Another World Cup post

Well,its official.I am going to have to watch the finals this time...Sigh....

Father Dearest finishes his chores early,has the ceremonial bath,the ceremonial lunch(so as not to get up during a bowling session or whatever they call it),positions the pedestal fan,the wall fan,sets up biscuits and other snacks on a stool(to satisfy those small hunger pangs),pair of scissors to cut the packets,a bottle of water,mug,paper tissues and the lot exactly one hour before the actual commencement of the match.I go downstairs and was quite alarmed to find the TV area vaguely resembling an operation theater.

The Darling too after one and and a half hour of conversation,abruptly cuts short,looks at the time and suddenly hangs up claiming emergency regulations as it was half past one already while the match was scheduled to start at 2 something.Must be wanting to hear what these full-of-themselves-know-it-alls have to say about the the swivel of the bowling,humidity(as in whether the players and spectators will sweat or not? :S ) somebody's leg injury,somebody's head injury (I believe each and every cricket fan has had a head injury at some point in their lives,no offence) the shape of a grass blade on the pitch,the color of the grass,the roundness of the ball,the hardness of the bat,the thickness of spectator heads,the stupidity of the umpires,the idiocy of the players,etc.

The streets were pretty deserted yesterday.Perfect day for a driving test me assumes.Only if the examiner too ain't a cricket maniac that is.But then if he is,one can easily coax him to just hand over the license so that he could go home and enjoy the match by himself.Ah but then,I already have mine.Sigh.......

Our lectures too were cancelled yesterday with barely 4 days to the actual paper.And me vaguely suspects that it was so because of the match.Well,we would all be able to write about the finger positioning techniques of spinning a ball,the fundamentals of scoring a century,the history and the evolving of the bat or the complex mathematics of the essential space between wickets.Oh joy!

I'm glad that we made it to the semi finals anyway.You should have heard the fire crackers last night.You wouldn't have had to watch the match to know that we won.It's good to know that we are actually good at something.

Nevertheless,I shall be doing some world cup cooking and baking on the day of the finals to entertain the cricket people,namely the parents,The Darling and whoever happened to be in the house, glued,face first on to the TV that day.That way I could make myself useful even if I don't understand the basics of a LBW or what the hell a no-ball means.And you know what,I find myself actually looking forward to it :)