we lost!

This comes after about 3 days because it's now that I ve strted feeling a lil composed about the final match. And despite the fact that I dont find this form of the game up to the quality standard that can be associated with a professional cricket game, it nevertheless manages to attract people because of the fast entertainment. So even if Cricket itself is on the losing side at the end of the day, the fans always win.

Anyways, after all the jumping and the yelling and the clapping and the punches in the air, it came down to naught. Analysts may keep on saying that it was a "victory for cricket" which I dont agree with for several reasons, history will only remember the victor. You are the champion or you aren't; there are no position no.2s. And so Pakistan features nowhere in this inaugural twenty20 world cup. Only India goes down the history books.

About the victory of cricket part, c'mon who actually played except for misbah, barring the bowlers ofcourse who did a very good job of restricting the Indian onslaught to 150. If I were an Indian, I would be offended by that comment. Their bowlers bowled really well and put that pressure on pakistan which forced them to play reckless shots. Only one man eluded them and bad for Pakistan, one man can fail as much as he can succeed (the one man woes...alas!). No blame on Misbah though, He did a great job to save pakistan from an embarrassing end but ith hindsight, no one supported him.

Too late for him now, though. 33 already, he may never get a chance to relive that moment and make something out of it and those who are getting excited about Pakistan having found another batsman, ummmmm twenty20 is another ballgame altogether. Whether this chap is good enough for the one-dayers too is completely another story.

But watever the outcome, trophy or no trophy, Pakistani team jelled together and played like a unit. The attitude of lawson and malik was especially commendable, laughing, smiling, passing that odd remark all the time; they were a treat to watch.