> Duckworth/Lewis method

West Indies defeat India by 29 runs as rain puts an end to days play!?! Duckworth/Lewis method...
But the question is: Are 20 overs enough to decide the match? And those with feilding restrictions(powerplays)?
I don't think so..how about you??

well maybe 25, but you have to admit that a team going at 7 an over for 20 overs is doing a real good job. Had they been at 113 and then they would have won, yes that would have sucked, but you have to admit that they were really flying.(they were ahead by 28 runs)

Yes India might have won the match also, but based on the situation at hand windies rightfully won. Plus it is the responsibility of the coach/captain to also know that rains coming(if they didn't , turn around and give them a back kick ) thats the first thing you check and if they had a slight indication that this was coming, why take power plays, try to control them.

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but i felt it was unfair because they were flyin against australia as well until chanderpaul's fall. and even then they were goin at a rate of 8 odd rpo until all of a sudden the bowling picked up.
dravid hadnt used pathan beyond 2 overs and i felt he wasnt used properly. and i never thought of it the way u put it..this gives me a whole new perspective! thanx!!

actually even i felt it was bad for india.
But looking it at other way.. if we were going at 141/2 after 20 and had we lost, we would have felt bad also. Itsone of those formula's that you have to live with i suppose. No one would have wanted a no result after this superb a match. paisa wasool i would say

actually on that pathan topic you raised, i don't think dravid trusts pathan too much at the start. he give him the new ball to see if he swings it and if not he just takes him off.. Begs the question, Is Pathan a fill in baller?(he doesn't look like the spearhead anyway now).. We need Zaheer back.

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
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Duckworth/Lewis method sucks as always but its effective.
there's nothing more to be discussed

this Indian team deserves to lose...
only superb batting doesn't make you a great side
but Indian cricket team will never learn that.

I think D/L method is at the least fairer then the methods they used in the past.

No method can take every permutation & combination of a game into consideration. There are just too many variables. And not to forget Cricket is as unpredictable as it gets. At max only finite elements like overs left/run rate/wickets in hand etc can be taken into consideration and D/L atleast covers all those parameters.

And finally no amount of overs are enough to decide a one day / test game - except keep on bowling till you send every member of other the other team to pavilion. So whether its 50 or 20 sometimes we have to arrive at a decision especially nowadays as most of the games seem to be getting affected by factors like Rain, bad light etc so having D/L in place is a good thing. Ofcourse we can continue to fine tune it but scrapping it is a big no no from me.

whats anoying me is were the indians sleeping or what?
everyone knew rain was coming. If they can't plan based on weather, frankly they better come home. (This might well happen in worldcup, you can give any number of excuses but at the end of the day you lose, and in the records thats what will be shown.)
this now is our 5 th straight loss to windies btw

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
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^ I missed the game - seeing your reaction, i am glad i did

So where did they bumble up this time? Maybe we have decided only winning against Aussies/Pakis is worth it. Other teams can have a gala against us

we don't have much time to wait then
we take on aussies on saturday. Dip lets see how much your inside info about the indian team is true (remember i haven't forgotten your earlier comment about the indian teams master plan )

it better come true now

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw