Match ke dauraan ek ajeeb hadsa hua jab floodlights band ho gayi aur khel ko rokna pada. Notts Outlaws 163 runs ke target ka peecha kar rahe the aur 12.5 overs mein 108 for 3 pe the jab yeh power cut hua. Yeh waqya bilkul uss 2025 IPL match ki tarah tha jab Punjab Kings aur Delhi Capitals ka match Dharamsala mein floodlight failure ke wajah se cancel karna pada tha. Aise hadse cricket ke fans ke liye nirasha laate hain, kyunki koi bhi poora match dekhna chahta hai, na ki aadha-adhura khel.
Lekin isse Notts Outlaws ko rokna mushkil tha. Jab power wapas aayi, match ko chhota kar diya gaya aur Notts ko revised target diya gaya – 15 balls mein 12 runs. Yeh bilkul uss tarah ka dramatic moment tha jo cricket ko itna dilchasp banata hai. Yaad hai jab 2019 World Cup final mein England aur New Zealand ke beech super over hua tha? Usi tarah ka josh is chhote se chase mein bhi tha. Tom Moores (21*) aur Freddie McCann (7*) ne shant rehkar target ko asani se paar kiya aur Notts ne 7 wickets se jeet haasil ki. Yeh jeet Notts ke season ke shandaar shuruat ko aur mazboot karti hai, jaisa ki unhone County Championship mein bhi dikhaya hai, jahan wo Division One mein top pe hain.
Notts Outlaws ki yeh kamyabi unke teamwork ka nateeja thi. James aur Haynes ne powerplay mein 48 for 1 ka score diya, jo ek solid shuruat thi. Yeh performance unki batting depth ko dikhati hai, jaisa ki Lyndon James ne BBC Sport ko bataya tha jab unhone County Championship mein apni team ke collective efforts ki taareef ki thi. Derbyshire ke liye, Wayne Madsen aur Brooke Guest ne 41 runs ka partnership banaya, lekin aakhri teen balls pe teen wickets girne se unka momentum toot gaya. Yeh thodi si baat dil ko chhoo jati hai, kyunki Derbyshire ne pura dum lagaya tha, jaise unhone Glamorgan ke khilaaf ek thrilling draw mein dikhaya tha.
Lekin aakhir mein, yeh match ek baar phir se cricket ke infrastructure ke sawalon ko uthata hai. Floodlight failure jaisi cheez nahi honi chahiye, khaas kar jab itne bade matches khele ja rahe hon. Yeh waqya yaad dilata hai ki kitna bhi achha khel ho, agar facilities theek na hon toh sab kuch adhoora sa lagta hai. Derbyshire ke fans ke liye yeh ek aur mauka tha jo haath se nikal gaya, aur Notts ke liye ek jeet jo shayad thodi si khaali si lagne wali thi.
