Friday, July 16, 2010

God, please help me understand Pakistan cricket

Pakistan cricket --- there has been enough said about the fickle nature of their cricketers and administrators. My comments would probably be stale..
They played and lost one match with Afridi as captain and now he wants to resign. We may only conjecture as what went on behind the scenes --- but why, why do you keep disturbing a team's combination?
They played decent cricket (not the very best) but you do expect that out of two debutants and a novice making up the middle order, especially against Australia.
So who expected you to win? We expected a fair fight and you did achieve that!
Pakistan's cricket management is an example of how any management should not be-----with many leaders and poorly defined, overlapping roles!

Friday, July 02, 2010

Another good one from Harsha

This article from Harsha Bhogle made good reading. Especially,

"When they controlled the ICC, England were both condescending and manipulative. Having lost two series to India in 1971, at home, and in 1972-73 away, they forced through temporary legislation restricting the number of fielders on the leg side to five, thus negating India's spinners. They regularly looked down at our part of the world, and I have personally been at the receiving end of three instances of offensive and insulting behaviour at Lord's. This is not to say the English are terrible and villainous, perish the thought, just that power makes certain people behave a certain way. "

It is true that people who are used to controlling others do not want to give it up easily. Just think of the various mother-in-law daughter-in-law problems in India.
I used to think that the Brits were a little like that, but hey, they ruled the world not so long ago!