My Second Wind

As if on cue to my r ecent blog post on ICC rules that are crying for change , we witnessed one more farcical ICC rule at play in the most decorated match played in 2019, yes the world cup final, and it significantly upped the luck factor for one of the teams involved in the well contested battle. I do not have a problem with the rule where the match gets decided by the most number of boundaries scored by a team even if after the super over the score remains a tie, which was the case for this match.  We need something to break the tie and this is one way where ICC chose to reward the team which played more bold and entertaining cricket. Rightly so, England, amidst muted celebrations lifted the much coveted trophy that they so badly wanted. If they so badly wanted it, then why were the celebrations so muted? Well I guess possibly because England felt guilty being awarded 4 extra runs for an overthrow during the last over.  Not that they could not have won otherwise, but that si

Luck, it seems, can play a big role in life. You start for the airport 2 hours before the departure of your flight and still miss the flight. Bad luck! Is it really? It really depends upon from which place you tried to pull of this stunt? In a city like Bangalore, it is asking for trouble. If you had checked with locals or even merely checked the Google maps, you would have known that you should have doubled the time you gave yourself. There are lot many such situations where we attribute it to “luck” when all it was needed to make it “science” was simple application of mind. If you follow the game of cricket , go ahead and read on. If you don’t follow the game, let me improve your luck by telling you upfront that this one is not for you. Thanks to the format and the rules, as such explaining the game to a novice is difficult, trying to explain the loopholes and issues in those rules and format can be a nightmare and could derail me. Sports, in general, has its share of luck