Monday, December 25, 2006

Durban Test: Team can do better playing it on its merit

Not playing it as the second test in the series but a test that they are playing having done a lot of practice in these conditions would do our team a lot of good. Kumble is always lethal on last few days' pitch. Sreesanth should keep his cool. He bowled well but more than his bowling prowess, it was SA batters' uncalled for heroics that let their team down. If you see SA's second innings, they played better. Better than us. Zaheer enjoyed the feast but he still strays and sprays bolls on both sides of the wicket, when would he learn to be disciplined. I would like to see Munaf back in the squad but only if he is match fit. Our batters are all due for performances, I think passing the buck wont do anymore each of them have to contribute. They've had enough practice. Rahul should score and lead from the front which I think he WILL do. Catching/fielding was good in the last match, lets not loose that touch. Tendulkar should stop trying, he should now do it. More so to alleviate the pain from his fiasco last time he was here as a captain. Kallis, Pollock and SA as a whole has a very good record with 8 wins and just 2 defeats in last 16 matches that they have played here. India on the other hand has nothing in past to look at. But a lot has changed since, and the players are much more experienced than before. They actually have not much to learn from the last test either apart from grit and a few bowling performances. More than we won it, it was they who lost it. Last test cant tell us miraculously something we couldn't figure out in years of playing competitive test cricket. No doubt our team has a lot of potential, we should just put our potential and experience to good effect.
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