Hi,
Even though it's a tech blog, i'll like to say about Cricket, my fav sport ! I really want to "thank" the people who made it possible for Aussies to win the "historic" Test Match at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, January 2-6, 2008 (Australia vs India, 2nd Test).
The 3 people are:
Well you may wonder y is it so ! You know what, They have taken the most no. of catches, well even Stumpings and LBW wickets than the bowlers themselves. Also not to mention they also managed to score a century in form of Symonds ! The "best" Test match i've ever seen. Also hats of to Pontings team (read: Symonds) for creating a controversy of "nothing".
I wish we could afford to have such great people in our team. But we know we cant match their standards. We'll get off the pitch if we are out without waiting for Umpire's referral (which obv will be of no point). We stay calm while playing in front of 11+3 men team.
Words from CricBuzz.com -
"Well there you go. That is all over for India. Right from the word go, they were up against a stiff Australian side but when they took the field, they had other opponents to face as well. On Day 1, Australia were 50 odd for 2 when Ponting was given not out by umpire Mark Benson. The Indians overcame that and had the Australians reeling at 134 for 6. Some time later, Symonds was adjudged not out by umpire Steve Bucknor, again a clear edge which only Bucknor was unaware of. Some more time later, the third umpire joined the party, a stumping appeal was turned down against Symonds with his foot on the line. He went onto score his career best score and with another decision going in favour of him, a stumping appeal not even referred to the third umpire by Bucknor. Then comes the Indian innings, Jaffer was bowled off a no ball but it went unnoticed. Then came the Aussie second innings, Hussey was caught behind but given not out. He was out lbw some time later but given not out. Then came the final innings. Rahul Dravid was given out caught behind when the ball was nowhere close to the bat, Ganguly was given out despite Clarke having grassed the catch twice and Dhoni and RP Singh were at the wrong end of marginal decisions. It might seem like a case of sour grapes but had so many decisons not gone against them then perhaps India would have ended up with a 200 run first innings lead. Decisions go wrong as to err is human but the consistency, obviousness and timing of the decisions was so much against India, that they cannot stop themselves from feeling unlucky. "
On a serious note - Hats off to the Indian Team. I am proud to be an Indian :)
Regards,
Bhavik Vora