The Sandwich Maker

They first sandwiched a test series between two ODI series. Then they sandwiched a poor pitch between two good ones.

First the base: the Asia Cup: Plenty of context. You'd think it's at the bottom and no one cares about it but it matters. Your appetite can always use ingredients from all over the subcontinent adding their own flavours. The Boom Boom especially was entertaining. There were a few complaints that it was good for brunch but not exactly great for evenings under lights.

The stuffing. Three layers of it. Some important Indian ingredients were missing so it was always gonna be a little imbalanced.

Galle was a Sri Lankan delicacy, it takes getting used to to. Some can have it for 4 out of 5 courses, some can barely keep it in. Watching the non regulars struggle with it can be entertaining.

SSC was stale meat. Just a lot of chewing. Just when you'd feel like you were about to extract some juice, there came more chewing. Tasted like road. Left with no choice when some of their old stuff became spoilt, India toyed with a new ingredient which surprisingly tasted good with the fine old wine. it was the highlight, I feel.

The P Sara. A good mix of greens and meat. The very, very special garnishing left you with a good taste if you didn't enjoy the Galle and the SSC.

Overall I'd say they got it right, but the stuffing within the stuffing can improve. That's the road I refer to.

And on top, from the once wildly popular Sharjah house of bread loaves: The Tri Series. It looks good and universally appealing for all practical purposes the complaints about batting first have come back. Some people said the bread felt spongy.

by Crownish
blogs at FCKING BLOG (Fantasy Cricket Kings Blog)

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RDX: Run outs can be funny

Before my run-out we had not run many singles. At first it felt good to get the circulation in the legs going. Even though a single to mid off can be tricky, Malinga was quite deep. After the single, we ran off a miss-field. It was a senseless run, and I have taken many such senseless runs in my career. But it is always disappointing. I really felt like hurling my bat, but somehow better sense prevailed. Later in the dressing room, Yuvi and Bhajji started to refer to me as Inzi. Gambhir begged to differ, laying claim to being the Inzi in the Indian team. We were still laughing when Sachin walked back. Evidently he wasn’t amused. After stumps, Viru congratulated me on getting run out again.

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Pak v SL, it's time to get serious.

Ok So SL lost the 2020 finals. I went into hiding. Its all been documented.

But its now time for the serious stuff. So lets get serious. I have my fly up and everything. The first test is at Galle. Pakistan has played there once and beat SL by an innings.

But that was a long long long time ago. Back when Attappatu was not calling the selectors muppets. Back when Arjuna would still walk singles and Wasim Akram, bless his soul, still played.

First test at Galle. Stats suggest you win the toss and bat. But its a decent pitch all round.

Its King Kumars first real test in cricket. Sure his quick wit got him places in 20 overs but over 90 over days for extended periods of time, does he have what it takes ?

Younus on the other hand, won the 2020 WC and then retired from the format. Some Sri Lankan cricket bloggers have suggested that this proves that Younus is a bit unstable.

Inexperience v Instability. You couldn't ask for much more.

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