serial bomb blasts and mendis

bangalore is reeling from the after effects of serial bomb blasts. phone lines are jammed and in a small country neighboring ours a bangalore boy is looking shell shocked. dravid was clean bowled by the latest mystery bowler that lanka has sprung on the cricketing world. he looked totally flummoxed and forlorn. it reminded me of federer for some strange reason. the great fedex had that look after losing the epic wimbledon final. how the hell did that happen? it wasn't supposed to end like this.

is it the end?

while dravid is pondering the mystery ball, two other stalwarts are out there doing battle with the new freak in cricket. should make for interesting viewing. test cricket at its best some old timers would have us believe. it makes for some intense cricket. precisely the kind lacking since australia vs india earlier in the year. lets hope the rain doesn't have the final say in this one. india in keeping with their away record in opening tests look like losing this, weather permitting, by an innings.

ps: ganguly escaped becoming the first batsman to be dismissed on appeal by a whisker as i was publishing this post.