New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties, but today the script reads like high drama - the mighty Australia national cricket team standing at the crossroads, their Super 8 destiny tied not to their own bat alone, but to the fortunes of the Ireland against the soaring Zimbabwe.
When giants begin to glance sideways instead of forward, you know the plot has thickened like rice left too long on the stove.
Australia, bruised but breathing, have stumbled into a mathematical maze. One win, two defeats, and a net run rate that smiles faintly at 0.414 - that is not the swagger of a champion, that is the tightrope walk of a team staring at the abyss. Their last league clash against Oman is no longer just a match; it is a re...