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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.
Paul Valthaty: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“I am the same Paul that I used to be before IPL.”
Paul Valthaty claims that success in the IPL has not changed him.
What he really meant:
“I’m still Paul.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“The P in IPL stands for Paul.”Imran Khan: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
"This case is another suicide attack on Pakistan cricket."
Imran Khan slams the public row between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Shahid Afridi.
What he really meant:
“The national cricket board and their cricketers are always at loggerheads—to the detriment of Pakistani cricket.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Sue—I side.”
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.”
Saurav Ganguly: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
What he said:
“"I (would) like to play for some more years in IPL. May be after four or five years, I will think about other option.”
Saurav Ganguly would like to continue in the IPL..
What he really meant:
“I’m suffering from brain freeze. Hence, I cannot consider other options.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’m forming a brand new IPL. Me ,myself and I are the foremost teams.”
Ten reasons why IPL IV failed to capture hearts, minds and wallets
It was to be bigger,better, grander.
However, it has not worked out that way—for IPL 2011.
Television viewer’s interest plummeted, ticket sales tapered off and there was a jaded, sleazy feeling to the largest sporting extravaganza on the Indian sub-continent.
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:
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