Tales in two cities

Karachi:
India thrashed Pakistan by 8 wickets to wrap the series 4-1. Is Yuvraj finally living up to his promise? I hope so. Kaif must be feeling the heat. He made a total of 13 runs in 4 matches, with his highest being 8. Is he going to be dropped to let Ganguly get in? Don't think so. Its about blooding youngters isn't it?
But more than the match I enjoyed the comments of Imran Khan which had me in splits. He was seething. If only he was in Karachi, he would have strangled a few of those players. Woolmer would be the first. But you couldn't agree with him more. On one hand, India sends its top batsmen at 1,2,3,4 while Pak sends them at 4,5,6. Would you rather have 100/1 or 50/3? I don't think I need to answer that one.
The other guy who has me in splits is Inzy at each of his post-match interviews with Rameez Raja. I think Rameez gets a sadistic pleasure in interviewing him in English while he interviews some of the Indian players (who aren't that fluent in English) in Hindi. I haven't heard anyone in love with 'is' in each and every sentence.

Rameez - 'Bad luck today?'
Inzy - 'Ya the indian batsman is play very good today. We is try very hard but is not win the game.'

Behchare ko hindi mein hi pooch lo please! But then, would we have a laugh then? Hmmm.

Colombo:
India and Pak matched up here too in the U19 world cup final and roles were reversed as India capitulated under some intense swing bowling and were bundled up for 71. This happened after the Indian spinners restricted Pak to just 109 (well it looked 'just' then). The only consolation was that Pujara was declared the man of the series. Piyush Chawla tried to put up a rescue act but it was quite in vain as batsmen around him fell like bowling pins. But don't be surprised if Chawla is included in the squad to face England. With Bhajji not impressing lately, its going to be just a matter of time till Chawla comes knocking on the door.

Elsewhere, the England team's not showing any blood and thunder against the Board President's 11. At the end of their second innings they have set the home team 311 to win. Irrespective whether they win or lose, they don't show signs of coming into this series as the World Number 2 team (do the rankings lie?)