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Saturday, April 23, 2011

A tale of two No-Balls

Watching a T20 cricket match is always fun.And IPL in particular has its own charisma.There's the action,thrill,glamour and most of all four hours of non-stop entertainment.Watching today's contest between The Kings Eleven and The Royals from West, I literally went berserk. The match had everthing one could ask for.
The drama started in the first over when Gilchrist was bowled thanks to an inside edge from a delivery that kept its path right from where it was delivered.But a terrible no-ball brought Gilchrist back to the pitch admist a runout drama by the wicket keeper.
The saying goes "Lightning doesn strike twice".But sure it did,when the TV umpire declared a no ball against Shaun Tait in the very next over.He had claimed the dangerous Paul Valthaty in that very cursed delivery.Then it was just like the writing on the wall.Adam and Paul cut loose in the third over.Two elegant sixes and three boundaries brought up the fastest team fifty in IPL history in 17 balls.
The fireworks continued till the fifteenth over as the innings was powered by a well constructed innings by Shaun Marsh and a supportive role by Dinesh karthik.The pace was brought down by a terrific final spell by Tait and Watson.
But by then the Kings had done their damage and posted a total that was far more than the reach of the Royals.

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