Comments on: Three Farewells http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/ Wed, 23 May 2012 11:21:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Vineet http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-192028 Vineet Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:45:14 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-192028 ^ Greg Gone now its time for RD ^ Greg Gone now its time for RD

]]> By: Anirban http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-178981 Anirban Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:42:24 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-178981 Three more farewells: 1. Greg Chappell 2. Captaincy of Rahul Dravid 3. Fighting spirit of Team India gained during 2002-4 Three more farewells:

1. Greg Chappell

2. Captaincy of Rahul Dravid

3. Fighting spirit of Team India gained during 2002-4

]]> By: a dejected paki girl http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-177768 a dejected paki girl Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:38:52 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-177768 anotherrrrrrrr shockkkkkkkkkk!!!!! bob was murdered!!its confirmed now!!!!someone strangled him:S what do i say to this?whoever did it was i think in some way an acquintance of bob or close friend coz there are no signs of much force....seriously this is one big mystery....in the current circumstances,everyone is a suspect.....why would anyone do this?? i always thought that this was an idea from conspiracy theorists that bob was murdered....but it really is true!!!whats happening to the world of cricket??:( anotherrrrrrrr shockkkkkkkkkk!!!!!
bob was murdered!!its confirmed now!!!!someone strangled him:S
what do i say to this?whoever did it was i think in some way an acquintance of bob or close friend coz there are no signs of much force….seriously this is one big mystery….in the current circumstances,everyone is a suspect…..why would anyone do this??
i always thought that this was an idea from conspiracy theorists that bob was murdered….but it really is true!!!whats happening to the world of cricket??:(

]]> By: Vinay http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-176479 Vinay Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:32:40 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-176479 Karim has made a good point - who gives a fuck abt speaking correct english; they need not know english to be playing good cricket Karim has made a good point – who gives a fuck abt speaking correct english; they need not know english to be playing good cricket

]]> By: karim http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-176056 karim Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:20:13 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-176056 @dejected paki girl @ GB: Like you I too had a lump in my throat when Inzy walked back after his brief but characteristically classy innings. Feels terrible that we won't see him again. GB, I can't remember but there was this post about Pakistan mandating the use of Urdu for post-match press conferences. It attracted some funny and possibly cruel comments on Inzy's English. But what to do? English isn't his language; he doesn't know it. It makes him appear tongue-tied, but in Urdu (rather Hindustani) he is quick with the retort and witty. He was asked after the Ireland match what he thought of Pakistan's 'performance'. Said Inzy: "Performance tha hi nahin to main kya bolun?" Now, he wouldn't have been able to say this in English and bring a smile to us who follow Hindustani. Beyond Pakistan's dubious claim of propagating Urdu, I think there is merit in going against cricket's one language hegemony. It isn't so in soccer. @yourfan2 & dharmendra: you are probably right. I'll check out. Tks @dejected paki girl @ GB: Like you I too had a lump in my throat when Inzy walked back after his brief but characteristically classy innings. Feels terrible that we won’t see him again. GB, I can’t remember but there was this post about Pakistan mandating the use of Urdu for post-match press conferences. It attracted some funny and possibly cruel comments on Inzy’s English. But what to do? English isn’t his language; he doesn’t know it. It makes him appear tongue-tied, but in Urdu (rather Hindustani) he is quick with the retort and witty. He was asked after the Ireland match what he thought of Pakistan’s ‘performance’. Said Inzy: “Performance tha hi nahin to main kya bolun?” Now, he wouldn’t have been able to say this in English and bring a smile to us who follow Hindustani. Beyond Pakistan’s dubious claim of propagating Urdu, I think there is merit in going against cricket’s one language hegemony. It isn’t so in soccer.
@yourfan2 & dharmendra: you are probably right. I’ll check out. Tks

]]> By: yourfan2 http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-175954 yourfan2 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:18:14 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-175954 So now its confirmed. Woolmer was killed. One hell of a mystery this is turning into. A film noir style movie should be made someday about this episode. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070322/lead/lead1.html So now its confirmed. Woolmer was killed. One hell of a mystery this is turning into. A film noir style movie should be made someday about this episode.

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070322/lead/lead1.html

]]> By: yourfan2 http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-175919 yourfan2 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:01:57 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-175919 I know Sarfraz Nawaz should be taken with a pinch of salt, but this is an electrifying accusation. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/worldcricket.html?in_article_id=443870&in_page_id=1991 Ananda bazar says that the 5 players were Inzy, Yousuf, Naved, Malik and the Bowling coach. LOL. I know Sarfraz Nawaz should be taken with a pinch of salt, but this is an electrifying accusation.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/worldcricket.html?in_article_id=443870&in_page_id=1991

Ananda bazar says that the 5 players were Inzy, Yousuf, Naved, Malik and the Bowling coach. LOL.

]]> By: tipu http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-175903 tipu Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:53:11 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-175903 All my sad cricketing memories are from the World Cups over the years: Kapil getting out to a poor shot against England (was it Eddie Hemmings?) in the 87 Cup, the Calcutta riots in 96, losing the 03 finals & now Woolmer's death. Reading about Woolmer & watching Inzi on YouTube I keep remembering CLR James's quote: "What do they know of cricket who only cricket knows?". It's just not worth it, it's supposed to be a fun game after all with wins & losses. All my sad cricketing memories are from the World Cups over the years: Kapil getting out to a poor shot against England (was it Eddie Hemmings?) in the 87 Cup, the Calcutta riots in 96, losing the 03 finals & now Woolmer’s death. Reading about Woolmer & watching Inzi on YouTube I keep remembering CLR James’s quote: “What do they know of cricket who only cricket knows?”. It’s just not worth it, it’s supposed to be a fun game after all with wins & losses.

]]> By: greatbong http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-175692 greatbong Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:59:15 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-175692 Yes Dejected Paki Girl. I fully agree with you. Inzi's last walk back was a very emotional few minutes, even more so when you consider that 15 years ago to the very day, he took Pakistan to glory with that most glorious of innings. Inzi was a great personal favourite of mine and even though I am not Pakistani, I shall definitely miss him. Yes Dejected Paki Girl. I fully agree with you. Inzi’s last walk back was a very emotional few minutes, even more so when you consider that 15 years ago to the very day, he took Pakistan to glory with that most glorious of innings. Inzi was a great personal favourite of mine and even though I am not Pakistani, I shall definitely miss him.

]]> By: a dejected paki girl http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-175321 a dejected paki girl Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:38:35 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/03/19/three-farewells/#comment-175321 i dont know what to say....words fail me...this has been the worst weekend of my life. cricket is my life and pakistan losing the match to ireland was the biggest shocking moment of my life....i was so angry,so much in anguish that i could not sleep for an entire day....when bob woolmer's death news came,all that anger changed into sympathy and gloominess...nothing seemed important....is this the price a person pays for dedication to cricket???!!everything seemed meaningless...a person had lost his life for a game....i could not be more dejected!! seeing inzy for the last time on the field against zimbabwe and being given a farewell by players from both the sides....looking at his teary eyes and his dejected walk,i could not control the tears that had been waiting to flow since the last 2 days......i can not even begin to tell how much i'll miss him and this i realized when i saw him the one last time on the field for one-day matches....how could people so easily forget all the good things he had done for us....of the 86 one -day matches in which he has appeared as captain,we won 52 of them.....i can not just see him go...i wish i could give him a hug and somehow stop him:( Inzy all the pakistanis would miss u greatly,we forgive u and we love u....thanks for all the wonderful victories over the years.....ur a national hero:))!! i dont know what to say….words fail me…this has been the worst weekend of my life.
cricket is my life and pakistan losing the match to ireland was the biggest shocking moment of my life….i was so angry,so much in anguish that i could not sleep for an entire day….when bob woolmer’s death news came,all that anger changed into sympathy and gloominess…nothing seemed important….is this the price a person pays for dedication to cricket???!!everything seemed meaningless…a person had lost his life for a game….i could not be more dejected!!
seeing inzy for the last time on the field against zimbabwe and being given a farewell by players from both the sides….looking at his teary eyes and his dejected walk,i could not control the tears that had been waiting to flow since the last 2 days……i can not even begin to tell how much i’ll miss him and this i realized when i saw him the one last time on the field for one-day matches….how could people so easily forget all the good things he had done for us….of the 86 one -day matches in which he has appeared as captain,we won 52 of them…..i can not just see him go…i wish i could give him a hug and somehow stop him:(
Inzy all the pakistanis would miss u greatly,we forgive u and we love u….thanks for all the wonderful victories over the years…..ur a national hero:))!!

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