Believe it or not

Beloeve it or not.It was a miracle at St Lucia Stadium in West Indies.The 3rd one dayer staged here on 19th July between WI&Pakistan.After winning Toss Captain Bravo sent Pakistan to bat. Pakistan struggled but their Captain Misbah&Wicket KeeperAkmal managed a respectable 229 runs. When WI went to bat ,it looked with their best players including Gayle,Pollard,Bravo&Simmons in the line up would easily get away with a win to find WI home. But destiny thought akltogether differently. Gayle did not last long.Later on in the innings when Simmons &Capt Bravo gathered momentum from a slow start, Simmons fell after making a match winning score of 75. With Capt Bravo,Pollard,Sammy to follow it still looked within the grip of WI with a bit of late burst-s to win . Butb unfortunately everyone of them fellat the most crucialjuncture leaving Roach&Holder(lower&upper in the above photos respectively)to get 49 runs from the final 4 overs. Both of them rose to the occasion with the last wicket in hand. They did not disappoint the West Indies spectators.Both together mustered 48 runs with 6s&4s to create a miracle of a TIE. In other words,WI staged a sweet Jail break while Pakistan sustained a Shell shock. To me it seemed Captain Dhoni while sitting in the pavilion watching the matches taught the West Indians how to execute Helicopter Shots to come out in flying colors (Here it was not a win but as good as a win)in the end of a match. It was a repeat of what Dhoni did a week earlier in West Indies against the Srilankan who were preparing ti plant kisses on the Trination Cup. It was a pleasure to watch this match in the drawing room after sacrificing much needed sleep SreedharanMundanat 20thJuly-2013 3-27 hrs(IST) b