Yesterday was an intersting day.. not in the same way id expected though..

For one, the rain gods decided that the dream run needed to stop, and as i say now, it was probably the only thing that couldve saved Kaybee.. Vikranth was visibly relieved and happy at the prospect of not having to cocntend with sriram, bakir, matt and paddu demolish him and his teams bowling attack... I for one was really looking forward to the match, and secretly hoping that I got another chance at the top of the order.. :p and more importantly hoping that Paddu would give me a bowl..

anyway, so we sat there and watched it pour and despite swappy and nitins valiant attempts to lure us onto the field for some practice..

and then came the part which I found interesting.. after a quick b/f at LN, we went for golf driving.. to the Bishan range, and it was fun to see the cricket team bond over non-cricket activities.. it was good to see the non-clinical Bakir as he miscued a shot and Paddu as he ironically ditched technique for pure might (the opposite of what he recommends in cricket!).. venkat of course, remained his calm self taking to it pretty well.. tingo continued his big hitting, easily clearing the 200 mt mark !

Then despite bakir and me hankering for a game of bowling/pool, Paddu and Venkat decided to live to thier middle age and went home.. just when we were seeing the spark of non-cricket bonding .. for the first time...

Which reminds me of what Mark (Brill) and me were talking.. we guys should spend more time off the field as well together.. for starters, we should eat lunch together after a game, even if its just at ceylon sports complex.. get in ur families for those who have them, and make it a sunday meal thing, rather than just finish the game, pack the kits and run ur own way..