What we call... The Man's Game

I was switching channels at lighting speed .. trying to skip the usual drama on TV and I am glad I stopped at ESPN to see the score of an ongoing cricket match .. which looked like just another set up field but I noticed there were women. It was India vs Aus ICC Women World Cup super six at Sydney Oval. I had missed India's side of batting but I still wasn't complaining coz they made 234/5. Well Aussies have a reputation to maintain in cricket or rather men's cricket coz here our Indian chicks were ripping them apart. It was nothing different than a usual cricket game ..the same old screaming, rejoicing and giving high tens after a wicket ..scratching the crotch, weird faces during bowling, same dude gogs and white striped faces, the same old 'caaaaaaattttttttcccccchhhhh ittttt'..and jumping around to grab balls ...I mean the ball. It felt so great that I got goose pimples every time she bowled and gave that killer stare to da bats-woman telepathically saying "I'll get you next time bitch" and turned away. Even after all this there were few things a lil different ..the balling pace was slower, fixing and fidgeting with hair all the time, clapping hands and saying "Nicely done GIRLS". All in all the aussies had to make 235 to win and now they had 29 runs to make in the last over. Goswami, Indian captain had beautifully bowled her 10 overs. I really liked her. The bowling was fantastic..since that's the only part I watched. I saw this known face in the Indian team stand. Gauri Naik .. the girl I admired when I was kid. As a kid we shared a common love for cricket. I used to watch gauri practice all day. I had even once accompanied sanjay dada, her elder brother to pick gauri up from her practice. She was this tom-boy girl who rode an enticer and smiled and asked me what I am doing these days every time I met her. It was great to see her there. She didn't play that match for reasons unknown. Anyway coming back to how Indian chicks beat Aussies ass. We won! We won by 16 runs! A wonderful victory and proud women shaking hands and smiling away. They got to the semi finals with New Zealand and will probably face England in the finals. The woman of the match was Anjum Chopra who supposedly had batted wonderfully. She came to the stand and thanked her team and I could not have been more proud for us women. Is this the future of cricket if I dare ask in this man's game?

p.s. You go girls. ....

aspiring bats-woman
parab