In an ongoing Asia Cup match, Arun Lal in the commentary box, and a wicket is taken. Imagine!
"Bangladesh really needed to pick up a wicket at this point, and (batsman) has been picked up by (bowler). What a breakthrough."
They could have taken part in the LGBT Pride Parade!
From Cricinfo:
"Bangladesh really needed to pick up a wicket at this point, and (batsman) has been picked up by (bowler). What a breakthrough."
They could have taken part in the LGBT Pride Parade!
From Cricinfo:
Once on a square turner, as Viv Richards faced the last over before tea, Saleem Yousuf kept appealing every ball without a reason. "I was fielding at short-leg," Ramiz Raja recalls, "and when we were walking off for tea, an irritated Viv asked me the Urdu word for chicken, and I told him.
"So Viv rushed off towards Saleem, and when in his earshot, started shouting, 'Murgi, murgi, murgi'."
Man of the Match awards have, for the past so many years, been mindlessly given to the batsman even if he scores a 50 or a 60 over a bowler who takes 3 wickets at a good economy rate. Witnessed this in most of the IPL as well, and the most recent case was in the recent England-New Zealand Natwest series. In one of the matches, Styris scored 80-odd runs as Gillespie and Vettori took three wickets each to take NZ to victory. Vettori, also captaining the side, deserved the award but Styris got it instead. I wish the concerned people would be more open and fair in their approach.
2 comments:
Batsmen are somehow praised too much. They somehow become the bigger stars. Bowlers really do not get the applause that they deserve. Good observation!
I know. I'm guilty of focusing too much on the batsmen at times too, but you can't just completely ignore the bowlers, more so when there's been hardly any batting effort. It's just sad. And very unfair.
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