Grand Final Fever

It was the grand final of our cricket competition and we were up against the international team of Australia!
Yes! It was the Cheema Chargers vs Australia!

Our coach Mr. Azeem was shouting orders and kept us pumping. We had arrived at the stadium a bit early so we could practice for our big Final. It was a Twenty20 so me and Umair were practicing our big shots. Waseem our captain was practicing his spin bowling. He was really good at spinning. You didn't know what to expect. Sometimes, he bowled a topspinner or a googly or even a bowl which didn't even spin. He tricked us every time. He could bowl leg spin or off spin!

Waseem went down for the toss. The opposing captain, Ricky Ponting, had stuck an electric shocker on his hand. When Waseem shook hands he got a big electric shock. Waseem returned with a grin on his face. We were going to bat first. I was going to open with Umair.

Mr. Azeem told us to score at least 160 so we could fight. Me and Umair wanted a big opening partnership. We were both big hitters and wanted a partnership of at least 50!

We padded up and got ready to face the likes of Brett Lee and Ben Hifenhaus. Umair was facing and i was the non-striker. We were ready and confident.

Brett Lee steamed in and bowled around 150km/h. Umair just blocked back with ease. Next ball he simply hit it to the offside and took off for two runs. We had started our innings and were ready for big competition. After the first 2 overs we looked comfortable and started to play our shots. Our run rate went from 4.00 to 10.00 runs an over. We had 60 runs off 6 overs. Umair 35* and Me 24*. There had been one wide.

Then Lee bowled a no-ball. This was it. I was going to smash Lee for 4. The ball came at 152km/h and i belted it down the ground for 6! I couldn't believe my eyes! I had hit Brett Lee, the second fastest bowler in the world, for SIX! The crowd went bizarre. The TV crew had arrived to broadcast this match and i couldn't believe that thousands of people saw me hit Lee for six. Our partnership grew and we both reached our fifties. Then at 116 for 0, I tried to smash one over the bowler for six but nicked it instead. I was out for 60. Aamir came out next. He was a dangerous player and hit 4 sixes before getting caught out at the boundary. Waseem Cheema came next. We now had 150/2 from 18 overs. Umair desperately wanted his century. But what came next was unbelievable. A random spinner came on to bowl. Nobody had seen him! He was on debut. He was professional at spinning the ball and only gave away a six which was hit by Waseem. He also picked up three wickets. We were now on 156/5. Maha came to bat with Umair. Umair belted three sixes to reach his century before taking a single. Maha hit a four and then was the last ball. Mitchell Johnson pretended that he had hurt himself.

Ricky Ponting brought on an unusual bowler with three legs. Then our coach Mr. Azeem noticed that it was a bowling machine. Ponting had cheated so we couldn't make a run on the last ball. We complained to the umpire but he really didn't care. However, in the end we persuaded him to bowl the last ball again. This time Maha ran down the pitch and hit a beautiful drive for 4. We finished
off with 183/5! That was a massive score but we still had to bowl well to keep mighty Australia from reaching our score. We had made 27 runs in the last over. Mr. Azeem told us how we should field and pay attention. Then he gave the bowlers advice on how to keep Australia from scoring. I had a plan of yorkers! We had a big chance because of our bowling attack. Especially Waseem! After the pace we had our magnificent spinner. You couldn't tell what ball he would ball next. We were ready. Ready to fight for the trophy.