Wednesday, July 16, 2003

So here I am ...after a lot of testing some unknown HTML stuff (I'm an Electrical engineer for crying out loud)...I decide it's better to do whats best...just post in...... This is kinda my first "Blogging" Experience....per se...Dunno what to expect out of it....Still hope it just gets me hooked up to something interesting. For starters, I am Ranjith a grad student @ Texas Tech majoring in EE....been here for a year and a half nearing the completion of my degree, that of course I wake up and finish my Thesis stuff.....That's pretty much it......seen a lotta ppl out here and their blogs do make for interesting reading...

I was reading through the Cricket pages of BBC when I chanced upon this one....makes for interesting reading....Don't be surprised to see too many Australian names featuring there....it's just a part of what they have made Cricket today...especially loved King Viv's one....Wacky thought but y not...these days ppl are digging out way too weird things to make Cricket interesting......y cant' they come up with "One sledge per 2 over rule" on the lines of "One bouncer per Over rule"..U can't control it so y not make it legal.....quite simple to work on.....Here are the allowances

* Choice of words decided by ICC...legalised shud we say ....and no hidden references to one's immediate kin...everything must be directly referenced.
* Any of the presiding umpires to mediate...although if the square - leg umpire decides to do he'd be given good accessibilities.
* If a player wishes not to do so.....he may not carry that to his subsequent spells or transfer it to a team-mate....
* Words to be in English language only ...... others have to be approved by the ICC through their respective boards
* Players to be loud and clear when they opt to sledge....this is for clarification to the mediating umpires and the batsman/bowler/fielder involved
* A statistic of the same will be maintained and duly displayed when the player comes to bat or to bowl.
* Attempts to cheat will be referred to the third umpire who wud necessitate action on consultation with the involved player..
* In the case above the player may return the compliments or "sledge" him in forthcoming matches.
* If in case it's his last match.....compliments must be clarified in the pre-match / post-match interviews or the player to use his own discretion in selecting the medium of conveyance

That's too much wacky stuff for one day.....It isn't future cricket ..it's common-sense cricket.....neway gotta go.....got a report due tommorow and i am here worrying abt the future of cricket.....so long......
My mood today --------- thats quite complex to be expressed using a single smiley....