Another day another Champions Trophy match, another damp squib (as I had suggested in my earlier post), another bad advertisement for ODIs! Today's match had some thrills on account of the rain - there was a good chance that Pakistan would run away with a point if it rained hard enough. Finally, the rain was enough to allow Pak to try and attempt a chase of 289 in 41 overs (India ht 319 in 48 overs), but Pak were all out for 164! Tomorrow's match might be slightly better (Aus versus Bangladesh), but that's because Bangladesh will fight really hard. Yet, impossible to see how Australia will lose.
Frankly, given how boring and one-sided these matches are, it wont be a bad idea if all matches get washed out due to rain. Atleast that way, the sheer stupidity of ODIs wont be questioned (why am I following ODIs if I think they are so stupid? Well, it's sheer morbid curiosity - I want to see how bad can it really get). Frankly, if the CT bores fans out of their minds, then the World Cup in 2019 is in serious danger! Time perhaps to have only 2 formats in cricket - Tests and T20s.
Frankly, given how boring and one-sided these matches are, it wont be a bad idea if all matches get washed out due to rain. Atleast that way, the sheer stupidity of ODIs wont be questioned (why am I following ODIs if I think they are so stupid? Well, it's sheer morbid curiosity - I want to see how bad can it really get). Frankly, if the CT bores fans out of their minds, then the World Cup in 2019 is in serious danger! Time perhaps to have only 2 formats in cricket - Tests and T20s.
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