A tragedy called CRICKET
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery and today is the present – a gift make the most of it"
R.I.P
Robert Andrew Woolmer
(1948-2007)
The Cricket world cup is on and the less i talk about it, the better.
It really couldn't have gotten off to a worse start, what with the revelations that the Legendary Bob Woolmer was murdered in cold-blood. Thats some news and some incident.
The fact that the murder was immediately after Pakistan lost to rank outsiders Ireland and theories of match fixing doing the rounds, gives the story a Bollywood feel ( i haven't seen a bollywood movie for a good part of a decade now :) )
But the conspiracy theorists and the rumor mongers are having a field by shooting away their mouths to glory :p Some say captain Inzamam was highly infuriated by Bob's attitude and wanted to kill him while some say the others in the team silenced him cos they were scared outta their wits that he might reveal their roles in match fixing.
What ever be the motive behind the grotesque murder and who ever be the cold-blooded, heartless killer, the biggest loser is the sport. Cricket has now lost a man of immense stature who could mould a world beating side from a pretty ordinary one.
The success of the South African team during the 1990's bears ample testimony to Woolmer's abilities as a coach and a man-manager. i think he was prolly the unluckiest ( along with SA) to have not won the world cup.
But the other news is that the defeat to Ireland virtually knocked Pakistan outta the world cup. But they can take consolation from the fact that their eternal rivals, India too have been knocked out.
Being an Indian ( dont think i call myself that very often ), it gives me immense satisfaction that the most despised sport in the country has lived upto its reputation. Now its only gonna get more dearer to the people :p (thats my sarcasm at its best :) )
but on a serious note, the fact is, the world's best batting line-up is a thing of the past when referred to the Indian cricket team. These guys suck and how they sucked is another story to be told. No one wld have expected them to lose to minnows Bangladesh, well the Bangladeshis did give sufficient warning about the outcome of the match during the build-up to it.
But even,then these guys are bad and they really are bad.
Now everyone is gunning for Chappell's head, but i dont think its fair. The guy needs a free reign over the team and only then can he be expected to deliver the goods.
P.S i think Chappell might be terrified to continue after Woolmer's death lest he become the next victim of the Sub continental Cricketing maniacs
But the people i pity the most are the sponsors. The whole of the World Cup is basically driven by Indian greenbacks, so the Indian exit doesn't bode well with the advertiser's plans. All their campaigns need to be stopped or atleast cut short cos no more will India be a lucrative ad market.
I hear, their losses are to the tune of about 500 crores. Man thats some money. Why cant they just gimme some of that, morons >:P
they dont support educational institutions but support losers. I refer to the time when i ran behind a few companies for my tech fest sponsorship. They gave me all sorts of petty reasons but now they pump in crores and crores to support a bunch of good for nothing, money crazy, and a group of lazy so called professional cricketers
sheeesh this is India, no wonder
btw this post reflects me at my digressing best :p
