Hyderabad Blues

The gods must have a twisted sense of humor.
:-(

For those who watched the game, I guess this is what the elders meant when they said your previous janam ka paap will catch up with you.
Sigh.

I dunno what else to say, but this is sorrow.

An excerpt from CI:

Nobody does solos better than Sachin Tendulkar, nor, perhaps, has anyone endured as much heartbreak during those solos. It was India of the 90s all over again: Tendulkar almost chased 351 on his own but, with the target in sight, he got out and the rest choked, falling short by three runs with two balls still to go. In Chennai in 1998-99, Tendulkar, having played an innings as incredible as this, left the last three wickets 17 to get; tonight he left them 19 off 17.

So near yet so far does not quite sum it up for me.

Perhaps Uppal shouldn't host anymore matches.

Small Talk

Goes without saying that IPL is evil.
It makes players break down.

For instance, the following got injured while paying the IPL:

Tim Paine
Brad Haddin
Michael Clarke - he is anorexic; so he doesn't even have to play the IPL, he just thought of it and broke a bone.
James Hopes & Brett Lee – they interacted with Evil Modi during the CL2009.
(I think I can feel the beginnings of a headache because I typed Mo the man's name.)
Nathan Bracken
Peter Siddle
Moises Henriques
 
Which begs the question, why isn't the one who shall not be named not injured yet?
 
Sabotage?
I am thinking someone needs to put a little Andhra Mirchi (Ah look, that is Austraian for a lot of Mirchi mate!) like a pinch, into the man's food and that ought to take care of him.
 
Meanwhile, in the Indian camp, the one with the "Attitude Problems" (no, please click on the link) is sitting out and the Preppie Nerd is back.
However, he and his man Seawag  (that is Australian for "Sehwag") will be separated by God SRT.
 
Anyway.
 
India better win this is all I am saying.
 
p.s. I don't care if this is a 2nd string Australian team India better win this.
p.p.s. I don't care if Ponting shows up with 10 Australian school kids India better win this.
p.p.p.s Heck I don't care if Ponting shows up with 10 copies of Geoff Boycott's Mum, India better win this.

Note: I better put this in there that I am being sarcastic about that IPL injury list.
*cough*

Oh no!

Something happened this morning(my time anyway)...but I shall not talk talk about that.
No.Shush. :-$
Too depressing.
:-(

Instead I'll wonder why that one whose name shall not be taken took 3 wickets and scored 49 runs.
Hmpf.
And who the heck is Dougie B???
Plus isn't half of the Australian team down with swine-flu or something?
(Yup I read that on Cricinfo.)

No.Too darn depressing.

Instead I'll focus on Uppal.Mana Hyderabad.
And I'll sing, మా తెలేగు తల్లి కి మల్లి పూ...

I don't know what I wrote there...I am guessing it'sOK.
(Sharath, correct chestawa tappulu unte?)
 
Meanwhile in other news Kohli batted at #3.
Uff! These are the times I wonder if Dhoni has bumped his pretty li'l head against the wall and lost all cricketing sense.
Or I conveniently blame Kirsten.

Why the heck did god invent Raina if he wasnt't going to be sent in at #3?

Meanwhile all of you who said that 7-match series are too long... (who me? Never!) see now it's a 3-match series.

Later.

Kotla conquered

At the end of the game, an amazing statistic was read out: Dhoni has remained unbeaten in 22 successful run chases!

That takes nerves of steel; admit it haters, Dhoni was never just a show pony.

I started watching the match from when the Beauty and the Beast started batting. It was all calm and composed, but really good to watch. I particularly liked how the Ritz cracker was treated with respect, and the “hammering” spared for the "Spaniard". Did you notice how Yuvi went into conquistador mode against Moises?

Speaking of Yuvi, there was an effortless six he hit against M, which I thought would get caught in the deep. Yuvi is a bit of a characterless insaan but these are the times I feel all mother-hennish and proud of him.

Meanwhile, all of you who said India did not deserve to win in the first match admit it, in that case, if Australia had won this one, it would’ve been plain Unfair (yup with an uppercase “U”).

Though I admit, when Yuvi got out I went into nervous mode (“Abhi Dilli door hai.”)

On a different note, Team India has this habit of khuda meherbaan toh ghada pehelwan (literally: by the almighty’s grace even an ass can be a horse)… remember how they turned Mr. Anorexia (Clarke) into a spinner?

However, the converse is true too. Watson did not bowl even a single ball!!!!

:P.

So the Singhs were Kings tonight and my Chennai nice guy Hussey played well too.

All in all, a good day.

2-1!!!

p.s. Stupid Willow TV; no post-match presentation. Hmpf.

YahoooOOOoo

OK people I write this one from heaven, or maybe I am on top of the world and looking down on creation and the only explanation I can find is that MSD rocks!!!
:-)

And while some of you might say, "But Leela you did not watch the game live, his batting is ugly as sin!"
Whatev.
Save your sense of aesthetics for an art gallery.

Plus I disagree; he is special, rustic beauty n' all.

Sorry for getting into fangirl mode, but today is special.

I am even loving Cricinfo.
(Quick! Click on the links before they "refresh" the content!)

First, he consolidated the innings with Gautam Gambhir. Then, in tandem with Suresh Raina, he ripped the bowling to shreds. MS Dhoni's superb 107-ball 124 was the foundation for India's highest-ever total against Australia

gem of an innings

MS Dhoni lets Mitchell Johnson have it, filmy style

So, ciao people while I go and hit my favorite thing ever (for today): "Replay"

It's an hopeless situation

Not for us baba! For Australia.
Literally. Because James Hopes is not playing in the next match.
(How clever of me!)

And Lee and Johnson might be dealing with injuries too.
You know what this means? You know?

There might actually be a possibility of Watto leading the Australian attack. No wait, that might be Siddle.
(I am too tierd to worry about trivial details now...)

YAHOOOoOOooo.

I went and replayed the (in the words of TG) "it beggars belief" over.
The technical term for that bowling is uh oh oh oh.
In SMG's voice.

Of course if an Indian bowler had done that, we would've lynched him. Or probably his effigy.

This also means that Andrew MacDonald will be bowling. (I am not sure where I read that... not Cricinfo.)
Remind me, is he a good bowler? Did he not win a match for Victoria in the CL 2009?

I am just prejudiced and mean, but Donald should not be winning any games for any team.
I checked. It's written in the holy books. Each one of them.

And I can kill Bhajji for making Hauritz look like a spinner. Actually I could kill Ponting for.... ok leave it. Too many reasons.

I just re-read what I wrote. That's not me! Eeeps!
:-D
Please feel free to blame my co-worker for me being cranky.
Peace.

EDIT: Hot off the presses. Lee and Johnson are indeed sitting out. And the Australians have paged Moises Henriques. I am paging KP. Kieron Pollard. Right Now.

A rural affair

So, I did not see the match live.
Thank God!!!
I would've been so.... dejected.

Anyway, I hit replay and saw our favorite, Aussie-baiting (or is it hating?), dart-throwing, nail-biting, slapper Bhajji, doing his thing again.
It was all so theekha, that I've christened him Mirchi Bhajji.
No, you won't call that tacky, if you eat the same in Hyderabad.

(BTW, I did not get the memo; are we hating him or loving him this week?)
And I finally believe SMG; yes that PK is a bit of a tonker.

So the two men introduced agriculture to a cricket field, and it was all so much fun until Siddle showed up and chopped all our dreams like the wood-chopper that he is.

In the end a very rural affair indeed.

p.s. it was fun to watch Cupcake Watson being taken apart!
Note to self: What's with the Watto hate woman?