It was fun while it lasted. Part of it was that we were all waiting for the Fake IPL Player to come out. And the interesting stories from inside the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Now FIP has been reduced to use profanity to make his silly posts interesting, all the time scraping the barrel for more vulgarity.
Sorry, but I don’t find it worth following anymore. Time to let go.
Wisecandyman has a glossary of the nicknames used by the Fake IPL Player. All we need now is a browser extension that will show the real name on hovering over the fake names. Having the text being replaced is not so great because there is something glorious about hearing Sreesanth being referred to as Appam. Too bad FIP turned out to be cowardly/pragmatic.
Fly Slip rightly points out the new peace in Sri Lanka is better than the World Cup win (in 1996). It will be good for cricket too as teams will be less afraid to travel to Colombo and other parts of SL. Of course, the political process better step up to taking advantage of the military success and provide equal opportunity and rehabilitation for the long-suffering Tamilians so that the peace can be permanent.
The Old Batsman wonders if the long stop will return to cricket as batsmen try to take advantage of hitting the ball over and to the side of the wicketkeeper. In a T20 match, where the average margin of victory is so small, conceding a few such boundaries may turn out to be intolerable, so we may see quite a few such unconventional fielding positions.
Ajoy Eric Lal at BCCI (Bored Cricket Crazy Indians) has a must-read story about playing cricket with Shah Rukh Khan at their school in New Delhi. Shah Rukh was the wicketkeeper. It looks like they won a few trophies. And horror! Lalit Modi also studied at the same school. Talk about a small world!