The Ashes...........................
To start with let me tell you that I am a die-hard Aussie hater. I hate them for the way they go about playing cricket. Cricket is a game of passion where the heart and not the mind, should rule. For the aussies it is just a job which they do well and the arrogant bunch that they are they think there is nobody to compete with them. They also look down upon non-whites and Kumar Sangakkara will definitely testify for that.
THE ASHES...what is the speciality behind the Ashes. Is it really worth all the hype and hoopla surrounding it. Well to be frank the ashes for the past two decades have been very boring. An India-Australia or even a Srilanka-Pakistan series would rank higher on interest. Legend has it that the ashes is actually an urn which contains the remains of a burnt bat/ball/bail (it has not been confirmed as to which it is) and which is always kept in England no matter who wins the series. The pattern the last few ashes have followed has been that Australia would win 3 tests and then england will win the inconsequential final test match. Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath between them have almost 250 test wickets against England alone.....that is massive. Infact it is the Ashes that has made Warne what he is, starting from the magic ball he bowled to Gatting. English batsmen shake in their boots when Warne comes onto bowl and they are out even before he bowls a ball. A case of a good bowler made to look great. More than a 100 of his 500 odd wickets have come in the ashes. It is normal for a bowler to have a couple of batsmen as his bunny, but a whole team....sheesh. Wonder how many wickets Murali would have if he too got to play so many matches against England.
Ashes'05 promises to change the trend. The English are an improved lot with a lot of recent successes and the Aussies are looking shaky with a lot of old legs in the team. Vaughan has spoken brave words in saying that England will rip into the Aussies, but it is to be seen if his young team can carry that out. A closely contested series is what the cricketing fraternity is hoping for and if England indeed manage to topple the aussies, Cricket will definitely be the winner.
So I hope and pray that Ashes'05 will be the beginning of the end of the Aussie domination!!!!!
Today's Quote:
"A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort."
-- Sydney Smith
THE ASHES...what is the speciality behind the Ashes. Is it really worth all the hype and hoopla surrounding it. Well to be frank the ashes for the past two decades have been very boring. An India-Australia or even a Srilanka-Pakistan series would rank higher on interest. Legend has it that the ashes is actually an urn which contains the remains of a burnt bat/ball/bail (it has not been confirmed as to which it is) and which is always kept in England no matter who wins the series. The pattern the last few ashes have followed has been that Australia would win 3 tests and then england will win the inconsequential final test match. Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath between them have almost 250 test wickets against England alone.....that is massive. Infact it is the Ashes that has made Warne what he is, starting from the magic ball he bowled to Gatting. English batsmen shake in their boots when Warne comes onto bowl and they are out even before he bowls a ball. A case of a good bowler made to look great. More than a 100 of his 500 odd wickets have come in the ashes. It is normal for a bowler to have a couple of batsmen as his bunny, but a whole team....sheesh. Wonder how many wickets Murali would have if he too got to play so many matches against England.
Ashes'05 promises to change the trend. The English are an improved lot with a lot of recent successes and the Aussies are looking shaky with a lot of old legs in the team. Vaughan has spoken brave words in saying that England will rip into the Aussies, but it is to be seen if his young team can carry that out. A closely contested series is what the cricketing fraternity is hoping for and if England indeed manage to topple the aussies, Cricket will definitely be the winner.
So I hope and pray that Ashes'05 will be the beginning of the end of the Aussie domination!!!!!
Today's Quote:
"A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort."
-- Sydney Smith
posted by Raj at 12:16 am
1 Comments:
i like "A case of a good bowler made to look great."
the quote seems rather apt too, doesnt it?
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