The day began with Pakistan showing Bangladesh why they didn't have to bother with the qualifying rounds. Pakistan batted first and 2 guys got half centuries (Shehzad and Hafeez) with Afridi only 1 run away, all of that led to an impressive innings total of 201. Pakistan only dropped 5 wickets with 2 going to both Ahmed and Sunny. And despite Al Hasans 50, Bangladesh came up 55 runs short. 2 wickets each for Amir and Afridi.
The second game was truly something. England opened things up with 182 runs for their effort - a highly respectable total, nothing to sneeze at for sure. Root was close to a half century and they only dropped 6 wickets. And when the West Indian inning opened there was a brief flicker of a win for England. The 1st batsmen fell on ball 2 with a duck. But the second batsman was Gayle, and Gayle did not fall with a duck, in fact he did not fall at all. Gayle earned the first century of the tournament and was not out. He hit the 100 mark with only 48 balls, he had 5 4's and 11 6's for a strike rate of 208.33! Amazing! It only took 18.1 overs for the Windies to shut it down for England.
I know Catherine is home thinking, "that was some fun Cricket, and isn't it just like the English to choke?"
Well, I be hoping some Americans choke........
Tomorrow, or actually today since I am writing this after midnight - don't tell Michael I staid up so late.... there is only one game, Afghanistan v. Sri Lanka. Can Afghanistan build on their momentum?? Can Sri Lank break their losing streak?? Who knows.....
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MY VERY WORDS! I have watched a lot of cricket in my time and I can't remember seeing an innings like Gayle's. He had his characteristic little cloth, which trails down the back of his neck, on and he was pounding that ball out of the ground continuously. He made it look so easy. It was just one KAPOW! after another. Beautiful. And England were looking so good after their innings - I thought it would be a sure win for them. Did I have Gayle in my team? No, because buy the time I had put lots of Pakistani players in, Gayle was too expensive and so I didn't bother - BIG MISTAKE! I will try to do better next time.
ReplyDeleteBig mistake. Huge. As Julie Roberts once said. One must always have Gayle and Dwayne Bravo in one's team. If one has a team. Which I didn't. Big mistake. Huge.
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