Monday was a riveting day in the world of cricket and it reiterated the belief that soap operas are not needed when you have an action packed day in the world of cricket.
As South African cricket tragic awoke across the beautiful republic, the Devil was playing a game of cat and mouse in the subcontinent as VVS Laxman saved yet another Test which is the only thing VVS seems to do these days. Of course saving a Test match is something that you rarely do on your own and right by his side was Twatajhan Singh who annoyed, irritated and irked the New Zealand bowlers almost as much as he did every other Bahji basher across the world. The Turdunator went on to score his maiden Test ton and a collective sigh echoed across South Africa while most cricket tragics poured hot coffee onto their laps just to make sure they weren’t dreaming.
Lucky for us there was a man with a plan who knew that it would never do to have Twatajhan steal the headlines. This man is Zulqarnain “Zuli” Haider. Zuli decided that leaving an abrupt message on his Facebook page and then jetsetting off to London to meet with that Mahmood guy about possible career opportunities was the best way to steal Twatajhan’s thunder. Of course, the issue is more serious than this and if rumours are to be believed Zuli and his family have been threatened because he didn’t play nice with the bookies. Let’s hope that this whole melodrama in Pakistan finally comes to the boil and explodes to we can finally know just how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Despite Zuli being missing there was still a series decider to be played and South Africa and Pakistan locked horns for the fifth ODI in the UAE. The Mighty Hashim Amla was on top form as usual and JP Duminy let rip to help South Africa to a rather competitive total while Pakistan self destructed like the bookies instructed them to and the fickle fans clapped and cheered as Biff lifted the ‘trophy’.
Proving just how fickle they are and how far they’ve got their heads up their own arses, though, a number of Saffa fans fired insults at the Pakistanis at the ground who apparently showed some love in the form of huge BOOOOOOOS when Ijaz Butt stepped up to hand Hashim some or other award (there were tons of them). All was well again in Saffa land with the trauma of the century scored earlier the day forgotten and arrogance engrossing the Proteas supporters who are full of talk about how India are complete toast when they come to visit our shores later this year….
Don’t you just love it when a cricket day comes full circle?