As we move on further in the loooooong tournament, slowly the fancied teams are getting their acts right and preparing themselves for bigger challenges in the quarters. As usual we have some one sided matches and some close ones as we would expect in the league stages.
The tied match left me devoid of any feeling for the World Cup matches till the quarter finals. Fluctuating fortunes left me emotionally drained and my facial emotions will necessitate creation of new emoticons in the new chat softwares . Especially when India is playing , the feeling of surprise and joy when they win to the cursing and disappointment when they lose is normal. In the last 5 overs of the tied match, you would have been overjoyed, disappointed, bewildered and finally relieved that India managed some points . Rarely do you get all these in one match and the match that provides all of these is a thriller. But there are some teams which come close in this respect as well , one is the mighty unpredictable West Indies and the other woeful England not to leave out the ever unpredictable Pakistan.
When my daughter asked me for the prediction of the winner of the match between England and Ireland, I didnt bat an eyelid to say England especially after Niall O Brien was out. But the difference this time was she didnt ask me why as she normally does. I wish she had and that would have woken me up to the possibilities of Kevin O Brien scoring big ( not a century in the wildest of dreams !! ) .
The match yesterday left me speechless especially when I watched the highlights . It also gave me a nice feeling that this performance can't be repeated in the next match . Despite this India has a lot to watch out for and the curator will be well advised to make a turning track & Dhoni wins the toss to neutralise whatever advantages the Irish have in terms of momentum from their last win.
After yesterday's encounter, I was disappointed that I am falling into the set of run of the mill watchers and not a seasoned die hard. The run of the mill kind rarely see a possibility of a tie or a once in a life time innings happening and life beyond cricket watching becomes more important. After this , the often repeated cricket saying of " It aint over till the last ball " rings louder. If some more World cup matches make this happen, it would definitely be the World cup which we are dying to be a part of and one dayers will get a fresh resuscitation.
Disclaimer
People with heart problems would be advised to stay away from the TV and watch highlights instead.
2 comments:
I liked it from start to finish. Now u no 'run of the mill 'cricket fan please... This is already fanatic!! Loved the sentiments and the tone very much! The disclaimer applies to people like me too but on the other side ... I can't sit up to watch all matches -simply not enticing enough sometimes!
Nail biting, tied matches do bring the thrill and fun along!
I am already worried about your profound influence on rachana in this game!
Your sentiments were captured subtly and surely!!
I remember the south Africa Australia tie we watched in ambas. I was a huge lance klusener fan and u made sure u gave me all his bad statistics in matches! While I do know u thought a world of his cricket too!
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