ocenus, hahahaha...there was nothing like 'cricket career' for me. the first time i held a bat in my hands was when i was in grade 7. it was a practice bat. one of my friends broke it while trying to hit a six (not of my ball though) hehe.. flip flop, i am not an india/indian hater! i have always admired 'brave' players, players who can perform regardless of where they are playing, whom they are playing against and at what conditions. kapil dev, mohinder amarnath, rahul dravid are some of the players from indian team whom i envy. but most of them, even tendulkar, put themselves under unnecessary pressure when they play outside india. do u know, anil kumble has almost 600 wickets in test cricket. if you break down his performance, only 150 odd wickets have come from matches he played OUTSIDE india hehe.... tendulkar, the so-called master blaster, has hit more than 60 centuries in total, in both forms of the game. however, only few times india have won, when he scored centuries. he 'pees' under pressure more than any other player, so to speak! :P. when i first started watching cricket back in the early nintees, i used to admire india, because that was the only team whose most players i recognized. i was being naive. as i started watching pakistan, west indies and australia play, my inclination towards india started to deteriorate. you must be in the same phase --'hallucination', if i may say. grow up, ma'am! there are better(more brave) teams than india to support for ...:P hehe rahulvai, hahaha...1982? i was too small a kid to watch cricket during that time. i must be in my mom's lap, during most of the 1982's days hehehe.... however, the first match i ever watched (that i remember of) was that between india and australia in the world cup 1991-92. aus won that match by 1 run!!! hehehehe :P..i remember alan border getting the last man srinath out-run out! NKC bro, thanks for the video. that was a classic...hehe...tendulkar peeing in his pants hehehehe bidhan, west indies is my second fav team, lara being my fav batsman presently. they were very ominous back in the 70's, 80's and early nintees. Desmond Haynes Clive loyd Viv Richards (my all time fav batsman) Richie Richardson Malcolm Marshall Jeffrey Dujon (the keeper) Michael Holding Malcom Marshall Joel Garner wow look at the line up! Camo bro and sn di, hehe..i don't hate india hai. i just don't like their cricket team :P. and i am serious, i have a indian friend who hates tendulakar! not literally but because of sheer frustration. they adore cricket i know but india have disappointed them time and again. its hard to see the national team not doing well internationally. lately, the have improvised but still they are tigers at home and mice outside home hehe :P bunch of losers, coward hearted, if i may say :P LooTe