The kangaroo march continues

Australia thumped, actually no, annihilated New Zealand by a small matter of 215 runs to complete their Super 8's with a clean slate. It was the most brutal of thrashings you will ever witness. Thrashing minnows or 2nd rung test teams like Eng, WI or India is one thing, but this effort to dismiss NZ - a world cup favorite, was special.
Match home

What's with Matthew Hayden? This time 12 months back, he wasn't even part of the ODI set-up. Today he blasted his 3rd 100 of the WC and 5th in his last 11 matches. Stunning.

NZ and SL might have thought by resting their key bowlers, they could surprise Australia in the finals, but on today's evidence they will probably need a gun.

Well done Australia. You are now 2 steps away from an unprecedented 3rd World cup. At times such as this, I wish I was born in Sydney instead of Ahmedabad. Just what will it take to stop these awesome folks?

Bloodbath on Virginia Tech campus

A deranged 23 yr old South Korean student opened fire on a Monday morning to leave 33 people dead on Virgina Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA before shooting himself. The first shooting incident was reported at 7:30 am when, according to reports he shot his girlfriend after an altercation. At 9:15am, he opened fire in the engineering building to leave scores dead before shooting himself. This is the worst case of shooting on a US campus, eclipsing the events that took place on the UT Austin campus in the 60's.

Totally barbaric and absolutely deplorable. It is difficult to understand the mind of a mass-murder. There is no motive behind his actions, no hatred towards any particular person or group, no rhyme or reason. Terrorist activities are universally deplored, but when a university student opens fire and kills people, one can only sympathize, feel angry, frustrated and sorry.

P.S: 2 people of Indian origin died in this tragic incident. Prof. G V Loganathan who was with the Civil and Environmental engg dept and Minal Panchal, a graduate student from Mumbai. CNN-IBN mentioned her orkut profile

May their souls rest in peace.