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Andy Roddick: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I have a problem calling anything where you have to wear formal pants a sport.”
Andy Roddick says that cricket cannot be a sport because you have to wear full-length trousers.
What he really meant:
“I don’t have the patience for cricket. The formal pants are merely an excuse.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Golf’s not a sport as well.“
Simon Katich: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
“If you pay peanuts you get monkeys.”
Simon Katich makes no bones about his displeasure at Cricket Australia’s selection policies in a press conference outlining his cricketing future.
What he really meant:
“Australian selectors are chimpanzees.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’m very ape with Cricket Australia’s decision not to renew my contract.”
Cricket and basketball: The Iffy Debate (Humour)
If the Indian cricket team had selected Baba Ramdev as the team physio, then the men in blue could have been as flexible on the field as the sadhu himself. However, his insidious influence would rub off on them and at the first signs of terror from pace bowlers, bruised batsmen would migrate to women’s cricket.
If Barack Obama were to lose the 2012 Presidential elections, he could always consider coaching the Los Angeles Lakers. “Yes, we can” would resonate with Lakers fans, too. “It’s not the economy, stupid” could do just as well.
Yuvraj Singh: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
“…he was a ‘bomb about to explode’”
Yuvraj Singh writing in the BCCI quarterly newsletter describes his impression of MS Dhoni prior to his World Cup final assault on Sri Lankan bowlers.
What he really meant:
“Dhoni was as wound up as a compressed spring.Once the pressure peaked, he would burst.”
“Dhoni needed a mere trigger to go off—he was primed—and the World Cup final was it.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Dhoni’s a human bomb.”
“Dhoni’s a bombshell.”
Andrew Hilditch: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I’ll just keep doing it until someone wants me to stop.”
Andrew Hilditch, national chairman of Australian selectors, intends to continue as long as possible.
What he really meant:
“Are you telling me, someone wants this job???”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Cricket Australia and I are wedded for life.”
Randomly setting off cricketing (and non-cricketing) fires
A few random thoughts:
We are into the second day of the Lords’s Test between Sri Lanka and England. The home side leads 1-0 following a devastating collapse by the Lankans on the last day of a boring first Test. We don’t need T20 if we can have wickets falling like nine-pins in less than an hour.
Now, if only we had a way of figuring out which session of a Test match will have all the excitement. I’d buy season tickets.
The evening of the final days’s play in the first Test was also an occasion to trot out over-used clichés about the game:
Players whine about BCCI power (Humour)
Who’s afraid of Barrack Obama?
Certainly not international cricketers.
Why should they care about the most powerful man in the world, when they have to deal with the BCCI? Proximity bites.
The Indian cricket board is not popular with current players cutting across national borders.
You would think otherwise. Without the IPL, foreign players are at the mercy of their respective cricketing boards.
The lousy ingrates.
Cricketers believe that the BCCI has an undue influence on the ICC’s decision-making.
Grow up, chaps. Money makes the world go round—clockwise and counter-clockwise.
They whinge yet 32% promise to retire prematurely from national commitments to take part in the IPL and sundry T20 tournaments.
Aren’t you chewing off the hand that feeds?
Red wine for the whiners, please!
Note: You didn’t get this from the grapevine.
Quote of the day:
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. – Henry Ford
Shahid Afridi asked to seek remedial therapy by PCB (Satire)
KARACHI—
In another blow to Shahid Afridi’s hopes of returning to the Pakistani cricket team, the team management made public a team psychiatrist’s report on the dashing all-rounder.
Mr. Gind Mames, a consulting psychotherapist, said that the former Pakistani ODI skipper is overly influenced by sports persons who have retired from their sport only to return in another attempt to regain youthful glory.
“Afridi is a huge fan of Michael Jordan, Michael Schumacher, Bjorn Borg, Imran Khan,George Foreman and Martina Navratilova, among others.” said Mr. Mames.
Harbhajan Singh: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“Not everyone gets to be raja [king], some have to be mantri [minister].”
Harbhajan Singh is not too worried on being overlooked for the Indian ODI captaincy.
What he really meant:
“You’ve never heard of Birbal, have you? I think I’m Birbal to Raina.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Jodhaa Akbar.”
Shoaib Akhtar: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I don’t believe in teamwork; give me a team that works!”
Shoaib Akhtar asserts that it’s his favourite quote.
What he really meant:
“Teamwork is about doing your job and allowing,ensuring and facilitating your teammates to do theirs well or better.”
“Everyone works but not all pull in the same direction.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“’Working in Teams’ —That’s the next stop on my motivational speeches tour.”
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