A howlarious e-mail sent by my friend, Luke de Noronha, immediately after Sachin scored his double ton had me in splits, and I just had to share it with all of you!
Thanks Luke, for letting me do so!
How would Management appraise Sachin Tendulkar's performance?
Sachin Tendulkar: 200 Runs, 147 Balls, 25x4, 3x6
Agree you have done well……BUT
25 x 4s = 100
3 x 6s = 18
It implies that you have done 118 runs in 28 balls
And
12 x 2s = 24
58 x 1s = 58
It means you have done all 200 runs in only 98 balls
So you have wasted 147-98 = 49 balls
Considering only 1 run scored on each of these balls you could have earned 49 valuable runs for our team
Manager’s Comment: You Met Expectations and NOT EXCEEDED (though anyone else of our team could not do it) and your Grade is C
Training Recommendations: Learn how to STEAL singles
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Congrats Sachin, but I wanted more!
Words fail me when I want to congratulate possibly the best overall batsman (and a good but under-utilised bowler) in world cricket today!
On the way to a meeting, listening to the commentary on AIR, I was rooting for Sachin to complete his double century and create a new world record. And when he eventually did, I stopped the car to clap, whistle and do a little jig right there, at the junction of Hiranandani and Kailas Complex, Powai.
But I must confess that I was a tad disappointed! Not much, just a miniscule - I think the disappointment was somewhere in the range of 2.96 parts per trillion.
Because when he had reached 186 in the 43rd over, and runs were coming in torrents, my expectations had increased.
I wanted him to then take more of the strike and score 230.
Because, that would have then been the world record for the highest score in any recognised form of one day international cricket.
Beating Belinda Clark's 229*, for Australia v/s Denmark in the Women's World Cup in Dec 1997; which was incidentally scored at Sachin's home ground - MIG, Mumbai!
That's the problem about this genius. The more he does, the more we fans expect. But really, he does not disappoint us, does he!
Congrats once again, Little Master!
On the way to a meeting, listening to the commentary on AIR, I was rooting for Sachin to complete his double century and create a new world record. And when he eventually did, I stopped the car to clap, whistle and do a little jig right there, at the junction of Hiranandani and Kailas Complex, Powai.
But I must confess that I was a tad disappointed! Not much, just a miniscule - I think the disappointment was somewhere in the range of 2.96 parts per trillion.
Because when he had reached 186 in the 43rd over, and runs were coming in torrents, my expectations had increased.
I wanted him to then take more of the strike and score 230.
Because, that would have then been the world record for the highest score in any recognised form of one day international cricket.
Beating Belinda Clark's 229*, for Australia v/s Denmark in the Women's World Cup in Dec 1997; which was incidentally scored at Sachin's home ground - MIG, Mumbai!
That's the problem about this genius. The more he does, the more we fans expect. But really, he does not disappoint us, does he!
Congrats once again, Little Master!
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