Some great performances by bowlers after having to watch them get massacred all around the world. Ntini gets a five-for last night. A total of 250 runs scored for around 16 wickets in 80 overs few days back. Does anyone remember the joke that was 860 runs in less than 100 overs ?? Forget the dustbowls and enjoy watching batsman shiver when Bond and Ntini run upto the crease. Just implement the two-bouncers rule and get the C back in Cricket. Good. Finger-licking Good.
The splurge of One Day cricket being played. Hail to everyone who calls it Pyjama Cricket. With Innerwear Cricket (20/20 for the uninitiated) just around the corner, soon everyone is going to forget how to fend a rising delivery. Bad. Mind-numbingly bad.
Surprises, and a good number of them. Perennial dark horses New Zealand showing their team is far greater than the sum of it's individuals. An old and considered-dead dynasty called West Indies cricket resuscitating itself back to life. Renowned chokers SA preparing for a slug fest against Aus to rekindle some old rivalries. Good. Fist pumping good.
Which smart aleck thought of this format ?? A six-match parade of mediocre cricket capped off with the biggest of them all, Zimbabwe Vs Bangladesh. [ For Football fans: Andorra vs Liechenstein For NFL fans: Texans vs Raiders ] Who makes these decisions anyway ?? Bad. Are-you-out-of-your-minds Bad.
No dead rubbers towards the end of the round robin stages with most matches being a virtual Quarter-Final or atleast with playoff (if I could use that word ;-)) implications. Good. Thank-goodness-for-that Good.
The World cup is six months away. The World cup. The biggest prize in ODIs. Just six months away. What business on earth is a tournament called the mini world cup doing this point of the year ?? Ah, the bottomless coffers of the cricket boards. Bad. Greedy-dirty-swines Bad.
At the ristk of speaking too soon, the Australian cricket team biting dust. Good. Heart warmingly good.
The blue billion ads with Shah Rukh Khan and Sourav Ganguly. Bad. Singularly Bad.
Probably the strongest wake up call to the Indian team before the World Cup. The boot is polished and shined to kick out complacent batsmen like Virender "Footwork is for Michael Jackson" Sehwag, Suresh "I field like nuts and I bat for peanuts" Raina, Mohammad "Heck, First I need a place to bat" Kaif, Irfan "Am I a batsman or a bowler or both or neither" Pathan and Yuvraj "I like to relax for 15 matches after a century" Singh. Good. Billion times Good.
Extraaaaa Innings. How does it feel to be a Yorkshireman or a Southern Australian and listen to a sitting Member of Pariliament who is hell bent on inventing ridiculous idioms in your mother tongue at the drop of a turban ("You have to break an egg to make an omlette. You have to break out of your shell to score runs")and intellectually stimulating questions like "If India play well, they would win. Wouldn't they ??" from an afternoon soap opera queen wearing strapless tops ?? Bad. Barfing Bad.
Empty stadiums. The average Indian cricket sports fan is known for his globalalised knowledge in cricket. S/he never used to care who played whom as long as it was a worthwhile matchup. May his/her soul rest in peace. If India fails to make it to the Semis, the coffer-totting cricket boards and the the sponsors can buy a khadi-kraft towel and cover their heads. Bad, for the disappearing love of sports and Good, for the sucker-punch to the greedy cricket boards.
Friday, October 27, 2006
I Love It - I Love It Not
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6 comments:
Excellent post.As a fellow cricket lover,totally agree.
"underwear cricket","footwork for MJ"---> ROFL.
Guess the "Krikkit Wars" are on again... ;-) On the rampage again, Tyler.. Good one.. caustic-lip-smakingly cynical good one.. ;-)
Completely agree.
It is good to see the bowlers on top. I totally disagree with the fact that pitches that are tough to bat on are bad pitches, thats a totally biased view.
Our players do need a kick on their backside, and fast too. Surely we'll be murdered in SA.
About the empty stadiums, as Manjrekar said "Indian cricket is a religion in India", not cricket in general. Our board wasn't too keen on this tournament as most of the money goes to the ICC, so our boards actually don't lose too much.
like you said "We can actually gloat saying great minds things alike. But fearing public indignation, we can also resign ourselves to the fact that fools seldom differ."
[Just that I'm lazy]
@Rajeev
Now that we are off to RSA, I don't think we can't agree enough ;-)
@The Soliloquist
Thanks mate. The Krikkit Wars never end. Not here. Not in our lives. ;-)
@Max
The ODIs are plain lotteries, so let them do whatever. I just want us to win a test, and if possible, tie the test series. That's all I ask.
@G
Tell me about it. When was the last time you did a quiz ?? Lazy is just not the word.
Good one!
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