BASH XI - On the move
Here is a picture of our team Bash XI playing in the GRPL. Its an animated GIF. Click on the pic to see the actual size.
The ball tampering saga – not for the first or last time!
A young cricketer rubs some sand on the ball and the whole world goes berserk using words like SHAME, CHEAT and sundry to describe not just the player but his entire team and management. In no sport, other than cricket, does a ball become of such paramount importance almost sacred in a sense that “touching it inappropriately 😉” can lead to punishment. However, in the chaos created mostly by Australia haters apart from cricket lovers and media (who came up with Sandgate???), the core concept of justice may as well be forgotten one more time. As I write this, Steve Smith (Commander-in-chief -Sandgate), Cameron Bancroft (Executioner – Sandgate) and David Warner (Mastermind – Sandgate) have been banned for 9 months to one year. Smith and Warner have been stripped of Captaincy and Vice-Captaincy of Australia respectively and of the captaincy of the IPL franchisees and also banned from IPL altogether. Some have described this as a very harsh punishment and some have called for a li
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