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A from-the-heart type post of a true cricket fan is the POTW for this week.
Congratulations to [MENTION=57506]hadi123[/MENTION]
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?276339-Cricket-matches-you-couldn-t-watch
Congratulations to [MENTION=57506]hadi123[/MENTION]
I got this idea from the fantastic thread by brother [MENTION=137804]msb314[/MENTION] http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...at-a-point-in-the-game-and-later-regretted-it so mods feel free to merge later if there's not much interest.
Has there been any great match that everyone was excited for/was memorable but you just couldn't watch for whatever reason? This question came to mind as I have seen how excited everyone is for India vs Pakistan but I won't be able to watch it. The reason being I have some training for a job that I applied for all day, from 0830-1700 my time (UK). I'll be up since 5am as my train to Coventry is 6am so after training when I get home I may be able to watch the end but I would have missed the whole of the first innings and part of the 2nd innings of this huge match. And I think I'll be very tired as I would have been up since 5 and I might be busy after work, might chill with some people.
I think I have watched most Pakistan India match in recent times. Let's go from the 2010 Asia Cup match onwards and look at every single Pakistan India match as before 2010 my interest in cricket wasn't that high.
19 June 2010: Asia Cup encounter, virtual knockout we lost a close game, it was a saturday IIRC so of course I watched the match
30 March 2011: This was the Semi-Final of the World Cup. I didn't go to school that day as I was 'ill', so I watched this match
18 March 2012: This was the Asia Cup where Virat Kohli played THAT innings. This was a Sunday I think so I watched it, I was heartbroken, I was in tears when we lost.
30 September 2012: This was the World T20, this was a sunday, I watched this with my family, we lost badly
25 December 2012: Xmas day, was at relatives house, was amazing watching it with them and went crazy when we won, this was the 1st match of the bilateral series
28 December 2012: 2nd T20I, watched it at home, my cousin stayed over, we lost but it was a good game
30 December 2012: 1st ODI, obviously missed the start, said I would get up early but was just too tired but watched the end of 1st innings and the successful chase
03 Jan 2013: 2nd ODI, got up early as I think this was a day nighter so I think I watched all of this
06 Jan 2013: 3rd ODI, watched most of it but it was a dead rubber so didn't care that much, can't remember if I saw the 1st innings or not tbh
15 June 2013: CT dead rubber, I was at the ground for this match, we got smashed
02 March 2014: That Asia Cup match where Afridi hit those sixes, this was a sunday so I watched it, what a game
21 March 2014: This was in the World T20, it was a friday and I was at school so I think I recorded it and came home from school and watched it without checking the score so it was like watching it live as I had no idea what happened, but yeah I did technically miss this game.
15 Feb 2015: World Cup, was a Sunday, woke up early for it, watched it and regretted it as we played rubbish.
27 Feb 2016: Asia Cup, India thrashed us despite a good spell by Amir, this was a Saturday so I watched it
19 March 2016: World T20, watched it at my relatives with cousins etc as it was a Saturday, we lost but when Sami took those wickets we went crazy
04 June 2017: CT, was a Sunday, it was exam season but no way was I revising that day, watched the game and we got thrashed
18 June 2017: CT Final, was a Sunday, I had 4 exams the next week but I didn't care, watched this whole match and what a day it was
It's gonna be difficult with this match going on but I'll have training but that's life. I'll check the score at every break I get. Hopefully Pakistan don't let me down
What great matches did you unfortunately miss for whatever reason? Could be due to work, illness, being on a flight etc. This thread should be interesting.
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?276339-Cricket-matches-you-couldn-t-watch
Congrats.
