It was all worth it: getting up at 4.30, running after a bus as tubes don’t start early on Sunday, waiting for the bus in gloomy conditions at Belfast Airport, waiting 3.5 hours for the match to start after continuous inspections: a great 31-over a side match, and one that India won by showing one thing they have not shown often in the past: character.
Yuvraj and Dravid engineered a perfect victory: in two very distinct phases. After losing 3 early wickets, the partnership almost decided that runs are immaterial. However frustrating that was as a spectator, the cricketing minds in them said that the required run-rate was not too high anyway; so taking 5-7 overs off the pedal won’t ruin things. I mean they hardly scored a run every 10 balls in this phase – and this was a rain-reduced shorter match. But the conditions were really tough as was shown during the SA innings earlier. And when they decided they were well-set, what an exhibition of cricketing shots: the exquisite straight drive from yuvi, the 3 fours in an over from Dravid showing aggression and most of all the effortless straight six by Yuvi off Steyn. Had to leave the last 4 overs as would have missed the flight otherwise, but man such matches are rare
Btw, am on TV now: the courtside Wimbledon seats last Friday got coverage, and at least BBC has me showing in the highlights 
Just submitted my last MBA assignment – the longest time taking by far – such an outlier that its not even funny – did a dynamic model of a social networking service market leader – how it grows explosively and what factors will slow that growth – phew
