Interview with Anand Vasu

The following link takes you to a fairly long interview with Anand Vasu, Assistant Editor with Wisden (www.cricinfo.com)

http://noise.rickeyre.com/2005/08/ [download netsessions2_hi.mp3]

The interviewer is one Rick Eyre (Aussie cricket journalist) and covers topics starting with the Ashes, the difficulties of being a ball-by-ball commentator, the fiasco at Sri Lanka, Dravid vs Ganguly as the captain and the upcoming Indian tour of Zimbabwe.

Nothing really controversial, however champions the cause for a new Indian captain in the form of Rahul Dravid - which I completely agree with.

Do note that the interview only starts well into the netsessions program - after about 6 minutes.

Rick Eyre also hosts an interesting cricket website - http://cricket.rickeyre.com

The Second Coming

On his return to International football

"I would not want people to talk too much about it in case what I have to unveil gets badly interpreted, but what is happening to me is quite mystical and gets out of my control,'' Zidane said.

"This is even irrational and that's why I am the only person to be able to truly feel it.

"One night, at 3am, I suddenly woke up and I then spoke with someone. But no-one knows it. Neither my wife nor anyone else.

"Until I die I will never tell (who that person was), this is just too crazy. This is someone that you will probably never meet.

"During the hours that followed I was on my own with that person, at home, and I took the decision to come back.

"I had never experienced that before, I felt pushed by this force which dictated my behaviour. It was a revelation for me, I had to obey that voice that was advising me.''

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Nuts? Whatever, good to see the champion back.

Spare a thought

As of today, these guys dont know if they will return alive! Will they meet the fate of their predecessors - who crashed after sending smiling photos from space?

Worse - NASA suspended all shuttle flights after Discovery's yet another disastrous take-off; pretty much telling the crew, "In God we place our trust".

Despite a successful repair job yesterday, imagine what must be going through their heads - right now.