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- From: skumar@acsu.buffalo.edu (Shivesh Kumar)
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- Subject: Re: Selfish Gavaskar & Shastri
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 18:04:56 GMT
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- Spaceman Spiff (SXK129@psuvm.psu.edu) wrote:
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- : many, you are so dumb that dan quayle could take lessons from you.
- : the only reason india came back to tie the hockey match was because west
- ^^^^
- : germany took off their best few players. bills won because they got a few
- : calls in their favor and houston choked.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- : when kirti azad won the game for india, the total being chased was 197 in abo
- : 50 overs. in the jam match, the total was 334 in 45 overs. can you even begin
- : to comprehend the difference? there is almost an order of magnitude differenc
- : in the first case, even tho' wickets fell early, the runs required was still
- : very gettable 100 in about 20-odd overs. the required run rate never went ove
- r ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Junk your memory
-
- : 8 or so. in the second match the runs required was 250+ in about 30-0dd over
- ^^^
- : and its pretty obvious that any team would rather chase 140 in 20 overs than
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- : 350 in 50 overs even tho' the required run rate is the same. the sheer number
- : of runs scored by the WI, coupled with their marvellous pace attack, put the
- : game out if india's reach. but, you in your infinite wisdom would have
- : preferred that india slog from the beginning and lose by 200 runs.
-
- : it doesn't even need any brains to be a position to criticise. a liberal
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Hmmm, now I see how you are able to criticise me!
-
- : Stay screwed,
- : Spaceman Spiff
-
-
- People like you would make good sportsman I believe!!! If target is gettable
- (say 140 in 20 overs) then go for it otherwise just keep sitting hoping that
- you might get few calls in your favour or maybe the opponent take off their
- good players...otherwise impossible to win so only try reducing margin...!!
-
- I would appreciate if people with such sporting spirit refrain from responding
- to my articles.
-
- regards,
- shivesh
-