The events in Mohali have further strengthened the case for a 5-Test series. This is the third time in the last 3 series involving India that at least one test has been badly affected by weather. Luckily against the Lankans we were overwhelmingly dominant in the other 2 tests, so it was not such a problem. But against Pak we were faced by a meaninglessly flat highway in Faisalabad that precluded all possibility of a result and in Nagpur neither team was strong enough to force the issue.
The net result: a shoot-out in Karachi and now for all practical purposes, in Mumbai. Eventually we lost the entire Pakistan series on the basis of 1 innings. Something which is really not desirable.
Contrast this to the great Ashes series - so many ebbs and flows, so many twists and turns - from the routine 200 run Aussie win at Lords to the 2-run thriller at Edgbaston, to a scintillating no-result at Old Trafford to the euphoric close win in Trentbridge and finally to a bit of a let-down at the Oval.
Consider now if the Ashes had been a 3-Test series and the 3 tests had been the Lord's, Oval and Old Trafford ones - what a completely different picture it would have painted ain't it ??
Hence once again I urge the administrators to get rid of those stupid God-damned ODIs and play at least 4 if not 5 test series at least with teams like Australia, England and Pakistan !!!
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Hey Gau,
Just went through your blogs...the way you give references to 1995 and 2001 matches is awesome !
You should seriously consider going into cricket commentary :o)...There is already a learned non-player present there...Harsha Bhogle ! And we certainly enjoy him more than rubbish Ravi Shastri or Srikanth...
Hey,
Thanks Sui. But I think commentary can sometimes get boring, freelance journalism is the best ... though you never know ... what the future may throw up.
No blog on recent highest-scorer between Australia and SA?
Oh .. I didnt see that ... was away camping in Missouri over the weekend. So since I didnt see it I dont really know how to comment. When I first heard of it I was awestruck, then after a few minutes when it sunk in, I was disgusted, then I thought since I haven't really seen it I am in no position to judge whether it is the greatest match ever, the dawn of a new era or the death of cricket as we know it.
Well there you go I posted a mini-post ...
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