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Old 17-02-2006, 03:41 AM   #24 (permalink)
Scaly piscine
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Originally Posted by Autobahn
Well india didn't win a test for nearly 10 years and the only reason the lost column doesn't look bad is because there was far less test cricket played back then, the same goes for New Zealand.

It takes a while for a new country to get up to speed with other etablished test-playing nations, to suddenly decide to stop them playing test cricket because people don't think they are good enough would be very short-sighted and stupid.

And to be honest Bangladesh won't get better playing Franchise or grade cricket they need to play the best in order to mold themselves into a competitive unit.

That's Ponting for you. If he's going to whine so much he should at least make sure he gets things right - but invariably he's wrong. I'm beginning to think comparing Ponting with George W or a chimp would be an insult to their 'intelligence'.
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