One of those rare One Day matches came along yesterday. The West Indies won a match. And not only that, it was won off the last ball. And not only that, the last ball was a six. In a finish that dreams made of, the West Indies needed 10 from the last two balls and Chanderpaul tonked a four and six, in that order. Not bad. Vaas, after conceding just 3 runs in the first four balls of the over, finished with a half volley and a juicy full toss.

But the shocks didn’t end there. Shiv, who did make 62 runs was overlooked for man-of-the-match honours. In a moment of clarity, Larry Gomes saw past the hysteria and gave the award to Dwayne Brave for valour (4-32 and a hard hitting 36).

All that excitement has given me an idea. Wouldn’t it be great if all matches finished like that one? They are all too few. There’s been much talk of how the One Day game has become stale and predictable. We’ve had rule changes and even new formats (Twenty20) to try and address it. This is the idea. Games will be shortened to two balls only. The winner of the toss will chose whether to bat or bowl. The batting side will need to score 10 runs from the two balls to win. Teams will play best of 137 games in a single day. I can see it now.