God was Murdered

WTC Final loss is a ball-breaking kick in the balls of Team India, which is staring at a 5-0 thrashing in England. I know millions of patriotic fans & BCCI-bankrolled pundits — suffering from Toxic Optimism — are dismissing the WTC final as a one-off loss & attributing it to India’s recent —& well-earned — reputation as slow-starters . But correlation isn’t causation — And England isn’t India or Australia. There will be no viciously spinning pitches or swing- un friendly Kookaburra/SG balls. Dukes ball demands real balls & TTT [true test technique] to score heavily.  India’s jaw-dropping win at Gabba to beat Australia in their backyard wasn’t the norm — it was a miracle. But it wasn’t a fluke either — Team India deserved that victory like Salman deserves his box office success. But unlike Salman’s films, which achieve success due to his starving fans who will eat anything Salman cooks, International Sport is brutal like Tsunami. The ‘237 not out’ you mad...

2 nd June morning was the greatest day of Ollie Robinson’s career. He debuted for England in a Test match. 2 nd June evening turned out to be a bloody nightmare for Ollie Robinson’s career.  A series of —allegedly— sexist, racist & Islamophobic tweets were exhumed back from the dead that Robinson had posted 9 years ago in 2012. He was 18-years-old then — Remember that. Robinson, instantly, gave an unreserved apology , where he said he is deeply ‘embarrassed & ashamed’. He went on to say how he has changed for the better over the years & will continue to educate himself. I know what the cynics would say — He had no choice but to give an unreserved apology . I’m also a cynical cunt, so I totally get it. Let’s put Robinson’s words — I’ve changed for the better — through an acid test. In 2014, Robinson was sacked by his county team Yorkshire for ‘unprofessional conduct’. This shows Robinson wasn’t just an ass on the internet, he was also an ass in real life. ...