Titanium Duck !!!

Off late, I started to get myself involved in sports. I started to form friends network in Orkut as I don’t know much sports enthusiasts in Singapore (specially Indians, specifically Tamils). I am the one who bashed Orkut long ago for its n number of cons and later I myself reopened the account for its n number advantages. (vidungappa !!! arasiyala ithelaaam saatharanam) We started playing weekend cricket and I got another bunch of friends who taught me playing badmitton and now am more than enjoying the game we play atleast 3-4 evenings during weekdays. Primary reason being to get myself in to some sort of activity and to deviate myself from work stress I am enjoying ; ) (nambara maari ilayo)

What does the above paragraph got to do with my post title ?

We formed a cricket intrst group through Orkut and successfully playing for continuous 4 weekends. Last weekend has become more terrible. It was a 10 over match and we fielded first. I was fielding all 10 overs with out getting chance to bowl. However, I managed to get in as opener in the non strikers end when our turn came to bat. The pathetic part is as follows.

The striker in the other end played his first ball defensively and gave a start up for a single. I was all excited and sprinted to the other (even though it’s a danger end). The batsman coolly came to half way and went back with out even caring my situation. Gone ….. Completely gone….. I have no chance to get back. I know its not a big deal for any one (even myself) but the whole day, I was so angry on myself (ofcourse even with the other dude who contributed a lot in my dismissal) I am not sure why mind is so occupied with this few hours weekend game. May be as I like it so much.

Today I was following the India Vs. NZland Test cricket of Day 1 through internet commentary in Cricinfo.com and the following comment caught my attention

72.3: Patel to O'Brien, FOUR, one more paragraph for the blog, Munaf delivers from wide of the crease and angles it inwards, he gets a thick leading edge which beats the massive gap between slip and gully

I know Ian O’Brien is a blogger. Infact, I sometimes read his blogs too. Cricinfo guys publishes his blog in their own website. But, the ironic fact is that they pick the micky out of OB almost every time when he comes to bat or bowl.

I noticed more similarities with myself here. OB is suffering this in international lever. I am suffering on local level. Other wise even I am treated the same way. When I get back home after Cricket/Badmitton and tell my wife on how I played, her immediate response will be ‘So you got stuffs to blog tonight ?’. Ironically, those who criticizing me are the regular followers. Pathetically, I am still not sure how to react when they pick S**t outa me about my blogging ;-)