A villain who is a villain because he could not be the best hero around.
This movie is so damn awesome.
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Friday, 1 March 2013
Good Length Delivery
Dedicated to Chandler
Bing's latest show GoOn. Its not F.R.I.E.N.D.S good, but then nothing will
be.
GoOn uses sports to
make sense of life. As has been attempted here.
A "good length delivery" is a type of delivery in
cricket that pitches at a distance from the batsman that makes it difficult to
score runs. Furthermore, such a delivery is difficult for the batsman to judge
whether to play on the back-foot or on the front-foot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_length_ball
Every person who has padded up, picked up the bat and walked
up to the pitch knows about the lure and the terror of the Good length
delivery. Good length deliveries in the world of cricket is rare. Few come
by.You get to play fewer still. An it's an honor if you get one.
A good length delivery is essentially one that makes you
wonder. Do you go for it? Or you just stand back in your crease, And watch that
delivery cruise by. And you wonder was I capable enough to tackle that.
You see the ball and you are made to think, Should you make
an effort go on the front-foot and try driving it for a boundary.And possibly
losing your wicket. Or you just stay in
my crease, safe and sound. Thankful of the fact that you got to see a beautiful
delivery and wait until a loose one comes around.
And then you are reminded of the last time you tried your
hand at the Good length delivery. You had waited, observed, planned and then
took a bold foot forward to bring the bat just in time to meet the ball.You had
expected the ball to race to the boundary, what you got was the opponent
cheering and your wickets castled. And then a long tiresome walk back to the
pavilion.
And failing, will not be heroic. You will be tossed on the
top of a pile of castled batsmen. Openers, tail-enders, pinch-hinters, middle
order bats. You find them all in the heap. So on top of being a failure, you
get to be a cliche too.
You get scared.
But the lure is strong. You want to try your shot. Not because you have to. Not because you will not get any more scoring opportunities, you have few and you will more. But because you want to.
And you "think", Fuck Let me go have a cigarette. Atleast, for now.
But the lure is strong. You want to try your shot. Not because you have to. Not because you will not get any more scoring opportunities, you have few and you will more. But because you want to.
And you "think", Fuck Let me go have a cigarette. Atleast, for now.
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