Sample some of what is now being termed "Sidhuspeak":
"Wickets are like wives, you can never tell which way they will turnout"
"The coat of a leopard cannot change its spots," on thepitch playing the same.
A batsman beaten by a good ball is "bamboozled and mesmerised"
"New Zealand is batting like a cycle stand" Too cryptic? Answer: "You push one and they all fall."
A bowler just does not get a batsman out, he "gobbles him up like asausage."
A fast bowler on a slow pitch is not just rendered ineffective. He is"rendered impotent"
"The (Indian) selectors are like a hen brooding over a China egg" Pray, why? Simble: You can't get a chicken from it."
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A soaring hit in the sky is "for the air hostess"
"These guys have the talent to make a molehill out of a mountain." Who? What?Of course the Indians making heavy weather of a modest run chase.
"If Sodhi (Reetinder) encounters a rattlesnake, it will be the bubblingyoungster who will bare his fangs and deliver a couple of bites."
Countering fellow commentator Martin Crowe's jibe "I hope Sid is wearinghis air-conditioned turban today," Sidhu hit back with "That Kiwi alwayschirps when I am not around. When I meet him face to face, he will have bricksin the pants!" We do not know who ends up eating crow more often than not.
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"Ifs and buts are like pots and pans. There will be no tinkers withoutthem"
On a group of revellers in the stands "We are all Adam's children, it isjust a sip that makes the difference."
