4th of July Win for USA ! President celebrates !
It’s the 4th of JULY 2012, Yankee Stadium, New York is packed with 70,000 cricket fans here to see the T20 World Cup Finals pitting the USA against defending Champions England.
In May 2010 a huge dust cloud was caused when the English opened their Trophy cabinet for the first time in decades – this had grounded flights all over the Northern Hemisphere, but the English felt vindicated when they won the 2010 T20 ICC World Cup.
Since gaining Independence in 1776 the child, USA had remained close to the parent England, except for the War of 1812, but now it was like the Revolutionary Wars all over again. England’s Kevin Pietersen had criticised the USA Team as “foreign-born” and “expats”.There were Tea Parties in Boston and sports pages screamed “The British are coming…..to lose”.
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Beyonce sang the US National Anthem, and being Beyonce, also sang “God save the Queen”. Lady Gaga threw a tantrum and put on her clothes, whilst Christina Aguilera drank a toast.
To start the game Sir Lloyd Jodah, knighted for leading the successful campaign to get cricket in the 2012 Olympics, batted the first ball from President Obama .Stars and Stripes and Union Jacks waved by the thousands.
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The USA’s opening bowlers Adrian Gordon (NYU-Poly) and Kavishwar Bridgepaul (BMCC) generated speeds over 90 mph. But the English batsmen Bopara and Eion Morgan took advantage of the fast outfield and stroked the ball to all parts of the field, even when Mital Patel (Rutgers) came on.
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The 100 for England had come in 10.2 overs, when Kanye West walked onto the field and interrupted the game. The Police Canine Unit came on to get West off the field, which made Michael Vick very excited, he jumped up yelling “Now I’ve got a dog in the fight !”
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The thousands of English fans were roaring and singing “We are sailing” when spinner Sai Ramesh (UCF) struck for the Americans, by getting Bopara stumped by wicketkeeper Akeem Dodson (YC). Morgan was caught for 68 by Hashim Khan (GMU) and Pietersen, Shah and Kevin O’Brien contributed to get England to a formidable 203 runs at th end of their innings.
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P Diddy wore All-White but was surprised the Cricketers wore colored clothing, he told his homie, Jay Dave of Cleveland State.
Brad Pitt and Angelie Jolie came with the Cricket Team they had adopted.
Brad Pitt and Angelie Jolie came with the Cricket Team they had adopted.
T.I was telling everyone he was now into computers, and wanted to be known as I.T.
Charlie Sheen got confused by the constant reference to “hooking”….where were the hookers ? he wanted to know.
Charlie Sheen got confused by the constant reference to “hooking”….where were the hookers ? he wanted to know.
Tiger Woods couldn’t afford a ticket to the game but his ex-wife was there with 10 bodyguards.
Ex-Congressman Wiener was taking photos of the action, but mistakenly emailed pictures of himself to friends.
Sarah Palin said she understood cricket, because she spoke English.
Even Al Sharpton was happy, he was pleased the cricketers were wearing colored, not white clothing.
However Plaxico Burress couldn’t get through the Metal Detectors.
A.R Rahman and the Pussycat Dolls were joined by Akon and Drake to start the Halftime Show then Rock Legend Rod Stewart rocked the Stadium and had the fans in a raucous singalong of a few of his countless hits, including “Sailing” which had been adopted by the British Royal Navy as their Anthem.
A major sponsor BP, now known as “WP” (for What Petroleum ?) was now making cricket fields all over the USA to demonstrate its concern for the environment.
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The game was being carried live on TV worldwide but the ball by ball commentary had been outsourced, to India, so Sunil Gavaskar & Kapil Dev were in Mumbai describing the event.
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Then it was USA’s turn to bat.The USA Team composition had drastically changed after the Team Selectors were enrolled in a University Course titled “The peak years of male athletes are usually between 20 and 25 ,not 15 or 42″.”
The USA Captain Steve Massiah, like George Washington crossing the Delaware, decided to lead from the front and opened the batting with Sushil Nadkarni but Anderson struck and the USA was 36 for 1 in 5 overs.
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The left-handed Andy Mohammed (TCI) brought the scoring rate up before he was caught and bowled off a ferocius drive to Broad. Shiva Vashishat (UC Davis), Aditya Thyagarajan & Massiah went and the English bowlers were torching the US at 78 for 5 in 10 overs, Kavishwar holding steady at 25*. All rounder Adil Bhatti (MC) who had led Montgomery College to the first American College Cricket Championship, joined Kavishwar, but the runrate needed now was over 12 runs an over.
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F 15’s roared overhead as the 2 American batsmen applied themselves to the task of freeing their Team from the tyranny of the English bowlers. Kavishwar attacked whilst Bhatti played the role of John Adams.Then Bhatti got into the act, no doubt inspired by the presence of his girlfiend Megan Fox in the crowd (she thought he looked like a Transformer in his protective gear).
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Yes, cricketers were now hot, Kim Kardashian had left Reggie Bush and a team of other guys for Arpit Gandhi (IOWA) then Rahul Potghan (Auburn). Phalgun Balasubramaniam (Thunderbird) was dating Maria Sharapova, whilst Jessica Simpson was rumored to be dating Baiju Shah (Texas Tech), though she doesn’t understand why cricket players need a cup, when she sees them drink water directly from the bottle.
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The Fireworks along the East River was soon to start but the Fireworks in the Stadium were going full blast. Going into the last over the USA needed 16 to win,Bridgepaul hit two 4s and a single,a noball then Bhatti (70 *) picked up 2 runs, then it was 2 balls and 6 runs needed. Anderson beat the bat with one that swung away, leaving 1 delivery and 6 runs. It was pitched on the middle stump, Bhatti went forward and picked it off on the full, over midwicket for 6 runs just as Chanderpaul had done against Sri Lanka – the crowd erupted at the same moment the Macy’s Fireworks began !!
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The stumps were swept up by the winning Americans as Captain Massiah spoke to the TV cameras,and said goodbye to his troops, saying ” Now that we’ve won , I’m retiring to Virginia….”
Lebron James decided he wanted to be on a Championship team so announced he would play cricket.
Brett Favre, in the crowd, declared his 5th Comeback, this time to play cricket.
Mayor Bloomberg gushed that he was going to shut down Broadway and make a cricket pitch in Times Square (before he realized he had already shutdown Broadway).
Bill Belicheck had videotaped the whole game, for Youtube.
Mayor Bloomberg gushed that he was going to shut down Broadway and make a cricket pitch in Times Square (before he realized he had already shutdown Broadway).
Bill Belicheck had videotaped the whole game, for Youtube.
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The USA had beaten England –more than World Champions, the USA had now declared to England and the Cricket World that it could stand as a Sovereign Cricketing Country ! George Washington would be proud !
04 Jul 2011, 1:17 pm
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