Kuwait wins a thriller, a breakdown
What Happened
The final over of this thrilling cricket match between Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a nail-biting experience. Kuwait, chasing 157 runs, needs 9 runs off the last 6 balls to win the match and secure a spot in the Asia Cup qualifying tournament. As the new bowler steps up to deliver the final over, the Kuwait captain strategically positions his fielders, with only one deep fielder on the "offside" to defend against the left-handed batsman. The first ball is met with a powerful strike that sails over the deep fielder for a six, bringing the required runs down to 3 off 5 balls. The next delivery is cleverly pushed for a single, leaving the strike batsman, who nods confidently, ready to finish the job. The UAE players and fans are visibly distraught, while the Kuwait supporters erupt in cheers, sensing victory is within reach. The batsman then delicately dinks the ball over the infielders for another run, reducing the target to just 2 runs off the final 3 balls. With the entire UAE team crowding the infield, the pressure mounts, but the Kuwait batsman remains calm and composed. On the penultimate delivery, he calmly guides the ball past the fielders for a single, tying the scores and leaving the final ball as the decider. The Kuwait players and fans are now in a frenzy, while the UAE coach can only offer a resigned but proud gesture to his players. The last ball is met with a soft touch, and the two batsmen scamper through for the winning run, sparking wild celebrations from the Kuwait team and supporters. The emotional rollercoaster is evident on the faces of the players and coaches, as Kuwait pulls off a thrilling victory against their rivals. This nail-biting finish showcases the sheer drama and excitement that cricket can provide, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats until the very end.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentlook at the emotional gamut these two
went on the sidelines while watching
their team they were happy they're sad
they're praying for help they get their
prayer now they're distraught again and
then finally excitement one of my
favorite celebrations i've seen this is
kuwait versus the united arab emirates
and cricket if you
i know my audience doesn't really like
cricket that much but that's so funny i
needed to break it down they need 17
runs off the next 16 balls to beat the
united arab emirates which would be a
pretty big victory this is a qualifying
tournament to get to the asia cup
there's seven outs so this is they've
scored 157 runs and they've gotten seven
outs it's only one inning games and
there's limited amount of pitches in
baseball speak and so once they get 10
outs
they're done or
once they're out of the pitches they're
done and they need 17 more runs off the
next 16 balls and that one is an out
so now
uae what's the short form for united
arab emirates emirates ue they say ue
during the game but they're skipping the
a
that's taken for the wicket so that's
one way the batsmen can get out they're
excited uae is now looking like all
right we're in decent enough shape the
new batsmen come in and they're both
pitchers this is the botting bottom of
the batting order so they're not hitters
primarily they're bowlers first this
isn't their skill set they get one run
there because they hit it and they ran
that's one now they need 15 off of 12.
oh
and that one's gonna hit the boundary
which means it's automatically four runs
and that's just a mistake by the keeper
and they're so distraught and this guy's
like oh come on
that's my it's my favorite you're like
well come on nicole what the hell oh
yeah i mean do i really even have to say
anything
just right past the keeper for come
on now that one cracked me up and these
guys are excited all right they're
excited so now it's 11 off of 11. should
be able to do that but that
produces no run so now it's 11 runs
needed off of 10
and that one
everything's live so that actually gets
them a run because the keeper threw it
so high in the air that they decided to
run not great they need 10 off of nine
that's nothing that's a dot ball means
no runs that's go
and the keeper gets that one
and now they're scared
now the numbers aren't looking
incredibly that great but that one is
okay that's one so now you're in the
final over a new bowler comes in that's
the last batsman that
got out from the start of the video now
six balls means a new bowler's gonna
come in it's the final over and over as
a set of six balls they need nine runs
kind of a big ask now the captain is
gonna set their fielders he's gonna say
get over there
go over there
offside and he's looking around like
where are you putting them okay he's
like yeah no go deep so they got all
these infielders only one outfielder and
he's way deep on what we would call oppo
because it's a lefty they call it
offside and lakeside and then the
batsman is going to look and be like you
got no one behind me okay cool
noted now these guys are going to start
praying please help
i would like to win
and the first ball of the over bam
clobbers it the other way that's like a
pretty aggressive swing with eight outs
already these guys
get so scared the ball's gonna hit and
the guy in front of them
didn't even look no interest must be a
uae fan but huge from that guy like oh
my god he hit it where they weren't
his prayers are answered there you go
that really helps him i love this look
how he he he anticipates that they're
going to throw
the full distance and bounce it by his
feet or come at him hard so he steps
back crouches unleashes and that is six
runs so it's huge now they only need
three off of the next five
balls and they have two outs left so
they're in like really good shape and
they can just dink and dunk their way
back and that's what he's gonna do he's
gonna go the same way but very softly
and just get one run so now they need
two runs off the next four balls the the
other batsman is now up he nods he's
like don't worry i got it uae is now
terrible they're gonna start praying and
that one just puts it right over the
infielder's head a little bloop shot
that's another run so now they only need
one run off the next three balls and
these guys
happy uae devastated they're hugging
look at these two they're hugging we've
already won double fist pump coming your
way right yeah they need one run off the
next three balls and look they have
everybody in the infield's all in
besides this guy who's back there
guarding the boundary they call it
boundary rider well even he's coming in
never mind everybody is in to stop the
one run
infield is in in baseball speak and the
infield in works because they peg the
wicket so that's the other way you can
get out of run out and now look at these
guys they were just hugging victory in
hand and now they're scared
look at this he just kind of dinks it
tries to play it really shallow in front
of the infielders like a bunt almost to
get the one
doesn't work the other guy's out and now
it's like oh no look at these guys oh
the emotional gamut is insane because
now there's nine outs so there's two
balls left sure
but if this is a wicket here
the game's over if he if the bowler hits
the stumps if he gets caught out or run
out it's over and they don't win he
needs to score here or the next one and
don't worry they do it it's a huge win
for kuwait kind of shocked the world
beating united emirates
uae oh look at this guy fist bumping
fist pump big fist bumps a good fist
pump country i'm guessing and now are my
heroes are gonna run out and this is one
of my favorite celebrations high five
high five nope
slow about that all right running out
running high five high five hey five no
i'm just gonna hit you in the head and
then i'm gonna do my own thing
meet number 77. it's beautiful thing is
awesome
this was a thriller coach of the uae is
not
not not thrilled opposite of thrilled i
like this he says hey
that was all you i am proud of you that
was all you i don't know that's what
he's saying but it sure seems like it
trouble here if it hits you oh my
goodness another twist in the tail
another twist in the tail