The Sorry State of Indian Cricket

Over the past few weeks a new drama has been unfolding in the Indian camp, the protagonists being the captain and the coach. Saurav Ganguly the current indian captain has possibly achieved more success than any of his predecessors and Greg Chappell the current indian coach has just taken over the reins and seems determined to instill in the players an approach which is thoroughly professional and demanding. Ganguly sparked off the debate in a public statement and chappell seems to be determined to end it, the aussie counter attacking with his email to the board president (which was leaked out i "wonder" how) and his use of choice words. Both command respect from players and fans alike, but is a clash of egos necessary?? and if so in public?? the main question in the picture is should ganguly be in the team,let alone be captain?, a staunch "NO" from Chappell, and there are players,ex-players,administrators and chunk of the masses that agree and equal amount disagree with chappells views. My take on the issue! Ganguly is not a super-slick fielder,not in prime form nor is he an untiring bowler~ he is a reasonably good captain and is one of the key members that helped form the crux of the present generation of youngsters in the team but are these qualities good enough to keep him in the side!his supporters argue that ganguly has achieved what no other captain has and will continue to do so, but in all honesty i am positive even the die-hard ganguly fans must admit his time has come, the attitude, the arrogance, the flamboyance are all a thing of the past! for people who want him out, they give in a strong argument but should chappell be given such a free reign, its an experiment that if gone wrong could result in disaster for Indian cricket but if it works should take Indian cricket to greater heights,,,, I have to say weighing the pros and cons i have to agree with chappell on this one and hope that if ganguly is sacked and chappell given a free reign then positive things are bound to happen!On a side note, all this is hypothetical, its common knowledge if JD wins the elections SG stays if SP wins SG is history,,,,until next time

The Weekend!Harvest Jazz and Blues

Its monday morning and i am back at work, well had a good weekend after a long long time, i got drunk both fri and sat nite, something which does not seem to happen too often over the past few years!. Friday was good, but i kinda got tangled in a messy situation, something which i would not venture into again, hopefully:-), anyway, sat was good as well, had a hangover from fri-nite and i just could not sleep and had Karla's party to go to Sat. nite,she is leaving this week for a yr. so it was kind of a good-bye party. Anyway, i was there at like 8:00, most people were already there, then it was sleemans and politics all the way:-). Anyway we decided to go downtown around mid-night, by then i was already quite tipsy, so off to the tap room!, well they would not let us in at the taproom, apparently there was a band playing and it was filled to the brim, so we had to wait till people left, and none of us were really in a waiting mood, so we ventured into the phoenix, first i've been to the place, and to be honest i was impressed!, the ambience was good, it was comfy, not too corwded and there was a good blues band playing, so then i had another couple of beers and we had shots as well and then i was completely drunk:-), and then along came Katie and i think i was hitting on her, well Kyle thought so!,i guess Karla and hugh thought so as well,lol, but it was all in good fun, then i dunno what possesed me and i started talking to the bar-tender, she reminded me of rebecca gayheart and i think all i was blabbering about was how pretty she was etc etc, and then it was the same with Katie again i think,lol, anyway, by the time i got home it was almost morning!slept all day sunday!, caught up on my sleep, and here i am monday morning!my head still hurts though:-(,,,,until next time,,,,