tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post114353948260298447..comments2024-03-18T19:46:10.130+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: 1996-2006: a cricketing odyssey, and closure?Jabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-50957628321043311692015-08-25T13:46:45.599+05:302015-08-25T13:46:45.599+05:30Very well written! And I think you were spot on wi...Very well written! And I think you were spot on with that 2001 Australia series which changed cricket and also the position of Tendulkar in the team. Chanced upon this as I just bought Chinaman and checked your blog for this title and found one and from that post found this article. I also felt (maybe I’m wrong) we get a glimpse of you as a person more in this post than in other posts; perhaps because it is personal and perhaps because of the intensity of your involvement with the game at one point in time. <br /><br />P.S. – I never thought you were (are) a Tendulkar fan knowing that you like Rafael Nadal. The two impressions just don’t well together But that’s only a vague opinion. <br />Pessimist Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057153008708242962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-23753115068699012712015-02-15T13:58:54.559+05:302015-02-15T13:58:54.559+05:30P.S. if the Shahid Afridi on the scorecard is the ...P.S. if the Shahid Afridi on the scorecard is the same as the perpetually 16-year-old who made his debut back in 96-97, then that's one player I know...Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-43048046818773052632015-02-15T13:41:21.265+05:302015-02-15T13:41:21.265+05:30(And because my wife, much to my irritation, insis...(And because my wife, much to my irritation, insisted on keeping the TV on and cheering during that final in 2011, which ended with a Dhoni shot. I just wanted to bury my head under a pillow and shut the world, including the firework celebrations, out.)Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-75086387054438881202015-02-15T13:39:51.693+05:302015-02-15T13:39:51.693+05:30Will be interesting to know what your relationship...<i>Will be interesting to know what your relationship with Cricket is at the moment.</i><br /><br />Non-existent, pretty much. Since everyone including my mother seems to be following this world cup match (I didn't even know until 3-4 days ago that there was a cricket WC on!), I got onto rediff.com to check the scorecards...and promptly found that I wasn't familiar with the name of even one member of the Pakistani squad, and only knew a few of the names of the Indian players (and the only one I could actually picture in action was Dhoni, because of the famous helicopter shot).Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-71765561148757803052015-02-15T12:13:52.736+05:302015-02-15T12:13:52.736+05:30Even as I am reading this piece in 2015(the magic ...Even as I am reading this piece in 2015(the magic of internet!), India is playing Pakistan in the World Cup. And here I am searching for Tendulkar on Google. In 2011, I traveled a couple of thousand kilometers cheering Tendulkar and India. Funny, how much change 4 years can bring in a person.<br /><br />You wrote this in 2006. Tendulkar played another 7 years, in the process, breaking a few records, scoring the first double ton in ODI's and winning the World Cup. Amazing.<br /><br />Will be interesting to know what your relationship with Cricket is at the moment.<br /><br />Sarathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-40090394389512688052008-10-22T23:21:00.000+05:302008-10-22T23:21:00.000+05:30I think it should be - "peeved by Azharuddin’s dec...I think it should be - "peeved by Azharuddin’s decision to bat second."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1143943072564200742006-04-02T07:27:00.000+05:302006-04-02T07:27:00.000+05:30This post made me absolutely nostalgic... I was ne...This post made me absolutely nostalgic... I was never a cricket enthusiast, and would not have turned into one but for one man - one who lived, breathed cricket, and who eventually became my husband :).<BR/><BR/>My earliest memories of cricket go back to the last test that Gavaskar played. Then there is a huge gap in memories until the 1996 World Cup. I was a journalist then, and was fortunate enough to do some stories from the sidelines of the World Cup. The interest, of course, sustained. <BR/><BR/>This post brought back memories of an article I had written around that time about the beginning of my interest in cricket. Maybe I should post it some time.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996612252178277988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1143761448067622492006-03-31T05:00:00.000+05:302006-03-31T05:00:00.000+05:30I can relate. As an Indian child growing up in Mum...I can relate. As an Indian child growing up in Mumbai until around 1996, when I moved out, I had idolised a few of the cricketers - namely Tendulkar and Azhar. <BR/><BR/>Azhar enchanted me even more than Sachin though. When he left the game in controversy, I was shattered. I stopped following the sport for a while (part of it was to do with moving to South East Asia, where I couldn't really watch cricket too easily), and since then, when I've watched the game, I've done so from a much more neutral/analytical perspective (unless a few certain players are concerned), not concerning myself about overall results too much.<BR/><BR/>When India collapses, it doesn't upset me particularly - ditto for when Australia lose, unless it's to England (the last Ashes loss was the only time in about 5 years that I've really felt great emotion at the outcome of a match or series). When someone like Tendulkar, whom I've grown up watching flay the best bowlers in the world, fades as rapidly as he has, it's a lot more painful. <BR/><BR/>For the last three years, I've been thinking to myself "It's just a bad patch, he'll hit form soon", pointing to knocks like his Sydney 241 or the Multan 194. They're less and less frequent, and for us who grew up on a diet of Tendulkar's MRF and the runs that flowed off it, there's a lot less to cling on to.Salilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024757873081383487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1143722340682108512006-03-30T18:09:00.000+05:302006-03-30T18:09:00.000+05:30Delicious post. My own interest started with a sim...Delicious post. My own interest started with a similar booklet but about the 92 World Cup.<BR/><BR/>Following Indian cricket in the 90s was a painful process. The defeats were so predictable, that only Sachin became the redeeming factor. It is because India's performance was so horrible that we fans developed a Sachin-centric attitude, almost as a defense mechanism. Knowing that focussing our energies on Sachin alone meant that we would never be hurt. <BR/><BR/>I have become a fan of the Indian team after 2001 because there are half a dozen players who play crucial roles on a regular basis. So the team actually is worth following, is a lot more consistent and professional than the hideous outfit of the 90s.Gauravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184877197493389897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1143611812496762312006-03-29T11:26:00.000+05:302006-03-29T11:26:00.000+05:30No Shamya, I'm pleased to report I haven't risen t...No Shamya, I'm pleased to report I haven't risen to those depths of psychopathy yet. <BR/>But if that's what you do while you're driving, it helps explain why you keep knocking down hand-holding cyclists.<BR/><BR/>And I was never a big fan of Mark Waugh - not in that very personal way anyhowJabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1143610237018094482006-03-29T11:00:00.000+05:302006-03-29T11:00:00.000+05:30Uhh, no Mark Waugh? Why? Anyway, interesting to no...Uhh, no Mark Waugh? Why? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, interesting to note the deal about license plate. Funnily, we've never discussed this. <BR/><BR/>Do you do the thing of keeping your own plate number in mind and then trying to see if all the numbers can be arrived at by adding, subtracting the numbers on another license plate?Black Muddy Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955846722038215253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1143604871637212622006-03-29T09:31:00.000+05:302006-03-29T09:31:00.000+05:30I remember that book. It came with the ToI, alrigh...I remember that book. It came with the ToI, alright - my family's never taken another paper in twenty-five years. It started me off, too, although the obsession wouldn't last in my case. I stopped investing emotionally in cricket after the match-fixing scandals. But your blog resonates because I share your sentiments about SRT. <BR/><BR/>Aargh. Dimly-remembered past alert.roswithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05506297391055117723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1143597251581195222006-03-29T07:24:00.000+05:302006-03-29T07:24:00.000+05:30loved the post...though still don't quite get your...loved the post...though still don't quite get your obsession with Aus ;-) My attachment also began in '92, thanks mainly to watching the Indians and Pakistanis..flygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542497179709631855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1143547977298109922006-03-28T17:42:00.000+05:302006-03-28T17:42:00.000+05:30Hmm...Smells nostalgic!!I remember the book too......Hmm...Smells nostalgic!!<BR/>I remember the book too...dunno if its from TOI or otherwise...but that was one good thing to keep track of the cricket happenings..<BR/>i had a seperate book to jot down all the good things (or whtevr) from each and every match..<BR/>I used to flaunt it at school only to find the book stolen by the time india reachd semifinals<BR/><BR/>Altho' my attachement to crciket started with 92 WC...remmbr hw NZL were the favourites back then!!??<BR/><BR/>Its all lost ..over & over!!<BR/><BR/>;)Vamsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771795441528535176noreply@blogger.com