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Like many others in this forum my objective is also to play a match in BLIC 2007 which will be close to the real exprience of playing/watching a cricket match.The match should not be an one sided boring affair with us outwitting the AI everytime we play.It should be challenging,and finally I got one.Had helluva fun fighting against the AI-Australia and myself-India in a World Cup Super Eight clash. The game was played in the Test Mode with variable weather,on a dry pitch.
Ponting won the toss and elected to bat.The AI(Aus) lived up to it's normal stupid-self,going after every ball.Thanks to B.Hodge's solitary effort-56*,riding on which the Aussies managed to put a total of 142 in only 16.1 overs. Z.Khan,Agarkar and Munaf were smiling coz all they did was bowled straight and watched the batsmen commit suicide!!!!
The highlight of the innings was the fielding,it was spot on with direct hits resulting in run outs and the keeper and the slip fielders holding on to absolute blinders(yeah,practice makes things perfect ).
As usual I was feeling disappointed as I had 50 overs to chase a meagre 142, cursing the Codies for making a god d**n stupid AI. Hogg(!!) and Bracken opened the bowling and maintained a good line and length with little or no room to play shots.Hogg picked up Ganguly and Sehwag and Bracken bowled the Indian Skipper,Dravid. Uthappa was run out by a direct hit by the Aussie Captain,Ponting. India was 25/4 and suddenly 142 seemed like chasing 342!
Tendulkar timed the ball well and tried to resurrect the Indian innings but a wrong press of the "run button" left Tendulkar stranded outside his crease and Gilchrist was only to glad running him out for 21(32).
It was all left in the hands of India's stylish left hander Yuvraj Singh accompanied by keeper M.S.Dhoni to save India's fortunes.Yuvraj was scoring freely but he was soon running out of partners.One by one Dhoni and Harbhajan fell and the tail was exposed. Agarkar gave Yuvraj as much strike as possible.From the other side Tait and Mcgrath were bolwing yorkers and bouncers in tandem with an attacking field setting to generate a batting collapse.Suddenly Ponting(AI) introduced Matty Hayden and his slow medium pace,which proved to strike a lethal blow.He bowled some dollys outside the offstump which was too hard to resist by tailender Agarkar and he dragged one into the stumps.Zaheer followed by commiting the same mistake.In the mean time Yuvraj completed his well made 50(57) but was it enough to see his side to victory?India was 137/9 in 38 overs.Required 6 runs to win as last man Munaf walked in to bat.
Munaf somehow managed to survive a blistering over by Tait getting hit thrice by his viscious bouncers.Mcgrath walked in to bowl the next over.Yuvraj blocked a few and then whipped one outside the offstump with a flick of his wrist and despatched it to the boundary for 4.The next delivery was pushed into the deep for a double and the game ended with India clinching victory over the mighty Aussies.Yuvraj remained unbeaten at 79(90) and was declared the Man Of The Match.
Ponting won the toss and elected to bat.The AI(Aus) lived up to it's normal stupid-self,going after every ball.Thanks to B.Hodge's solitary effort-56*,riding on which the Aussies managed to put a total of 142 in only 16.1 overs. Z.Khan,Agarkar and Munaf were smiling coz all they did was bowled straight and watched the batsmen commit suicide!!!!
The highlight of the innings was the fielding,it was spot on with direct hits resulting in run outs and the keeper and the slip fielders holding on to absolute blinders(yeah,practice makes things perfect ).
As usual I was feeling disappointed as I had 50 overs to chase a meagre 142, cursing the Codies for making a god d**n stupid AI. Hogg(!!) and Bracken opened the bowling and maintained a good line and length with little or no room to play shots.Hogg picked up Ganguly and Sehwag and Bracken bowled the Indian Skipper,Dravid. Uthappa was run out by a direct hit by the Aussie Captain,Ponting. India was 25/4 and suddenly 142 seemed like chasing 342!
Tendulkar timed the ball well and tried to resurrect the Indian innings but a wrong press of the "run button" left Tendulkar stranded outside his crease and Gilchrist was only to glad running him out for 21(32).
It was all left in the hands of India's stylish left hander Yuvraj Singh accompanied by keeper M.S.Dhoni to save India's fortunes.Yuvraj was scoring freely but he was soon running out of partners.One by one Dhoni and Harbhajan fell and the tail was exposed. Agarkar gave Yuvraj as much strike as possible.From the other side Tait and Mcgrath were bolwing yorkers and bouncers in tandem with an attacking field setting to generate a batting collapse.Suddenly Ponting(AI) introduced Matty Hayden and his slow medium pace,which proved to strike a lethal blow.He bowled some dollys outside the offstump which was too hard to resist by tailender Agarkar and he dragged one into the stumps.Zaheer followed by commiting the same mistake.In the mean time Yuvraj completed his well made 50(57) but was it enough to see his side to victory?India was 137/9 in 38 overs.Required 6 runs to win as last man Munaf walked in to bat.
Munaf somehow managed to survive a blistering over by Tait getting hit thrice by his viscious bouncers.Mcgrath walked in to bowl the next over.Yuvraj blocked a few and then whipped one outside the offstump with a flick of his wrist and despatched it to the boundary for 4.The next delivery was pushed into the deep for a double and the game ended with India clinching victory over the mighty Aussies.Yuvraj remained unbeaten at 79(90) and was declared the Man Of The Match.
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