And well... Cricket is back!!
By Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (46951)
India
June 5, 2020 10:53pm CST
No. Cricket tournaments are not going to start as of now. Not even till September or October at least.
So why I pronounce the above?
Well, some of you might recall that I used to share cricket news sometimes. I keep a keen interest in cricket.
Yet I have not had a chance to start such discussions for a few months because of the Lockdowns.
Yet yesterday I watched highlights of a few old cricket matches.
One was a India-New Zealand match of early 1986.
Martin Crowe, Bruce Edgar and Richard Hadlee played well for Kiwis and they made 259 in 50 overs.
In response, we had Sunil Gavaskar, known for being a conservative and not so quick runmaker hitting fours and sixes and scoring a short but quick 27 of 17 balls.
Then Srikant and Mohinder Amarnath played great.
Finally Kapil Dev and Ravi Shastri took India to the winning score with almost 2 overs still left.
Quite old matches, but delight to watch!
And I felt refreshed after watching these matches!
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7 responses
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Jun 20
The sports are finally opening now. The UFC league of mixed martial arts have already had 4 weeks of fighting and tomorrow is the 5th. Football is going to follow soon and probably other sports as well.
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
6 Jun 20
@Alexandoy
Yet these would be now held in a different manner. And players might be under stricter supervision.
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
7 Jun 20
@Alexandoy
won't that be so risky with so much pushing and shoving!
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jun 20
Lockdown has really affected sports lovers. My husband and daughter are doing the same. Watching old matches and their favorite moments.
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
6 Jun 20
@arunima25
Yes there has been a long gap in the sports events.
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
6 Jun 20
@arunima25
We have the movie "Gulabo Sitabo" coming up on Amazon Prime sometime this month. This stars AB and Ayushman Khurrana.
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
11 Jun 20
@arunima25
Apaarshakti? I do not recognize him!
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
6 Jun 20
@DianneN
I watched old matches after a long time, so I am still far from boredom!
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
7 Jun 20
@DianneN Glad that it made you laugh.
By the way, I have suggested one of the recent "Horsey" discussions to Vanny and Sojourner.
Sojourner has given a response which is slightly "spicy". I am waiting for Vanny to invade that discussion- if you know a little bit of history of their interaction !!
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
6 Jun 20
@JudyEv
Yes some matches could start, but not at a big scale before October-November time. Also, in Australia, main cricket season: Domestic plus International is from November to March.
In fact, the match highlights that I was watching were of a match in Australia in early 1986.
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
7 Jun 20
@JudyEv yes, but may be till only 40 to 50% capacity.
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
7 Jun 20
@JudyEv Yes it would save many professions and jobs.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
6 Jun 20
The sports men have enough money. Nothing will happen if they don't play for a year
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
6 Jun 20
@amitkokiladitya
International and T 20 players could have. I am not sure about the domestic level players.
@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
7 Jun 20
You have an interest in cricket ok, but is it a popular sport in India in general?
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
8 Jun 20
@LowRiderX
Yes it is the most popular and most widely game followed in India.
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@Lavanya15 (12888)
• Chennai, India
6 Jun 20
Yes due to virus sports get affected very high on compare to others.. Hope soon all sports activities start but with out audience I think.
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
6 Jun 20
@Lavanya15
Yes some tournaments could be conducted without audience, but it is still not very clear.
