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Valium….

eawel zaudetof…

noibasir eoyomg…

Spent more time on the ‘acrimonious’ and now settled debate among the fans-of-Arnab, Arnab and DebasHish, than the actual post itself …great stuff all of you …keep it up. Would love to see you guys on the Big Fight (NDTV)

we like our cricketers to perform.

at that point in the game, after sehwag’s dismissal, sachin
needed to play well. he was just so anxious to get off the mark that he even attempted some really suicidal runs. if you have to get out in 21 balls, at least flash wildly and wallop the ball. he got out to a rank bad, ‘way outside the off stump’ delivery. it was the shot of cricketer who didnt know what he was doing. and he got booed, and he deserved it.

even when dravid grassed a catch here and there, the crowd went ‘we want saurav’. also, when hoggard would retreat to deepfine leg after finishing a wicket taking over, the same people who ordinarily went “hoggy is a doggy”, would get up and applaud him.

i think it shows how intelligent the crowd was even in
expressing its disatisfaction on the way india played. the match was lost the moment dravid decided to field first, yet the huge turnout; there we no seats in except in a couple of stands, also shows how much the crowd knows its cricket.

An article worth reading : http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2006/mar/23arvind.htm

after all, all sporting events are proxy wars.

as disposable income levels rise, ad revenues rise, media hypes rise, and cricket is now much more ‘mass’ than ‘class’. (‘class’ now watches polo, thats what page 3 tells me)

so, really, no one is surprised at the boos, the abuses and the ‘ungentlemanly’ reactions.

but then, remembering bodyline Jardine, was cricket ever a gentleman’s game?

W.G. often refused to be given out.

and as for dingley dell playing their neighbouring village, it could only be described by Boz.

i have never held a bat, nor ever sent a ball flying. for me, Fry and Cardus were instrumental in permeating cricket with a mellow glow.

now,i am old and cynical. i think that they just created an atmosphere that may have been totally missing.

to bring back ‘class’ to cricket, there should be sumputuos private boxes at these stadiums. the sort of things i read in dick francis.

@yourfan2: Agree with your first para. I was just giving my opinion of the quality of the recent alternative topics (not the posts), not exactly implying that every post must be about Mithun or be creative humor content. Agree with your 2nd para too, and that is what Arnab also pointed out. My take on that quote was partly in error. Btw, I am flattered that someone read my defunct blog, maybe I’ll start posting again. There’s no acrimony and its an overstament to say that “GB incurred my wrath” because I did not like some of his post topics!