'another one bites the dust'

So here we are again, with India-Pak evenly poised to settle for another draw. Now-a-days it's just so frustrating that a test match would end up in a lame draw, unlike the years of yore where a lot more of them met the same fate. But then they neither had an ardent media to report every delivery (and chucks) and every wield of the willow, nor did they have a reactionist following of the game.

But since all that is in the annals, let's pick (a) fall guy(s) for the current fiasco.

Blame it on -

1) PCB: It seems that the Lahore curator, who prepared the pitch that was flatter than a carrom board and smoother than Angelina Jolie's legs, was rushed to Faislabad to undo what he had done at Lahore. I mean C'mon!! It's like telling Saddam that you screwed up Iraq so here's Kuwait - go and rule. Well, I thought a team like Pakistan would have several curators and wouldn't place all eggs in one basket. But PCB's reputation precedes itself. It is second only to the country's govt.'s/regime's reputation. At the end Shaharyar Khan would defend it and blame its actions on weather.

2)Curator: Let's say the weather was a factor, which infact might have been the case for a little change in the behaviour of the pitch. But people please!! Don't you know that you've this weather every freaking year and if you didn't have an experience making a decent pitch during this time then frankly you should be working in a salon - shaving Angelina's legs. Bangladesh would have been ideal invitee for such pitches. They can get their confidence up and still Pakistan would have a chance of taking 20 wickets.

3) Players: This is far reaching but may be Inzi & Co wanted to keep their record on the positive side, i.e. at least not losing the series after the England triumph and avoiding another home series advantage like last time when India visited them. With a little green on the pitch and available moisture, Indian seamers would presumably succeed over comparatively swing-less Shoaib and Sami while making a pitch that dances would again tilt in Kumble-Bhajji's favour. So only option remainining is make it where Butt's butt stands on the ground all day long when he bats.

4)Weather: Who am I gonna blame for weather? No really? But anyways, I think the weather is a red-herring. Blame # 3 holds strong within my thoughts.

That ends the conspiracy theories.