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Norman Grand Master

Norman

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Like most of you , even I've been heart broken by  yesterday's events. New Zealand were simply the better team than England but  luck deserted them at the worst possible time. 

 

But doesn't New Zealand deserve this misfortune ? If you think about it , you'd most probably say yes. 

 

It just seemed all along, whether it was during the league stage and even a bit in the Semi final against us , that luck was walking hand in hand with the kiwis. :shakehands:

 

They were extremely lucky in their wins against Bangladesh, West Indies and South Africa. Mushfiqur bottled a simple run out chance off Williamson. De Kock didn't hear a clear edge off him again when the game was on a knives edge. Brathwaite just handed them the win on a plate after doing all the hard work. And even after all this , they reached semis on NRR even though Pakistan played better Cricket than them. And in the Semi final , almost everything went their way. All the close umpire calls went their way (Taylor, Kohli etc ). Rain arrived at the most perfect time for them , enabling their bowlers to take advantage of the early morning conditions on the reserve day. 

 

But who knew that luck was going to give them a brutal gut wrenching KLPD if there ever was one. :afraid: I don't even need to elaborate on that. 

 

Roy's lbw call , million near misses, Boult's catch on the boundary , that goddamn throw  and on and on and on. 

 

The guy on the other extreme is Ben stokes. By losing his team the wt20 three years back , any other player would have been scarred for life. But the way he came back and won his country an even bigger prize is just phenomenal. :bow:

 

Point is no matter on which extreme you are on , fate will eventually even it out. Nothing is ever lasting or eternal whether it's fortune or misfortune, happiness or sadness . We just have to keep walking through every spring morning and a stormy night with eyes looking forward and feet firmly on the ground. 

 

Thank you New Zealand for teaching me this. :hatsoff:

 

 

 

 

Philosophy lesson - 101. 

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mani sha Proficient

mani sha

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Agreed 

chalti rahen ki zindagi 

 

good dhoni times now bad dhoni times . 

 

Saala team has suffered cos of this karmic misfortune of ours - won t20 World Cup champions and then bust ... 

 

impact of lesson 101

Pollack Mentor

Pollack

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Its not just about NZ.  Any game involves a bit of chance. You may end up at the right side one moment and wrong on other. At the end of the day the one who plays better throughout not counting all the luck or misfortune wins.

nevada Grand Master

nevada

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17 minutes ago, Norman said:

Like most of you , even I've been heart broken by  yesterday's events. New Zealand were simply the better team than England but  luck deserted them at the worst possible time. 

 

But doesn't New Zealand deserve this misfortune ? If you think about it , you'd most probably say yes. 

 

It just seemed all along, whether it was during the league stage and even a bit in the Semi final against us , that luck was walking hand in hand with the kiwis. :shakehands:

 

They were extremely lucky in their wins against Bangladesh, West Indies and South Africa. Mushfiqur bottled a simple run out chance off Williamson. De Kock didn't hear a clear edge off him again when the game was on a knives edge. Brathwaite just handed them the win on a plate after doing all the hard work. And even after all this , they reached semis on NRR even though Pakistan played better Cricket than them. And in the Semi final , almost everything went their way. All the close umpire calls went their way (Taylor, Kohli etc ). Rain arrived at the most perfect time for them , enabling their bowlers to take advantage of the early morning conditions on the reserve day. 

 

But who knew that luck was going to give them a brutal gut wrenching KLPD if there ever was one. :afraid: I don't even need to elaborate on that. 

 

Roy's lbw call , million near misses, Boult's catch on the boundary , that goddamn throw  and on and on and on. 

 

The guy on the other extreme is Ben stokes. By losing his team the wt20 three years back , any other player would have been scarred for life. But the way he came back and won his country an even bigger prize is just phenomenal. :bow:

 

Point is no matter on which extreme you are on , fate will eventually even it out. Nothing is ever lasting or eternal whether it's fortune or misfortune, happiness or sadness . We just have to keep walking through every spring morning and a stormy night with eyes looking forward and feet firmly on the ground. 

 

Thank you New Zealand for teaching me this. :hatsoff:

 

 

 

 

Philosophy lesson - 101. 

Agreed. Also, England has more points in the league stage and thus is a deserving winner though the score was tied in the finals. Luck evens out in the end I guess. The disappointment is so high because all the drama happened in the last 4 balls. Until that point, NZ looked like the favorite to win. If England had got lucky overthrows in the 45th or 46th over, there wouldn't be so much discussion.

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