An interesting Paradox

Here is a forward from one of my friends:

Few centuries ago, a Law teacher came across a student who was willing to learn but was unable to pay the fees.

The student struck a deal saying, "I will pay your fee the day I win my first case in the court".

Teacher agreed and proceeded with the law course. When the course was finished and teacher started pestering the student to pay up the fee, the student reminded him of the deal and pushed days.

Fed up with this, the teacher decided to sue the student in the court of law and both of them decided to argue for themselves.

The teacher put forward his argument saying:
"If I win this case,as per the court of law, the student has to pay me as the case is about his non-payment of dues. And if I lose the case, student will still pay me because he would have won his first case. So either way I will have to get the money".

Equally brilliant student argued back saying:
"If I win the case, as per the court of law, I don't have to pay anything to the teacher as the case is about my non-payment of dues. And if I lose the case, I don't have to pay him because I haven't won my first case yet.. So either way, I am not going to pay the teacher anything".

This is one of the greatest paradoxes ever recorded in history.

Don't Blame Ford - He Came, He Saw, He Rejected

Graham Ford, appears to be a smart guy (he took a smart decision) and I am sorry he decided not to coach us. He has done nothing unprofessional for fans and media to lamblast him.

He came - because he was invited, and naturally anybody wants to find out new opportunities
He saw - the state of Indian cricket affairs, the bunch of jokers that run BCCI, the media and fan frenzy
He Rejected - for his own reasons

And Mukul Kesavan's blog in Cricinfo reads "But rumour has it that Ford was appalled by the Indian Board officials and the state of cricket training in India—which isn't hard to believe. And not being given a free hand in selecting his support staff was, apparently, another turn-off". If that is true, BCCI has itself to blame for the situation.

World Cup Final.....

A few days before the world cup started I told my friends that my favourites to make the semis were Australia, South Africa, NewZealand and West Indies. Though I am a die-hard Indian fan, I did not have enough confidence in the team that they would make it to semis. The team went on to surprise everybody by not even making it to Super 8s.

In the last two world cups, Australia defeated Pakistan and India to become the world champions and now it is the turn of another sub-continent team to challenge their supermacy. Sri Lanka deserves the place in the final. They played very well through the tournament and I hope they pull a stunner and dethrone the current champions.