King of Lazy Elegance!!

As it is flavour of the season i am penning about the same..shudn't be a difficult guess it is indeed Cricket!! Every single kid born in india would be in some way or other related to the game. Either they would have played or would be ardent fans of the game. I am no different we all would have played the game atleast once and some of us like me would fall into the category of those millions who aspired to make it big but somehow lost the plot in the course of it and ended up being just a specatator in a country where sports doesn't make any sense to a ordinary middle class family..;))..Well i should say now given the money involved in it is starting to reduce atleast in cricket..;))

We all would have our own heroes whom we idolise in the game ranging from the gavaskars and kapils to sachins and dhonis in the latest era ..If you ask a young indian who is your favourite cricketer every single guy would say "Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar" there is no denying the fact that he is a class act..He is a born genius with a talent only people can dream off in their life..Leaving that fact behind if there was ever a artist in the cricket field dedicating terms to the opposition with style and panache in every single move then it got to be none other than the king of lazy elegance "Mark Edward Waugh".

He was my idol all during my playing days he was indeed like a artist who was holding a bat in his hand instead of canvas ..If you ever know what is the meaning of carving the ball than thumping it or stroking it then it should be learned from the great cricketer no one in world cricket has been able to do it till date as Mark did it during his hey days..It was indeed a treat to watch him bat those flicks off the wrist at the last moment when the bowler wonders it has brushed his pads to the keeper or the cover drives with one leg leaned behind it was a sight of its own..My all time favourite shot of his would be the one when he walks down the track just two steps down the line and flicks the bowler over midwicket for a six..Even If he scores 10 odd runs it would have class written all over it!!

I use to imitate each and every thing which mark used to do like after every delivery rolling the bat in the hand, having the shirt collar up and always giving a impression to the bowler i dont give a damn who the hell you are..;))..Many times have attempted the lazy flick which mark plays with such panache but in my case most of them i have got hold out in the midwicket much to the dismay of my team mates who use to be ready to eat me up for throwing my wicket way..;))..The fact is nobody can ever play the way he did it and the class which he brought to the game..he may be not be greatest cricketer in the world neither have the best average in the world arena..but world would never see an another great "Mark Edward Waugh" who was indeed carving the ball like sketching a beautiful woman's caricature with his hands in the cricket field..I am glad i was born in a era where i was able to see a stunning piece of stroke play which cricket would ever witness..Hail "King of Lazy Elegance"