Wednesday, April 07, 2004

The Lahore match seems to be heading Pakistan's way, with them winning 5 of the 6 sessions so far. But i still have faith in the fighting spirits of this Indian team. Only Bucknor seems to be the fly in the soup. What can i say..never antagonise a umpire.

Have ya heard the famous story abt Miandad & Bucknor in 1992 world cup?
Before the final match between Eng & Pak, The teams and the umpires were flying off to the venue, the whole flight Miandad spent chatting up Bucknor, buttering him up and kept reminding him of the atrocities committed by the British empire against asians, blacks..and windies in particular!!
No wonder in the final match, Miandad was plumb lbw before reaching double figures, the umpire who turned down the appeal...guess..Bucknor!!. Miandad of course went off to score a fifty and have a matchwinning partnership with Imran Khan.
Dravid, dada, Wright..learn from history..take a leaf out of Miandad's book!!

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