the no. of international matches played these days have risen up incredibly if compared to the 80's era. \nis the ICC doing a fair job by increasing the no. of matches and tours.,their officials say its necessary to promote the game... while many cricketers, ex-players and experts are complaning that its the major reason for the increase in the no. of injuries to players and early retirements of well known players..(its the point that comes up with sachin too)\ncomments..
132423
Good point, geezer, Look at the workload shifted on Freddie and the boys for England this year - Sri Lanka and Pakistan for 7 tests and 12-odd one-dayers in the summer, Champions Trophy in India in October, Ashes Series down under November to January and then the bleedin' World Cup in the Caribbean in March/April. I love watching the game and feel now this is one of the most exciting periods in the game for many years, but you've got to ask questions.
583877
Ok, i agree, but i wouldn't  say that it has been changed for the worst.\n\nThe refs have been too quick to to pull out their cards, especially red.\neven if fifa wants to control the game, u have to let the players play.
417446
excepting soccer, tennis, athletics, swimming, and field hockey, no other sports enjoys global popularity ... \n\nIndia is pretty bad in terms of world ranking in all of these and have not won any international tournament worth mentioning in last two-three decades (Paes-Bhupati, PT Usha being rare exceptions) ... \n\nworld-wide, chess gets poor publicity because it's more of a mind-game than sports ... \n\nbadminton is popular only in parts of Europe (mainly Scandinavia) and in Far East (Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Korea, etc.) and only Gopichand has made any mark here in post-Padukone era ... \n\nonly in cricket, India has produced some world-class players (e.g., Azhar, Tendulkar, Kumble, Dravid, Ganguly, etc.) in post-WC-1983 era - so all the media & public attention goes there ...
281277
It is a curse of excessive success. The more you have success, one tents to retain the same players. However, these players are getting older. And footy is a game for blokes who are young and take hits without getting injure. BL players are getting old, getting out of form, and getting niggling injuries which is causing them to miss games. It is very difficult for them to run alongside young teams such as bulldogs right now. BL will reach bottom and they will rise again, but for that, one has to wait another 5-6 years.
486066
maybe, but, there are a lot of young players coming into the tour and its becoming increasingly difficult for older players not doing particularly well as a result of injury and just simple lack of good performance to make it back to the top. In all, he could become a top 10 player again.
41488
You know how the pitches are in subcontinent. Then the conditions were same for both of them. If it was only one match for india to win or loose it was same for the other side as well. And on the same pitch on which india couldn't face the paki spell pakis piled up a lot of runs.\nThink in an unbiased manner friend!! Its sports not politics.
127048
Because south african team now have nos. of player better then Lance, no doubt about this he was a great cricketer but i think now a days cricket is so fast and nos. of youg cricket coming and performing well then their senior.
400858
Very disgusting on part of Venserkar, if he has said it.\nTalent is there. The recent being the two boys 13 years each scoring triple centuries in a 40 overs match and beating the world record of Sachin and Kambli, 721 runs in 40 overs.\nThere are other players too who are knocking at the doors of International cricket. Pujara is there, Joginder Sharma, Piyush Chawala, Shukla, Akash Chpora chipped in well in the Duleep Trophy final. Actually the selectors have to come out of their offices and slumber to see the pile of talent.\nThanks to Greg, another strong team can be prepared quite equivalent to the Senior Team. In the challenger trophy the senior team was beaten by the second team. It all talks about the talent in the country.\n\nThe 15 players:\nGambhir\nUthapa\nBadrinath\nVenugopal\nPujara\nDinesh Karthik\nParthiv Patel\nJoginder Sharma\nNehra\nBalaji\nPiyush Chawla\nRajesh Sharma\nShukla\nVVS Laxman\nGanguly
216620
history and tradition is oaky but keeping it to australkia and england is just like saying that the ashes is only for good OLD WHITE BOYS. I think you are right that 2 teams can be added to the tournament based on the top 2 rating points besides the 2 countries.
328433
Anmol,  though I am also not having very good best answer %age but still slightly better than urs.\nI have just gone through few answers of your answers and I am sorry to say that your answers used to be too biased. Its quite clear that you are a big fan of few stroke makers and you dont understand the roles of other players. You need to watch deeper in the cricket matches than just watching Sixes.\nIts my opinion you may not agree to it, but I stated whatever i felt.
407047
Simply because of the following reasons:\n\n1)  Players did not play to their potential.\n2)  Batsmen did not bat according to the demand of the situationm.\n3)  Bowlers did not bowl accurately with proper line and length.\n4)  Fielders did not show required athletism in the field.\n5)  Plays lacked dedication, committment, fighting spirit and urge to wion.\n6)  Tactical mistakes in the batting order and selection of final 11
639336
Sunny's answer is pretty funny.. I think cricket needs some brains but football needs only strength just like rugby.. Those people who love cricket are very loyal to that game because it is simply amazing. It's still being introduced to other parts of the world.. Cricket is the best game ever.. World is now slowly moving into cricket.. No wonder why.
194321
it takes a long time to organise and for all the nations to prepare and compete........\n\nit incidentally also reduces the chances of a successful team immediately repeating their success on the strength of players alone.....   very healthy for the competition and the sport in general.......
302937
"THEY" TRY TO HIGH-LIGHT PATHAN AS A MATCH WINNER.\n\nSO "THEY" CREATING AN IMAGE THAT IF PATHAN NOT PERFORMED WELL INDIA WILL LOOSE.\n\nYOU CAN FIND MY POINT TRUE IN ONCOMING MATCHES.\n\nIF HE GET MORE WIC. INDIA WILL WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
573663
No. \n\nBut some dude mentioned cricket. I'm sorry but outside of India who cares about cricket? (OK so Australia is big on cricket and so is England, but really.) Funny but I can't find India anywhere near this year's World Cup tournament unless they're there taking notes.  Has India ever qualified for a World Cup Tournament? Do you guys even have a team? Wow! I guess you do! India is currently ranked 117th in the world out of 208 countries.  The only time that India qualified for a World Cup was in 1950--and that's because their scheduled opponents had to withdraw so they qualified by default.  So how did this soccer power dynamo do in the 1950 tournament?  I'm so glad you asked.  Several of their players refused to wear soccer boot/shoes (I guess shoes were not required in their soccer leagues, I don't know.)  So they withdrew from the World Cup.  Talk about sucking! Ooh but watch out for that Indian cricket team, they just beat Sri Lanka, Singapore, Pakistan, and Andorra.  Yes those very bastions of world sports. Yes, those world sports super powers.\n\nAs long as there is no big money to be made in American soccer, it will always lag behind the big three, NFL, NBA, and MLB.  The NHL is not as popular but it's more popular than soccer.  So while the rest of planet Earth waits for the World Cup final on 07/09/2006, most Americans will be counting down the days for the next episode of The Sopranos or American Idol!
223525
One of ur suggestion has already been taken care of. Players can ask for the third umpire against the decision of on-field umpires and they need not to pay even the fee. Only thing is that it'll be subjected to 3 appeals per innings. As far as Players Vs Beaurocrats is concerned, i feel that you are right, players should be more involved.\nBut we cant give everything in their hands as they might have better knowledge about the game but will be lacking the good management skills which we need to run any organisation.\nAnd as far as selection is concerned, thats been done by respective cricket boards... not by ICC.
567171
I agree with you completely.  The NBA is soft nowadays and players get suspended for fouls that wouldn't even be considered flagrant in years past.  \n\nIt is sad.  \n\nMost analysts seem to think that the reason is twofold - 1. To prevent/lessen injury and "clean up" the physicality of the game.  In other words to stop fights and things of that nature that not only harm one's body, but can tarnish the reputation of the NBA if they happen too frequently, and 2. perhaps most importantly - the new rules allow smaller guards to penetrate for more frequently.  The reason players like Kobe are getting 81 a game is because no one can hand check them anymore, and also because a good percentage of these box scores come from free throws - everything is a foul nowadays!  \n\nIt really does weaken the game in my opinion, even though it allows quick players to show off far more.  Barkley put it well when he said anytime Tony Parker (a small point guard!) is leading the league in FG percentage (that was true at some point this year), you KNOW the league is trying to encourage that fast, penetrating style of play...Analysts frequently comment on this when explaining how players of old had a much harder time scoring 25 then players of today scoring 50.  \n\nI wish it were like that again also!