tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post288641508366532754..comments2024-03-28T12:44:14.970+05:30Comments on Bored Cricket Crazy Indians (BCC!) - play with cricket: 10Ten – Nineteen Eighty NineGaurav Sethi http://www.blogger.com/profile/04330224127597873431noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-15009124339035817162009-04-11T18:45:00.000+05:302009-04-11T18:45:00.000+05:30Raja,Nice one. thanks.enjoyed reading it.those day...Raja,<BR/><BR/>Nice one. thanks.<BR/><BR/>enjoyed reading it.<BR/><BR/>those days we had lot of open space, time after school and lot of boys to play with every evening.<BR/><BR/>today, there seems to be none of it..<BR/><BR/>even at the age of 5, children seem to be playing serious cricket in the academies!!!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Book cricket too i think is history. havent heard/seen any one play in the last decade<BR/><BR/>meherbaba was one of my favourite AP players....(it was pre goa entry into ranji)<BR/><BR/>my memory of AP was them being bowled out for 29 in Ranji Trophy by TN...<BR/><BR/><BR/>PrabhuPrabhu.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06374855207872544298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-70198211600679045692009-04-11T18:10:00.000+05:302009-04-11T18:10:00.000+05:30SP... Thanks a million. But I am not sure if my me...SP... Thanks a million. But I am not sure if my memory is as sharp to elicit such praise... Let me thank Ottayan before I tell why.<BR/><BR/>There was one vital bit I had forgotten about, that is... If you bowl a Maninder Singh, then you need to bowl left handed and if a Clive Lloyd batted you need to bat left handed... Thanks Ottayan for reminding me some rules from "those days"...RajaBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468551373665867713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-57550775071220535532009-04-11T16:01:00.000+05:302009-04-11T16:01:00.000+05:30A very evocative piece ... 'longgg' but lo...A very evocative piece ... 'longgg' but loaded with nostalgia ... T10, french cricket, exodus by rail of kith & kin to the family homestead in the 'mulluk',clamouring cousins from all over the globe, cork balls etc ... in my case it was more like in the summer of 79 ... but what's a decade here or there when you're in 'Heaven'!sraghunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01304306613014091973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-21852636010629935862009-04-11T11:16:00.000+05:302009-04-11T11:16:00.000+05:3010 on 10ten!!i wish i too had a sharp memory like ...10 on 10ten!!<BR/><BR/>i wish i too had a sharp memory like yours...straight pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309030423887849171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-56572033949194970622009-04-11T05:28:00.000+05:302009-04-11T05:28:00.000+05:30Raja,I used play the same game with my cousin, but...Raja,<BR/><BR/>I used play the same game with my cousin, but stuck to international teams.<BR/><BR/>When we batted we used to hold the bat (Left/Right) as the original used to do and we played in their style.<BR/><BR/>When it came to bowling we used to spin or bowl pace using only the right hand.<BR/><BR/>To paraphrase - those were the days.:)Viswanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511419586643916500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134440631193335724.post-30546338185699984782009-04-11T02:34:00.000+05:302009-04-11T02:34:00.000+05:30Absolutely delightful Raja!Gng by the length of th...Absolutely delightful Raja!<BR/><BR/>Gng by the length of this piece, who would have thought it was T10 u was writing abt?<BR/><BR/>More like test cricket with the rest day thrown in!Gaurav Sethi https://www.blogger.com/profile/04330224127597873431noreply@blogger.com