The Bitter Taste of Defeat

So the cricket team is back and sadly they have been given a sound beating. Their first game said it all, the opposition went in to bat first and put a commanding total of 205 runs for the loss of three wickets by the end of their 20 overs. Woodstock responded to this massive total by scoring 65 runs in 16 overs and getting all out. A truly shocking display with both the bat and the ball. Though understandably the team wasn't aware of what kind of weather conditions to expect or what tactics would be suitable for such a pitch, they still had no reason to perform so dismally. The Woodstock cricket team has always been quite poor, their biggest achievement coming when they won a single match in a nail biting finish. The fact that cricket is indubitably India's sport of choice means that Woodstock has to have a team, otherwise they will be (not like they already aren't) considered a very Un-Indian school, getting them ostracized from the rest of the community here. As ridiculous as this notion may sound, Woodstock has already been ignored by its neighbouring school St. Georges as their annual music festival, Milestone, hasn't featured Woodstock but every other major school in the vicinity. The reason for this, Woodstock plays a completely different breed of music, a throwback to the ages past. A pure focus on classical music and instruments makes Woodstock a completely different entity from the generic guitar and drums, cover performing band, which is all the other schools are capable of. In this case its Woodstock failure to comply with the normal that has gotten them ostracized (not a bad thing at all in this situation.) Well anyways, back on the main topic, the team played two more games after the initial set back and were yet again defeated in both games with the only highlight being that of inspirational captain Siddarth Datla's knock of 65 runs. Datla has long been the teams sole hope of victory as he actually trains and recieves coaching over the break, pure dedication, especially when compared to the rest of the team which consists of members who only play cricket at home with a tennis ball and freedom to do anything they want with rules such as the famous one-tip one-hand rule. Anyway before I go into another angry rant, I will conclude with the old idea that no matter what, the team will have to keep its head up and look towards the future as every Indian sports team, other than the cricket team, has to as well.