okay... make it after second successive zimbabwe loss...
when team india was announced for zimbo tri-series tour... the feeling one got was... its going to be an easy tour with zimabawe, well, being zimbabwe and sri lanka too testing its bench strength...
even if first choice players were rested... there was still enough talent in batting department which will take care of not so potent seam bowling backed up with next best quality spinners in mishra and ojha...
after three matches and two losses... i am in a way glad that they have been tested... they are given enough lessons on how to pace innings... how one can be easily bogged down if one not looks at scoring or not rotating strike enough... one cannot play cricket fearing failure... or to save one's place...
contrary to the perception that they respected zim bowlers too much... i think they took them very lightly... they thought that they can switch gears as and when they wanted to... forgetting that it becomes increasingly difficult to break the shackles once the innings gets defined in certain way...
if they look just one further match back against sri lanka... when the time was to deliver that the killer punch (that bonus point)... they opted for an easy win... and now that decision will haunt them for now they have no option but to go for the same they let go so lazily...
these are important lessons to be learned... and i am glad some of them are learning it at very early stage of their careers...
how do you feel after zimbabwe loss...?
shared by straight point on Friday, June 04, 2010
Test Cricket Health...
shared by straight point on Monday, March 31, 2008
another boring draw on dead pitch and the knives are out...
every other voice is either mourning the death of test cricket or seeing it...
but to me test cricket is already in bad shape...
before you jump on me with already out knives...
please wait a moment...
zimbabwe aren't playing test cricket...i doubt (no, fear) they will...
bangladesh resolutely sticking to infancy level...
nz is exploring new lows every time they play test...
...and west indies ensuring there is a tough competition with nz even for this...
pak is either seeing tours getting canceled or busy issuing threats of doing same...
SL had most thrilling test series in oz where they at last found a man who can stand against them...
england recently invented a new cure of insomnia...but still won next best 'ashes' defeating nz...
pretty 'good' health i must say...isn't it...?
