Short on runs but not excitement
- 7 Oct 07, 08:15 PM
Those who are convinced the fifty over game has had its day will not be won over by this tense, slow motion struggle, but it demonstrated that ball flogging is not essential for excitement.
Low and slow scoring have their place if the two teams involved are evenly matched and compete remorselessly for control.
The game finished at quarter past eleven with a dropped catch yielding two runs and two batsmen in residence who did not know the game was over. Unsurprisingly, no one in a packed crowd left early.
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