18 off 6
I was closely following the T20 world cup semi-final between Australia and Pakistan today. The Australians had fought with great valor and the equation read 18 runs to win off 6 balls. In true Australia spirit ("Australian Maaj") Michael Hussey pulled it off and did it with one ball to spare. It was nothing short of sensational.
However, this inspired an interesting thought... If the equation read 18 to win off 6, how would've other teams reacted?
India : Unless someone's pants were on fire, India would've scored about 7-8 runs; at best 12-13 and gone off the field feeling proud of how well they fought (no one would say that they actually LOST the game).
Sri Lanka : Similar to India but they would also make some strange, stupid noises "Aaaalalalalalalala.. geelllaaaalalal.. khlalahh khulalalalaa" (Read this aloud in a high pitched tone and you'd suddenly feel as if you are in Colombo)... or something like this. But yes, they would've lost too.
New Zealand : Would've lost as well. And would complain that most of their 'in-form players' (like who?) were injured.
South Africa : It would've either started raining or they'd have forgotten to play a shot or miscalculated or something like that. Chances of winning would be about 50%.
Pakistan: Anything could happen. They could either score off these runs easily or maybe just lose wickets on all 6 balls.
West Indies, England, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe: Never mind.
-Shri
However, this inspired an interesting thought... If the equation read 18 to win off 6, how would've other teams reacted?
India : Unless someone's pants were on fire, India would've scored about 7-8 runs; at best 12-13 and gone off the field feeling proud of how well they fought (no one would say that they actually LOST the game).
Sri Lanka : Similar to India but they would also make some strange, stupid noises "Aaaalalalalalalala.. geelllaaaalalal.. khlalahh khulalalalaa" (Read this aloud in a high pitched tone and you'd suddenly feel as if you are in Colombo)... or something like this. But yes, they would've lost too.
New Zealand : Would've lost as well. And would complain that most of their 'in-form players' (like who?) were injured.
South Africa : It would've either started raining or they'd have forgotten to play a shot or miscalculated or something like that. Chances of winning would be about 50%.
Pakistan: Anything could happen. They could either score off these runs easily or maybe just lose wickets on all 6 balls.
West Indies, England, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe: Never mind.
-Shri
Labels: australia, cricket, England, india, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, T20 World Cup, W20, West Indies
posted by Shri at 3:13 PM
2 Comments:
Nice write-up Shri. The Shri(!)-Lankan piece was ...well ... a masterpiece. I cracked up while reading it.
The India analysis was pretty much spot-on too... which is kinda unfortunate that that is the level of confidence the team finds in its followers.
It's high time we got some pacy tracks and some fiery fast bowlers! Enough of certain lazy, entitled seniors who are in the team because they performed a 100 years ago!
Anyways, a sparing thought for Pakistan; for a team that has had no participation in the much talked about IPL, they did do their part pretty well to make Aussies play like champions... think about it! No player from Pakistan was in that tournament and YET! they never looked like an out-of-sort side (They are inconsistent, yes... but not out-of-sorts).
Keep Writing!
Best,
Himanshu
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