“Ok sonny, six balls to go and you
got 12 runs to make, how do you plan to win? This world cup is ours for sure.’
‘Wasim Bhai. Not for nothing am I
best batsman in the world. Bring in your inswingers, you will see them swung to
the boundary with equal speed.’
‘Huh…here you go..Hey, don’t duck.
Really? That’s the best you could do? 12 off 5 now. You are done for.’
‘Umpire, Wasim is distracting me. Please do something.’
‘Come on Sachin baby. This is a final. Pakistan
is playing India and you want to play like mutes?’
‘Ok, old man. Out with your next ball.’
‘Shucks. Damn this dew. You are
lucky you got a full toss buddy. My next one will toss your bat to the boundary.
Stop sniggering.’
‘I told you. The
boundary is not far when the little master plays. 8 off 4 now? My grandmother
could score that.’
‘That’s fine. I would not want my
upcoming bouncer to injure someone old. So stick to your crease. Here it goes.’
‘Damn this dew’
‘I heard that chubby. You
defended? Rahul would have done better’.
‘Hey. My bat slipped, else this
ball would have struck your coach Javed who is sitting in the box enjoying mutton
biryani.’
‘Yeah, yeah. I hope the fans of
India don’t make biryani out of you once you lose this match. 8 off 3 brother.
Not sure if your grandma would like to play in this situation, eh!’
‘She would not want to. Cos there
is no challenge. With a wimp like you bowling. Why are you taking so much time
anyway? Scared?’
‘Here you go buster. Take that Yorker.
You flicked it? You actually flicked it? That was pad first. Umpire, come on.
You cannot be serious!!!’
‘Hey, hey. Don’t do a McEnroe
here. The umpire has given his decision. Will you please ask Shoaib at the boundary
to be sharper than that? It is getting too easy for me. I think he is still thinking
about his autobiography.’
‘You don’t worry about that, Mr Tedulkar!
Here goes the last ball of the match.’
‘Now you can’t count? There are
two balls left. 4 runs to make.’
‘But you will last only this ball,
Tendla. The stumps better be strong enough to withstand my pace. Ugggh’
‘Ooh! That almost got me, damn
it. But I will take the two runs. 2 of 1 big boy. What do you reckon?’
‘No time, take this. Oh no, you
hit it. Shoaib, come on, stop the boundary.’
‘Hey, What happened? It became
dark suddenly.’
‘That’s because I have been
calling out to father and son for the last 15 minutes to stop that stupid Xbox game
and come and eat breakfast.’
‘Awww mom! But that was the final
ball of ther World Cup!!! You can't switch off the TV like that’
‘If our actual cricketers had so
much passion, we would do better. Now please eat!’
'I wrote this for a 500-word dialogue only short story competition. Was fun writing it, and I was able to space out for about 20 minutes at work!'
