Pleasant, noisy, colourful, exotic - give us more Asian cricket - Irish Times

TV VIEW  : INCREDIBLE INDIA, it said in large letters on the pitch in Mumbai. Sky Sports for most of Saturday fell on a game that gave us its own peculiar brand of wonder. That India and Sri Lanka were contesting the World Cup final brought an unique energy and gaiety. But it was the drama on the pitch, the new phrases and language we had to comprehend as well as the sheer breadth of what the win for India means to a majestic, troubled country that drew interest.

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Between bowlers and batsmen the music in Wankhede Stadium blared out a Bollywood party theme and the fans, who former English captain Atherton recently described as febrile, brought a gaiety that you seldom see at Lord’s. Between the balls we also had a taste of what the GAA could be letting themselves in for if this weekend’s technology trial passed off peacefully. And the crowd loved that too. While Croke Park is making subtle passes at the use of cameras, cricket is positively promiscuous. If there is any sport that has fully embraced the tool of slow motion, predictive bounces and audio replays cricket has.

Pleasant, noisy, colourful, exotic - give us more Asian cricket - Irish Times