Did you know...

...that we have our own Twenty20 match going on right here in Malaysia? Uhuh, you read that right. We even have Persatuan Kriket Melayu Malaysia. When did all this happen? I feel like I've been living on another planet. Here I am blabbering about Twenty20 matches in India, and all the while a Twenty20 match is happening on home ground this week:

UKM buru satu lagi gelaran

GELARAN juara Kejohanan Perisai Raja-Raja berakhir kelmarin, sudah semestinya melonjakkan kegarangan skuad Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia apabila bertarung dalam saingan Twenty20 UKM bagi merebut Piala Menteri Pengajian Tinggi bermula hari ini hingga Ahad di Bayuemas Oval, Klang dan UKM Oval, Bangi.

Enam pasukan unversiti tempatan bertanding dalam pertandingan anjuran Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia itu yang secara langsung memberi pendedahan pertandingan berformat 20 over yang menjanjikan pertemuan aksi tinggi membabitkan sebahagian besar pemain pelapis kebangsaan dan peserta antarabangsa yang menuntut di negara ini.

Pengarah pertandingan dan teknikal pertandingan, Fairus Shafie berkata, UKM yang merupakan pusat prestasi tinggi kriket di bawah program Persatuan Kriket Melayu Malaysia mengharapkan pendedahan itu sebagai persediaan pasukan Malaysia yang akan mengharungi kelayakan Twenty20 ke Sukan Asia di Guangzhou, China tahun depan.

I still don't get sports though, and how am I supposed to buy the ticket? Are they still selling? Where can I find the ticket booth? Where the heck is this UKM Oval place anyway? Why are there only university teams playing for the Twenty20? Don't we have state teams or national? Why is there the word 'Melayu' in the association name? ..does that mean non-malays can't join in or if they want to play they need to form an association pertaining to each race's identity? I thought sports is supposed to be blind to race and religion?

...so many questions and no one to ask them to.