Smart Alec - observes and CommentsSmart Alec - observes and CommentsA current Affairs blog with affinity for Cricket. A self proclaimed Smart Alec watches events happening around him, specially cricket and that tooIndian Cricket, which happens to be his passion, and makes his expert coment on those. When you try hard
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Will the real master blaster please stand up
2007-07-04 12:50:00 The match at Glasgow was abandoned today due to wet conditions. During the tantalizing hours of wet outfield and indecision I was participating in an online community at Orkut for a live discussion on the match. There I discovered the reason why orkut is so addictive. The instantaneous bonding with a stranger without even knowing his Last name is amazing, and the passion for game in its most raw and refined form. But the primary reason for this post is – Sachin Tendulkar, The original and real Master Blaster. He is back where he belongs – top of the batting order and top of his game. His warm gesture of sharing of the Man of the Series award with Yuvraj carries a deeper significance for Indian summer. This dynamic duo will determine India’s success this summer. And what a pair they are, as contrasting in style as ever. The maestro bats right handed, the Young Turk with left. The genius stands a measly 5 feet 5 and the butcher towers at 6 feet 2. The brilliance of the whiz at t... More About: Real , Lease , Ease , Stand Up
BCCI and ICC to develop new format for Cricket
2007-06-29 03:28:00 digg_url = 'http://digg.com/other_sports/BCCI_and_IC C_to_develop_new_format_for_Cricket '; The ICC and BCCI have decided to set aside their well-publicized differences, and will work together with the common goal of continuous and total degradation of the game by 2009, according to a joint press release from the two organizations. ?Yes, it’s true. There are plenty of crappy ideas and idiotic schemes on ... More About: Politics , Jokes , India , Indian Cricket Team
The Fair(y) tale of Cricket
2007-06-24 04:13:00 The Glorious Uncertainties of Cricket ? Chetan Sharma smacked into the pages of inglorious records with one Miandad smash; Mental paralysis of Allan Donald following an uncharacteristic straight bat push by Lance Klusener, forgetting his karmic dharma of crossing the 22 yards into world cup finals; immortalizing Stave Waugh remark to Gibbs ? ?you have ... More About: Politics , Jokes , India , World Cup
India not sure to play in twenty twenty world Cup
2007-05-16 09:38:00 After a pathetic display in the longest world cup for the shorter version of Cricket, the India n fans were looking forward for a better outing in the shortest version of the sport. But the BCCI President Sharad Pawar said that India was yet to decide on its participation in the inaugural Twenty -20 World Championship in ... More About: World Cup , Play
BCCI to Implement ?Sports Quota? and Reservation for Backward Class
2007-05-10 09:24:00 While entire Indian cricket Fan base is going ga-ga over recent revealations from the selectors in the Aaj Tak sting operation, some of the more innovative and ingenius ideas were censored by the Indian Media and some were unavailable due to the mentioned technical glitches. These changes will change the face of Indian cricket completely. Of ... More About: Cricket , Politics , Sports , Class , Ward
Indian Seamers Strike Early, Too early
2007-05-05 07:19:00 Just a couple of days back it was reported that Indian Maestro Sachin Tendulkar got himself in an ugly tangle negotiating a S.Sreesanth bouncer and now the news has just arrived that R.P.Singh has just blown a major hole in the Great Wall of India aka Rahul Dravid. The Indian skipper was hit on his ... More About: Early , Dian , Strike , Earl
India - Post World Cup
2007-05-02 13:59:00 The world cup is over and that?s hardly news now, but Team India continues to provide its cricket crazed followers with little tit bits of happenings. On the inaugural day of the camp before their Bangladesh tour, there were quite a few notable happenings Ravi Shastri, now into his new role, eliminated all the innovative training ... More About: World Cup , World , Post
World Cup 2007 in a nutshell - Best and not so Best
2007-05-01 07:05:00 I’ll let the dust settle a little bit more on the bizarre events of the World Cup Final, and allow a bit more time to reflect on the tournament as a whole, but for today, here is a look at the best, and the not-quite-the-best of the just completed tournament. Player Of The Tournament: Glenn McGrath ... More About: Cricket , World Cup 2007 , Hell
Bangladesh Tigers claw South Africa
2007-04-08 00:21:00 While BCCI is busy undermining the role of coach and every tom dick and harry is being offered a position or two with the Indian team, One Mr. Dave Whatmore came up with an entirely different theory and placed it in practice with a group of very young and ambitious individual. While the world cup ... More About: Tigers , Africa , South Africa , Bangladesh , South
Coach Greg - Coach Carter
2007-04-02 21:54:00 A few days ago, a new batch of coaches had just passed their exams from the Greg Chappell Academy and were ready to coach all the unwilling world. Here is what the answer sheet of the student who topped the exams looked like: 1) When you become coach, what is the first thing you should do? Ans- ... More About: Arte , Coach , Cart , Carter
India ? Pakistan world cup match
2007-04-02 20:26:00 It did not happen in this edition of ?regular? world cup, but in the 20-20 world cup will ensure all the masala matches. The tourney will be played at Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban from September 11 to September 24, 2007. At first glance the groups look promising - India Vs Pakistan , Australia Vs England and ... More About: World Cup , World , Match
The host on the brink of departure
2007-04-02 19:28:00 None of the host nations have ever won the world cup (Sri Lanka won the world cup hosted in Pakistan) and this world cup does not look any different. The West Indies, unpredictable as ever, are just a few complex net run rate calculations away from their departure from 2007 edition of the cricket world ... More About: Host , Part , The Host , Departure
Malinga - The slinging freak
2007-03-29 09:19:00 It was all as simple as it could ever get. Simple enough for a first grader to figure out what thr required run rate was and who was on top. It was a normal day with a normal weather when the ICC’s numero uno - Soth Africa was playing Sri Lanka and had them down ... More About: Mali , Freak , Sling
Mrs. Gandhi behind India?s Exit from the cricket world cup
2007-03-25 22:12:00 It was Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi who plotted the exit of India from the World Cup . How? By creating Bangladesh! India’s early exit from world cup has sharpened the wits of their star worshipping blue billions. With their mind not occupied by the net run rates and the complex super 8 charts they are concentrating more ... More About: Cricket , Rick
Cricket World Cup ? Round one round up
2007-03-25 21:51:00 The first round of the world cup is almost over and what a period it has been. Tumbling records, unexpected results, major upsets, a drunken giant, a murdered coach and a cricket team under police scanner ? All look more like making of a masala bollywood flick rather than reality of a sport. The first ... More About: Cricket , World Cup , World , Rick , Round Up
Australia announce - We are number one
2007-03-24 23:46:00 There is no post about India - Srilanka match, the reason being i want to abstain from any profanities on the page….. well not exactly that i was too upset and disturbed to make a fair comment. Anyways today was the clash of the Titans, the ICC first and second ranked teams slug it out ... More About: Australia , Numb , Stra , Anno , Number
Bob is no more
2007-03-18 19:59:00 Bob Woolmer, Pakistan’s coach has died in Kingston where his team was eliminated from the world cup just Yesterday. He was found unconscious in his room and declared dead on reaching hospital. Bob has been reported to suffer a heart attack, although reports of Blood and vomit on the walls and floor of the room ... More About: More
Shock Counter -2 out of 2
2007-03-18 14:47:00 I?ve been up all night watching cricket, as I?m sure have many of you, and I can?t remember watching such a stirring day?s cricket. World Cup has seen many upsets in past but this is probably the only day which witnessed most unexpected results. India being defeated by Bangladesh would not have been in the ... More About: Shock , Count , Counter
One Bengali stands against Eleven
2007-03-17 17:22:00 Much awaited Indian debut to the world cup ‘07 is underway and Indians are certainly looking rusty in their inaugural contest. The Indians did everything right till the first ball was bowled. ie choosing the right side to test their bench, winning the toss and electing to bat to race away to a quick fiery ... More About: Bengali , Again , Leven , Stand
The Indian Mystery Solved
2007-03-17 11:33:00 Disclaimer: Please note that this post does contain sarcastic remarks and certain words might express the exact opposite of what they seem to say. Please do not draw any conclusions about the author by ignoring these indications. The mystery behing repeated failure of India n Cricket team has been Solved. As per observations and conclusions by Astro-numerologist ... More About: Indian , Mystery , Dian , Myst
Gibbs makes em all count - 6 each
2007-03-16 20:54:00 Well the debate about inclusion of minnows in the premier cricket tournament may go on endlessly, but One guy, Herschelle Herman Gibbs , we all can now surely say - is not complaining. He has lived the fantasy of every cricketer, yeah I am sure all of the world’s no. 11 would secretly dream of it ... More About: Make , Count
The Legend Killers clash
2007-03-16 20:07:00 Two team to defy the seemingly universal superiority of Australia are thrashing out each other at the moment. And to use a Cliché this is not where the similarity ends. Both sides comprise of a one too many bits and pieces cricketers who would not be selected for any singular area of expertise. Both have ... More About: Killer , Killers , Legend , Kill , Lash
Games people Play:
2007-03-15 13:20:00 The tussle (wonder the term would file a defamation suite) between Sri Lanka and Bermuda has prompted a bit of lateral thinking as well as innovative ideas from the bookies. A few of the betting circles, provided the odds positioned close to 1-250 between the rookie and the pro, have introduced a new parameter, specially ... More About: People , Games , Play , Game , Ames
Indian Cricket Fan Clubs
2007-03-14 08:17:00 Who is more Popular - Cricket or Gandhi With the cricket being ever so popular in india, the players, officials and even the groundsman have been analysed and adjuricated, now its time to take a look at the very people who have made this game so popular. I have tried to broadly classify them into segment ... More About: India , Clubs , Indian , Rick
A cup of oddities
2007-03-13 19:52:00 The world cup is finally underway and we are midway through the first match. After several thousand hours of television analyst discussing and analyzing every aspect of the game, gallons of ink used up in print media and zillions of words published online, finally the moment arrives but there are certain things that just don?t ... More About: Oddities
Captain?s Forte - World Cup Cricket
2007-03-13 10:15:00 I decided to have a look at the ODI and World Cup stats of the eight captains that are captaining the likely Super8 teams. By the way, I have to acknowledge CricInfo for all the stats that I have compiled together ? in this and previous articles. Where would we all be without this magnificent treasure-house ... More About: Cricket , Rick , Fort
What practice matches have revealed
More articles from this author:2007-03-13 07:37:00 With all the practice matches now complete, the teams finally enter the stage of consequences - its time to walk the talk, for every step on an international cricket field from now on will contribute towards the progress or demise of the participating teams. The format being as it is, the only breather a side ... More About: Matches , What , Hat , Practice , Match 1, 2 |
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