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Simon Katich vs Gautam Gambhir

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Here’s some footage from the altercation between Katto and Ghambir from the third session on Day 1.

I’ve watched it a bunch of times and from my observations there was a bit of argy bargy that almost leads to a run-out escallates when Ghambir try’s to tell Billy that Katich was cheating by getting in his way. Katto responds with “that’s f’ucking shit man”. Brett Lee comes past and throws a few inaudible words of support behind his NSW captain, then Katto and Ghambir are at it again and you hear Simon utter “F’uck off mate”. Billy steps in when it looks like they might up the ante, and Michael Clarke comes in to calm the farm. Clarke has to make a pretty solid effort of holding back Katich who by this time looks like he wants to punch on.

Genghis screwing Bluetongue

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Outright Bástard

Outright Bástard

The future Australian XI did well to restrict the star studded Redbacks outfit to 313 after they won the toss and elected to swing the willow.

A pumped up Bluetongues blew off the demons of losing their 50 Over match off a last ball misfield by scoring 576 runs in reply to the SA total, a superb effort from the pre-pubescent future Baggy Greens against the recently pronounced sane reverse swinging demi-god and “India-Ready” Shaun Tait.. who spectacularly failed to take any wickets at all with the first ball, then managed a massive 1 batsman and 2 bowlers with the second.

So, Day 4 and we were looking at bowling the Redbacks out to add outright victory to our firsts innings points, however Younis Khan has finally shed the jetlag and has been batting most of the day. What’s more he’s now taken the SA total past ours meaning we’ll have to bat again, Bastárd.

The Grieving Process

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I’m hoping that by publicly exploring my grief over the loss of the second test in Mohali, I might be able to help other fans of Australian Cricket man up.

Grief is painful and at times seems bottomless. Intense emotions and mood changes are a normal part of grieving.

Grief is a natural reaction to death and other major losses and grieving is a very personal experience. There isn’t a right or a wrong way. How we grieve is determined by out culture, our relationship to the person and the way they died, as well as our individual personality. Some stages of grief are commonly experienced although not everyone will go through all these stages. Grieving is a fluid process and people may experince many different emotions in one day.
Mental Health Association

There are several stages of grief, and it’s important to realise that everybody is different. Some people grow hair on their cheeks, for example.

Over the last 5 days I have gone through Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Sadness, and now finally Acceptance.

It’s OK to cry, but only if you’re a former captain from Western Australia. Otherwise drink some concrete, bítch.

Beer and Sport’s bomb threat taken seriously?

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Bomb hoax: Mohali stadium searched thoroughly

MOHALI: A bomb scare Monday at a factory near the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium where the second cricket Test between India and Australia is being played prompted the police to thoroughly search the stadium as a precautionary measure but nothing untoward was found, the authorities said.

An all-clear was sounded after the police searched the factory, located four km from the stadium.

The police also traced and arrested the man who made the hoax call and he said he did it for a lark.

“We called additional police force and searched every nook and corner of the stadium with the help of sniffer dogs and the bomb disposal squad. However, we took special care to ensure that the search operation did not hamper the match and create panic among the spectators,” Mohali police chief Jatinder Singh Aulakh told IANS.

True Story

True Story

There’s a bomb in the stadium

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Like Tim Nielsen and Shane Watson I’m still supremely confidant of a win, and the way these two are batting we’re just 81 4′s from victory in Mohali. I wonder if a 9th wicket partnership between Clarke and Johnson of 368 would break any records?

Or I could blog in a bomb threat, you know, to save the Indians. I advise the Mohali officials to urgently look under seat 22B in the rhaji bhajji stand. And don’t go under 88 mph.