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A (fairly) new series on Player-Commentators
Play 2
Sometime in the future. Arun Lal, Harsha Bhogle and Zaheer Khan in the commentary box
HB : So Zaheer you reckon there's anything for the seamers here ?
No reply from Zaheer
Wicket falls
AL (excited) : Peach ! How good was that ! You must be impressed ,er, Zaheer ... ?
No reply from Zaheer. In fact ZAK has been quiet the entire time.
AL (uneasy little laugh) : Er Zaheer , I say , you haven't been , er , haha , injured , haha... ?
And ZAK nods !
AL(despairing): " Oh my goodness ,it's a mouth injury this time is it...(Agitated) but I..but I .can't understand it !"
HB ( bright , cheerful and pleasant self) : " Oh dear injured again but not to worry. Luckily for us we have a very talented reserve. Yes (smiles) step forward please won't you Manoj ?
Manoj Tiwari makes to move BUT..Suddenly ZAK starts speaking
ZAK : " Oh yes , definitely something in here for the bowlers ... "
HB (beaming) : " Ah Manoj , so we won't trouble you just yet now. But thanks so much, off you go to that bench of yours ,run along now ! Oh good lad ! "
Play It Again Sam : 2 - Benchion Not
Frequent flyer miles
That’s what Raina and his rouges picked from the Windies to Zimba to India to Lanka. They dropped their pants in the one-dayers, then they put them on, and got lucky with the toss. You’d expect an India A side to beat the Zim mainstay. Didn’t happen, and it’s swell the toss worked as an alibi.
But the WTF T20 series, that was an assault on the non-senses, could the BCCI not evict their team once they didn’t make the finals. Instead the boys had to see Victoria falls I presume.
Yusuf Pathan became man-of-the-match. Then Yusuf walked in, with little to do except hit a six and win the game. But the wily Zimba boy, bowled a short ball, and how could he let it go – so he tonked it, well within the 30 yards. He got out, as did his judgment. That was entertainment.
Which the Zim commentators are not – they will tell you about Yusuf, “when he hits it, it stays hit”. They will also call Naman Ojha – Dinesh Karthik. And then comes the smug Tony Greg looking down on God’s creation and Arun Lal, which is ok, because A Lal looks down on A Lal.
The WTF T20 series. Everyone gave a flying fck. For miles and miles.
Bored encouragement of the day
3rd test, India - New Zealand at Wellington, Day 4
New Zealand second innings
Score: 152 - 4
On crease: James Franklin & Ross Taylor (non striker)
Facing: Virender "Jatman" Sehwag & Simon Taufel (the umpire)
One of the 3 F's (we would come to this later) of Viru's offspinners pitches right on the middle stump of the left handed Franklin to be uncomfortably defended down.
Mahendra Dhoni "Lagega, Lagega... Paair mein lagega... Simon dega !!"
One of the most optimistic "appealing" Indian captains (wicketkeepers) one has seen in a long time.
Now to the Jatman's 3 F's. Viru's bowling is as uncomplicated as his batting. If you notice, Viru has only 3 variations of his offies (unless Arun Lal or Sanjay Manjrekar comment while he's bowling and discover the next variation for Viru... For example they might call a ball skidding wide down the leg a "Jat-ish" delivery !!).
The 3 F's are Flatish, Floated & Fastish. Correct me if you thought Viru has other variations of his offspinners.
