Friday, October 10, 2008

The clock has begun to tick....



          Everybody who knows me knows how much I revere Anil Kumble, both as a cricketer and as a person. This, is my third post on the old wizard (Here are the earlier ones - 1 & 2). 
              I just watched the Australian innings fold at Bangalore, Zaheer finished with 5 wickets; Ishant Sharma finished with 4 wickets and Harbhajan had his bunny, Ponting's wicket. 
        The Indian Captain, Anil Kumble had figures of 43-6-129-0. Surprsing.....Just a couple of months ago, in Sri Lanka, Jumbo finished with figures of 37-4-121-0.  Not often does Anil Kumble go wicketless. Whats more....this was the 56th time he had conceded more than 100 in an innings, surpassing the previous record holder, Muttiah Muralidharan who has had 55 such expensive outings. 
        When stats show that Kumble has claimed only 25 wickets in his last 9 matches.....When debutante batsmen begin picking up Kumble's googly...........When tail enders are able to survive an entire Kumble over without a decent lbw shout, let alone losing their wicket.....when the famous Kumble 'rocket' flipper doesnt get wickets consistently......Thats when, I'm afraid, its time to go.
         As I get all teary eyed reminsicing about 6/12 vs West Indies and the unbelievable 10/74 ,   and as much as it will shatter me to see you go,Anil Kumble, I think the clock has begun to tick. 
 






6 comments:

Anonymous said...

jumbo's time hasnt come..its the aussies ..watch their second innings..jumbo gets a fifer

Akshay G N I said...

AAAH! What would I not give to watch that!!! I hope and pray that he does! GO JUMBO!

A.G said...

In the words of Bob Dylan, "Things have changed..."

Akshay G N I said...

Sigh....And As if almost on cue....He is gone....Oh how I cried...!

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