facing cheating case.West Indies Board is not
able to take decision of what profit did they get by their alliance
with Stanford.

So currently West Indies Cricket cannot think of becoming no.1
rather they should think of playing respectful game.

Where is ICL?

The Cricket league which was danger for BCCI initially is now conflicting for it's existence.When ICL came initially BCCI was confused that this league should be supported or not and later they decided that ZEE GROUPS is like another Carry
Packer.ZEE GROUP's Subhas Chandra initially told that BCCI should consider us as their assisting organization bacause they wanted BCCI's stadiums.But BCCI anticipated the danger and took steps after very much discussions.ICL initially applied for telecast rights and could not succeed in any attempts.Like Carry Packer who also conflicted for telecast rights but when they did not get and then started World Series.ZEE GROUP already had their own channel and they started their league in Panchkula Stadium after not getting approval from BCCI.Please note that many former Cricketer like Pakistan's former coach Bob Woolmer lost his best cricket year in the World Series.

The cricketer's who were conflicting for playing for National team could not take the important decision of their life.ICL's money attracted many other foreigner Cricketers like Brain Lara,Damian Martin,Stuart Law and many more.Brian Lara was the biggest flow show of first season of ICL.The crucial decision which BCCI took is throwing out any person associated with ICL.The cricketers which chose to go for ICL were banned for any domestic Cricket,One Day and Test Cricket.So there was no chance of any ICL cricketer to play for the country.But now BCCI is determinant about bury ICL in pages of history by allowing ICL cricketer to improve their mistake by breaking the contract with ICL and start with domestic cricket.

BCCI must have done very much discussions on throwing former Prudential Cup winner team's Captain Kapil Dev.After joining ICL,Kapil said that BCCI was not serious about promoting cricket in India and there is deficiency of talent in country.First of all Kapil Dev was working as chief of MRF Foundation for BCCI.Why didn't he raise the questions of necessity of talent in Country before?.

First season of ICL got mix response from cricket fans,but...when BCCI announces their own league i.e. IPL it got unexpected response.During IPL,TRP reached approximately 8 defeating TRP of famous TV serials in India.IPL's second season was also successful and fans enjoyed it.The main difference between ICL and IPL is that IPL is sanctioned and ICL is not.ICL many times applied to get sanctioned by BCCI and ICC but they did not succeed in any attempt.Later they warned BCCI about knocking the door of Court.But now ICL is going through economic slowdown and suspended it.

Modifying Cricket

We have seen now days many modifications to cricket have been done.The rules of cricket were made by MCC.But now many occasions have come where rules are need to be modified.Let us take examples:
1.Ricky pointing used Graphite plated bat.
2.Adam Gilchrist used Squash ball in Gloves during World Cup 2007.
3.Kevin Pietersen invented switch shot,which was later declared right.
4.Free hit in T20 and One Day.
5.Referring to third umpire for sensitive decisions.
6.Power plays.
7.In IPL,strategic brake was used for increasing TRP but it was criticised by captains
8.During ICL 12 run are declared after certain boundary.
I have heard that there is discussion on reducing Test days from 5 to 4.I have also heard that ICC is thinking of trialing Day Night Test cricket,because it will increase traffic in stadium.