Well Played Windies inspite of very poor umpiring and injuries. 4 out of 10 wickets were of Umpiring faults in the WIndies first innings, any team would have struggled in this scenario(even Aussies).
I think it is high time the ICC reviews the performance of the Umpires and Match refrees and reward/punish them.
The Aussie juggernaut rolls on --looks the Windies are heading for another whitewash --will it be 5-0 again -- Lara was the captain then--he's back as skipper now.
All the test playing nations including India should try and prevail over Australia to send AUSTRALIA B team to the other test playing nations so that the matches can be more interesting. Other wise this great game will suffer from spectator apathy.
The current Australian team should be made to play against a WORLD ELEVEN AL-A PACKER SERIES so that the viewers get their money's worth.
RE:Aussies in Windies
by kerry on Apr 16, 2003 04:13 PM
well wouldn't that be rigging the game to suit yourselves, instead of trying to nobble the Aussies how about using them as an example of how to improve your own team/s performance other than rigging the game to suit, their should be lessons learnt from every game won or lost that should be used to improve not denigrate the game into a farce, If you are good enough you will win over them, but crying out aloud instead of bleating about the umpires bad decisions to which the aussie also copped bad decisions against them also and how the windies should have won give the aussies some credit hey they won didn't they, they had to fight back from some pretty ordinary bowling and fielding but they had the fortitude to improve their game and come back victorious, the windies did well to get themselves back into the game but their inexperienced new players did not have the experience to get back but that will come they are a good side, but it all takes time, the aussies train hard to get where they are they also believe in themselves and back themselves and play as a team not for the individual the team is more important than the individual, they proved that in the world cup when one player wasn't playing well another would step up. so please give credit where credit is due, and stop giving excuses to why the losers lose, they lost to a good side, not bragging just stating the obvious, aussie can come out in next test and lose then they would not be the better side the windies would.....cricket does not always go to rule,
