Anyone seen any of the India vs West Indies test series

It used to be much more fun. And the players were much better in the old days.

 

I thought the mung bean reference was a follow up to yesterday's "third world Ali" offensiveness. Hence the edit.

 

I don't mind mung beans.

 

A sport that wasn't very professional? When do you think Tendulkar started playing; 1896?

 

Sacking who???

 

Hemmsy - you may (or may not) be interested in my little claim to fame. When I was in NZ in January / February 1990 (before you were born perhaps) I was introduced to a very young Sachin Tendulkar. I was in the members area at NZ v India, he was 17 years old and making his 2nd Test appearance - if memory serves me right. I commented on a little notebook he had, and in it he had written every detail of how he got out in every innings since he was 10! Talk about a perfectionist - he said the aim was to never get out the same way again.

Anyway, I got talking to him and a couple of the other Indian players and at close of play went out for dinner with them - to Pizza Hut (not quite mungo beans) and back to their team hotel in Auckland. Never forgotten that day, nor the boy that was to become a star. I see that today he's been given India's highest honour. Great sportsman and great bloke.

 

Did you see what he wrote in the book, was it...lbw, bowled, caught, run out !!

 

I have a feeling it was LBW in that innings (I'm sure I can find it on cricinfo if I look hard enough) - but he would write down who the bowler was, where the ball pitched, where his feet were etc etc. Meticulous.

 

Racist!