As the technology evolved, it no longer became necessary for sports fans to delay tasks in order to ‘catch the game,’ neither would they need to await evening sportscasts to be reliably informed of results. We now have the privileges of live-streaming apps, as well as that of live updates. The worry, however, with the latter, is that neither scorecards nor text commentary, can ever truly capture elegance. Neither can it betray the sincere intelligence of a player.
At the start of the West Indies Women’s T20I series against Pakistan, West Indies captain, Stafanie Taylor, looked anything but herself, to the extent of her fitness being brought into question. And her scores of 11 from 18 and 5 from 11 did not help her cause.
Yet, the West Indies needing just 102 runs from their 20 overs—in the 3rd and final T20I, to claim a 3-nil series sweep—provided the perfect platform for the Jamaican to regain her form. And so, she did; driving her way to 43 unbeaten.
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