My friend had provided an interesting write up on the events that occurred on a saturday morning 4 weeks ago. I would like to dwell upon the considerable impact some of the events that took place have had on cricket since.
Mr. Y, whose infamous selection policy was much talked about, has (including that day), has endured a 6 match winless streak since. Here's a summary of the 4 matches played since that famous tied match
Match#1: Y and his bunch of bowlers went about dismantling the opposition with considerable ease and dismissed them for 35. Target - 36 in 10 overs - Result - Loss by 5 runs
Match#2: Y's team scored a competitive 47 in 10 overs - Result - Target chased in the last over (the winning run being an extra resulting from a wide delivery) . The team chasing 47 needed 21 off the last 23 deliveries with only one wicket in hand. MKB, who took the stunning catch resulting in the tied match in the above mentioned blog, dropped a catch with the equation reading 23 needed off 21 :)
Match#3: Y's team all out for 32. Opposition scored 33 with a couple of overs and plenty of wickets to spare. (Y played close to 20 deliveries and scored ~5 runs)
Match#4: Y's team was chasing 73. Going into the final over, the equation was - 6 balls, 14 runs to win with arguably the best batsmen of the team playing in the middle.
- 2 wide balls to start off. - 12 needed from 6
- A boundary - 8 needed from 5
- A single and a double of the next 2 deliveries - 5 needed off 3
- A triple - 2 off 2
- An uppish drive is easily caught, but the batsmen cross over before the catch is taken - 2 needed off the last ball
- The other well-set batsman swings and misses in an attempt to get 2 runs for the win instead of a quick single and a tied match. - The result - a loss
I have been fortunate enough to have been on the unbeaten team in each of the 6 matches mentioned in these 2 blogs.
@Y: The curse of the blog has lasted a month (counting the 1 weekend where we did not play). Hopefully this blog releases the curse and you can taste victory again :)
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Match 4 seems interesting!
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to write (if we remember) the breaking of Mr. RR's winning streak as captain.
Mr Y...buck up. I can see Ganguly style celebrations when Y finally wins.
:) Mr RR was also fortunate to have been the part of winning team in most of the matches (not as captain)
ReplyDeleteI was captian in none of the matches, so i dont take the blame, since none of them are my decisions :P
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