Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Bittersweet rain..

I wrote about the rain a couple of posts ago. That was an unequivocally pleasant experience. I'm not very sure it was the same this last weekend though. We bowled out the opposition (Greenville Hurricanes) for a mere 106 in a 35-over game.

We set out well chasing what seemed to be an easy target. We made 50 or so without much loss. And then it rained. Fifteen minutes, that's all. It destroyed the ground. The bowler's run-ups on either ends resembled Lake Jordan. It rained that heavy. It looked like a wet t-shirt contest, only with 22 clearly unfit guys though :p

It was fun getting drenched and then shivering in the cool breeze, but for company we also had the sinking feeling of having lost out on a chance to earn a hard-earned victory. We almost felt like the Kolkata Knight Riders team, only still poor.

Well... c'est la vie.

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Conflict

I've always believed that you can't watch any sporting event without favoring one of the sides. What is the point of watching it anyway if you don't care who wins?

There have been very few times where I've had conflicts about whom I want to support. Maybe a Man Utd vs Liverpool game... or Celtics vs Spurs. But none of them really matched what happened twice in the past few weeks. The IPL has been largely entertaining, but then the games between Deccan and Mumbai created the super-conflicts. Now obviously I want Deccan to win, simply because they're my 'home' team. BUT... I just cant wish loss upon a team which has Sachin in it.

I took a convenient middle-path though... I wanted Sachin to play well and Deccan to win. Deccan won both games and Sachin played well in one of them.. all happy :)
 
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