Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible
Really? How do you gauge the quality of a shot without being able to see it and without relying on the commentators? By the number of racket hits? If a player wins a point after a two-minute rally, for example, one cannot assume that the player who won the point played better tennis during the rally. So how do you 'observe' the action during such a rally? In an attempt to prove to the world that blind persons can do just about everything that sighted people can, we should not delude ourselves that being blind is the same as being able to see. The sooner we acknowledge this fact, the richer the quality of our lives will become. Geetha - Original Message - From: Subramani L lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Why not? I have reported on ATP tennis tournaments for newspapers? It's about observation and not about seeing. Subramani -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Ashwani Jassal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:10 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Unbelievable -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:23 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible I don't agree. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:59 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible folks, please read below an interesting article about a man who has done something incredible. as we say nothing is impossible, this man has proved it. have a look to his inspiring story, and try doing something incredible in the field that you are in. i'm highly inspired, hope you too will. --- Zimbabwe's blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences for six Jan Raath in Harare Dean du Plessis It's a rare mix that makes a good cricket commentator: erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment. Zimbabwean-born Dean du Plessis, 32, has all these attributes and has been delivering commentaries on matches for nine years. But he has never seen a game in his life, because his green eyes are glass. He was born blind, with tumours on his retinas. That has been no obstacle to him sharing the commentary box in Tests, one-day and Twenty20 tournaments involving all the Test-playing nations in worldwide radio broadcasts. He has worked with the likes of Tony Cozier (who pronounced Dean's delivery very smooth), Geoffrey Boycott (the nastiest person I have ever met), Ravi Shastri and Australia's former spin bowler Bruce Yardley, who himself lost an eye. In 2004 the two became the first team to deliver a commentary with a single eye between them. Mr du Plessis's accentuated sense of hearing makes up for being sightless. Wired up to the stump microphones, he can tell who is bowling from the footfalls and grunts, a medium or fast delivery by the length of time between the bowler's foot coming down and the impact of the ball on the pitch. He picks up a yorker from the sound of the bat ramming down on the ball, can tell if a ball is on the off or on-side, and when it's hit a pad rather than bat. When the wicketkeeper's voice goes flat, it tells him a draw is in the offing. He can't play the role in the commentary box of the anchor - who delivers the ball-by-ball passage, who can see the silently raised finger of the umpire and the unspoken redeployment of fielders. Mr du Plessis can only tell from the crowd noise whether a ball has been gathered in a fielder's hands, or spilled. I have to work with the anchor, he said. I am the guy who supplies, well, the colour. Last month Bangladesh were playing a gradually improving Zimbabwe when Mr du Plessis heard that the visitors' captain had sent a fielder far down to fine leg after the Zimbabwe batsman Charles Coventry had smashed a four. A sixth sense told me it was a double bluff, Dean said. He wanted to give the impression that the next ball would be a bumper, to make Coventry use a hook shot. As he suspected, the next Bangladeshi ball was a sneaky yorker. The thing about Dean is the intuition, said Andy Pycroft, the Zimbabwean opening batsman from 1979 to 2001. The public love to listen to him. If he has the right person at anchor to support him he is brilliant. Mr du Plessis hated the blind cricket he was taught to play with a plastic-wrapped volleyball at the blind school he attended. One day, 14 and bored, he tuned the radio in to a station devoted to ball-by-ball
Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible
I know of a number of blind people who give sports commentary. Their description is through the eyes of a sighted friend or help. In a manner of speaking, the commentary is based on second hand information. George - Original Message - From: Geetha Shamanna gee...@millernorbert.de To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Really? How do you gauge the quality of a shot without being able to see it and without relying on the commentators? By the number of racket hits? If a player wins a point after a two-minute rally, for example, one cannot assume that the player who won the point played better tennis during the rally. So how do you 'observe' the action during such a rally? In an attempt to prove to the world that blind persons can do just about everything that sighted people can, we should not delude ourselves that being blind is the same as being able to see. The sooner we acknowledge this fact, the richer the quality of our lives will become. Geetha - Original Message - From: Subramani L lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Why not? I have reported on ATP tennis tournaments for newspapers? It's about observation and not about seeing. Subramani -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Ashwani Jassal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:10 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Unbelievable -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:23 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible I don't agree. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:59 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible folks, please read below an interesting article about a man who has done something incredible. as we say nothing is impossible, this man has proved it. have a look to his inspiring story, and try doing something incredible in the field that you are in. i'm highly inspired, hope you too will. --- Zimbabwe's blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences for six Jan Raath in Harare Dean du Plessis It's a rare mix that makes a good cricket commentator: erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment. Zimbabwean-born Dean du Plessis, 32, has all these attributes and has been delivering commentaries on matches for nine years. But he has never seen a game in his life, because his green eyes are glass. He was born blind, with tumours on his retinas. That has been no obstacle to him sharing the commentary box in Tests, one-day and Twenty20 tournaments involving all the Test-playing nations in worldwide radio broadcasts. He has worked with the likes of Tony Cozier (who pronounced Dean's delivery very smooth), Geoffrey Boycott (the nastiest person I have ever met), Ravi Shastri and Australia's former spin bowler Bruce Yardley, who himself lost an eye. In 2004 the two became the first team to deliver a commentary with a single eye between them. Mr du Plessis's accentuated sense of hearing makes up for being sightless. Wired up to the stump microphones, he can tell who is bowling from the footfalls and grunts, a medium or fast delivery by the length of time between the bowler's foot coming down and the impact of the ball on the pitch. He picks up a yorker from the sound of the bat ramming down on the ball, can tell if a ball is on the off or on-side, and when it's hit a pad rather than bat. When the wicketkeeper's voice goes flat, it tells him a draw is in the offing. He can't play the role in the commentary box of the anchor - who delivers the ball-by-ball passage, who can see the silently raised finger of the umpire and the unspoken redeployment of fielders. Mr du Plessis can only tell from the crowd noise whether a ball has been gathered in a fielder's hands, or spilled. I have to work with the anchor, he said. I am the guy who supplies, well, the colour. Last month Bangladesh were playing a gradually improving Zimbabwe when Mr du Plessis heard that the visitors' captain had sent a fielder far down to fine leg after the Zimbabwe batsman Charles Coventry had smashed a four. A sixth sense told me it was a double bluff, Dean said. He wanted to give the impression that the next ball would be a bumper, to make Coventry use a hook shot. As he suspected, the next Bangladeshi ball was a sneaky yorker. The thing
Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible
You are mistaken. I was pursuing tennis reporting because of my interest and love for the game. Everything we do in life starts with our love for it and the fact of our disability is either forgotten or somehow over come in the process. Tennis reporting ws something like that. Let's not forget that I was sighted till about 18 which meant I have seen what exactly is a forehand or a backhand shot; what it means to lob; a passing shot; a let; a drop shot; a volley; a down the line shot; a cross court shot etc. Also, we cover events at the lower layer, say, an under 12, under 14 or 15, where it is possible to observe a match from closer quarters. I have watched matches from the seats of the line umpires, which meant we can certainly understand the speed and direction of shots played. Also I have had the opportunity to sit with experts, real masters whose understanding of the game is far superior to an average fan and discus each and every shot as it is played; that way, I understood the game far clearly than any sighted person. Remember, this is because I love the game even until this day. I can forget sleeping, leave alone my blindness to watch the Wimbledon finals, which I have been doing for the past 25 years. When you commentate, you have access to resources which outsiders may not guess or understand, which is why I kept saying that it is not all that impossible or ridiculous for a blind person to commentate. There are stats, facts and other things which you can remember and share with audience if only you happen to be the lover of the game. This holds good for every game from football to golf. Subramani -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Geetha Shamanna Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 12:41 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Really? How do you gauge the quality of a shot without being able to see it and without relying on the commentators? By the number of racket hits? If a player wins a point after a two-minute rally, for example, one cannot assume that the player who won the point played better tennis during the rally. So how do you 'observe' the action during such a rally? In an attempt to prove to the world that blind persons can do just about everything that sighted people can, we should not delude ourselves that being blind is the same as being able to see. The sooner we acknowledge this fact, the richer the quality of our lives will become. Geetha - Original Message - From: Subramani L lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Why not? I have reported on ATP tennis tournaments for newspapers? It's about observation and not about seeing. Subramani -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Ashwani Jassal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:10 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Unbelievable -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:23 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible I don't agree. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:59 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible folks, please read below an interesting article about a man who has done something incredible. as we say nothing is impossible, this man has proved it. have a look to his inspiring story, and try doing something incredible in the field that you are in. i'm highly inspired, hope you too will. --- Zimbabwe's blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences for six Jan Raath in Harare Dean du Plessis It's a rare mix that makes a good cricket commentator: erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment. Zimbabwean-born Dean du Plessis, 32, has all these attributes and has been delivering commentaries on matches for nine years. But he has never seen a game in his life, because his green eyes are glass. He was born blind, with tumours on his retinas. That has been no obstacle to him sharing the commentary box in Tests, one-day and Twenty20 tournaments involving all the Test-playing nations in worldwide radio broadcasts. He has worked with the likes of Tony Cozier (who pronounced Dean's delivery very smooth), Geoffrey Boycott (the nastiest person I have ever met), Ravi Shastri and Australia's former spin bowler Bruce Yardley, who himself
Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible
So to say, blind people also drive car, draw pictures, and even perform surgeries. We ought not to confuse supportive assistance with substitutive, and would perhaps do well to acknowledge that we may impart our knowledge and information to such tasks rather than claiming to do them by ourselves. And, yes, there is a difference between technical support and human support.\ If, for instance, a commentator can possess a hypothetical device relaying all the visual information in a comprehensive format immediately, and she commentates based on it, then I may grant the blind commentator has performed the job. Regards If you believe that there is a God, a God that made your body, and yet you think that you can do anything with that body that's dirty, then the fault lies with the manufacturer. --Lenny Bruce (Rajesh Asudani) Assistant General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Nagpur 09420397185 O: 0712 2806676 Res: 0712 2591349 -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of George Abraham Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 2:30 PM To: Geetha Shamanna; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible I know of a number of blind people who give sports commentary. Their description is through the eyes of a sighted friend or help. In a manner of speaking, the commentary is based on second hand information. George - Original Message - From: Geetha Shamanna gee...@millernorbert.de To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Really? How do you gauge the quality of a shot without being able to see it and without relying on the commentators? By the number of racket hits? If a player wins a point after a two-minute rally, for example, one cannot assume that the player who won the point played better tennis during the rally. So how do you 'observe' the action during such a rally? In an attempt to prove to the world that blind persons can do just about everything that sighted people can, we should not delude ourselves that being blind is the same as being able to see. The sooner we acknowledge this fact, the richer the quality of our lives will become. Geetha - Original Message - From: Subramani L lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Why not? I have reported on ATP tennis tournaments for newspapers? It's about observation and not about seeing. Subramani -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Ashwani Jassal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:10 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Unbelievable -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:23 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible I don't agree. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:59 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible folks, please read below an interesting article about a man who has done something incredible. as we say nothing is impossible, this man has proved it. have a look to his inspiring story, and try doing something incredible in the field that you are in. i'm highly inspired, hope you too will. --- Zimbabwe's blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences for six Jan Raath in Harare Dean du Plessis It's a rare mix that makes a good cricket commentator: erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment. Zimbabwean-born Dean du Plessis, 32, has all these attributes and has been delivering commentaries on matches for nine years. But he has never seen a game in his life, because his green eyes are glass. He was born blind, with tumours on his retinas. That has been no obstacle to him sharing the commentary box in Tests, one-day and Twenty20 tournaments involving all the Test-playing nations in worldwide radio broadcasts. He has worked with the likes of Tony Cozier (who pronounced Dean's delivery very smooth), Geoffrey Boycott (the nastiest person I have ever met), Ravi Shastri and Australia's former spin bowler Bruce Yardley, who himself lost an eye. In 2004 the two became the first team to deliver a commentary with a single eye between them. Mr du Plessis's accentuated sense of hearing makes up for being sightless. Wired up to the stump microphones, he
Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible
One correction --not all blind persons can do this, for that matter not all sighted persons can manage this as well. Commentating or reporting is fully based on one's interest and motivation. It's like writing. Most educated persons can write, but only a few become authors. If you possess interest your blindness will not come in your way, that at least is the lesson I had learnt from my adventures (or mis-adventures, whichever way one might like to put it). -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 4:35 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible So to say, blind people also drive car, draw pictures, and even perform surgeries. We ought not to confuse supportive assistance with substitutive, and would perhaps do well to acknowledge that we may impart our knowledge and information to such tasks rather than claiming to do them by ourselves. And, yes, there is a difference between technical support and human support.\ If, for instance, a commentator can possess a hypothetical device relaying all the visual information in a comprehensive format immediately, and she commentates based on it, then I may grant the blind commentator has performed the job. Regards If you believe that there is a God, a God that made your body, and yet you think that you can do anything with that body that's dirty, then the fault lies with the manufacturer. --Lenny Bruce (Rajesh Asudani) Assistant General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Nagpur 09420397185 O: 0712 2806676 Res: 0712 2591349 -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of George Abraham Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 2:30 PM To: Geetha Shamanna; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible I know of a number of blind people who give sports commentary. Their description is through the eyes of a sighted friend or help. In a manner of speaking, the commentary is based on second hand information. George - Original Message - From: Geetha Shamanna gee...@millernorbert.de To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Really? How do you gauge the quality of a shot without being able to see it and without relying on the commentators? By the number of racket hits? If a player wins a point after a two-minute rally, for example, one cannot assume that the player who won the point played better tennis during the rally. So how do you 'observe' the action during such a rally? In an attempt to prove to the world that blind persons can do just about everything that sighted people can, we should not delude ourselves that being blind is the same as being able to see. The sooner we acknowledge this fact, the richer the quality of our lives will become. Geetha - Original Message - From: Subramani L lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Why not? I have reported on ATP tennis tournaments for newspapers? It's about observation and not about seeing. Subramani -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Ashwani Jassal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:10 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Unbelievable -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:23 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible I don't agree. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:59 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible folks, please read below an interesting article about a man who has done something incredible. as we say nothing is impossible, this man has proved it. have a look to his inspiring story, and try doing something incredible in the field that you are in. i'm highly inspired, hope you too will. --- Zimbabwe's blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences for six Jan Raath in Harare Dean du Plessis It's a rare mix that makes a good cricket commentator: erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment. Zimbabwean-born Dean du Plessis, 32, has all these attributes and has been delivering commentaries on matches for nine years. But he has
Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible
Dear Geetha and other friends, in my humble opinion, being self-confident and over-confident are two different things. Trying to prove that despite all our limitations, we can still perform a task as good as our sighted counter-parts signifies our self-confidence, and not over-confidence. If we succeed in proving it, it is an achievement! and even if we are not able to prove it, it still does not diminish the dignity of our effort. Trying and not succeeding is still better than not trying at all. By the way, being a commentator at International level and getting international acclaim for this task really matters a lot, and we too must not try to deny it. Regards, Sincerely yours, Yogesh Sharma!. Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
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That would depend on the sport. Let me explain... Tennis is the easiet of games to observe for the blind since you will know the basic information -the score- from the chair umpire. If the ball goes out, the linesman yells it out for you... All that you need to ask is what kind of shots has been played -for instance, forehand crosscourt winner, drop shot, lob, drop volley etc... You can ask that from fellow journalists and from those sitting next to you. In fact, cricket is becoming so obviously visual -what with all the stump vision cameras and TV umpires- a commentator can talk virtually blind-fold!! If you have a good knowledge of the game it is possible to commentate live. Remember, you will not be the only guy sitting in the box... You will have a co-commentator who can compensate for things you can't describe. Subramani -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 10:20 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Dear Subramani Reporting for newspapers is another thing, and giving live commentary is altogether another! He may surely add Color by his acute auditory observations and mammoth knowledge, but he cannot render accurate and reliable live commentary of cricket. Many a times, achievements of VI are portrayed as if sight is a minor sense or entity which can be easily substituted by other senses. For example, drawings of VI are projected as real masterpieces, or their ability to recognize color by touching a thing is supposed to be an attribute commonly prevalent. I would like to hear his live commentary sometimes. Regards Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God-- but to create Him. --Arthur C. Clarke (Rajesh Asudani) Assistant General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Nagpur 09420397185 O: 0712 2806676 Res: 0712 2591349 -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Subramani L Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:20 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Why not? I have reported on ATP tennis tournaments for newspapers? It's about observation and not about seeing. Subramani -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Ashwani Jassal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:10 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Unbelievable -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:23 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible I don't agree. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:59 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible folks, please read below an interesting article about a man who has done something incredible. as we say nothing is impossible, this man has proved it. have a look to his inspiring story, and try doing something incredible in the field that you are in. i'm highly inspired, hope you too will. --- Zimbabwe's blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences for six Jan Raath in Harare Dean du Plessis It's a rare mix that makes a good cricket commentator: erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment. Zimbabwean-born Dean du Plessis, 32, has all these attributes and has been delivering commentaries on matches for nine years. But he has never seen a game in his life, because his green eyes are glass. He was born blind, with tumours on his retinas. That has been no obstacle to him sharing the commentary box in Tests, one-day and Twenty20 tournaments involving all the Test-playing nations in worldwide radio broadcasts. He has worked with the likes of Tony Cozier (who pronounced Dean's delivery very smooth), Geoffrey Boycott (the nastiest person I have ever met), Ravi Shastri and Australia's former spin bowler Bruce Yardley, who himself lost an eye. In 2004 the two became the first team to deliver a commentary with a single eye between them. Mr du Plessis's accentuated sense of hearing makes up for being sightless. Wired up to the stump microphones, he can tell who is bowling from the footfalls and grunts, a medium or fast delivery by the length of time between the bowler's foot coming down and the impact of the ball on the pitch. He picks up a yorker from the sound of the bat ramming down on the ball, can tell
Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible
Unbelievable -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:23 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible I don't agree. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:59 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible folks, please read below an interesting article about a man who has done something incredible. as we say nothing is impossible, this man has proved it. have a look to his inspiring story, and try doing something incredible in the field that you are in. i'm highly inspired, hope you too will. --- Zimbabwe's blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences for six Jan Raath in Harare Dean du Plessis It's a rare mix that makes a good cricket commentator: erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment. Zimbabwean-born Dean du Plessis, 32, has all these attributes and has been delivering commentaries on matches for nine years. But he has never seen a game in his life, because his green eyes are glass. He was born blind, with tumours on his retinas. That has been no obstacle to him sharing the commentary box in Tests, one-day and Twenty20 tournaments involving all the Test-playing nations in worldwide radio broadcasts. He has worked with the likes of Tony Cozier (who pronounced Dean's delivery very smooth), Geoffrey Boycott (the nastiest person I have ever met), Ravi Shastri and Australia's former spin bowler Bruce Yardley, who himself lost an eye. In 2004 the two became the first team to deliver a commentary with a single eye between them. Mr du Plessis's accentuated sense of hearing makes up for being sightless. Wired up to the stump microphones, he can tell who is bowling from the footfalls and grunts, a medium or fast delivery by the length of time between the bowler's foot coming down and the impact of the ball on the pitch. He picks up a yorker from the sound of the bat ramming down on the ball, can tell if a ball is on the off or on-side, and when it's hit a pad rather than bat. When the wicketkeeper's voice goes flat, it tells him a draw is in the offing. He can't play the role in the commentary box of the anchor - who delivers the ball-by-ball passage, who can see the silently raised finger of the umpire and the unspoken redeployment of fielders. Mr du Plessis can only tell from the crowd noise whether a ball has been gathered in a fielder's hands, or spilled. I have to work with the anchor, he said. I am the guy who supplies, well, the colour. Last month Bangladesh were playing a gradually improving Zimbabwe when Mr du Plessis heard that the visitors' captain had sent a fielder far down to fine leg after the Zimbabwe batsman Charles Coventry had smashed a four. A sixth sense told me it was a double bluff, Dean said. He wanted to give the impression that the next ball would be a bumper, to make Coventry use a hook shot. As he suspected, the next Bangladeshi ball was a sneaky yorker. The thing about Dean is the intuition, said Andy Pycroft, the Zimbabwean opening batsman from 1979 to 2001. The public love to listen to him. If he has the right person at anchor to support him he is brilliant. Mr du Plessis hated the blind cricket he was taught to play with a plastic-wrapped volleyball at the blind school he attended. One day, 14 and bored, he tuned the radio in to a station devoted to ball-by-ball commentaries. It was to change his life: There was a phenomenal noise in the background, 80,000 people in a stadium in India, people roaring. I realised it was cricket. I was fascinated. Dean pushed his way into the commentary box at Harare Sports Club in 2001 and was allowed to try out with the microphone. He never looked back. --- regards, Prateek agarwal. Skype: Prateek_agarwal32 Wanna see inside me? My blog is the telescope: http://www.myfriendprateek.blogspot.com website: http://www.prateekagarwal.webs.com the best way to accomplish your softwares/websites development needs. You tell, I'll build. Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use
Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible
Why not? I have reported on ATP tennis tournaments for newspapers? It's about observation and not about seeing. Subramani -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Ashwani Jassal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:10 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Unbelievable -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:23 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible I don't agree. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:59 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible folks, please read below an interesting article about a man who has done something incredible. as we say nothing is impossible, this man has proved it. have a look to his inspiring story, and try doing something incredible in the field that you are in. i'm highly inspired, hope you too will. --- Zimbabwe's blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences for six Jan Raath in Harare Dean du Plessis It's a rare mix that makes a good cricket commentator: erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment. Zimbabwean-born Dean du Plessis, 32, has all these attributes and has been delivering commentaries on matches for nine years. But he has never seen a game in his life, because his green eyes are glass. He was born blind, with tumours on his retinas. That has been no obstacle to him sharing the commentary box in Tests, one-day and Twenty20 tournaments involving all the Test-playing nations in worldwide radio broadcasts. He has worked with the likes of Tony Cozier (who pronounced Dean's delivery very smooth), Geoffrey Boycott (the nastiest person I have ever met), Ravi Shastri and Australia's former spin bowler Bruce Yardley, who himself lost an eye. In 2004 the two became the first team to deliver a commentary with a single eye between them. Mr du Plessis's accentuated sense of hearing makes up for being sightless. Wired up to the stump microphones, he can tell who is bowling from the footfalls and grunts, a medium or fast delivery by the length of time between the bowler's foot coming down and the impact of the ball on the pitch. He picks up a yorker from the sound of the bat ramming down on the ball, can tell if a ball is on the off or on-side, and when it's hit a pad rather than bat. When the wicketkeeper's voice goes flat, it tells him a draw is in the offing. He can't play the role in the commentary box of the anchor - who delivers the ball-by-ball passage, who can see the silently raised finger of the umpire and the unspoken redeployment of fielders. Mr du Plessis can only tell from the crowd noise whether a ball has been gathered in a fielder's hands, or spilled. I have to work with the anchor, he said. I am the guy who supplies, well, the colour. Last month Bangladesh were playing a gradually improving Zimbabwe when Mr du Plessis heard that the visitors' captain had sent a fielder far down to fine leg after the Zimbabwe batsman Charles Coventry had smashed a four. A sixth sense told me it was a double bluff, Dean said. He wanted to give the impression that the next ball would be a bumper, to make Coventry use a hook shot. As he suspected, the next Bangladeshi ball was a sneaky yorker. The thing about Dean is the intuition, said Andy Pycroft, the Zimbabwean opening batsman from 1979 to 2001. The public love to listen to him. If he has the right person at anchor to support him he is brilliant. Mr du Plessis hated the blind cricket he was taught to play with a plastic-wrapped volleyball at the blind school he attended. One day, 14 and bored, he tuned the radio in to a station devoted to ball-by-ball commentaries. It was to change his life: There was a phenomenal noise in the background, 80,000 people in a stadium in India, people roaring. I realised it was cricket. I was fascinated. Dean pushed his way into the commentary box at Harare Sports Club in 2001 and was allowed to try out with the microphone. He never looked back. --- regards, Prateek agarwal. Skype: Prateek_agarwal32 Wanna see inside me? My blog is the telescope: http://www.myfriendprateek.blogspot.com website: http://www.prateekagarwal.webs.com the best way to accomplish your softwares/websites development needs. You tell, I'll build. Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe
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Hi, I give regular talks on AIR in the program 'Sports analysis'. Only thing that seems incredible is to give ball to ball commentary! Regards, Sandeep At 06:19 PM 02-06-10, you wrote: Why not? I have reported on ATP tennis tournaments for newspapers? It's about observation and not about seeing. Subramani -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Ashwani Jassal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:10 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Unbelievable -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:23 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible I don't agree. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:59 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible folks, please read below an interesting article about a man who has done something incredible. as we say nothing is impossible, this man has proved it. have a look to his inspiring story, and try doing something incredible in the field that you are in. i'm highly inspired, hope you too will. --- Zimbabwe's blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences for six Jan Raath in Harare Dean du Plessis It's a rare mix that makes a good cricket commentator: erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment. Zimbabwean-born Dean du Plessis, 32, has all these attributes and has been delivering commentaries on matches for nine years. But he has never seen a game in his life, because his green eyes are glass. He was born blind, with tumours on his retinas. That has been no obstacle to him sharing the commentary box in Tests, one-day and Twenty20 tournaments involving all the Test-playing nations in worldwide radio broadcasts. He has worked with the likes of Tony Cozier (who pronounced Dean's delivery very smooth), Geoffrey Boycott (the nastiest person I have ever met), Ravi Shastri and Australia's former spin bowler Bruce Yardley, who himself lost an eye. In 2004 the two became the first team to deliver a commentary with a single eye between them. Mr du Plessis's accentuated sense of hearing makes up for being sightless. Wired up to the stump microphones, he can tell who is bowling from the footfalls and grunts, a medium or fast delivery by the length of time between the bowler's foot coming down and the impact of the ball on the pitch. He picks up a yorker from the sound of the bat ramming down on the ball, can tell if a ball is on the off or on-side, and when it's hit a pad rather than bat. When the wicketkeeper's voice goes flat, it tells him a draw is in the offing. He can't play the role in the commentary box of the anchor - who delivers the ball-by-ball passage, who can see the silently raised finger of the umpire and the unspoken redeployment of fielders. Mr du Plessis can only tell from the crowd noise whether a ball has been gathered in a fielder's hands, or spilled. I have to work with the anchor, he said. I am the guy who supplies, well, the colour. Last month Bangladesh were playing a gradually improving Zimbabwe when Mr du Plessis heard that the visitors' captain had sent a fielder far down to fine leg after the Zimbabwe batsman Charles Coventry had smashed a four. A sixth sense told me it was a double bluff, Dean said. He wanted to give the impression that the next ball would be a bumper, to make Coventry use a hook shot. As he suspected, the next Bangladeshi ball was a sneaky yorker. The thing about Dean is the intuition, said Andy Pycroft, the Zimbabwean opening batsman from 1979 to 2001. The public love to listen to him. If he has the right person at anchor to support him he is brilliant. Mr du Plessis hated the blind cricket he was taught to play with a plastic-wrapped volleyball at the blind school he attended. One day, 14 and bored, he tuned the radio in to a station devoted to ball-by-ball commentaries. It was to change his life: There was a phenomenal noise in the background, 80,000 people in a stadium in India, people roaring. I realised it was cricket. I was fascinated. Dean pushed his way into the commentary box at Harare Sports Club in 2001 and was allowed to try out with the microphone. He never looked back. --- regards, Prateek agarwal. Skype: Prateek_agarwal32 Wanna see inside me? My blog is the telescope: http://www.myfriendprateek.blogspot.com website: http://www.prateekagarwal.webs.com the best way to accomplish your softwares/websites development needs. You tell, I'll build. Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights
Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible
Dear Subramani Reporting for newspapers is another thing, and giving live commentary is altogether another! He may surely add Color by his acute auditory observations and mammoth knowledge, but he cannot render accurate and reliable live commentary of cricket. Many a times, achievements of VI are portrayed as if sight is a minor sense or entity which can be easily substituted by other senses. For example, drawings of VI are projected as real masterpieces, or their ability to recognize color by touching a thing is supposed to be an attribute commonly prevalent. I would like to hear his live commentary sometimes. Regards Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God-- but to create Him. --Arthur C. Clarke (Rajesh Asudani) Assistant General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Nagpur 09420397185 O: 0712 2806676 Res: 0712 2591349 -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Subramani L Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:20 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Why not? I have reported on ATP tennis tournaments for newspapers? It's about observation and not about seeing. Subramani -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Ashwani Jassal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:10 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible Unbelievable -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:23 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible I don't agree. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:59 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible folks, please read below an interesting article about a man who has done something incredible. as we say nothing is impossible, this man has proved it. have a look to his inspiring story, and try doing something incredible in the field that you are in. i'm highly inspired, hope you too will. --- Zimbabwe's blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences for six Jan Raath in Harare Dean du Plessis It's a rare mix that makes a good cricket commentator: erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment. Zimbabwean-born Dean du Plessis, 32, has all these attributes and has been delivering commentaries on matches for nine years. But he has never seen a game in his life, because his green eyes are glass. He was born blind, with tumours on his retinas. That has been no obstacle to him sharing the commentary box in Tests, one-day and Twenty20 tournaments involving all the Test-playing nations in worldwide radio broadcasts. He has worked with the likes of Tony Cozier (who pronounced Dean's delivery very smooth), Geoffrey Boycott (the nastiest person I have ever met), Ravi Shastri and Australia's former spin bowler Bruce Yardley, who himself lost an eye. In 2004 the two became the first team to deliver a commentary with a single eye between them. Mr du Plessis's accentuated sense of hearing makes up for being sightless. Wired up to the stump microphones, he can tell who is bowling from the footfalls and grunts, a medium or fast delivery by the length of time between the bowler's foot coming down and the impact of the ball on the pitch. He picks up a yorker from the sound of the bat ramming down on the ball, can tell if a ball is on the off or on-side, and when it's hit a pad rather than bat. When the wicketkeeper's voice goes flat, it tells him a draw is in the offing. He can't play the role in the commentary box of the anchor - who delivers the ball-by-ball passage, who can see the silently raised finger of the umpire and the unspoken redeployment of fielders. Mr du Plessis can only tell from the crowd noise whether a ball has been gathered in a fielder's hands, or spilled. I have to work with the anchor, he said. I am the guy who supplies, well, the colour. Last month Bangladesh were playing a gradually improving Zimbabwe when Mr du Plessis heard that the visitors' captain had sent a fielder far down to fine leg after the Zimbabwe batsman Charles Coventry had smashed a four. A sixth sense told me it was a double bluff, Dean said. He wanted to give the impression that the next ball would be a bumper, to make Coventry use a hook shot. As he suspected, the next Bangladeshi ball was a sneaky yorker. The thing about Dean is the intuition, said Andy Pycroft, the Zimbabwean opening batsman from 1979 to 2001
[AI] he proved nothing is impossible
folks, please read below an interesting article about a man who has done something incredible. as we say nothing is impossible, this man has proved it. have a look to his inspiring story, and try doing something incredible in the field that you are in. i'm highly inspired, hope you too will. --- Zimbabwe's blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences for six Jan Raath in Harare Dean du Plessis It's a rare mix that makes a good cricket commentator: erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment. Zimbabwean-born Dean du Plessis, 32, has all these attributes and has been delivering commentaries on matches for nine years. But he has never seen a game in his life, because his green eyes are glass. He was born blind, with tumours on his retinas. That has been no obstacle to him sharing the commentary box in Tests, one-day and Twenty20 tournaments involving all the Test-playing nations in worldwide radio broadcasts. He has worked with the likes of Tony Cozier (who pronounced Dean's delivery very smooth), Geoffrey Boycott (the nastiest person I have ever met), Ravi Shastri and Australia's former spin bowler Bruce Yardley, who himself lost an eye. In 2004 the two became the first team to deliver a commentary with a single eye between them. Mr du Plessis's accentuated sense of hearing makes up for being sightless. Wired up to the stump microphones, he can tell who is bowling from the footfalls and grunts, a medium or fast delivery by the length of time between the bowler's foot coming down and the impact of the ball on the pitch. He picks up a yorker from the sound of the bat ramming down on the ball, can tell if a ball is on the off or on-side, and when it's hit a pad rather than bat. When the wicketkeeper's voice goes flat, it tells him a draw is in the offing. He can't play the role in the commentary box of the anchor - who delivers the ball-by-ball passage, who can see the silently raised finger of the umpire and the unspoken redeployment of fielders. Mr du Plessis can only tell from the crowd noise whether a ball has been gathered in a fielder's hands, or spilled. I have to work with the anchor, he said. I am the guy who supplies, well, the colour. Last month Bangladesh were playing a gradually improving Zimbabwe when Mr du Plessis heard that the visitors' captain had sent a fielder far down to fine leg after the Zimbabwe batsman Charles Coventry had smashed a four. A sixth sense told me it was a double bluff, Dean said. He wanted to give the impression that the next ball would be a bumper, to make Coventry use a hook shot. As he suspected, the next Bangladeshi ball was a sneaky yorker. The thing about Dean is the intuition, said Andy Pycroft, the Zimbabwean opening batsman from 1979 to 2001. The public love to listen to him. If he has the right person at anchor to support him he is brilliant. Mr du Plessis hated the blind cricket he was taught to play with a plastic-wrapped volleyball at the blind school he attended. One day, 14 and bored, he tuned the radio in to a station devoted to ball-by-ball commentaries. It was to change his life: There was a phenomenal noise in the background, 80,000 people in a stadium in India, people roaring. I realised it was cricket. I was fascinated. Dean pushed his way into the commentary box at Harare Sports Club in 2001 and was allowed to try out with the microphone. He never looked back. --- regards, Prateek agarwal. Skype: Prateek_agarwal32 Wanna see inside me? My blog is the telescope: http://www.myfriendprateek.blogspot.com website: http://www.prateekagarwal.webs.com the best way to accomplish your softwares/websites development needs. You tell, I’ll build. Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible
I don't agree. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:59 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] he proved nothing is impossible folks, please read below an interesting article about a man who has done something incredible. as we say nothing is impossible, this man has proved it. have a look to his inspiring story, and try doing something incredible in the field that you are in. i'm highly inspired, hope you too will. --- Zimbabwe's blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences for six Jan Raath in Harare Dean du Plessis It's a rare mix that makes a good cricket commentator: erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment. Zimbabwean-born Dean du Plessis, 32, has all these attributes and has been delivering commentaries on matches for nine years. But he has never seen a game in his life, because his green eyes are glass. He was born blind, with tumours on his retinas. That has been no obstacle to him sharing the commentary box in Tests, one-day and Twenty20 tournaments involving all the Test-playing nations in worldwide radio broadcasts. He has worked with the likes of Tony Cozier (who pronounced Dean's delivery very smooth), Geoffrey Boycott (the nastiest person I have ever met), Ravi Shastri and Australia's former spin bowler Bruce Yardley, who himself lost an eye. In 2004 the two became the first team to deliver a commentary with a single eye between them. Mr du Plessis's accentuated sense of hearing makes up for being sightless. Wired up to the stump microphones, he can tell who is bowling from the footfalls and grunts, a medium or fast delivery by the length of time between the bowler's foot coming down and the impact of the ball on the pitch. He picks up a yorker from the sound of the bat ramming down on the ball, can tell if a ball is on the off or on-side, and when it's hit a pad rather than bat. When the wicketkeeper's voice goes flat, it tells him a draw is in the offing. He can't play the role in the commentary box of the anchor - who delivers the ball-by-ball passage, who can see the silently raised finger of the umpire and the unspoken redeployment of fielders. Mr du Plessis can only tell from the crowd noise whether a ball has been gathered in a fielder's hands, or spilled. I have to work with the anchor, he said. I am the guy who supplies, well, the colour. Last month Bangladesh were playing a gradually improving Zimbabwe when Mr du Plessis heard that the visitors' captain had sent a fielder far down to fine leg after the Zimbabwe batsman Charles Coventry had smashed a four. A sixth sense told me it was a double bluff, Dean said. He wanted to give the impression that the next ball would be a bumper, to make Coventry use a hook shot. As he suspected, the next Bangladeshi ball was a sneaky yorker. The thing about Dean is the intuition, said Andy Pycroft, the Zimbabwean opening batsman from 1979 to 2001. The public love to listen to him. If he has the right person at anchor to support him he is brilliant. Mr du Plessis hated the blind cricket he was taught to play with a plastic-wrapped volleyball at the blind school he attended. One day, 14 and bored, he tuned the radio in to a station devoted to ball-by-ball commentaries. It was to change his life: There was a phenomenal noise in the background, 80,000 people in a stadium in India, people roaring. I realised it was cricket. I was fascinated. Dean pushed his way into the commentary box at Harare Sports Club in 2001 and was allowed to try out with the microphone. He never looked back. --- regards, Prateek agarwal. Skype: Prateek_agarwal32 Wanna see inside me? My blog is the telescope: http://www.myfriendprateek.blogspot.com website: http://www.prateekagarwal.webs.com the best way to accomplish your softwares/websites development needs. You tell, I'll build. Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete
