Archive for March, 2006
Asks Sir Geoffrey of the English team after they meekly surrendered in the first ODI. They had no business losing, he says.
And as usual, he skims no words in blasting the English batting:
Also, cricket is as much about mental application as it is about talent. You can have all the talent in the world, but [...]
India won another close call at Faridabad and managed to go up 2-0 in the ongoing 7-match ODI series against England. But despite the two wins, the signs are not too good and India needs to make some quick amendments to its thinking, strategising and execution to ensure that luck does not desert them.
This was [...]
In slightly bad taste, this one, but it's good for a laugh. Once, mind you.
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Being captain, main batsman and having to deal with being the first captain in almost 20 years to lose the Ashes cannot be easy. But Ricky Ponting is one guy who seems torevel in this. Except probably the Ashes part! Since taking over as captain, Punter has been in the form of his life. Forget [...]
Britney Spears, is who I am talking about. Art is about expression and only an artist could understand why another artist may have created something. One hopes, anyway! So what do you make of this sculpture of BS giving birth? (p.s.: BS=Britney Spears despite all other connotations!)
Often, seen written behind cabs and autos and trucks and even cars sporting the message "Keep safe distance". This raises two questions: Isn't distance safe anyways? If not, how much distance is safe distance?
Being a student of Physics, I would like to argue that rather than distance, one would be better off writing "Keep safe [...]
Like monsoon follows summer,
like winter follows monsoon,
like a boy follows a girl,
like a dog follows its master,
like a politicial follows votes,
like the weatherman goes wrong,
like a politician lies,
like controversy follows salman khan,
like salman khan follows aishwarya rai,
like life goes on,like death follows life,
like I follow cricket…
the Indian team will have an inexplicible match
and it will [...]
No, this is not a movie review, but more of how things change in 7 days. My last post was exactly 7 days ago and since then, I have seen a fair few many changes… India won the 2nd Test, Australia and South Africa slugged it out in the best ODI ever (debatable!) and I [...]
Inspired by this post by Anil and an older one of my own, I decided to list down things I miss about home (Pune)… the list is largely similar to the one in my earlier post (almost exactly a year ago), but there are now some additions:
I miss the small lanes of Pune… Bhandarkar Road, [...]
I did not want to hold her hostage. It was not something I did out of choice. It was the animal inside me urging me on… I did not enjoy holding her hostage… why would I? I’m not a sadist neither am I a terrorist. I’m you regular guy. Watching TV, having coffee, talking nonsense [...]
Desicritic of the day
Gee… I really don’t know what to say! Thanks!
I have changed cities twice in the last three years and as you’d imagine, it is quite a nightmare keeping in touch with friends, colleagues (ex and current) and at times even family. Thankfully, my moves were restricted to the small 200km Mumbai-Pune area. But still, the problem persists.
Part of the problem is that Mumbai, [...]
Right from the time I caught this year’s Filmfare Awards (this is the last time the name is mentioned in the post; also, tacky site, open at own risk) on TV, I was wondering why they look so bad. Then came the Zee Cine Awards on Saturday and my mind was in further turmoil. And [...]
One day that I cannot watch the game, and it’s hell! What’ve you guys done?!? First, India’s inability to polish off the tail is back with a bang (it was showing signs of a resurgence since the Pak tour) as is the well… fear of opening, shall we say?
Sehwag has fallen disastrously to swing on [...]
ENG: 393 all out; IND: 136/1
It would be difficult to say which team has the advantage at this point. England battled very hard through Paul Collingwood and Steve Harmison (batting!) to post a more than respectable 393 in the first innings. While most pundits, fans and Indians would have hoped that India restrict the English [...]
It would seem so, according to the new controversy in the ongoing saga between the current coach and former captain. Greg Chappell has been quoted as saying “…What I didn’t realise at that stage was how utterly important to his life and finances being captain was” in The Guardian.
So what happened to the multi-crore printing business [...]
If the English supporters at the VCA ground in Nagpur are not the Barmy Army, where are they? In any case, they don’t seem to be too popular among the other English supporters. Wonder why!
Man I miss the calypso cricket! Where are the Brian Laras and Courtney Walsh’s and Curtly Ambroses? Heck, I’d even settle for the Carl Hoopers right now! By that, I don’t mean Hooper was any less a player than the gentlemen mentioned before, but just that he wasn’t exactly the flamboyant, outrageously talented and athletic [...]
ENG: 246/7 (Cook 60, Collingwood 53*; Pathan 3/52, Sreesanth 2/56)
As expected, India pretty much controlled Day 1 of the first Test at Nagpur, but not without some stoic resistance from the England top and middle order. Unfortunately for the hosts, no one went on to make a big score, but they could have been worse off [...]
Most of the English supporters seem to be throwing into the towel even before the series is truly underway. But the batting performance of the team on the first morning has not been as bad as was being predicted. They held their own to reach a respectable 89-2 at lunch. Not too bad, I say.
One [...]
