I’m up in THE MANUAL SCOREBOARD
Monday, April 27th, 2009Just when you thought the IPL couldn’t get any more ridiculous, just when your patience was already stretched to breaking point by strategy breaks, DLF maximums, Citi moments of success and yet another piss-poor performance by the Kolkata Knight Riders, here comes Jezza Coney with a serious, understated and spectacularly well-timed look at the inner workings of the scoreboard at Kingsmead during the match between the Chennai Super Kings and the Deccan Chargers:
My favourite bit is when he makes doubly sure that the bloke who’s “worked the tins” since 1970 doesn’t actually live there. Thank christ for that!