cricket - ESL Blogs - MyEnglishClub2024-03-29T05:53:31Zhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/blogs/feed/tag/cricketNever Give Up Part IIhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/blogs/never-give-up-part-ii2019-06-23T11:02:23.000Z2019-06-23T11:02:23.000ZArifhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/arif770<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"> In connection of my <a href="https://www.myenglishclub.com/blogs/the-first-principle-of-life-for-success-never-give-up" target="_blank">previous blog </a>, I would like to share you one of my life success in the aftermath of positivity at the crucial stage of the match. I even can’t recall every moment in the match to my memory, but last two over which means 12 deliveries and we require 40 run. I was playing as guest player on the request of my friend. My job was just to bowl. We lost 5<sup>th</sup> wickets. Before, losing the 6<sup>th</sup> wicket, the team lost the hope to win the match as they believed there was no regular batsman left who could chase the scores, whereas, on the other hand I kept stirring up my friend and other teammates and making them believe we could win the match. They responded me with a ridiculous smile. My friend asked if you would score 40 run in 12 deliveries. I said, “yes your brother I mean I will do it!” While we were having arguments, 6<sup>th</sup> wicket also fell, I angrily took the bat and began walking toward the pitch.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"> The bowler who took 3 wickets in his first over was standing at his run-up and ready to bowl me. I hit four sixes on straight in his first four balls consecutively. The teammates who began leaving the ground turned back. I took single in last ball so that I could face the first ball of next over. I played according to my plan as there was a big gap in fine leg area. I slightly came on off-side and hit fine leg where I got four run. In a nutshell, I alone completed required score even before one ball. Finally we won the match. While I was coming back to pavilion, all the teammates, including my friend began shouting and cheering up. Being optimist is not the matter of winning but preserving our self honour, respect and dignity. When you care for your respect and dignity, it is hard to lose or give up in the middle of the game or any exam of life. </span></p></div>The First Principle For Success: Never Give Uphttps://www.myenglishclub.com/blogs/the-first-principle-of-life-for-success-never-give-up2019-06-22T16:17:56.000Z2019-06-22T16:17:56.000ZArifhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/arif770<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"> When you read the biography of successful people, be it educationalists, bureaucrats, politicians, scientists etc, you may find many stories of their unresting exertion with consistency despite experiencing ups and downs on the way to their destination or achievement of their dreams. The constant adherence to the dream plan and strategy is the result of being optimist even when others are hoping against the hope. Whereas, pessimism leads the dreamer to abandonment of the endeavor and makes him idle. A question bears in mind, how can one stand steady on the race of life and competition?</span></p><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"> Honestly speaking, I have no idea what inspires the dreamer to stand steady till the success. However, I can let you know my experience as a sportsman that I gained such spirit from cricket. In cricket or any sport we learn many lessons of life such as collaboration, discipline, execution of strategy, suppression of stress, self belief etc. the main factor among all is to remain positive which leads the player to the victory. In absence of optimism, he deviates from the strategy resulting in non-association in team. In short period of game, we, the player, practise being optimist. Finally, we become used to handling with all the challenges confront in the game and every walk of life. The former captain of Pakistan Cricket Team, Imran Khan who is now the Prime Minister of Pakistan has also been seen many times referring to his fighting spirit as a cricketer in every speech while proving his determination to fight against the corruption. I had a lot of examples of my own experience I can refer but time doesn't permit me to write or share you. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Thank you so much for reading! </span></p></div>Strategies In Cricket And My Life.https://www.myenglishclub.com/blogs/strategy-in-cricket-and-my-life2019-06-07T19:39:32.000Z2019-06-07T19:39:32.000ZArifhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/arif770<div><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> When you are keen observant and extract pearls from your experience for your life and that of others through observation, you are not included in the list of lessors. You transect your business with your own life, give and take. What pearls for life I figured out from cricket are mentioned below:- </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> In cricket, there are two teams battling for domination, but the real battle is staged between a bowler and a batsman on the pitch. The fielders on the ground are the supportive members for the bowler. There are three types of bowlers such as fast bowler, medium pacer, spin bowler. What type of bowler may be, but his main intention is to trap the batsman. For he (bowler) sets fielding on the ground against the batsman and bowls according to his plan. In a nutshell, he makes an strategy before delivering the balls to the batsman. It gives me a hint “make strategy first before doing anything and do according to your plan”. Whereas, I, from the batsman side, consider it a conspiracy of the bowler against the batsman. Now come to the batsman and think from his standpoint. The batsman first learns defensive shots in cricket and then lofty shots. In the battle of life, you must improve your defense first before attacking others. From religious perspective, first get the habit of avoiding sins bebore planing to do virtuous work. Second, when you have no defensive strategy, you may not play long inning and out from this battle. For you must keep patience and wait for lose delivery to hit. In the whole battle between the batsman and the bowler, the winner is the one who gets over the pressure consciously and patiently. The pressure overcome by one side automatically shifted to rival side. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> I learned from my experience as a cricketer that putting pressure on other is like fighting your own reflection into water. You are likely to be trapped in it built by your self. You just need to tackle the pressure by keeping yourself calm (optimist) as far as possible. In doing so, there are less chances of losing anything. It is not so simple. For you need constant practice and for such practice you need at least one bowler in your life ;D and when you find him, never lose him, rather hold him tightly ;)</span></p></div>A One Day Cricket Match Unforgettable Performancehttps://www.myenglishclub.com/blogs/a-one-day-cricket-match-unforgettable-memory2019-06-04T10:36:07.000Z2019-06-04T10:36:07.000ZArifhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/arif770<div><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> I started cricket at the age of twelve and was first time selected for School Cricket Team at the age of thirteen as a <strong>left</strong>-<strong>arm</strong> orthodox spin bolwer. My first coach was a school teacher who was also the president of forty clubs and an old friend of former cricketer of Pakistan Cricket team, <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/40373.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sir Hanif Muhammad</a> . My coach asked me to play for his club named PIB (Pir Ilahi Bukhsh) sport and PIB Talent. I played a dozen of time against other clubs, but it was first time I was playing agaisnt any departmental club cricket team. When I came into ground for fielding, the players of PIA club began laughing at my being youngest team player. They said, <em>“ Sir, don’t you have any younger player than him?” Joking tone . “I will let you know his age after this match”</em> said my coach.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> It was 35 over match and 7 over limited for each blowler. We won the toss and elected to field first. We all players were deployed on the ground at different field. The fast bowlers started their first spells, the openers of opposition played so aggrasively and kept the batting average high i.e 8 run per over. After eight over, we got first wicket. We gathered at one place for awhile cheering up fall of first wicket and got bit relief, but the one-down batsman was very matured and well-experienced. He, after playing two and three defensive shots, began hitting sixes and fours. The captain brought all the bowlers except me to restirct him, but they seemed helpless. The captain was hesitent to call me for bowling at this situation as it was the first time I was playing for this club. My coach, who was watching that match, asked the captain to call me for bowling. Finally I was called to bowl to the batsman who then had been well-set.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> While fielding at fine leg position, I was trying to notice his weak points and preparing my self where to bowl and how to set my fielding. What I noticed that he was not good at his foot work. He was front foot batsman. So, I delivered flight balls on his leg side away from range of his leg which he missed. My first two balls were dots. So, I guessed what he was going to do. As expected, he took two steps to hit me boundzry, but before releasing the ball from my grap, I at once changed my graps and bowled top spin. He missed the ball and the ball hit the wicket. He was clean bolwed. I felt confident. I continued my spell and took five wickets in the match in just six overs. I was coming to do my last over. The scoring team of opposition began shouting and reminding the neutral umpair nominated by KCCA (Karachi City Cricket Association) that I had completed my seven overs. My coach who was sitting beside them said with a smile on his face, “let him bowl as he is a child”. Even in my last over I took another wicket. Thus, I took six wickets in that match. We resticted them to 140 runs all out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Then we started batting. Our team chased the scores so easily after losing three wickets. We gracefully won the match. I was receiving pats from my team-mates and rival team members on my back while rolling back my kit-bag. My coach adivsed the rival team, “don’t judge the talent and skill of anyone by height and age. In cricket, anyone, who can bowl and bat, can do anything.”</span></p><p> </p></div>Let's Talk Something About Crickethttps://www.myenglishclub.com/blogs/let-s-talk-something-about-cricket2019-05-29T07:28:38.000Z2019-05-29T07:28:38.000ZArifhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/arif770<div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">What is Cricket ?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Cricket is a bat-and-ball game having eleven players of both sides. One is bating side and other is blowling. They rotate their inings / turn. The battiing side, after seting scores on board, gives chance to the bowling side to bat and restruct them from chasing the scores. They toss a coin in the air and whoever wins the toss chooses to bat first or bowl in view of condition of pitch and atmosphere. I played hockey and football too, but I found cricket more stylish game in which each player has to play his roll individually whereas in hockey and football, the players wait for the ball passed by other player or they keep running in the ground for nothing ;)<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-beFHld19c?wmode=opaque" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The cricket is being played in many countries of the world. But the countries which participate in world cups are England, Australia, West Indies, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The World Cup 2019 is going to start from 30<sup>th</sup> May, 2019 in England.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The basic equipment required of a batsman for his safety. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2721173875,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2721173875,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="400"/></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> 01 Helmet, </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">02 Cricket bat, </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">03 Lag pads, </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">04 Gloves, </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">05 Abdominal Guard,<strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">06 Thigh and 07 ball. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">When a batsman hits the ball, it goes to the boundry. To whichever direction ball goes has its names normally called batsman's shot or field names. If you are fimiliar to the field names, you need not to stick television tightly to watch the match, you may enjoy listening to commentary on radio. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Field names are briefly illustrated by the help of diagrame. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2721862349,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2721862349,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="400"/></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Whereas there are more than thirty three (33) field names. If you are a professional cricketer, you must know their names or you have to face much embarrassements in the ground. When I was under 14 and playing with the players played in domestic cricket, I was told field names and asked to go there. At that time I was bit ignorant of many field names, so I was confused where to go. but later I learned all field names and enjoyed playing as dominant player. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}2722236521,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}2722236521,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="643"/></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">I will post next blog sharing my experience of cricket. Thank for reading!</span></p></div>