Cricket Thread III

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble were involved in a major mix-up. After completing one run, the batsmen were returning for the second when the confusion began.

Tendulkar decided against going for the second run, but Kumble continued to run awards he decided to go ahead with it. Kumble had decided to run back at the wicketkeeper's end as well and the two batsmen were in a race to that end.

The fielder was by now on his way to throwing the ball to the wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud, who fumbled and disturbed the stumps without the balls in his hands.

Tendulkar had completed the run and Kumble rushed towards the bowler's end.

Mashud, after a lot of difficulty collected the ball but threw it too long at the other end. Before the fielder at mid-off could field the ball and hit the stumps, Kumble had dived in to save his wicket. In the confusion he probably had run up and down the pitch thrice.

The sight of India's veterans scampering down the wicket had the dressing room in fits of laughter even as John Wright 's frown kept getting deeper with each passing second.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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