Saturday, January 15, 2011

An Unpredictable Series Between Two Unpredictable Sides in the World

Pakistan has the distinction of being hailed as the most unpredictable side in the World for a very long time now. On their day, they can soar to the zenith, and on their off-day they can fall to depth of nadir. For a very long time now, Pakistan did not have a competition for their tagged as the most unpredictable side. But things are changing  fast. New Zeeland is proving to be a strong challenge for the very title of the most unpredictable side in the World.

How could you explain about a team, which was almost whitewashed by the fast maturing minnows Bangladesh, and then turned up to India to challenge the No. 1 team in the World today. After losing the series against minnows Bangladesh, New Zeeland drew test matches with India giving them enough scare at times, and if not for the bad weather and the toss, might have drawn the third test, or even won had the coin fell on their side on that gloomy day when batting was difficult.

They registered the series win in T20 series against the most unpredictable side in the world by winning the first two consecutive matches of the series, but then to keep their tag of being the fastest emerging unpredictable side in the world, they went on to lose the third T20 by a huge margin to the most unpredictable side in the world.

On the back of their performance in T20 and the series being played on their home turf, everyone was expecting New Zeeland to beat Pakistan in the first test and eventually win the test series. But it seems they do not want to lose their honor of being the emerging side for the title of the most unpredictable side in the world and went onto lose the first test match to the most unpredictable side in the world.

Pakistan is in a better position at the end of the first day of the 2nd test match and may as well go onto win the second test match and thus win the series. They win the series even if they draw this test match. But Pakistan being Pakistan, and for the title of the most unpredictable side in the world to remain with them, they are capable of doing strange things as they always did in the past, and may eventually lose the test match and draw the series, making the series the most unpredictable series between the most unpredictable teams in the world.

The tag of the most unpredictable will still remain with Pakistan. Then we have a one-day series to evaluate these two most unpredictable sides in the world for the forthcoming world cup. Pakistan and New Zeeland are going to be the two most unpredictable sides in the forthcoming world cup, and they are capable of doing anything.

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