Re: Wall to retire - Well played champion!

by lardbucket on Fri 27 Jan 2012, 12:08

welease Wahul ...

by Dello on Fri 27 Jan 2012, 12:14

Welease Woderwick.

by PeterCS on Fri 27 Jan 2012, 12:59

what the wuck.

by tricycle on Fri 27 Jan 2012, 13:29

Welease Wudolph the Wed nosed Wein Deew.

by Blackadder on Fri 27 Jan 2012, 13:40

Welease Bwian

by skully on Fri 27 Jan 2012, 14:06

Outstanding "Nice Tits, Red" effort by the Dingo Pack and the Badger Pack. Laughing

by Red on Fri 27 Jan 2012, 15:41

According to Harsha, no Indian player has announced his retirement.

by Batman on Fri 27 Jan 2012, 18:14

It gets murky and muddy. Too many 'team sources' are playing hardball with media and speculations. I would have thought BCCI and the seniors would have been on the same page for India's future team by now -

Reports of senior players retiring baseless: Team India - LINK!

Miffed with reports that its senior players were contemplating retirement after failing in the Test series loss to Australia, the Indian team management rejected the speculation as "baseless" and refused to answer queries on the matter.

India were whitewashed 0-4 in the Test series that concluded and the senior batting trio of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman were heavily criticized for their poor show.

Their flopshow, in fact, led to speculation that the three could bow out after the series. But the team management rubbished the rumours.

"The team management categorically denies this. Reports about senior players retiring are baseless," said team manager GS Walia in the post-match press conference.

Walia refused to answer questions on the matter, saying that there was simply no truth in the reports.

India's stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag, who addressed the media after the match, also rejected reports of senior players' retirement.

"Some reports have said that senior players will retire after this series. No such thing has happened and this is a decision that they will take," said the dashing opener.

"These are rumours created by the media," he added.

Earlier there were reports that the 39-year-old Dravid, one of the game's greatest batsmen, had told some of his teammates that he had decided to hang his boots.

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Just wtf is happening here. Its sounding more and more like a badly directed and acted sitcom.....

by Blackadder on Fri 27 Jan 2012, 18:53

As bad as Cricket Australia has been, thankfully nowhere near the ineptness of BCCI.

by Batman on Sat 28 Jan 2012, 06:02

No need to make a decision now - Dravid - LINK!

Rahul Dravid has said that he has not made a decision on whether to retire or not. There had been reports in the media about Dravid's imminent retirement after the defeat in Adelaide, which prompted the Indian team management to issue a statement saying that none of the senior players were about to quit. That point was reiterated by the acting captain Virender Sehwag, and now Dravid has said there was no need to make decisions immediately.

"I am definitely nearer the end than the beginning, there is no doubt about that," Dravid told Channel Nine. "I haven't made any decision and there is no need to make any decisions now, we're not playing another Test match for seven to eight months so we'll see how it pans out. At my stage in my career it's always about taking it a series at a time and not looking too far ahead, so we'll see what happens."

Dravid was in bad form during India's 0-4 whitewash in Australia, scoring only 194 runs at an average of 24. His failure came after good performances in his previous two series - 319 runs at an average of 64 against West Indies at home, and 461 runs at an average of 77 in England.

None of the other India batsmen averaged over 40 either in Australia and their collective failure led to India's second consecutive 0-4 overseas whitewash. Dravid said it was important that India try and regain ground as a Test team.

"We haven't done so well abroad over the last couple of series but I'm hopeful that some of the young kids will come through. It might take a bit of time but we'll build up a strong base.

"India needs to be a strong Test-playing nation, there are not too many countries playing cricket and I think if India is competitive in Test cricket it does make a difference."

India now play a tri-series in Australia, against the hosts and Sri Lanka, after which they travel to Bangladesh for the Asia Cup in March. The Indian Premier League is scheduled for April and May, after which India will play more limited-overs cricket. Their next Test series is only in August, at home against New Zealand.

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Can someone run that by me again? If he knows he has reached closer to end and realizes India needs to build it's test side again, then what is the point of hanging in there on a series by series basis? He is taking away all the respect and reputation he has built over the last 2 decades for 2 or 3 extra series.

by taipan on Sat 28 Jan 2012, 08:00

Batman wrote:No need to make a decision now - Dravid - LINK!

[i]Rahul Dravid has said that he has not made a decision on whether to retire or not. There had been reports in the media about Dravid's imminent retirement after the defeat in Adelaide, which prompted the Indian team management to issue a statement saying that none of the senior players were about to quit. That point was reiterated by the acting captain Virender Sehwag, and now Dravid has said there was no need to make decisions immediately.

"I am definitely nearer the end than the beginning, there is no doubt about that," Dravid told Channel Nine. "I haven't made any decision and there is no need to make any decisions now, we're not playing another Test match for seven to eight months so we'll see how it pans out. At my stage in my career it's always about taking it a series at a time and not looking too far ahead, so we'll see what happens."

Dravid was in bad form during India's 0-4 whitewash in Australia, scoring only 194 runs at an average of 24. His failure came after good performances in his previous two series - 319 runs at an average of 64 against West Indies at home, and 461 runs at an average of 77 in England.

None of the other India batsmen averaged over 40 either in Australia and their collective failure led to India's second consecutive 0-4 overseas whitewash. Dravid said it was important that India try and regain ground as a Test team.

"We haven't done so well abroad over the last couple of series but I'm hopeful that some of the young kids will come through. It might take a bit of time but we'll build up a strong base.

"India needs to be a strong Test-playing nation, there are not too many countries playing cricket and I think if India is competitive in Test cricket it does make a difference."

India now play a tri-series in Australia, against the hosts and Sri Lanka, after which they travel to Bangladesh for the Asia Cup in March. The Indian Premier League is scheduled for April and May, after which India will play more limited-overs cricket. Their next Test series is only in August, at home against New Zealand.

Okay

by The One on Sun 29 Jan 2012, 21:09

much ado about nothing

by skully on Sun 29 Jan 2012, 21:11

Nothing indeed. Close to his average for the series. Cool

by Fred Nerk on Sun 29 Jan 2012, 21:25

Red wrote:According to Harsha, no Indian player has announced his retirement.

So does that mean Harbajan Singh, Sunny Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Bishen Bedi and Syed Kirmani are all available for their next Test?

by Dello on Thu 08 Mar 2012, 21:19

Ah - I wasn't going schizo, this thread does exist.

Vale Rahul Dravid. "By all accounts, one of the most recent people playing the game." (skully, Jan 2012)