Century!
Last Wednesday I went to a cricket match! The match was between India and the West Indies and it was very exciting. I thought it was going to be boring since cricket matches are for about eight hours long and they just keep bowling and nothing exciting seems to happen, but it was really fun!
India was up to bat first. We missed the first hour of the match because we couldn't wake up that early. (The match started at 9AM! Who wakes up at that ungodly hour?) But anyways, India did very well and we got to see some great batting. Dhoni got three six's! That means he hit the ball right out of the boundary and got an automatic six runs. And we got to see the great Sachin Tendulkar bat. He's like the Babe Ruth of India, except he's still alive and playing. Apparently, he's been in a slump lately. But not this match! He was able to reach a century! That means that he was able to score one hundred runs and when the total score was 341, you can see why reaching a century is such a big deal. It was very dramatic because he did it on his last bowl.
The second half of the match was a bit more boring. The West Indies didn't really do well and the great Brian Lara got out on like the third bowl. I was kind of dissapointed because I really wanted to see him play since everyone talks about him so much. But it was really cool to see them make all the wickets. Poor West Indies, couldn't even make it to 200 runs.
It was really fun sitting in the crowd and cheering for India. I wore my India cricket team shirt and everyone around was waving Indian flags. Everytime an Indian cricket player looked in our direction, the crowd went wild and started cheering. The next day I was talking to our landlord's kids. They are so cute! And we were discussing the match and I felt so cool because I actually knew what they were talking about. I mean really, I saw Sachin reach a century!
India was up to bat first. We missed the first hour of the match because we couldn't wake up that early. (The match started at 9AM! Who wakes up at that ungodly hour?) But anyways, India did very well and we got to see some great batting. Dhoni got three six's! That means he hit the ball right out of the boundary and got an automatic six runs. And we got to see the great Sachin Tendulkar bat. He's like the Babe Ruth of India, except he's still alive and playing. Apparently, he's been in a slump lately. But not this match! He was able to reach a century! That means that he was able to score one hundred runs and when the total score was 341, you can see why reaching a century is such a big deal. It was very dramatic because he did it on his last bowl.
The second half of the match was a bit more boring. The West Indies didn't really do well and the great Brian Lara got out on like the third bowl. I was kind of dissapointed because I really wanted to see him play since everyone talks about him so much. But it was really cool to see them make all the wickets. Poor West Indies, couldn't even make it to 200 runs.
It was really fun sitting in the crowd and cheering for India. I wore my India cricket team shirt and everyone around was waving Indian flags. Everytime an Indian cricket player looked in our direction, the crowd went wild and started cheering. The next day I was talking to our landlord's kids. They are so cute! And we were discussing the match and I felt so cool because I actually knew what they were talking about. I mean really, I saw Sachin reach a century!
posted by Jenna Furley | 2:31 AM
1 Comments:
Hey, surprise? I didn't know they allow login with Google account. Otherwise I would have post some comment long ago. Sounds like an exciting game. Always wonder how different is the game of cricket with baseball. May be you can explain to me when you come home.
Next week will be Chinese New Year, we save your laicee till you're back.
Great stories and experiences. Enjoy them a lot.
Kau
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