Sunday 17 May 2009

Kings XI

To be honest, I thought Irfan Pathan was their last real chance to get them to 150 or thereabouts. Sure, Sangakkara's wicket was a big one, but Irfan and Brett Lee can do some hitting.

That's not to say they won't win or that 150 is the magic number, but it was a fairly good number. Kings XI don't really seem to be all that desperate to stay in the competition. I actually wanted them to win this one.

And how are Deccan up and about so soon after their last match?

I'm also freaked out about the blatant innuendo in an ad for drag racing on ONE. It basically goes along the lines of a woman in a sultry voice purring "This is the only time you'll be rewarded for finishing under 10 seconds" before she goes on to speak of "hulking metal" and other such supposedly titillating things. Lovely. It's even better than ONE going out of their way to promote netball as a contact sport ("Who says netball isn't a contact sport?" Cue footage of netballer being knocked over). Well, everybody, actually. Because netball isn't a contact sport and it's no use pretending it is just to rope in more viewers.

10 comments:

12th Man said...

They're losing it most probably and will be joining KKR and MI shortly.

Amy said...

The race for the top 4 narrows with every match. It's a shame these guys won't make it there again, purely based on the relative niceness of the team.

Excluding Kato and Sreesanth, of course.

12th Man said...

I would have disagreed with you had I not read the second paragraph.

I just finished typing an entry on the semi-finalists. It is scheduled to be published at 8:00 PM India time.

Amy said...

I'm writing a post about the winner of this year's IPL, to be published one minute after the final ends.

12th Man said...

I'm sure it is not about CSK and it doesn't contain a reference to Albie.

Amy said...

How did you know he hits a half-century and also picks up 3 wickets?

12th Man said...

Kings XI are back in the fray, thanks to Yuvi's 2nd hattrick of the season.

Amy said...

Bowlers like Yuvraj and Rohit Sharma taking hat-tricks is just bizarre. And wrong, so very wrong. Not that I mind in this particular match.

Anonymous said...

"Who says netball isn't a contact sport?"

The rules, right?

-Heather

Amy said...

Exactly. The promotion of netball on ONE is ludicrous.