I wrote a little while ago about the funeral for William Armstrong. Here is a link to an excellent obituary in The Independent.

The riots in Bangalore have subsided. The row over Shilpa Shetty is simmering but not explosive. Today's big news is that the Indian cricket manager, Greg Chappell, has been assaulted for failing to select anyone from Orissa State in the Indian team. When he took the job I can imagine Chappell had a few concerns - selection, fitness, opposition, poitical tension - but I don't suppose being beaten up at an airport was one of them.

The other thing he would never have predicted is that the BCCI the Indian cricket board would grant TV rights to an operation which has resulted in the most popular sports entertainment for a billion people not being available to half of them. That is even worse than not selecting anyone from beautiful Orissa.