Its Update time again...

We apologize for the delay in the blog updates. The blogger had what we would call the "Ghajini" effect and forgot his password. But all s fine now.
So coming to the updates, in yesterday s match, The Mavericks beat Shae's Best in what was a highly close and energy packed encounter. Today s match had the Panthers meeting the Mustangs and the Panthers eventually prevailed. What is really inetersting to note is that in both matches the first over made a difference. In yesterday s match, Miss Pout's knock of 21 in the first over proved to be crucial. And in today s match, Miss Powder Nose faced the first over and made 19 runs out of it which made a big difference as well..

Matches coming up : Shae s Best Vs. The Mustangs
Deepak's Mavericks vs The Panthers

Any predictions people ... ?

SCANDAL ALERT: MJ caught dancing with 'Laila'

So as most of you are well aware by now, MJ's obsession with a certain Miss "Laila" resulted in the SPL matches being called off today. But the next few matches on the cards are definetely going to be blockbusters. Firstly, the Mustangs play the Panthers which is going to be interesting because both these teams are currently considered underdogs. I wouldnt be suprised if they pull of suprise victories over Shae s Best or the Mavericks later in the tournament.

The other match next week has the Mavericks playing Shae s Best. This is going to see a clash of the 2 costliest players in the bidding- Muscle Man and MJ. It will certainly be exciting to see who prevails on wednesday.

On the floor, the SPL fervor is still going very strong with team members constantly discussing strategy and practicing cricket in their Aisles.. puttin to risk a few windows and computers of course.. I really hope CRE-Building Operations does not stumble upon this blog. Till the time they do .. please continue the aisle cricket guys... its the closest we are getting to our childhood days of gully cricket..

Less fashion .. more passion ...

Talk on the floor is that the panthers at the moment are more focussed on their aesthetic capabilities rather than their cricketing capabilities. Less spikes .. longer pants and lesser powder should help the team ..

More gossip ..

So the best catcher in the Mustangs also turned out to be the best batsman.Miss Sharepoint Captain turned out to be the highest scorer for the Mustangs with 8 runs.. As most of you must have heard by now, the Mavericks beat the Mustangs. Looks like the Bhajjis were a little too spicy for the horses .

In the other match, Shae's best devoured the Panthers for lunch as promised by them in their teaser.

Congrats Winners .. and there s much more action coming your way ..

P.S : Were you all aware that you could get a No Ball for the keeper talking while the ball is being bowled ?

Well .. we are a company that encourages continuous learning .. :)

It was a dark and stormy afternoon..

The SPL finally got underway ... woo hooo .. At the outset we were a little disappointed because the rains threatened to play spoilsport but in the end our never say die spirit saw us start the tournament in earnest. Great going guys.. This is exactly the stuff we need to win the T10 cricket cup.

OK .. enough of me being nice .. its time to get to the juicy stuff that happened on day1 of the tournament..

So .. the SPL started with a nice big Duck .. courtesy miss nose powderer. Looks like all the make up didnt pay off in the end..

Its D Day Ladies and Gentlemen..

Alright.. so the moment we have all been waiting for has finally arrived .. its match Day! the Panthers play Shae s Best while the mavericks play the Mustangs . I hear that the owner of the Mavericks (Mr.Mangalore Bhajji) and the owner of the Mustangs (Mr.Gates) share a mentee - mentor relationship . wonder if this will result in any "dropped catches" or "misfields" by the Mavericks.

Betting time

.. from what i can hear .. there s a small betting ring started by Muscle Man and Mr.Managlore Bhajji in the smoking zone .. they seem to be roping in most of the cleaning staff and construction workers in the area.. wonder what the winners get .. a bag of cement and a mop ?.

Of girls and their make up ..

So a certain player from powerful panthers was a lil too busy powdering her nose to make it for practice today ..

Count your chickens before you catch ..

Well ... the topic is an exact paraphrase of what Mr. Mangalore Bhajji said to a Max Mustangs fielder. Looks like the sledging fireworks have begun ... bring it on guys.. the war of words is often more fun than the actual game itself..

Catch her in the rye...

Sticking true to their name and logo, the Mustangs are really good with their running. But sadly, their catching seems to be a little behind expectations at the moment. Pocket rocket and Mr.Gates had the same interesting fact to quote about their practice session yesterday- Miss Sharepoint captain was lapping up all the catches that came her way while the men folk were dropping catches the way poor sreesanth keeps getting dropped from the Indian team. Talk about gender equality!

Punters to Mavericks..

So from what i hear, there is a slight storm brewing about the literal meaning of the word punter. For those who were less familiar with a nice little website called "dictionary.com" , Mr. Mangalore Bhajji took charge of educating them about the above mentioned site. Nevertheless, the team name was changed to something more reflecting of themselves - they are now the Mavericks. MJ took charge of the practice session of the Mavericks yesterday and from what the rest of us could see, poor miss poo and poor miss pout did most of the ball chasing. Quite a way to invite their female TM's on board!

A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet...

Before this leads to any controversies, let me please state at the outset that the rose i am referring to in the title of this post is NOT roseline David from the MP team. So .. as most of you literary types must have figured, i am referring to the classic line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet . Juliet's surname didnt matter to Romeo but apparently names play quite a crucial role in the SPL. After a lot of Vaastu Shaatra and numerological consultations, the purple panthers have changed their name to Powerful Panthers. The effects of the name change were quite visible during practice yesterday. Mr. Nawab, a slightly heavily built member of the Panthers out ran Mr Poker champ, a slightly less heavier built memeber of the panthers consistently and comfortably.

Word of Caution...

The ever ensuing battle between the tech biggies has left us hapless souls commentless. So blogger is owned by google .. and from what is now common knowledge, google is not too fond of yahoo. So you might face slight technical difficulties if you try to post a comment on this blog using a yahoo account. Kindly create google accounts for yourself. And if you guys figure how to break the company firewall and access gmail form work.. plz reach out to our info security captain - Mr. Mangalore Bhajji.. i hear he s quite a "Maverick" when it comes to these matters.

Make him an offer he cant refuse...

The part that we have all been waiting for is finally here-The bidding of players for the SPL. There have been speculations on the floor all morning. For starters, Muscle Man and MJ almost got into a fist fight while pledging their loyalties to Big Daddy. Mangalore Bajji rounded up his team of analysts for a quick crunching of financial and talent skills. Mr.Gates and Mr.Nawab are speculating on their potential teams as well, albeit , quietly.

From what i can see, MJ and Muscle Man will be the men most of the owners are vying for. Considering the fact that they ve put together the entire SPL concept, it is a rather well deserved icing on the cake for them.

For the moment, i am eagerly the announcement of the teams...

So .. i absolutely loved the SPL ppt presented at the All Shae meet in the cafeteria.. and i know most ppl in the audience liked it as well.. here s a chitter chatter conversation i heard between 2 TM's during the ppt:

TM1: Macha.. this SPL thing is damn cool da... i hear we ll get paid and get special treats from the owners if we perform well..
TM 2 : Oh really? nice.. i wish they would also hike our annual review scores based on our cricket performance..
TM1: hehe.. they are apparently even ordering biryani for the finals.. not just chicken .. but mutton as well..

At this point, my mind wandered off to the chicken biryani at Aaha Andhra in the food court. Just as i was dreaming of sinking my teeth into a juicy chicken leg, I was quickly brought back to the meeting thanks to the cheering and the shouting of owners' names. So the SPL has 4 owners .. Mr.Nawab, Mr.Gates, Mr.Mangalore Bajji and Big Daddy.

As the ppt progressed, i quickly made mental notes on things i had to do to be a part of SPL . After a lot of internal brainstorming i came up with the following:

1. Acquire a skill set in the game of cricket- namely : batting , bowling or worst case scenario- cheerleading
2. Send in my nomination
3. Break 4 coconuts every morning at the Shiva temple and hope someone picks me for their team