Its been a while since i posted(which pretty much proves that i'd forgotten about having a blog) so i'm making a serious effort to not be serious on this one and evoke guffaws of laughter from my readers(if you don't as much as smile while reading this, your sense of humor is as about alive as Osama). Saying this, the planned sequel to the previous post about Bama n Sama had to be shelved due to the brilliant response the first post got(not that i'd expected either of them to read it)
Now that the cricket world cup has started, i expect even more readers to visit a dying blog that even the author/owner isn't bothered about(or maybe he is now). The title might suggest something really delicious and tempting for my subcontinental readers, though the europeans who visit my blog would beg to differ(with burning interiors every morning, who wouldn't)
Crazy, it what i and my blog are all about and this seems to no0w be spreading to sports even, world sport may i add. This year's cricket world cup has seen its fair share of records being broken, smashed, obliterated even. With upsets and near-upsets, i won't be surprised if one of the so called Big teams crashes out in the group stages and if that happens, the foren guys can easily put all the blame on the rich indian food, especially the famous curries. Before you think i've gone bonkers and should take a sabbatical from writing let me tell you that its true. How can an innocuous curry, one of the most basic indian foods do so much harm to a cricketing nation as to eliminate their team from the group stages itself and by cricketing, i mean those countries whose players only play cricket and do not play the sport for recreation purposes(no offense to bermuda, namibia, tanzania and the distant country of Djibouti).
The blame on the curries is down to the fact that in this world cup, more catches have been put down so far than the previous 2 world cups put together(till they'd reached the same stage ofcourse). It all began with the first game at Mirpur, where Bangladesh put up a decent display of fielding(by subcontinental standards) and India shouldn't have been too far behind with yuvraj n co. in their side but somebody forgot to tell this to yusuf pathan who spilled a catch which according to international standards would classify as takeable(which fortunately didnt matter as India had posted 370+ which Ban were never going to chase down)
Before you assume that i'm going into details about each game, here are some stats:
SL v Canada: 2 drops by SL, 1 by Canada
England will be talked about later on.
Kenya v Pak: 3 by pak, 1 by Kenya(Jonty presumably wont be too happy with the shoddy fielding so far)
RSA v WI: 1 by RSA, WI weren't given a chance to drop catches :P
Morne morkel put down the easiest of easy-peasys you'll ever get, yesterday against the dutch and Kallis(the bowler) managed to see the funny side of it. Wonder if he'd have done the same if Barresi had gone on to do a Kevin O'brien.
Aus v NZ : Aus none, NZ 1(watson went on to win the game for 'straya)
Ire v ban: 1 each
Pak v SL: allegations of spot fixing but no drops for Lanka, Pak dropped 3 and kamran clanged 2 chances behind the stumps.
Enough of the mumbo-jumbo coz the list is endless and will continue to grow as the tournament progresses. I'm assuming the fielders will start to complain about the ball being too round and swerving in the air a-la goalkeepers against the Jabulani.
I have to mention England though, who during the Ashes and the ODI series against Aus were starting to look like Jonty and AB incarnates in the field, with stupendous catching and outfielding, but they seem to have forgotten the ability in some cab in Brisbane
or a local train in India. They have been downright abject in the field. I'm not counting how many they've dropped as the Scotland yard will track me down for attempting to throw light on their players inabilities. But the truth is that those dropped catches, silly misfields and ridiculous glovework from Prior at times has cost england 2 games, India which they should've won and ireland, which realistically they never should've lost.
or a local train in India. They have been downright abject in the field. I'm not counting how many they've dropped as the Scotland yard will track me down for attempting to throw light on their players inabilities. But the truth is that those dropped catches, silly misfields and ridiculous glovework from Prior at times has cost england 2 games, India which they should've won and ireland, which realistically they never should've lost.
So, where's the curry you ask??
Well, the curries are relished by these foren log for the taste they add to the otherwise bland diet but what they dont realise is that its a sabotage plot by the Indian chefs in the hotels. By feeding these goras curry, the oil seems to be spreading to their fingers and its no surprise then that brililiant fielders like Swann, Morkel have put down sitters. No, Munaf patel doesn't qualify as a fielder.
As for the indians, curry or no curry, as MS Dhoni said, not too much can be done to improve their fielding. Its been the same for the 15 years that i've been watching cricket and 50 years that my dad's been watching and the same into all my ancestors. Changing that would be trying to meddle around with a glorious past, which obviously would hurt the sentiments of the BCCI who do not seem to be able to find time from counting their monetary gains to actually spend some time improving the players(as if the players care).
Drop catches, score a golden duck or get smashed by Courtney Walsh wielding a hockey stick. The players will get paid 7 lakh per Test, 5 lakh per ODI and $$$$ for sitting on the bench during the IPL. No pain, only gain seems to be the way to go for the current crop of players world over. A commentator famous for his one liners once said:
"The Only Thing You Get In Life Without Trying is dandruff"
Sir, i think its time you need to change dandruff to money w.r.t. Indian Cricket.
A post that began with poor fielding to accusations of sabotage by chefs has ended with a smack on the Indian cricket player's and the board's face(not that its going to make any difference)
Though i sincerely hope the concerned people manage to read this.
Adios :D
