Pitch It !!!

Those who have seen the last test between Aus and Ind , must have been relived those yesteryears memories of Indian spinners spinning web around batsmen. All the 20 wickets were taken by spinners only. In fact in the second inning Sharma bowled only 3 overs to 0 for Bhuvi.

            Lot of furore created by media in the last England series, where Dhoni insisted on Home Advantage to make spin friendly wickets. The move which backfired tremendously. India had to endure some heavy , morale drowning defeats.

            Along came Aussie, First test Chennai , Ball turning square from day 1 .

Key : Selective Watering.

You have to keep patch between line of stump firm and which will hold till 5’th day. So watered down this area. Where as keep outside off and legside area dry. Let the soil become loose with bowlers footmarks. Which will assist spinners as the day progress.

Hats off to Curator.

PS : When shane warne visited Chennai , and tormented by Sachin, he asked Curator, Whats wrong with my bowling? Curator said,” May be dodgy shoulder keeping you away from your best”. He later had operation on his shoulder. But the real trick was keep outside the leg stump area firm. Watered down, keep some grass. Genius….

Very Very Sad

It was indeed a sad week for Indian cricket. One of its marquee player retired from international cricket. VVS aka Very Very Special Laxman was a real treat to watch.

            I felt a deep void when Dravid retired, but when I learned that VVS is also retired,

I felt really bad. These two gentlemen not only served for the country but gave an enormous amount of pleasure to the cricketing world. Test cricket, is the ultimate cricket. And boy, how they succeed in that format!

A roaring bowler, bending his back, and in return, shot offered is just a deft touch, played with loose hands; red cherry is hovering around the crease, pure pleasure.

I can write pages about Dravid and Laxman, but I am feeling really sad post their retirement. So winding up………

      I should leave the last words to Tendulkar : after his and Laxman’s 353 – run partnership in Sydney in 2004, where Tendulkar was the model of extreme self-restraint, he said: “ I had just decided to stay there …and watch from the other end”.

PS: There will be a lot of praise for VVS post his retirement, which he simply deserved every bit of it, but words often failed to summarize the whole story.

Googly

Question: How to stop someone who is blabbering about Cricket?
Real Question: Ask him the difference between Googly and Wrong'un?

PS:
Another Question after Real Question: After how many mandatory overs,a ball change in due in a Test Match?
One more: What is Chanderpaul is applying under his eyes while batting? Why not fielding?