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LIVERPOOL 2, MANCHESTER UNITED 0 !

Yeah, I saw this match, touted the fiercest rivalry in British football. It pleases me to see The Reds snap their 4-match losing streak, their worst record in 22 years. The majority of fans who witnessed it at the restaurant in this do-or-die game for Rafa Benitez were always in support of Liverpool. And when Torres scored the first goal, the whole restaurant erupted in joyful cheers. Of course the minority Red Devils' fans got silenced and their misery were compounded when Ngog clinically scored the second goal for the Reds. Liverpool did not seem to miss their influential midfielder, Steven Gerrard, who was out with injury. Anyway, Rafa got his formation correct playing 4-2-3-1, with Torres playing an out and out striker. The first half had its share of incidents and I must say, throughout the match, the referee did make some dubious decisions. Sir Alex Ferguson was fuming mad when a clear penalty did not get awarded by the man in black. Sorry, Fergie. Towards the end of the match, both Nemanja Vidic and Javier Mascherano got their marching orders after collecting two yellow cards. It made little difference because The Reds were already coasting to a hard-fought victory at Anfield. I hope Liverpool can do the double over Manure this season, again. Way to go Reds. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE!!!

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Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Oz, The World Cricket Champions 2009 and Me

While studying in secondary school (high school), I did not have an interest in cricket. Of course, when we won the national schools' cricket tournament, I was naturally pleased, but not exactly overawed by our victory. Instead, I played softball for my school and after four years of trial and error, my school team was good enough to beat our arch-rivals on their own home turf to win the State championships for the first time in history. After being awarded a federal scholarship to pursue further studies in Melbourne, the capital of Victoria in Australia in early 1982, my love for the cricket game grew exponentially. Until today, I could still recall the newspaper headlines saying "All Day Tavare", which actually referred to an English batsman who stayed the whole day at the stumps without being removed by the fielding team, which was, of course, the Aussies. That was The Ashes series. Australian cricket greats like the Chapell brothers, Alan Border, Kim Hughes and many others quickly caught my attention. With virtually nothing to do over the year end summer, I would just laze in front of the idiot box, Watching every ball that passes the boundry, every attempt to persuade the umpire to give an lbw (leg before wicket) decision and the diversity in the way the loudly cheering crowd dressed and behaved.

Fast forward 27 years into the future, the year is now 2009. Venue: South Africa. It's Oz versus Black Caps for the ICC Cricket World Cup title. Kiwis won the toss and elected to bat first. Sure they did and the 200 runs they batted were quite respectable. Towards the end, the Oz team were beginning to claim wickets like nobody's business. So, the target now is for the Oz team to reach 201 runs. Looks easy, huh, at slightly over 4 runs per over. But then, God had other plans. The New Zealand team claimed two wickets for only 6 runs. Ricky Ponting was one of the culprits. It looked like these turn of events would pave a road for a famous Kiwi victory. Unfortunately, Shane Watson had other ideas. From 6-2, the scoreboard rattled slowly to reach 100-2. At that stage, I was slightly confident that The Oz team could actually win barring any further catastrophies. The initial run rate was extremely slow, but improved as the overs ended. In the end, The Oz team kept their discipline and won by six wickets, with Shane Watson scoring his second century on the trot. Finally, it was 205-4 with two sixers from the final two balls. What a way to finish a cricket World Cup final!

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