Spirited Efforts

We witnessed this amazing power of spirted efforts today.

There are times when you lift yourself up, jump that extra yard, do what you do best but at a much higher level. And along with you, the people around you bear the fruits off it too.
With just 64 runs left to defend, Sanjay having already finished his magic of 3 wickets, and the sun beating down on a team with an average age of 36 yrs at a scorching 95 F.... although all of us wished to win (I had this intuition too that we would win) we didnt know who would take us there. And then came a spirited effort from, the hero of the match and this blog, thunderstorm Laeeq. With 3 bowleds and an LBW he blew the opposition away and we won by 3 runs in a close fought match.

Another spirited effort came when we batted. We were 8 wickets down on 164 and the opposition was anticipating an early lunch and easy finish. Fuzail and I were on the pitch and we had other ideas. A partnership of 64 runs between us turned the tide in our favour as we finished on 226 and gave our bowlers enough runs to bat.

Difficult to express but its amazing how much you simulate life in a single day of cricket.