In what is one of the most stinging attacks delivered on the IPL, veteran cricket writer Trevor Chesterfield has lashed out at the manner in which the tournament is being handled by its own administrators. Writing in his column at cricketnext, Chesterfield pulled no punches and referred to the high profile Lalit Modi as  a” mismanaged Thespian disaster involved in an act that is sheer theatrical torture and makes him appear a bigger idiot than did George Bush on a good day.” Chesterfield was referring to the public relations side of the tournament, which he feels is an unmitigated disaster, especially after a press release that quoted Modi as having seen the report of the three umpires about Rajasthan Royals’ bowler Kamran Khan and video material of the game at “the Centurion in Pretoria.”

Chesterfield really blows his top at this, writing: “What sort of obtuse gibberish is this from what is a bunch of sycophantic morons running the IPL PR system? Just where on the map of South Africa is the Centurion in Pretoria? Is it a hotel, a shopping mall or a suburb of Tshwane? What this explains is just how dysfunctional the whole system has become, with the chief mutant ninja and his motley moronic pals giving misleading geographic details.”

We do not think he is going to get a Merry Christmas card from Lalit Modi. Honestly, we do not think it makes any difference to him.