Lets talk cricket..

Although the response to my blog has been little less than that of the bigB, but stilll i havnt lost hope and am writing for the second day in continuation.

Today i will be talking about a topic that i always have dreamt of. Cricket they say runs in my veins.Be it a discussion , friendly chat, analogies or even the group discussion of a reputed Bschool with my career at stake, I cannot abstain from bringing cricket* in.

But as time is passing i am getting restless with my own interest; especially in one day cricket; declining. The cause Too many one-dayers and of course Mahendra singh dhoni. People call him the youth icon but for me he aint no fit in the scheme of things, not as a captain atleast.
Anyway lets talk about the ongoing SA-ENG test match series. England being 1-0 down needed to do well today but their batting didnt hold up and day 1 ended with advantage to the visitors.
One things that perplexes me most is how in the holy hell can they call Andrew Flintoff a bowling allrounder and bat him at 7-8 ?? But thats english cricket for you folks. Complicating the incomplicated and even planning out how to unthink the thinkable.
But an even more important series is going on in the Emerald Island. Where the Indians will be looking forward to make amends in the second test starting tomorrow. Lets admit it, we screwd up big time in the first test. Nothing clicked. But its time to do what is right and play well. Personally i have never liked cricket in Sri lanka.. be it the inevitable rains, The always empty stands , the slow as a dodo wickets or the cricket bats looking like the batsmen forgot to knock them at all and the red ball looking as huge as a football.
Dont like the look of sri lankan cricket.
Again speculations have started about dropping Rahul Dravid from the test team( ALAS dont these people have anything else to do!!) or even selecting him as the wicket keeper.
Hope common sense prevails and Dravid shows these people once again Why he is my favourite cricketer.

And thats the bottomline coz the great one said so.
* Andy's Believe it or not
"Nisarg Mehta; in his first technical interview for a job in TechMahindra; was asked - What is the difference between a spinner's and medium pacer's front foot noball."