The cricket enthusiast would travel any distance to watch a match-nothing could keep him from the game he loved.
One day, a friend met him and said, ‘You’re looking a bit down.’ ‘The wife said she’s s going to divorce me.’
‘What grounds?’
‘Oh, Headingly, Edgbaston, Lords . . .
So, life goes on. The next match is on and I’m as irritated as I was when this whole saga started. First the Aussies came n played in India and then before you could recover, the pakistanis arrived and now there’s more cricket. When they’re not showing a live match, the channels play dirty and show some old match where India won by…who cares ???^^$^*()*#@. Why dig up the past? Isn’t it bad enough that this nightmare continues without shoving our noses into the bygones?
I’ve been reading some cricketing blogs. It’s incredible. These guys obviously have an alternate life which renders them sane for the most part. But one match – that’s all it needs – one godawfullongdrawnoutnoendinsight match and they begin jabbing at their keyboards, passion stirred and ready to duel. And each has an opinion.
Some excerpts:
At the moment, India is just having it too easy….Kumble will be happy that a wicket fell late last night; he’ll be even happier if the remaining four… I still fancy our chances against Sri Lanka. Sure, the Lankans have had a…i speculated that Anil Kumble’s handling of Harbhajan Singh would be crucial, and that the Pakistan batsmen would take an aggressive approach against Harbhajan….Malinga has a hair style that makes Nathan Bracken look straight…Twenty20 is NOT the real deal. In all of Dhoni’s success are a number of gambles. And as he’ll find out…
So wait. There are cricketers. Umpires. Commentators. Cricket Fans. And now keyboard krazies who analyse, dissect, evaluate, scrutinize the game and every move of every cricketer on that ground. I’m yet to understand the passion this game arouses. A passion that has grown men give up everything and sit transfixed in front of the television while one guy knocks around a ball for almost half a day before the scoreboard crawls to the next number.
When will realisation dawn? When will these overpaid gagsters start playing some nicer, shorter, quicker game?
And now to top it all, I saw this…it’s old news but haunting nevertheless. Now if he’d been a simple F1 fan, he wud have made a car that looked like a car !
Check out this Cricket Worldcup fever.
A cricket fan in Andhra Pradesh has built a car shaped like a cricket bat to support India in the World Cup to be played this month.
“It took six months and Rs 70,000 ($1,580) to make the car from scrap metal and used engines,” 45-year-old Sudhakar Yadav said.
The car can run at a speed of 60 km per hour.
(From here)
Help !!!!
2 Comments
December 4, 2007 at 7:41 am
My wife can identify with you.. nice funny blog.
Your husbands request is understandable. My friend had their son on the same day 24th april this year and he was over the moon!
December 8, 2007 at 4:49 am
I don’t know which is more scary. My other half thinking like this or that there are other people out there sharing his obsessiveness !