We won!

I haven't played real cricket ever. I watch cricket matches only when India plays. However, I am a big fan of the game and have always wanted to play a good match. My dream came true last Saturday when we played cricket among colleagues in our office. Well, it was just tennis ball cricket but they had booked a good court and we had proper pitch, boundaries, wickets etc. There were four teams - Red, Black, Green and Blue - with people from different departments forming part of each.

The funniest part was that I was made captain of the Green team. Maybe it was because I was the only girl in all the four teams! In any case, I clearly told everybody that I was a novice and offered the captaincy to other people in the team. But they maintained that I should be captain so that's what I was. As many people hadn't turned up we decided to have only two teams, Red and the Rest of the World (i.e. all the other colors). I was the captain of RoW.

As a good captain should do (and clearly knowing I won't help the score much), I had everybody bat before me and finally ended up not getting a turn to bat. Disappointed though i was with the state of affairs, the score we made i.e. 76 for 8 in 12 overs, was good news. The Red team then started the chase but what with brilliant bowlers (not me of course) and good fielding (again, not me), we won by 7 runs (they got up to 69 for 9 in 12 overs). So the synopsis is that, we won! I brought back the shield to my house and then back to the office where it will remain until the next match. Who says participation doesn't count?!!