Who Won World Cup 2019?

Once in four years ICC organize a grand event called World Cup to decide who the champion team among all is.

The ten best teams of the world compete with each other for almost 2 months and then the best two

among them play a final to get their hands on the trophy. We have had seen many close

encounters, but we have never seen something that happened in Lords on Sunday, 14th July,

2019.

It was a world cup final between the two best teams of tournament who reached there, beating

the current world champions Australia and the number one team from league stage- India.

England and New Zealand were playing finals looking for their first ever world cup title.

Everyone have chosen their side for winning but no one knew that none of the side would lose

this one!

Usually when we talk about finals one team freezes under the pressure. Yesterday neither team

did that! It was a final in which both teams gave their hundred percent, as a result of which

both teams ended up scoring same total in the end, which means match was tied and super

over needs to be played to decide the winner between them. They played again, and result was

same this time as well- a tie, but England won the world cup! Wonder how? By ICC rules!!

Looking at the way these two teams played top class match, probably the best in the history of

cricket, the flaws in the ICC rules came into radar. Here are the few which will remain a matter

of discussion until an amendment is made

1. New Zealand scored 241 for 8. England were all out 241. Having lost 2 wickets less, NZ could have

been declared the winner. There was no question of having a super over.

2. Both teams scored equal runs in super over but winner was decided on the basis of who

scored more boundaries in the match. The silliness of this rule got realized when the

cost for losing the match was a world cup trophy. The most fair outcome in this situation

should be a shared trophy or a continuation of super over until we get a definite winner.

3. There should be a rule when someone especially batsman unintentionally gets his bat

on the ball while ball is travelling on the field. Because that unintentional bat on ball

actually decided the fate of the match.

4. A blunder pointed out by cricket's best umpire that there was an error of judgment in

umpiring. The 6 runs that were awarded for the over through should have been 5, since

batsmen didn't crossed at the time of throw.

People often say the rules are already agreed upon at the start, but the worst case scenario

seems to be written in hurry, and nobody cared what if it will ever happen, that too in a world cup

final!!! The rules seemed illogical looking at the gob-smacked cricket displayed by the two

teams, as a result of which, the cup is with England but the World is with New Zealand.

Losing Is Dangerous In Cricket

“ There was a duck with two ducks behind it, a duck with 2 ducks ahead of it, and a duck with a duck ahead and a duck behind”..defines the Indian innings debacle in recent India Vs England test series.

So I was actually right when I mentioned after the retirement of test match specialists  Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman that ,if we had to measure what impact it will have on team India ,than just reduce two days in any test match featuring India.

And here  we are ,maximum test matches in which India plays ends in three days .Yes, India is not even able to play for the full quota of five days ,since the retirement of two greats , forget about the result. Two successive tours of England both away and home ,India faced humiliating defeat and straight away goes the radar on all the non performing players of India. Each defeat brings out the statistics of your failures which have a far bad impact than the ones which comes out when you perform well.

Whether it’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni -  India’s most successful captain who had won coveted titles for India through its unorthodox captaincy and was cynosure of every Indian or Virat Kohli - the emerging superstar of India who  had proved his mantle in all the formats of cricket through his consistence performance ,defeat in recent test series with England had put a question mark on their capabilities.

A defeat raises all the points which are being covered under the shadows of win and actually doesn’t matter as long as team is winning. But same points become critical issues or matters to look for if they are not working your way. Some people blame it on IPL ,some on lack of practice , some on lack of experience ,some on lack of skills ,some on lack of international exposure and they all can prove themselves right as long as you are losing.

Winning is a continuous process while losing is not. Its true that Indian team is like Rafael Nadal, Champion on clay, struggles on grass.The need of the hour for the world champions India is  to live their game and lift their team. Rather than playing the blaming game they should focus on what next ,and what they can do from here and can at least play to their potential on grass.

   

The Articulation Which Produces Best Cricket

Cricket is a game not a battle, but if we articulate all the cricketing actions it do look like so .There are many cricket rivalry which were created on paper and hence created our interest for the matches .Think of an India Vs Pakistan match, now think of the endless motivational media reports on TV and news papers , now think of those Goosebumps and moments which had skipped your so many heart beats ,yes this is actually how the on field rivalry starts in Cricket.

The best example of this is the battle of all battles ,the greatest test rivalry -Ashes . Yes that ashes in which England and Australia play , and these rivals were playing with each other for five years before the idea of the Ashes was born ! In 1882 when Australia had beaten England at Ovals for the first time and the reaction (mock obituary)of Reginald Shirley Brooks in The Sporting Times which had added a pride element in it the word Ashes came into picture..

The mock obituary read “ In affectionate remembrance of English Cricket which died at The Oval,29^th August,1882.Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances. R.I.P N.B. The body will be cremated and the Ashes taken by Australia.” This had actually given weight to the series and had actually made people of Australia believed that they had achieved some thing big. That’s why when in the subsequent series when England under the captaincy of Lord Darnley had beaten Australia ,he was presented with an urn containing the Ashes of a bail used in the third Test by a group of Melbourne women .

Cricket have different meaning depending on what hype media has created about the series and it do have an impact on spectators and players .History suggest that it is this rivalry only which inspires player to give their best and create history and this is what people like to see on the ground .Many new records  get created in such series and it is your performance in these series only which  can change your entire career and will give you a place in the memorable moments of Cricketing history.