The strangest thing happened today. The Eagles looked a stronger side than Sussex by miles. On Twitter, we mocked Sussex for their small total. Someone said "the large boned lady is doing her voice exercises for Sussex". And then The Eagles decided they felt sorry for Sussex and refused to top their paltry 119.
Either that or they suddenly remembered they are crap.
Now in the English county league they do an idiotic thing called a "bowl off" in the event of a tie. I've only seen it once. It was not exciting at all and relied only on bowling skill, not batting. Frankly, it's rubbish.
Today I was introduced to the "Super Over" - only the Indians could come up with such a name. It even sounds mysterious and exciting. It seemed like it could get quite complicated, but basically each side gets another over to bat and another over to bowl. The side that has the most runs at the end of the 2 overs wins.
It was interesting. A spectacle. The Eagles took two wickets in their over, while Sussex only took one. That made the Eagles the winners, apparently.
I don't know.
It's all exciting for the spectator, and is infinitely superior the "bowl off" - but it is only the group stage; why can't they just split the points and then look at the run rate?
It worked for those Bloody Victorians.
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Super Over? What the???
Super Over is great. I saw the first in an IPL match KKR vs. RR where RR won easily....
Is it something done in India all the time? It was completely new to me.
It seriously got me all excited. Completely stolen from football but whatever.
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