Archive for April, 2006
Sure sounds like another way of saying “Whee!”. The actual product name for Nintendo’s new game console that was hitherto known as Revolution.
Wiird! (Hey, if they can say that “Wii” is pronounced “we”, I can write wiird!)
So is it money that pulled back Afridi, 26 (or 36?), back into Test cricket? A quick chat, a realisation that he would lose money and viola! He’s back! Whatever!
Afridi, who has played 24 tests and 224 one-day internationals, has
been given a grade one central contract by the PCB. Shaharyar made it
clear that if he [...]
Venkatesh Prasad v Aamir Sohail
1996 World Cup, Bangalore
Chasing India's score of 287-8, pakistan got off to a flyer of a start, Amir Sohail and Saeed Anwar went about tearing the Indian bowling attack. Pakistan looked all set to win as they reached 110 odd for the loss of just 1 wicket within the 15 overs. [...]
If this report is anything to go by, chances are that Australia may just rest some of their key players at the suggestion of Jeff Thomson.
His sentiments about the event and his views on it are nicely summed thus:
“In the end, if we don’t win the Champions Trophy who really gives a toss?” Thomson [...]
India have had a hectic couple of years. As have the other top teams. But isn't that the price to pay for being good? Everyone wants to see you in action. So you play…
To be honest, it's not too different from a football club. Take Manchester United for example. In an average month, they play [...]
And he’s going nowhere for another 3 years at least… I hope. Man this guy has done it all… just hope he rises to the top of the Test run-scorers’ list soon.
Brian Lara, Allan Border and Steve Waugh are above him. Two of the three are retired and that should make catching up with Lara [...]
That immortal 'art' that has now been fine tuned by the Aussies has been around for as long as the game has been…Wiki refers to sledging as 'exchanging words with opposition player(s) which can put him(them) off their usual game; it is an attempt to "psych out" an opponent'. Cricket is a very interesting game, [...]
For once, there seems to be some sense about this business in China. A court has ordered Carrefour to pay LVMH damages for use of their logo on fake goods.
Wonder whether the same ruling would have happened if the offending company was a Chinese local one and not a multinational.
One wonders…
Full Story here.
It would sure seem as though that were the case especially where it concerns India-Pakistan cricket. What?
Read more about the next 18 months of competition between these teams.
M S Dhoni has finally scaled it to the top of the rankings of the LG ICC ODI Batting Rankings. He displaced Ricky Ponting to reach the landmark and interestingly, it has taken him just 37 ODIs to reach the spot.
Powered by seven 50s and two 100s, Dhoni has had a huge impact on the [...]
Have to say that I do agree with this to some extent. Too much cricket between these two nations. And what's with the niceties?
Technorati Tags: cricket, india, pakistan, sports
Jason Gillespie and Matthew Hayden, it turns out, were planning to run nude after Dizzy's double hundred in the second Test against Bangladesh. Thankfully, they have reconsidered it:
As Dizzy said,
…""Don't know about that one, being in a Muslim country," he told the
Australian Associated Press. "I don't know if it would be perceived
right."…
Of course it won't [...]
With Tendulkar deciding to skip the ODIs in the West Indies, is this the start of the end of his career? Can one expect him to altogether give up one form of the game soon to extend another? Which would he choose?
Tough call, indeed!
Camera toss is a technique that involves literally tossing the camera around to capture an artistic image. Like the one of the Indian flag below.
Check out more such photos by offstage4 on Flickr and here is some more information about the technique including more awesome pics.
And no, we are not talking about India’s population for once! That is the number of Kalashnikov rifles (AK-47) that have ever been manufactured. Interestingly, only 12 per cent of these have been in Russia. Hm.
Seriously, is it something to be proud of that you have created a weapon so deadly that it is ‘reliable [...]
Jack Dawson is back. Meet him all over again, as he gets ready to explore a new world.
Now the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) can be held responsible for a lot of things. But censoring on-air commentators is something I would have thought they would not indulge in. Apparently, that opinion stands altered. Or should it? For one, the man raising the stink is none other than former England [...]
Finally, someone else says what I have been harping about for a while. Whew!
"…Those of us who thought things couldn't get worse than DD's coverage,when we almost invariably missed one ball per over, have now been greeted by a brand new cricketing phenomenon – the four ball over – courtesy Nimbus via Sahara One. In [...]
There are plenty of exciting cricket teams in world cricket today but South Africa is definitely not one of them. Ever since Cronje-gate hit them and they plunged into the depths of match-fixing (one outcome of which has been that Gibbs does not come to play in the subcontinent), they have not been the world [...]
The much-vaunted Indian bench-strength has been exposed and pretty badly at that after today's loss. Virender Sehwag, captaining in the absence of Rahul Dravid, lasted exactly five balls and did not even bowl. Why don't Indian captains who can bowl, don't bowl? Ganguly was another such captain.
Mohammed Kaif continues his bad form, but at least [...]
Captain of the West Indies cricket team, Shivnarine Chanderpaul has resigned. In a statement, he said:
“…I would like to take this opportunity to tender my resignation as captain with immediate effect. This would give me an opportunity to focus on my batting and other areas of my cricket …where I would be able to make [...]
Following is the transcript of a radio ad for Kaya Skin Clinic:
Wife: Darling, how do I look?Husband: Ummm… niceW: Just nice?H: LovelyW: Only Lovely?H: You look beautiful.W: You know, that’s what I like about you. It’s 5 in the morning and you think I look beautiful.H: You know, I mean it.VO: Kaya Skin Clinic. For [...]
The above are not keywords for SEO. Back in 84, that did not exist. But Apple, advertising and technology did. And how brilliantly they came together in this campaign that ran in Newsweek’s November/December Special.
Take a look and drown in the nostalgia that is Apple. They are still as good, btw. Just wish they would [...]
And another PhD. student joins the ranks or Larry and Sergey. And more revolutionizing of the search engine to happen. I will be truly amazed only when a search engine can throw up a result as I think of a query. Hmmm… there’s an idea for a PhD!Whooppee!!
Leander Paes reminds me of the Duracell ad (or was it the Energizer one?) where the bunny (I think it was Duracell) just keeps going on and on and on (or maybe Energizer…). 17 years he’s been there and will be around for some more. One hopes. Either way, he has more then outlasted both [...]
Only if you are in China, though! For this mobile service provider has cancelled services of 19,000 people. Wonder if the Indian cellcos would comply like this with the government. In times when numbers mean more numbers (you get the drift, eh?), it’s unlikely. What?
This is the second time that India is in the middle of a good run of victories. The last time it happened was back in 2003 during the World Cup. And obviously, I would like to rate that higher despite opposition like Namibia and Kenya (twice) figuring in the list. But India’s current run against [...]
At first I thought, I was dreaming. Then I pinched myself hard. Let me tell you that can hurt. But once I confirmed that I was indeed awake, it was rather interesting to note that the minnows of world cricket were totally whipping the big boys. Bangladesh ended day 1 of the first Test at [...]
I was pretty sure that the vice-captain of the Indian team was Yuvraj Singh. Then why is it being said that it's Virender Sehwag? Worse, still, if Yuvi was the vice-captain, why is Sehwag the captain in the absence of Dravid?
And it sure is nice to know that Pres. Kalam is interested in the cricket [...]
For a long time now, I have controlled the urge to comment on this, but I no longer want to do that. In it’s so-called effort to ensure that there was no one channel monopolising the cricket coverage and that it got the maximum money out of the broadcast deal, the BCCI has once again [...]
