Good days for test cricket!

Finally, he got the hint, the idea, the subtlety and everything.


Dhoni has retired. From Tests. A pretty non-brilliant affair and good that he moved.


Now on the cricket. Tests, that is. Hopeful of more close fights and good tests. Both @home and @away

How to retire early : A sensible approach

"Taking these sabbaticals was what I saw value in—but it wasn’t until around 2011, when I stumbled across a website called Early Retirement Extreme, that I realized I could work hard for five to ten years to make those periodic trips more of a permanent fixture. I was already a pretty good saver, but what I read on the site encouraged me to ramp it up even more. All I would need to do to retire early was to save and invest until my portfolio reached at least 25 times my annual expenses."


More here


The first step, as always, is in committing oneself towards doing it. The second step is in taking the first step... forward, that is.


Arise, awake. Stop not till the goal is reached.

Boucher Retires

What a guy. what a man. He is truly one of the greats of the game to ever have graced the cricket field.


"The symmetry of the numbers, too, would have intrigued those who believe in planetary alignment. The third Test of the series would have been his 150th and last, at the home of cricket. But now there will always be something slightly Bradmanesque about his record international haul of 999 international dismissals."


Link here

Another one of the Fab Five bows out

A true sportsman and an even better gentleman.The first sports star in recent times,  as far as I can remember, who has appreciated the fans too. Rahul Dravid. He goes out as he came in. Untouched and untampered. Atleast not so much as the rest even after 16 years of being employed in a deeply political misfit organisation like the BCCI.

Take a bow!