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2009-09-10T08:01:00.000-07:00

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Pink Slip HITS the blogger

2009-05-09T09:01:00.000-07:00

Ladies and Gentlemen,
yours truly might go missing in action soon.
It's time for job hunting.
Till then, the excess costs need to be curtailed.
The internet being one of them, and hence no blogging.

But, i shall be back as soon as things start falling in place.

Cheers!!

MI fail at Maths and the match too

2009-05-08T13:54:00.000-07:00

should sachin really have bowled himself at that point of time.

His last effort against RCB only helped Uthappa get set to launch the assault.
Someone got his maths all wrong.
AB is one of the leading run scorers in the IPL.
But, if Bravo still had 3 overs left after the 19th, did Sachin really need to take such a risk?
I know it's easy to point fingers, but facts are facts
Frankly speaking,
it was sachin's over that blew MI's chance
Another chance wasted by the Mumbai Impossibles.

I'm beginning to feel like a Knight rider fan now.

What the heck! i'll still be in front of the tv for the next one.
it's My Mumbai. Come hell or high waters.

might not take the pain of over by over blogging though.

WI get the S(t)inking feeling

2009-05-08T12:27:00.000-07:00

Another appalling attempt at pun.

Alright, back to cricket.
WI have been rolled over for 256 in the second innings.
England needed 32 to win.
That's it for the first test then.
Onions, Swann and Broad played major roles with the ball.
Bopara has very much sealed the number 3 spot for the time being.
Nash, Ramdin tried to save face for WI but couldn't avoid a 10 wicket defeat
Castro has to be givena special mention for his outstanding spell in the first innings.

Poms 1- WI 0

Here we go!

2009-05-08T09:59:00.000-07:00

WTF, sachin came in shorts for the toss.
c'mon sachin where's your respect for the game n all that jazz

Sachin wins the toss. MI bat first.
No Sanath, Luke Ronchi gets a game

DD are still minus Viru.

After my conversion to sehwagology, i was in a fix over which team to support.
But since God isn't playing... i have found my path..

Damn it, it's drizzling. The start might be a bit delayed

ALRIGHT! here we go!
Beast Nannes to begin,
Ronchi and Duminy, to open for MI.
MI are ringin in the changes today.
Nannes is his usual self... grunts ,wides et all
Ronchi hits straight to Warner and runs, Warner hits the stumps, Ronchi's run out second ball.
Warner's on crack, idiot... haven't you noticed yet!
Pinal Shah's in,
Duminy snicks one to Karthik, Beast Man has bowled a good first over MI 1/2 courtesy a wide from Nannes

Nehra starts off with a wide.
Gosh, it's awful to watch Shah.
Another wide from Nehra. and another! 3 for the over.
8 off the over. MI 9/2

DD are putting the choke on MI.
Beast Man is making Pinal look silly. 2 off the over.
MI 11/2 after 3

Sangwan replaces Nehra,
Shah continues to look ugly. Someone end his misery.
Sangwan bowls one down the leg side. Wides seem to be doing all the scoring for Mumbai.
MI 16 for 2 after 4. No boundaries yet. curses! where's my Gautam voodoo doll. must get more pins

Nehra to bowl the 5th.
Shah hits one straight up in the air, Sangwan runs all the way from midoff to midon to parry it out of Gambhir's reach. The voodo's working. But i would have preffered Shah getting out.
Sachin crashes one past point....... 4!!! About time.
Another one through the leg side ....4 more!!!
MI 25/2 After 5.

Sangwan continues,
MI need to use the last over of the powerplay
Sachin plays the ol' chinese cut and runs, But Karthik gathers it and throws down the stumps.
bloody shit!! Sachin's runout!! Lethargic stuff from MI here.
aaaaarggggghhh
MI 30/3 after 6

Mishra to bowl now,
2 off the over, MI in a bit of a hole here.
32/3 after 7

Bhatia's here with his dibbly dobblies.
Shah hits one in the air, straight to Mishra at long on.
Somehow i'm happy to watch him go.
4 off that one. MI 36/4 after 8
we're soooo finished

Bravo and Nayar don't look like they have any clue whatsoever of what Mishra is bowling..
39/4... 9 gone

MI continues to crawl. Bhatia continues with dobbly shit and get away.
43/4 after 10

Tactical Timeout.
MI look set to make 100 max

Mishra continues.
MI are playing run out.
Its fun if you can run your partner out.
MI 47/4 ...... 11 gone

Cmon guys get a move on!! run rate of 4 in a t20!!
damn you idiots!!!

Sangwan is back.
Bravo's dropped by Karthik. was difficult though.
watching MI is a torture now.
MI 51/5

More dobblers from Bhatia.
Finally Bravo gives him what he deserves. Driven over cover for 4!!
more blocking from MI.
13 GONE 58 for 4

Sangwan to bowl his 4th
Some more blocking by Bravo.
Sangwan bowls out,4-0-18-0
MI 63/4 ... 6 to go.

Mishra begins his last over.
Bravo goes over cover... 6!!
first for the innings.
No ball!! Nayar wastes the free hit. good going lad.
MI 74/4 Mishra ends with 4-0-20-0

Alright, last 5!! time to go crazy now.
Beast Man is back.
Nayar slogs one over midwicket 4!!
Bravo smashes one straight over long on 6!!
Another 4 over midwicket.
Bravo edges a slower one to Karthik next ball. 5 down for MI
90/5 still below 6 per over. 4 more overs left

Nehra returns.
Nayar skies one...... AB pouches that.(is there any one else who catches a ball for DD)
6 down now.
Very much over for MI now.
Might as well not come out to bowl.
91/6 after 17

Nannes' last over.
Rahane plays the old swipe over the keeper for 4.
Closer to 3 figures now.
Be careful guys, dont overshoot the target now.
Bhajji plays .... well..... some agricultural heave for six over cover.
MI reach 100, quite an achievement that.
105/6 18 GONE.

Rahane begins the 19th with a squirt past point.
Karthik drops a regulation skier. another shitty fielding effort.
The standard of fieldimg is pathetic in the IPL.
No ball, FREE HIT.
Bhajji nicks the free hit, Karthik parries it past the post. Delhi WIN!!
oh wait we're playing cricket here. Karthik makes it look like football.
Nehra let's DK know what he thinks of his keeping.
Bhajji gets a good yorker next. TIMBER!!
19 gone 114/8

Bhatia to dobble the 20th.
Raje's castled first ball.
Good stuff.
Rahane slices one straight to Sangwan.
Kulkarni runs himself out on the last ball.
2 off the 20th
MI 116 all out.

That's it for the Live blog i guess.
I wouldn't wanna put myself through the misery of writing over by over as we lose.
WE ALL KNOW THE RESULT

Damn, I need a beer or 2 or maybe 3....... heck i gotta get sloshed to sleep.

MI vs DD

2009-05-08T09:55:00.000-07:00

i'm goin' over by over on this one,
in fact as many MI matches as i can.
Silly, i might be, but its My Mumbai that's playing.
Catch you at 8 pm IST!

Rain halts the Cookery Show

2009-05-08T06:34:00.000-07:00

Well, i tried every onion pun, and it had been used already.

the involvement of Cook, Baker..... get the drift?
damn, I'm losing it big time......

anyways WI are staring at 1-0
with an innings defeat

Gayle's commitment will be questioned, but FYI the others(barring Edwards) weren't playing in the IPL. were they?

Sreesanth's due for another

2009-05-07T14:09:00.000-07:00

Slap... That is.
That fucken idiot got hit for 3 sixes in an over by Hayden,
and had the cheek to give him a send off,
either that fool has a short term memory or he's just a plain asshole.

Hayden should have done a bhajji there.
and told him to read the scoreboard.

maybe that dumbass cant read either.
4-0-37-1
not something to be proud off Sree.
previous match vs RR 4-0-44-0
SHUT AND BOWL, YOU IDIOT!

As i write,
Gony drops Yuvraj off Murali,
Murali's eyes almost popped out.

Kings XI are scoring at 10 per over,
but they might still fall short.

FYI they need 72 off 26.
too bad cant wait till the end, work beckons.

IPL commentary gems

2009-05-07T09:35:00.000-07:00

'Salim Jaffer made that one look easy' - Rameez Raja
Yes Wasim's brother is playing for RCB too, dumbass. stop scratching your head.

'I'm sick of you Danny' another gem from Rameez
we all are Rameez, we all are.

First the Royals, Then the Kings

2009-05-07T03:58:00.000-07:00

Today's first match involves Royal Challengers of Bangalore VS Rajasthan Royals

RCB are officially on a winning streak while RR batting might just have found its backbone.

One more chance of being able to see Kallis make himself look silly.
Du Preez's impressive showing means our Jesse will sit out again.

RR look like they have got their act together.
Should be interesting

Next Kings XI face SuperKings
RR spanked Kings XI in the previous match,

Sreesanth was given a solid spanking. aah, happy days.
The bowlers might be low on morale.
The batting fell apart too.

CSK on the other hand come off two good back to back wins,
Batting and Bowling seems to be upto scratch now.

I'll go with CSK for this one. Should be a one sided affair.