Save the drama fo yo mama, Swann

I love a match with drama (which is also a big reason why I love watching Pakistan play) and today’s match was big on just that, especially from the English side. So Bang win the toss and put Eng to bat first..testy decision I think since chasing has always been difficult for any team no matter how big. Anyway, Bang get a few early wickets and restrict Eng to just 225 runs.

Now comes the fun part: Bangladesh innings! The dew factor that Imran Khan’s been harping about on every ‘super eye analyses’ comes into play here – and how!  No matter what the English tried, the ball would just come nicely onto the bat and they hit a few good boundaries in the early overs. So they change the ball and immediately after put Swann into attack. This is where the fun starts. Swann, no matter how much he rubbed the ball on his clothes or how often he had to dry his hands in the sand, he just couldn’t do what he wanted to ball to do. And it was frustrating him to no end and this much was so apparent. After every ball bowled, the ball would get wet and Swann would come up, dry his hands in the sand, whine and complain and still, the batsmen would hit him nicely – often for a boundary. Swann’s drama did not end there – after just 4 overs being bowled after the ball change, he requested (to put it mildly) for another ball change! When the umpire did not agree (obviously!) he got royally pissed off..he went back to bowl, decided against it and went to convince the umpire again for a ball change. Haha. It was just so funny to watch! The English may think it unfair since the ball kept getting wet and there was nothing their only spinner could do about it, but that’s the game. You have to make use of the situation you are in. Strauss later had a word with Swann and he apologized to Darell Harper because after his over, when he went to collect his cap, he snatched it out of the umpire’s hand.

Despite their awesome start, the Bangladeshi’s lost a few wickets one after the other. Shahzad bowled in beautifully and he’s not so bad to look at, I’ve realized. Also, I especially enjoyed the Anderson over (for obvious reasons) but didn’t see much of Collingwood. Towards the end, this match got so tight that I had to run over to my cousin’s place to watch the last few overs (thanks to KESC and load shedding! What is up with that?! Can they at least not do that during Pakistan matches?!) More than anything I wanted Bangladesh to win this match and see the look on Swann’s face haha. And what a victory for the Bangladeshis! They were rejoicing as if they’d won the ‘Cup! Poor things, after their terrible defeat against the West Indies (58 all out), the feeling of winning would be nothing less of winning the World Cup, I suppose.

Also, what is up with the Bangladesh uniform? It's shaded darker around the butt and during the start of the 'Cup, I honestly thought the Bangladeshi batsman was sweating a lot and that it was perspiration! After I pointed it out to a friend and she agreed, I knew it wasn't just me. It really does look like that the lot of them have got sweaty bums. Eeee! Send to re-design!

I was thinking the other day of what will happen when the World Cup will end. It ends on the 2^nd of ApriI and I don’t even want to think about it. Yes, my happiness depends on this World Cup and if Pakistan win – I think I won’t be sad ever again – at least for 5 years or something. Let’s not think about that dreadful day; we still have a month to go! Also, I need to stop skipping the gym! Ugh, I feel really fat, lazy and useless when I skip the gym. So, hopefully no more skipping! 

Big match tomorrow. Graeme Smith needs to take this one home please! After Pakistan’s defeat against the Kiwis and Kamran Akmal’s doings, I have had enough of my Indian friends giving me a hard time! So I hope Sehwag breaks a leg and Harbajjan swallows a toad or something ‘cause South Africa REALLY need to win this one PALEASEEE.

Do you see the resemblance?! I realized that just today! Uncanny!