Entries from March 2007

March 30, 2007

Nostalgia

Cricinfo – Ponting not worried about Bangladesh upset
“Australia, unbeaten in World Cup matches since their 1999 group match against Pakistan, are favourites to win the Super Eights clash. “
After all these years, I remember this defeat vividly. Someone I knew then was a big Pakistan supporter and was taking a dig at me for [...]

March 29, 2007

Meet your meat

It has been a week of pleasantness. First , it was city of SF banning plastic bags and now Burger King has decided to respect some animal rights. (yeah the same Burger King whose food you wouldn’t eat unless you stumble upon it on a dark cold night in the middle of nowehere and the [...]

March 28, 2007

Banished….

A landmark ruling by the city of SF.  Kudos to everyone involved. I would still think there should be a greater impetus should be on reducing consumption rather than reusing and recycling. All of us should carry canvas bags to the stores just like my mom and grand mom do in India.

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March 27, 2007

Ironies

Indian Cricket Loss has been India’s gain. We have a lot of people crawling out of the woodwork and saying stupid things. Mr. Bal Thackeray has asked the fans to stay calm and not to riot. A classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Today the unprecedented happend. Ajay Maken , supposedly [...]

March 23, 2007

Maybe

this is what they called the joy of cricket
and it looks so much like soccer
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March 21, 2007

much ado about nothing

Sobers likes the look of Watson. I am pretty damn sure he is not talking about cricket. Pissed off at being ignored by Sobers, Vettori says he is better than he was in 2003. Is he talking about cricket at least?
Pakistan is keen to leave on a high. They played the two games like [...]

March 17, 2007

The Gibbs Phenomenon

six one sa six, six two sa twelve, six three sa eighteen, six four sa twenty four, six five sa thirty, six six sa thirty-six. I had almost forgotten the six tables until Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in one over against Netherlands. Wow, this guy has stormed into the record books and finally be [...]

March 17, 2007

March Madness….

What a March it has been!!! A long road trip from Seattle to San Jose followed by the Cricket World Cup (which I must confess that I haven’t even watched a ball yet but followed parts of Australia against Scotland and most of Zim Vs. Ireland), a Phoenix-Dallas basketball game and the big dance which [...]