Cricket controversy with a twisttt!!!
Posted by caashurr on December 29, 2005
[This article was written during the infamous test series between Pakistan and England, when Pakistan for the first time in the history of cricket forfeited test match, or did they. Read on to know more...
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(This small article is not for the people who use grey cells 100% of the times. Read and enjoy, Vociferations are welcome)
I feel that i am no expert. Esp the fact that i have not been following these matches or any of the past matches. It so happened that i was working in my hotel, with lots of work to do. Wanted to take a little break and switched this stupid idiot box on. The first channel i see is Fox Sport cuz it is on Channel 1 and the TV always switches to its first channel in my room. And here commentators are discussing something about Ball Tampering. I remember during the day shumi(a dare friend of mine) writing something of the kind in my chat window. I got a little anxious and continued to watch the game. The game that was to continue after break. I remember Nasir hussain saying “It will be interesting to see if Pakistan opts not to come out to play”.. I was wondering within my mind, why the hell will they opt not to come out, cuz i didn’t realise till that time the gravity of situation. Oblivious to the state of cricket, i continued to watch the game which was never to start. And then the drama unfolded. Wow.. wat a match or shud i say no match… First the two umpires go to the ground, wait and wait and wait… OOpps.. no one in the ground.. The batsman waiting in dressing room for fielders to come out, they were ofcourse as concerned because there was no one to bowl them…I could feel them saying “Assyi chyi naa pounse barymet”(Haven’t we paid our fee)… With all the wait and watch scenario, umpires devised a plan to have pakistani’s back in ground. That is my guess, ofcourse. They disappeared from the ground only to make paki’s wonder if it was a holiday or were they really playing before tea session. When paki’s still didn’t show up, umpires went to two batsman and requested them to come to the ground. Ofcourse, they did not agree. On Daryll hair’s assurance that if the paki’s dont come out to bowl, the two umpires will bowl. The two batsman thought, it would be good idea to do a little bit of a practice. So, there they go into the field and when they reach the center, up goes the finger of Daryl hair. “You are both out”. Ooops. “what the heck” says batsman… “I haven’t even faced any bowl, how can you say that”. Hair takes out the rule book and efficiently going through the page number 56 para 4 sentence #3 ” …If the batsman stays out of the field for more than 2 minutes, he is OUT…” … And then i saw English team under demonstration and Pakistan team rejoicing at the brave decision taken by Hair. It really was something… Just had to work till 12am to finish my unfinished work that day… Quite a pain in Neck…



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javed said
Human life has no value for others but humans. One who is engulfed in so called patriotism or jingoism has no place in humanity. One is unit and each unit wants freedom. Can one achieve it in the true sense? I think not. Gurdaspur was Muslim majority district so is Murshidabad even today. But if everyone wants what they wish they deserve what comes from the other side. No regrets only foolishness.