It all started when the wily Harbhajan Singh hit a massive six that almost cleared the stadium. The ball could not be retrieved. The commentators – Mpumelelo Mbangwa and Arun Lal -- got some breather from Harbhajan’s adrenalin rush.
Here’s the gem of a conversation:
Arun Lal: Here comes the third umpire with his basket of old balls.
Mbangwa: It will be difficult to replace such an old ball. They are already in tatters and, anyway, 80-over-old balls do not extract any “juice” from the track.
Arun Lal: I wonder how they maintain 80-over-old balls. But these are red and I guess that’s okay. In a one-day scenario, it must be really difficult to replace a white ball.
[The umpires decide on a ball]
Mbangwa: This ball is in a really bad shape. [Has got quite a humping, is what he must have meant]
Arun Lal: The new old ball, you mean!
[Both laugh]
Arun Lal: Coming back to the one-day scenario, I wonder how they find 45-over old balls. [The ball fixation is getting worse. Needs a shrink]. Because all 45–over-old balls are inevitably brown!
Mbangwa (with a flourish): You mean a brown white ball?
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That must be a mulatto ball, according to Sunny!*
*Refer to the last post.
Here’s the gem of a conversation:
Arun Lal: Here comes the third umpire with his basket of old balls.
Mbangwa: It will be difficult to replace such an old ball. They are already in tatters and, anyway, 80-over-old balls do not extract any “juice” from the track.
Arun Lal: I wonder how they maintain 80-over-old balls. But these are red and I guess that’s okay. In a one-day scenario, it must be really difficult to replace a white ball.
[The umpires decide on a ball]
Mbangwa: This ball is in a really bad shape. [Has got quite a humping, is what he must have meant]
Arun Lal: The new old ball, you mean!
[Both laugh]
Arun Lal: Coming back to the one-day scenario, I wonder how they find 45-over old balls. [The ball fixation is getting worse. Needs a shrink]. Because all 45–over-old balls are inevitably brown!
Mbangwa (with a flourish): You mean a brown white ball?
*****************************************
That must be a mulatto ball, according to Sunny!*
*Refer to the last post.
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J.A.P.
Will be off to Goa this weekend. Sun, susigade and surf.