Introduction

Now some of you may remember Neville Cardus, others will not. So go on and Google him now.

Back? Well, the reason why we chose to name this blog after the great man was because we wanted to cover cricket in all of its glories and T20. Yes, we’re a bunch of traditionalists. But, you ask, why not name yourselves after the more infinitely recognizable names of Bradman or Sobers? Well, we have the answer to that too. See, we’re only going to be covering cricketing events, not playing in them with the least modicum of talent. Thus, we seek to be true arm chair enthusiasts of the great game where leather and willow catapault those possessing otherwise meaningless skills in life to be appreciated and ultimately be paid more than you and I will ever earn, and yet grumble about having to play the sport year round, like a real job.

                                          Other than that, we don’t really have the cricketing skills which are synonymous with names such as Bradman et al, for our bowling at its nastiest can at best be used to physically intimidate infant koala bears, and everybody knows that short pitched bowling is their kryptonite owing to their lack of balance on the back foot. So carrying on the great tradition of the loud Indian uncle shouting his way past every logical barrier to proclaim that he alone knows what is going on in the field at any given moment, we too shall trumpet our horn and try to drown out the noise from the rational side of your brain and inundate it with cricketing truth, which would mostly be made up on the spot from our bottomless reserves of writing fiction with our mouths.

In this sense, we see Cardus as a true role model, for he revolutionized cricket coverage across the media of radio. Though one can also blame him for the advent of commentators, and Ravi Shastri, who believes that shouting is commentary, it is important to remember that he also made the game more accessible than ever. It is our firm belief that even if we come nowhere near those standards, we should still be able to voice our opinions on the game we love so much, and isn’t that what any blog is really about?