cricket.............

well nowadays...iam back to playing cricket with full energy and vigour.........today i had a great day on field..batting with great abadon...seems like i struck a nice patch.....today was especially nice ..playing an nice aggressive innings...with shots all over the place..with out taking any risk...as me and asif closed out the match with out losing any wickets in a hurricane spell of shot making....

cricket has a laid back charm by itself...some sort of elegance which would be lacking in other games....just the feel of ball meeting the willow...the feeling of joy as the ball races to the boundary as u execute those shots of silken beauty........the sound of ball rattling the timber....the late swing which leaves the batsmen looking like a boy lost in a mela...the bamboozling spin which makes the guy with willow in hand look as if he is in midst of circus performing the clown act.....the stunning dives , the catches plucked out of thin air......all these things can only be appreciated by cricket connoisseurs.......

well when i was young i had this burning ambition to become a cricket player...i fantasized about cricket in my teens much more than about gals..........but ofcourse that dream has just remained that....now it has become an unfulfilled one.........now as i move on with my life.....the realisation sinks in that...in a few days i may not be playing this sport at all........may be all those shots , those dives in the field will be a thing of past...as i may lose the physical agility of a young man to slowness of a middle aged one..as i become more engrossed in the troubles of life which will be taking more and more of my time and mindspace................i may lose the joy of playing cricket...that makes me feel sad .In anycase will try to enjoy my last few afairs with cricket and perhaps try to have some more with it..whenever possible....:)