Evolution of Cricket & Evolution of Life by Fr Nelson Lobo OFM Cap

 

Evolution of Cricket is a good analogy to decode evolution of modern life. In the past test cricket signified having lot of time to play with loads of patience. As life changed gears into 5th lane cricket invented itself into 50-50. It meant now people have only 5 hours (50 overs) for cricket not 5 days. As life became instant sensation n instant success cricket too changed into automatic gear so came up 20-20. We have no patience. Speed is the mantra. Instant result is the expectation. 20-20 provided all that n also affected the mental game of 50-50 so today 50-50 with changed rules is now played like 20-20. I feel by 2030 cricket may evolve into 10-10. Life is going to be excruciatingly paced out. Everything fast has tremendous consequences on our life, on our relationships and on our health. When we get opportunities to slow down we need to grab them to really see and enjoy life as it was meant to be.  

First published on Facebook on 10 July 2019