Cricket rant

So what do I talk about. There's the reservation shit doing rounds. And the India-US nuclear deal (that's old news) and ofcourse there's cricket.

I think I'll take cricket.

So I mentioned to Mom that India had just finished 15 successful ODI run chases, and that it was a record. She comes back by telling me that India lost the test match series.

So why test cricket? I won't pretend to understand the bloody game. Hell, I don't even watch one-days if the match doesn't feature India. What I don't understand is why so much emphasis is placed on a game that:

1. lasts for 5 days.
2. might not have a result.
3. has so much less spectator following.
4. doesn't have an ounce of tension until the last day.
5. where most batsmen spend time defending their wicket rather than resorting to some dare-devilry.
6. doesn't have a world cup (it'll last for ages!)
   
7. lasts for FIVE F**KING DAYS.

India is losing tests and winning its one-days. I find that extremely gratifying. Go India go! What I want to see happening is that India keeps losing all its tests, and winning all its one-days, and eventually gets removed from the list of test-cricket playing nations.

What people don't understand is that the original form of cricket was invented by the British upper class. The people who prided themselves for not having to work for a living. So if you're not working for a living, how do you occupy yourself? You invent a game that lasts for 6 days (thanks Aniket, for pointing this one out). Yes six. The original format of the game had a rest day in the middle.

The spectators used to be just as jobless, and consequently used to spend their time sitting just beyond the ropes, drinking copious amounts of alcohol (that is a part I like though).

I'm not saying that one-days have made the game perfect. Cricket is a game for the lazy. Test cricket infinitely so.

Look at what the British lower class invented:
Soccer.