Journal entries

A couple of months ago, Matthew Hayden went past Brian Lara's 375 against Zimbabwe. Regardless of how insignificant the opposition was (and they continue to spiral towards an ignominy they knew once), making 380 runs in 435 deliveries was no small matter. But Brian Lara passed that record in the final test against England at St. Johns, the ground where as all the media forces see fit to repeat, ten years ago to the week, he went past Garfield Sobers' 365. Since there was nobody to carry the airwaves from the historic scene at St. Johns, there was not the same amount of exhilaration or involvement as there was when Hayden made his record. While Lara's magnificent accomplishment will be spoken of for many years to come or before someone goes past his unbeaten quadruple century, Flintoff's valiant century will be forgotten. No, I take that back. Given the English temperament to gloat about the Second Coming and the regaining of the Ashes at so much as the uneventful spectacle of having beaten a hopelessly fragile West Indies team at home, Flintoff will be lionised well beyond his laurels. Nonetheless, it was a most glorious exhibition of test cricket -- on the one hand was a savage batting performance that sought to salve the woes of many small island-nations and on the other, a surprisingly mature and resolute tourniquet act that looks to have succeeded in avoiding a humiliating defeat. Bravo Lara. Bravo Flintoff.

January 2004 - March 2004

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April 2003

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2002

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