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A blog by ©hinaman:

Wow,
what an end to a test match.

A glorious draw to remember -
no replays or bowl-outs or the toss of a coin necessary to settle who was better.

It can only be in Test cricket.

a heart torn in two

It was difficult, even more as a neutral observer, to watch the final overs.
Talk of heart being torn into two.

One part of me wanted Australians to get a deserved victory.
The other half wanted the efforts of Collingwood, (battered and bruised) Swann, Anderson and Panesar, not to be in vain.

It was a draw – I will happily take that.

And what a match.
What a start, the perfect, to this Ashes series.

Test Cricket wins the honours.


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This entry was written by ©hinaman, posted on July 13, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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3 Comments

  1. Megha
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 2:52 pm | Permalink

    Not necessary to declare a winner in every match to enjoy cricket! :)

  2. Krish
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 5:20 pm | Permalink

    Seeing the heartbroken Collingwood after his dismissal, you couldn’t but hope against hope that England would save the Test. One more Adelaide would have killed the poor fellow.

  3. ©hinaman
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 7:08 pm | Permalink

    Thanks Megha and Krish,

    I am so happy.
    After months of twenty20, that I struggle to follow, Test cricket came back with all its glory.

    This Cardiff Test has re-defined what the the “test” in Test cricket really means.