November 2009

..and thus the prodigal returneth. So?

November 27, 2009

Shantakumaran Sreesanth. When he took the 5-40 against the Saffas at Johannesburg, people cheered, bats were swung, minstrels performed for an extra 15 minutes, and transitional meditation prices soared above 18k a day. Dollars. cut to yesterday Sreesanth, or Freesanth took 5-75 on a spinner friendly wicket (who makes these proclamations?) and every person worth [...]

0 comments Read the post…

To Asif. Or not to Asif.

November 25, 2009

Mohammad Asif took three wickets on his comeback from dope. He celebrated his comeback by not smoking up. The times, they are a changing. We are talking about the first test between New Zealand and Pakistan at Dunedin, an ancient village full of sand dunes back in the day. No? Pakistan have bowled well, but [...]

0 comments Read the post…

Kanpur Tried and Tested. Again.

November 24, 2009

The second test between India and Sri Lanka kicks off today. As I type this, Sehwag has already hit three consecutive fours off Muralidharan. He is batting on 115 off 110, and Gambhir is on 89 off 120 odd. What more can I say. Apart from this. Do not go there. This is what I [...]

0 comments Read the post…

Obvious Fast Bowler Statement #1

November 23, 2009

Never mind the image on your left, here is what I am talking about: ‘Australia are beatable’ – Jerome Taylor This is at the same level as some of these statements: red and blue are different colours wars tend to be violent in nature ice cream is not hot If you think you have a [...]

0 comments Read the post…

The Test of an ODI century

November 23, 2009

I am not a big fan of players being over-proud of runs made under easy circumstances. So much so that I was disappointed when Sachin Tendulkar wanted to continue batting to get to his 43rd century even after the game had been saved. What I am a fan of, is a great cricket blog known [...]

0 comments Read the post…

Dhoni injured, Karthik flown in

November 23, 2009

Dinesh Karthik has been put on a plane to Kanpur from wherever he was earlier today. The reason – MS Dhoni seems to be injured. Just hold on till I Google what injury we are talking about here. Yeah, thanks for staying. Apparently, its  pinkie injury. I say that for lack of knowledge about which [...]

0 comments Read the post…

Howzat!!! No, really

November 19, 2009

Howzat! That is what players screamed during the ancient (pre 1950) era of cricket – an era when cricket was at its purest. An era when bowling short caused major changes in the rules. An era when there was no Cricket Game available. An era when cricket wasn’t just a game. Q. What does that [...]

0 comments Read the post…

India vs Australia 6th ODI Preview and LIVE!

November 8, 2009

HERO HONDA CUP 2009 India vs Australia 6th ODI Guwahati 9:00 AM IST Australia leads the 7 game ODI series by 3-2   Sometimes, the proverbial blogger gets proverbially bored of a proverbial ever-lasting series. Who invented such long series anyways. Teams take things for granted initially, then there is nothing left to take. There [...]

0 comments Read the post…

Saurav Ganguly back as KKR skipper

November 6, 2009

Saurav Ganguly has developed a knack of defying all public opinion and make astonishing comebacks. This one cannot be categorised as a comeback though. After all, he was never quite out of reckoning. With the IPL-3 scheduled to be held in India, the Kolkatans would have surely smirked at a McCullum captaining their side with [...]

14 comments Read the post…

Sachin falls short as India follows suit

November 6, 2009

It is tough being Sachin Tendulkar. But we already know that. No one, after years of globalisation and media exposure, believed that India would come close to chasing down 350 odd runs. The 3 run defeat doesn’t hurt as much as a particular feeling does. A feeling of how Sachin would have felt after the [...]

0 comments Read the post…

← Previous Entries