Bob Willis has something against Kabir Ali?

[in_cutter]

I dont think he wants him in the team....i was watching the highlights, all he did was critisize Ali. I know he bowled badly, but Willis was over doing it. Even in the fantastic final over that Ali bowled, he didnt even give him any credit what so ever..he was like "it was jones idea to come up to the stumps..."

[w4s1m786]

botham and willis were the same with nasser hussain, whi changed the face of english cricket

[dan hudson]

Well, it was Jones' idea...

Willis is an awful commentator, as are most of the Sky Sports team. When I was watching the game last night I watched Sky but listened to the radio commentary instead.

Ali's last five balls were sensational but his overall spell of bowling was rubbish.

[in_cutter]

ok dan it was jone's idea....but Willis didnt even give any credit to Ali, which he deserved for that final over.

[dan hudson]

I agree he should get credit for his last five deliveries that were spot on.

[Amjid Javed]

willis always has bad things to say about asian cricketers, nothing new there!

[MIG]

Why should we ever take Willis's word for anything ?

He is part of the furniture at Sky - they dont know how to get rid of him , I suppose they are waiting for him to want to spend more time with his family or something !

[Amjid Javed]

|-H good point barney

[Civil]

Being Muslim and a minority in the western world is becoming more and more difficult.

[MIG]

With the young guys like Nasser making their way up the chain, he knows his days are numbered - Kabir Ali will not be a lessor bowler cos Willis's dentures werent in the place at the right time !

BTW, this is MenInGreen ( Barney is my sig for fun !)

[MIG]

WhaaaT - is that you Amjid !!! Just realized after I read the above posts a bit more !

[Amjid Javed]

|-H its ok barney :-D

[MIG]

:oD - ya smarty pants !

I mentioned it yesterday in the commentary thread, he was being very cruel to Kabir. Saying he fielded like a Camel and other derogotory comments regarding his bowling.

Gough was full of praise for the youngster in the interview later, and said Kabir reminded him of himself when he was younger. He showed some bottle to come through the final over, especially with 1st ball going for 5 runs.

[Jahangir Khan]

I think Kabir did brilliantly considering it was only his 2nd/3rd ODI. I thought Trescothick would give Kabir the 49th Over and then give Gough the Final Over. Instead he put Kabir under pressure at the end and he came good despite conceding 5 off the first ball.

This will give him alot of confidence and will show that he deserves to be in the side. On Bob Willis, when was the last time a guy came into only his 3rd ODI and had to bowl a last over to save a match.

Give credit where it's due Willis. If it was Hoggard bowling the last Over and he had done what Kabir did then Willis would have been praising him to the max.

[tahaqureshi]

can anyone describe in detail Kabir's last over..

ball by ball

[Jahangir Khan]

I have described his last over on the best death overs thread. Check it out

[Saqlain_doosra]

Kabir is a good cricketer. He went to same school as me and Lives in same area. I tough he really plaed well and BOB WILLIS was just jealous.


Who is Nassar HUssain?

The man never counted him slef as asian, hates asians . I'll give him for winnig few seiries. What did he do as Batsman? other than chatting it all day

[Saqlain_doosra]

"WhaaaT - is that you Amjid !!! Just realized after I read the above posts a bit more !"

Is that why I didn't see his name logged on for while. He got me worried but know it's all cool

[Awesome Anjum]

Willis is the shittiest commentator ever !

[Rob H]

Willis is awful as is Lloyd, Nicholas and Holding ( can't stand Holding! he puts no emotion into his commentry)

[MIG]

I think Holding has really good sense of "dry" humor ! but its a voice and opinion that demands respect - unlike the third class performer that is Willis

[Rob H]

Yeh he is better but he gets on my nerves

[evsa]

IF ENG LOST THEY WOULD HAVE BLAMED ALI
NOW THEY TIED ALL THEY CAN SAY IS HIS FIRST BALL
BUT NO PRAISE IF IT WAS HARMISON THEY WOULD HAVE SAID ONLY WORLD CLASS PLAYERS CAN COME BACK LIKE THAT

[midwicket]

Willis, along with Botham, just drones on and on and on ... nothing intelligent to say. Dont understand why Sky keep him on.

Both are also prejudiced against Asian cricketers.

[<< Rashid >>]

Botham was actually praising him at the end...........but Willis is very irritating..........THE most irritating commentator at the moment has to be Mark Nicholas at the moment.

I think he shud have an occupation as Santa Claus..........with that "ho.......ho.........ho" he dz when someone hits a six or four.

[dan hudson]

evsa: The fact is Ali did bowl rubbish for the majority of the game, like it or not.

He is expected to be replaced by Harmison for tomorrow's ODI.

[Jedi Knight]

Willis is a plain racist pig...

Whenever have you heard him praise a pakistani???

I remember the lords game when a wrong decision was made he said the pakistani players were served right for being rude to Shep...

[Faisal Akhtar]

"Willis is awful as is Lloyd, Nicholas and Holding"

I agree Willis is a bad commentator. Anyone ever notice he sounds like he's crying when an England player gets out or gets hit for a four? :oD

Personally i think Lloyd is Englands best commentator. Ok so he can be a little biased (which commentator isnt?) but he knows what hes talking about and always sounds excited, unlike Botham and co.

[Faisal Akhtar]

"Willis is awful as is Lloyd, Nicholas and Holding"

I agree Willis is a bad commentator. Anyone ever notice he sounds like he's crying when an England player gets out or gets hit for a four? :oD

Personally i think Lloyd is Englands best commentator. Ok so he can be a little biased (which commentator isnt?) but he knows what hes talking about and always sounds excited, unlike Botham and co.

[Faisal Akhtar]

Why did it post it twice? :S

[Uzi]

Willis the TRAMP!!

[Officer Barbrady]

MIG and Don :oD

I have seen Kabir once and he didn't really look test quality. Though it has been a while and I saw maybe one spell.

[kashmiri]

what does
"
fielded like a Camel
" mean?

[Faisal Akhtar]

"what does
"
fielded like a Camel
" mean?"


Well basically it means when u field like u got humps on ur back i.e Ashley Giles :-D

Even in the Lunch Interval today, Tom Moody was questioning why all the England players were running to Geraint Jones, when Kabir Ali was the STAR and the one who bowled the final over.
All Jones had to do was catch the ball standing up to the wickets.

The only person who ran to Kabir was Vikram Solanki any coincidence?

[Daoud]

Exactly. It didnt matter if Jones stumped Hall or not, they couldnt have stolen a run.

[Abdul Qadir 236]

I like Willis, he isnt afraid to go against the status quo.

[safehands46]

he is **** lol thats the problem he has half the england team currently could play for some one else

[in_cutter]

Kabir had good figures yestreday...better than any of Eng's bowlers. well done puthar :-D WILLIS EAT URE WORDS

[MIG]

Willis IS the status quo!! Part of the furniture at SKY and a genetic absurdity ..... cant remember what kind of player he was - I do remember him playing against Pakistan with Imran as captain.

[Daoud]

Exactly. Correct me if Im wrong, but hes also against the tree that was in Canterbury and against Asian supporters making noise and blowing horns. So if you meant being against the Status Quo meant acting like a boring old fart, then yes, I agree completey