Tie is a Tie is a match that's Tied,
Don't know how many have died !
Zaheer ran one and a three quarter,
Never seen anyone half smarter !
Don't know how many have died !
Zaheer ran one and a three quarter,
Never seen anyone half smarter !
Dedicated to the Great Indian Bowling Team that made this result possible !
Give them a total in excess of 350 and they will manage to scrap through.
Give them a total in excess of 330 and they will manage a Tie.
Give them a total of par 300 and the Captain can blame the batsmen.
England's batsmen from 7 to 10 made 48 runs of 30 balls between them belting 3 sixes.
India's 7 to 10 made 14 runs from 14 balls and still managed to run one short.
The way Indian lower order batted and ran was plain disappointing. When the Umpire signaled Zaheer Khan as short as he ran himself out like a blind mouse, I had told my Cricket crazy Mom that 'This Run" might well become the difference in the end. Am I the New Cricket Prophet ?
But Dhoni's decision to bowl Piyush Chawla in the 49th over, was Stupid. A bowler would be able to fire down flat would have done a better job. Sehwag, Pathan or even Yuveraj should have been the choice.
Munaf Patel's last over proves once again why he is a liability when it comes to death bowling. For once, I missed Nehra.
In spite of all this, if this match ended up as a Tie, England's fielding has to be blamed. They were far below their normal standards. Are they experimenting with KP as opener at the wrong time ?
The final Analysis:
In the end, Tie is a fair result only because neither of them deserved to Win !
SPun Doctor
