De Ghoomake!!
I love cricket !!
Its actually quite interesting. There is a lot of strategy involved so much to plan..so much to think. When to pull in the slips, where to place the fielders, off side field setting .... how to mix the bowling attacks, which balls to defend which ones to hit outside the boundary... wonder why people say its a silly game.
Lets see it from a different perspective. I have a company and my team in out there in the field .. fielding and trying to bowl over clients ( the batsmen ). As a captain I would like to be all around the field co ordinating my players but thats not possible. I need to concentrate on my position and guide both the bowler and the fielders. My first attack would be pace bowlers. They are my marketing executives who throw in my company information at a very fast speed. The whole aim being to spread the word about our presence really fast. If a prospective client is caught during one of his weak moments ie when he requires our services then he s bowled straight away. Good Job !!!
Now in the first few over bowling power play is mandatory and ideal too. This is the time when the team should be close to the batsmen so that any volley of questions in any direction may be answered and in case he plans to take a run a quick movement could get him run out. Also the bowler should be backed by his team mates to take care of the 1s and 2s while he is pitching.
Next comes the spin attack. In most cases it is the set batsmen who faces the spin attack. Now the field is spread. The backend needs to be strong in the operations part. Client interaction is being handled by the top executives of the marketing team. The operations team or the backend takes czare of the outfield. When the batsman hits a long shot which goes deep into the operation part they should be there to take the catch or it might go for a six which as I interpret would go into the hands of my competitor right now watching the game from the stands. Spin attack is backed by proper groundwork on the batsman. It cannot be fast paced. It needs to to be slightly slow and at the end spin right into the wicket or at least an lbw.
Now in case my team has to bat. Which is the case when I get a referral ir win the toss and can opt to bat first. Before going to bat a proper understanding of the bowlers is required. How to tackle each bowler. Ideally even the client opens with a pace attack. It includes direct questions.. difficult task.. hard talks on price. My batting line up ie my Marketing team needs to be really strong. Once they ve passed the pace attack comes the spin attack. In case of clients they love googlys and always have a fielder at silly point to catch hold of our silly mistakes.
Be it a game or your work.. preparation is the key to success. Hard work combined with smart work, strategies combined with proper implementation can never go wrong. Over confidence or taking the opposite team lightly is the biggest blunder that one can make. Mistakes happen but it does not mean that its the end. If Tendulkar would have given up the day he got out for duck he would not be where he is right now. Perseverance, confidence in oneself and teamwork.. you may not be able to lead a team but your contribution is still vital.. otherwise you would nt be in the team.
Cricket will be just a game..a silly game.. if we want it to be. A 100 mtrs sprint is just a bunch of people running towards a line... But even this simple event teaches us the importance of preparation, participation and above all finishing the task which we started.
Sony
http://www.adwize.in
Its actually quite interesting. There is a lot of strategy involved so much to plan..so much to think. When to pull in the slips, where to place the fielders, off side field setting .... how to mix the bowling attacks, which balls to defend which ones to hit outside the boundary... wonder why people say its a silly game.
Lets see it from a different perspective. I have a company and my team in out there in the field .. fielding and trying to bowl over clients ( the batsmen ). As a captain I would like to be all around the field co ordinating my players but thats not possible. I need to concentrate on my position and guide both the bowler and the fielders. My first attack would be pace bowlers. They are my marketing executives who throw in my company information at a very fast speed. The whole aim being to spread the word about our presence really fast. If a prospective client is caught during one of his weak moments ie when he requires our services then he s bowled straight away. Good Job !!!
Now in the first few over bowling power play is mandatory and ideal too. This is the time when the team should be close to the batsmen so that any volley of questions in any direction may be answered and in case he plans to take a run a quick movement could get him run out. Also the bowler should be backed by his team mates to take care of the 1s and 2s while he is pitching.
Next comes the spin attack. In most cases it is the set batsmen who faces the spin attack. Now the field is spread. The backend needs to be strong in the operations part. Client interaction is being handled by the top executives of the marketing team. The operations team or the backend takes czare of the outfield. When the batsman hits a long shot which goes deep into the operation part they should be there to take the catch or it might go for a six which as I interpret would go into the hands of my competitor right now watching the game from the stands. Spin attack is backed by proper groundwork on the batsman. It cannot be fast paced. It needs to to be slightly slow and at the end spin right into the wicket or at least an lbw.
Now in case my team has to bat. Which is the case when I get a referral ir win the toss and can opt to bat first. Before going to bat a proper understanding of the bowlers is required. How to tackle each bowler. Ideally even the client opens with a pace attack. It includes direct questions.. difficult task.. hard talks on price. My batting line up ie my Marketing team needs to be really strong. Once they ve passed the pace attack comes the spin attack. In case of clients they love googlys and always have a fielder at silly point to catch hold of our silly mistakes.
Be it a game or your work.. preparation is the key to success. Hard work combined with smart work, strategies combined with proper implementation can never go wrong. Over confidence or taking the opposite team lightly is the biggest blunder that one can make. Mistakes happen but it does not mean that its the end. If Tendulkar would have given up the day he got out for duck he would not be where he is right now. Perseverance, confidence in oneself and teamwork.. you may not be able to lead a team but your contribution is still vital.. otherwise you would nt be in the team.
Cricket will be just a game..a silly game.. if we want it to be. A 100 mtrs sprint is just a bunch of people running towards a line... But even this simple event teaches us the importance of preparation, participation and above all finishing the task which we started.
Sony
http://www.adwize.in
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