Tamil Nadu Prohibition

England 477 all out
v India 391-4
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Sunday 18 December 2016

Played at Chennai

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KALS Brewery, Kolt, Extra Strong Beer. From a bottle, alcohol content below 6%. I'm sourcing these bottles from a branch of TASMAC, the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation. They have a monopoly over retail & wholesale sales of alcohol. Tamil Nadu has a history of PROHIBITION from 1973 onwards. Although, it was always a bit off and on. And, fully lifted in 2001. That went tits up. With cartels (read mafia) winning all the retail licences. In 2004, all outlets selling booze, wonderful booze were either closed down or taken over by state monopoly TASMAC.

The monopoly has brought record revenues for the State. They hypothecate claim that the money has been used to fund welfare programmes. The death rate from moonshine has also fallen.

The next breakthrough will be to fucking sell something that tastes alright.

Although England stuck at that. And had plans. Which got rid of Virat. It all feels a bit end of term, dead rubber, flat. It forces you to remember that England are dominant superb when they have momentum. Wickets in bursts. Irresistible. And, that isn't happening out here. India can surely see a way of winning from here. But, they'll have to bat long. And, early England wickets will change things.

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