eat Cricket, drink Cricket, sleep Cricket Finally, the elusive and much awaited 42nd ton came. At Sydney Cricket Ground. Where it was most needed. Does anyone doubt Tendulkar’s match-winning ability now? But, the credit for this glory also must go to Gambhir, who selflessly sacrificed his wicket to save Tendulkar. [Read more]

eat Cricket, drink Cricket, sleep Cricket Asif Karim is the man we were talking about in Cricket Trivia 3 *Played three World Cups: 1996, 1999, and 2003; captained Kenya in 1999. *Played another sport: Captained Kenya’s Davis Cup team. Woah, he had talent! * Renaissance Man of Kenya Cricket: Played Kenya’s first 25 ODI’s and was their most popular player for a while. (I mentioned in the comments he had an India connection. Well, he’s of Indian origin. So that’s the connection.) Surprise fact: Kenya lost their match against Australia in the 2003 World Cup, but Asif Karim went home with the Man-of-the-Match for his bowling. Interestingly, Brett Lee had struck a hatrick in the same match. – There were some... [Read more]

eat Cricket, drink Cricket, sleep Cricket I did it. I outsmarted Google this time. None of the folks are getting the right answer! But here’s to your help. So far the following responses have come up. 1. Viv Richards: Close, but not quite it. Had an Indian girlfriend, but he played four World Cups. Our trivia guy played just three. 2. Dave Houghton: Uh, no. I heard this name for the first time! 3. Rick Charlworth: Same as no. 2 4. Hansie Cronje: This is again close, but I’m afraid, the answer is no. Our guy is from Hansie Cronje’s continent and the India connection is that he has Subcontinental origin. That should be enough? [Read more]

eat Cricket, drink Cricket, sleep Cricket This is a good co-incidence. Two Indian teams have made it to finals of two major tournaments. Doesn’t happen very often. The juniors beat New Zealand by 3 wickets in a rain-interrupted match. What’s more exciting to you? The Commonwealth Bank Final or the U-19? For some odd reason, CB final has failed to excite me. Anyway, onwards and upwards, India. Great going! [Read more]

eat Cricket, drink Cricket, sleep Cricket Where have you been freaking around Jesse Ryder? With that kind of heavy build at your disposal, we weren’t expecting this! [Read more]