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The action has begun officially. James Bond's Casino Royale is going to be relased in November, 2006. DANIEL CRAIG (pic by Sony) is named as newest James Bond after Brosnan. News links about his lady love and villain . The first James Bond whom I watched was Pierce Brosnan ! I believed no other man can fit in that role until I saw Sean Connery . After seeing Golden Eye, Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough I started watching the old movies. It took me more than a month to search and see all those 20 movies (have you seen Octopussy which was filmed in India?), the latest one being Die Another Day (The chase sequence in which Bond escapes the melting of snow and skating on sea ice..Amazing heroism!). Casino Royale was the first story written by Ian Fleming and it features youthful life of the British Spy. Recently, I saw a 1967 film of that story (which was filmed not by MGM!) - it is NOT worth a movie at all. Long live James Bond!<br

(Pic:Cricinfo, Getty Images) Five run-outs. Australia? So much confusion in the middle. It was the day when Australian players took off from their routines. It was a good match to watch on the ground. I was shivering in the winds, though. So, here are my (little) observations: Usually in Indian subcontinent, the toss will precede the match by at least an hour. Here, the coin was tossed just 15 minutes before the game. Brett Lee was the one who appeared first, on the ground before anyone came in, sincerely practicing his thunderbolts. He went wicketeless, unfortunate. The srilankan innings was dragging until last 6 or 7 overs which produced some stunning shots for boundaries and sixes. Simon Clarke made justice for his selection as Super Sub and took a stunning return catch to dismiss Jayawardene. Half of the srilankan players were looking like school boys, coming down the track to hit Symonds, Hogg, Lee. During the break, Muttiah Muralitharan came in first ahead

(Pic: http://www.pantonhillfc.com) This happened during the famous 3rd test match of recent West Indies-Australia Test series. While Brian Lara made a double hundred, Shane approaching a milestone for the bowler who took highest number of wickets in a calendar year (He achieved later against South Africa), it was a memorable match. While these were happening, an Indian Student who is not interested in Cricket (Strangely, he is from India!) goes to deliver a Pizza to a customer who was staying at Hyatt. Indian Boy (Knocks the door): Pizza! Shane Warne (Open the door): Come in, mate! The boy not realising the great spinner, thinks to himself, 'No one will call a pizza delivery man into a hotel room. He seems to be a nice man' and enter the room. Shane was searching for his wallet. Our boy looks around the room to find some cricket bats, pads and a sports kit. Boy: Are you a Cricketer? Shane: Ya..mate! (Still searching for the wallet!) Boy: Are you a batsman or a bowler? Shane (c