Whatta match it was!!!! Who wud have put their money on Ireland after England had reached a total in excess of 300? With all due credit to the way K O'Brien played yesterday they deserved to win it no doubt..... But looking this match from England's perspective, one has to say that they managed to somehow gift the match to their Irish counterparts.... Who in the world wud have thought that this Irish team is gonnu pull off such a miracle (It is indeed one). Anybody who had looked at the scoreboard at the end of 30 overs of the second wud say that 10/10 times England wud win it hands down... This upset is one of its kind, if we go back in time, all the upsets(non-test playing nations beating the test playing nations) that have happened so far (be it the 1983 world cup victory in which India beat WI, Kenya beating WI in 1996, Kenya beating the giants in 2003 world cup, Ireland beating Pakistan and Bangladesh..... the list goes on), the victory has been scripted with the minnows batting first posting some total and defending that..... This match is so special in that aspect and does it probably tell us something about the way cricket has evolved post the introduction of the T20s? It also probably tells us that the game is played more in the mind than on the ground..... The approach by the Irish team is summed up by what O'Brien said during his man of the match interview, he had 2 options before him, when he went out to bat - either he could have played the entire 50 overs and wud hav guided his team to somewhere around 220 or jus take a chance and see if it pays off. He chose the latter and it paid off.....
It was fantastic for the game for cricket..... And for those who were calling for the heads of the minnows had been made to eat their words..... It is these kinda results that makes the world cup ore interesting!!!!!
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