Wednesday, June 23, 2010

70 runs given off an over, deliberately...

Below link should be a very interesting read for cricket fans. The fact that the captain deliberately chose to give a heap of runs in 2nd-last-over in order to trap the batsmen in the last over, is a delicious piece of strategy -
http://cricket.zeenews.com/fullstory.aspx?nid=30442
Excerpt - With the last two overs remaining and Germon still on the crease, Wellington skipper John Morrison came up with a plan to induce the Canterbury batsmen into playing big shots and give Wellington a chance to capture the remaining two wickets. The idea was to bring on a part time bowler and give the Canterbury batsmen enough runs in the penultimate over that the target seemed gettable in the last six balls.

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