Had a pretty lazy weekend this time.. With the roads everywhere being in the condition they are, sitting at home watching TV seemed to a better proposition, except of course, watching “Breaking News”. Secondly, as far as sports is concerend, the difference in the various time zones makes one a couch potato, as some or the other match is always going on…

Started off watching the South Africa – Pakistan test match… Even though Akhtar steamrolled the Safs, the Pakistan batting line up seemed destined to head the same way, but a certain gentleman called Inzamam-ul-Haq had other ideas. Along with Asif, who gamely provided him support, Inzamam hammered the South African attack to put on a fantastic partnership for the 10th wicket, and was quite unlucky to miss out on a richly deserved century.

Moved on to the Australia-New Zealand one dayer, and once again, a close affair. One thing is sure; Australia have some amazing talent in their ranks. Michael Clarke is turning out to be a solid performer, Stuart Clark is already coming into his own as a new ball bowler, and last but not the least, Mike Hussey, who is proving to be a match finisher in the mould of Michael Bevan, as he once again steered the Aussies to a win.

The India-West Indies match promised to be a humdinger, and it was, though once again, Sachin Tendulkar must be kicking himself for getting out when a century was his for the taking, especially as all the guys who did bat, scored half centuries each. Ganguly made a fine comeback falling just short of a ton. Then the old Indian weakness came back to haunt the team, as the Windies, with Chanderpaul in great form, almost reached the target, thanks to some wayward bowling by Sreesanth and Agarkar.

But I must say the icing on the cake was watching a teenager, Lucie Safarova demolish Mauresmo in a most comprehensive manner. It is fun to watch so many young upstarts come and tear the form book to shreds by beating the established players.

All in all, a highly satisfying “TV weekend” !!

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