Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The best batsman it has been my privilege to see, someone who transcended genius in his batting, and more importantly, the best behaved, very level headed without an ounce of arrogance, or any whiff of scandal about him - not easy if the public adulation and desires of a billion people are on your shoulders. The pressure on any other sportsperson is peanuts compared to what he has had to bear from the age of 15. Amazing. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad > On 10-Oct-2013, at 8:44 pm, Akhil Lal <alal at poly.edu> wrote: > > And the big buzz in the cricket world is that Sachin has decided to retire. > > Last year he was made the cover of Time magazine. > >> On Thu, 10 Oct 2013, Adam Bridge wrote: >> >> Thank you for posting this, Jayanand. With the baseball post-season in >> full swing here (ahem) it's fun to see the passions of another sport in >> another time. >> >> There's a group who play cricket many Saturdays and Sundays in Davis. >> Almost all from India. I've stopped and instantly been greeted and >> treated to more information about the game than I was prepared for! But I >> like the passion, the men all in white, those not on the field in the >> shadows of the trees surrounding the park. >> >> I gather there are teams in West Sacramento, Sacramento and other Central >> Valley towns in the area plus, of course, the Bay Area. >> >> This may have been "off topic" but I found it completely appropriate to >> what makes this list so enjoyable. >> >> Adam >> >>> On Oct 9, 2013, at 2:20 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/10187355/Ashes-2013-Watch-video-of-1948-Ashes-series.html >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information