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Subject: [Leica] Massive OT - For Cricket Fans Only
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:54:33 -0400
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> 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
>>>>
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