this is a blessing in disguise for the west indies cricket team. they have a certain Manish Pandey to thank for that.

they have to join their hands and thank mr. pandey for hitting Chris Gayle with the bat.

Or maybe this is a plan by brad hodge, who anyways intended to throw a kitchen sink at any one who dared to miss field today.

it was the battle of the losers, and the biggest loser lost!

Kolkata owner-is-back-home Knightriders of course.

meanwhile, i tender no apologies for posting so late, i was just plain busy at work.

Amen…

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what in the name of south african freedom day is this:

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they say that the IPL is full of surprises…

nobody in their sane minds would have guessed that….

cricinfo is down

cricket will never be

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Harsha Bhogle!

I say balls to this…

Guy was with the Mumbai Indians last year, paid him fat cheques.

this time looks pissed when he has to call a six by some other name…

looks confused about which moment to call the city moment of success…

goes on lunch dates with Mandira Bedi and his son…

in fact, is still coming to terms with the IPL, and still uses test match commentary awesomeness here…

i say balls to this again…

he is definitely, i repeat definitely not the fake ipl player…

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well two things:

1. it can not make any difference to the batting average
2. it can make you tell your skipper that the opposition could not get you out..

i have no idea what was going through MS Goni’s head as he refused to run a risky single off the last ball of the innings when oram mishit the ball.

if this game gets the super over bullshit, or if deccan win off the last ball, someone is not going to be all pleased about it.

the someone is me of course. MSD won’t care…its all about being positive!

anyways, Oram, who knew that Goni had threatened to kill his own parents last year, did not further press the matter

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the seer’s team play the Chennai Superkings today, followed by the Sachin vs Saurav game…

Watch out for:
game 1: Pragyan Ojha, guy can spin the ball, probably the best since monty…and i think better… 
game 2: Sanath. Due. Law of fucking averages.

Probable cause of boredom:
game 1: Venugopal Rao…i hate negative vibes
game 2: KKR not showing up again

Barney’s Choice:
game 1: Deccan
game 2: Mumbai

Owner Watch:
game 1: Corporate owners…expect to see nothing more than cigarette butts
game 2: some Ambani billionaire against the ‘real’ SRK and the more popular ‘fake’…more smoke…

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I know they are in a civil war right now, but their cricketing people are planning another epic battle.

why else would they offer central contracts to 76 people!!!

beats me, it would even beat Rahul Dravid when he is on 180*

anyways, here is the entire army

secretary Nishantha Ranatunga said that in addition to the 20 national cricketers and 15 players from the 'A' team, a further 41 players will be contracted on the following basis - 17 cricketers from the Development Squad, 15 cricketers from Academy and nine from Sixes and Twenty20 specialists

mental note: tell SL Cricket not to worry about the ICL

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the KP team take on the Sehwagologists and later on, Yuvra'j’s guys (with Ranadeb Bose of course) take on the Warnies.

Watch out for:
game 1: Sehwag heroics, and Dirk Nannes, the mishra wrist spinner dude is back too…
game 2: Kamran i-am-mature-now Khan

Probable cause of boredom:
game 1: the entire bangalore side…
game 2: Jayawardene batting

Barney’s Choice:
game 1: Delhi
game 2: Rajasthan

Owner Watch:
game 1: both Delhi and Bangalore have non interesting owners, if you pardon me if I say that Vijay Mallaya does NOT look like the owner of Playboy Mansion

game 2: watch out for Shilpa Shetty laughing when her team loses, and go weak in the knees as you see Priety Zinta…

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DLF Maximum City Moment of Success DLF IPL Man of the Tournament has been decided…

yes, it is official

no, it is not on Modi’s blog

the man of the tournament is…

wait for it..

The Strategy Time-out

whatsay?

well, only if it is a man and not some sly seductress who entices batsmen to screw their team after 10 overs…

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the roof the roof the roof is on fire
we don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
burn motherfucker burn
burn, burn, burn, burn

just a little and nothing now it's over
just a little and nothing now it's over
what you said, no,
you're never gonna say again
in your own special way you tear me down

sway - so hypnotic

neither up nor down,
just been turned and turned
it just sits inside so it burns and burns
if i can't decide what makes you hurt
in your own special way you tear me down
so ask me please, please

give me something good, now
something
give me something good, now
give me
come sway this way

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a friend of mine did this for me, and i am really insecure

i had to make him ensure me a thousand times that the posting would not be affected. i think there are two gods for me now. one is sehwag. the other is windows live writer.

the aussies won today, so this is not the best day to bash them, but if you have a look around, you would notice that my design guy thinks exactly the opposite…

whatever!

i feel good writing here…

thanks, bob

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