Kissa Cricket Ka Part II
Cricket is a game of chance... and some days are just not your days... (more for some than others)
Same day. Same team. Same captain... different match.
Now all of the players of "gully cricket" know what is "First Over, Last Batting" rule: The bowler who bowls the first over goes in to bat last. The best batsmen are usually openers, followed by mediocre ones making up the middle. So, even though the opening bowler is all-rounder, he is relegated to take strike last.
So, the captain walks on the ground with 12 runs needed off 3-odd overs, and 1 wicket in hand (which converts to about 20 runs in 10 runs with 3-4 wickets in hand in ODI). Easy, right? All the other batsman (who was batting from middle order) had to do is to take a run and give the better one strike. Or stay put for 2 balls and let the "over-crossing" do his work for him.
1st ball: A mighty blow... caught in the deep.
Result: we won by 11 runs, with 3.2 overs to go... The captain (who was the best player for the job at the moment) has walked back and forth from the pitch within 2 minutes (faster than Maggie or Saurav Ganguli of last year), without facing a ball (unlike Ganguli of last year), and cursing his luck and his team.
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Same day. Same team. Same captain... different match.
Now all of the players of "gully cricket" know what is "First Over, Last Batting" rule: The bowler who bowls the first over goes in to bat last. The best batsmen are usually openers, followed by mediocre ones making up the middle. So, even though the opening bowler is all-rounder, he is relegated to take strike last.
So, the captain walks on the ground with 12 runs needed off 3-odd overs, and 1 wicket in hand (which converts to about 20 runs in 10 runs with 3-4 wickets in hand in ODI). Easy, right? All the other batsman (who was batting from middle order) had to do is to take a run and give the better one strike. Or stay put for 2 balls and let the "over-crossing" do his work for him.
1st ball: A mighty blow... caught in the deep.
Result: we won by 11 runs, with 3.2 overs to go... The captain (who was the best player for the job at the moment) has walked back and forth from the pitch within 2 minutes (faster than Maggie or Saurav Ganguli of last year), without facing a ball (unlike Ganguli of last year), and cursing his luck and his team.
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7 comments:
LOL @ "First Over, Last Batting"
Awesome series you have started!!
While reading your part 1 post I had thought that this cricket match thing has the potential to be converted into one looong series
@Sid: Didn't know what else to call "First Over, Last Batting"... ;)
Don't worry... I have all the plans to make this into a pretty long series... Though many instances are "you had to be there" type...
I think Cricket is overrated :) just like sex.
Keshi.
**Cricket is a game of chance... and some days are just not your days.
I always said that. But the Cricket bin ladens dun wanna hear me.
:)
Keshi.
@Keshi: Dunno about s**, but cricket is no more overrated than any other sport (and is more fun than most other sports).
Are you sure you are an Aussie?
sorry abt the match...
hope india will win next time ;)
@Nikichan: Hope so :D Thanks for the wishes.
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