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Super Series, a regular event?

There is some mileage to Pollock's comments of such a series to be a regular event. I would put a twist to it though. In my twist, at the outset, we must assume that Bangladesh and Zimbabwe are honorary Test members. There just to add the numbers and of no significant value at all.

The Twist: Why not have a rotating world superseries. Each test nation to host the Superseries. The host nation would thus take on the RoW.

Eg: Australia played RoW(less australians).
Now the next series moves on to say, New Zealand.

Thus New Zealand will play against RoW (this time including Australians but minus the Kiwis)

Institute a SuperSeries cup. Maybe every two years.

Any takers?

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Australia XI bulldoze again!

         

Yet again the Australian side prove that they are a champion team - fighting one battle to win the war, and not a team of champions - fighting their own battles with no sight of the war that ought to be fought.

One of the few series, that being able to watch the whole match on my PC (thru SportingStreams.com) just turned out to be a wasted firecracker. Saying that the quality of the stream and the practically 24/7 customer support, made the viewing part a good experience. Far cheaper than the alternative - Willow.

John Wright has a heavy task ahead in trying to iron out the chinks in each player and atleast try and win the 3rd ODI and the Test.

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About SportingStreams

1.  Talking about streamcast cricket, for fraction of the price, I would recommend www.sportingstreams.com.

   I subscribed to sportingstreams.com since the India-Pakistan series not so long ago and have been more than satisfied. Added advantage that you can also get links to streams for F1, the new A1 grandprix, football/soccer.

2. mark Says:
   October 4th, 2005 at 10.28 am

   Just looked at sportingstreams.com and it seems way too cheap to be legal. There is also no way of seeing a test clip. R J: Is it a proper stream or someone filming the tv? And what’s the bitrate? A friend got conned on a similar site for football where the bitrate was only 36kbps..

   As the saying goes.. if an offer’s too good to be true it usually is..

3. R J Says:
   October 4th, 2005 at 1.29 pm

   I am pretty much happy with the quality. I have not used Willow since I tried Sportingstreams and was happy with the quality and the variety available. I enjoy Manchester United in English Soccer. No this is not tv being filmed. The rate is anything between 186kbps ~ 240kbps. I have watched all the Indian Cricket series thus far - Pakistan, SA, Australia, SL-Ind-Ban TriSeries, SA in Windies, the local English League cricket and even the recent Twenty20 Club championship in England. If you’d like any more info shoot me an email.
   Can’t wait for the Super Series circus to start rolling!

4. R J Says:
   October 4th, 2005 at 1.37 pm

   Dont do Willow, so cannot honestly compare. But there have been many who have used both and opt for sportingstreams.com. Quality and variety. No, its not someone filming TV. Rate is at anything between 186kbps ~ 250kbps. They are trying to up it to around 300kbps which would be good, but existing quality is great, especially when considering the price also.
   I have been pretty much happy with the quality. If you need any more info shoot me an email.
   Can’t wait for the SuperSeries circus to get rolling.

5. R J Says:
   October 5th, 2005 at 7.39 pm

   sorry about the double comments. i guess the comments did not post straightaway, since they may have been parked for moderation.

6. colindale Says:
   October 6th, 2005 at 2.47 pm

   Checked that site out rj and as i normally use willow i can compare the two,pros have to be the price,was also sceptical,but as you say it certainly works,was watching at 205kbps,which was fine and bufferless,the only cons i would say,it takes a while to work out the system ie sending off for the link,putting in the password,into winamp etc guess next time i will allow 5 mins extra

7. R J Says:
   October 6th, 2005 at 7.31 pm

   Yes that is true, but its a good and, on hindsight, essential safeguard. Counting down the clock for ODI2 to get underway. Hope RoW pull themselves together into a fighting team.

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What shall we do with Inzamam?

1. He was not included. He was upset.

2. Injuries to players caused him to be invited as replacement. He is still upset.

3. He refuses, because he is upset.

4. Pakistan Cricket Board [PCB] request him to please go and play. He is still upset.

5. He finally agrees to play. He is not so upset.

6. He goes to meet the PCB chairman to work out plans to travel to Australia. He does not get parking at the stadium where the office is. He is again upset. [No entry. No parking]

7. He decides to pull out. He is upset, that's why.

8. Read 4. above.

9. He decides to play.

10. He gets left out of ODI. Yes, you got it. He is upset.

11. He is upset, but he still will play!