Dileep gets it

right here

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Geoffrey again

This time I am sure he would not liked this one bit

"This happened at a game between Derbyshire and Yorkshire where Arthur Jepson, the former Nottinghamshire fast bowler, was one of the umpires. He was a grumpy character, but also often quite comical.Geoffrey Boycott was batting. Now when Boycs bats, he doesn't say a word until he reaches the 40- or 50-run mark.

Then he gradually talks a bit, then a bit more, and then a bit more, until in the end he is driving everyone crazy.

Boycott was going through a good phase of batting when Paul Newman, the Derbyshire quick bowler sent one that pitched outside off and nipped back in, hitting him on the pad. Newman started his shout, "Ouuu ...", only to stop midway through, realising that it was a terrible appeal. But Jepson raised his finger, saying in his broad Notts accent, "That's out, that's out".

A bewildered Boycott stood there with his hands on hips. He stared at the stumps, at the spot where it pitched, then at his knee and back to the stumps and so on. But he had to walk. Fuming, because he had been in the nineties, he started making his way back to the pavilion, saying in his Yorkshire tone, "Rubbed the hundred, rubbed the hundred", till he reached Jepson.

"How the hell did you give that out, Arthur?" he asked, unable to restrain himself. Jepson stood there with his hands behind his back, unflinching, and said: "I got rid of my bloody dog for yapping. Now I'm getting rid of you. Bugger off out of it."

Link from cricinfo "My favorite Cricket story"

Can't agree more

with Geoffrey on this one

A stirring article

on Malcolm Marshall

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar has always been a potential issue to fight over for me. I always believed he is overrated as a batsman. Today I would like to clear some things. Sachin has achieved things that ordinary human beings can only dream about. The number of centuries, unbelievable consistency and the statistics speak volumes of his greatness. More importantly, his career began when he was a kid. At 16, when most of us were trying to pass out X standard exams, here was a kid playing in West Indies against a fearsome fast bowling attack. Kids of that age are not supposed to be facing Curtley Ambrose and Coutney Walsh. But here was Sachin wanting to play them. That for me is the greatest ever achievement.

Of course, I have criticized Tendulkar a lot in the past. There is a different reason for that. When I criticize him at no point do I claim he is a bad batsman. But there is something that he lacks. It is to play when we need him to score most. He has done that decently but not to the level that is expected of a batsman of his pedigree. That is why I criticize him. He is a great batsman, but I disagree that he is next only to Don Bradman. Bradman played many innings when the team needed him, when there was need to inspire confidence. This is an area where Tendulkar did not do justice to his talent. Of course, the expectation from him was a lot (compared to what Bradman faced). Facing the pressure of 100 crores of Indians is no mean task. Tendulkar has carried that hopes for so long. Though I criticize him I know he has done it admirably well. For playing cricket under such immense pressure he might even be better than the Don himself. However, there is one element in his cricket that diminishes his cricket. He plays cricket as much for himself as for the team. For him team is not above him. This makes him, in my view, a inferior batsman than he actually is!

Still, for a 16 year old kid to have set such goals and to have achieved everything that he has achieved is unbelievable and I salute to the will and determination that went into the process of making Sachin a great master batsman!!

Guess who I saw today

One more clue..

Its a sports person.

You might have got it now.
No?

You need to work on Austin knowledge (especially if you live in Austin)

Lance armstrong and Andy Roddick are the two popular sportsmen from Austin

So now take a guess!!

Ok fine I saw Roddick!!

Yes Andy Roddick at Mozarts.

The accident (or incident) took place this way.

I was walking along near Mozarts with a friend and saw a huge SUV pulling out of the parking lot.
I said "Look at that car man!! Its so huge and would be so difficult to drive and even more to park"
The driver looked familiar... Is he Roddick? I got to be kidding. I waited till i walked to the other side to see him again. Yes it surely was him and I told my friend about that. And was my friend happy or what to see him!!

It was the icing on the already fine day (with the drive and scenery)

No words are enough to even

comment on this horror