| Ravi Redux |
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| Written by Jonathan | |
| Wednesday, 06 December 2006 | |
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Just read Ravi's comments on the English slide. For my two cents, Australia are the most mentally tough Test team there is and they continue to will games their way by that attitude and body language. As I noted at the start of the ICC tourney, they start each game with the mindset that they have already won the game. Such a mindset makes for great theatre on the field but may not make for refined conduct off it.
The continued boorishness of team members, particularly over the last six years, is well documented but is fuelled and fostered by success and its rewards as administered by Cricket Australia and the wider still-rabid Oz cricketing fraternity - who can forget Michael Slater storming Sabina from the commentary booth in 1995 to congratulate Steve Waugh on his century knock. * - My proudest Windies moment over the past (cruel) six years was Sarwan firing back at Mc Grath ostensibly about his domestic life and Lara firing back at them all during his 153. Note Windies won both games. Least I be misunderstood, I'm not giving England too much of an ease least we forget the reason the Windies continues to flounder is largely due to the systematic rule changes to the game involving bouncer use, over-rates and county selection policy all spearheaded by the ECCB...and Christopher Martin-Jenkins. Also, there's the infamous Dennis Compton (and others) incident from the 1950s (?) where they proceeded to have a group piss off the veranda of the Governor's residence. The matter was covered up but still found its way into a few calypsos. To Jaideep though, England's performance last year was not a freak act, they simply gained the momentum and believed in themselves long enough to pull it off. Due to the stretch of time involved, victory in a Test match, and a Test series in particular, cannot be ascribed as such. |
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