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?
Taking Stock
1 hour ago
20 Maidens bowled!!:
I was not enjoying watching the cupcake being taken apart! It was painful, but then I am looking from the other side.
Really good match for cricket lovers, not so much for Aussie and India supporters. It was just too close for comfort.
Great batting from Singh, though. Really impressive.
Yeah Sid, too close for comfort.
I wonder if the rest of the series will be like this too.
I dunno what it is with Bhajji and the Aussies, he always does well against them.
Congratulations, your Hauritz did well today.
But, we'll make it 1 all!!!
:-)
I couldn't force myself to wake up at 04:30 to catch the start of the match and thus missed Aus batting. So missed the dart throwers main job :-)
Saw India's batting and honestly the losing margin flattered India to an extent. Fair credit to dart thrower and PK for bringing it this close, but the Watson over beggared belief.
You can bowl a full toss once, ok twice, not telegraph it like the way he did. Guess he had a brain fade like no other :-)
In the end though, the RIGHT team won. So all's well with the world :-) :-)
TG,
Well even if Watto was feeding them freebies, you cannot take away the fact that those two took some runs off Hauritz (didn't PK hit a great six or was it Bhajji?) and Siddle's 9th over.
Congratulations TG! Your team won, but we shall get back.
:-)
Leela
Bhajji hit a six of Hauritz and one of Siddle. PK also hit a six of Siddle. So yes it wasn't Watson alone. However, the ' it beggars belief' over came when India needed 29 from 12 balls and Watson did his telegraphy :-)
To be fair Watson has been doing a reasonable job bowling at the death, but to see him have this brain fade was, un Australian !! Guess this is something that will happen a touch more regularly :-)
Sure India will win a game or three, but if Aus wins three more I'll be satisfied ;)
TG,
I quite enjoyed the "it beggars belief" over and don't mind it making an appearance in the rest of the series.
;-)
Cupcake Watto being taken apart is always a delight.
I for one loved the match. India never really deserved to take the match but it sure ended up fun.
Cheers
KMC,
I had read your post this morning which piqued my intrest enough to watch a match that India lost!
Yeah what a game!
(Fielding for India continues to be a worry ... the two misfields from Marsh made me feel a bit better though.)
Can't believe we lost it after coming so close, although the Aussies sweated the small stuff much better than us once again. Amazing to see Harbhajan admiring his shot instead of scampering between the wickets. Just when I thought he couldn't annoy me more.
We were lucky Lee didn't bowl at the death (Any news on why?). Also, it's time Tendulkar didn't break the Delhi combo upfront. As great as he is, and he's still way better than almost every batsman right now, he doesn't form as effective a partnership with Sehwag as Gambhir. He's gotta come in at 3. Oh, and someone tell Dhoni he doesn't need to bat like a pussy.
please tell me "cupcake" is sarcastic... I mean, its a compliment usually right? for real men, right? oh...
If someone's got the time, please write an article about Watto taking on Team Hoyt in an iron man challenge, he's now played over 10 ODIs on the trot without an injury! Does anyone else think Siddle looks like a retard? just saying, no offence meant to retards, but you know... he looks like he's always laughing at one of his own jokes... a private joke that only he gets... I suppose I should stop. :$
Mahek,
I hate it when SRT breaks up my fav combo.
But who has the guts to tell him?
Ache,
It's somewhere there in my prev posts that I when I use the word "cupcake", it's laced (or iced??) with sarcasm.
Siddle needs a good dentist is all I am saying.
So does Ashish Nehra... if we are going that route.
(I must stop too... this is just mean. Beware of bad karma...)
Things I loved about this match:
Ponting's nonchalant pickup over midwicket early in his innings.
Ponting's expression of horror that he had been given out LBW...turns out the ball was definitely missing off-stump and leg-stump so he was half-right in questioning it.
Hauritz and Jadeja being better spinners than Bhajji (mirchi bhajji is a perfect nickname for him...can I steal/borrow it?)
The first two overs of Virender Sehwag's batting. Before Sachin cautioned him about the need to not throw his wicket away and ruined it...(maybe I am being harsh on the old man here but it sure appeared that way).
Shane Watson being demolished at the end. Sweet. By the way, isn't he due for a stint on the injured reserve list with a pulled hammy or strained quad? This streak of pink health is entering uncharted territory for him.
Peter Siddle's last over. Nice length under pressure.
And finally, seeing our most profligate bowlers (Kumar and Bhajji) compensate for the runs they gave away. Too bad, Nehra did not get to bat any longer, we may have even won the match then!
Are there really 6 more of these?
JQ,
1. Hey I thought Ponting was out.
Wasn't he plumb in front?
2. Steal away!
3. I did not see that. But why oh why does he split rock and rule?
4. Right now Watto has had a nervous breakdown; he will have a mandatory injury pretty soon.
5. I am hating Siddle right now.
(It's OK, the feeling shall pass.)
6. Yeah the bowlers did contribute.
Go Nehra!
7. Yes 6 more!
But now you know what to blame for global warming and the obsesity crisis in the First world.
;-)
If that nickname is to signify how he comes back to bite his own team in the ass then it's quite apt.
Leela, he meant the ball was hitting middle stump :)
Well Kirby mate; Watson did give india the miracle.....but seriously wat batting by Bhajji.....thank god tat India finally have an all rounder...........
Mahek,
Hey I re-read that, long day. Yes that was clever!
OK OK. I accept I had a dumbo moment.
Laugh away.
Hmpf.
CPD,
Does Bhajji bowl too?
Leela,
The ball was missing off and leg stump, but not the one in the middle. :-)
Sort of like the time an Aussie commentator sarcastically commented that Martin Crowe, who was never happy to be given out, would probably complain about being given out bowled because his leg-stump was still standing upright.
Mahek, that was a great observation...yet another reason why mirchi bhajji is the perfect moniker for him.
6 more of these...at the rate at which people are getting injured (and with Tendulkar due for his "rest" after 4 ODI's) it will not be too long before Vinod Kambli comes out of retirement to play against Jason Gillespie.
...about being given out bowled because his leg-stump was still standing upright.
And I say, what is wrong with that JQ!
In fact if the rule were in place, we might have won that ODI with Bhajji not out!!!
;-)
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