Presenting the idea of The ‘Dot’ Day.

Inspired by the word ‘Dot Ball’.
Understanding the concept of dot ball is needed to grasp the idea of dot day.

In cricket lingo, The ‘Dot’ ball refers to the ball on which run is scored and no wicket falls. It is just a delivery by a bowler which is either missed by the batsman or is played defensively.

Dot balls are important in cricket for the bowling side, as it helps control the onslaught of the batting side. Since the cricket game is evolving into shorter and shorter forms of the game, the need of good bowling squad is important to keep the runs average down.
Coming back to the idea of dot-day…. With this T20 of Terrorism being played successfully in the country with the terrorists playing an ‘explosive’ innings (literally), the bowling side (government) badly needs to control the line-and-length of what it delivers. Hence, the idea of dot-day is born.
A dot-day, in my definition is a day when there is no terror attack in any part of the country. No suicide blasts, No target killings, No be-headings…. Nothing at all! .If you ask any cricket lover how can a bowling side successfully deliver dot-balls? The probable answers would be: ‘Control your bowling length’, ‘Take successive wickets’, ‘Drop the ball in the block-hole’, ‘Let them play on the back foot’ etc. Ok, there are rare cases when an aggressive stance by the batting side leads to a dot ball but that is either due to very good control over the fielding, or by errors in executing the shot by the batsman. We can apply the similar practices on the bowlers (law enforcement agencies) and fielders (the support staff). The bowlers need to be aggressive and to know where to deliver. Relying on the ‘I shot an arrow into the air, where it lands I do not care’ approach will only increase the number of hits that that they will get. Similarly, the fielders must also know what the batsman likes to play, what is his Achilles heel and with the current bowling strategy, where can they expect the hits.
Another important factor to motivate the bowlers is the crowd behavior. The crowd includes You, Me and the rest of the country. When you belong to the bowling side, its important to express your full support so that they can deliver accordingly. Booing and yelling over any loose delivery further discourages the bowler.
I know this is too much to ask for, but in order to tight the reigns over the out of control scoring rate, our bowlers must know where to drop their deliveries. But the most important role is yet un-explained. And it’s the captain I am talking about. The stronger the control of the captain, the better thinker he is, the greater the chance of dot balls (read: dot-days). If the captain is accidentally selected (which unfortunately is the case currently), the selectors must rethink over their selection criteria.

So, if you are a bowling side: