Common...Switch on the flood lights! I am wondering why can't the BCCI and ICC have that rule in place for the third one-day at Kanpur today. It was an even match considering how brutally England were beaten in the last 2 games in the ODI series. India now leads the 7 match series 3-0.
When a match is organised in Kanpur at this time of the year the organisers should have some sense that it will be foggy/dark in the evening by 16:00 hours. They should have made it a day/night match or else made the provision of switching on the lights in case of bad-light. One might imagine that the ICC would have learned the lesson from last world cup final debacle in Windies when Srilanka was made to bat for 3 overs in pitch-black darkness..
I am not sure whether carrying on the game with lights switched on, would have changed the result (other than the fact that India's win would have been in terms of number of wickets rather than 16 runs by Duckworth-Lewis method); but this would have given the English team a chance to fight and may be given them a chance to an unlikely victory making it 2-1 rather than 3-0 at this point in the series.
At least Pietersen and mates can be reassured by the fact that the margins of Indian victories have been coming down steadily ie 158 runs, 54 runs and now 16 runs. This may be due to the fact that this English team at last may be coming to terms with the opposition, the conditions and, perhaps most importantly, themselves (after the loss of 20 million dollars at Stanford match with Windies).
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- I am a Medical Doctor, born and brought up in Kerala, settled in England for last 27 years. Interested in almost any and every field under the sun. I believe in 'Simple living and simple thinking'and try to follow this principle in life...This is a snapshot of what I wish to write; but many of the things I want to write are still under the iceberg! Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu
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