SJS
Hall of Fame Member
This morning they were showing the second test of India's last series down under and I sat spell bound watching. They were showing the highlights but even though I had seen the test match I wished they were showing the complete game, ball by ball. So absorbing is a contest between Australian bowlers and the top batsmen of the world.
Sachin, though he was going through a bad patch played well for a 31 before totally misreading a flipper and padding up to MacGill to be leg before. And I thought, that was a gem of an innings while it lasted. But thats because it was against such a keen attack and a side that just wouldnt give up.
The tragedy of the game is not because Australia are too good for the rest of them but because there is only one Australian team !!
It sounds like the same thing but there is a difference in emphasis.
Even if sides will get trounced by the Aussies, they will still provide great contests between individual great players like , say Lara, and the Aussie bowlers even as Windies get trampled in a no contest. Thank God for that till we can have better.
Hope the Aussies will keep up the high standards amidst relative mediocrity in the cricketing world till others catch up. Who wants a contest between two mediocre sides, even if it means an even contest.
I for one dont.
Sachin, though he was going through a bad patch played well for a 31 before totally misreading a flipper and padding up to MacGill to be leg before. And I thought, that was a gem of an innings while it lasted. But thats because it was against such a keen attack and a side that just wouldnt give up.
The tragedy of the game is not because Australia are too good for the rest of them but because there is only one Australian team !!
It sounds like the same thing but there is a difference in emphasis.
Even if sides will get trounced by the Aussies, they will still provide great contests between individual great players like , say Lara, and the Aussie bowlers even as Windies get trampled in a no contest. Thank God for that till we can have better.
Hope the Aussies will keep up the high standards amidst relative mediocrity in the cricketing world till others catch up. Who wants a contest between two mediocre sides, even if it means an even contest.
I for one dont.