Before you call someone a chucker…
December 15, 2007 by Dinsa Sachan
Filed under Tennis
I never understood why I didn’t like talking about chucking. Now I’m seeing some daylight. I figure it’s because of how close a resemblance the word chucking bears to the f-word. Anyway, let’s get to the point.
Daniel Vettori called Shaun Tait a chucker, and this gave everyone something to talk about. I find it funny how everyone devoted so much space to it. Why it’s everybody’s waste of time:
* Basically, what Vettori is trying to do is cut iron with iron. When a team is up against Oz, they want to get all macho and show them what stuff they’re …read more
Why the BCCI shouldn’t hire Gary Kirsten
November 29, 2007 by Dinsa Sachan
Filed under Tennis
Eat Cricket, Drink Cricket, Sleep Cricket
What’s up, folks? Don’t tell me you are OK with Kirsten being named India coach!
*He’s only 40. Some of the seniors in Team India are well past 35. Do you think Kirsten will be taken seriously? I think that’s doubtful.
*He brings no impressive coaching credentials. Has he even coached a national team ever? Maybe he could fit in as coach for, say, Kenya or Bangladesh, but we’re talking India here, gentlemen, India.
* He won’t get it, the Indian Board’s politics and bureaucracy. I would say, bring on someone like Bishan Singh Bedi who knows …read more




