96' Cricket World Cup

As far as writing poems are concerned, this is my personal best. I wrote this towards the end of the last term of the 8th class. On the last day of the class, our teacher asked us if anybody would like to share anything with the class. My friends informed her that I wrote this poem. I was asked to recite this in front of the class. I was extremely nervous and did mess up at a few lines. Despite that the applause was astounding. Will never forget that day.


The world cup caught up the fire,
The mechanic, for its live telecast, insulated the camera’s last wire.

Despite Graeme Hick’s ton,
New Zealand convincingly won.

South Africa displayed a successful exhibition at Pindi,
As that in the 70’s of the Windies,

In the match between W. Indies and Zimbabwe at Hyderabad,
The Windies regrouped and crushed Zimbabwe as if gone mad.

The match between Sri Lanka and Australia was forfeited,
And in the heart of the Lankans, the Aussies were severely treated.

The West Indies succumbed to the pressure,
And India won to the people’s delight and pleasure.

In the dual between South Africa and New Zealand,
The latter was defeated and the former honoured by a glorious band.

Due to security reasons, the second match in Colombo was also forfeited,
The sportsmanship by the Windies was cheated.

In the battle of Sachin vs. Warne and Taylor vs. Kumble, Australia won,
Due to a fine spell by Warne and Mark Waugh’s ton.

In the most shocking upset of the cricket history,
West Indies were defeated by Kenya, who registered their first victory.

The Sri Lankans blasted the Indian bowling attack,
Thus despite Sachin’s century, at the end, the face of Azhar’s men was black.

When Sri Lanka scored over Kenya a victory,
They scored the highest no. of runs and rewrote history.

In the quarter finals, the dark horses of the tournament,
Defeated England, and this was another historic moment.

In the crucial battle between India and Pakistan,
Partially due to the absence of Pakistani captain, Wasim Akram,
And some aggressive strokeplay from Jadeja and other middle order batsmen,
Left the Pakistanis staring at them.

Despite the inspiring fightback by Harris and Germon,
It was Australia’s day and so they went on.

After the shocking upset, the Windies bounced back,
To completely demolish the South African all round attack.

An unforgivable mistake by Azhar, and the unruly behavior of Calcuttans,
Forced the match referee to gift away the match to the Lankans.

A dramatic tactical error by the Windies in the end,
Allowed the Aussies to clinch the match and made the Windies face bend.

Unlike other matches, the Aussie fielding in the final let them down,
And allowed the Sri Lankans to snatch away the crown.