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Saturday, March 26, 2005
The tactics of diarrhoea?
Coming to think of it, my last post may be unfounded in fact, and Dada could just have had the loosies. He'd be sitting in the loo when Sachin Tendulkar was out, and VVS Laxman would have gone and knocked on his door.
"Dada, Sachin's out, come out and bat," Laxman would have said.
"Splitter, splutter, splat," the noises would have come from inside. "Splotter sploot." And then Ganguly would have said:
"No, Laxman, you go. It's what the team needs right now."
Update: A friend and colleague just remarked: "Stunning decision to send nightwatchman in an hour early."
Update 2: Nightwatchman is out. One ball after being dropped, he stepped out to Danish Kaneria, and was beaten by a googly and stumped. What an extraordinarily stupid thing to do, stepping out like that. What an embarrassment Ganguly's batting is becoming to the side. He was such a fine batsman, and a great captain, in his prime, but he's tarnishing his legacy with such rubbish.
"Dada, Sachin's out, come out and bat," Laxman would have said.
"Splitter, splutter, splat," the noises would have come from inside. "Splotter sploot." And then Ganguly would have said:
"No, Laxman, you go. It's what the team needs right now."
Update: A friend and colleague just remarked: "Stunning decision to send nightwatchman in an hour early."
Update 2: Nightwatchman is out. One ball after being dropped, he stepped out to Danish Kaneria, and was beaten by a googly and stumped. What an extraordinarily stupid thing to do, stepping out like that. What an embarrassment Ganguly's batting is becoming to the side. He was such a fine batsman, and a great captain, in his prime, but he's tarnishing his legacy with such rubbish.
