Aussies roll on-for Indians it's yet another tournament defeat as usual
It was their 17th one day tournament victory in 19 finals in the last 3 years or so and the one at KL in the recent DLF cup came after innumerable experiments with a team of 18, changing and chopping batting orders and bowling combinations from a team which has almost half of it's player's ages on the other side of 30's. Looks like there is the Australian team on one side and the rest of other teams on the other with a huge gap which is widening by the day. The English media is as usual putting up lot of pre ashes hype with the Barmie's army and I am sure that with the their relative injury hit current strengths vs. a resurgent Aussie team the results are a foregone conclusion and the English team would be whitewashed in no time. After all one swallow does not make a summer and the last ashes series win of England is more of an exception than anything else.
It was their 17th one day tournament victory in 19 finals in the last 3 years or so and the one at KL in the recent DLF cup came after innumerable experiments with a team of 18, changing and chopping batting orders and bowling combinations from a team which has almost half of it's player's ages on the other side of 30's. Looks like there is the Australian team on one side and the rest of other teams on the other with a huge gap which is widening by the day. The English media is as usual putting up lot of pre ashes hype with the Barmie's army and I am sure that with the their relative injury hit current strengths vs. a resurgent Aussie team the results are a foregone conclusion and the English team would be whitewashed in no time. After all one swallow does not make a summer and the last ashes series win of England is more of an exception than anything else.
For the Indian team it was yet another tournament defeat though they also experimented with disastrous results unlike the Aussies. After all experiments can only be as successful as your reserve strengths and on today's from Indian team sadly lags behind in terms of the second and third level of reserve players thanks to the format and importance given to domestic cricket.
Dilip Vengsarkar takes over as chairman of selectors and Kapil is the new chairman of NCA. Both are outstanding cricketers of their era and can be expected to perform to their full potential if there is no political interference. Dilip is a much better choice then the small but big mouthed 'More' and is an ideal bet ahead of the World cup and we can expect less of controversies in team selections though the age old zonal selection system would continue to be biased until and unless we get in to the Aussie mould of a professional selection team
Before I end this is a good joke of an aspiring young batsman:
The cricketer was proud of his progress as a batsman and invited his new mother-in-law along to watch him play, hoping to impress her. At the crease, he turned to the wicket-keeper and said 'I'm anxious to really play well and go for the big shots. That's my wife's mother over there.' 'Don't be silly,' said the wicket-keeper. 'You'll never hit her at two hundred yards.
RK
posted by RK at 10:19 PM
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