(28th Feb 2011)
The cricket world cup is in full swing now..which means we have gone beyond the first courtesy round of the test playing nations taking the associate teams to the cleaners..in fact now we witnessed Pakistan beating Sri Lanka..which caused immense pain to Lankans..but made Pakis worry even more..given they flash brightly once or twice in a big tournament and this match means they are done with their thunder…did the bookies see that coming? England finally relented and generously accommodated their friendly Irish neighbours into the big league by offering them a win out of nowhere; atleast it would mean they have more avenues to source their players from..KJ O’ Brien the next KP? India and England made most of the bookies sweat..some filthy rich and for the first time in 3 years an Aussie legspinner was accurate…i.e Shane Warne…for his accurate tweet-prediction on the India England match. Australia continues in the only way they know to play in a world cup..i.e thrashing everyone on their way. Luckily for them Ponting found form and first smashed a half century on the ground and then an LCD TV in the dressing room. What a shame to see the SL vs Aus match getting rained away…unreliable sources said that Ponting argued with the referee and wanted to review the rains but apparently better sense prevailed…though ICC is investigating if the rain was fixed..hmm…must have perhaps spotted a Pak player do the rain dance.
Round up for week 5;
Game 1: BK1 vs BK2
Billed as the biggest clash in indoor league..and the fiercest of the fierce battles leaving even “Papua New Guinea” vs “Afghanistan” test match clash behind in the ratings chart…BK1 vs BK2 almost lived upto the expectations around it. It was a shame though that only 11 BK players turned up. Sledge master Chief had to miss the game as it clashed with the monthly manicure/pedicure appointment..but nevertheless he has vowed to move his facial appointment to be there for the upcoming games against lesser opponents.
The game began once we had the skippers appointed and the teams pulled out of a hat..heat was on right from first ball that was dispatched for a six ..and Jorgo and Yock feaured in record breaking 80 run stand..the best in the league so far..Simon Yock had his eyes set on an epic half century…and BK2 did nothing to stall the pursuit..but eventually ended up with just 46..or like the ladies say..just one shot away from being wow. Nevertheless Yock and Jorgo set the tone and the rest of BK1 joined in to create what can be only termed as a harmony of butchery. An otherwise docile Rajan Jn too was pumped up. “we PACKED and DELIVERED BK2 to the dumps” is what Rajan had to say..proudly flashing his brand new DHL business card. Andrew Errr - the proud BK1 skipper came up with a gem, after the game got over “Err is human..Andrew Er is divine” said the pacman; some modesty that was, but who am I kidding..Kings aren’t supposed to be modest..are they?
After the humiliating defeat his team suffered from, when skipper Aslam was contacted for his comments about the team’s abysmal performance.. he quickly switched to tagalog, showing off the language skills recruiters seem to have..in this case though, acquired through frequent Duxton road visits (Chief can speak thai, tagalog, bahasa, bangla and even Kiwi). That unfortunately was the only masterstroke that Aslam had for the day. Smokey ..glad from the fact that he let Aslam skipper the game..played the mundane smart ass card claiming that BK2 “let” that happen just so that it would improve the net run rate for BK1.
Some cold beers after the game were flowing on to round the day off and the Kings were back to chit-chatting merrily around the plastic table..a skill no other team in the league can ever match.
Reportedly, some have found these numbers to be offensive.. .Stats here are therefore rated “PG”and publisher holds no responsibility for any trauma it may cause.
BK1 vs BK2 - BK1 stats | ||
Bowlers | Wickets | Runs |
Jorgo | 3 | -3 |
Andy Er | 1 | 17 |
Julian Tate | 3 | 5 |
Karthik Subramanyan | 4 | -3 |
Rajan | 0 | 40 |
Simon Yock | 5 | -13 |
Batsman | Runs | |
Simon Yock | 46 | |
Jorgo | 34 | |
Rajan | 17 | |
Julian Tate | 7 | |
Karthik Subramanyan | 33 | |
Andy Er | 15 | |
BK1 vs BK2 - BK2 stats | ||
Bowlers | Wickets | Runs |
Alex | 1 | 20 |
Aslam | 1 | 14 |
David | 1 | 40 |
Mani Padmanaban | 0 | 36 |
Prashanth | 1 | 22 |
Tom woods | 1 | 26 |
Batsman | Runs | |
Tom woods | 18 | |
David | 3 | |
Alex | -2 | |
Prashanth | -5 | |
Mani Padmanaban | 0 | |
Aslam | 11 | |
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