'Not Surrey'

An article in the BBC today quotes a British Colonel Ed Brown (that name sounds more American to me) based in Iraq as saying that, "Things are imperfect, but we make a huge mistake, and we will move down a road that will end in real failure, if we try and turn this into Surrey. It isn't."

No, damn it, its not Surrey! No one delivers milk in a bottle to one's door in Iraq. If anything were delivered, it will likely be the last delivery one will ever receive, if you catch my drift. There are no dance halls to take the ladies out on a beautiful autumn English evening (I wouldn't mind a few of those, by the way) although I am quite sure one likely does a fair bit of dancing when finding oneself in the midst of a firefight.

The Colonel further adds that, "There is a level of violence here, but that is life in Iraq. It's been like this for thousands of years. It's not going to change."

By Jove, they finally got it!

Installing Democracy in the middle east?! Who were they kidding?

And So It Continues?

"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. -- W. Somerset Maugham"


India scored 413 runs, a World Cup record, against Bermuda with Sehwag's 87-ball 114, comprising of 3 sixes and 17 fours, and Yuvraj Singh's 46-ball 83 with 7 sixes being the highlights!


But India played against minnows Bermuda and not an Australia. Nevertheless, a win is a win. And since almost all those who batted on the Indian side should have felt good about their individual performances and the team's performance in general, I hope that it is with a feeling of elan (and not too much confidence) that India will go up against the much more experienced Sri Lankans in a few days time.

Anil Kumble proved his effectiveness and economy yesterday against Bermuda and I certainly hope that he will be retained for the match on Friday.