‘God is back’

October 26, 2005

Genius, the old adage goes, is forever. Anand Vasu at Cricinfo, it seems, couldn’t agree more. And who can blame him? Yesterday, six months since he last played an international game of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar showed the world of cricket why, with the exception of Brian Lara, he has no match.

Following the text based commentary on Cricinfo, the sense of excitement at the ground was almost tangible; the prospect of Sachin returning – the Sachin of old whose shot-making rendered experienced writers almost wordless - was too much for Indian cricket fans.

‘God is back’, a journalist was supposed to have said yesterday.

Indeed.

Welcome back, Sachin. The world of cricket missed you.

Making merry: Sachin is back

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Australian cricketers’ take on their opposition

October 23, 2005

An interesting report on Cricinfo. According to recent polls, members of the Australian cricket team regard Brian Lara (55%) as the most dangerous opposition batsmen, ahead of Sachin Tendulkar (25%) and Rahul Dravid (20%).

Freddie Flintoff was voted as the most dangerous opposition bowler ahead of his Lancashire team mate Muttiah Muralitharan.

Hardly any big surprises there except for the inclusion of Sri Lanka’s Muralitharan. His record against Australia isn’t impressive when compared to his career stats. This is, I suspect, partly due to Darrel Hair, John Howard and few drunk Aussie supporters heckling the poor guy; you can only do so much when you are cheat/freak/thrower/chucker in their eyes.

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