BACK WITH A BANG!!!!
hmmmm....been a long,long time since i last updated my blog,but hey im back....i've jus been tagged,so i need to update my blog to earn some kinda respect,yes,that ever so little respect i deseve....mmmm,wot shall i rite?n i jus got a feedback saying no ones interested in football....so lemme try my hand at the game of cricket!!!!
though far from my favourite sport,it still deserves my views n criticisms in general....
THE GAME OF CRICKET
the game of cricket is played between two sides,each of 11 players....6 stumps with bails over them,3 on each side of a picth 22 yards long forms the wicket....the rest u know!!!!
so,i think i've given u a detailed look into the game of cricket,which shd be enuf to understand the rest of my blog....so,here we go!
THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD
the best team is undoubtedly australia....though they lost the ashes to the english side(currently doing their ugly rounds in pakistan,n still u guys think they're 2nd best huh!!),they still remain the team to beat....they have won,home n away,against any team thats existent,except i think kenya(did they tour kenya?),but thats ok,i guess....now,there are a few points to be looked into,b4 we actually land up with "the best team in the world"....the cricketing fraternity as such is very small....about 10 teams in all,with about 4 of them trying not to get relegated(but theres no relegation),but i think u know where im getting at!!they are minnows,not worth playing at the highest level....effectively,there are about 6 "ok" teams showcasing their talents every now n then....n to be the best team in the world according to me,is beating every team u play against,n australia have done that...no other team has come close n still we talk about "england equalling autralia"....n the height of stupidity reinvented would be rating "sri lanka the second best one day side"....!!!!the team that has beaten every other team(home n away) over the past coupla years deserves to be "the best side " n the team thats come close is the "second best"....n thats y australia r still the best....
THE PHYSICAL ASPECT
cricket is not a demanding game,in the sense it doesnt take its toll on every guy who plays,there could be days when dravid or sachin would be in the field doing nothing n still end up in the winning side....but they are expected to show the required fitness levels,levels which some of the others have redefined....they dont have to be a jonty or a ricky,but atleast they should be better than 10 kumbles or gangulys put together to claim a place in the team....n again,the south africans n the australians have given a new dimension to the game with their catching n direct hits....the athleticism they show is terrific,these are little things we forget,but its good to see "bhajji" dive n take a catch,it really is....indians under chappell have finally realized that cricket is not all about bowling n batting!!!!
THE BEST BATSMAN IN THE WORLD
this is my fav...."sachin tendulkar is the best batsman in the world" has become the mandatory answer from anyone who is put up with "whos the best batsman in the world?"....the sad part about cricket is that the ratings are "statistics based" in the sense that the person who scores the maximum runs is the best player....in no other game is this true....michael jordan is the best player ever to have set foot on the basketball court,but the most no. of points was scored by one Mr.Wilt Chamberlain....some guy from the iranian football team has scored the most no. of goals n hes the most capped player in the history of football,hes far from the best player in the world....the difference is that the above ratings are "performance based" unlike cricket.... n thats y i rate someone like mathew hayden,brian lara n our very own rahul dravid better than sachin simply because they have played more match winning innings than sachin....
thats about it this time....do comment
