They have lot of goodies here - videos, stats, back history, fantasy teams, tickets, podcasts, etc.

I loved this article posted in the news tab about the cricket in the West Indies all about the history of Indians in those societies and the historic tensions between them and Carribeans of African descent all seen through the prism of cricket. Great stuff.

men in blu anyone.....?!

go Bhajji......MGN Public School will be watching.....

Go Blue of course!! And Red Snapper, good luck to england too.

Google is the shit.. I am kicking myself right now for not having bought google stock back in 2004 !

REPRAZENT

I saw a short film recently at the NY Arab and South Asian Film Festival titled "Explosions" that climaxed in a cricket scene. It was the classic "main character overcomes unassailable deficit to win match" film convention. The only thing was that the film kept cutting to shots of the scoreboard to document the come-from-behind win. It was all totally inscrutable to me, I started cracking up at the yawning cultural chasm. Good short though.

Anna, go ahead cover it! And don't worry about messing up, there are enough ardent emotionally chraged fans reading this blog to do that for you!
cheers

Way to go Anna; keep them coming.

To all the Cricket fans out there,

I'm the proprietor of a small factory in Bangalore that manufactures effigies, and we specialize in cricketers. Burning effigies has been an effective way for Indians to display their disapproval for their team and we have been catering to the masses in India for many years – my father made effigies of Kapil Dev and Gavaskar, his father made effigies of MAK Pataudi and such. This year we hope to go global and what better platform than the World Cup to do that! We stock effigies of all teams in our warehouse and will ship as soon as you place an order. We use environment-friendly and readily combustible materials in the manufacture of our effigies and guarantee cent percent customer satisfaction. Please mail me and we will assist you with your requirement.

Burning hot regards,

What is it about the World Cup (or any India-Pak series) that turns us into excited schoolkids again, and brings out our superstitious side? ;) It also makes me long to be back home - sucks to be in a place where people around you don't quite get why it's so exciting.

Last world cup for Tendu, I am going to miss watching (mostly reading on Cricinfo) him bat... hope he gets it this time

good luck to India!

"Last world cup for Tendu, I am going to miss watching (mostly reading on Cricinfo) him bat... hope he gets it this time"

incredible that this is his fifth world cup. the 2003 final was a real wasted opportunity. good luck to the men in blue (well, a more silvery-white-pale blue in the sun by the looks of it). when it comes to the fans, they have more pressure on them than any other team.

pakistan/west indies match in 15 minutes. the first real match of the world cup! so exciting. last world cup for lara and probably for inzamam as well. good luck to both teams today.

have you heard of this crazy kid?

have you heard of this crazy kid?

Dhoni the jatt is crazy. But so was Sehwag when he started out and now look at how he has been playing. These youngins can never touch dravid, tendu & ganguly however Yuvraj is brilliant and shows a lot of promise

"Form is temporary but class is permanent" or something like that

have you heard of this crazy kid? Dhoni the jatt is crazy. But so was Sehwag when he started out and now look at how he has been playing. These youngins can never touch dravid, tendu & ganguly however Yuvraj is brilliant and shows a lot of promise

"Form is temporary but class is permanent" or something like that

um. i don't think you get what i was trying to say.

the kid is crazy. wanting to SELL HIS KIDNEY to go to the world cup, or kill himself?
this is not an article about players.

"have you heard of this crazy kid?"

that is just par for the course. for his sake, i hope it's just a publicity stunt. but the real craziness will be on show when (and fingers crossed, it won't happen) india loses a match badly at the world cup. india was thrashed by australia in their first match at the last world cup and the reaction at home probably made UMM's family millionaires many times over :) . on a serious note, players like kaif had their homes attacked (i think it was him) and ganguly had to make a plea for sanity - this is the dark side of the wonderful and almost unmatched passion for cricket that exists in india. but then the team went on a winning streak - beating england and pakistan on the way -- until the final when they were again steamrolled by australia. that sense of being under siege at home really sparked something in them. hopefully this time they won't need that as a spark.

"that is just par for the course."

and i didn't mean that to sound callous. it's just that in india these sorts of threats are not unheard of, whether they are prompted by really dire circumstances or something more frivolous like cricket or a beauty pageant (like feminists threatening to set themselves on fire during the miss world pageant in india in 1996).

Is there a place where the World Cup can be watched online for free?

um. i don't think you get what i was trying to say.

apologies. I saw "dhoni" in the link and didnt even read the article

This World Cup is bringing all the fascinating and amazing histories and ironies and cultures of the global brown world together. Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, two cricketers of Hindu background whose ancestors were taken to the Carribean generations ago as indentured labourers, are being bowled at by Pakistan, one of whose best players Danish Kaneria is a Hindu in a country created for Muslims. Should England and India or Pakistan play each other they may face two Sikh players with English accents as well as a Pakistani lad from Bolton. This is the game of the diaspora versus the 'motherlands' and watching the stories of these players and matchups is one of the most fascinating things.

I'm supporting England and then the West Indies! Rep the diaspora!

Al Mujahid -- BBC has good live commentary and scorecards but I don't know of any free streaming sites although I'm sure there's someone working on it. I will keep a look out.

Windies are 61-1 after 18 overs.

Red Snapper, Cricinfo.com has faster live updates and commentary than the BBC site ;)

Yeah but I'm listening to the BBC radio commentary live on my headphones at work :)

"Is there a place where the World Cup can be watched online for free?"

I dont think anyone offers it for free. The package is offered by dishnet on the net through willow.tv for $199.99. If you want it cheaper you can explore http://onlinetv.apnaitv.com. They have options for the entire package ($55) or individual matches for a fraction of the price.

Of course they obtain the feed "creatively" and I would not guarantee the signal at all times.

On a different note, I was not sure if this was mentioned by anyone previously, but cricket is played extensively on the east coast. I play for a league in NJ, which is one of the three cricket leagues in this state. The teams are generally made up of a mix of players from the sub-continent and the west-indies with an odd englishman thrown in for good measure. The matches will commence generally from the end of April and will continue into September (causing immense consternation to my wife – “why do you guys need to play all the time?”). The atmosphere during the matches is great with the spectators and the player's wives making a picnic out of it just outside the ropes.

Damn Windies are tottering 77-3

Don't let Pakistan win the opening match please God!

Brian Lara coming in to bat

here comes Lara !!!!!

The commentary at Cricinfo.com is hilarious

24.6 Danish Kaneria to Samuels, no run, pushed to Inzamam at extra cover who pounces like a rather slow middle-aged accountant to prevent the one

SP, Red Snapper,
Guardian ball-by-ball is the way to go. Charming smartassery from GU gang and everyone else.

Da Link

Yes, I love the Guardian's OBO commentary, but it's best when England are playing. Esp Ashes commentary. But I think the Cricinfo commentators are more desi-oriented and I like their geeky details.

pushed to Inzamam at extra cover who pounces like a rather slow middle-aged accountant to prevent the one

Jeet

Watch this youtube of Monty bowling to Inzamam last summer it's hilarious, he collapses backwards over his own wicket the big fat lump. The guy who posted the video should have left the commentary on instead of putting the music in there because the entire BBC commentary team were in stitches.

LOL..that clip is priceless. "Aaloo" is that his nickname?

Hehehe...but really, Inzamam isn't that large in real life. He looks rather tubby on screen but I was very surprised at how fit and thin he looked.

Doesn't stop us from shouting "aloo, alooo" though.

He's just clumsy! But he has a funny face too.

Yeah Shodan the GU crew are brilliant.

Metromallu - can you do Pakistani cricketer effigies too?

harpoon

Are these matches played on the weekends? And where in NJ? I suppose you must have players from NYC coming down.

I used to play in a league in Vancouver when I was in high school, but haven't played properly since.

Aaloo's a small fry. This World Cup, Dwayne Leverock is big.

Am I the only desi who gets bored senseless by cricket? The only reason I even watched the opening ceremonies was because I glimpsed hot shirtless South African drummers at one point while channel-surfing, and my libido took over.

30 dollars onlyone....??http://cricketsc.com/

anywayz.....les bleus all the way....gawd that 2003 final still hurts.....as in hurt real bad.....wish tendu et all would just thrash/smack/slap the aussies all around this time....

Live score...........West Indies might not survive 60 overs but there is lot of fireworks going on. Last 5 overs, the run rate is 10.

GO TEAM INDIA!

I meant: West Indies might not survive 50 overs

They did.

okkay,

i think i am supporting pakistan for todays match.....windies are the better team and derailing their points seems more strategic.....

Pakistan Zindabad...

18.4 Powell to Inzamam-ul-Haq, 1 run, pushed to Lara at mid-on and Inzamam calls for the quick single as Lara misfields ... Inzamam was motoring there and ran a good 30 yards past the stumps ... once he gets going he's not easy to stop

"Yousuf and Inzamam look so calm, and this is what scares me..."
Sir Viv Richards on TMS

Ditto...

Inzamam-ul-Haq, OUT

yes!

Sin: You're not the only desi that doesn't get excited over the World Cup of Cricket...I've tried to understand the game...its too long and complicated. Love sports but cricket hasn't been one that i've been able to get into..

"Pakistan balcony currently resembles a morgue without the exuberance."
Lawrence Booth

Good to set up the tournament by having the home team win the first match, get the positive carnival vibe and irie vibrations going strong

looks like Windies are cruising to victory... agree with the home team winning being a good start to the tournament.

Windies win in Jamaica by 54 runs and 3 overs to spare. One Love!

Now that the match is over.....

Form is temporary but class is permanent

That was probably the #1 cliche in cricket commentary in the 90s. NOt sure if it still is.

Is there a place where the World Cup can be watched online for free?

Got this from a friend - TVUplayer has a world cup broadcast for free with good enough quality. Haven't tested it nor planning to since I have a DirectTV account but you could check it out if you wish.

And as for people getting crazy, another friend sent me this Perl script he wrote (Perl is this 'programming' language for those who are wondering) which grabs useful stuff off the cricinfo webserver and sends us an instant message - like everytime a 4 or a 6 or a Wicket or an EndOver occurs. It beats checking the browser every few minutes to see if soemthing happened.

good win for the windies. hope this is not a sign of things to come - with those who did well in warm-up matches losing their first match and vice versa! india cannot take bangladesh lightly. with some kids in the West Indies growing up not even knowing who brian lara is, a good windies performance in this world cup (but not at india's expense if it comes to that :)) is essential to bolstering a sport that means so much to the region culturally, emotionally and historically.

vice versa! india cannot take bangladesh lightly

With due respect to India and cricket nationalism, I'm with Red Snapper. Its time to get down with global brown, whatever country or region it may gracefully insinuate itself into. Chanderpaul represents an older migration, fraught with complexities, and still difficult. Panesar represents the aspirations of a new generation. He is us and we is he.

"With due respect to India and cricket nationalism, I'm with Red Snapper. Its time to get down with global brown, whatever country or region it may gracefully insinuate itself into. Chanderpaul represents an older migration, fraught with complexities, and still difficult. Panesar represents the aspirations of a new generation. He is us and we is he."

not sure what you mean. are you saying i can't or shouldn't express a desire for india to win overall, even if it's at the windies' expense?

sorry, meant to add or at england's expense or any other country with some indo-descent players?

good win for the windies. hope this is not a sign of things to come - with those who did well in warm-up matches losing their first match and vice versa! india cannot take bangladesh lightly. with some kids in the West Indies growing up not even knowing who brian lara is, a good windies performance in this world cup (but not at india's expense if it comes to that :)) is essential to bolstering a sport that means so much to the region culturally, emotionally and historically.

i dunno mann.....it was really tough for me to support Pakistan(sorry folks..nothing against Pakistan....those who haven't witnessed repeated humiliations in Sharjah wouldnt understand) but i really had it all worked out,

1.Windies is the stroger team and have a greater chance of posing problems to Indian semi-finals trail than Pakistan.
2.So,make them lose and get the (otherwise) weaker team points
3.Dont care if its good for the cricket in the caribbean or not honestly.....I dont mind cricket getting popular worldwide but the way I look at it,India needs to develop a vibrant domestic cricket circuit and maybe make the internationals less of a deal.
Delhi Donkeys vs Punjab Porcupines anyone??

Pakistan Lost to West Indies and following is the comments made by Inzamam to interviewer Rameez Raza in the after match ceremony.

Rameez: Tough Luck Inzy.
Inzy: The West Indis batsmanis play very good today. we is try very hard but is not win the game.
Rameez: Any words for Marlon Samuels?
Inzy: Ya samoooools is play very well. He is hit his shot very hard in our gaps. In start, we is protect our gaps very well. the grass is also thick.. but samoooools is split our gaps with his bat.
Rameez : Another ordinary bowling performance?
Inzy: Ya our balls is loose. the bowler is went for many run. Anjum is bowled well. Also, after some shots the ball is out of shape. umpire is not give another ball.. it is tough to play with one ball.
Rameez: Dropped catches.. did that prove costly?
Inzy: ya the ball is not stick to our hands. we is practice a lot sticking our bat in our hands.. but now we is more practice sticking balls in our hands.
Rameez: Any plans for the next match?
Inzy: ya west Indies is on top but we is try to bounce on our back. God willing we is play better.
Rameez: All the best Inzy.
Inzy: Thank is you

i can't or shouldn't express a desire for india

Not at all. Please desire India's victory all you wish, I was just seconding Red Snapper, not contradicting your position, though by quoting your line it probably came across that way. Sorry. Go baby blue, and all that.

Upbhransh,that interview thing is really funny.
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Pakistan lost to West Indies in their first game in 1992 world cup.But went on to win the WC.

This time same trend or it will be different..?However its good start for WI and to the world cup.

Form is temporary but class is permanent That was probably the #1 cliche in cricket commentary in the 90s. NOt sure if it still is.

Also 'cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties', code word for 'we know its over but please keep watching to boost the morale of our sponsors'.

risible,

having some personal connection to the west indies i understand red snapper's sentiment, but his support of england also stems from nationalism (unless he would prefer the windies over an england team that happened to lack any asian-descent player). and the stories of indian players like irfan pathan (couldn't afford proper shoes growing up) and munaf patel (comes from a very poor and difficult background - much more so than panesar) and mahendra singh dhoni and harbhajan singh (who had to support his widowed mother and sisters) are no less compelling and fraught with difficulties than diasporic stories. they may not have crossed oceans but they have also made significant journeys that also reflect our lives as well in terms of aspiration, ambition etc.

i support the teams with diaspora players (and the other subcontinental teams) and wish them well, but never at india's expense :)

Upbhransh, why make fun of someone for not speaking English fluently?

poor inzamam can't win. when he speaks in english, he is made fun of, even by some in the english-speaking media. but when pakistan announces that they will only be giving interviews in urdu (but inzamam spoke in english to tony cozier in the post-match ceremony) then the same people complain that the players should speak in english at an international tournament. at least inzamam speaks much better english than some do urdu.

Personally (most of the people do the same), I always support the team that has the most heart and talent for that game, therefore, it changes. Let us enjoy good sportmanship, and great cricket irrespective of the nation.

As a rule, I always support India cricket team but not when they do stupid, inane things and lusterless play.

Amitabh, Pakistan team has been told not to interview in English (even if they know English well enough), use only Urdu to avoid cultural and language misunderstandings @ press interviews during the World Cup.

nfa, Ranji and Duleep trophy are quite vibrant, perhaps not so much money and emotional outburst. Except county cricket in England (that has players from all over the world), domestic cricket is only a place to get noticed, move up, and beyond.

very well said in #62

"Let us enjoy good sportmanship, and great cricket irrespective of the nation.
As a rule, I always support India cricket team but not when they do stupid, inane things and lusterless play."

i think that goes without saying for most people (as said). however, indian cricket fans are the most fickle, possibly rivalled in that apsect by the english cricket fans.

KT,

Ranji and Duleep I think are dull,staid and play to empty stadia.

The problem is that cricket in India,is for most people,an expression of misplaced nationalism.....to score psychological victory against Pakistan(if and when we win) and to self-congratulate for beating the 'gora'(read the English cricket team in India)....

I would love to see the domestic cricket develop a festive and competitive nature and matches between states and cities played out in front of passinate and sporting crowd(a la Australian domestic cricket).....

80%(okay,I pulled that out of my ass but my guess is its a good guess) of world cricket revenue comes from Indian sponsorship......why should Indians rely on development of cricket in the US or the Caribbean or wherever to enjoy the game.....

sadly,as always,the administration is run by gigolos like Dalmiya and Pawar;more interested in playing politics and settling scores than giving it any serious thought......ISBindra appears to be the only one with some sense and sensibilty and vision about the future of Indian cricket....

I honestly believe future of Indian cricket and enjoyment of Indian cricket fan will be better served by making the domestic cricket more masaledar and enjoyable......

And India does have a good team and pretty balanced team this time and have a serious chance....not that I wouldnt root for them if they didnt....but yeah,I would be very disappointed if they dont make it to the semis....

About the BCCI, I think they should really look at India's new hockey league and learn. I agree with no. 69.

Upbhransh, why make fun of someone for not speaking English fluently?

Didn't mean much by it man, was just a joke. I love Inzy as much for his batting as for his gaffes and his nice nature. It hurts me that I like a pakistani player, but he makes it impossible to hate him :). And anyways english is a very phunny language, so lighten up :)

Orkut did a similar thing to their home page, for Deepavali. Check this out: http://deepakm.blogspot.com/2006/10/kolkata-taking-note-of-growing.html

According to this blog Orkut has a community started by Kris Srikkanth (You will need an Orkut account to see the community I think)

however, indian cricket fans are the most fickle, possibly rivalled in that apsect by the english cricket fans.

I think England cricket fans are quite good humoured and realistic and stoical in the light of 20 years of underachievment and constant battery at the hands of the Aussies. If anything Indian cricket fans may be comparable to England football fans, who suffer from bi-polar depression depending on how they played in their last game, ranging from suicidal when they play badly to hyper-excitability and delusions of grandeur when they have a good performance. There doesnt seem to be a middle ground.

comparable to England football fans, who suffer from bi-polar depression depending on how they played in their last game, ranging from suicidal when they play badly to hyper-excitability and delusions of grandeur when they have a good performance.

Thanks for the free and brutally honest diagnosis Sigmund Snappy. Now if you'll excuse, I must get off this couch and twiddle my thumbs on whether the latest developments in the new Wembley will affect England's performance against Israel.

They're not playing Israel at Wembley No van Mises - the match is in Tel Aviv. Although Wembley is like the capital of London's Gujarati community and sadly that may be the closest that desis get to the England team for a long time.

For anyone interested, there is a desi striker called Michael Chopra who plays for Cardiff City and is their top goal scorer at the moment, and they are on course for promotion to the Premier League, which will make him the first brown to be a first choice footballer for a team in the top flight, although he made substitute appearences for Newcastle a while back.

Snapper - the bipolar diagnosis is dead on. Hehe.

And poor Inzamam is made fun of whether he speaks Urdu or Angrezi. They had a really funny version of him on Gustakhi Maaf on NDTV, in which they mercilessly picked up on his habit of saying "jaunsa hai na" which I guess is considered somewhat hickish. Funny thing is that Inzy is still everyone's favourite Pakistani cricketer, and especially Indians'.

The Pakistanis totally lost the plot yesterday though.

They're not playing Israel at Wembley No van Mises - the match is in Tel Aviv.

Oh I knew this, I was poking fun at the trivial and useless national team gossip between matches.

TONIGHT ON FOOTBALL EXTRA! WILL ENGLAND BE BOOSTED BY THE COMPLETION OF WEMBLEY WHEN THEY PLAY THEIR NEXT EUROPEAN QUALIFIER AGAINST ISRAEL...in tel aviv. DONT MISS THE EARTHSHATTERING DEBATE ON WHAT COULD BE A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR ENGLANDS QUEST AT EUROPEAN GLORY, NEXT ON FOOTBALL EXTRA! (coupled with the customary suspenseful music)

Inzy's best moment was when he jumped into the crowd at a match to batter some Indian fans that were teasing him.

No van Mises -- it's true though, if England fail to beat Israel by 100 goals there will be mass suicides and flagellation on the streets. But they'll eventually qualify for the Euro Championships and then in the build up it'll be about how England are going to smash everyone in sight and boss the whole of Europe! No middle ground at all. Similar to Indians in relation to cricket.

My support for India is unambiguous. Cricket is not about skin color and diasporic longing. Its about history, tradition, the shared experience of pain, suffering and triumph. Anybody who has lived through:

- kapil's Devils win in England in 1983

- Benson & hedges in 1985

- The tragic reverse sweep of 1987

- Ravi Shastri's impossibly defensive 206

- Venkatesh Prasad calling out Aamir Sohail

- Laxman and Dravid in Calcutta, and again in Adelaide

- Tendulkar hitting Shoaib Akhtar for 6, again and again

could only be an India fan. Same thing applies to Pakistan, West Indies fans etc. and their tripumphs and failures. Let's not try to intellectualize passion. Go India! Hooray cricket!

Hari is right about the solidarity caused by pain, suffering and triumph. If you're Indian, the pain and suffering usually include Chetan Sharma's full toss in Sharjah 1986.

And even if you're the biggest peacenik/internationalist/nonbeliever in national borders like I am, or had been seriously in lust with Imran Khan as a teenager, an India-Pakistan match will tap reserves of primal jingoism you never knew you had.

Amitabh, Pakistan team has been told not to interview in English (even if they know English well enough), use only Urdu to avoid cultural and language misunderstandings @ press interviews during the World Cup.

It would be awesome if some of the Punjabi players on the Pakistan team insisted on speaking only in Punjabi during interviews!

And even if you're the biggest peacenik/internationalist/nonbeliever in national borders like I am... an India-Pakistan match will tap reserves of primal jingoism you never knew you had.

Absolutely, in sports, I'm a hellfire jingoist nationalist fascist hooligan. Note I left out the Imran Khan part.

Death to Australia! Jai Hind!

It would be awesome if some of the Punjabi players on the Pakistan team insisted on speaking only in Punjabi during interviews!

Malwani and Punjabi are two of the finest languages to discuss your rival's family history, IMHO.

re #66: thanks.

"I think England cricket fans are quite good humoured and realistic and stoical in the light of 20 years of underachievment and constant battery at the hands of the Aussies. If anything Indian cricket fans may be comparable to England football fans, who suffer from bi-polar depression depending on how they played in their last game, ranging from suicidal when they play badly to hyper-excitability and delusions of grandeur when they have a good performance. There doesnt seem to be a middle ground."

you're probably right. i was going on personal experience with english (and indian) cricket fans and not really thinking of fickle as being driven to suicidal thoughts etc., but more along the lines of thinking the team is utter rubbish one day and the greatest thing since sliced bread and going to win the world cup the next, all based on the flimsiest of fluctuating circumstances. but when it comes to the extremes of cricket fandom, indian cricket and english football are more alike.

"Why should eleven grown men run after a ball someone else has hit?"
George Bernard Shaw

GBS was known as a crank outside of his writing. The World Cup is being played only a couple of hours away from here, but work interferes, again, with the simple pleasures of life. I will have to be content with a few visits to the Caribbean bars around here for my World Cup fix.

And even if you're the biggest peacenik/internationalist/nonbeliever in national borders like I am, or had been seriously in lust with Imran Khan as a teenager, an India-Pakistan match will tap reserves of primal jingoism you never knew you had.

Absolutely. Talking Kashmir with my Pak friends - bad bad idea. Fighting over cricket - great idea and it's all good in the end.

"harpoon

Are these matches played on the weekends? And where in NJ? I suppose you must have players from NYC coming down."

Hey alybaba....Yes the matches are played on Sundays...a couple of grounds are situated around Bloomfield, there one around exit 9 on the NJTP. You could check out njca.net for more information.

Like many Indian Cricket fans, my dad has never ever played Cricket; but, it's the only game he watches. Every time a batsman defends the ball he goes, "why on earth can't he just HIT IT?" I stopped explaining Cricket to him a long time ago...

Like many Indian Cricket fans, my dad has never ever played Cricket; but, it's the only game he watches. Every time a batsman defends the ball he goes, "why on earth can't he just HIT IT?" I stopped explaining Cricket to him a long time ago...

That is the story of my life. I was actually trained in cricket technique, my father was just a park bully. Everytime we watch cricket together, he rants and raves about how incompetent the players are and why they can't just hit the damn ball.

On another note, I happen to be vacationing in the English Caribbean, and the buzz about the World Cup is awesome. Everyone's talking about it, and its as knowledgeable a group of fans as possible. I watched the Winidies/Pakistan game at a local restaurant, and every cover drive, every ball bowled was intensely analyzed. Best cricket watching experience of my life.

Come on, every desi man (incl dads) has played cricket at some point. They know the difference between a hittable delivery and one that should be defended, surely? I know this and I only ever played in grade school. Plus years and years of watching and listening to commentary, of course. And these days with the hawk-eye and other technology you can see the trajectory of the ball pretty well too.

@91: Hari, you lucky macaca! Keep us posted.

@92: SP,
Being away from home, I do miss my dad; but, I won't be drawn into yet another argument over why it's not that simple:D

Peace

Farouk Engineer reporting back for duty...

This is the standard. You could not wish to see a better hundred in any form of cricket. That's right, Richie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg9MCEjDTEU

Check out the innovation among the cheering West Indians in the crowd. Drink heavily and then make music with the empties.

Wow... St. Patrick's Day Massacre!