Luck

The cup is won! And the BCCI is fervently putting forward a motion that regardless of how many colour changes in the key of “Blue” that team India may be subjected to in the unforeseeable future – Sreesanth will forever don the green bowler hat and baggy green shorts of every self respecting leprechaun – in keeping with his lucky charm status in the Indian team.

In fact, other teams too are clambering to find players with little or no skill, but whose presence in the team inexplicably correlates with a resulting victory. The ICC has announced that henceforth – lucky charms will have the symbol "$#%!" suffixed with their names on the scorecards (yes, it looks like someone swearing – thereby fulfilling the inevitable expletives which would emanate from any half-decent cricket fan when they see a player like Sreesanth has been selected. It also satisfies the whole Irish element).

Ironically, Ireland themselves aren’t too keen on this – considering they all dressed like leprechauns, but lady luck was unable to de-tangle herself from Sreesanth’s hair to come and rescue them in time. Apparently they're also a bit ticked off with the ICC right now... that may be a rumour... not sure.

So to summarise – if Karan Akmal were to become captain of Pakistan (and coincidentally – he does play like he’s been smoking something at the end of a rainbow) – his name on the scorecard would read:

Kamran Akmal*†$#%!

… and I’m sure we’d all agree.