Daily Roundup

Graeme Smith demands an apology from the crowd. His anguish is understandable but isn't he taking it a bit too far ?? Can anyone beat the crowd ?? Wouldn't it be sensible to just move on ?? After all, he has had a reputation in the past of being a bit of a cry-baby.

James Anderson is back. Good to see. Always liked his bowling. I generally have a soft spot for pace bowlers who are in general not blessed with a strong physique but have great skills of swing and seam movement. Especially if they are underachievers. Agarkar, Sami, Anderson - the list reads such.

Shabbir Ahmed considers quitting the game. What can one say ? On the one hand one feels sorry for the individual. On the other, it is only right that someone who has been deemed to chuck be not allowed to bowl as per the regulations. Honestly, it is a pretty ugly sight watching someone chuck blatantly.

Cricket365.com in its infinite wisdom says that the India v Sri Lanka match is being played at the Pindi stadium. They might just correct their mistake after I link to it now. Anyway, that match is over, we won and we are now #2. Yippeee !! Congratulations Team India, not only this team but also the combination of John Wright and Sourav Ganguly for taking the team from the depths of 2000 to where they are right now. Now comes the harder part - maintaining that spot.

Meanwhile a lot of churning in the ICC ODI rankings for the English and Pakistani players after their ODI series. England are now in that very frustrating #7 spot bottom-most of a very competitive middle of the table, where we were not too long ago. Well, let's see how they feel about it.

Gilchrist joins Benaud in requesting Shane Warne to go on till the next tour of England. Me too. Would love to see Warne get one back at the English in their own backyard. Plus, such artists as him are precious jewels and need to be treasured for as long as possible.