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Will Sachin Create History Today? Alas, No

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Jan 022012

It’s 9.54 PM in New York.

We are watching the second India-Australia Test Match of the current series on our new 27-inch iMac.

And Mera Bharat Mahaan are 103-5.

Not a good score.

But India’s two great batting hopes Sachin Tendulkar and Captain M.S. Dhoni are at the crease.

Some hope still left.

It’s 9:59PM ET

India 109-5 after 37 overs.

Cool, Nice boundary by Sachin.

118-5 after 39 overs.

Sachin @ 36.

Wow, another Boundary by the Master Blaster Sachin!

India 124-5 & Sachin @ 41.

Oh, What a Shame

Sachin b James Pattinson for 41.

Disgusting!

India 124-6.

Good bowling by Pattinson. He’s got 4-wickets already.

It’s 10:17PM

And SI’s going to Bed!

No fun left in the innings any more.

Quote of the Day – Kumar Sangakkara

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Jul 052011

It’s indeed a pity that life is not cricket. If it were, we’d not have seen the festering wounds of an ignorant war.
- Sri Lankan cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara, some 31-minutes into his 2011 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s on July 4, 2011

We’ve always known, and indeed written on the SI blog, that Kumar Sangakkara was not merely a fine cricket player but an extraordinarily eloquent one as well.

In his 2011 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lords on July 4, Sangakkara showed what a fine wordsmith he is in a remarkable address on the subject Spirit of Sri Lankan Cricket.

Sangakkara delivered a scintillating summary of the story of Sri Lankan cricket deftly weaving the history of the game in the island nation with the country’s colonial history, politics, civil war, victory, defeat, corruption and political interference. Continue reading »

Quote of the Day – A Loser

Cricket, Pakistan, Quotes 12 Responses »

Apr 042011

In my opinion, if I have to tell the truth, they (Indians) will never have hearts like Muslims and Pakistanis. I don’t think they have the large and clean hearts that Allah has given us,….It is a very difficult thing for us to live with them (Indians) or to have long-term relationship with them. – Yet Another Paki loser aka Shahid Alfridi
Source: Indian Express

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Poonam Pandey Scores Maiden Century

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Apr 032011

Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?
I’ve been down to the Indian players dressing room.
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you do there?
I yelled Howzat, show me your World Cup winning bats.

Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you then do?
I said, OMG why are your bats long and hard.
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did the players say?
They said, To strike boundaries & Sixes off the Balls.

Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you then do?
I asked the players, where are your Balls
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did the players say?
They said, oh, look right behind our long & hard bats.

Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you then do?
I lifted their winning bats to look for the winning balls.
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you find?
I found many winning balls but no Sreesanth Balls.

Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did the players demand?
They said, we wanna play on your pitch, Bare all, Bare all.
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you then do
I showed ‘em my wide birthday suit.

Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you do after baring all?
I screamed Doosra, Chakka and jumped on all their winning bats.
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you do with their bats?
I went sliding up & down the long & hard bats 100 times.

Pussy cat, pussy cat, what was it like scoring a maiden century?
Oooh Yuvi, Aaah Sachin, Waah Dhoni, I had a jolly good sweating time.
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you do to all their bats?
I turned all long & hard bats into small and soft bats.
Poonam Pandey. Retired Hurt After Scoring Maiden Century

India vs Sri Lanka – India Wins World Cup

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Apr 022011

Mera Bharat Mahan – India Cricket Champions

Aha, the big day – the Cricket World Cup Finals – has arrived.

And commentators Nasser Hussain and Sourav Ganguly are going blah, blah.

It’s 4:45AM ET here in the U.S. and from our convenient perch in front of the TV, we see a huge crowd at the stadium.

SL just won the toss and opted to bat.

Kumar Sangakkara is an eloquent fella, smooth English. SL is going in with Six batsmen and five bowlers.

For India, Sreesanth is in, in place of the injured Ashish Nehra.

Final Scores
Sri Lanka 274-6 in 50 overs
India 277-4 in 48.2 overs

M.S.Dhoni is Man of the Match

Yuvraj Singh is Man of the Series

India Batting:

1:19PM ET – India is the 2011 World Cup Cricket Champion

Dhoni wraps up game with magnificent Six. India 277-4

1:12PM ET – Open the Bottles. Get Ready for the Party. India needs 16 Runs to win from 3 overs

1:01PM ET – Batting Powerplay Starts. Will we see Fireworks Now?

12:58PM ET – Yuvraj survives lbw Review. 33 Runs needed from 33 balls

12:55PM ET – Close shave for Dhoni on Run Out.

12:53PM – Nice Six from Dhoni India 240-4 after 44 overs

12:43 PM – Much Needed boundary. 227-4

12:40PM ET – Holy Christ! Gautam Gambhir (97) out b Thisara Perera. Needless shot. India 223-4

12:28PM ET – Rajinikanth’s presence working magic. India 210-3 after 39 overs

12:21PM ET – Folks, are we looking at an Indian Victory? India 204-3 after 38 overs

12:06PM ET – Keep going, guys! India 183-3 after 35 overs.

11:46AM ET – Wow, at last Dhoni hits a Boundary. Is it the Rajinikanth magnetic waves? India 157-3 after 31 overs.

11:44AM ET – India Safe as long as Rajinikanth is in the stadium

11:43AM ET – India 151-3 after 30 overs.

11:13AM – Indian captain MS Dhoni walks in.

11:12AM ET - Holy Christ. Virat Kohli c & b Dilshan. Awesome catch. India 114-3

11:08AM ET – After 20 overs, India 105-2; SL were 83-2 after 20 overs

11:02AM ET – India close to 100 milestone. 99-2 after 19 overs

10:52AM ET – 16 overs up. India 86-2

10:39AM ET – The spinners come on. Suraj Randiv is the bowler.

10:37AM ET – 13 overs up. Mercifully no more wickets down. India 68-2. Run Rate 5.23

10:15AM ET – India 35-2 after 9 overs.

10:10AM ET – **Is India F*cked?**

10:08AM ET – India in trouble. 32-2 Wicket Maiden over from Malinga.

10:02AM ET - Holy Christ. Sachin Tendulkar Out c Kumar Sangakkara b Lalisth Malinga India 31-2 in 6.1 overs. Virat Kohli walks in

10:00AM ET – India 31-1 after 6 overs

9:52AM ET – Couple of nice boundaries by Sachin. India 26-1 after 4 overs.

9:47AM ET – Nice fielding by SL. India 15-1 after 3 overs

9:37AM ET – Not a Good start. India 4-1 at the end of first over

9:34AM ET – Gautam Gambhir walks in.

9:31 AM – Holy Christ! Virender Sehwag Out lbw Lasith Malinga India 0-1

9:29AM ET – Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar have walked in. A lot rides on these top-order batsmen if India wants to lift the cup. Lasith Malinga is their opening bowler.

Sri Lanka Batting:

**** 9:13AM ET – If we were the betting kind, we’d wager India has only a 40% chance of victory given SL’s solid score and the unpredictability of our batsmen lately.

9:11AM ET – Feeling very nervous! This one’s gonna be very tough for India.

9:08AM ET – SL Sets a tough target for India 274-6. Shame, 63 Runs come from the Powerplay.

9:02AM ET – 1 over left. SL 256-6

8:57 AM ET – Jai Hanuman. Kulasekara run out SL heading to a Decent Total. After 48 overs, SL 248-6 Superb innings by Mahela Jayawardena 100 NO

8:52AM ET – 3 overs left & SL 231-5

8:33AM ET – Eating Poori for breakfast. Poori always works for Indian victory. No kidding. If India wins today, remember our Poori played a role. SL 205-5 after 44 overs.

8:30AM ET – SL 199-5 after 43 overs

8:25AM ET - Good News. SL unlikely to go beyond 225-235.

8:20AM ET – After 41 overs, SL 186-5

8:16AM ET – Jai Hanuman Chamara Kapugedara Out c Suresh Raina b Zaheer Khan SL 182-5

8:12 AM ET – How did we manage all these years without the review system.

8:08AM ET – Jai Hanuman Samaraweera (21) Out lbw Yuvraj Singh. SL 179-4

****8:05AM ET – Thank You looks like another of Akshay Kumar’s Leave Your Brains at Home movies.

8:00AM ET – Kinda getting boring now. No fireworks. SL 171-3 after 37 overs

7:48AM ET – SL 155-3 after 34 overs

7:41AM ET – Cricket Legend (don’t ask who, there’s only one) comes in to bowl.

7:39AM ET – Close shave for Samaraweera! Hard decision to make. SL 143-3

7:35AM ET – Hang Sreesanth. Hang Sreesanth. Hang Sreesanth. 8-0-52-0

7:29AM ET – After 30 overs, SL 132-3

7:15AM ET – Jai Hanuman.Kumar Sangakkara (48) c Dhoni b Yuvraj. SL 122-3. Samaraweera walks in.

7:06AM ET – SL 105-2 after 25 overs

6:50AM ET – Worried. Yuvraj Singh comes in to bowl. SL 86-2 after 21 overs.

6:45AM ET - Sreesanth MUST go. Look at the figures below:

Sreesanth – 6-0-39-0
Zaheer Khan 5-3-6-1
Harbajan Singh 3-0-17-1

6:37AM ET – How Blessed we are. Saw Indian Movie stars Rajinikanth aka GOD, Ranbhir Kapoor, Saif Ali Kkan, Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan in the stadium. Did we miss any one?

6:34AM ET – Indian Hanumans creating chaos in Sri Lankan fortress

6:33AM ET – Can India retain the momentum? That is the BIG question. Mahela Jayawardena is new batsman in.

6:29AM ET – Jai Hanuman. Dilshan bowled Harbajan Singh. SL 60-2 in 16.3 overs. Singh is King.

6:27AM ET – Another wicket would be nice. SL 60-1 after 16 overs

6:20AM ET – Singh is here. Harbajan Singh to bowl his first over.

6:12AM ET – SL 54-1 after 13 overs. Very Expensive over from Sreesanth. Was it 15 runs conceded?

****6:05AM ET – God exists! Just saw God in the stadium oops Rajinikanth

5:52AM ET – After 10 overs, SL 31-1

****5:50AM ET – Willow TV good reception so far. Watching on TV today.

5:46AM ET – Just saw Presidents of India & SL in the stadium. Can Pratiba Patil even spell kirkett?

5:38AM ET – India sitting pretty. 19-1 after 7 overs.

5:33AM ET – SL Captain Kumar Sangakkara walks in.

5:32AM ET – Jai Hanuman. Tharanga is chow c Sehwag b Zaheer SL 17-1. Nice diving catch.

5:28AM ET – Sreesanth is beginning to worry us. 2 boundaries in 3 balls. SL 17-0 after 6 overs.

5:25AM ET – Wonderpool, Wonderpool; Another Maiden Over from Zaheer Khan. SL 9-0 after 5 overs.

5:17AM ET – Wonderful. A maiden over from Zaheer Khan. Need more such overs.

5:14AM – Suresh Raina is the Eknath Solkar of our era. Any of you schmucks heard of Eknath Solkar?

****5:13AM ET -The Stupid “My Name is Maya…husband Kamal stupid Sri Lanka matrimony ad again.

5:12AM ET -2 Overs up & SL are 7-0

5:07AM ET – Sreesanth bowling. Hope he’s not expensive.

5:02AM ET – Zaheer Khan is opening bowler. Tharanga and Dilshan are the batsmen.

God, Let it be 1983 All Over Again

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Apr 012011

The last World Cup Cricket final we watched was in 1983.

That was when, mouth agape and a heady excitement coursing through our veins, we saw on a 20-inch Black & White TV a toothy Kapil Dev and his boys lifting the huge, gleaming cup at Lord’s, champagne gushing out of the bottle in Kapil’s hands and the lads bringing a rare glory back to India.

Those were the spring years of our life, not the current waning winter years when all our leaves have fallen to the ground.

In the years since, we’ve either been too busy or too dizzy and not had much time for cricket or much else (it’s highly unlikely we’ll be around to watch another World Cup Finals).

While we were in our Rip van Winkle phase vis-a-vis cricket, the Indian cricket team too has never put its best foot forward in the years since.

And the Cup has always eluded them after 1983.

Fast forward 28 years. India has now entered the finals to be played tomorrow April 2 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

And a nation holds its collective breath!

Neither Favorites Nor Underdogs
Notwithstanding the bibulous babble of the idiots, India is not the favorite tomorrow in the match against Sri Lanka.

Neither is India the underdog.

Having watched most of the matches this 2011 World Cup, we’d say both finalists Sri Lanka and India are evenly matched.

India has a strong batting lineup in Sachin Tendulkar, Virendar Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh and M.S. Dhoni but our boys are also capable of suffering from the sudden death syndrome, where most of them get out for just a few dozen runs. Remember the disaster against South Africa?

Our fielding has been none too impressive either. With exceptions like Suresh Raina, most of our boys waddle like fat pigs after a big meal on the ground.

Our bowling too has not had fire though the last match was a bit of a pleasant surprise.

No Pushover
Sri Lanka is not going to be a pushover tomorrow.

Not by any stretch of the imagination.

Sri Lanka has powerful strikers of the ball in Upul Taranga, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara. All of them have proved their mettle in the 2011 World Cup.

The Sri Lankans are agile on the field.

And our Southern neighbors’ bowling, both in spin and pace, is not found wanting either.

After all, Muttiah Muralitharan, who may or may not bowl tomorrow depending on his injury, is a spin legend who is the highest wicket taker in both tests and one-day internationals.

Play Your Best, Boys
India has the psychological advantage of the crowd support but that’s not going to be enough.

Only if our boys play their best cricket tomorrow, 2011 could, well, witness a replay of 1983.

Any missteps with the bat, ball or on the field will produce nothing but agony to a billion plus Indian fans who will be watching the match from different corners of the world.

That’s one Action Replay all Indian fans, whether they are in America like us, or like SI blog readers spread out in the Middle East, Australia, Canada, England, India, New Zealand or elsewhere, would love to watch again and again and again.

Mera Bharat Mahaan.

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