Cricket and New Foods

There are many laws of cricket. I am learning the basic ones by watching the match between England and India.

In the second day of play, Broad, an English bowler, completed the first Test hat-trick at Trent Bridge before a roaring crowd.

His hat-trick started when India's captain, Dhoni, wafted outside off stump and was caught at second slip for a one-ball duck.

Next ball Singh was called leg before wicket (lbw) even though replays clearly showed he had got an inside-edge onto his pad. But, because of Indian objections to using ball-tracking technology, there are no lbw reviews this series.

However, there was no doubt when Broad clean bowled Kumar to complete the hat-trick.

For my readers to learn a bit of Test cricket history, there have only been 39 hat-tricks since 1877. India was the only country (of the 10 major Cricket-playing nations) against whom nobody has taken a hat-trick, until today.

India is still currently 43 runs ahead largely from the 117 scored by Dravid, including 19 fours.

After dinner a waiter recommended these Indian desserts. Each is good alone yet together they were amazing. Sweet/salty, nutty, citrus, smooth/rough ...

I also discovered that I can order a masala dosa for breakfast.

Move over idli...

I don't dare try any chaat (Indian snacks) off the street but these snacks from the mall are nice to have on hand.

My first masala chai (spiced milk tea) with coconut cookies. Hotel staff find me quite curious but they're getting to know me well now.