Cricket World Cup

The Cricket World Cup is going on now - which I only found out about after seeing this headline in the NYTimes. Apparently the coach of the Pakistani team (the favorites to win) was murdered in his hotel room following their elimination by Ireland. Sounds like the beginning to some mystery novel. We actually saw part of Pakistan's next game (vs. Zimbabwe, they won) in the new Indian restaurant that we got some takeout from on Wednesday night, but this was before I knew that it was the World Cup. I guess the sport is, or has been, pretty widely recognized to be corrupt and plagued by scandals involving game-rigging, betting, and otherwise ill-advised behavior. For example, also this year an English player went on a drinking binge and "had to be rescued from the ocean after he fell off a pedalo boat."

Tragic coach murder and drunken Brit aside, you've got to love a sport where a guy like that looks like this is a professional athlete. And, they don't use gloves. I'm officially rooting for Bermuda.