Wah-longabba!

Finally one of those days when it pays to be an Indian cricket fan. Instead of a comprehensive review, here are some of the moments that made it quite memorable, atleast for a while:

• Though I still believe Ramesh should've played instead of one of the openers (following the principle of "if you select a guy in the first place and he plays well, you must pick him"), the team management will get away with that decision for the next few matches. I'm not a fan of Ramesh (as ( have noted before), but either they shouldn't bring him on tour or they should stop pandering to reputation. Still, good to wake up late and find no wickets down.
• SRT got the by now routine unfortunate dismissal - that leaves him even more hungry and furious for the rest of the tour, just the way he should be.
• The faces of Bucknor, Dizzy & SRT during and after the LBW were photographic moments of a lifetime.
• Bucknor gave the by now routine incredibly poor decision - he does it almost everytime. No wonder he switched to officiating cricket instead of the more rowdy football where players don't always accept decisions without a word or ten.
• Ganguly taking off in the air and having a rough landing was very symbolic of his career - incredible highs and painful stutters. The fact that he managed to regain his balance and then do an encore should hopefully be a symbol for his future.
• Agarkar raising his bat on getting off the mark was one of the most priceless memories of cricket for me.
• Got to see the rare sights of a short cover, short mid-on, & short mid-off. And the even better sight of Laxman stroking on either side of the short mid-on as if Invisible Man was in that position.
• Harsha Bhogle pulling out the curious fact that Steve Waugh made his debut the same year that Parthiv "I'm not 14" Patel was born.
• The extremely fair and instructive commentary of Greg Chappell and a great moment when temporary pupil Saurav thanked Chappell for all the advice he received.
• And the happy sight of ACG congratulating SCG on his century.