[Cricket, with the Lord of Byron]
Smoke or dreary, that’s how you’ll often find Lahore’s weather described. The Pakistan Meteorological Department begs to differ. They say bats or crows at a pinch.
Lahore. Sounds good and apparently is good, reeking of politics, chaos and cricket. Cricket-deity Imran Khan may no longer be laying low in Lahore, but the Pakistan players would surely like to be. Having recently been enigmatic in India, they’ll be as pleased as punch by cricket politics’ reduced profile. Imran contested the NA-122 electorate in 2002, but currently plans to have no truck with the January 2008 election. That’s the way to do it. He did find time to criticise Shoaib Akhtar though. |
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Dutching - last words?
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Dutching occurs when ‘The Dutchman’ wants a suitably balanced book. It is not named after Otto ‘Abba-Dabba’ Berman, the numbers man. Now, the numbers racket numbers were derived from the pari-mutuel. Otto obtained the perfect numbers for Dutch by placing perfectly sized bets. And to this day, gamblers and bookmakers still use the term ‘dutching’, even in cricket. |
What’s on and why
Boxing Day means the G. Australia versus India. Australia will start in the vicinity of 1.6 even though there is no Shane Warne. No Stuart MacGill either, as he has lost the ability to feel his fingers. So, no need for a tone-of-voice dictionary in this case. Just lay low, back high and keep a weather-eye. Consider dutching, but never, ever clutch at cargo. And don’t forget. Everything happens for a reason; it’s something to do with causality. |
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