Issac writes

Getting back online, and a cursory glance down the TL with the ICC world cup inputs made me glad for not having been able to watch it!  However we weren't spared, several kilometres above the Earth on the flight home, when a helpful First Officer in the cockpit announced that he was happy to share the results of the final!  He said: I'm happy to tell you that the final is over and New Zealand have won by 7 wickets....  To which a spontaneous cheer and appl ause errupted in the aircraft.... And after a moment he said: Uh. Errr... I'm sorry AUSTRALIA have won by 7 wickets. A spontaneous booing followed along with groans of disappointment. He probably hadn't have been cursed as much as he was then! lol....its the most hateful end to an otherwise wonderful world cup, to see Australia lift the World cup. I have seen the australians lift the World cup so many times that i just hate it to see them lift it again and again, Like they are 5 times champions. Give me a br...

Back in 2003, that was the first world cup for me where with my own eyes, I saw India getting into the finals under the great captaincy of Indian legend Sourav ganguly. I was just 12 years at that time and was another cricket crazy boy of a cricket crazy nation. Our neighbourhood was filled with boys who were just like me- Crazy for cricket, crazy to see India win in every match. For all of us, the uncles, the aunties, all my neigbhours, my friends it was a glorious moment, a match that was highly anticipated. For India had reached the finals of an ICC world cup after 20 years. We all wanted Dada and company to repeat  what kapil dev and company did in 1983. We were all hoping for another world cup, another win, another era of glory. Hopes were high and stakes had gone up. I still remember that day, all my relatives were sitting at my house before the match and all were highly excited about it.  There was fear too because the opponent was none other than Australia, t...