The Cricket Nerd: saturday night live

Friday, February 05, 2010 afridi, australia, cricket, pakistan, review, rishabh bablani, saturday night live, T20, video 2 Comments

As I watched the final over of the T20 between Australia and Pakistan, the equation was 8 needed from 3 for Pakistan with one wicket remaining, and one of the commentators said,

"Good teams find a way to win."

Obviously, that was about Australia - and my mind immediately conjured up the corollary: bad teams find a way to lose.

Now obviously, Pakistan has good players - immensely talented, as Kamran Akmal displayed while batting and Umar Gul while bowling.

But that doesn't make them a good team.

This may be a cricket cliche, but they did snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Not that I want to take anything away from the way the Aussies bowled and fielded - they were simply amazing.

Shaun Tait made a fiery comeback, picking up three wickets while making the batsmen hop, clocking 160 kmph in the process. Dirk Nannes and Mitchell Johnson were 150 + too, and Johnson recovered especially well after conceding 20 in his first over - his next three overs went for only three runs!

Newbie Steve Smith held his nerve to pick up wickets at key moments, not getting intimidated by the batsmen going after him.

There were three maiden overs by Australia. In a T20. That's probably unprecedented, and disappointing from Pakistan. But then how much confidence can they be expected to have, losing every match on this tour.

Oh, and Afridi bit a ball.

Hahahahaha.

I'll leave you with this, and this is not in any way related to what I think the Pakistan cricket team does at bedtime.

Saturday, January 16, 2010 andy samberg, funny, on the ground, random, relocation, rishabh bablani, saturday night live, video No Comments

This is my first non-cricket post in a while... so I may be a bit rusty, though my 'rusty' could be probably be a pretty good standard for many! (don't take that as a braggy statement, though it may be one)

My education and I have now relocated to Canada's York University, where I am now residing. My days alternate between no free time and too much of it. As you may have guessed, today's a case of the latter - always a good time to blog.

The last couple of months in Dubai were pretty busy for me, compiling several stuff needed for my transfer... all I knew of York was from the website and endless paperwork. When I actually came here for the first time and saw the first banner with the logo on it, it suddenly came real - this was the place I'd call home for the next four to five months and in the long run, about two and a half years at a minimum.

And the cold. And the snow. Temperatures that were the same in Dubai at the time, though with a negative sign in front of it. From going in to escape the heat, I went to going in to escape the cold. The snow's still cool (no pun intended) though, don't mind that one bit.

It's all new, and it's all fun.

Now, enough of the awestruckness.

I've been watching some Saturday Night Live, and you gotta love the entire talented cast - they all turn in hilarious, memorable performances almost every episode. Fred Armisen, Will Forte, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Abby Elliot, Kenan Thompson, Jason Sudeikis, Bobby Moynahan and especially Andy Samberg for the hilarious 'I threw it on the ground'.

Gotta go.