No Kieron?

Why isn't Kieron Pollard in?

Jaya and SRT - old farts rule

So whatever one's feelings about the IPL, there is something quite amazing about the idea of Jayasuriya and Tendulkar opening together in a T20 game (in any game, really). When I think of these two, I always think of the 1996 World Cup. Fourteen years on, and they're opening in a "young man's game." Respeck maan.

On another note, this is the confusion-inducing side of the IPL. It's hard to cheer for Delhi while these two are batting.

Full disclosure please

Conflicts of interest seem to be quite common in the IPL. Today, Harsha Bhogle has an article in Cricinfo, talking up the IPL. But Harsha works for the Mumbai Indians. That makes his article on CI a press release. The least Harsha (or Cricinfo) could so, in the interest of full disclosure, is make a note of the fact that he is employed by the Mumbai Indians.

I'm used to the merger of the media and the establishment here in the US. Seems like it's catching.

Hat-tip to Mukul Kesavan for pointing this out to me.

Work gets in the way of cricket

Curses. Work kept me busy this morning (yeah, I mean, come on, working on a Monday morning?), and its prevented me from being able to watch the SRT-Jayasuriya partnership, which has apparently put on 111 runs in the first 10 overs for the Mumbai Redskins versus the Kolkata Dark Knights. With my bloody luck, this silly tactical break will now get one of them dismissed - just as I've managed to take a break. Fingers crossed.

Mumbai v. Chennai IPL

My IPL posts will be quite impressionistic, pointillistic, a veritable montage of stream-of-consciousness reports. Gee, I sound pretentious - entirely appropriate when it comes to the IPL. What I meant to say was a little simpler: I'm going to hand out one-liners and soundbites.

My instinctive reaction on watching Mumbai v. Chennai is to cheer for Tendulkar. Pretty bizarre, the idea of cheering for any Mumbai team. But Chennai has Hayden. Count me out as a fan.

Gawd, I hate DLF Maximums. Aren't they sixes? And the commentators are playing along? I suppose they are required to call it that.

Nayar looks good.