Marsh and Reeve visit Lucknow

It’s not often that you get to see legendary cricketers in our City of Nawabs. So, the arrival of Australia’s Geoff Marsh and England’s Dermot Reeve understandably caused quite a stir in Lucknow.
The duo were here on the invitation of Subrata Roy, who introduced the two as the head and assistant coach respectively of the Pune IPL Team, at a press conference held at Sahara Shahar recently.
YOUR HONOUR: When Subrata Roy announced Geoff Marsh’s name as the head coach, Marsh walked on to the stage smiling. “It’s a great honour to be a part of the Pune IPL Team and I’m really looking forward to my stint as coach. It’s a great challenge to bring a group of cricketers from across the world and work together,”
said Marsh.
HAR-HAR MAHADEV! Meanwhile the first thing Dermot Reeve said on stepping onto the dais was, “Namaskar, Har-har Mahadev!. Reeve recalled the days when he used to play six-a-side tournaments in Hong Kong. “It was before T20 was introduced. A game that involved only six players, and one side used to get only 30 balls to face. It used be a lot of fun. It was not like the T20 wherein you have to play 120 balls and each ball bowled is an event,” Reeve added.
GO-CARTING: After all the interaction with the media, Subrata Roy presented both the former cricketers a shawl and a sword each. Marsh and Reeve posed happily for the shutterbugs holding swords in their hands. When the press briefing got over, the two, along with Roy, sped away in a golf cart. “I’m going to play golf now,” joked Marsh as he bid everyone good bye.