Feb. 10th, 2008

mcgillianaire: (Sachin Tendulkar)

Mahendra Singh Dhoni stumps Brad Haddin, Australia v India, CB Series, 4th ODI, Melbourne, February 10, 2008

WE DID IT! The first time India have defeated the Aussies in an ODI at the MCG since 31 January 1986. Only the 3rd victory for India against the Aussies in ODIs in Australia since 1991. Only the 3rd victory for India against the Aussies in their last 21 ODIs. The list goes on. A thoroughly deserved victory set-up by our seamers, consolidated by the Little Master and finished-off by the captain and a batsman of the future. At 5/102 the match was evenly poised and my mind went back to the 14 January 2000 encounter between the same teams. Luckily as Symonds and Martyn did then, Dhoni and Rohit Sharma let the Aussie quicks finish their overs and waited for the 5th bowler weak link to achieve a brilliant victory. Onto Canberra where we take on the Lankans! JAI HIND!!

POSTSCRIPT
19 year-old Ishant Sharma earned his first ODI Man of the Match for his 4-fer including the prize scalp of Aussie captain Ricky Ponting, in similar fashion to the jaffas he bowled to him in the Perth Test. For the first time in living memory India's seam-attack is leading the way to some famous victories abroad. Let's take it from here boys! It's also worth noting that even though the Indian crowd contingent only made up between 5,000 to 10,000 of the 50,000-odd crowd at the MCG, there was no doubt who made the most noise.

Come on you NRIs and PIOs. Bring out your true colours!!
mcgillianaire: (St Pauls Cathedral (my favourite London)
St Bartholomew-the-Less is one of the oldest churches in the City of London and is located within the grounds of St Bartholomew's Hospital, Britain's oldest hospital and around the corner from where I work. The City is almost an identical incarnation of the city founded by the Romans known as Londinium. There are two main churches dedicated to St Bartholomew in the vicinity. The older and bigger one is known as St Barts-the-Great and is located on an adjacent street to the hospital. Both churches were founded by Rahere (or Raherus) who was a jester in King Henry I's court in the 12th century. As the story goes, Rahere got ill on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and during his recovery he had a vision of St Bartholomew, one of Jesus' 12 disciples. Upon returning to London he helped found the St Bartholomew Monastery that included St Barts-the-Great and a hospital to look after the poor, weak and elderly. St Barts-the-Less was founded in its current location approximately sixty years later in 1184 (about forty years after Rahere's death). After a temporary closure due to King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, it was re-established as the hospital's official church. Centuries later yours truly befriended the chaplain and vicar of the church. He was subsequently invited to tour the Church and behold its magnificent views of the City by walking up the narrow 15th century Tower. Best lunch-break yet!

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