Today
Two giant nations are to meet
Eyeball to eyeball
On a foreign ground
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1 – could you also mean the teams' standout/best players when you use " stars" ? ? Akhtar must think you are a magician, using " instantaneous" for your poem writing. Maybe he thinks YOU are a god? The God of Poetry? ? ?
I liked this instantaneous and spontaneous write................................
Instantaneous and spontaneous write and very apt for the occasion. If stars are the deciding factor, what role have we humans to play?
2 – I saw part of one game of cricket in northern California in my small city (Somewheresville, of course!) a few years back when someone accidentally allowed Indians to invade our lovely city park's ball playing field(s) . i'd never seen it played and had little enthusiasm for watching EXCEPT for some of the female players! bri :)