Yes. I did. But did we not know everything about it since the beginning?

After being hit by S Nazir he went to the media and started hitting on Dalmiya!
I honestly miss Sourav as much as Sachin, at least Sachin is back and will be playing but unfortunately the door is being shut on Ganguly or some would argue that he is shutting the door on himself!

Fcxx,

The way his career was dictated by Dalmiya, it had to end when Dalmiya's reign and power ended. Its quite sad that Ganguly was being reduced to just a pawn in Dalmiya's power games!!

Coming soon a better Munaf Patel

At first I thought he too got some sponsorships and his look will be changed. But thank God that it is about his bowling.

MRF Pace Foundation coach T A Sekar told The Indian Express: “He has still not reached his peak. When he starts bowling at 140-145 km/h consistently, that is when you will see Munaf at his best. He has to give some finishing touches to his action. When he comes back to MRF, we will be working on it. You will definitely see a better Munaf.”

But he'll get time to work on those areas only if he gets sufficient break from the national duties. That seems unlikely!!

Balaji on the right track to full fitness

Balaji has been out of competitive cricket since last November, missing almost the entire domestic season. He travelled to Australia in February to diagnose his injury, and doctors adviced him against surgery.

He resumed bowling in the nets in May, and took a fitness test under the supervision of Gloster, hoping to make a comeback to the Indian Test squad for the tour of the West Indies. However, Gloster recently told Cricinfo that the purpose of the test was mainly to determine if he was ready to resume bowling, and that it was still early days in his rehabilitation. He added that Balaji is now in the final stages of his recovery from a lumbar spine stress fracture.

When asked about his own assessment of his recovery, Balaji said that he is now bowling at 60-70% of his bowling speed. "The important thing is that I am feeling good", he added. "I will be back."

I hope he starts bowling at his full ability and gains form by the time SA tour nears. We need all our pace bowling resources in top shape and form by then.

1.Munaf
2.Sree
3.Pathan
4.Zaheer
5.RP
6.Balaji
7.VRV ?
8.Agarkar
9.Anyone new if unearthed

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Originally posted by *Chandan*:
Balaji on the right track to full fitness

Balaji has been out of competitive cricket since last November, missing almost the entire domestic season. He travelled to Australia in February to diagnose his injury, and doctors adviced him against surgery.

He resumed bowling in the nets in May, and took a fitness test under the supervision of Gloster, hoping to make a comeback to the Indian Test squad for the tour of the West Indies. However, Gloster recently told Cricinfo that the purpose of the test was mainly to determine if he was ready to resume bowling, and that it was still early days in his rehabilitation. He added that Balaji is now in the final stages of his recovery from a lumbar spine stress fracture.

When asked about his own assessment of his recovery, Balaji said that he is now bowling at 60-70% of his bowling speed. "The important thing is that I am feeling good", he added. "I will be back."

I hope he starts bowling at his full ability and gains form by the time SA tour nears. We need all our pace bowling resources in top shape and form by then.

1.Munaf
2.Sree
3.Pathan
4.Zaheer
5.RP
6.Balaji
7.VRV ?
8.Agarkar
9.Anyone new if unearthed

finally some news on Balaji!

Nehra to miss fitness camp

Cricinfo staff
July 23, 2006

Ashish Nehra, the left-arm fast bowler, will not attend the fitness camp in Bangalore between July 25 and August 1 as he is playing club cricket in England. Kiran More, the chairman of selectors, felt that he should continue playing in England to gain match practice in his recovery bid from a back injury.

So Nehra has started playing? That is a good news. Hopefully he gets fit soon to be available as another option!!

Have I missed any bowler?

Amazed that this thread could go to 3 pages...

three pages and only one decent quick...dev...in their history...not counting aquacker who is included as much for his batting and general hilarity

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Originally posted by *Chandan*:
Nehra to miss fitness camp

Cricinfo staff
July 23, 2006

Ashish Nehra, the left-arm fast bowler, will not attend the fitness camp in Bangalore between July 25 and August 1 as he is playing club cricket in England. Kiran More, the chairman of selectors, felt that he should continue playing in England to gain match practice in his recovery bid from a back injury.

So Nehra has started playing? That is a good news. Hopefully he gets fit soon to be available as another option!!

Really good news IMO. BTW, Zaheer's making quite a case for his inclusion in the side, should get in the team for the next tour(after SL that is), if he can really keep going the way he has.

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Originally posted by beepbeep:
three pages and only one decent quick...dev...in their history...not counting aquacker who is included as much for his batting and general hilarity

Well, I'd add Srinath to that list.

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Originally posted by doremi:

quote:

Originally posted by *Chandan*:
Nehra to miss fitness camp

Cricinfo staff
July 23, 2006

Ashish Nehra, the left-arm fast bowler, will not attend the fitness camp in Bangalore between July 25 and August 1 as he is playing club cricket in England. Kiran More, the chairman of selectors, felt that he should continue playing in England to gain match practice in his recovery bid from a back injury.

So Nehra has started playing? That is a good news. Hopefully he gets fit soon to be available as another option!!

Really good news IMO. BTW, Zaheer's making quite a case for his inclusion in the side, should get in the team for the next tour(after SL that is), if he can really keep going the way he has.

Doremi,

Zaheer for ODIs?

If you want to bring him back, bring him in the longer version.

Munaf is giving the finishing touch to his action

“I am trying to generate speed in excess of 150 kmph keeping in mind the tournaments ahead,” the unassuming Munaf said.

“Line and length, however, are extremely important. Speed must not be achieved at the cost of bowling a wrong line,” he said. The fastest that Munaf has bowled so far is 144.9 kmph.

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What do you think--is it a good idea for Munaf to try to be faster?

Wouldn't be a bad idea. But, I would rather see an improvement in his out-swinger to the right-hander. That delivery could be better.

quote:

Originally posted by *Chandan*:
Munaf is giving the finishing touch to his action

“I am trying to generate speed in excess of 150 kmph keeping in mind the tournaments ahead,” the unassuming Munaf said.

“Line and length, however, are extremely important. Speed must not be achieved at the cost of bowling a wrong line,” he said. The fastest that Munaf has bowled so far is 144.9 kmph.

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What do you think--is it a good idea for Munaf to try to be faster?

There is a bit of a difference between 145 kph and 100 mph, i hope the author realized that.

Yes. 100 miles is 160kphs.

But I don't want my bowlers running after that. If they'll bowl well at 140kph with occasional deliveries a bit faster, it should be okay. Line and length as well as swing and cutters are more important.

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Originally posted by *Chandan*:
Yes. 100 miles is 160kphs.

But I don't want my bowlers running after that. If they'll bowl well at 140kph with occasional deliveries a bit faster, it should be okay. Line and length as well as swing and cutters are more important.

Munaf is a good bowler but i hope the media doesn't start hyping him too much because it just puts extra pressure on the youngsters!

quote:

Originally posted by *Chandan*:
Balaji on the right track to full fitness

Balaji has been out of competitive cricket since last November, missing almost the entire domestic season. He travelled to Australia in February to diagnose his injury, and doctors adviced him against surgery.

He resumed bowling in the nets in May, and took a fitness test under the supervision of Gloster, hoping to make a comeback to the Indian Test squad for the tour of the West Indies. However, Gloster recently told Cricinfo that the purpose of the test was mainly to determine if he was ready to resume bowling, and that it was still early days in his rehabilitation. He added that Balaji is now in the final stages of his recovery from a lumbar spine stress fracture.

When asked about his own assessment of his recovery, Balaji said that he is now bowling at 60-70% of his bowling speed. "The important thing is that I am feeling good", he added. "I will be back."

I hope he starts bowling at his full ability and gains form by the time SA tour nears. We need all our pace bowling resources in top shape and form by then.

1.Munaf
2.Sree
3.Pathan
4.Zaheer
5.RP
6.Balaji
7.VRV ?
8.Agarkar
9.Anyone new if unearthed

Chandan.... apart from Munaf at number 1, that pecking order keeps changing every series. Before the West Indies Tests, Agarkar was in the top 4.

Which is what i mean by there being no stand out first choice quality.

Munaf in my opinion is a cut above the rest, mainly because he seems to have plenty of brains and the control to go with it.

But the others from 2-8 in youre list is quite fluid.

quote:

Originally posted by *Chandan*:
Munaf is giving the finishing touch to his action

“I am trying to generate speed in excess of 150 kmph keeping in mind the tournaments ahead,” the unassuming Munaf said.

“Line and length, however, are extremely important. Speed must not be achieved at the cost of bowling a wrong line,” he said. The fastest that Munaf has bowled so far is 144.9 kmph.

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What do you think--is it a good idea for Munaf to try to be faster?

I'd suggest that Munaf increase the length of his follow through. He stops far too quickly which puts alot of strain on the body.

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Originally posted by Elite:

quote:

Originally posted by *Chandan*:
Munaf is giving the finishing touch to his action

“I am trying to generate speed in excess of 150 kmph keeping in mind the tournaments ahead,” the unassuming Munaf said.

“Line and length, however, are extremely important. Speed must not be achieved at the cost of bowling a wrong line,” he said. The fastest that Munaf has bowled so far is 144.9 kmph.

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What do you think--is it a good idea for Munaf to try to be faster?

I'd suggest that Munaf increase the length of his follow through. He stops far too quickly which puts alot of strain on the body.

Personally I would suggest he grows taller.

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Originally posted by Jonatho Darrow:

quote:

Originally posted by Elite:

quote:

Originally posted by *Chandan*:
Munaf is giving the finishing touch to his action

“I am trying to generate speed in excess of 150 kmph keeping in mind the tournaments ahead,” the unassuming Munaf said.

“Line and length, however, are extremely important. Speed must not be achieved at the cost of bowling a wrong line,” he said. The fastest that Munaf has bowled so far is 144.9 kmph.

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What do you think--is it a good idea for Munaf to try to be faster?

I'd suggest that Munaf increase the length of his follow through. He stops far too quickly which puts alot of strain on the body.

Personally I would suggest he grows taller.

He's over six foot, thats tall enough. He isn't going to get any taller, he's 23 years old.

So far this thread hasn't produced one fast delivery!

No need to reply to him, Elite.

Kartikeya,

I have not written the names of those bowlers in any pecking order. I wrote them as I remembered them. I was very interested in Salvi but wonder where is he lost and it is quite unfortunate that a bowler like S.S. Paul is such a terrible fielder and batsman that he can't be consisdered.

Siddhartha Trivedi didn't impress in the A tour in which RP Singh was equally unimpressive.

I hope that the two U-19 bowlers are ready after 2 years of domestic cricket.