Cricket, or where you get to defeat the impossible
One hundred years of top-class records and
unforgettable matches. Cricket
has always been one of those sports that knew how to hit the headlines. Every
single one of The Ashes episodes is responsible, in a way, to this sport’s tour de force. In the same time, various
players made quite a name for themselves. All the more so to say that cricket
is not just an ordinary sport on ESPN, Saturday night. It’s a living legend.
One hundred years and still counting.
I. Power is a quality. Mind power - a privilege.
Just before you
jump to a conclusion, I must clarify something. All sorts of sports have the
ability to generate adrenaline, to make teams unbreakable. They all know how to
gather a group of thousands or, why not, millions of fans ready to support
them, under the rainiest circumstances. But, in my opinion, cricket comprises a
power that no other activity does. It engages your entire being.
A Test match
cricket can be enjoyed over a 5-day period, in a short session perhaps, or in a
rough encounter between a batsman and a bowler. It can go down in a couple of
seconds too. Yes, in cricket you can invest it all in a second to none second.
The Nobel-prize
winner, Harold Pinter, described cricket as being extremely dramatic. Batsmen
view that ball as the biggest threat or the rarest joy in life. Players’ wits
are squeezed to their last droplet in order to test their patience. Only chess
and golf challenge your concentration as harder as cricket does.
II. Being taken by surprise is no surprise at all.
Players need to
be athletic material. Reflexes ought to be polished regularly. Elegance is a
prerequisite. Cricket is a game where the rational decisions are somehow
fighting against the body’s willingness to rebel.
At this year’s
Ashes tournament, England was the one that sang victory in a 5-match series
where they won with 3-2. 169 runs during the First Test. Joe Root made that
match worth it. But who knows what will happen in 2017? Rain poked its nose
into the 2015 series, causing delays and postponing in playing, but for 2017
gambling guides such as Betoclock say that there are more chances for Australia
to win, and less for England.
III. You set your own deadlines. And records.
Cricket is a
sport made for the individual, not for the team. It highlights the persons’
smarts and talent, bringing it the forward, in the spotlight. And there is no
end: individuals are allowed to keep the balls flying till they’re in their 40s
or even 60s. For example, in the ICC World Cup 2015, there were exactly 17
players aged over 35, and three of them were above the age of 40. Age can be a
blessing in this kind of world.
Now, if I
couldn’t argue you into the values of cricket, then these batsmen will. Jacques Kallis, Sachin Tendulkar, Chris
Gayle, Adam Gilchrist.
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