Quotes of the week

Chris Gayle, the West Indies captain, in the process of hitting back at his opponent captain, Andrew Strauss, may have crossed the line. "I wouldn't be so sad," said Gayle on Test cricket's possible death". Thanks to "money is my only motive" Modi, we will soon have players getting greedy and care less about the game in general.

How would you describe a front foot drive played on a ball that was pitched up? Here's Arun Lal version "The batsman drove that ball up front".

Imran's quote on T20 "I don't watch Twenty20 cricket because it is just Toolah (chance) cricket. It is not about skills or talent. That is why I think any team can win the World Cup". What's his point? Did we not see teams in IPL showing enough skills to win a game even though they were low on talent or vice-versa?

Here's another gem (on a rainy day when covers are on before the match) from Arun Lal that will make you speechless:

“When the covers are on, there happens the unique phenomenon of ‘internal rain’ , moisture from the ground gets vapourised , gets condensed within the surface of the covers and it starts raining within the enclosed space even though the skies are clear”