Thanks Sachin

Looks like Sachin Tendulkar has answered portions from my last post (Mumbai are not getting their doze of flukes, which is perhaps necessary for a T20 format) about inserting a tactical component to just push the strike rate- using guys who may get you runs in an unsound manner.

Today, against Kolkatta, Mumbai Indians did produce many more fuzzy scoring shots- starting with Tendulkar- who bottom edged a square cut and then got a thick outside edge. After Jayasuria went early, Harbhajan and Abhishek Nayar only added 20-odd runs together at about run-a-ball, which is not bad for a failure. Maybe next time it can be Zaheer Khan, if Harbhajan gets out (Nayar is a bit more precious and can play a bit constructively as well).

This has a relationship to chess, based on intention-execution aspects of sport, as covered in my book. There is a also a deeper connection of sequenced/simultaneous participation in a sport- affecting space/mobility- be it chess or cricket.

Saumil
Mumbai
1 May 2009