The last few months have been rough following cricket. It’s been not so much watching cricket as taking the piss. It’s easier to do cartoons, ramble on; long time I wrote a cricket lyric, is there a lyric left in cricket? Modi’s been ideal for the toons, Pak’s politics too, and they both lend themselves to a page 2 format – which is what Bored Cricket Crazy Indians always was. But beyond the Pg 2 histrionics, you gotta have some real sport. If what we watch are cricket cartoons, then no toon we make can match up.
There’s a test series on in the Windies, not watching, but then nor are the players. Spare a thought for Robin Jackman and Ian Bishop, being paid is one thing, to be enthused as they are, is forgery beyond the call of duty.
In all this, thank god for England, more than beating Australia, it’s as if they beat themselves. You gotta keep looking, who knows, after the white ball, they’ll turn to a football.
June 29, 2010
June 27, 2010
Made it.
If there was one cricket stadium in the world I had to get my hands on, it was this: At Dharamsala. Infiltrating into India from POK is easier, here they gave me the run-around like I was Yuvraj Singh. Once I sneaked in, the caterers told me I needed permission from Chauhan Sahb. Which is when I saw some workers walk through, I lifted a shovel and walked in myself. On my way out, the caterers pointed Chauhan sahb to me. I shouted my Namaste Chauhan Sahb! He waved back like I was Yuvraj Singh.
On Bored: Cricket in the heavens
June 20, 2010
Next in the Pak entourage
The old India beaters are all there: Aqib Javed, Ijaz Ahmed, excellent prop the latter makes. As disgruntled as ever, to keep him that way, he is not allowed a chair. He stands, angrily, channelizing his negative energy on to India. And Aqib Javed, fresh from spitting at his mates in that hearing, is hawk eye, stumpcam all rolled into one; he stands too. Waqar Younis clean-shaven and all, looks more the bowler that yorked India. He sits, somewhat confused.
Why stop at them, bring on Zaheer Abbas and Javed Miandad while you're at it. Ramiz Raja anyone? Wouldn't that be nice.
Why stop at them, bring on Zaheer Abbas and Javed Miandad while you're at it. Ramiz Raja anyone? Wouldn't that be nice.
June 16, 2010
Who are these Micromax guys
They put their name to the Micromax Cup in Zim, and now in Lanka – but what restraint, if they had put their name to the Micromax Cup, it really should have been the Micromax Micromax Cup. But then they think micro to the max.
I’ve just been at the About Us page at Micromax.com - never felt so stoned. There’s the homepage, that has Twinkle of course.
Once you visit their site you will watch the Micromax Asia Cup. And pigs fly.
On Bored: Is it the Asia Cup
I’ve just been at the About Us page at Micromax.com - never felt so stoned. There’s the homepage, that has Twinkle of course.
Once you visit their site you will watch the Micromax Asia Cup. And pigs fly.
On Bored: Is it the Asia Cup
June 14, 2010
June 09, 2010
India needs a Saurav
Even if his name's spelt Saurabh. Here's Saurabh Tiwary's cricket life so far. And here is his India A Captain Che Pujara's cricket life so far. Btw Saurabh's full name is Saurabh Sunil Tiwary.
Good luck, kid. I have nothing against you, I just have something more for Che. We did talk a lot about Che on BCC! . It's just that the other BCCI picks the team.
On Bored: Nobody was picked, Nobody was dropped (after writing this post, I did think about Che, is he a nobody too? The next Subramaniam Badrinath - is that what they'll make of him?)
Good luck, kid. I have nothing against you, I just have something more for Che. We did talk a lot about Che on BCC! . It's just that the other BCCI picks the team.
On Bored: Nobody was picked, Nobody was dropped (after writing this post, I did think about Che, is he a nobody too? The next Subramaniam Badrinath - is that what they'll make of him?)
June 08, 2010
Should Yuvraj have been dropped now
It should not have come to this, Yuvi should have been rested much earlier. I recall chats with SP way before this IPL, when we thought there was no way Yuvi was fit, leave alone match fit.
In the past, some seniors, esp Sachin, prefer a break when the going's not too great. At no time in his career, can I recall Sachin being dropped. He usually rests himself. And it's often after failed world cup campaigns.
Each team has at least one, if not two players, that they refuse to drop no matter what - they are the star players, the cricketing face of the nation. It is the cricket board's job to shepherd these players through rough times. Btw do you recall Ponting being dropped in the last ten years?
While Yuvi is nowhere near Sachin's stature, maybe not even level with MSD, but he's definitely No. 3 when it comes to the commercial face, however warped, of Indian cricket.
That doesn't bother me either. I'm all for dropping anyone and everyone, call it rest, drop, just clear the furniture. That's been the problem with Yuvraj, he's been costly furniture for a while, and it's cost India plenty, esp in the T20 World Cup. Add to Yuvi, the luxuries of having Yusuf Pathan in the side, and you know, the Indian team had an expense account eating into its performance.
I don't think dropping Yuvi was easy for the selectors, they just could not hold on to him any more. With similar showings, lesser mortals like Sehwag have been dropped many times over in the past.
In Yuvi's case, more than dropping him, it's like dropping the market forces that allow him to levitate in the field. The thud-landing was coming, it's a shame it took so long. Now why am I thinking of Ishant Sharma....
On Bored: What Yuvi did...
In the past, some seniors, esp Sachin, prefer a break when the going's not too great. At no time in his career, can I recall Sachin being dropped. He usually rests himself. And it's often after failed world cup campaigns.
Each team has at least one, if not two players, that they refuse to drop no matter what - they are the star players, the cricketing face of the nation. It is the cricket board's job to shepherd these players through rough times. Btw do you recall Ponting being dropped in the last ten years?
While Yuvi is nowhere near Sachin's stature, maybe not even level with MSD, but he's definitely No. 3 when it comes to the commercial face, however warped, of Indian cricket.
That doesn't bother me either. I'm all for dropping anyone and everyone, call it rest, drop, just clear the furniture. That's been the problem with Yuvraj, he's been costly furniture for a while, and it's cost India plenty, esp in the T20 World Cup. Add to Yuvi, the luxuries of having Yusuf Pathan in the side, and you know, the Indian team had an expense account eating into its performance.
I don't think dropping Yuvi was easy for the selectors, they just could not hold on to him any more. With similar showings, lesser mortals like Sehwag have been dropped many times over in the past.
In Yuvi's case, more than dropping him, it's like dropping the market forces that allow him to levitate in the field. The thud-landing was coming, it's a shame it took so long. Now why am I thinking of Ishant Sharma....
On Bored: What Yuvi did...
June 07, 2010
June 02, 2010
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