On March 17th, which will be remembered as the day of upsets in WC ‘07, India lost against Bangladesh and Pakistan was thrown out of the WC. India’s insipid display, spineless performance and body language suggested they wanted to be anywhere but on the cricket field. The Pakistan team lost to minnows Ireland waking up the bookies in the process. Now these teams will be criticized in their respective countries, cursed, abused, and pelted with stones till the media finds a new punching bag. Of the two, India is in a slightly better position because after their win over Bermuda, theoretically they can still make it to the super 8. Anyway, since all hell broke loose, here are a couple of interesting reads that are out there on the world wide W.
1. Kamran Abbasi writes another article bashing Pakistan for their performance. To be fair, he did write another big piece on how Woolmer was a great man and contributed to Pak cricket after his recent death. Funny how we realize somebody’s greatness after they have passed away.
2. Kris Srikkanth is obviously a man who “doesn’t mince any words” (replace with “shoots from the hip”, “is trigger happy” etc) even when you ask him a harmless question like “How’s the weather?” Obviously subtlety, diplomacy, politeness is lost on him which is the reason I think all his articles, tv interviews/shows etc are a must read/see. Playing the MMQB to perfection, here’s what he has to say about Agarkar and Zaheer in his latest column after India’s defeat against Bangladesh.
1. Kamran Abbasi writes another article bashing Pakistan for their performance. To be fair, he did write another big piece on how Woolmer was a great man and contributed to Pak cricket after his recent death. Funny how we realize somebody’s greatness after they have passed away.
2. Kris Srikkanth is obviously a man who “doesn’t mince any words” (replace with “shoots from the hip”, “is trigger happy” etc) even when you ask him a harmless question like “How’s the weather?” Obviously subtlety, diplomacy, politeness is lost on him which is the reason I think all his articles, tv interviews/shows etc are a must read/see. Playing the MMQB to perfection, here’s what he has to say about Agarkar and Zaheer in his latest column after India’s defeat against Bangladesh.
Given the fact we have one medium pacer who after 10 years of international cricket does not have a idea to bowl six balls with offering a ‘boundary ball’ or not to let slip a wide or a no-ball. And another who trains his thoughts on how to glare at batsman rather than plot his downfall!
