Wot’s this?? Apparently, boycandy Sreesanth will not be part of India’s opening line-up at the World Cup (damn you, Khan, Agarkar and Patel…damn you all!).
Paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth looks likely to miss out on a starting place for the World Cup but said that could be the best thing to happen for him.
…”I like it this way,” he said at a team net practice near Port-of-Spain on Wednesday. “I like to struggle and get something rather than get it easily. I’m sure I will get the opportunity.”[Reuters]
I dig a good chase too, but if my sweet little neyyappam ain’t playin’, suddenly, I am way less inspired to impersonate Mandira Bedi poorly. Many of you might recall that my fling with Cricket commenced with a post which celebrated Sreesanth’s glorious obnoxiousness towards Andre Nel:
After hearing about Mallu hotness Sreesanth (thanks, DTK), I had to visit ye olde YouTube to find out about this right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler, who is a right-handed tailender. Apparently, excessively lippy South African Andre Nel questioned Sreesanth’s heart/courage/skillz after Sreesanth evaded something called a bouncer. Sreesanth responded by hitting Nel for a six and then performing a dance I’d normally associate with an end zone. Oh, that was just brutal to write. I can’t imagine how many men I’ve just annoyed. 😉
I may not know a damned thing about what is arguably the most popular sport in all of South Asia, but I know the art of trash talk well and if anything could get me to fall in love with this very Brown game, it’s the video I’ve posted…[SM, biatches!]
…Sigh. And we have so much in common, too:
Sreesanth, 24, one of India’s new crop of pacemen, has impressed with his spirit and wicket-taking abilities which won him Cup selection despite being expensive in one-dayers.[Reuters]
Hello??? I am too expensive for one-nighters! TOTAL SIMILARITY, I think.
Also this:
His natural aggression has caught the imagination of Indian fans since his debut against England in late 2005.[Reuters]
…sounds familiar, too. I’m naturally aggressive and I’ve caught the imagination of many Indian fans…though all of them are male…and for some reason, they’re way more in to my Flickr than my blog. Hmmm. I need to chew on my hair while I like, ponder this…wow, my conditioner smells fab. Wait what was I typing? Ah yes, I was discussing the kid who shares my nick:
The Kerala player was confident he would gain from his past Caribbean experience at the World Cup.
“I was lucky to play all the matches here last year,” he said. “One big lesson I learnt was to be patient, wait for the wickets to come rather than go looking for them.[Reuters]
I concur. The same philosophy has served me well; for example, I patiently wait for sales to come rather than go looking for them…and I nearly always score.
“It is not enough at this level to just run in fast.”[Reuters]
Enough talking darling, you’re ruining it for me. 😉 And stop with the fakakta highlights already, would you? You look better with dark hair. Oy, I sound like my Amma…thankfully, since she does not read blogs, she’ll never learn that and use it against me. 😀
Aaahh damn Indian selectors… Well can’t wair to see Sreesanth busting his moves against the likes of McGrath and co.
GO INDIA GO!!!
p.s: Go Hokies too!!! Gobble Gobble 😀
The Guardian on SS.
..the main man now is S “S� Sreesanth. Is he the breakdancer? That’s the one. He also likes to paint and write poetry. The Eric Cantona of cricket? Maybe so. He’s a feisty character and a real threat with the new ball, which makes him a very un-Indian seam bowler.
pointy shoes are so fUGghly. they get wrinKLey and the pointEE end looks like a saggy cross-eyed camelHump after a while and the tightness gives yOur toes bunions. i bet sREesanth’s toes are splayed so wide you coulddo cat’s crADles and swing ThRou.
Not if you
a) buy well-made shoes b) take care of them b) don’t wear them constantly.
Furthermore, bunions don’t happen when one’s shoes fit properly. Novel concept, innit?
Now troll elsewhere if you’re going to tYpE LiKe tHis, tHaNks.
I think ANNA’s posts on this World Cup are going to remembered as classics
Will we get live threads for the big matches? 😀
y’er vehlCome pOOkie. but thankee vous for the ManDiRa link. bRing out the Tom YumYum soup. dont be ‘fraid. ‘mbrace the JangiaH.
Oh Ms Anna, Just wait till the Super8 part of the cup starts. I am sure that by then a couple of the starting fast bowlers will have to be rested due to exhaustion/injury or just poor performance. Sreesanth will surely play in the World Cup.
Overheard in the bunker, in response to “bRing out the Tom YumYum soup. dont be ‘fraid.”:
“Appositely enough, the only time I had Tom Yum soup, I vomited.”
what is it with the subcontinental cricketers streaking their hair – sreesanth, dhoni back to doing it for the world cup, danish kaneria and, the best of all, lasith malinga.
I totally agree. He is soooooooooooo hot! MMMMMMMM. Yummy
Sreesanth is also probably the only cricket player now (before Youhana converted) who crosses himself after entering the cricket field and after every dismissal.
Anna,
You must’ve loved the Indian Nike ad, then! Sreesanth is quite prominent.
robin uthappa and matthew hayden regularly cross themselves. not sure that what sreesanth does is really a “cross” in the sense that uthappa and hayden do it or a similar gesture.
Anybody seen mallu beauty Lola Kutty swooning about SreeSanth, I think it was on Channel V, I cant find it online… This post reminds me that.. Mallu girls think alike 🙂
On a side note, my gut tells me that England is going to win this time.. like my main man Stephen Colbert I speak from my gut.
Hang in their. When the time comes, he will deliver the best (Bowling & Dancing). Go Blues !!!
Sweet little neyyappam 🙂
That’s just about the smartest metaphor I have seen in a while. Nice!
Many great passions start with a crush. Welcome to the lonely world of ABD cricket fans, Anna, you are writing history as we speak. Today, at work, I attempted to rile some folks up on inter-office email. The only response I got was “why do they all dress like hockey goalies,” as they went on with their March Madness “bracketology” or whatever that vodoo is called.
Speaking of bowlers, why the heck is that trifling of an inconsequentiality from a chickens a$$, Ajit Agarkar still in the team? After the super quick first career 50 wickets(or was it 100), all I remember about him is that the dude apparently thinks he is some sort of a Shoaib and so keeps trying to bowl short on dead dusty pitches and keeps getting hit to the fence. And when he is not trying to be that, all he sends are juicy half volleys with the same consequence. Apparently he is not so sharp on his feet to learn from his mistakes and keeps screwing us over in the final slog. Oh wait, I forgot one of his ‘good qualities’, he bowls really well when it does not matter.
Maybe he has improved since I last saw him which was a few years back (and since he is playing, I sure hope he has and I would be happy to eat my words as long as he helps India win). Has he? Because if he has not, it would be really awesome if he takes care of the H2O for the world cup.
i enJyoed it a much.
CaptuREd the fightinG Sptiri of the sporRt. Wish I knows the meaningh ofthe JinglE thoghu. Canst thou Helpo. Sez They – it be a goAn sound and Sonnnnnnnnnnngh. i loVe me some ghati bunNs.
RE: Whose God is it anyways?
the nike add kicks ass! as far as the streaking doni is now the brand ambassador for brylcreme’s hair color gel products…teh commercial is lame, but the girls are hot so :).
Agarkar had a phenomenal ODI tour of the Windies earlier in the year and has probably been the most consistent (quality never associated with him) Indian ODI paceman in the last 12 months.
And my mom thinks he’s cute.
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love the post…rockin post…i do like sreesanth too but sadly he looks like a monkey from a certain angle….kinda ruins it for me lol 😛
Agarkar used to be very inconsistent but has improved a lot in the time he was out of the team, and since he can bat too, that increases his value on the side. Plus he’s the sole right-arm pacer, IIRC. Zaheer has also really got his act together again. I always thought he kinda got short shrift, as do all bowlers on the side these days, a couple of not-so-great matches/one mediocre series and you’re out, whereas the Sehwags and Gangulys would have to suck for a good year before they were kicked out.
As far as hotness goes, I’m an Irfan fan aaaaaaaallll the way. I know sensible thirtysomething married women who go weak in the knees for him too.
Boycandy??? So NOT!
Re: Agarkar, That kid’s an enigma. But he’s one of the most consistent bowlers in last 12 months. His biggest achievement is not the quick 50 wickets, but his role in India’s victory over Oz in Oz.
ANNA, re: similarity, Sister he’s a poet too.
They drop Sreesanth and take Sehwag??? This boggles me mind no end.
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He fires the ball all over the place too..better with the cherry
I guess you should stick to your typical issues of colour,discrimination and abuse….
Anna, thanks so much for your ongoing cricket comentary. Your first post made me feel guilty for not knowing much about cricket. But this post prompted me to spend 2 hours as a start to learning the game – after all, if I’m going to watch cute desi guys playing during the world cup, I should actually know what it is they are doing! Also, my cousins can finally stop teasing me about ‘being so american.’
Red Snapper, they’ll be remembered as…something. 😉
More comment-ary soon…
“the nike add kicks ass! as far as the streaking doni is now the brand ambassador for brylcreme’s hair color gel products…teh commercial is lame, but the girls are hot so :).”
ah. thanks mohinder_suresh.
agarkar was india’s best bowler in the recent tour of windies, i think.
sad news for bangladesh, one of their players, manjural islam, 22, was killed in a traffic accident today at home.
[i]As far as hotness goes, I’m an Irfan fan aaaaaaaallll the way.[/i]
Speaking of Irfan bhai, last I saw him I loved the way he used to bowl. But this friend of mine was telling me that recently he has cut down on pace quite a bit (i.e. he has become embarassingly slow for a medium pacer) to become more accurate on line and length and unfortunately is still quite wayward?
india doesnt have a team – they have a bunch of professional models who alternate between being sacred CoWS and playing TaG in lights.
Bangladesh is going to SO kick india’s aRRSe.
Did you see the Ireland – Zimbabwe result? Ireland ran out the Zimbabwean batsman on the last ball to get a tie.
England are playing New Zealand — England 27-1 — Monty in the team but Bopara and Mahmood left out.
and now 30/2
go NZ!!
Mr. Bond is killing them w/ 1.81 econ rate. I am rooting for him. A genuine pace bowler who separates real batsmen from flat track bullies. Not to mention the hurt he put on the Aussies.
^^^Correction: Currently bowling at an un-Bondlike pace of 80-ish mph. Sigh.
I think England vs New Zealand match is going to be tight… I wish Freddie comes to from so that we can see some fireworks.
Let me guess – no one is saying this, but Bond may be injured again. When healthy, he’s one of my favourites.
I would love to see one of the majors upset in round one, and I’d really like that team to be England
at least oram didn’t have to follow through on his desperate measure of amputating his finger to play in the world cup!
England are f*cked — 134-6, Flintoff just caught for 1
oh dear, pietersen and flintoff in quick succession. england really need flintoff to get back into form (same with sehwag). i wonder if england will regret not playing strauss, even if his odi form hasn’t been the best lately. but he’s more experienced than joyce.
england 134-6 (both flintoff and pietersen gone in a span of two balls); bond, shane bond.
Holy cow, now its up to Monty to save England 🙂
My thOughts precissssssELy.
pannnnesaR rides to the Rescue but unlluCky to fall 95 shoRT of his cceentutry.
Patel, the Kiwi Desi is not doing too bad at the moment.
138-7
Dalrymple gone for 3
“but unlluCky to fall 95 shoRT of his cceentutry.”
didn’t get that on the first read. funny!
hopeless