Score a duck and a hundred in the very same match;
Now how many players wear this sinusoidal badge?
It's a long list with over a hundred over the years
Centurions and blobs; a funny tale of joy and tears.
I've found the list and if you'd like to know
I make you a request, please click, below.

BELOW IS HERE.

ICL. IPL. ISL?

8 wise men, they met in a room, to pick the men in blue
And before they emerged, all was out. But who, who, who?
Selectors? Captain? Or coach? Who is the mystery leak?
Call in the CBI I say, and let's find that blabbering beak.

Or go live on every channel, that's smoking in the air.
Give everyone a ear to the door, I think it's only fair.
Add a commercial break or two, rake in a million more;
Bring in the dancing girls, and you could make it four.

Let's play it under the lights, at the Eden, Kotla or Mumbai;
Coloured clothing, sponsorships, tickets. Surely that's okay!
A giant scoreboard and screen? To play back every catch?
When the circus is done, a prize for the man-of-the-match?

The Indian Selection League, sirs, is what I propose today
Make me the Chairman or CEO, I'll make the tamasha pay.
Much, much more moolah, than the IPL will ever bring
Poor Lalit will have to wait in line, while the Board my praises sing.

Yuvraj resorts to violence to regain his test spot

A battered and bruised England will bear testimony to the ferocity of this assault. 138 off 78 balls in the first ODI; 16 fours and 6 sixes included. 118 off 122 in the second with 15 fours and 2 sixes. Numbers that straightaway put Yuvraj at No. 1 in the list of contenders for the test spot vacated by Sourav Ganguly.

From pauper to prince

'Twas a downpour of sixes 'n' fours galore;
The Poms only clapped, their legs too sore.
The crowd went wild, bayed for more blood,
And Yuvraj, he obliged with another flood.
Just after the game, I heard 'em voices ring;
"Singh is King, Singh is King, Singh is King."
Pause a moment, consider this irony;
The king just lost his vice captaincy.

Will it be CRICKET, after FASHION?

Who leaked the email to the press?

Who was partying all night before the game?

Who got caught?

Who did not?

Mr. Bhandarkar?

Page 3.

Corporate.

Traffic Signal.

Fashion.

Cricket?

Setting son

The son that rose in the east 18 years ago, has set.

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly retires today from international cricket.

The Wall next?

The Prince of Kol.

Jumbo.

The Wall?

If the runs don't come at Nagpur, we might just see another institution pulling down the shutters.

The wrong 'un

In a game inhabited by foul mouths and controversies, he was one who went the other way.

Anil Kumble.

Bong bong Lulu

Dilip is out,
Krish is in.
Dada was out,
Now he is in.

Don't toast this return
By the prince of Bong.
He'll be doing it again
Before too very long.

A chat on a strat based on Vat

The Aussies are back to defend their prize
With more young legs, but a little less wise.
The great McGrath, Gilly & Warne are out;
But look who they've hired to stop a rout.
Not Murali, not Mendis as one would think
But a selection inspired by many a drink.
His first name is Greg, and Chappel the last
And that's where he left us in the recent past.
Now I'm hoping like hell (have my fingers crossed),
That Greg will do it again, at Ricky Ponting's cost.

Meet Pete

A dashing young batsman was Kevin Pete,
Who South African standards didn't meet,
So he packed his gear and
Flew to his mother's land
And now the Proteas at his hands are being beat.

Click here for more meat on Pete.

Out of the blue

This young Jamaican was trying very hard to be a fast bowler. Till a friend pointed out, that his run-up was quicker than his delivery.
So if not a record breaking sprinter, Usain Bolt might have been doing cricket in the Caribbean a few favours.

India's finest wicketkeeper takes guard again

He came. He saw. He conquered. He disappeared. He has returned. Sadanand Viswanath.

Dhoni ho tho sab changa!

Victory finally for the Men in Blue
Not 4-1, but a comfortable 3-2
No Veeru, no Tendler, no Lambu
Nor the ever reliable Jumbo.
Just Dhoni standing tall and true.
Leaving all, his absence in the Tests, to rue.

Was Dennis a menace even without the ball?

Lone before Dennis Lillee lost his hair, he lost his head. And if Ajit, Hindi cinema's best loved villain were at the mike, he'd say "Lillee, don't be silly".