Nirvana 4 Me!

Throbbing Contest! Yesterday, after a very long time, i was spending my time with my first girlfriend...(Ya.. my first girlfriend is not a girl, its the game of cricket)...ya i was watching South Africa playing Aussies in the back-to-back test series... and its the first test of the series that the rainbow country is hosting after defeating the aussies in their home turf. The last three in which the first two were won by africans and the last oen by aussies, and this one.. has been a contest between two superbly matched teams. In these last four tests, the change of momentum has been extraordinary, in the way the match was see-sawing... One nevery knew what to expect in teh next delivery or the next over....!!!! the match was hanging both ways every session after session... In all, one man towers among the game..and the players who were involved.. and it is Jacques Kallis... be it bowling, Batting, or slip catching... yesterday as i was watching the match, Kallis being the stock bo...

The Perth Win...and Kumble.... ...The word historic has been "brandied" a thousand times, but i have absolutely no qualms in calling this victory exactly that, for its just HISTORIC! ...after the sydney happenings, some of the people, if they were the captain, would have cracked. Kumble stood firm, with steely nerves and rock solid bone. For him, to lift the team from the dumps was a lot more easier than others who would have cracked. His quote after the sydney test 'There was only one team playing in the true spirit of the game' was a great line. He said many things in that one line. When someone of the stature of Kumble says such, everybody sits up and notice. Its not often that Kumble speaks everyday. So when he said it, it needs to be noticed. Even the aussie media and people felt though their team may be unassailable, they play their game in the most aggressive and nastiest way which was beyond their 'developed culture'. Anyhow... hats off to the ...