Varun Parthasarathy

Ajax, Chelsea, Oranje, Proteas, Zimbabwe cricket.
Marketer, Quizzer. Opinions are my own. Rassie van der Dussen fan.

[TobyWrites @tobyasky]

I’ll tell you something for free.

At the highest level of football, there are certain things you cannot fluke.

Glasner won the Europa League with Frankfurt, this was a time big teams use to drop from UCL into Europa, so he had to face teams like Barcelona on the way. Still, he won the Europa.

He came to Palace, with a small budget compared to the other English teams, he won the FA Cup, the first trophy in Palace’s history, he beat Man City to win it. You can’t fluke that, he’s a winner.

He qualified them to Europa by winning the FA Cup , but they dropped to Conference league because of the multi-club ownership saga with Textor. Despite the setback, he has just won an European trophy for a South London club.

In 2 years, he has changed a club’s history and won 3 trophies for them if we add the community shield. He did this while losing big players, lost his captain January, lost his best player to Arsenal in summer, lost Olise.

This guy is a winner.

[Varun Parthasarathy @Going_Dutch_]

@bhogleharsha Do we see anything other than batting belters being served for T20s now? How's it fair to undermine the skills of bowlers when they bowl on pitches that won't suit them no matter what?

When there's some assistance for bowlers, batsmen get exposed far more easily these days

[Varun Parthasarathy @Going_Dutch_]

@PoppingCreaseSA Stubbs should be batting at 3 in tests. Always does well. The Mulder at 3 experiment needs to stop.

[Varun Parthasarathy @Going_Dutch_]

Siraj, what a bowler. The sort of bowler a captain should always back. Always bowls with heart, leaves everything on the field.

Rare to find someone who can bowl with this intensity and passion in the fifth test of a gruelling away series.

First name on the team sheet for me.

[Varun Parthasarathy @Going_Dutch_]

@colinbryden1 Congratulations Colin! Glad you got to see it live!

[Colin Bryden @colinbryden1]

Forgive me for a bit of personal emotion. I have been reporting and/or involved in South African cricket for more than 50 years. Being at Lord's yesterday was the best day of all.

[Varun Parthasarathy @Going_Dutch_]

Waking up the morning after that SA win. A random and indescribable feeling of satisfaction and happiness. Like I can even eat Upma for breakfast.

[Jarrod Kimber @ajarrodkimber]

Been at a lot of cricket in my life. Travelled the world. But this feels as special as any of them.

The team of inherited heartbreak has finally won their first world title. Against Australia, at Lord's.

They lived in the shade for the longest time, no one deserves the sun more.

[Broken Cricket Dreams Cricket Blog @cricket_broken]

This is for Graeme Smith.
This is for Shaun Pollock.
This is for Graeme Pollock.
This is for Lance Klusener.
This is for Dale Steyn.
This is for Shabnim Ismail.
This is for Allan Donald.
This is for AB de Villiers.
This is for Laura Wolvaardt.
This is for Hashim Amla.
This is for Jacques Kallis.
This is for Faf du Plessis.
This is for Dane van Niekerk.
This is for Makhaya Ntini.
This is for Morne Morkel.
This is for Barry Richards.
This is for Marizanne Kapp.
This is for Hansie Cronje.
This is for David Miller.
This is for Heinrich Klaasen.
This is for Sune Luus.
This is for Chloe Tryon.
This is for Vernon Philander.
This is for Kyle Abbott.
This is for Quinton de Kock.
This is for Imran Tahir.
This is for JP Duminy.
This is for Mike Procter.
This is for Aubrey Faulkner.
This is for Lizelle Lee.
This is for Gary Kirsten.
This is for Jonty Rhodes.
This is for Mark Boucher.
This is for Dean Elgar.
This is for Kepler Wessels.
This is for Herschelle Gibbs @hershybru
This is for every cricketer that played a part in the beautiful cricketing history of the Rainbow nation 🇿🇦

And this is for each and every Protea fan out there supporting there teams for years and years in highs and lows.

This is for you. And this is for me.
What an absolute moment for World Cricket. @SabeehaMajid @gpricey23

[RhymesWithRuck @jwcoetzee]

Let's update the list.

Currently South Africa is:

World Champions of rugby
World Champions of true cricket
World Champions in the 100m relay
World Champion Strongest Man
World Champions in sheep shearing
Dricus is also some type of a World Champion

[Varun Parthasarathy @Going_Dutch_]

From the arid Karoo to the peak of Table Mountain, the headlands of Knysna to the beaches of Umhlanga, from the tops of Joburg's skyscrapers to Mbombela and beyond, from Langa to Lord's, and in my little corner of Chennai-today was special

#ProteaFire #WTCFinal
#SAvsAUS

[Janty @CFC_Janty]

• Champions of the world in rugby
• Champions of the world in cricket

What other country can say this ? South Africa to the world 🇿🇦

[Werner @Werries_]

The past does not define us

[Dale Steyn @DaleSteyn62]

HOME!!!!! 🏆

[Varun Parthasarathy @Going_Dutch_]

@SabeehaMajid Graeme Smith

[Spurs Army @SpursArmyTweets]

“Lads, it’s Tottenham.”

United had these ready to go last night! ����🤣

[Varun Parthasarathy @Going_Dutch_]

@LawrenceBailey0 Or maybe these people did not follow the journey to the final. This is literally the squad that got SA to the final.

[Varun Parthasarathy @Going_Dutch_]

@dmuthuk @rmshnt27

[Melinda Farrell @melindafarrell]

Already seeing comments by people in cricket’s richest & most powerful countries criticising SA’s apparently “soft” route to the WTC Final. Like, inequity in international cricket is suddenly an issue but at the same time let’s ignore the inequity that led to this inequity. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Varun Parthasarathy @Going_Dutch_]

@SabeehaMajid Dale Steyn
Adam Bacher
Lance Klusener

Watching the Proteas in the late 90s were some of the best memories. If I had to add a few more from over the years:

KG
Cullinan
Biff
Morne Morkel