Monday, February 19, 2007

The absurdity of it all..

India plays Scotland ( 1 ODI), Pakistan ( 3 ODIs), Australia (3 ODIs) and England ( 4 Tests and 7 ODIs) during its away tour to England from July 2007 through September 2007.

This blogger is currently busy identifying periods greater than 4 hours in duration that the Indian team is free during the tour, so as to fit in

  • ODIs against Sri Lanka
  • 20/20 games against Bangladesh
  • ODIs against New Zealand
  • 20/20 games against Zimbabwe
  • ODIs against the West Indies
  • 20/20 games against the Netherlands
  • ODIs against South Africa and
  • a 2 day game against Wales.
( the length of the ODI series and the 20/20 series is dependent on how much free time can be squeezed from the schedule..
Players may have to undergo sleep deprivation for the greater good of the game !!!)

Lalit Modi, are you listening?

3 comments:

Unknown said...

this is insane...

shakester said...

by the way, I hear they are also planning a few (3) more with pakistan after the twenty20 and before the Australian visit. (psrt of the commitment to a bunch of 5 obverseas matches a year)
nuts.

Homer said...

So effectively , India will play Pakistan in 3 tests and 11 ODIs(!!!!)
between June 2007 and December 2007.

Do the phrases "dropping like flies" and "killing the golden goose" and "overkill" mean anything to the BCCI?