Just saw the match.
1) India's game lacked style. They could have pulled of the win with more panache.
2) Although Pathan got hte man of the match for the three wickets, Sehwag was the real star. He is on his way to better Tendya.
3) Wished Dhoni would have gotten a chance to bat. He should be moved further up the order.
4) South African bowlers have a weird run up. All of them, without exception, have an erratic wobble just before they let the ball go. First time I noticed this.
I haven't blogged about Ganguly's spectacular burial yet, and I will be surprised if he does come back. It will mostly be through powerful lobbying. Here's something I heard that might put a new light on the whole issue.
The truth / utterly fabricated boast / irrational rumour / conspiracy theory and the inside word has it that Ganguly was removed because he was becoming a threat to the newcomers. It was because of Ganguly that the whole match - fixing machinery could operate, and because he is gone now, the bookies are angry. The political pressure, is obviously on, with the Bongs saying they will not allow the one dayer in West Bengal.
This inspite of the fact that interpol is keeping tabs on high risk matches. The matches fixed are mostly the Indo-Pak and Indo-Australian ones. Apparetntly, some SA matches are fixed too.
There are some of us, who, however, believe that all of the above is bullshit and match fixing died when Hansie Cronje was caught.
Pity about the unnatural plane crash though... and funny no questions were raised.
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