 Our own Dilly comes out with various statements from time to time and they may even be in contrast to each. Once when he was failing in his own soil, he put on bold face and made a proclamation "I will not change my style under any circumstances", but slowly slipped to the middle order for cover.
Then when he joined Royal and had to fill the other man's shoes he meekly said "I will act to the team's requirements" and is surviving at his post.
Anyway he is very good at swiveling with the hat.
Mr. 17 exposed again
Mr. 17 was responsible for the Southern wicket that played hell in a game that ended in three days. However, the men from the ICC have rapped the whole board for the incident and cautioning them about the demerits of a show of this nature.
Men from the ICC are also not very fond of Mr. 17 who is also known as "Chuck Norris". The reason he once did a 'now show' when he was asked to face a match fixing inquirey. Could this one this time also tantamount to a move of that nature. May be that's why the ICC is taking stern note of this farce of a match.
 Seven Gods!
All roads to a massive sports festival held on a strip of beach down South. When the budget for the said Games was presented to the Man in Charge he had hit the ceiling and had exclaimed:
'Seven Gods!' He had told those who had presented the budget if this budget is forwarded to the authorities that they will end up in jail. Still on the same subject the cost for musical shows to be held at this festival has been in the region of Rs. Four and a half Lakhs but the man in control had beaten it down to Rs. 95,000. It is said that the total cost for the whole operation will now be only Rs. 19 Lakhs.
The early birds
Still on the same subject, the participants of this festival are housed at a hotel which is 48 kms from the central venue as there are no hotels nearby to cater to such a large contingent. Participants will have to be up and about by at least five in the morning if they are to be at the main venue, which means that they will have to wake up at least by 4 am to be on time for the events.
Poor response
The cash strapped games are now well on its way. The organizers were hoping that sponsors will grab the opportunities to make their presence felt.
However the response had been very poor and now the whole thing will have to be footed by the organizers. We wonder who will suffer in the long run.
Upgrading a track
The scene switches over to Colombo. A leading woman athlete has been given the task to up grade a leading track at a well known Stadium.
She had been a top athlete during her day but she has no clue as how to upgrade a track. She is going about asking all and sundry how this task can be completed. All this bad publicity is also affecting her character as a top athlete.
Phony muscles
If Arnold Schwarzenegger had been around he would have been ashamed at what had taken place. A top muscle contest to be held at a leading sports event has been cancelled. The reason for it is that the five musclemen who had entered the event had been found to have taken drugs that are prohibited. It had started with a muscleman, who had been caught at a foreign meet.
It is said that this muscled type had influenced the others to take the drug and had been caught red handed. It looks as if all the muscled types are nothing but big wind bags and have been fooling everybody with their phony muscles.
 No two hats for anyone
There was drama at the Citadel last week. The burly aging swinger who has worn almost all the hats on the rack and now also has a big piece of the cake, wanted to grab the one that is held by "Etaya". To back him the swinger behind him was the MP 'Puss'. They wanted to make the grab before the desert trip.
However the 'Lord' prevailed. He put sense into the heads of the rest and showed the minuses that the switch would bring and said 'No one must wear two hats-there is bound to be a conflict of interests'. At that point the custodian of games squashed the move and stuck to the status quo.
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