Sometimes, it's nice to leave behind the hallowed (and often, dusty) chambers and labyrinthine corridors that are part of my heritage wanderings and return to another passion, albeit one that we look towards when the odd game stirs up the interest quotient. This time, it forced us to sit down and take a breather on a chore-ridden Sunday morning.

We are speaking about our women in blue, who went into duel with England yesterday in a T20 game at the Brabourne Stadium that is part of a tri-series tournament that includes Australia. While India was defeated by seven wickets [we were glad that we didn't catch much of the chase lest it would have thrown us into definite funk] the body language and overall positivity that was on display during India's batting made us smile. It spoke volumes about the change that is floating across the women's game.