Life Etc Etc

Its been a roller coaster ride the past few months but completing my MBA and watching India win the cricket world cup were definitely the highs in this otherwise dull period of my life. Yes my dear netizens no prizes for guessing the topic for the next two entries would be the recently concluded cricket world cup. The first time I saw a cricket world cup match was in 1992 when the tournament was hosted by Australia. The 1992 world cup was a revelation and included many firsts such as coloured clothing, floodlit matches and more importantly it was the first time the two group format was discarded with South Africa joining the competition as the ninth team. Since 1992 the format of the tournament has never been the same and has consistently gone through major upheavals. We saw the introduction of quarterfinals in 1996 , the super sixes in 1999 ( 2003 tournament followed the 1999 format with 14 teams competing) and super eights in 2007 (with 16 teams competing). The recently co