Women's Cricket World cup 2013

The much awaited Women World Cricket Cup began today at Brobourne Stadium ,Bombay. The inaugural match is between the mighty West Indies & India.the match is a day night one.since the beginning of Women World cup In 1973,Australia& England dominated winning in 1978,1982,1988,1997,2005 and 1973,(the first WC), 1993,2009 respectively.Newzealand was lucky to win just once in200. Thus Australia,England& Newzealand shared the 9 WCs staged so far. West Indies& India are yet to taste the sweetness of Victory. This year in 2013 though the matches are being held in India in venues at Mumbai& Cuttack,there is very rare Probability of India becoming triumphant.BUT CRICKET BEING A GLORIOUS GAME OF UNCERTAINTY ,THE RAREST POSSIBILITY OF INDIA WINNING can not be totally ruled out.in this WC Fromm India& WI,SL,AUSTRALIA,ENGLAND,NEWZEALAND,PAKISTAN & SOUTH AFRICAare also taking part devising them to 2 groups A&B There is a reason why I mention about the prospects looking good . In this very first encounter against the WI the Indian Women who had the chance to use the bat first ,West Indies allowing them to do so first after winning the Toss, scored aformidable 284 Runs for the loss of 6 wickets.The opening partnership between MGT Kamini& PG Raut extended upto 175Until the 37 th over when Raut fell LBW to Daley.However Kamini continued until she completed invaluable 100 runs. She was unfortunate to return to the Pavilion being Run out in the 43rd over.in the meantime J Goswamy & H.Kaur who had occupied crease had made yet another good score each at the same 36 runs.Goswamy made from 21 balls& H.KaurThe Indian women Raut,Kamini,Goswamy & Kaur together made 28 smashes to the fence& 3 over it Perhaps an emberassing Feature for the Indian Men's team.the final score of 286 for6 could also perhaps embeass the men who had posted Much below of this score on many a occasion.The fact remains that there is no much difference of the size of the Stadium from the Wankhedes at Mumbai .one argument that could be put forward against this is the Bowling was Different from Men&Women.This is partly true ,but didn't look that much different from the way WI BOWLED. Any how,the score of the Women after 50 overs was indeed a challenging & perhaps a match winning one. I tell this because WEST INDIES after a disastrous start had lost 2 of their openers just for 15 runs.This obviously put them on the backfoot.They might be regretting for taking fielding first. The disastrous start of West Indies did not end in the loss of 2 wickets. It continues as a night mare as they lost wickets in regular intervals& reached a stage of 165 for 8 in 37 overs. With just 13 overs & 2 tail Enders to follow,a defeat was looking at the faces of the West Indians threateningly. From here onwards ,with some effective Bowling of accurate Length in Bowling employed by the Indian women,the hands Of WI women looked as if tied without rope. The 9th wicket eventually fell at 169 in the 40 th over still needing West Indies 116 from 65 balls.this ,perhaps, Is beyond the reach of women .In the meantime the last wicket also fell at 179 awarding the Indian women the best Gift they ever had in the New year & that too in the very first match of the Tournament. Even though this could give the Women a lot of confidence & enthusiasm ,there are teams like Australia & England to negotiate until their aim of reaching the final. Despite this ,this Glorious victory is something for the Indian Cricket to remember for a long time.The men should also should learn a lesson from this.IF THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY MDT KAMINI with a century to her credit most deservingly declared as the Player of the match.The 11 fours& one six She smashed were a real treat to the eyes to watch. All the Best to the Indian women to keep up their good work.Who knows ,perhaps, they could emerge victorious in This World cup 2013 held in Mumbai( various venues) & Cuttack. SreedharanMundanat 1st February2013 West Indies after a disastrous start lost wickets regularly,none of their players reaching over 50 runs. At the moment they are 160 for the loss of 7 wickets needing yet another 125 runs from from 15 overs, the asking Rate gradually climbing to more than 8 runs per oAt this stage it seems that most of their recognized batsmen being back in Pavilion,the tail Enders meeti With the target of 285 is very remote. But as I said earlier,the game of Cricket being a glorious one with uncertainty,let us await the outcome after watching yet another 84 balls to be Bowled from which 121 runs still required by the West Indies. Now the score & prospects are narrowing with the fall of 8 th wicket with 165 on the score board. The Indian Women are sending the balls with accurate length without giving any room for the batswomen to strike. A victorious smile is being flashed in the face of the Indian Captain M.Raj who had the rarest a 100% strike rate coming to the crease as Number 8 & scoring one run from the last ball of the Indian Innings. The final score stood at 284/6. Indeed a score which should be a bit of matter of shame for men ,who are supposed to be the Stewarts of the Uncertain Game of Cricket. All the 4 scoring Women together had smashed 28 fours& 3 Sixes.yet another matter that could embarrass men. For West Indies the beginning of their innings of 50 overs does not appear to be encouraging.They had lost 2 wicke Before reaching 15 runs on the scoreboard. The match is progressing though West Indies need yet another 251 runs from 36 overs the asking rate touching 7 Per overs. The prospects for WI looks tending to a probable defeat giving India rays of hope for the coming days until 6th Feb When the Group matches of the two groups A& B would be over. The other two teams taking part in the World cup apart from,India,Westindies,Australa,England & Newzealand are Pakistan& South Africa.