So I am back doing what I do the best ... talk cricket ... fancying myself as one of the innumerable self crowned experts.
Today i got to see the match, stories of which I shall be relating to my grandchildren, when trying to show them how big a cricket enthusiast I used to be. Maybe by that time scoring 434 in an innings will be like taking a walk in the park, but in today's world it is an almost impossible feat to acheive and then successfully chasing it is, in simple, doing the impossible. That's what I witnessed today. Australia, riding on Ponting's back to reach 434 and South Africa topping that with Gibbs smashing 176 in 111 balls. It was crazy and I consider myself lucky for having seeing the match live.
Talking about Mike Hussey, I think the world missed another Bradman. The way he is playing now, he seems to be ready to break all records, but alas, he came a bit too late and he wont have the time to make it to the top of the charts.
And finally coming to my (and the country's) favourite. What has he done to himself. He, in simple words, is a shadow of what he used to be.
"Where is that glory, that reverence now?"
Frankly speaking, I were to put my money on who'll score the lowest among the top 6 batsmen in the current Indian team, I would put it on Sachin. He's lost it. I dont think he has played even a single "match winning" innings since WC'03. He may have scored some centuries n all, but none of them can be called spectacular. His shots still have the unparalleled quality, but rarely does he stay on the crease for enough time to execute enough number of them, to draw sighs from the spectators. Cutting it short, Sachin is no longer Sachin.
Today i got to see the match, stories of which I shall be relating to my grandchildren, when trying to show them how big a cricket enthusiast I used to be. Maybe by that time scoring 434 in an innings will be like taking a walk in the park, but in today's world it is an almost impossible feat to acheive and then successfully chasing it is, in simple, doing the impossible. That's what I witnessed today. Australia, riding on Ponting's back to reach 434 and South Africa topping that with Gibbs smashing 176 in 111 balls. It was crazy and I consider myself lucky for having seeing the match live.
Talking about Mike Hussey, I think the world missed another Bradman. The way he is playing now, he seems to be ready to break all records, but alas, he came a bit too late and he wont have the time to make it to the top of the charts.
And finally coming to my (and the country's) favourite. What has he done to himself. He, in simple words, is a shadow of what he used to be.
"Where is that glory, that reverence now?"
Frankly speaking, I were to put my money on who'll score the lowest among the top 6 batsmen in the current Indian team, I would put it on Sachin. He's lost it. I dont think he has played even a single "match winning" innings since WC'03. He may have scored some centuries n all, but none of them can be called spectacular. His shots still have the unparalleled quality, but rarely does he stay on the crease for enough time to execute enough number of them, to draw sighs from the spectators. Cutting it short, Sachin is no longer Sachin.
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