Words

Very rarely do I fall short of words to express what I am going through. Today I just don't even know what is going on! I just don't.
But well life has to move on. I hope it will soon!

What can you say?

This is so true!

For some, like his three-year-old son Samit, though, life's about far
more than centuries and revivals. "He just wants me to come back home."

I was one of those who feared Rahul Dravid's day's as Indian batsman are over. But I am very very happy they are not. Thank god. Because I would not have liked him to end his career like that. I hope he will have a good year in 2009 and end his career in a decent manner! Thanks for proving me wrong dude!

Rob Steen

on Monty

He could have another decade on the clock. If he does, Murali and Warne
might have to watch out. It is not all that inconceivable that the
overall Test wicket-taking record could yet be his. But first he must
become a thinking cricketer and a proper team player, as opposed to
merely a gifted and natural bowler.

Seriously? Please!

A Sehwag classic

This article by Samir Chopra is about his test debut.

I myself have watched his debut innings video on youtube many times. Its a stunning innings from a test debutant coming in at 68-4 in South Africa. I remember Geoffrey Boycott's inimitable praise "Tell you what! This lad can play.I like the look of him. This lad can play". Well, Geoffrey might not always  agree with what Viru does but nobody can say he hasn't been a successful batsman in Indian cricket. Very soon, (if not already) he shall enter the pantheon of Indian batting greats! All we need is more match winning knocks like the one against England!

100 hundreds list

Just for my reference in the future!

The reason this list came up is because of "Slumdog Millionaire". And for all those wondering if I knew "the answer" to "the question" before. Yes, I surely would have answered the question right! So this is research done prior to knowing the question. I am just documenting it for my sake (For example: If they ask me who is 7th on the list!)

199 JB Hobbs 1905-34
170 EH Hendren 1911-37
167 WR Hammond 1923-51
153 CP Mead 1906-36
151 G Boycott 1963-86; H Sutcliffe 1919-39
145 FE Woolley 1906-38
135 GA Hick 1985-
129 L Hutton 1934-55
128 GA Gooch 1974-96
124 WG Grace 1866-1904
123 DCS Compton 1936- 64
122 TW Graveney 1948-70
117 DG Bradman 1927-48
114 IVA Richards 1974-93
108 Zaheer Abbas 1965-87
107 MC Cowdrey 1951-76, A Sandham 1913-37
104 TW Hayward 1893-1914
103 GM Turner 1968-1982, JH Edrich 1959-1978
102 GE Tyldesley 1909-1935, DL Amiss 1964-1987, LEG Ames 1927-51
100 MR Ramprakash 1989-

Funny that we don't count the hundreds in ODI's. If we do Sachin would have been in the list. I think they should do it. But well I am not English so my opinion might not count !

May be it did!

Michael Atherton on the match

Swann served up something juicy on leg stump and Tendulkar, down on one knee and watching the ball like a hawk, paddle-swept it for four. Yuvraj, bad back and all, hoisted Tendulkar into the air, the little maestro clenched a fist in salute and the noise from the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium echoed all the way to Mumbai.

What more can you say?

You see this piece from an English fan in India. Surely cricket is the winner!