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Twenty20 cricket (or T20 cricket or even 2020 cricket) is the newest form of the game, 20 overs each, get as many runs as possible. Great for TV and fantastic for the spectators too! The Twenty20 Cricket World Cup is currently being held in the West Indies.
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What can we learn about ourselves from the game of cricket?
One must not dwell on mistakes however humiliating they are. As we all know missing catches can be the most frustrating.
Being tough minded and just focusing on the next ball to be bowled or faced with the bat is what all of your concentration should be on.
Twenty20 Cricket (or T20 Cricket) is the shortest form of the game, limited to 20 overs, which can lead to nail biting finishes and loads of boundaries being hit to score as many runs as possible.
One Day Cricket is a fifty over game, where as Test Cricket is a much longer form spanning over five day, where each team gets two ‘innings’.
Cricket is a team game but there are only 11 players fielding (bowling and catching the ball) and they are spread out on a large field. Any mistakes you make are seen at once by your team mates and the audience. The mistakes of the batting side are also clearly visible as only two people bat at a time.
Kevin Pietersen - Watch and Learn
Kevin Pietersen, the promising England batsman and IPL T20 star, dropped two catches in the first test when he was fielding but then went on to a play a good batsman’s innings. One pundit quiped that he must have a strong mind to get over the disappointment of dropping TWO catches, then going on to bat well. It was probably the telling off in the dressing rooms that did it.
Geraint Jones, the wicket keeper, had also dropped two catches and again a commentator remarked that you can try to put your mistakes at the back of your mind but it is not that easy. The memory keeps recurring. However, Jones batted well in spite of the memory that must have haunted him. Later in the series, he also took some magnificent catches to make up for the ones he had dropped.
Both captains, Michael Vaughan and Ricky Ponting, batted poorly in the first two tests and were heavily criticized in the papers. However, in the third test match both captains batted extraordinarily well. They both showed the fighting spirit to get over the depression they must have felt after the first and second matches and the criticism they were receiving daily.
A second key success lesson is that you must not get distracted from your goal of scoring runs or anything else by mental or physical pain. In ordinary life, many painful things can happen which can demoralise you unless you are determined enough to keep going in spite of the pain. Keep focused on your goals and dreams whatever happens.
Those who have not played cricket may not realise how hard a cricket ball is. It is especially hard and bouncy when it is new. Fast bowlers are usually given the new ball so that they can bounce it high to hit the batsmen in the head, throat, ribs or hands.
Once the batsmen get distracted by the pain in their head or hands, they will be vulnerable to the next ball and will do something silly like knocking up a catch or failing to protect their wicket (the three stumps or sticks protruding from the ground) from getting hit by the ball.
Brett Lee, the Australian fast bowler, was run out when he hesitated before running. He wanted to flap his hand to get rid of the pain. His index finger and then his thumb had been hit by fast balls. Later, however, in another match, he redeemed himself by batting well even though he had been hit hard on the head and the arm!