SF1: Colombo Constriction

Q Part:

AdarshB, Guru, Raghav and Sharath got the right answer which is:

Common Man cartoon (Image 1) drawn by RK Laxman (Image 4) which was chosen as the mascot of Air Deccan by its founder GR Gopinath (Image 3); Air Deccan was later acquired by Kingfisher Airlines CMD Vijay Mallya (Image 2). 

Whose voice is this?

I am sure you will enjoy the joke though!.

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Indeed, it turned out to be a cracker; only problem was that the Sri Lankan bowlers poured lots of water on them to make them never go!

The only fire-works that was of any note was the one that woke Aleem Dar up just when SL was three runs away from victory. They told us during umpiring courses that the umpire invariably should call 'dead ball' for any other unforeseen situations - and the example that was used was always, what if fireworks go off suddenly! How very true!

Sri Lanka somehow has turned into this formidable unit now - and this happens around the world cups. They might lose all the inane bilaterals etc., but come WC they are always on the boil! Great team!!

The way Malinga came back to bowl those yorkers at will was a sight to behold.

A word of praise to the kiwis is due: They fought hard; introduced the mandatory flutter into the opposition camp. But SL was way too powerful for them. But the New Zealanders can hold their heads high and walk into the sun-set knowing that they have shown the 'Kiwi Spirit'. So much for all those people who ridiculed the team on their 'sheep'ishness! 

Form points to Sri Lanka lifting the cup and making it a fitting farewell to Murali. 

Let us see!

No, my keyboard is refusing to type anything about the second semi. Can somebody wake me up on Thursday morning? I want to do a mini-rip-van-winkle :-)

Side note: Bumble, after a particularly crazy period of Sri Lanka batting, when they lost four wickets, said: "The fat lady started to sing; but she decided to sit down and take some rest!" Cute, ain't he?

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B Part:

Status:

Please note the timings for the next game on Wednesday - Semi-final #2:

India v Pakistan 16:25 hours SGT Wednesday

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