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Oh No, Not Again!

¶ Published Sunday, April 29th at 12:29 am ∞ In World Cup 2007, Cricket1 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.

India shown the door

¶ Published Friday, March 23rd at 10:15 pm ∞ In World Cup 2007, Cricket, Sports1 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 […]

The Juggernaut Finally Awakens… but Alarm Bells still Ringing

¶ Published Tuesday, March 20th at 12:20 am ∞ In World Cup 2007, Cricket, Sports7 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 […]

Morbid Pleasures

¶ Published Sunday, March 18th at 12:48 am ∞ In World Cup 2007, Cricket5 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, […]

World Cup ‘Fever’

¶ Published Saturday, March 10th at 11:57 pm ∞ In World Cup 2007, Cricket, Sports, Internet2 Comments »

It’s a strange feeling. Just when you resign yourself to the truth that the Americans couldn’t (and would never) care less about football (soccer), you have another sporting event that most of them will never ever hear of in their lifetimes. Quite understandable, their hatred for Britishness. Baseball and American football were invented out of […]

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