Dear readers of my Blog, this is a true story why a FC from Vile Parle Tried to eliminate out Unbeaten run @ our Home Ground ie Shivaji Park.
Samba Bamba fc from Vile Parle Had heard our Reputation & challenged us. We accepted their challenge thinking that they were very competitive side. They boasted about themselves that they had played in Lakshadweep, and scored 13 goals against a hapless Galli team. Most of the team members including me didnt know about the match.UD the captain had called me @ 730 am when the match was scheduled @ 8.We were obivously Without Practise.
When The match started it was obivously a cake walk for us 7-0, imagine that too withoput Practise. Now as promised they had the chance to host us for our away leg.But they themselves want to play away!!Then we mutually decided that match was on 26th DEC. Now again they are refusing to take match as they have classes!!!
Till next Good bye!
Peter Moores believes match-winner Monty Panesar did not cross the line into gamesmanship after his over-enthusiastic display of appealing during England’s third npower Test victory over West Indies.
The Northamptonshire left-arm spinner claimed his best match figures for England - 10-187 - to inspire a nervous 60-run victory over West Indies which sealed the npower series.
But England coach Moores did not believe Panesar over-stepped the boundaries of accepted behaviour and praised umpires Dar and Billy Bowden for the way they handled a tense final day.
Asked if Panesar had put undue pressure on the officials, Moores said: “Not really, because I know it’s genuine. It’s a tough game for umpires when things get tight like they did at Old Trafford.
“I think good umpires do understand that in many ways the enthusiasm and the excitement of the game can suck players into it.
“When the umpire says not out then Monty stops, which I think is fine. It’s when people go again that isn’t right. I thought all the appealing that went on was fine.”
Moores believes the tension of the situation, with England pressing for wickets as West Indies chased what would have been a record winning total of 455, was bound to inflame tensions and lead to enthusiastic appeals on a wearing Old Trafford wicket ideal for spin.
Panesar admitted he struggled to stay calm during a tense encounter © Getty ImagesBuy this photo“There was always going to be a lot of hits on the pad and a lot of bat-pads going on, and there was going to be that sort of tension in the game,” he said.
“When Monty appeals it comes across very much as his enthusiasm and his desire to win for England by getting wickets. It’s a balance and Monty’s a young bloke who, as always, will get better.
“Credit to the umpires, though, because I thought they handled themselves very well in what was always going to be a challenging game because of the amount of rough that was created and the fact we were going to have a slow bowler operating for a lot of the time.”
Panesar even appealed when Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who finished unbeaten on 116, was hit on the helmet, and admitted he struggled to keep calm in the heat of the situation.
“You want to take wickets and you want the game to go forward and it was a very testing period for myself, but I have to stay calm, put the ball in the right areas and let the pitch do the work,” conceded Panesar.
“Aleem told me to appeal before I start celebrating. I guess I get a little bit excited when I’m out there, but I’ve never hit a batsman on the head before.”
Peter Moores does not want to curb Panesar's enthusiasm He stressed: “You want to get the ball in the rough areas and you don’t want to put too much pressure on yourself by thinking you can get a wicket with every ball.
“I just tried to bowl maidens and because there was so much there in the pitch, I didn’t have to use much variation - the pitch itself was helping you out.
“That was a test for me as a spinner to bowl maidens and create pressure from there.”
Moores believes Panesar has thrived on the extra responsibility of being one of only four main bowlers during this series and has shown signs that he is improving all the time.
“Monty is exciting by nature of his enthusiasm for the game,” added Moores. “He’s great to work with and he’s done really well.
“The fact we’ve used three seamers has allowed him to bowl a bit more, and from that he’s stepped up again and he’s shown what a quality bowler he can be.
“He’s learning all the time and getting better and it’s very exciting to see spinners in the game because they create a different type of pressure.”
