Names have never failed to fascinate me; especially the famous ones! Whoever named some of the famed ones will not be remembered, but the unintended genius will be appreciated by the habitual Nomeclaturologists like me!
There was a joke doing rounds during the Tiger Woods Scandal. It went like this, A Lion is an honorable animal. He would never cheat his wife, but a Tiger Wood!
We have some Cricketers with extremely long and some with really funny names. Cricket has also thrown up some very interesting situations thanks to 'Names'!
Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas: His run up while bowling doesn't measure up to the length of his name!
Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman: My 9 year old Cricket crazy nephew tells me it is 'Very Very Special' Laxman.
What will happen if the Pakistan T-20 Captain bites the bullet instead of the Ball and becomes a martyr for a Cause? He will become Shaheed Afridi!
Pakistani players including Afridi never grow up. So what will happen if Pakistan's swing bowler wants to make a come back in the IPL and play for KKR in 2034? Shah Rukh Khan will tell him, "Janaab, Iss Umar mein kya Gul khilaana chahte ho?" loosely translated as "Mister, do you want to bloom roses at this age?"
How about some headlines?
Career of Graham Onions rotting due to repeated injuries!
And Bangladesh dance to the tunes of Swann Song!
Mike Gatting was batting well till he got Shane Warned!
Amit Mishra mixes them up with Limitless Mixture of tricks!
Sania, Maha, Ayesha aur Sayali; Sab ka Malik Ek Hai!
Alistair Cooks West Indies goose!
And finally the IPL-2010 is all about two people; one who was declared unfit for T-20 and one who is unwilling to play T-20 World Cup!
Jacques of All trades and the Master of Cricket in the race for the IPL Orange Cap !
Hope to be back with some more !!!
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