#worldcup2023

[cherryyelixir]

a very random post under the cut, please feel free to skip🥰

throwback to 2023, I was trying to learn a new font from some instagram page (I want to learn again but I don't remember the id, pls help😞).

so I was trying to find content for practice and what better than writing the squads of the approaching cricket world cup 2023. naturally the first squad I wrote was of India's and the second was Australia's. I was supposed to write for all the 10 teams but I forgot to do so after these 2 and

*drumrolls please*

guess who played the Finals - yes India and Australia🙇🏻‍♀️

I realised this last year while going through my notebook🫠 attaching the pictures here

cue music- khada hu aaj bhi vahi

19th november broke my heart 💔

edit- this is my 500th post, wohooo💃🏻💃🏻

tagging some of my dearest friends here (sorry that's my reach🫠😭) : @twinblueflamee @littletigerspeaks2 @afortoru @harrystyleskiwi9 @mainyahaankyunhoon @obsessedwidskincare @lutt-le-gaya @saniisinsane

[pixiesfz]

Mackenzie Arnold x reader

plot: Mackenzie and her new fiancé are out to go shopping for your wedding, when you wake up you think of the day when she did give you the ring

warnings: none (except for the fact this is my first tumblr post)

You were very excited for today, you were about to start shopping for your wedding to the love of your life.

You still remember when she dropped down on one knee, it was after the France game and you decided to surprise her at the end of the game but when Courtney Vine's ball hit the net you couldn't help but scream so loud that your significant other heard you and ran over to you.

No words were said as she picked you up and brought you over to the field and hugged you "I thought I fucked it up" she whispered, referring to when she missed her penalty "So what if you missed a penalty kick, you saved so many goals for them to get, you've made history" you smiled and kissed her temple "now go celebrate with your team" you laughed as you saw Sam Kerr running over to your girlfriend.

"Macca!"

The captain jumped on Mackenzie's back as you winked at her "Of course we did it, your good luck charm was here" Sam smiled before fake bowing at you "Milady" You laughed at her antics before turning on your heels "I'm staying at the hotel across the road!" you yelled to your girlfriend before walking back to the stands.

Back in the hotel, you got changed into your pj's and started to get ready for bed, you had been home for a while and had expected Mackenzie to come over but she had just made Australian history with her teammates so you assumed she was out partying with them.

Spitting your toothpaste out and rinsing out your mouth with water is when you hear knocking at your door. "No room service!" you yelled out before hearing chuckling "Not room service babe" You heard your girlfriend's voice behind the door which you were now practically skipping to.

Opening it is when your smile grows, and your girlfriend stands there with a big smile on her face "Where have you been?" you ask "What do you mean?" Mackenzie pulls a face "You just took a while that's all" you shrugged "thought you were celebrating with the girls"

"I'd rather celebrate with my girlfriend" she simply stated as she put her bag down

It was at times like this you realized how hopelessly in love with the goalkeeper you were, she had just done something so special and she wanted to celebrate with you, her girlfriend who only got into soccer because of her when you ran into her at a Bali sports bar during the men's world cup when the Socceroos lost and then left Alanna and Caitlin to ramble about the rules of soccer to a girl she had just met.

"Alright" you smiled "I'll go put something nice on then" and Mackenzie nodded her head.

When you closed your door Mackenzie let out a big breath as she picked out the box she had spent so long getting, after the game she decided it was time, you were her good luck charm and she never wanted to lose you.

You had no idea what was happening outside your room door as you were deciding between two tops, opening the door you went to ask your girlfriend but she had a different idea.

Right in front of you was Mackenzie with one knee down, tears spiking out of her eyes out of nerves, and a beautiful ring in her hands as she held it towards you.

She shrugged "I know I don't have roses on the floor but-" "yes" you cut her off immediately but she brang the ring closer to her

"Let me do the cute long speech that I wrote and memorized in the car" she sassed as a tear ran down your cheek.

You always remembered that night in France with the biggest smile on your face, even now as you watched your sleeping Fiancé next to you who snuggled closer to you

"What are you smiling about," she asked "You are just so stubborn" You smiled and you felt her eyes roll on your chest "you ready for today?" she asked, knowing your excitement about weddings

"ready Freddy" you joked as Mackenzie laughed at the fact that it was so bad but you silenced her by pecking her on the lips

"leave in 15?" you asked and Mackenzie wrapped her arms around you and turned so she was on top of you on the bed and cuddling you like a koala

"make it 30"

[stainedpoetry]

Ek ka harna dusre ka jeetna yehi to zindagi ka dastoor hai. Roz koi harta hai or koi jeet ta hai. But cricket, it's been said before a million times that cricket is not just a sport it's an emotion. And people who don't watch cricket are lucky actually cuz unke liye it was just like any another match, Is saal nhi to chaar saal baad try kr legi team frse. And maybe they are right is saal nahi to chaar saal baad sahi world cup jeet legi India, bharosa aur umeed puri hai hume. True ICT fans are goona be there in 2027 also supporting just like they did yesterday.

But still kal ki haar kisi ek ki ya sirf un 11 logon ki ya sirf ICT ke fans ki nahi hai balki pure desh ki thi. The way the whole team was trying to hide their tears in the ground broke everyone. And no matter how much we try to remember those amazing 10 matches but this one match will always come along like a thorn with the rose.

Sabse zayda dukh India ke harne ka bhi nhi hai balki is insaan ka trophy na utha pana hai. The way he wanted to win the world cup was clearly seen in his performance, in his interviews and mostly in his eyes. He wanted to lift the trophy so badly.

It was just one bad day 💙

[thatchaoticdesigirl]

2023 World Cup Final India vs Australia

I was not there in 2003. My parents were.

Today as we switched on the TV to see a stadium filled with blue, I noticed the small smile on their faces. I will never understand that feeling of loss from 2003 but I do understand 2023.

World Cup is not about those 6 hours in that 22 yard pitch with 22 men fighting over a title. It never was. It's always about those hundreds of people supporting them. From coaches, physicians to that miniscule person finishing the seams of the ball. It's about those screams, whichever team it may be. It's about the adrenaline of the crowd, the smell of sweat in the air and the glimmer of hope in their eyes. It's about the sheer happiness. For once people forget about the problems to see some boys play with a bat and a ball and escape the real world.

I don't know about australia. I haven't been there nor have seen their reaction to this World Cup final. I can only presume it's not much different from those sights in Ahmedabad. But I do know my people. It unites them and there's nothing that makes me more happy than to see everyone on the same side.

Today the Indian team will not play for a title for which they have waited 12 years. They will play for that rickshaw driver saving up his whole weeks earnings to buy a good meal on the day of the finals. For that person standing outside a retail shop because they don't have TV at home. For that associate who has taken a leave even after the HR did not grant it. For that student who has looked up from their books towards the TV which had not been switched on for months.

And I think they know that. And I think they also know that even if they lost, they will have succeeded in providing a 6 hr escape to a country of millions. And I think it's wonderful.

Go team India! We are proud of you!

[drugsoverdepression]

bande le aaungi. maa kasam.

[annoyingpenwing]

Lmaoo my dad really started playing prayers on full volume

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[eenameenadeekaa]

MERI JEENE KI ICCHA WAPAS AA GAYI I LOVE YOU BUMRAH