A triumph in defeat..perhaps??
As the clock ticked close to 9:50PM on a wonderful Sunday evening under floodlights, our hopes to win the crucial tie to go to the finals of the fun cricket tournament faded. Our opponents needed a run to win with just one crucial wicket in hand and as the batsman played a shot uppish in the air, which just eluded the mid off fielder by an arm's length, we knew we lost. It was hard to believe that we lost. We had performed so well during the whole tournament and I thought we were peaking at the right time.
I liked our team even though I met most of them recently. Like me, they never believed that they would lose the game. After a rusty first game which we managed to win, we started playing really well and i thought we were the team to beat. We were never overconfident nor had doubts about our abilities. The girl in our team improved every game and did exactly what was required from her. Our bowling was tidy and batting was methodical throughout. We pretty much did the same thing in that game as well, except we didn't create any chances to take a wicket. I must also appreciate our opponents, as they failed to give nothing away, dug deep and made sure that they didn't beat themselves.
My friends, and other people who watched the game, informed us that we made a logical fallacy in our bowling order. It could be true. But we made a decision, hoping certain things would happen, but it didn't, and hence it would easily appear that we erred in our bowling order. A loss usually doesn't bother me, but for some strange reason, this actually took me a day to sink in. I couldn't believe that I was upset with the loss. I always believe that a failure actually helps you learn a bit more about yourself.
Looking at the bright side however, I made a handful of good friends during the course of this tournament, enjoyed every experience of it, was never dismissed when batting throughout, bowled reasonably well and definitely enjoyed the support,trash-talks,cheers and banter from the crowd. What more could one ask for????
I liked our team even though I met most of them recently. Like me, they never believed that they would lose the game. After a rusty first game which we managed to win, we started playing really well and i thought we were the team to beat. We were never overconfident nor had doubts about our abilities. The girl in our team improved every game and did exactly what was required from her. Our bowling was tidy and batting was methodical throughout. We pretty much did the same thing in that game as well, except we didn't create any chances to take a wicket. I must also appreciate our opponents, as they failed to give nothing away, dug deep and made sure that they didn't beat themselves.
My friends, and other people who watched the game, informed us that we made a logical fallacy in our bowling order. It could be true. But we made a decision, hoping certain things would happen, but it didn't, and hence it would easily appear that we erred in our bowling order. A loss usually doesn't bother me, but for some strange reason, this actually took me a day to sink in. I couldn't believe that I was upset with the loss. I always believe that a failure actually helps you learn a bit more about yourself.
Looking at the bright side however, I made a handful of good friends during the course of this tournament, enjoyed every experience of it, was never dismissed when batting throughout, bowled reasonably well and definitely enjoyed the support,trash-talks,cheers and banter from the crowd. What more could one ask for????
posted by Praveen @ 9:07 AM
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