We were pumped up and ready to field. Our opening bowler was Aamir who was bowling to Shane Watson. The first ball was pretty fast but not as fast at Lee's. It bounced up and hit the shoulder of the batsman. Good bouncer to start off. It shocked the batsmen. Aamir bowled the first over magnificently. He kept the pressure off by only letting them score 4 runs. Then i came onto ball. I placed the first ball beautifully. No run. However, the second ball was not as good as the first. It came down the leg side and David Warner sweeped it away for 4. Then he took a single. Now was the time for my plan i thought. I ran up like i was going to ball really fast but i didn't. I bowled a slow yorker which squeezed through the batsman's legs and knocked off the bails. We went crazy. Watson was out for 3.
Then came Ponting. We were a bit nervous about bowling to Ponting but we were still confident. I bowled full pitched ball which Ponting nicked and our wicketkeeper Maha dived. At first we thought that she had no chance. But because of the effort she put in she managed to get the ball between her fingertips. We had got Ponting for GOLDEN DUCK. 8/2. Unfortunately i missed my hat trick because Micheal Clarke whacked me for 4. Umair bowled his first over without any luck. Fazeel's over was no good either. My second over went for 14. There score mounted from 12/2 from 2 overs to 46/2 in 5 0vers. Micheal Clarke was on 20* and Warner on 16*.
Then our secret weapon came onto bowl. She was deceptively slow and made batsmen impatient. Munail bowled her first three bowls slowly.Then a little faster. It was hit for six by Warner. But the last ball was very slow and Warner was too impatient. He ran up and hit the ball straight to me. I caught it with ease. 53/4 from 6 overs. After 10 overs Australia had made a big partnership between Micheal Clarke 45* and David Hussey 20*.
10 OVERS... 89/4
Our captain Waseem sent in Umair to bowl another over. He used his spinner and mixed it with his pace. Clarke looked confused and didn't know how to play the ball. He tried the sweep but the ball hit his leg.
"HOWZAT!!!!!" the team screamed. We were all praying as the umpire thought about the appeal. In the end he had to agree that it was out and he slowly lifted his finger. Next batsman was Brad Haddin. Australia had decided to send in Micheal Hussey at the end. Haddin was not expecting the yorker that Umair bowled and got his leg in the way. Another LBW!
In came Brett Lee! Umair was on a hat trick. Umair had a plan. He tossed the ball in the air. To the batsmen it looked slow so Lee tried to hit it out of the park. He mistimed it and it went high in the air. Fazeel was right under it. He dived for it and we all held our breaths. Oh NO! Fazeel had dropped it. No hat trick...bad luck. Wait a minute... Fazeel had managed to scoop the ball back into the air. Again he swiped at the ball and this time he took the ball and put against his body. Hat trick!!!!! Umair and the rest of the team celebrated for a whole two minutes. After 12 overs it was 99/7. Aamir took another wicket and we were going crazy. We were going to beat an international team. After thirteen overs it was 110/8. Micheal Hussey joined his brother at the crease. Then disaster stuck!!
The two brothers had a big partnership and we were looking bad. Our coach and captain were shouting orders. With three overs left, they had 166/8. Then we brought on Waseem, our captain. He bowled two top spinners the an off spinner. Micheal Hussey was stunned and shocked. A googly nearly bowled him. Then he bowled a leg spinner. Micheal Hussey looked completely shocked. On the last bowl he just got the bat to it. It rolled past the wicket keeper for 4. 13 runs to win from 2 overs.
Aamir was smashed for two sixes as David Hussey reached 50. The other four bowls were good yorkers. There was one run to win and and an over to go. 2 wickets in hand. Australia had 182/8.
Waseem decided to take the over himself. He spun it to the off side. No run. The next spun the other way and Micheal Hussey tried to smash it. He nicked it straight into the hands of Maha. 182/9. 4 balls to go.
The googly stunned David Hussey. At the drinks break Mr. Azeem noticed the Aussie team trying to cheat again. They tried to super glue the bails on the wickets. CHEATS!!!! Luckily they were stopped again.
David Hussey had a plan. Waseem bowled a ball which was different then all the previous ones. It didn't spin at all. Hussey ran down the pitch and swung his bat and missed the ball. Luckily he was too far away from the crease to return and Maha grabbed the ball and knocked of the bails! We had won a thriller. Everyone was quiet for while. No one even breathed. But then we all went crazy. It was the most amazing game of our lives.
We had won against an international world champion... Australia!
The celebration continued. We partied all night long!!!! Our win was all over the news! Cheema was famous!!!!
Cheema Chargers 183/5
Umair 102*
Noor 60
Australia 182
D. Hussey 56
M. Clarke 45
Umair made a hat trick!!
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