PCB lost their balls somewhere?

Man, I was jumping up and down when I saw that the PCB had included 3 ICL players in the prelim squad for the T20 WC. Finally, someone was going to tell the BCCI to fuck off. However, these buggers have backtracked and kept them as reserves. Jeez, doesn’t anyone have the balls to challenge [...]

BCCI – Board of Control for Cricket Intimidation

All due credit to Paul Ford of the Cricinfo blog ‘Different Strokes’ for the title, which aptly reflects what the BCCI have become. Here’s another absolute classic from Dylan Cleaver of the New Zealand Herald.. It’s a truly absurd thing [for the BCCI] to flex their muscles in the commentary box for fear that Ravi [...]

England are going!

Well well, am I surprised? Not really! Why? Come on, did anyone, for a moment, actually think that anyone would really skip this tour? OK, now that the security report from Reg Dickason was positive, everyone’s hugging and kissing each other. If it was negative, would the players have actually skipped the tour? This is [...]

To play or not to play in India; that is the question!

I was watching ‘The Bank Job’ really late in the night, and, as I finished watching it, I got onto BBC and saw the news piece about the hostage situations in Mumbai. I was just too sleepy to read anything, so I heaved myself onto the bed and slept for nearly 10 hours. The next [...]

SLC lifts ban on ICL players! Something sinister?

My my, I think a thousand flies would’ve been able to enter my mouth when I saw the top news on cricinfo! Quite unbelievable, isn’t it? I was expecting something like this to come from a bigger power, someone like Australia or South Africa! But, this coming from a board which has an overdraft of [...]