Category: Cricket
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Good Weekend
Had a great weekend. Watched 300 – I would call it a decent movie. Watchable. Nothing great. The movie has awesome graphics and some midblowing sequences, like the one where a Spartan kills a Rhino, but what the movie lacks is the ability to get the audience involved in the movie. The movie has lots…
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World Cup Memories – ‘92
Aparajith writes here about his memories of the 1992 Benson and Hedges Cricket World Cup. Here is what I remember most about that tournament. Miandad jumping up and down – mimicking Kiran More’s appeal. Crowe and Greatbatch batting for NZ. Dipak Patel opening the bowling for NZ. The ridiculous 21 off 1 ball for SA…
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Return of the Prince
The Nagpur ODI signalled the return of our very own Dada to international cricket and a return that was not supposed to be. Go and read GreatBong’s thoughts on it. True. However, this fairy tale has come true. And really, how could it not? It had a prince in it. Awesome!!
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Sledging from the crowd!!
From Cricinfo: Message of the day: And just when Graeme Smith thought it couldn’t get any worse. Two South African fans, shirtless and no doubt fuelled with lager, took out a banner soon after lunch. “Smith: Hope you’d scored more with Minki [van der Westhuizen],” it said, a reference to his former girlfriend. So much…
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India Wins!!
India has won the first test against South Africa by 123 runs, and has won back cricketing fans who had waned away after the one day performances in the past year. On another happy note, Delhi HC has convicted Manu Sharma in the Jessica Lall murder case. Immense happiness comes.