of cats and dags

¶ Published Sunday, March 23rd at 7:57 am ∞ In Cricket ∞ No Comments »

I have been taking a more than passing interest in the IPL. There’s something in me that wants it to do well, I wonder why. I’ve seen the greed drive soccer down a murky road of agents and obscene player prices, although the English Premier League has showcased quality football for most part. But I’ll […]

¶ Published Saturday, January 19th at 10:18 am ∞ In Cricket, Sports ∞ 1 Comment »

Never have I felt so good, after having gotten something so horribly wrong.
So I will attempt to take my chances once again:

Ponting is due a big score. He will come good in Adelaide.
Brad Hogg — who, in the light of Shaun Tait’s inept showing, seems like a much better bowler — will return and do […]

¶ Published Tuesday, January 8th at 6:50 pm ∞ In Cricket, Sports ∞ 1 Comment »

Few things have emerged, and will emerge, during the next couple of weeks. But let’s assume the following:

Bhajji doesn’t get banned. As a matter of fact, he is not banned; the ICC have caved in to BCCI’s demands. But after the proposed hearing let us assume he is free to play the rest of the […]

¶ Published Monday, May 14th at 12:53 am ∞ In Twenty20, Cricket, T.V., Sports ∞ 1 Comment »

Just yesterday when I saw this article on Cricinfo, it got me really interested in the whole thing about Subhash Chandra’s plans of emulating Kerry Packer.
Brian Lara, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and “more big names to follow” are being linked to a breakaway Twenty20 competition taking place in India this October, according to the latest […]

¶ Published Sunday, April 29th at 12:29 am ∞ In World Cup 2007, Cricket ∞ 1 Comment »

Oh come on!
We wouldn’t be far off the mark if we say “We saw it coming”, would we? Three different sub-continent teams played Australia in three successive finals with no answers really. Although the scorecard of the Sri Lankans made better reading than the creaming their Indian and Pakistani counterparts got the last two times.

¶ Published Wednesday, April 18th at 11:23 am ∞ In Cricket, Sports ∞ 7 Comments »

Okay, I had to break my silence on this. It’s terribly galling to know that a tournament of such significance to Indian cricket gets such treatment from the media, the fans and the board. I find it hard to believe that a format that brought the crowds back into the stadiums in England and South […]

¶ Published Monday, April 16th at 2:29 pm ∞ In Soccer, Cricket, Sports ∞ 3 Comments »

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has urged India to focus more on football than cricket.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Monday urged cricket-mad India to embrace football, saying the sport had a great future in the land of one billion people.”At present we are working on Vision Asia and our plan for India is […]

¶ Published Friday, March 23rd at 10:15 pm ∞ In World Cup 2007, Cricket, Sports ∞ 1 Comment »

Didn’t we see it coming? No how could we? After all… all those companies that sponsored the Cup are Indian, aren’t they? (At least they all have major Indian market presence)
In a brilliant exhibition of bird brained batting, the Men in Blue (or should we say the Blue Man Group) hit balls perfectly aimed down […]

¶ Published Tuesday, March 20th at 12:20 am ∞ In World Cup 2007, Cricket, Sports ∞ 7 Comments »

The Team finally performed to what they were famed for. Although, you have to feel sorry for poor little Bermuda. Surely they were not going to put up much of a fight. This performance however proves that the Indians (and Greg Chappell) value their lives as well as their property, as Dhoni had to find […]

¶ Published Sunday, March 18th at 12:48 am ∞ In World Cup 2007, Cricket ∞ 5 Comments »

Was definitely chuffed after the knockout blow that Pakistan suffered at the hands of the Leprechauns. Sometimes I wonder if the post match Urdu directive from above had anything to do with morale in general. You know, stuff like Inzy losing his edge and deadpan wit and all. But today he did speak in English, […]