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Was the West Indies chase against New Zealand the greatest recovery or comeback ever in the history of the world cup?

Harsh Thakor

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Was the West Indies chase against New Zealand the greatest recovery or comeback ever in the history of the world cup?  

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  1. 1. Was the West Indies chase against New Zealand yesterday the greatest recovery or comeback in a game ever in the history of the world cup in a losing cause?


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Yesterday West Indies lost to New Zealand but the cricketing world witnessed an epic which was a victory for the game -reminiscent of a classic movie with sensational switches and turns.There simply could not be an adjective to describe the fluctuation of fortunes with the equivalent almost of miraculous change of plot in the climax of a Hollywood classic.In the end what prevailed was the Kiwi nerves.

West Indies were coasting along with Gayle and Hethmeyer in full flow with the run rate above the required run rate .Reminiscent of a boat cruising along in the smoothest fashion to its destination they looked like getting the target in less than 45 overs.However e New Zealand came back in the manner of an army battalion launching a spectacular counter-attack to tear the flesh of the West Indies middle order and make it look beyond their reach.Bratwaithe then launched a blitzkreig to ressurect West Indies from the grave to come within a whisker of untold glory.West Indies were virtually dead and buried at 164-7 and 212 -8 earlier.In the 1st part of the recovery it just looked as though Bratiwaithe was leading his team to repair the shipwreck and salvage self -respect and only after the 45th over did West Indies give any glimpses of actually winning.Carlos Bratwaithe resembling a dynamite exploding at the end came within a stroke of scoring what may have been the greatest innings ever in a world cup to take a side out of the woods to reach the pinnacle of glory.Arguably no team ever in the world cup rise so spectacularly after locking dead and buried like West Indies yesterday.A cricket lover for the game would have felt sorry that West Indies did not cross the line yesterday.

I feel the game also exposed the limitations of New Zealand who although victorious struggle to hit the final nails in the coffin when their oponents lliterally looked rolled over.Nor was their fielding at their best.
Although beaten West Indies proved that their spirit is still alive and must be given credit for their great fight back yesterday.It demonstrates their great reserves of talent which they have been unable to harness or bind.

I wonder where Brathwaithe's knock would rank amongst the all-time world cup and ODI innings particularly in chases but it may well be in the top 3-4 in losing causes in a run chase.

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In my opinion it can neither be classed as greatest comeback or  recovery ! 

For that classification they would need to have won, they will go into the history books as losers , New Zealand 2 points West Indies 0 points . 

Maybe you should argue the case it was the greatest zero points in the history of the World Cup but in professional sport you get nothing for coming second and in my opinion New Zealand and Kane Williamson get all the plaudits because they are winners 

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Great sportsmanship exhibited by Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson ,consoling Carlos Bratwaithe at the end and not immediately rejoicing.He knew that his team virtually had an escape being on the very edge of defeat.Rare to see the captain of any other team exhibit such sportsmanship .It is this very spirit cricket and the world cup should revive.After the bomerang launched by Bratwaithe in the previous over ,a Kiwi win was an anti-climax to the script just written.

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