I know. You've all been thinking "when the hell is cricketwithballs going to write about the trination series between Bangladesh, Pakistan and India, also known as the Kitply Cup?". Well, here I am.
The word "trination" looks funny without a hyphen, doesn't it?
I looked up Kitply; apparently it's synonymous with plywood.
Anyway, the cricket. Now, I have a major, major soft spot for Bangladesh. It's partly an instinctive pull toward supporting the underdog, and partly because they're just so darned young and come from a nation that is cricket-mad.
Also, I have this wild dream that they're going to end up being the dominant cricketing nation. Do not crush this dream with actual logical talk, readers, do not!
The thing with supporting Bangladesh, though, is that it's hard. For every glorious World Cup victory over South Africa, there are many, many days when I am saddened by their performance.
Today was one of those sad days, as the Bangladesh Tigers/Daredevils/Toygers were teased, then trampled, by Pakistan.
[b]Things that happened in this match:
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Ashraful (who is greatly loved on this site) played a pretty good Test knock for his 50. Unfortunately, this was a 40-over innings with a pretty demanding asking rate. We needed the old, instinctive Ashraful, not the new thinking one.
Bangladesh did take all 10 Pakistani wickets. Misbah found an ordinary way to get out.
Younis Khan was run out without facing a ball.
Namespotters, here's one for you: Dollar Mahmud played.
Some Toygers, (l - r): (1) keeping his eye on a steepling catch, (2) facing a quick one, (3) advancing far too far down the pitch.www.cricketwithballs.com
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