No Miranda Ma'am

England 283 all out
v India 417 all out
England 236 all out
India 104-2
India win by 8 wickets

Tuesday 29 November 2016

Played at Mohali

Twitter @ball_sup

12 Indian Beer Ticks

The Cricket

Well, at least England knocked away at it. Batty went quickly.  Rashid went quickly. But, the others at least mustered something. Including 41 for the last wicket. Of which Anderson bagged 5. If he'd not been run out, they may have got a few more. Hameed stranded on 59. He's done now. With a poorly finger hit in the first innings.

Speculation is rife re replacements. I'd stick it out. We brought him & Duckett out here. Injuries & form loss to cover for. It's Duckett’s now (again). Or what do we do? Go back, Compton, Hales. Go new. Nah, it's Duckett for me.

Today's oh give me strength goes to Jos Buttler. “He's an attacking player”. Fine. Whether you're an attacking player or a Blocker, a soft chip to mid off is still a chip to mid off.

Local Colour

Today's Local Colour is supplied by Mrs Ball Sup. She nipped behind the stand to get some pop as we were thirsty. To explain to the reader, Pop is poured from 2ltr bottles into paper cups. She spots three 2ltr bottles on the counter. Pepsi. A Green 'Un (? Mountain Dew?). And, Miranda Orange. In addition to hopped American style Pale Ale, Mrs B-S leans towards fizzy orange. So...

“Two Mirandas please”
“No Miranda Ma’am”
Points to bottle.
“What about this one here”

Mad Indian Bastard puts bottle of Miranda under counter.

“No Miranda Ma’am”
“Two Pepsi's please”
“Certainly Ma’am”

I love 'em all to bits.

The Beer

And, it had to happen, Indian Industrial. In the interests of research, Kingfisher Ultra. From a bottle at 5%. Sugar water. Got a bit of a refreshing tang to it. But, very little else going for it. Maybe a hint of mandarin orange. Ordinary.

411/840