I have seen many a cricket matches, some lethargic, some edge of the seat, some which were washed in rain. I haven’t seen many that have been an example of such a mirror finish. The term mirror is in the sense of juxtaposition. Just check out the number coincidences there were. India winning the match is no coincidence, but a tie would be interesting
Out for naught.
The top of their respective teams, Jayasuriya and Tendulkar getting out on duck, Jayasuriya was a bit unlucky, well Tendulkar was beaten and bowled nick and crop. Its amazing. I want to see the average of the centuries he has scored to the times he has bowled. It would be staggering even though he has scored many. I don’t remember any international bowler who has bowled to him in more than 5 matches and not bowled him at least twice.
I feared that Jayasuriya would shred the Indian bowling to pieces but a Sangakarra straight drive touched the bowler’s fingers and Jayasuriya wasn’t even in the “frame”. I sighed a breath of relief knowing he was gone. Jaysuriya is to Lanka what Tendulkar is to India.
Captain, well done.
The captains played a subdued innings only to bail out their teams when there were in a tight spot and made most of the opportunities while facing a tough situation. They would both be pleased with the hand they played but would expect more out of their top order batsmen. Jaywardene played a gem of 70 plus and DHoni played out of his skin 50. Both are right handed batsmen and held one end up while their deputies were scoring runs with some flair.
Vice-captain, Keeper, Left-hander.
Captains, (Right handers, Jayawardene, Dhoni) Vice-captains (left hander Sangakkara, Yuvraj) steadied the ship, the left handers took the attack to their respective opposition while the Captains played a subdued hand. They top scored for their respective teams and gave a thumping fight back when things actually weren’t rosy. The only thing to note otherwise is that Sangakkara is in form while his team is struggling and looks in awe, while the India team is doing “alrite” Yuvraj was struggling for runs. He is still not out of forms until he plays a swash buckling innings against the Aussies as early as possible. The southpaws top scored for their respective teams
Middle overs; leash held tight by the mavericks.
Murali is the top bowler along with Vaas. Vaas keeps it real hard with a good line and Murali reaps wickets. Irfan on the one hand is a boy wonder. He always makes one wonder what is he playing he may be struggling in ways that’s a wonder too. His Akarm like swing is missing but then that’s a wonder too. Murali is all about a big turning off spin and an efficient doosra, while Pathan is about sharp in swingers thudding very late into batsman’ pads. They both return with bowling stats 44 for 1 in 10 overs.
There were in all 14 wickets that fell. 3 batsmen on each side held out a catch.
I guess the match turned out to be so because it went down to the wire and almost 100 overs were used to decide the fate of match.
10.2.08
About: Keshi's tag
1. Name Three Most Valuable Assets?
Dreams, Conscience, Determination.
2. If you have the chance, what would you probably say to your beloved one?
Try calling back, line was engaged.
3. If you were to be stranded on a desert island, who are the 3 blog buddies you would take with you?
Will there be wi-fi round there, you see the new phone is wi-fi enable. I will blog there for sure. As for blogger, Sudeep would be one ... but then who else would like to get stranded to get his/her brains peeled off?
4.Where is the place that you want to go the most?
Red Square, Moscow. Prague, Budapest. I wish to see place once behind Iron Curtain.
5.If you can have one dream to come true, what would it be?
Being Alive rather than living.
6.Till now, what is the moment that you regret the most?
If I write which one I would regret most then there would be a regret with why did I not include the other regret rather than the regret I just regretted.
7. What are you afraid to lose the most?
One should be prepared to lose i all and then build it all again. I dont think I have lost anything as such but that what I believe in to say the least.
8.What would you do if you found a briefcase full of money?
Count it.
9. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
I am hungry lets eat that aloo paratha.
10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you...
Keshi, well she has panache (lots of it)
She thinks about what she writes.
She knows how to broom well she can sweep things under the carpet (is there a heel coming flying on my head?)
11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
Get in sync.
12.Which type of person do you hate the most?
Les not open the Pandora's box.
13.What is your ambition?
Wait for the second edit.
14.What is the thing that will make you think someone is a bad person?
Refer to Q.12
15.Christmas is coming, who do you like to celebrate with?
With a bang ... all that can be done must be done.
16. If you could do one thing different in life, what would it be?
Take those first few baby steps again.
17. Are you a shopaholic or not?
No.I shop when I like, but don't see picking and choice things, just what looks good and does burn the the wallet.
18. What is your stress buster?
Anything that gets me smiling.
19. How important is love for you to get physically intimate with a person ? Be honest here. Not rational.
This is important. (stretches his arms wide, really wide.)
20. How do you deal with a friend who has wronged you?
Move forward.
Dreams, Conscience, Determination.
2. If you have the chance, what would you probably say to your beloved one?
Try calling back, line was engaged.
3. If you were to be stranded on a desert island, who are the 3 blog buddies you would take with you?
Will there be wi-fi round there, you see the new phone is wi-fi enable. I will blog there for sure. As for blogger, Sudeep would be one ... but then who else would like to get stranded to get his/her brains peeled off?
4.Where is the place that you want to go the most?
Red Square, Moscow. Prague, Budapest. I wish to see place once behind Iron Curtain.
5.If you can have one dream to come true, what would it be?
Being Alive rather than living.
6.Till now, what is the moment that you regret the most?
If I write which one I would regret most then there would be a regret with why did I not include the other regret rather than the regret I just regretted.
7. What are you afraid to lose the most?
One should be prepared to lose i all and then build it all again. I dont think I have lost anything as such but that what I believe in to say the least.
8.What would you do if you found a briefcase full of money?
Count it.
9. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
I am hungry lets eat that aloo paratha.
10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you...
Keshi, well she has panache (lots of it)
She thinks about what she writes.
She knows how to broom well she can sweep things under the carpet (is there a heel coming flying on my head?)
11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
Get in sync.
12.Which type of person do you hate the most?
Les not open the Pandora's box.
13.What is your ambition?
Wait for the second edit.
14.What is the thing that will make you think someone is a bad person?
Refer to Q.12
15.Christmas is coming, who do you like to celebrate with?
With a bang ... all that can be done must be done.
16. If you could do one thing different in life, what would it be?
Take those first few baby steps again.
17. Are you a shopaholic or not?
No.I shop when I like, but don't see picking and choice things, just what looks good and does burn the the wallet.
18. What is your stress buster?
Anything that gets me smiling.
19. How important is love for you to get physically intimate with a person ? Be honest here. Not rational.
This is important. (stretches his arms wide, really wide.)
20. How do you deal with a friend who has wronged you?
Move forward.
8.2.08
Blog: Blood on the market floor.
I was thinking on the Michael Jackson’s (Jacko Wacko) Criminal’s video in which the Jacko in a whacky move in which he snoops down, what was gimmicked as a cameras trick or whatever it was surely good to watch. There is supposedly something major to happen to shake-off my inertia of not to blog and stir up a few ideas to stir my mind and come up with a blog.
So what’s the deal that set me to blog one, may be one of the thing is I want to make sure that there is at least one blog for every month that I have been blogging, blog number 300 is on the horizon and probably will post it before I complete three years of blogging. I must confess that I had registered on bloggers a lot earlier than I start blogging, I had just mash my password or user id. I don’t regret it however. I was itching to blog.
Join hands? let’s do a bungee…
Well the Sensex which would never fall gaining a thousand points in sessions with Foreign (Un)Institutional Investors along with M.F.s (Mutual Funds!) pumping money by the second inflated the over inflated markets to touch the glass ceiling, termed by all time highs the “retail investor” people earning a livelihood, saw water melons hanging on mango trees. So sweet was their investment. I too was(am) one of (lakh) the small time investor. My investments almost doubled, or was it two and half times? Anyways not wanting to get my saving whither away beneath a raging bulls, I stayed invested but did not plough in all that I had earned and managed to save. I did not book “profits” and let the advantage slip by. By the way I am still in the green (i.e. returns are still positive), the pocket could have been greener. Profit booking helps in reducing the cost of your holdings by earning (booking) the rise in the price of your shares so next time when you sell at next higher levels, of course, your returns improve. The law of marginal returns. The trick is to pick up moment so that you sell the minimum stocks to recover your money. A certain Mr. Buffet says best time to hold on to a stock is forever. I don’t know what his suggestions would be for the India investors.
But they are mature and we are developing.
I have a feeling that mature markets provide for better manipulations. There are many companies that have been hard hit but I don’t know if their stocks are as badly hit as their stocks. If not, then the word the manipulation is written all over it. Well the emerging (stock) markets, I don’t know by the way from where they are emerging are giving really attractive returns. I mean plough in 10 grands (dus hazaar) and if u pick and choose then returns are really handsome.
My dilemma
I plough in money get my returns and what next. Do I book in profit and save the money to I invest it again? Do I stay invested and let it mature? Do I take money out and place some off it in high risk stocks and the other in safer domains.
Yahoo! chhahe koi mujhe …
Well Microsoft my be offering cash for Yahoo stocks, I am in love with Yahoo! Finance, and looking forward to Google Finance (for India). I managed to punch in for number and bought this up. I am I can post this and Yahoo! Wont mind a bit.
So what’s the deal that set me to blog one, may be one of the thing is I want to make sure that there is at least one blog for every month that I have been blogging, blog number 300 is on the horizon and probably will post it before I complete three years of blogging. I must confess that I had registered on bloggers a lot earlier than I start blogging, I had just mash my password or user id. I don’t regret it however. I was itching to blog.
Join hands? let’s do a bungee…
Well the Sensex which would never fall gaining a thousand points in sessions with Foreign (Un)Institutional Investors along with M.F.s (Mutual Funds!) pumping money by the second inflated the over inflated markets to touch the glass ceiling, termed by all time highs the “retail investor” people earning a livelihood, saw water melons hanging on mango trees. So sweet was their investment. I too was(am) one of (lakh) the small time investor. My investments almost doubled, or was it two and half times? Anyways not wanting to get my saving whither away beneath a raging bulls, I stayed invested but did not plough in all that I had earned and managed to save. I did not book “profits” and let the advantage slip by. By the way I am still in the green (i.e. returns are still positive), the pocket could have been greener. Profit booking helps in reducing the cost of your holdings by earning (booking) the rise in the price of your shares so next time when you sell at next higher levels, of course, your returns improve. The law of marginal returns. The trick is to pick up moment so that you sell the minimum stocks to recover your money. A certain Mr. Buffet says best time to hold on to a stock is forever. I don’t know what his suggestions would be for the India investors.
But they are mature and we are developing.
I have a feeling that mature markets provide for better manipulations. There are many companies that have been hard hit but I don’t know if their stocks are as badly hit as their stocks. If not, then the word the manipulation is written all over it. Well the emerging (stock) markets, I don’t know by the way from where they are emerging are giving really attractive returns. I mean plough in 10 grands (dus hazaar) and if u pick and choose then returns are really handsome.
My dilemma
I plough in money get my returns and what next. Do I book in profit and save the money to I invest it again? Do I stay invested and let it mature? Do I take money out and place some off it in high risk stocks and the other in safer domains.
Yahoo! chhahe koi mujhe …
Well Microsoft my be offering cash for Yahoo stocks, I am in love with Yahoo! Finance, and looking forward to Google Finance (for India). I managed to punch in for number and bought this up. I am I can post this and Yahoo! Wont mind a bit.
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