The Commons beat the Lords at the Lords.

I learnt tonight that cricket is certainly the game of glorious uncertainties. The Dutch beat the Brits at Cricket. Calls for an undertaker’s requiem for English cricket. Until tonight the only sportsperson I remember from the Netherlands was Rudd Gullit more for his hairdo than for his game.

One more revelation tonight was that Test Match is the only form of Cricket that separates the men from the boys. We had the 50 over One day game that came about in the early 70’s but by 1983 the boys proved they were faster learners than men… could they sustain it??? No. They couldn’t and they haven’t repeated it since. Similarly in 2007 in the 20-20 versions the boys proved that they could pull it off but can they sustain it, is the question. Tonight it was proved that, shorter the stage, the even the playing field…Upsets are bound to happen and Cricket will soon move from a game of strategies and fundamentals to simply a game of chance. The bookies will rule. Wonder what the odds were tonight in favour of the Dutch. But that does not mean that the Dutch didn’t play better Cricket than England, they were spectacular on the field. But they had to put in their best only for less than a 'session' in Test Cricket parlance. The performance was ephemeral not an enduring one. But 20-20 is all about ephemeral performances isn’t it?

Let the wham bam version of cricket bring in many more upsets. Incidentally I was on Heineken tonight supporting the Dutch hope I’m not on some Bangla drink tomorrow and watch India get trashed by the Bangladeshis.